Author's Note: This story was inspired by Not Over You by Gavin Degraw. This is a KevEdd tale.

Kevin groaned. He loved his best friend but why did she have to be the one to organize their class reunion? That meant he'd have to go and he'd have to help and that meant that he'd have to see him again. Not that he didn't want to. He did. He really did. But not like this.

"Can you be at the gym at 5, Kev?," Nazz asked.

He shot her a look and she gave him a sheepish smile.

"Yeah, I'll be there," he said as he threw his head on the back of her couch and ran a hand down his face.

"It's gonna be alright, Kev," she gently said as she patted his arm.

He shot her another look and she gave him a small smile.

"I have it on good authority that he's single," she grinned as she turned her attention back to mess that was her coffee table.

"You suck."

"No, but I heard that you do and he used to like it," she laughed as she ran into the kitchen for another beer for him and a glass of wine for herself..

He threw a pillow at her, put his head in his hands and whined.

"I've got some cheese for that whine!," she called to him as she poured herself a healthy glass of cabernet.

He groaned and looked at the floor plan she had made for the gym. They were going to have the final dinner on Saturday night at the gym. There was a raised stage in the gym as it used to also be the auditorium when the school opened in 1932. They'd be using it as well instead of the auditorium for a bit of a talent show to see how far everyone had come or not since their high school days. The current auditorium was added on in the 1965 and had undergone several renovations thanks to Rave coming on as the school's drama teacher about ten years ago.

But it was seven years ago that he had lost him. Edd. The two D's in his name meant that for nearly seven years everything in Kevin's life was doubled. Double the love but also double the drama. They were half way through their sophomore year of college when Edd called it quits. It all had gotten to be too much.

Kevin was a charming Adonis and the rumors that circulated when they were in high school had only gotten bigger when they got to college. Going from a town of 10000 to a town of 85000 when school was in session meant more guys and girls hanging off of him and soon Edd had enough. Especially when the truth of a few of the rumors came home to roost. Seeing the swim team captain in Kevin's favorite polo and then the track team's star hurdler in his red SnapBack on Facebook was the straw that broke the camel's back for the genius.

So Edd moved out of their shared apartment and back on campus. Kevin hasn't seen him since. Now, 15 years after they had graduated from high school, they were gonna be spending 72 hours together in Peach Creek. And looking at Nazz's seating arrangements, he held his breath as he tried to see how close he would be to him again.

"You're sitting with the football team guys," Nazz said as she came back into the living room and handed him his beer.

He sighed and made a face. He didn't mind sitting with the guys, but he couldn't shake the feeling that another batch of rumors was going to start if he did.

Kevin was gay. So was Edd. But Kevin was good looking and charming and he knew it. Having people fawn over him was a huge ego boost. But when Edd did it, it was the best feeling ever. Thing is, he had to have more, but there was only so much Edd could give. So Kevin sought attention elsewhere. Which meant Edd didn't give him any attention at all. It took Kevin the better part of sophomore year to get back into Edd's good graces again.

And in that time, having guys and girls fawn over the red hot quarterback gave his team pause. If he was cool with the girls hanging all over him, he couldn't be gay, right?! Wrong. Edd aside, he was who he was. And now he as going to spend an evening having to explain why the first gay couple in school wasn't together anymore.

"Or you could sit with the baseball team guys. Either way, I'm not putting you two at the same table. I don't need the drama."

Kevin sighed. The baseball team would be no better.

"And this is why I told you that you handling this was a bad idea," he told her bitterly.

"You don't have to come," she retorted as she sipped her wine and arranged the tables for the dance team and cheer squad.

He groaned. She smirked. He then looked at the table she'd be sitting at. It had everyone from the cul-de-sac, Nat, Rave and Angela, too. Kevin was the only one not at the table. This whole thing was a mess! He knew she was trying to ease drama and spare Edd's feelings and his own, but him not being at that table would be too obvious.

"Put me at your table."

She quirked a brow.

"Put me at your table," he said with his usual tone of finality he usually reserved for his PE class and the football and baseball teams he coached at their alma mater.

"You know I reserve the right to kill you if shit pops off," she said as she moved his name to her table on the sitting chart list and floor plan.

"Noted."

The reunion was held over homecoming weekend. The school let the students have their dance Friday night, thus freeing it up for the class reunion dinner on Saturday night. After the game on Friday, they were to meet at Lee's bar downtown. The place was a dive, but the Kanker and Eddy ran it like a well oiled machine. Kevin made his appearance and got his slaps on the back and "At a boy!, Coach!," for the team's win. But his nerves were on fire.

And then Kevin saw him across the bar. He was still lanky. Still baby faced. His eyes just as blue as they were the last time Kevin saw them. Thing is, they looked happy. Which was a bit of a relief to the redhead considering the last time he saw them they were red and filled with tears.

