It had been a struggle for the two friends to get back home with no ride to Kevin's home. Slowly but surely Kevin and Nazz walked all across town through the lonesome afternoon streets as they held on to each other for support. Kevin had to stop on several occasions from a coughing fit making it hard to breathe, and the movement of walking caused much pain in his right side of his torso and his lower back. The blood from his nose had dried and his left side of his face was covered with a huge black eye. Nazz was slightly better; she had a busted lip, scraped knees and elbows which were marked with bruises as well, and her hair in a puffy mess with blood and dirt.

Kevin thanked the heavens that his father was working late that day, if he hadn't the boy didn't know what he would do. Once they arrived to his home Kevin sat on the couch and placed his hat and their belongings on the coffee table as he waited for Nazz to put some water to boil before making their way up the stairs to his room. The ginger needed the girls help up the stairs due to the severe pain that surged through his back when he lifted his legs. In total they took about 15 minutes to walk up the stairs when Kevin had finally made it all the way up Nazz ran back down to turn off the stove and made them some tea. She grabbed a couple of ice packs Kevin's father Tom had stored in the freezer. He worked in construction you see, so she mentally thanked the poor old man for his storage of these and pain killers.

She gave Kevin the pain killers and tea to drink, taking some herself right after. Then helped the boy take off his shirt and placed an ice pack on his right shoulder and one on his bruised ribs. Only then did she see the true extend of all the torture the boy had been going through, the sight of the boy's mistreated torso made her tear up. As the ginger fell asleep she decided to get up. Nazz grabbed a shirt and sport shorts from the boy's closet then headed to the bathroom to look for the first aid to treat her scraped kneed and elbows. The crying girl washed the remaining makeup from her face before stepping into the shower. She had been in this bathroom may times before, usually due to sleepovers. Today however, the small spaced made her feel so confined, the cold water felt like needles shooting into her pale skin. She bent down hugging her knees tightly to her chest letting louds sobs escape her lips. The tragic memories hitting her like a brick. The year before the event had ended in cheerful joy just laughing hysterically among the three friends. This year it was all so different, it was all just so sad.

After a long shower and finally managed to gather the strength to dry herself and dress. Kevin's clothing fitting her slightly loose, but in reality the ginger wasn't much bigger from her only about two inches taller. She entered the silent room and saw Kevin's limp body still sound asleep. The girl took the boy's shoes off and covered his naked chest with a blanket then crawled on the bed lying next to her best friend.

Holding back a sob her small hand reached to caress the boy's cheeks lovingly. She had been so stupid. Just how was she supposed to take on Eddward and the J's? To win at their game, it was ridiculous, it was outrageous and idiotic. This had been her fault again; once again Kevin had endured so much pain protecting her. It wasn't how her idea had planned to go, she only wanted to free the boy, but because of her advancements he could now very well be in much more danger when the following school year began.

She leaned in close to Kevin placing a kiss to his cheek as a tear roll down then closed her eyes letting a shaky sigh out. Her Kevin was so strong the girl didn't know how he dealt with it all.

If both friends could completely agree on something it was that their hearts where filled with utter disappointment.

…

The following day Kevin's father had questioned them very concerned and completely bewildered at their injuries. The friends had come up with the excuse early in the morning that Nazz had been harassed by some street jerks while they were on the park and Kevin had ended up in a fight with them. The old man had been very silent looking directly at Kevin's eyes trying to detect any lies in them. However what the man didn't know was that Kevin had longed since developed the technique to calm his anxiety that bluntly straight up made all his lies believable. Well, it was partially true but the ginger had hoped that he's father wouldn't be so angered after hearing about his manly moment. To his favor his father had patted the boy's head "Thank you for being so brave son, you did well in protecting Nazz"

Kevin looked up at his father and smiled sheepishly. Rarely did he ever get such a praise that wasn't about how smart he was. It made the boy very happy knowing that his father didn't believe him to be such a wimp.

Mr. Barr had called the high school excusing both students from the day, before making them breakfast and leaving for work.

Kevin and Nazz had spent most of the day locked up in the boy's room watching movies since the ginger couldn't do many movements. Nazz had prepared them popcorn and lemonade as they watched the Harry Potter series back to back. It had been a very long time since they last had a sleep over and this day only proved how much both missed each other dearly. They laughed and flung popcorn at each other, though it pained the boy to do both.

