Puppy Love Chapter 7- You've Got Mail
A/N- Text from Kevin are seen as from Edd's phone Text from Edd are seen as from Kevin's phone. And per my usual the French and Italian comes from Google translator so please forgive if it screws it up.
The next day Kevin and Edd furiously texted each other while Kevin was in-between classes or during Edd's lunch break, with their little playful back and forth from the previous night Kevin became bolder and more flirtatious with each new text.
"Mr. Barr 12:15p- Have I told you how good you looked last night?"
"The Adorkable 12:16p- Pourquoi Monsieur Barr sont vous frapper sur moi?"
"Mr. Barr 12:18p- Huh?"
"The Adorkable 12:19- French, you're a smart boy, you'll figure it out." Kevin does a quick search for a translator on his phone, coming up with "Why Mr. Barr are you hitting on me?" Nat hit the nail on the head with this nickname, being nosey as usual Nat would occasionally learn the unlock pattern of Kevin's phone and change the names of his contacts based on the picture assigned to them.
"Mr. Barr 12:22p- Oh," A smiley face was returned by Edd, "That beanie though made the whole outfit."
"The Adorkable 12:23p- I know I looked like a dork."
"Mr. Barr 12:24p- I love me some dork with an order of sass on the side," Edd giggles to himself, oh god were they really doing this, another text interrupts his thoughts, "Though I would have liked to have run my fingers through your hair last night."
"The Adorkable 12:26- Major bed head," A mental slap to the face, he didn't need to tell Kevin that, "But I'll take a rain check on the offer."
"Mr. Barr 12:27- How about tonight?"
"The Adorkable 12:29p- I have to work late tonight."
"Mr. Barr 12:29- Tomorrow?"
Edd thought about it for a moment, he didn't want to rush things if this was going the way all signs were indicating, but Kevin seemed to be in a hurry to spend as much time together as their schedules would permit. "The Adorkable 12:32- It's possible but I can make no promises."
"Mr. Barr 12:35- Cool, if it isn't obvious I like you Edd," It was Kevin's turn to mentally smack himself in the face, of course it was obvious. "Mr. Barr 12:38- I want to take things slow and get to know each other and go from there, but at the same time my heart tells me that I have to see you , so I'm conflicted on what is too much and what is too little."
"The Adorkable 12:40p- I understand Kevin, and I feel the same way." Edd was putting himself out there for the first time in years, and the thought was making his palms sweat as he typed the next part, "The Adorkable 12:43p- It would make me very happy to see you again, and yes I agree that going slow is important for me, so why don't we set up a proper date."
"Mr. Barr 12:45- Ok a proper date, how about this Friday, there's a play that the local LGBT theater group is holding. So we can have dinner then go see the play or vise versa depending on your schedule."
"The Adorkable 12:48p- Ok it's a date, I'll see you on Friday then, but right now I need to be getting back to work so I'll talk to you later."
"Mr. Barr 12:50- Choice, do you still want to try and get together tomorrow?"
There was a long pause and Kevin figured work was keeping him from responding as quickly, he nearly jumped out of his skin when his phone went off suddenly telling him he had a new message, "The Adorkable 1:10p- We can try for tomorrow as well, now I really must get off here." Kevin smiled a little glad that Edd would respond to him even though he was obviously busy at work.
Edd puts his phone in his desk drawer and locks it, returning his attention to his work, researching the number of last year's flu cases within several densely populated areas and building a prediction of this year's possible outbreak cycle of the pesky virus. He called up several manufacturers of the vaccine to ensure they were on schedule and that there wouldn't be any shortages this year. He also called up a couple of local health departments to see that they were taking proper care to ensure they had ordered enough of the medicine for their communities but also to stress the importance of being frugal with their order to ensure that there was enough to go around for everyone. As he hung up the phone for the tenth time since lunch Marco comes strutting over and takes a seat on the corner of his desk. "Ciao, Eddward."
"Good afternoon Marco, how are you today?" he didn't look up from where Marco had just rested his derriere on his desk, the social side of his brain telling him to calm down that it was just a sign of familiarity.
"I'm doing good Bella, even better now," he reaches in to the inner pocket of his business jacket and begins to pull out some papers, "I have some tickets for this Fridays..." He was cut off by Edd.
"I'm sorry Marco, but I just made plans for that day," he finally looked up and into the man's eyes, "And yes it's a date this time," Edd gently smiled at the thought of a proper date with the cute red head.
Marco on the other hand looked a little defeated as he sighed his frustration at being late yet again. "Your "friend" again?" Edd nods his answer, "He doesn't waste any time does he."
Edd felt a little sorry for the man sitting upon his desk, it wasn't his fault that his timing was bad, "I'm sorry Marco, I'm sure you had a wonderful evening planned for us." Edd paused, pondering on what to say, trying to be as gentle as possible with the man "But you see, I've recently started to get to know someone, and it wouldn't be right of me to keep you in the dark, hoping that I might say yes sometime soon." Edd swallowed and felt a little bad about doing this, "I'm sorry."
Marco stands and brushes the wrinkles from his clothes, "Nothing to apologize for Bella." He smiles softly at Edd, "il cuore vuole ciò che vuole." He turns to walk away but pauses and looks Edd in the eyes one more time, "Ciao Bella, maybe next time our stars will align."
As Marco walks away a little less proud then when he arrived, Edd's phone chimed again. Opening the drawer he had it in and unlocking his phone he pulls up the message app and sighed as he read Kevin's message. "Mr. Barr 3:58p- Don't forget to set your alarm," and at the end of the sentence was a little smiley face with its tongue sticking out.
A/N- il cuore vuole ciò che vuole is Italian for "The heart wants what it wants" and god I never realized that Ciao means hello and goodbye, you learn something new everyday, even at my age, also for those who don't know Bella means beautiful one.