And when he caught Kevin's eye, he smiled and Kevin's insides went to mush. Not matter what, he'd always love Edd's smile. He nearly ran across the crowded bar when Edd waved him over.

"We don't run inside, Kevin," Edd said as the red head wrapped him up in a hug.

"Still just as bossy," Kevin said as he tugged Edd's ever present beanie over his eyes.

"And you're still just as wild."

"You wouldn't want it any other way," Kevin smirked at him and then he grinned when he saw Edd's cheeks go pink.

"So how are you?," Edd asked as he directed to a table set for two.

"I'm alright," Kevin shrugged. "What have you been up to?"

Edd shrugged himself.

"I just moved back a couple of months ago, so I'm still trying to get back into swing of things."

"Say word?!," Kevin gasped as he made a mental note to kill Nazz for not telling him that Edd had been back in town for two whole months.

"Yes, I'm the new head of quality control at the candy factory."

Kevin's grin was super wide at this. Edd got his dream job!

"I hope you know a good dentist," he snickered.

Edd just rolled his eyes.

"I have a nice health plan, thank you for your concern."

"Smartass."

"You used to like my smartass."

Kevin went red and Edd giggled. And then next three words tumbled out of Kevin's mouth before he had a chance to consider saying them.

"I still do."

Edd stared at him with wide eyes for a good five seconds before blinking and slowly turning an adorable shade of pink. Nazz walked up not more than two seconds later.

"Hey, you two! Kev, I need to borrow you for a sec," she said as she drug Kevin away, with Edd still staring wide eyed after them.

Nazz had only needed his help to haul a few kegs into the bar as the combination of the football, baseball and wrestling teams was gonna milk the bar dry. When he came to the table they had been sitting at, Edd was gone.

"Here," came a husky woman's voice behind him.

Turning he saw Marie Kanker, cigarette between her lips holding out a napkin to him.

"He told me to give that to you," she said before walking away.

Taking a breath, Kevin opened it up and saw a note in Edd's swooping hand writing.

Meet me the park near the cul-de-sac tomorrow morning 10AM

- DD

Seeing that Edd had signed it in his usual two letter initials that he reserved just for Kevin gave the redhead some hope. He couldn't even bring himself to complain about not getting to sleep in.

Kevin rode his motorcycle to the cul-de-sac and parked it in his parent's driveway before walking to the park. And there he was. Sitting on the swings fiddling with his phone as he gently swayed back and forth.

Kevin gave him the low whistle that had become their call to each other when the other was at a distance. It reminded Edd of a whippoorwill and he could easily mimic it, which he did without even looking up from his phone. But when he did, he bit his lip in a way Kevin knew was to hide a grin and his cheeks were quite pink.

"Hey," Kevin said as he casually strode over to him.

"Hey, yourself," Edd said as pocketed his phone and started to swing.

Out of habit, Kevin stood behind him and started to give him gentle pushes. It helped to steady his nerves. Plus it gave him time to think before he asked his next question.

"What are you doing after dinner?"

Edd sighed.

"Heading home most likely. I'm sure Eddy is going to want me to come back to the bar, but..."

"It's not your scene."

"Exactly," Edd sighed.

"I know a nice spot."

Edd stopped swinging and looked at the tall redhead behind him. Kevin shrugged.

"It's a little spot, plays jazz on Saturday nights. Me and Nat go there to shoot pool sometimes."

Edd considered this.

"Smoke free."

Edd bit his lip again.

"And I know for a fact that they always have Knob Creek in stock. Owner likes it."

Edd's cheeks started going red and his eyes glimmered.

"I'm just saying," Kevin said as he walked to the swing next to Edd's and started swinging. From the corner of his eye he could see the wheels in Edd's head turning. It was in his eyes.

"Jazz?"

"Every Saturday night."

"Knob Creek, huh?"

Kevin knew that tone. Yes, he was worming his way back onto Edd's good side, and yes he was pulling out all the stops, but that wasn't going to stop him from getting his Edd back.

"Yep. And smoke free."

Edd sighed.

"I'll be there with Nat and Rave after the dinner tonight and you're welcome to join us. It'd be a nice spot for you to get away to now that you're back in town."

Edd just shook his head, but Kevin could tell by the look in his eyes that he was going to be there. They spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon catching up like they were old friends. Soon it was nearly four and Kevin had to head home to get ready to go help Nazz decorate for the reunion dinner.

"I can help, Kev," Edd said as they walked back to the cul-de-sac.

He called him, 'Kev.'

Kevin sighed, threw his head back as if in thought and bit the inside of his cheek to keep himself from smiling.

"Alright, meet us at the gym at 5," he said as he went to his parent's house and noticed that Edd had his own car in his parent's drive way.

