Jealousy comes unexpected
Chapter 6
Kevin's P.O.V
"I wish I hadn't done that." I said.
It had been at least an hour or two since the little incident at El Fuego. I was laying on his bed with his face to the pillow and back to the ceiling, I was laying in only his black sweatpants. Somehow I found myself thinking about Edd; thinking about his gapped tooth smile, the way he lights up when it comes to science and Robotics, the fact that he's smaller and skinner than me so he's easy to pick up. Hell, I was even thinking about the time he first moved into the cul-de-sac. I was about 6 or 7 and he was like 5 years old.
It was just another average day at the cul-de-sac. Kevin and his dad, Bobby, were in the garage working on Bobby's bike. Bobby was teaching Kevin the different parts of the bike, maybe Kevin will build his own one day. Soon they heard a moving truck come up from down the street, and a red Honda following behind it. The pulled up in the driveway while the moving truck parked on the curb of the empty house across the street.
"Well, Kevin..." Kevin looked at his dad. "Looks like we got some new neighbors."
A man with short brown hair, wearing khaki shorts, a blue white polo shirt, and white vans got out of the driver's side of the car. A woman with long raven hair, wearing a yellow sundress, tan sandals, and pearl earrings stepped out of the passenger side of the car.
"Wow, she's a gorgeous one." Bobby said, only to be met with a smack upside his head. "OW!"
He turned to see it was his wife Anna, Kevin's mother. He wrapped his arm around her waist,both him and Kevin laughed while she crossed her arms. She smiled.
"But not as gorgeous as you, hun." "Mm-hmm." Was all she had to say to him.
Kevin as the movers began to take stuff out of the truck. First was a light green sofa, then what looked like a TV stand, a TV, a dining room set, and so on, and so on. Kevin then looked at the man who was opening the back door of the car.
'What's he got in there?' Kevin thought.
The man put a small red and orange book bag on his back, then he reached into the car again and pulled out a little boy wearing an orange shirt, purple overalls, blue sneakers, and a black beanie with white stripes on the side. The little boy looked tired so the man carried him in his arms, then talked to the raven haired woman.
"Oh look, they have a kid. He looks about the same age as you, Kevin." Anna said.
Kevin kept staring at the little boy, he saw that the little boy was waving his hand at him with a small grin on his face.
"Why don't we go introduce our selves." Bobby said as he began to walk across the street.
Anna took Kevin's hand as they followed after him.
"Father..." the little boy said. "Yes, Eddward." The brown haired answered.
The little boy pointed to the family coming from across the street, they looked and they smiled.
"Hello, you must be our new neighbors?" Asked the brown haired man who extended his hand out to Kevin's father. "Yep. I'm Bob Barr." Said Bobby as he took the man's hand and shook it. "Hi, I'm his wife, Anna Barr. And this is our son, Kevin." Anna introduced.
Kevin and the little boy were staring at each other, then Kevin grew a smile on his face, so did the little boy. The man put the little boy down so the boys were at eye level, well Kevin was a bit taller. The little boy hid himself behind the raven haired woman but his eyes never left Kevin's. His cheeks turned slightly pink.
"I'm David Vincent, this is my wife Olivia, and our son Eddward." David introduced.
Kevin went up to Eddward, he pulled out a little bag of jawbreakers from out his pockets, and he handed them to Eddward. Eddward looked at his mother, she smiled and rubbed his head. Eddward came from behind his mother, cheeks still blushing pink, and gently took the bag of jawbreakers.
"Thank you." Eddward said with a smile on his blushing face, revealing the gap in his teeth.
Kevin own cheeks turned pink, he looked down at the ground, rubbing the back of his neck, smiling.
"Sure...Welcome to the neighborhood."
That was 11 or 12 years ago. Man, now that I think about it...I thought he was cute back then, too. Speak of the devil, I looked out across the street to see Edd's bedroom light on. I've been so lost in thought, I didn't even notice he was home already. I rubbed the back of my neck and bit my lip feeling guilty about what I did.
'I need to apologize to him.' I thought.