"Kevin…" the girl spoke softly after a while.

The boy turned his head surprised at her sudden quietness "What's up?"

"There's something I need to tell you…it's about yesterday…" she looked away trying to gather her words correctly.

Kevin just listened quietly; there was nothing to talk about in his opinion, what happened happened. The last thing he wanted to be told was…well, I told you so…he just didn't want to think about it. It was painful.

"W-when I was eavesdropping on Jimmy and…you know who… um, they were talking about some party" the girl looked up at Kevin a bit nervously.

"And?" Kevin questioned quickly becoming tense and 'uninterested'.

"Well, they were planning something big…something dangerous"

"What do you mean dangerous?" the boy leaned closer trying to get the girl to spill the important information.

Nazz breathed in shakily "They were planning on gathering all of us in the robotics and quiz bowl club from peach creek and lemon brook…"

Kevin looked at her dumbfounded "and do what?"

"Well they didn't say but what do you think" the girl looked up at the boy, who in return turned away.

"When?"

"I don't know"

"We should let them know…" Kevin responded after a moment of pondering.

"I already did" she pointed to Kevin's phone on his bed stand "I sent a message to Ed this morning, he told me he'd let people know but I mean, I don't know if word will spread fast enough to reach the students in lemon brook"

Kevin ran a hand through his ginger locks tiredly "I hope so"

"There's nothing more we can do Kev" Nazz reach out to grab Kevin's hand.

He gave her a squeeze with his hand looking at her with a concerned expression. "right…"

About the fourth movie in to their day they had fallen fast asleep.

It wasn't until late in the afternoon Kevin had woken up from the movement. When he woken up he saw Nazz shaking his left shoulder slightly, he gingerly rose rubbing his eyes. "Hey Kev, your dad just called telling us to order in for dinner"

"Is he working late again?" Kevin yawned glancing at his window to see how late it was.

"No, he's just too tired to make dinner" the girl laughed.

Kevin stretched his arms and legs making a painful grunt as he did so "Alright then, want to order Chinese?"

"You know me so well!" Nazz beamed at the suggestion.

The rest of that day Nazz and the Barr men spent the evening playing board games in the living room and simply just catching up.

There was a nagging feeling that kept trying to push its way up to grab Kevin attention. Yet throughout the day the ginger forced it down and kept on smiling and focused on the people who actually cared for him.

It wasn't until late at night that the little ginger could no longer suppress it. Nazz laid sound asleep next to him, but he lay wide awake staring at the ceiling. Kevin tried to keep his sniffling silent so he wouldn't wake the girl as he let his angry tears run down his cheeks once again. He raised his hands to cover his eyes from sight no longer able to bear seeing the wall. His chest was extremely tight and hurt so much all he wanted to do was scream.

It was all so frustrating.

Kevin didn't want to think about…him

But the ginger's tears only proved the reality of what happened. This wasn't a dream, everything had happened. Kevin had provided the boy with companionship, and had displayed genuine concern for him. Yet HE had decided to abandon all that. HE preferred power over friendship… and it was HE who had betrayed their newly found bond.

Kevin had believed that the two months they had spent the boy would have had a possible change in heart maybe not entirely but enough to had had helped him in that moment. He had hoped it would have been enough to have sparked something in him, Kevin trusted the raven haired teen to step out of his comfort zone.

Was he playing him this entire time? Did Kevin only serve the bully as a toy? Was this entire thing a lie!

It couldn't have been… no way

How the hell did Eddward know that little Kevin would have been running in that direction that afternoon at the bridge. How the hell did Eddward know Kevin would be looking for him after the swim meet.

WHY GOD DAMN IT!

Why had Kevin been the one to find him at the bridge? Why was Kevin the one to find him in the locker rooms? Why was Kevin the one so willing persistent to stay at the boy's side after all that he had done?

WHY!

Why did Eddward let him in? Why did Eddward care for him? Why did Eddward share any personal information with him!

Why did this happen…

…How did this happen…

Where was Eddward?

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Guys! thank you so much for you love and support from the last chapter it really means alot to have such lovely reviews and added your critiques on it. Truly helps me to get better and is very motivational. It lets me know you guys actually want more. So thank you very much!

I know this chapter is short, but i decided i neeedd to get this chapter in as a breather before we dive in for more strong feels in the next one.

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