Edd stood frozen by the edge of the olympic size swimming pool. The other members of the the team were gettng the lanes ready for practice. The genius watched as the water lapped against the sides of the pool in uneven waves. 'Is the water cold?' Tenaisiously he poked his big toe into the water, he pulled back when he realised that it was in fact fairly cold. 'Great my day couldn't get any worse.'

"Welcome to the team son." Coach walked over and placed his hand on his shoulder, almost protectively. "My pride and joy right here...Ya know I have a feeling that you'll fit in here."

Edd simply nodded his head and let out a breath he wasn't aware he was holding. 'Will I really fit in here?'

"Kevin get over here!" Coach yelled, motioning for the forementioned boy to come over to where the pair was standing.

As Kevin turned around recognition flashed on his face as he looked at the wimpy boy next to coach, 'Double D? What's he doing here?' Althought against his best judgement he walked over to the swim coach.


'Kevin? Why is he calling Kevin over? Should I be scared? Should I leave? Maybe Coach needs to talk to him alone.'

Before Double D had anymore time to freak out, Kevin was standing in front of him frowning very blatantly in his direction, apparently he wasn't very happy to be here either.

"Kevin you're going to be teaching our newest member of the Peach Creek Swim Team."

"Me?! Why me?! Wait why is he even joining the swim team in the first place." He swiftly looked at Double D for an explanation.

"I...uh.." Eddward started

Coach interupted the scrawny boy once again, considering that he seemed to be having some trouble explaining the situation. "He was failing gym and I gave him the oppurtunity to bring up his grade by joining the swim team."

Kevin looked confused and shook his head in disbelief, then speaking softly to coach, "So what does this have to do with me? It's his problem."

Coach pulled Kevin aside harshly, "Now quit talking about the wimp like that. I believe that with a little work that he would be one of the best swimmers on this team. Since you're not actually on the team and you're only here to keep in shape for football, it won't hurt you to help the kid learn the strokes. So you need to pull your act together right now and stop acting like a whinny 5 year old. Now go help him."

The redhead turned to Coach, a distraught look present on his face, "Alright I'll do it, but I am not happy about it."

With that, Kevin sighed and walked over to the smaller boy who was nervously looking around him. 'He's probably freaking out about germs right now...weirdo.' Immediately after Kevin thought that he felt bad for thinking that, as he looked over at the other boy again he did look genuienely scared.

Clearing his throat Kevin spoke up, "Ya know, swimming is one the cleanest sports.

"That is not statistically proven." was all Edd said in reply.

"Oh uh okay." Kevin muttered, mostly to himself, 'I was just trying to make the loser feel better.'

Before the situation had time to get even more awkward, Coach walked over and started giving them instructions on what to do. "Okat today you can teach him freestyle. If you have to, you will stay after practice to finish teaching him. I will give you my keys and I will trust you to lock up. You guys better get started if you don't want to be here too late," Coach looked up at Edd's hat clad head, "And make sure you don't wear that thing in my pool." And with that he walked away to start practice for the other members of the swim team.

Edd grabbed at the hat protectively. Keeping it firmly on his head.

"Coach is right you know." He looked at the black and white hat dubiously, "You do have a swim cap right?"

Edd just nodded his head and bit his lip. A nervous quirk he had aquired throughout the years of being tormented by the very boy who was standing in front of him right now, looking down at him. Double D simply blushed and looked down at his feet again.

"Do you know how to put a swim cap on?" inquired the redhead.

"...N-no," Double D shook his head.

"Well then get it, I'll do it for you."

"No!" Eddward shouted at Kevin, fear flashing across is face, "I mean...I couldn't possibly let you do that."

Kevin looked at the smaller boy, confused by his sudden outburst, " Get your cap, it's not that big a deal, dweeb.

The smaller boy mumbled something to himself. Then looked up at Kevin.

Once Kevin realised he probably meant to say something to him he said, "What?"

Edd looked around to make sure no one was close enough to hear him and leaned in to whisper in Kevin's ear, "As long as you don't make fun of me."

