A.N. Intense date, huh? Let's get down to business with disclaimers.
I do NOT own any of the Ed, Edd n' Eddy characters. I also do NOT own the OCs Nathan Goldberg and James Castellanos. They are owned by c2ndy2c1d and kirakurry/eyugho respectively. I do not own Grease either, I am just basing this off of the plotline of Grease. Also, thanks to my editor for helping me edit these chapters.
I had written this BEFORE I actually found out Rave's actual backstory. I don't really know Nat's either, so these are my own creations. These are simply my interpretations, and I do not mean to discredit their original stories. Also, I forgot to state before this point that Rave is southern and has a southern accent. This'll hopefully make his backstory and sound make sense now.
Keep reviewing, enjoy and cheers! ~ Double
Chapter 11- 3 months later
It has been three months since the double date between Kevin and Eddward and Nat and Rave had happened. Only one couple remained a couple. That said couple was on a date, and their evening was coming to a close at a place overlooking the lake, where they planned on having sex before ending their date. Nat parks his car. which is almost fully repaired. They just sit in their seats for a moment, their hands finding their way into the other's hand.
"Aren't the stars beautiful?" Rave asks. Nat nods his head.
"They're not as beautiful as you though," he says without even thinking. Rave blushes and looks over at him, surprised. Nat blushes slightly and curses under his breath for saying that.
"So, we gonna have sex or not?" Nat asks, reaching for the door handle with his free hand.
"Why're you dating me?" Rave asks suddenly, catching Nat off guard.
"What?" Nat asks, wondering whether he heard right or not.
"Why're you dating me?" Rave asks again. Nat sits for a moment and thinks.
"Well," he begins. "We haven't really had any problems being together, so I figured there were no problems with us dating."
"I thought you weren't the dating type of guy though," Rave replies. "You never dated anyone before. What makes me different?"
"I don't know," Nat says. "You're just different from everyone else I guess. Anyways, I just didn't really wanna date after what happened last ti-" He cuts himself short.
"After what happened last time?" Rave asks. "What happened last time?" Nat stays silent. "Oh come on. You have to tell me now."
Nat looks at him. "Promise you won't ever tell anyone what I'm telling you now?"
Rave squeezes Nat's hand slightly. "I promise."
Nat sighs and starts talking. "Back in California, I had two female best friends named Julie and Rachel. We were all really great friends, practically inseparable. They both liked me as more than just a friend, but I fell in love with Rachel. Rachel and I dated all through middle school, and partway through my freshman year, which I spent here at Peach Creek. I went back to California for one weekend to go to the winter formal with Rachel." He pauses and takes a deep breath. Rave notices his distress, and starts rubbing his thumb over Nat's hand.
"When I was there, I saw Rachel making out with another guy, and then I knew that I should never have come back. She tried to keep me from coming for a reason. She was cheating on me with a junior. I couldn't compete with that, especially if I lived all the way across the country. I stormed out of the dance as quickly as I could, and both Julie and Rachel noticed and followed me. They confronted me outside, and I let them know just how hurt and betrayed I felt. They both knew this was happening, and they kept it from me. I couldn't trust either of them anymore." He pauses again, inhaling and exhaling deeply.
"I broke up with Rachel, and I told both of them that our friendship was over. And ever since then...I haven't been able to trust anybody. I always keep my guard up around other people, and I'll do anything to keep from falling in love again because I just feel like I'm going to get hurt again."
He squeezes Rave's hand tightly, and tries his best to keep a straight face. Rave scoots closer to him and rests his head on Nat's shoulder.
"So, you're only a dick because you're guarding yourself," he states. "You really are a nice guy deep down, you just hide it?" Nat nods his head. They stay silent for a while.
"So, what's your story?" Nat asks. Rave looks over at him. "You have to have a reason as to why you're the way you are."
"I do," Rave says. "I just don't like to talk about it."
"And I hate talking about Julie and Rachel, yet I told you about them." He looks Rave in the eyes. "You have to return the favor now."
Rave sighs. "Fine, but promise you won't tell anyone what I tell you now."
Nat talks while doing the motions. "Cross my heart and hope to die." Rave smiles a little bit.
"Alright, I'll tell you. Back in ninth grade, I was prone to gettin' myself in trouble. I got in with the wrong crowd, the partyin' crowd. Before I finished my freshman year, I had been drunk over a dozen times, and had had sex with seven different guys, each of them having been my boyfriend for at least a while." He pauses and takes a deep breath. "Then, my life turned into a complete livin' hell."
He looks down. "Suddenly, my dad just up and disappeared, taking my younger sister with him." Nat's eyes widen.
"You have a sister?" he says, accidentally interrupting Rave. Rave nods his head and continues.
"I haven't heard from them since before they disappeared. I don't know if they're still in Texas or not." Rave starts getting teary eyed.
"And then, not long afterwards, my boyfriend went and dumped me. I really loved him, he was the guy I was with the longest. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him, even as a freshman. He called me a good-for-nothing slut. And I believed him for a long time." He stops, wiping his face.
"I started cutting myself after my dad left, and I have plenty of scars to this day. I've stopped cutting, but every last mark is still there. I even carved my dad and sister's name in my arms." Nat looks down at Rave's arms and finally notices the names Jacob Thompson and Jasmine Thompson, one carved into each arm.
"Jasmine is a beautiful name," Nat says. Rave smiles a little.
"It is, isn't it?" Nat nods his head.
"And I assume that Castellanos isn't the last name you were born with." Rave shakes his head no.
"It's my mother's maiden name. She took it back when they got divorced, and I decided to take it too."
"You didn't want to be connected to him anymore, did you?" Rave looks at him, teary eyed, and shakes his head no. Nat wraps his arms around Rave and hugs him tight. Rave wraps his arms around Nat's neck, and cries into his chest. They stay silent as Rave cries for a while.
"You're afraid to get hurt again too, aren't you?" Nat asks Rave quietly. Rave nods his head with his face still buried in Nat's chest.
"I won't hurt you," Nat whispers in Rave's ear. He kisses Rave's ear softly. Rave moves his head from Nat's chest and kisses him on the lips softly at first, then more forcefully. He breaks the kiss.
"Come on," Rave says, taking Nat's hand. "Let's go do what we came here to do." Nat smirks.
"I thought we never would," he replies, getting out of the car to go to the back seat. Rave follows suit, and they soon end up in the back seat. Nat gets on top of Rave, and they soon end up in a passionate kiss that begins a series of events that will eventually unfold.