And his mind flashed to many a mini date at the park and on their way back, they'd walk up the middle of the cul-de-sac, hand in hand. Kevin would always give Edd's hand a squeeze before pulling him into a hug and Edd would wrap his arms around his neck and draw him in for a deep kiss.

He wanted to get back to that. He wanted to get back to that so bad. But one step at a time. First step, decorate the gym.

Kevin texted Nazz about Edd coming to help decorate. On the one hand she was relieved to have the extra help. On the other, she wondered if it was such a good idea. After their breakup, they didn't see each other, even though they went to the same school, and then Edd moved out of state for graduate school.

Even after a pleasant conversation at the bar and that morning and afternoon at the park, she was scared they were rushing back into things too fast. She wanted them back together. They all did. But she wanted them to be sure it was right this time.

She, Nat, Rave, Ang and Ed watched them like hawks as they decorated the gym and finalized the dinner's plans. Having Edd there meant things ran even more smoothly than before and they got out with plenty of time to get back home, clean up and change for the dinner.

Edd, ever the punctual one was the first to arrive. He played sudoku on his phone as he waited for Nazz to arrive. He was pleasantly surprised to see Kevin at his car's door not 10 minutes after he arrived.

"You're 10 minutes late, Kevin," he teased when he rolled the window down.

Kevin was always 10 minutes behind him.

"You're 10 minutes early, Edd," Kevin said as he leaned on the car.

It was always like this. Kevin would get where they needed to be late, but still wait patiently for Edd to get out of the car.

"Get in the car, Kevin."

Kevin quirked a brow. He couldn't get a read on Edd's tone. His face was a careful blank and his thumbs flew across the screen as he solved another puzzle.

Getting in the car, his heart rate went up as he watched Edd close the game out, lock his phone and put it in the cubby hole of the dashboard's console. Edd wanted a chat and he wanted to be as undistracted as possible.

"Kevin, since we have to live here together again, I need to know what we're doing," Edd said as he stared out the windshield.

"Sitting in the car."

Kevin couldn't resist a wise crack. It was who he was. Edd may have been a smartass, but most of that was because Kevin had taught him so well.

"Kevin."

Kevin sighed.

"We'll do whatever you want to do, Edd."

Edd ran a hand through his hair and lost his beanie in the process. It took all of Kevin's will not to run his own hands through Edd's silky, inky black, curly tresses.

"I never expected to come back here," Edd sighed.

"Tell me about it."

Apolgetic green met pensive blue.

I'm not over you.

It was in their eyes. But did they want to be? Nazz's "good authority" had told her that not only was Edd still single, he hadn't dated seriously since he and Kevin had broken up. Kevin was in the same boat.

"Oh, Kevin," Edd sighed.

He thought that he repaired his heart from the heartbreak over what the redhead had done to them, but it wouldn't stop pining for him. He had hoped seeing him would prove that he was over him, but he wasn't. He didn't think he'd ever be now.

"I'm sorry, Double D."

And there it was. Kevin had never apologized for the part that he played in what led to their breakup. And just like he had never expected to come back to Peach Creek, Edd had never expected that apology to come.

Edd shot him a glance and was held spellbound by the sincere remorse in his emerald eyes.

"Kevin...I..."

"I know you don't believe me and you don't have to. But I am sorry."

Edd's voice was soft and Kevin barely heard him.

"I believe you."

"You do?"

"I do."

"Why?!"

Edd gave a small laugh.

"A little bird told me that you started to have a tendency to date only one person at a time around junior year."

Kevin shrugged.

"A really smart guy once told me that it was better to do things one thing at a time then all at once."

Edd's cheeks blushed a slight pink as he grinned and Kevin's heart fluttered like it did the first time he realized he liked the grinning, baby faced genius next to him. They both looked up to see Nazz tapping her fingers on Edd's window.

"Let's go!," she said brightly, flashing that mega watt smile that earned her her "Best Smile" Senior Superlative and her picture being hung in her dentist office to this day.

"We're coming!," Edd grinned back her. Turning to Kevin, he asked, "One thing at a time, huh?"

"Y-Yeah," Kevin said nervously.

"Well, let's start with dinner," Edd said as he got out of the car.

The dinner went well and Nazz didn't have to kill Kevin bc nothing 'popped off," but she did get the riot act Sunday morning over brunch for not telling him Edd was back in town for two months. She saw over dinner that he was well within his rights to get angry with her. The two young men could repair their own relationship. They just needed time and space to do it.

They ended up going alone to the tiny jazz bar that five minutes from both of their condos. Nat decided that if Kevin was going to get back on the right track with Edd again, he needed to be uninterrupted and focused. It didn't work right away, but in good time, Kevin got back in with Edd.

15 years later, at their 30th class reunion, there was no question where Kevin was sitting. Because he took his chance to renew what he had with Edd, he never missed a chance to sit right next to the one person he would never get over, no matter how hard he tried. Like hell if he'd want to.