Chap. 2 – The Beauty and the Gimp.

The sound of music came from Liz's room as Kevin walked in with his stupid smile. Liz didn't come out to say hi. She just turned up the music. Kevin sighed and went upstairs knocking on her door. She came out and looked at him before sighing. "How was the date?" she asked. Kevin smiled a bit trying to lighten the mood. "Good well just remember to be careful you did just push him out of the closet."

Kevin nodded as Liz walked back into her room, he stood there for a bit and listened to what she was playing. It was "Conversations with My 13 Year Old Self" by P!nk. Kevin's heart dropped a bit knowing that this song hit a cord with her, for a while when they were younger she had gotten bullied by kids because of how she dressed. She had never told him about until he found out on his own. He tried to take care of the problem but it was no use. Soon she just got tired of it and took matters into her own hands.

She had taken one of his bats to school and hit one kid when he came too close then started to rant about how much pain they had put her through and how she had one point thought about taking the gun that dad had to her head. Kevin never let himself forget how useless he felt.

Kevin sighed a bit and went to his room taking off his shirt and pants. He sighed a bit thinking about everything that had happened that day, he hopped tomorrow would be a bit better. He hopped into bed and covered up. He looked at the ceiling thinking about what his sister had said.

"Be careful, you just pushed him out the closet." Had he really pushed him out of the closet? He had never thought about it that way. He remembered how Nazz had told him about his sister liking girls and how betrayed Liz had felt. He had to be careful with Edd, he didn't want him to never talk to him again if he did something to hurt his feelings.

Kevin rolled onto his side and shut his eyes going into a deep sleep after a bit.

Kevin sat in class, Edd sat in front of him mumbling something about hating his heart. Kevin stood and went to check on him, only to get looks from the class. He touched Edd's back, he felt slime and other things on his hand. He tried to pull away only to have a string of green slime go with him as Edd started to get cover with it after saying.

"What is life if you can't be beautiful?" his eyes stared at a human heart on the desk. There was a hole in his chest where the slime poured out of. Kevin nearly threw up. What had happened to make Edd like this? Why was his mind showing him this? He shut his eyes tight before opening them. He looked to see a slimy Edd on top of him with a knife and a scowl. "If I can't have you no one will!" He yelled before plunging the knife into Kevin's chest.

Kevin sat up fast with a yelp of pain. His stomach twisted in a knot before he got up and ran to his bathroom. He threw up all that he had eaten for dinner. He sat there at the toilet for a few minutes crying and shaking from fear before he was able to get up and go wipe his mouth and brush his teeth. He shook a bit as he tried to brush his teeth.

Drops of sweat ran down his face as he thought about what he had just seen. "It wasn't real. It was just a dream. You're ok." Kevin mumbled to himself before slowly walking back to bed. He laid down looking at the ceiling once again. His mind still trying to calm from the dream. "It's going to be ok." He shut his eyes trying to get a bit more sleep before he got up. He shut his eyes and went into a half asleep mode unable to fully sleep.

Morning soon came, Liz's alarm screamed at her to wake up. She slowly got up and went to get dressed. She came down in a dress. She didn't like having to wear a dress every day. She really didn't care for them. She was thankful her mother had gotten her a lot over the summer to try and make the more girly. It didn't work but it was a nice thought.

Liz started to make breakfast stumbling around the kitchen, making bacon, eggs and toast for her and her brother. She soon finished and yelled for Kevin. "Kevin come down breakfast is ready!" she waited to hear him getting up. A moment passed before she heard him walking around upstairs getting ready for the day.

Nazz walked into the house of her best friends. It was too early in the morning for Nazz. She hadn't slept well because of a nightmare about Liz and Kevin. "Hey!" she yelled as she walked over to the kitchen smelling some amazing food. Nazz smiled seeing Liz starting to make some more food for Nazz.

She knew Liz was a great cook and could almost cook anything with a recipe. She remembered when she had once made carambola for the first time. It was almost perfect the only problem was the top. Liz didn't have a kitchen blowtorch so she had gotten Kevin to use his welding blow torch to harden the top. Kevin had gotten a bit too happy with it and burned the top. It was still great the top was just a little burned.

Liz finished making a plate for Nazz setting it at the table with the other two plates. Nazz sat down and smiled a bit as Kevin walked down and sat down not saying anything. He just started to eat. Liz sat down giving him a small scowl. He didn't seem to notice. "So Nazz where are we going tonight?" Nazz looked over a bit surprised but smiled all the more. "I was thinking the nice noodle place." Liz nodded with a sweet smile like a child's.

The clock rang for them to get on the road and go to school. Liz got up and walked out to Nazz's car, Nazz followed her and unlocked the car for her. Liz got in and put her bag on her lap. She sighed softly looking at her leg brace with a sad look. They went to school Nazz helping her out when they got to school. Liz went to her first class with Nazz following behind her close. Nothing was said, nothing really needed to be said, Liz was going to get moved out of cheerleading. There was really no point to her staying in there when she could be doing something else.

They go to the gym, walking in the coach going to them and talking to Liz. "Liz I'm glad you're out of the hospital but we have to talk about what to do with you." Liz nodded trying to look strong and not become a crying mess. "Well we are going to make you an office aid until you can walk out of the cast." Liz nodded before walking to the office with a note in her hand.

