Chapter 35 – 11th Grade You Won't Believe Me
A/N- Now to hit rewind on our story. Oh and for those who don't remember Tommy he is the guy Lee was dating you know the one who went to that pray the gay away camp and helped her spray paint Edd's locker just to refresh your memories on who he is. Warnings: Language
Once Kevin saw Edd's car leave the parking lot and he had his moment to let out his frustration by screaming some profanities he quickly starts walking back to the school to go find Angelica, he passes Nazz along the way. "Trouble in paradise?"
"Fuck you." Kevin didn't even pause to look in her direction but kept on walking, meeting Angelica at the entrance to the building.
"Where's Edd?" She asks seeing the troubled look in Kevin's eyes.
"A little issue has come up." Seeing the look on her face that told him to spill it he continues. "Tommy came onto me ok and Edd saw him kiss me, but he didn't see it when I was telling that jerk to fuck off. Now he has run off to god knows where, and probably thinks I'm cheating on him."
"So he stranded us here?" She lifts her hand and starts to say something but decides not to at that moment and turns to march off toward the office. "Oh no, wait till I get my hands on that little drama queen. You do not leave a pregnant woman stranded, I don't care what bull shit you're going through." Getting to the office she made a call to her mother, who as luck would have it was just getting off work and headed in their direction. They arrived at the house a little while later, Kevin frantically looking for Edd but as expected he wasn't there. "Did you really expect him to come to the one place he knew for certain he would run into you at?"
"Well do you have any bright ideas where he might be?" Kevin asks and she shrugs her shoulders and like a prayer answered from on high the phone rings and Kevin picks it up.
After giving the appropriate greeting a ladies voice comes through. "Oh yes hello, is Leslie there?"
"No, she hasn't made it home from work yet." Kevin replies.
"Well can you tell her Margie called to let her know that Edd was going to stay over here with Eddy tonight." The friendly lady said a little too upbeat for Kevin's liking at the moment. Well when you're in a bad mood perky isn't your thing.
"I will ma'am and thank you." Hanging up the phone he turns to Angelica. "Well he's over at Eddy's." And before Angelica could ask a question about transportation in walks Leslie, I know a lot of things are being handed on silver platter to these two today. "Momma, can I borrow the car please." Seeing the confused look on her face he continues. "I need to go talk to Edd, please."
"Where's Edd?" Still really confused she just starts handing him the keys.
"Oh he's over at Eddy's." Angelica said the snarky side coming out. "Lots of teenage angst drama that you only get in fan fiction." She starts out the door but calls back to Leslie before closing it. "We'll explain later, now we're off to save the day."
Seeing how you all read this part in the last chapter we are skipping forward to their return, if you haven't read it why are you on this chapter then. I suggest you go back and read it.
Upon arriving home feeling defeated Kevin and Angelica head into the kitchen and sit at the table, Leslie joins them a moment later looking concerned about the expressions on their faces. "Ok will one of you please explain what the hell is going on?"
"Well its like this, Kevin here proposed to Edd a few weeks back." Kevin looks at Angelica like she had just told Slugworth the secret recipe to the everlasting gobstopper.
"You weren't supposed to tell her that Angie." Kevin moans.
"Kevin dear, I found the ring in your drawer a month ago." Leslie said matter-of-factly. "You should really learn how to hide things better, and I pretty much figured you were going to do it anyways after our little talk." She takes in a breath and lets it out in a sigh, better late than never to hear about her son's engagement. "Aw the impatience of youth, just remember what I said, no marriage till after high school" She then motions for Angelica to continue dispensing the drama.
"Well as you know Nazz has been causing drama with Edd and Kevin, it could be just coincidence but a boy made a move on Kevin today and Edd caught the last bit when the boy kissed him." She paused to let everyone get her implication and maybe for a little dramatic effect as well. "So now Edd has run off and is staying over at Eddy's tonight, and won't talk to Kevin, so we are pretty sure he thinks Kevin is cheating on him."
"Kevin, honey, I love my son to death but sometimes he can be a bit of a drama queen." She pats Kevin on the hand and then leans back in the chair again. "Love is hard work at time's kids, don't let anyone ever tell you its smooth sailing. You're going to fight, you're going to have misunderstandings, and sometimes you're going to want to throw something at their heads. But it's how you deal with the hard times that make the good so much more worth wild." She stands and gets herself a cup of ice tea from the refrigerator and offers everyone some and continues as she pours the drinks. "So you're going to have to do something to show him that he matters more to you than anyone else, and hopefully that will get it through his think skull. If that doesn't work I'll smack him around a little and let him know he's being an idiot." After handing them their cups she walks past Kevin and pats him on the shoulder. "I hope that helps dear." And she leaves the room to allow them to contemplate her words a little.
"What do you think I should do?" Kevin pondered this with great thought, he had hoped the engagement would have been enough to show Edd how much he loved him.
"I don't know darling, but we got to do something quickly before Nazz puts anymore doubts into his head." Angelica did have a good point there, if they were going to get this situation turned around they needed to do it fast.
His mind still reeling from the days drama he was unable to think clearly at the moment, and feeling like he was beating his head against a brick wall he address Angelica. "Well I should probably get you home before your parents start to worry about you." She nods in agreement and they both stand up and head out of the kitchen and into the living room. "Mom, I need to borrow the car again to take Angie home."
Leslie just waves him on. "OK well hurry back, you've got school tomorrow." Driving Angelica home Kevin noticed a shop on the corner as they stopped at a red light and a plan started forming in his mind. On the way back home he stops at that shop and does a little browsing asking the clerk a few questions on such things like delivery and fees. Refreshing his knowledge from a previous purchase by asking the meanings behind this item or that item, wanting to get the perfect color and perfect message, wanting there to be no doubt in his dorky fiancé mind what his heart was telling him and where he wanted to be for the rest of his life.
Arriving back home he was carrying a package in his arms that held a pair of items in it, he peaks his head into the living room to see both parents sitting in their recliners watching TV. "Mom, dad, are either of you going to be home tomorrow?"
"Tony will be, why dear?" Leslie asks, curious about what was in the package but realized what it was once she saw the logo.
Kevin rubs the back of his neck and address Tony. "Well there's going to be a delivery for Edd tomorrow, could you put it in his room for me?"
"Alright sport will do." Tony gives a little thumbs up to Kevin, giving him his thanks Kevin turns and then heads upstairs and calls Angelica.
"Hey Angie I think I might have come up with something, but I'll need your help." He knew her answer before she spoke it. They spent the remainder of their time before having to go to bed coming up with a plan to show that hard headed dork just how much he meant to Kevin. And if it didn't work, there was always plan B letting mama bear straighten him out, not that they thought it would come to that but it was still funny to joke about. Help will be needed and Kevin was counting on her to help him get it.
A/N- Oh for those who don't know why I call this the Nina Simone arch it is because of the titles of these chapters. They are the first two verses of her song Love Me or Leave Me. If you haven't ever heard of or listened to this divine woman before I highly suggest her, it's very powerful music in a pivotal time in our countries history.