I grabbed my green hoodie from out my closet, a pair of black and white Nikes, and headed over to Edd's. It was dark outside so more or likely he was getting ready for bed, still I needed to talk to him. I shut my front door and made my way across the street to Edd's house, when I got to his house I rang the doorbell. I think I heard footsteps coming down the steps and a bit of grumbling, too. He opened the door and I felt my jaw drop at the sight of him. Edd got rid of that stupid onesy with the footies, he was wearing white boxer shorts with a purple lining at the bottom that showed off his creamy, pale, long legs, bunny slippers, and the black t shirt with the spiderman logo on it that I got for him in a Christmas exchange last year. I never seen him wear it before, but I guess this is the reason why I never do. The shirt was a bit big for him so one side hanged of his shoulder.
"Kevin!" Edd snapped his fingers in my face which made me come back to my senses. "Are you alright?" Edd asked. "You seem distracted." "You're wearing the shirt." I said. "Huh?" He said.
I pinched the fabric of his shirt. He blushed and started playing with his fingers.
"Oh...well...i-it was a slight too big for me to wear out in public..." Edd began to explain. "Oh." Kevin sighed. "But...it still was a nice gift you gave me, so I thought it would be better suited for bed and possibly days I decided to stay home and clean." Edd said smiling while looking down at the spiderman shirt.
I felt my cheeks warm up knowing that he was wearing my shirt in another way. The Shirt, I meant The Shirt! Edd cleared his throat.
"Anyway, It's rather late...why don't you come in." Edd said as walked back inside his house, I took off my shoes and followed him inside.
I looked around and everything was spotless; not on dirty spot inside. I saw the same light green sofa they had when the first moved in here. I followed Edd the kitchen and took a sit in at the dining room table. I watched as Edd made his way to the sink, grabbed a yellow sponge, and started washing the little bit of dishes that were left in the soap bubbled water. I cleared my throat as I got up from my chair, rubbed the back of my neck, and leaned against the counter beside him. He looked at me from the corner of his eye.
"Listen, Dor-Double D...I wanted to say I'm sorry for how I acted at the restaurant." I said. "It's alright, Kevin..."
Award silence.
"I find it strange though..." Edd broke the silence as he washed the last dish and let the water go down the drain.
He turned and looked at me.
"I remember you acting like that in 8th grade when Jacob from French class and I started hanging out before he moved away." Edd explained.
I rubbed the back of my neck, my eyes darted to the white tiled floor. I thought about it and I did acted like an ass back then too. He ripped a paper towel off the paper towel roll and dried his hands off.
"Kevin..." his gaze left from his hands and looked up at me.
He was about to say something until the house phone rung. I watched as he answered the phone that was hanging on the wall by the microwave.
"Vincent residence, Eddward speaking." He answered.
He looked at me with a slightly concerned look on his face, he turned away.
"Carlos, I can't talk right now." He said quietly hoping I wouldn't hear him, but I did. "I'm fine Carlos, but I really have to go-"
I slammed one of my hands on the wall beside his head and the other snatched the phone out his hand. I put the phone up to my ear.
"He's busy, Carlos." I said with a deep, raspy voice.
I slammed the phone back on the hook and let out a stressful sigh. I looked down to see Edd trembling with his bank still turned to me. Oh shit, did I scare him again? I gently took a hold of his hand and laid my head on the back of his.
"Sorry...I didn't mean to scare you again." I said with my normal voice. "I-its alright."
Edd turned and look at me with those same sweet blue eyes I stared at since childhood. I gave his hand a small squeeze as I saw a small red glow come across his cheeks. My hand that was on the wall cuffed his cheek. I felt it grow warmer, as did my own. I leaned in enough to feel his breath on my lips, we both hesitated for a sec, but I leaned in closer and my lips made contact with his. He tasted sweet almost like candy. He gripped my shoulders as I wrapped my arms around his small waist, pulling him closer as I felt his lips on mine. Somehow I couldn't believe I was kissing the dork I bullied constantly throughout our school years, but more importantly, he was kissing me back.