Chapter 4: THAT'S MY JOB
Two weeks later, it was 5th piread and Doubl D was in swim class. He didn't want to take it, but Kevin made him. After last summer's scare, Kevin wanted Edd to learn how to swim. Doubl D was alone at the pool area, because the rest of the class was misbehaving and draged to the principles office. He was told to stay out of the pool when there's no one present, so he just set with is feet in the water. He was watching the ripples of the water as he moved his feet.
At that moment, a hand reach around and cuped his mouth to muffling his screams. He was then dragged into the near by locker room, where he came face to face with 5 giants from Kevin's football and baseball time. One of the boys held him up by the coler of his shirt he put on while the swim couch was away. The 5 boys looked up and down the thean and frale Doulb D "what the hell does Kevin see in you, your nothing but a weak and pathetic looser and you disgust us, we tried to look passed this, but we just don't care any more. If Kevin comes after us, it'll be five agent one...so we'll take are chances". A fist collided with Doubl D's face and thin his ribs. The boy let him go as he sank to the floor, all 5 boys continued to kick, stomp, punck, and just plain out beat the hell out of the now bleeding beani wearing boy. After they were satisfied with what they did, they stud back and marveled at their work. They left the locker room patting each other on the back and laughing. Doubl D laid there blood pouring from his mouth and nose, bruises tattooing his body in blacks, purples, and blues from his legs to his face. He finally was able to get up and stager his way to the showers, only falling once. He holds himself up by the water knobs and washes the blood from his body, watching it go down the drain.
'I can't tell Kevin...I just can't' the words 5 agents 1 keep playing in his mind. He know Kevin's rage would get the better of him, so Edd feels he needs to protect Kevin. Doubl D washed the dirt and blood off his body and proceeded to his locker, stuffing tissues in his nose to stop the bleeding. He found Kevin's locker and took the green long sleeve hoody that was throne in. He put it on so he could cover the bruises that letter his arms. He sets on the deanch in the locker room for the remainder of the class, to avoid everyone curious eyes. He was happy 5th piread was his last class, so he could just slip out the back doors of the gym and text every one when he gets home. Just then he heard the door to the pool area open and a voice call out to him.
"O-Oh goodness it's K-Kevin" he backed in to the far corner of the locker room, but heard nothing eals. The ball rang and he made his way outside with the hoody on and the hood up. Where he was confronted by the same 5 boys from earlier, mistaking him for Kevin. Seeing that it's not their team captain, but the dweab wearing his hoody. Once more they becomes enraged throwing him up agents the wall. Punching him repeatedly in the face and upper body. A voice screams out to the boys and they dash in different directions, as if they planned it before hand. Doubl D dropped to the ground as the voice came closer, calling out to him, but not him.
"Kevin, Kevin are you ok kid" it was couch McFarland thinking he's team turnd on their capitan. As the couch sets him up and removes the hood, his beep brown eyes widen "ah shit". He knows about Kevin and Doulb D, but doesn't really care. As long as Kevin's grades were up and he came to all the pratises and games, he could not care less about his personal life. "E-Eddward, Eddward come on boy...are you ok, come on look at me" couch was shaking Edd to get a response.
Doubl D finally came to "I'm fine couch McFarland, please do not worry your self over me...I need to be getting home now".
"At least let me tack you home and if you badly hurt, your parince can tack you to the emergency room" couch said offering him a ride. Doubl D nodded and accepted his offer, but his parents are never home. He wasn't about to tell the couch that though. Couch McFarland helped him up and walked him to his car. As they pulled up to Edd's house, couch turnd to him "so what are you going to tell Kevin, Eddward?"
"Nothing, I'm just going to keep my head down and stay out of every ones way, don't worry...I became a custom to it through my years" he told the couch as he excited the car. Couch felt saddened by his words, 'no boy should ever have to say that or feel that way' but there's nothing he could do. Doubl D made it to his door with out collapsing and heard the couches car leave behind him, as he unlocked his frunt door. Finally inside he makes his way to his bedroom, each step sending a constant pain through his body. In his room he sank to the floor, not wanting to get up he thinks about today earliers events.
