It's been a month whoops, animal crossing happened. UH ENJOY?

Kevin requested that Double D arrive about 20 minutes before everyone else did; Kevin wanted to make sure everything was perfect for his friends and that his party was up to Edd's standards. For a nerd, Double D was a meticulous party planner and he never left any variable untouched. Which, ironically, made dork's little neighborhood get-togethers amongst the best parties he's ever been to.

The toast was being buttered (thank the lord that he had a toaster oven) when he heard the doorbell ring, followed by three quick, precise knocks.

"It's open!" he hollered, but he started to walk towards the door anyway. Sometimes Double D wouldn't open the door even if it was open; one of his weird little quirks. Today seemed like one of those days. Kevin opened the door to reveal the one and only Double D.

"Hey babe."

Double D grimaced as he entered the doorway and removed his shoes. "If you insist upon a pet name, can we at least agree on one?" He set his purse—tote—on the ground next to his shoes.

"Alright, shoot." Kevin held up his arms in surrender. "Whattya wanna be called?" He sat down on the couch and patted the seat next to him.

"I'm afraid that, er, pet names, are not my forte." Double D fidgeted with his hands while he sat down next to Kevin. "Would you be so kind as to suggest some names?"

"Alright, guess I'll lay some on ya." He thought for a second, pondering. "How 'bout sweetie?"

"Sweetie? You are not an old woman, Kevin, and I am not bagging your groceries."

"Okay, fine. How about pumpkin?"

They both looked at each other and shook their heads. "No food, please." Double D added.

Kevin's mouth fell agape in mock horror. "No food, what? So I can't call you my chicken nugget? You can't be my side of fries? My Double Double burger?"

"Absolutely not!" Double D exclaimed. "Those…names… are not affectionate in the slightest." Double D crossed his arms. "Honestly, Kevin. At least try to think of a name that is affectionate, but not demeaning." He sighed. "I guess I will have to put up with…babe…for a little while longer."

"Alright babe, I guess I'll think of some more later." Kevin kissed his boyfriend on the nose. "Help me with the snackage?" He got up and extended a hand down to his boyfriend.

"I'd be delighted to." Edd smiled and took his boyfriend's hand.

"Hey babe," Kevin grabbed a piece of toast. "Babe. Babe. Good thing I asked you to help with the food or else…I'd be toast!" He held out the piece of toast so Double D could see, but his boyfriend didn't find the joke very amusing. Kevin, however, thinking that he was rather funny, started laughing.

Double D put down his knife he was using to butter the toast with, for what seemed like the umpteenth time. "Will you please tell the part of your brain that devises these awful puns to cease and desist?! This is the fourth toast-related pun you've told me in the past five minutes."

"Come on babe, don't you think I'm…punny?!"

Double D rolled his eyes. "I walked right into that one, I suppose. I deserved it. I don't know what I expected."

"I know my puns are the best, babe, quit trying to butter me up! A hah hah hah!"

"Kevin, stop it! You're horrible!"

Dozens of pieces of toast later, they moved on to the next snack, wontons. "Oh, hey, by the way, Nazz insists on inviting a guest to our pool party."

"Since when was this a pool party? I thought we were going to play video games."

"Since I wanted to go swimming like ten minutes ago. Oh, I made sure everyone knows to bring their suits, chill out. And if you want to go swimming you can use my old trunks. Anyway, so like, yeah, Nazz wants to invite Marie. Is that cool?"

Double D's face contorted into a thoughtful scowl. "Inviting my ex-girlfriend? Seems rather …troublesome, don't you think, Kevin?

Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah. Woah. Woah. Hold the phone. Hold the freakin' phone.

"Your ex-girlfriend?!" Kevin croaked. It was a very manly croak, though.

"Well, she is hardly an ex-girlfriend. Why, we only dated for less than a month. But, yes, Marie and I had a brief stint as a couple. Were you unaware?" Double D quirked his head to the side, his face quizzical.

Kevin gave his new boyfriend one of his trademark 'what the fuck, bro?' looks. "Uh, yes, I was unaware? When the hell did this happen?"

Double D rolled his eyes. "It happened towards the end of eighth grade. Honestly, Kevin, is it that surprising that I've had a couple of flings myself? I'm not that unbearable to be around, really." He crossed his arms over his chest, his trademark sass starting to trickle out.

"N-no, well, I mean, yes? I don't know! W-what does a 'fling' mean in Double D-ese?" Kevin asked. He wasn't being defensive or anything, he was just…surprised. And he wasn't mad at either Double D or Marie, he was just irritated at the fact that he didn't know. And then Kevin thought back to his many 'flings' and felt like an awful hypocrite. There were a few cheerleaders that he's been around with, how many did Double D know of? Kevin was sure that he knew of Nazz, but there were a few more… The million-dollar question was, why was he so bugged about not knowing about Double D's history?

