"What the hell was that..."

Kevin is still standing in the hall whispering to himself. He starts to turn toward his classroom before remembering he needs his book for his next class. Just as he's grabbing the book from his locker the late bell rings.

"Shit, shit, shit! "

He takes off without even closing his locker. It only takes about 2 minutes for Kevin to make it to his class, and as he walks into the room his teacher gives him a small smirk.

"Nice of you to join us Mr. Barr. I assume you have a pass? "

"Umm... sorry but I actually just forgot my book in my locker and had to go back for it."

*sigh* "Just take your seat Kevin."

"Yes sir. "

Kevin takes his seat which is between Eddy and his teammate Justin. He looks over at Justin's book to see what page the class is on before pulling out his notebook and homework from last class. Thinking about his classes he realizes that Eddy is in most of the same one as him.

Thank god there's only two more classes after this one... if course then I have practice, but I like football so I won't be bored doing that.

As Mr. Olsen goes over the homework from last week, Kevin starts thinking about what happened in the hallway.

Man what was that? I've never seen his face that way before, his blush went all the way to his ears.

"Ok class pass up your homework and then please copy the notes from the board. If anyone has questions about the writing styles in the examples just come see me at my desk. I should have these graded by the end of class."

Jolted from his thoughts Kevin passes his paper to the girl in front of him. He begins to copy the notes, but starts to daze off again.

Maybe I shouldn't have touched him? Was he thinking about if my hand was clean? But, man if I hadn't he would have just kept rambling about how sorry he was, I mean it's cute when he does that but it's also kind annoying...

WAIT!

Did I just think the word CUTE? What the fuck! ... But well if any dude could be called cute I guess Double Dweeb fits the bill but why did I think it. ... man this is just a weird fucking day...

Kevin was still lost in his thoughts when his team mate tried to get his attention. Justin had been throwing small pieces of rolled up paper at him for a few minutes before he noticed. By the time he turned to look at him there was a little pile of the paper balls on his desk.

*chuckle*"Dude what's with you? I've been doing this for like ten minutes now. "

"I've just got some shit on my mind, it's nothing bad just making it hard to think. "

Justin looks at him for a minute like he was deciding something .Then a huge grin appeared on his face.

"Girl trouble? "The ginger turns pink at the statement , before glaring at his friend.

Girl trouble? What the hell makes him say that.

"Not really... umm... just... nah, don't worry man. "

"You know I'm going to keep bugging you until ya tell me. " ^^

And that's exactly how Kevin spent the rest of his classes that day...

Surprisingly Eddward was having a similar problem with one of his own classmates. Clayton, like Eddward was in all AP classes. The blonde boy was already in his seat when he saw the slender genius stumble in the classroom blushing brightly. As soon as Double D sat down his new friend started up a conversation.

"Hi Eddward, how was your day? "

"My day has gone perfectly fine, thank you, Clayton. Also I have told you before that as we are friends you may call me Double D. "

*chuckle*" But Double D is a way to differentiate between you and the other Eds and I don't have any classes with either of them except gym with Eddy, and I need no help telling you two apart. I like being the only person who calls you Eddward*hehe* ok well the only non adult at least. "

*sigh*"I suppose it is fine, I am merely unused to being referred that way by my peers... now I am changing the subject ,how has your day fared?"

Before the boy could answer the teacher wobbled in and began to take attendance. Mrs. Guzman, a rather portly woman directed the class to the pages of math problems she wanted everyone to work on before putting the notes on the board and going to her desk. As always she seemed more exhausted on Fridays, so the work load was light that day.

"Well I'm glad you asked, cause I need your help with something huge! See I want to be a music engineer and the college I want to go to has super high standards. I've been in contact with their admissions department , I've been told my grades are perfectly fine and so are my extracurriculars but I found out today that when the time comes for me to apply I will have to submit a thesis project."

"I am both terrified and curious, what does this have to do with me? "

"Well I can't give you the specifics, but I was hoping you would consent to be one of my test subjects for the project. All you have to do is listen to music, and spend 20 minutes a week letting me observe you and fill out a questionnaire each time. Will you do it? Please? Please? Please?"

"Umm... uh.. may I think about it?"

Eddward has his chin balanced in his hand with his elbow on the table as he writes in his notebook, multitasking between math problems and his conversation.

"... Yeah, but I need an answer by Monday. "

The boys go silent as they finish up the class work and begin to copy the notes on the board. Clayton begins to fidget in his seat for a minute as he ponders something that had been bothering him since the start of class. The blonde decides to seek out his answers.

"... Hey Eddward why were you blushing when you walked in the classroom today? "

Double D who had completely forgotten about the incedent suddenly remembered and became shocked so bad by his friend asking ,that he loses balance on his elbows and his face slips, falling onto the desk. He lifts his head back up , his cheeks brighter than ever.

Calluses ...

"...I do not know what your talking about Clayton..."

"Uh huh , sure you don't."*haha*

Double D just blushes even more and did his best to ignore the other boy, for the rest of the day as they share the same classes.

"Come on Kevin at least tell me the girls name."

"Dude! Justin there is no girl, I've told you I just had something awkward happen and spent to long thinking about it . Ok? "

The two boys were at their first day of real football practice, doing stretches as Justin continued to nag Kevin for answers. As he is about to tell Kevin he think he's lying Ed put his hand over his mouth and looks him in the eye with a stern look.

"Look , kid your embarrassing him more. But more than that your constant chit chat and nagging is pissing me off. Shut up if you want to make to the next practice. "

Kevin looks at Ed who just smiles letting him know it was a bluff. Kevin laughs because he knows even if Ed is only ever violent on the field he can back up any threat if he wanted to, but he isn't that kind of guy. He knows the gentle giant acted that way because he considers Kevin his friend.

"Oh! Hey Justin before I forget do you want to hang out at the beach this Saturday? Me and some friends are camping out from Saturday morning until Sunday afternoon? "

Justin had been stunned silent by Ed's slight threat, and had to be asked again before he heard the question. Once it registered what he had been asked he answered pretty quickly.

"I'll have to ask my mom but yeah I would like to join, sounds like fun. "

As practice continued Kevin had no time to think about what happened in the hallway or having fun at the beach. He went through the plays over and over til they met the coaches the coach finally called an end to practice ask the players were sweating and exhausted, but pleased by their slight progress.

In the locker room Kevin immediately rushed to the showers to cool down and get clean. After cleaning up and getting dressed Kevin finally had a chance to think about going to the beach. Deciding he wanted to get to know some of his team mates he invited two more boys to the beach, Chris who shared his science class and Sam, one of the older boys who always hung out with Ed during practice. When that was done he made his way outside to the bike rack and unlocked his bicycle before heading home.

On his ride home Kevin started thinking about his reaction to what happened in the hallway with Double D. He wondered why his first thought was to calm the dork down, when he used to like making the slender boy shake with fear.

I just don't get it...

When he got home, Kevin put his bike in the garage and made his way into the kitchen for a snack. He pulled out an apple from the fridge and began cutting it into pieces. When he was done cutting the apple he went into his room to relax. Turning on his radio and sitting back on his bed he ate his apple while going over his day at school. When he was almost done with the apple slices Immortals from Fall Out Boy started playing and the ginger couldn't help but hum along with the catchy song while continuing to think. The last thought before the song was over ended up being about Edd.

Soft lips...