"Ah so you must be the new office aid!" Double-D smiled at Liz softly trying to make her feel welcomed. Liz nodded and sat down in one of the chairs. "I know you must be distressed about what has happened but things will go back to normal once you get out of the cast." He said hoping to bring her a bit of joy. He had heard Kevin talking about how she had stayed in her room most of the night and played music to hide the fact she was crying.

Edd knew that Kevin was worried about his sister and what was going on with her but he also knew that she was a strong young woman. Liz played on her phone not really listening to what Edd had said. She didn't mind Edd but she rather would have talked to Eddy or Ed, Edd was just a little too uptight for her liking. She kept an eye on the time waiting for the end of the day when she could go on her date with Nazz.

Nazz sighed sitting in her English class listening to the teacher take role. "Cas hill?" the teacher yelled out, getting a muffled hear from a kid with his head stuck in a story he was writing. She smiled at the quiet kid, liking that he was the only one to be quiet. She sighed and said here when her name was called. She started to think about where she would take Liz tonight. She wanted her to be happy again so she was going to ask Kevin what her favorite place was. It was weird to be going out with a girl but every time Nazz thought about it she became excited.

Once school ended Nazz quickly went to find Kevin finding him outside talking to Edd. "Hey Kev!" she said happily running up to him. "Hey Nazz what's up?" she smiled at Edd before looking back at Kevin. "What is Liz's favorite place?" Kevin sighed and thought for a few moments. "I guess I would have to say it's Pride Burger, that hole in the wall burger joint in downtown." She nodded and ran to her car seeing Liz was already there. "Hey Nazz." Liz said softly, Nazz smiling before getting in with Liz getting in slowly.

"Nazz where are we going?" Liz asked softly Nazz driving them towards downtown. "You'll see." Nazz smiled a bit knowing Liz was going to love this. They soon got there Liz had a big smile on her face as she got out and went inside nazz following. They got two burgers and a large fry to share. "Thanks Nazz this is great. I've been craving one of these burgers for a while." Liz gave a huge smile taking a bite of her burger. Nazz laughed a bit before eating hers. "I see why, these are great!" she said happily.

They talked for a bit Liz smiling at times as they talked and had dinner. Nazz could tell she was still upset about not being on the team anymore. "Hey Liz if you want to talk about what-"Liz cut her off with a hand. "No I don't want to talk about that anymore. I am fine." Liz smiled at her looking Nazz in her eyes. Her green eyes had a look of pain and happiness. She always looked a little hurt but Nazz knew she was hiding something darker.

They finished eating getting up and heading to the car. They went home to watch something and maybe a little bit of cuddling. The car was quiet, Liz didn't want to talk about what had happened. Nazz knew this and just left the silence up for someone to take. She was afraid of what Liz was thinking about but knew she was a strong girl. They got to Nazz's house and went inside, Liz sitting on the couch.

Nazz smiled softly happy to have a good friend at her house. "My parents are out for the night so it's just you and me." Nazz sat next to Liz and turned on the TV, putting on toy story. It was her and Liz's favorite movie, as kids they use to watch it all time making pillow forts and playing out the movie with toys.

"Do you still have ham?" Liz asked softly her eyes glued to the screen with a look of happiness. Nazz smiled thinking back to how they begged their parents for the toys from the movie wanting ever character and only getting a few. They had most of them but by that time they were too old to play with that kind of stuff. "Yea of course I do. I had to save up so much to get him you think I would just let go of him." Liz's smile dropped making Nazz feel bad.

"Is that why you gave away the rest?" Liz asked looking at her remembering the day she came over and just dumbed all the toys on her door step. A lot of them had been gifts from her. It stung and she felt like she had been thrown out just like the toys. Liz kept them in her room, they had their own self. Nazz sighed and looked down feeling bad for what had happened. "My parents made me give them away they said I was too old to keep those things around. I had to hide ham and Jessie just to keep them."

Liz looked at her wide eyed. "You still have Jessie?" she asked Nazz nodding in respond. "Of course I do." Liz smiled at her hugging her tightly. Jessie was the first one Liz got for nazz. Nazz smiled and hugged back just as tight. Liz looked her in the teal blue eyes with a small smile. Nazz looked into her deep green ones looking for something to hold on to, all she found was love and passion. Nazz sighed softly and pulled away before getting up. "You have to leave now, we have a long day at school tomorrow so."

Liz slowly got up, not sure what she had done that upset her. She walked out and went home. Her mind thought about what she could have done that screwed everything up. Was it the fact she was a girl? Or was it that she just didn't like her anymore? She sighed and walked in the door looking around seeing Kevin asleep on the couch in only his boxers. She sighed, that boy couldn't keep his pants on him for more than two minutes after he got home.

She walked over and tapped him to wake him up. He woke with a bit of start and looked around. "Hey how was the date?" he asked rubbing his eyes. She shrugged and sat down looking at her phone calendar for the next date she would be having band practice with eddy, end and Marie Kanker. It was tomorrow so she had to talk to Marie about getting a ride. "Band practice tomorrow?" Kevin asked. She nodded and smiled a bit trying to hide the pain from getting cast out by Nazz. He sighed and got up to hug her softly.

She hugged back and smiled at him. "I love you Kevin." He smiled and held her close like an older brother would. "I love you too Liz." He helped her to her room and smiled at her softly tucking her in before turning out the light as he left.

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