He hears a knocking at his frunt door, but doesn't want to get up and hopes who evers there would just go away. He then hears the door open and set up in fear, he forget to lock the door behind him. To weak to move, he just sets there as he hears foot steps comeing up the stairs. He can plainly hear that it's three separate sets of feet "oh dear there here to finish the job". Fear ran through his body as the foot steps get closer and turn his bras doorknob. He knows he can't fight back, so he just lays back down accepting his fate and closes his eyes. The three gentleman inter the room and Edd heard Kevin's voice "Dork are you hom-, what the fuck!". Kevin sees Doubl D sprold out on the floor and rushes to him, picking him up and seting him on the bed. Doubl D sees Kevin, Ed, and Eddy looking at him in horror and absolute anger.
"Doubl D who the fuck did this to you!" Eddy is screaming and waving his arms around like a mad man. Ed the big lovable ofe runs to him crying and hugs him, macking him squeak in pain.
"Doubl D you burning up, here let Ed help you". Ed pulls off the green hoody and in the process pulls off his orange shirt that was underneath. The three boys look on at the bruises that letters his body. As the anger grow more intense in the boys, Doubl D just set there looking down at the floor until his body could nolonger take the pain and passes out.
Kevin catches him befor he could hit the floor and lays him down on the bed, pulling the covers over him and leting him sleep. Kevin and the two Eds leave the room to discuss what to do. At the end of thier conversation, they deciding that Kevin would stay and watch over the injured Edd.
By the time Doubl D woke up, it was dark outside. His room a complete black vail. He goes to get up and feels there is something that has a gentle grasp on his hand. Useing his other hand to turn on the light to see, that Kevin was sleeping beside him. Hunched over in his chair and head resting on the bed. Doubl D looks down at the sleeping ginger, removes his red hat and runs his soft peal fingers throw his short red hair. He didn't want to disturbed him, but while trying to get up he whines in pain. "Dork where you going" Kevin hears Edd's whine and lifts his head. The anger has died down and he is much more calm.
"I need to use the restroom, if you would pardon me pumpkin..I'll be back momentarily" Doubl D works up the best smile he can through the pain. Kevin stands up and help Edd to his feet. Between the moans and squeaks, Kevin can feel his blood start to boil. Doubl D see Kevin's face start to become red and stands up on his toes to kiss him on the cheek. Then giveing him a 'pleas don't shoot steam out of your ears' gap tooth smile. Kevin looks down at that smile he loves so much and smiles right back. After Doubl D disappears in to the bathroom the smile leaves his face and he starts theanking on how to approach the situation. To get Doulb D to tell him who, why, and how to dill with the problem.
Doubl D does his dissnes and looks at his body, at all the bruises, the cut on his lip, and the dry blood on his face. He opens the door "Kevin I'm going to bath myself to clean the dirt and blood off".
Kevin goes and gets him some clean chang of close. He goes back to the bathroom door and pulls it open "leave the door open just in case, ok". Doubl D nodes his head and takes the clothes, laying them on the sink. He turns on the water to proceeds with his shower. Kevin walks in to the bathroom and sets on the floor next to the shower door "Dork". Doulb D drops something, showing Kevin that he has his attention "do you love me".
"Oh pumpkin you know I do" Doubl D shuts off the water and sets down on the shower floor next to Kevin, but doesn't slide the door open.
"Then will you tell me who di-" Kevin was cut off.
"Kevin I-I can't"
"And why not!" Kevin is annoyed with being cut off and that Doubl D want tell him anything.
"P-Please don't be mad K-Kevin" the fear can be detected in Edd's voice.
"And why the hell not, some one beats the fuck out of my boyfriend and my boyfriend is protecting who ever it is, how the fuck should I feel!" Kevin has always had a short temper, but he's been trying to manage it for Eddwards sake. Now he is reach is braking pount.
"Kevin I'm not protecting them" Edd throws his hands over his mouth 'he's not going to like that'.