Kevin blushed at their close proximaty, it seemed too intimate for him to be able to feel Double D's warm breath against his neck. 'But it sure as hell feels nice.' Shaking that awkward thought from his head, he coughed and said,"Oh uh...I'm not sure what you mean but yeah sure that's fine. Will you feel better if we do it in the locker room?"

"Yes that would be nice."


Edd shuffled through the bag that held the belongings he had brought along to practice. Searching for the small swim cap. "I know it's in here somewhere...ah hah!" he held up the piece of black spandex, "I have found it!"

"About time." Kevin chuckled from where he was leaning against the wall of lockers. He pushed himself off the wall swiftly and crossed his arms as he stood in front of the scrawny teenager before him. "Alright so take off your hat."

Eddward looked a little frightened yet his arms were moving to his head to grasp at the black fabric. "Now remember what I said...don't make fun of me." It was obvious that he was having a hard time beginning to take off the hat. 'Come on just take the hat off already.' The suspence was killing Kevin so he reached forward slowly put his hands on either side of the boy's head and slid of the cap. It came off easy and with the hat, Kevin's arms slid around Double D's neck.

Kevin stood in awe at the small boy in front of him. His hair was perfectly normal however there was a large scar that extended over his left eye to a ways back on his head. The redhead couldn't help but reach forward and place his finger on the scar. It felt soft on his skin and he looked down at Double D who was looking right back at him and blushing furiously. 'When did Double D get so...pretty?' Kevin shook the thought from his brain as he realized that he still had an arm around his neck and was touching his scar. He pulled back both of his arms and rubbed the back of his neck, feeling the warmth of the blush that was currently forming.

"Okay, uh let's go get your swim cap on." Kevin motioned for the bathrooms, "Go wet the cap in the sink, it stays on better if it's wet."

Edd looked up at Kevin with large green eyes, "You're not going to say anything about it?"

The jock looked straight at Double D, their eyes locking, "There's nothing to ask."

"Not even how it happened?" Eddward didn't look away, although the intense gaze they were sharing was sending shivers down his spine. His face was quickly flushing a deep shade of red.

"You'll tell me when you're ready. Now let's get that cap on and get you in the pool."

Eddward's face flushed even more and he smiled up at Kevin. This may have been the only time that his childhood bully had made him smile. He hoped it wouldn't be the last because the feeling that smile gave him was may have been one of the best feelings in the world.


The cowardly boy stood in the shallow end of the pool. Shivers coursing through his body from the cold waves lapping against his body. His teeth chattering loudly against each other was the only sound he could hear. Kevin laughed at him as he stood in the pool, seemingly content with the temperature.

"What?! It's cold!" Eddward yelled at the jock.

"Wimp." Kevin said jokingly "Okay to get started I will demonstrate Freestyle. It's the most basic stroke and probably the one you will end up doing in meets."

'Meets?! I thought I just had to swim, not compete!' Eddward began to internally freaked out, drowning out the other boys words with his overwhelming thoughts.

Edd's mind focused back to what Kevin was saying to him, "Okay? So you're going to watch while I show you freestyle. I'm not going to start off the block. I'll just go to the end of the lane and back. Just make sure you pay attention to how my arms and legs move together."

Kevin walked over to the beginning of the lane, Double D moved over to give him room to start. As Eddward watched, he realized that there was more to swimming than just swimming. There was an entire process he went through just to start. Once he was ready, Kevin kicked off the wall and dived uder water, giving a few hard kicks until he surfaced. He started by moving his right arm over his head and into the water, then alternating arms with each stroke. His feet kicked forcefully sending small splashes to the surface. Occasionally he would come up for a breath then his head would quickly go down, back into the water. Once he was at the end he did a flip and kicked off the wall, pushing himself forward once again. The longer that Edd watched Kevin, the more enraptured he became with the entirety of Kevin. The only word he could think to describe him was beautiful.

Double D blushed and thought, 'Did I just think of another male as beautiful? Preposterous! I would never do such a thing' But he did.

Before he had much time to dwell on the subject, Kevin had made his way back to him.

"You ready to try?'