**Double D Again**
After returning to class, ensuring that I'd wiped all visible traces of my crying, I could hardly wait for the final bell. At lunch, I sat closer to Kevin than I ever had before, and he had his eyes on me most of the time. I smiled a few times as he spoke to Naz, his best friend. She smiled at him and told him something, and he gave me a look of love and excitement.
Through all of my classes, where I was normally perfectly focused on the curriculum, I fidgeted. The teachers gave me concerned looks, watching me sitting, staring off in a daze. They spoke about each subject in depth, which would normally produce a response from me, but it didn't. My mind was all too focused on Kevin.
My mind wandered far and wide with Kevin. I even conjured up a plan for what would happen when I got to his house to tell him the news about my parents and possibly even discuss a little bit into my past. I wasn't sure if that would happen, though, because my past was something that no one ever wanted to hear about. My parents didn't even care much about it. However, since they were never home to know what I did when they were at work, I couldn't help but think that they didn't even know I'd had a rough past.
By the time the final bell of the day rang, I was ready to be around Kevin. I stopped at my locker and got my necessary materials for homework. When I closed my locker and turned around, Kevin was right behind me. His perfect smile was just level with my weak grin. He reached a hand around me, holding me close in a warm, much needed embrace. Goosebumps covered my skin, and when he finally pulled out of the hug, he whispered, "I'm walking you home today. Forget about me riding my bike."
I smiled and said, "Isn't that bike like… your baby?"
He laughed softly and shook his head. "No, Double D. You're my baby."
We walked side by side out of the school, though we avoided acting too friendly in the sight of anyone from school. They wouldn't understand, and would probably only add to my stress, as well as destroy Kevin's reputation. When we finally got to the outer edges of the cul-de-sac, near the woods where the actual Peach Creek ran, Kevin reached over and slipped his hand in mine, interlocking our fingers. A fiery blush spread across my face.
Kevin pulled me aside into the cover of a small grove of trees. I leaned back against a tree, smiling at him. He laughed and offered back a warm smile. Then, however, he did something I didn't expect. Leaning in close to my face, he spoke in whispers, watching my reactions carefully.
"Something wrong, Dork?" he breathed, smiling at me.
I giggled nervously, with Kevin being so close I could feel his warmth.
"Are you nervous?" he asked, chuckling.
I shook my head. Or am I? He got even closer, and I thought he was about to kiss me. It was a moment I'd planned out in my mind for years. Just as our lips were centimeters—no, millimeters away from touching, Kevin pulled away quickly and took me back to the path.
"If we don't hurry up, it'll be too late when we finish homework." Kevin said, shrugging off the incident.
What a tease he is, I thought. But what a very good tease he is.
We walked slowly, holding hands. What was normally a ten minute walk took us almost a half hour. Finally, though, we reached the front door of Kevin's house.
"Wait here, dear." He said, running into his house to get something so that we could do homework in my room.
I politely waited on Kevin's doorstep, leaning against the wall near his door. He was only gone for a few minutes, but I kept my eye out on the cul-de-sac. I didn't necessarily want anyone to see me waiting patiently on my "enemy's" doorstep. It was too bad that no one knew that the enemy thing wouldn't last anymore. When Kevin finally emerged, I studied him closely, looking into his eyes, analyzing his hair, and remembering every feature on his wonderful face. He smiled and gave me a quick hug, then took my hand and walked me home.
"We'll do homework here, Kev." I told him, smiling.
I'd almost forgotten about my parents by now, since Kevin's presence made everything feel a thousand times better. He smiled and nodded as I turned to unlock my front door. I invited him in and reminded him politely to remove his shoes, not because of my rules, but because of my parents. He smiled and took them off for me, setting them neatly on the shoe rack beside the front door. After standing up, he then took a moment to look around, letting the general vibe of my house soak in.
"So, your parents work at the sticky note factory?" He asked jokingly.
I laughed anxiously. "No, no. They just like to leave me lots of reminders and hope that sticky notes fill the void of being parentless." I explained.
I moved on, walking to the kitchen. When I turned to show Kevin the doorway to my kitchen where the table was, I noticed that he'd stopped where I'd made that comment. Puzzled, I called to him. He looked upset. I motioned for him to come toward me, and he did so slowly.
"Wh-what do you mean, parentless, Eddward?" he said, his voice cracking and catching in his throat.
"Well, Kevin… I'll explain after homework. In the meantime, can I get you anything? A snack, a drink, perhaps? Or maybe a kiss?" I whispered.
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