"Now now, Kevin, a gentleman doesn't kiss and tell." He planted a peck on Kevin's nose. "Although I do remember the breakup to be rather mutual, I hope there are no hard feelings on Marie's part. I haven't spoken to her much, since…well, I'm sure you're aware of Marie's happenings."

Marie wasn't a bad student; she was rather bright, actually; but she picked up the awful habit of smoking. She's been caught smoking on school grounds a few times too many, and she's gotten suspended a couple of times.

"Oh, yeah, I know. Shame, you know? Anyway, like, yeah, if you're cool with it…yeah, let's finish up the wontons."

The doorbell rang shortly after, and Kevin ran to answer it. The first guests to arrive were no other than Double D's best pals, Eddy and Ed, just as planned. Kevin opened the door and there were the two boys; Eddy with a scowl on his face and half a bag of chips in his hand (half! Half a fuckin' bag! No expense spared, and they were the same chips from the other day! The same fuckin' chips!). Ed, on the other hand, brought a stack of his favorite horror games and a bowl of gravy. Unlike his shorter friend, Ed had a bright smile on his face, ready to enjoy the party. Kevin gave a "wassup, Ed?" to his teammate and he threw a head-nod towards Eddy.

"Got your trunks?" Kevin asked, hoping that they brought actual swim trunks this time and not Speedos like they seem to bring every year—even though each year said Speedos mysteriously vanish(according to Double D), every year they make a comeback.

"Yeah, yeah, we got 'em." muttered Eddy. "Let's get in the pool already!" he screamed, running towards the back door and taking off his shirt and shorts in the process (and there was the Speedo in all its glory). Double D, however, had other plans, and blocked the patio entrance before Eddy could get out the door. "Wait, Eddy!" he yelled.

"Come on, sockhead! I haven't eaten for 30 minutes, and yes, I still have that stupid CPR card you made me get, so I can make out with Ed if he drowns. And yeah, yeah, yeah, I stretched before I came over, yadda yadda yadda. Sheesh, we go through the same stupid pool-safety spiel every freakin' summer! I got it under control! Calm down baby, Kevin's pool ain't that deep. I'll be fine."

Double D blinked twice—he was half-surprised that Eddy was actually this prepared and he was half-surprised that, well, he wasn't even going to go into his Pool Safety Monologue (yet.).

"Oh! Well, I am very proud of you Eddy! It warms my heart to see you take such initiative! While I am glad that you have taken the necessary precautions one must take in order to fully enjoy the swimming facility, I am afraid that I wasn't going to lecture you just yet. You see, Kevin and I…well, we have some big news and I want my two best friends to be the first to know!"

"Cut to the chase, sockhead. You two getting married?"

Double D ignored Eddy's remark. "Kevin and I…are officially an item!" Double D beamed and put an arm around his beaux. He smiled…and smiled…and smiled…and still no reaction from Eddy.

"Eddy, we're dating."

"I know." Eddy pushed past the couple and jumped in the pool. "Come on, lumpy, the water's fine!"

Double D was in shock, his mouth agape. "Wait! Eddy! Wait, wait, wait—"

"Oh, just leave him. He's alright." Kevin kissed his boyfriend's forehead as Double D rolled his eyes. "So much for the big news."

Double D and Kevin stayed behind to wait for Kevin's guests, which worked nicely. Eddy and Ed enjoyed the pool, and when Nazz and Rolf arrived, the couple could tell the new guests their news in private. Great plan.

"Oh, I'm so embarrassed. I can't believe Eddy actually thought we were a couple this entire time. Oh, did we really act so…together?" Double D wrung his hands, a nervous habit he developed.

Kevin chuckled. "Nah, he's probably just jealous that you got me first." That comment earned Kevin a painfully light slap in the forearm ("oh, you.") "No, like, I dunno. Eddy's just being Eddy. I'm sure he was just messing with you, but it's like, who knows? Besides, it made it easier to tell him, right? I mean like, imagine his reaction if he was totally unaware that his dream guy got snatched up from under his nose…by his best friend!" Kevin, again, laughed at his own joke while Double D (terribly lightly) swatted his arm, but a begrudging smile still lingered on his face.

The doorbell rang a little while later, and Kevin opened the door to reveal Nazz, Rolf…and Marie. Nazz and Marie were in their swimsuit cover-ups and Rolf was in…some kind of…old country athletic uniform swimsuit?

"Rolf, what's with the threads?"

"Rolf knows of your sneak attack tricks! If it is a pool game you want, it is a pool game you shall receive! I will not be bested by the quarter-returning touching down boy Kevin! Rolf has one eye trained on you, you limp sausage." Rolf glared at Kevin, but Kevin just laughed in return.

"You're killing me, man! Come on, the Eds are already here." Marie scoffed at that comment, but Nazz nudged her side. Kevin noticed this, but decided to ignore it in order to greet his best friend. "Nazz! Glad you could make it." They hugged, and Marie growled. They pulled away, and Kevin gave Marie a "sup?" and she nodded right back.