"Them! them more then one them, who the fuck are them damn it, you need to tell me Now!" 'WHAT THE FUCK'
"Please Kevin just let it go please, I don-don't what you to get-" Doubl D starts crying, Kevin stands up grabs his towel and slides the door open raping it around the wet bruised up boy. Kevin can see the exstint of the beating and it afureats him even further. Bruises letters Edd's soft pale skin from frunt, to back, from top, to bottom. Kevin's reden face scars Edd enough to shilding his own face. Bringing him back to when Kevin use to beat him without mercy, when they where younger. He hides his face in fear that Kevin was going to attack him. Kevin see the way his Dork is reacting to his rage and feels a stabbing pain in his chest 'how could he ever think I would hit him'. Remembering there past, Kevin calms himself and the red in his face dies down. He softens his voice "baby I need you to tell me who did this and why, please, let's talk about it ok". He pick Doubl D up and caries him to his bed. "I know your scard that it mite happen again if you tel-"
Kevin was cut off again "I'm not sacred that it mite happen again. Regardless wether or not I tell you, it will happen again and it's just" Doubl D looks down at the floor to avoid Kevin's eyes "it just they said if I tell you, they'll just have to hurt you too. That it's 5 agents 1 and they'll take their chances".
Kevin's eyes lit up with rage "there was fucking 5 of those sons of bitches, I'm going to crack all of their fucking sculs!". Kevin's anger increases "why fucking 5, are they scare you might know fucking kunfu or something".
"That's why I didn't want to tell you anything Kevin, your so hot headed and I don't want you to get hurt. I want be able to live with myself, please just let me protect you".
Kevin grabbed Doubl D by the arms and pulled him face to face with himself "I don't need you to protect me, that's my fucking job!" Kevin was squeezing Edd's arms so tite that Edd wimperd in pain "I protect you, not the other way around. Do you hear me danm it, so give me thier names or I'm going to go to that damn school and beat the fuck out of anyone I think did this. Do I make myself CLEAR!". The last words was more of a bark and scarred Edd to no end.
Doulb D's eyes field up with tears and he pulled away from Kevin's grasp. "I only know one of their names"
Kevin's body relaxed a little "well tell me and I'll go from there".
"If I tell you what would it solve" Edd's voice was hollow, as if the gap tooth boy that Kevin loved, was no longer there.
"I have to avenge you" Kevin's voice softened and saddened at he hollowness in Edd's voice.
"And then what...it want stop, it never stops" Doubl D continues to stair at the floor.
"Danm it, I will make it stop!" Kevin's rage has never been so high and it's taking everything Kevin has not to act on it.
"And get badly hurt in the process" Doubl D is trimming with the thought of a badly beaten Kevin.
"So what's you point, what if I get hurt. It's not like it's never happend befor" Kevin really doesn't care about geting hurt, for Edd, it's worth it.
"The point is that you going to get yourself hurt and for what, Me, what am I but a "weak and pathetic looser" and not a good enough reason to get hurt over"
Kevin is doing every thing in his power not to slap the hell out of the wet, bruised up boy. Doubl D heard something and looks up. Kevin is gritting his teath and stairing at him with that same look that he seen when he slaped him. He quikly looks back down and scoot away. Kevin lifts his hand and Edd flinches moving back so far that he falls off the edge of the bed. Kevin's to the point that he's so angry that he's calm, wich is a terrifying state for some to be in. It like being so mentally unstable that your sain, a trully terrifying state. Kevin get down and behind Doubl D, raping his arms around him. Doubl D is so scared that this hole body is shaiking and his stomach is twisting. Kevin's voice is calm, but sent a ice cold chill down Edd's spine "Eddward Vincent your to tell me the name you know. Also, if you ever talk like that about you self again, I will do much wors to you then what they did" Edd's heart is beating a million miles a minute, the intelligent way Kevin spoke made him sick with fear "I will not repeat this again, so you better not forget it...do I make...myself...clear".
"Y-Yes K-Kevin" Doulb D feels that he's about to pass out and he tryed to get up, but was pulled back. "Johnny and 4 others" Doubl D quickly answers scared, crying, and staring at the floor as the anger in Kevin rises even more.
"So 5 fucking guys from my team did this to you" Kevin stood up and proceeded towards the door. "Don't you worry about it any more, I'll beat the hell out of all of them and they'll never bother you again, ok Dor-" Kevin looks down at Edd who has not once looked at him for the last 10 minutes.
Kevin squats down beside him "Dork I love you and I need to do this, today is Thursday so your missing school tomorrow. No if's, and's, or but's and you can have the weekend to recover. Your friends and me will be over to check on you, I'll be fine ok?" he gave Edd the beast smile he could congour up over the anger. He gives Doubl D a beep and farewell passionate kiss, and leaves. Doubl D lays down and cries himself to sleep on the floor.