"Kevin! Kevin!" Eddy tried to shove passed the students crowding the front of the men's changing room in the gym. Kevin was about to finish morning practice and he could hear the shouts and questions demanding an explanation. Angry girls, curious boys - everyone seemed to be trying to shove into the small, sweaty room when there was a loud whistle from down the hall.

"Alright! Everyone get to class! Give me those pages or I'll write every single one of you up!" the coach roared.

"Coach! Where is Kevin!" the girls demanded, shoving the papers into his open hands.

"How should I know! Probably avoiding you, get to class!"

Eddy felt anger rise up within him but quickly calmed down and put his scheming mind to work. The front of the locker room was locked but the coach somehow got out.

"Alright," he whispered under his breath and shoved past the exiting students and ran around the back of the building.

There was an emergency exit at the back and just as he rounded the building he saw Kevin making a run through the doors. Stragglers seemed to have thought the same as Eddy because some students were making their way over when Kevin ran past.

"Fuck! He's fast!" Eddy cursed under his breath as he sped up to catch up to him. But he was too. Although he didn't look it, Eddy was in pretty decent shape.

It took only a few seconds for him to be at pace with Kevin. "Kevin!" he called out. Kevin looked back at him. "Where's Double D!"

"What! I was about to go find him!" Kevin said slowing down.

"I can't find him anywhere!" Eddy shouted back.

There were still a few students trying to catch up with Kevin and he cursed under his breath. Eddy grabbed onto his sleeve. "This way."

Kevin didn't think twice and followed Eddy.

They ran out to the outskirts of campus.

"Hey, what -"

"Let's go!" Eddy shouted, climbing up the fence in a few short seconds and landing expertly on the other side.

Kevin looked behind them. Nobody was following.

"Come on, Kevin. What the hell!"

Kevin grabbed onto the fence, climbed over, and they ran to the bus stop.

"Shit. What the fuck?" Kevin groaned under his breath. The bus was nearly empty and the two sat at the back of the bus.

"Seriously. You couldn't have been more careful?" Eddy gruffed.

"What?"

"Why did you have to go and make it difficult for Double D? He's super sensitive. You should have been more fucking careful."

Eddy shuffled through the pages once more before shoving them at Kevin. Kevin held them in his hand and he shook his head.

"Who took these?"

The moving leaves came back to Eddy and he cursed. "You were followed, dipshit. That night out at the lake."

"What?"

"I followed you too, but there was somebody else. After you guys left, I hung back and that was when the assholes left too. I didn't see who they were but - fuck! This sucks!"

Kevin thought for a moment longer and angrily crumbled up the sheets of paper. He gripped his head in rage and cursed under his breath. How had he not even thought someone might be following them! Did he really think this would go so easily? That everything would be great? That Double D and him could just be in love and live happily ever after? Bitter tears singed the rim of his eyes and he cleared his throat, digging his palms into his eyes.

"Was that the first time he said 'I love you'?" Eddy didn't looked at him but out the window.

Kevin nodded slowly. "Yup. I thought everything was going great," he shook his head at himself.

"Shit don't always work out, shovel chin."

"Do you really not know where Edd is?"

Eddy shook his head. "No, but I think he might have gone back home." Kevin nodded. "I'm gonna go talk to him."

"I'll come too."

"No, you wait. I've got to see him first. Him and I have stuff we need to talk about," Eddy sighed heavily.

"What? No way, I have to-"

"What! Tell him you're sorry? That you didn't mean for this happen?" Eddy countered angrily. "It happened, get the fuck over it, Kevin. But you can't say that kinda shit to Double D. He works differently and I don't care how long you've been dating. I've been his closest friend for almost 15 years so I have to see him first to make sure he can even handle seeing your ugly mug!"

Kevin bit down on his tongue. He was right. He hated it, but Eddy was right. Double D would be an emotional mess right now and seeing Kevin was probably not exactly what he wanted at the moment. They sat in silent anger, each fuming, as the bus came to the stop at the cul de sac. They both got off and walked to Double D's house.

"There's the car," Eddy observed, sitting in the driveway. He checked the doors and saw they were unlocked. He shook his head. "He forgot to lock the doors. He never forgets to lock the doors."

The door to the house was locked. "Good. Least he locked this one," Eddy said as he rang the doorbell. Normally, he would bang on the door so hard the door would almost rip off its hinges. But today, he couldn't do that.

"He's not answering the door," Kevin said numbly.

"Yeah, figured he wouldn't," Eddy said, reaching into his backpack and pulling out his keychain.

"What are you doing?"

"Going in the house, shovel chin. What else? I have the key," he said sarcastically jingling the keys in front of him. "Friend of 15 years, remember?"

Kevin glared at him but the door clicked open and Eddy walked in.

"Can I hang out downstairs?" Kevin didn't want to sound like he needed Eddy's permission, but in truth, Eddy knew Double D's sensibilities better and the last thing he wanted was to upset him anymore.

"Yeah. He's up in his room, so just hang out in the living room. Don't turn anything on. I don't want him to know you're here in case he doesn't want to see you. So just hang out, don't touch shit, and stay quiet."

Eddy closed and locked the door behind him. "Damn, he didn't even deadbolt it," he sighed with concern as he saw Edd's normally organized shoes haphazardly kicked off in the entryway. "He's not in good shape," Eddy said, taking Edd's shoes and putting them neatly in their place.

The two set their things down by the door, removed their shoes, and Eddy walked upstairs as Kevin sat down on the living room floor.

Okay, the last chapter was just too sad for me. :( I couldn't leave it just at that for another 15 days! So, here I am. I think I can handle this pause better. :) R&R please! And now - for realsies! I shall be back on the 1st of the month! Bunny - out! 3