Kevin didn't know much about Marie. All he knew is that she had two sisters, they lived in a trailer park, and Nazz and Marie became unlikely friends after Marie was dared by her two sisters to join the cheer squad. And, I guess, now he knew that Marie and Double D dated before.

"Come on in, guys, join the party. Snacks are on the table, grab a Capri Sun, hop in the pool, enjoy."

Double D gasped from inside the kitchen. "Kevin!" he popped his head out to greet the guests. "Hello Nazz, Rolf, Marie. But, Kevin! There is no eating or drinking 30 minutes prior to any aquatic activity!"

Kevin shrugged. "Nah dude, that's a myth." Double D's eyes widened, and everyone else around them gasped. Did he dare question Double D? Hell yeah. Always question the man.

"It is most certainly not a myth! Cite your resource!"

"I dunno, man, MTV? Mythbusters? My whole life? I've eaten before pool activity loads of times and babe I've never gotten a cramp."

Double D clicked his tongue and rolled his eyes. "Oh, I am sure that MTV would be the first resource I would utilize when it comes to anything relating to the human body. Honestly, Kevin!"

Kevin rolled his eyes right back at him. "Whatever." He looked at Nazz and Rolf. "So yeah, grab a Capri Sun, jump in the pool, you know, have fun." He heard Double D scoff and Kevin started laughing. It was really fun to egg on Double D sometimes.

"I'm kidding, babe. Oh, yeah, by the way, we're a thing now. We're dating."

Nazz clapped and gave a "right on!" she hugged Kevin, and then Double D. "I knew you guys would make a cute couple!"

Rolf eyed them suspiciously, not sure if a trick or not—he decided it wasn't, and gave the two boys a hug. "If this is one of your tricky trick tricks, then Nana shall rub her unbathed scalp on your faces! If this is to be true, then Rolf celebrates! Rolf shall prepare a traditional sausage loaf to commence the occasion!"

"Haha dude you're killing me with this sausage stuff!" Kevin laughed. "It's all gold!"

Marie just looked up and gave a nod, not saying anything. Kevin chalked that up to approval, and gave her a nod right back. "Thanks guys, this means a lot."

Double D released a breath he didn't know he was holding. "Oh dear! I am most gracious of your approval as well. Thank you!"

Kevin noticed that Double D was super hung up on approval. Like, he was more worried about the approval of Kevin's friends than his own friends. It's not like Nazz and Rolf weren't Double D's friends though, but they were more Kevin's friends. It struck Kevin as unusual, but he decided he would worry about it later.

"Alright, pool time!"

The party went off without a hitch; everything went swimmingly. Everyone was getting along and having a great time. The group swam, ate some food, and played some games (and Nazz may or may not have let Double D win at chicken, depending on who you ask.). Eddy put his signature moves on Nazz (and Marie, but that chick would not leave Nazz alone!), and Rolf and Ed got really competitive over Ed's video games. It seemed like everyone had a good time all around. By the end of the party, even Eddy and Kevin were getting along; although they were swapping Double D stories.

"S-so yeah, I tried to get Double D to make a prank call, you know?" Eddy said in-between laughs.

"Yeah, yeah?"

"And the sockhead—I called a pizza joint, you know? For a prank call? And this guy, this guy over here—HE ORDERS A PIZZA!" Eddy and Kevin burst out laughing.

"Oh man!"

"I KNOW! THAT'S HIS IDEA OF A PRANK CALL!"

"Oh man, that's good! That's fresh! Dude did I tell you about the time that he first rode on my motorcycle?"

"Alright boys, that is quite enough!" Double D interrupted their gab session. "Eddy, Ed is ready to start our movie marathon. Are you ready to go?"

Eddy sighed. "Alright, sockhead, I'm almost done talking to your wife. Chill." He got up off the couch and held out a fist towards Kevin. "Great party, surprisingly." Kevin returned the fist bump. "Thanks, man."

"I'll leave early so you guys can make out or something, I dunno." Eddy winked at Kevin and headed out the door. "See you later, ladies."

After Eddy left, Double D looked at Kevin, bright-eyed. "So? You two are getting along better? Although it is at my expense, I am glad you two are becoming better friends."

"Oh, haha, yeah. Eddy's alright, just really loud. Now I just gotta find Marie and ask her how good you are in bed."

"Kevin! That vulgarity!"

"I'm kidding, babe. Friendly fire." He kissed Double D on the nose. "It's just jokes. Now go have fun with your friends."

Double D gave Kevin a quick kiss, said goodbye to Nazz, Rolf, and Marie, and then headed out the door.

"Heh. Hate to see you go, love to watch you leave."

"I can still hear you, Kevin!"

Wow, hope it was worth the wait? I'll try to write chapter 9 before I leave for my European vacation uwu please review!