Winged Cupid Painted Blind Chapter 18 - All the World's a Stage
A/N- Warnings: Language. I know I haven't been keeping up with the warnings, sorry.
The next day the same routine happened of Kevin and Nat picking Edd up, this time from his house. The trip was spent trying to guess where Nat intended to take them this Saturday, their curiosity only fueled with each refusal to give them even the smallest of hints. The day at school was pretty much the same as always except for Ed stopping him right before lunch and absent from Eddy, "Hey Double D, where were you yesterday?" Edd only gave his friend a confused look, "You were supposed to come over with the movie I loaned you, I even ditched Eddy so we could watch it."
Instantly Edd remembered that he did make plans with his friend and felt guilty for ditching him, "My apologies Ed, something came up at the last minute and I completely forgot that we already had plans."
"That's alright Double D," He claps him on the shoulder knocking his friend off balance slightly, "I get it, Kevin asked you to do something the blinders went on and you forgot our plans."
Edd hung his head in shame, "Now that you say it like that my actions sound neglectful."
"Don't worry about it Double D," Ed waved off his concerns, 'It's as they say, Love is blind, and lovers cannot see."
Edd raises his hand with his forefinger loosely pointed to his friend and his mouth agape trying to find the words to say, but puts his hand down and closes his mouth again. Sliding his hand down his face he states, "I wish you and Eddy would give up on that joke about me and Kevin."
"Who said I was joking," Ed says with a look on his face as if he was wondering if he had said something wrong. He decides to change the subject quickly, "Speaking of Kevin, what are you guys doing this Saturday, and I know you're not going to a football game."
"I don't know, Nat won't tell us," Edd looks off down the hall still pondering his friend's earlier words as he spoke, wondering how much his friend has surmised about Kevin and his relationship, "He seems to find a cruel pleasure in keeping it a secret."
"That's too bad, me and the folks are going out of town to see a movie, it's going to be lots of fun," Ed looked down trodden, "I just wish you could come."
"I'm sorry Ed."
Ed puts his arm around his friend and leads him into the lunchroom, "Don't be, I'm sure you're going to have a good time." The rest of the week went by at a snail's pace for Edd, his antici…..
Pation for the upcoming weekend was killing him. He filled the void by balancing his time between his friends and Kevin, learning more about the jock with each conversation they had, finding that the well of Kevin's dorky side ran deep indeed. Not only was he into comic books and RPG video games but he could debate theory's about star wars with the best of them and knew all things Trek. Finally Friday has arrived and Edd is on the phone with Kevin, "So why don't we just crash at Nat's place tonight?"
"Because, I'm staying over at Ed's tonight, remember I told you that the other day," Edd was laying on his bed looking up at the ceiling.
"Oh, right."
"Besides Nat would probably just lie their jerking it, hoping to watch us get it on," He let out a small laugh at the end of his joke.
"Hey I resemble that remark," Nat's voice was heard in the background.
"Kevin, why am I on speaker phone?"
"Because I'm kind of busy helping him straighten up his parent's basement, it's just easier doing it this way than one handed."
"Unlike so many other things you do one handed, ouch," And Nat laughs as he was hit by something Kevin had thrown at him.
Kevin was heard letting out a sigh, "Hey I probably should get going or we'll never get this done."
"Alright."
"Have fun at your friends and I'll see you tomorrow."
"Bye Double Delectable, ouch," and before the phone was hung up he could hear Kevin say, "I'm going to kill you Nat." The night at Ed's was spent as usual, playing Street Fighter 2 for a few hours, having to pass off the controller whenever they were defeated, then a marathon of monster movies until Ed's mother told them it was time for bed. Waking the next day at a decent hour Edd returns to his home to get ready to meet up with Kevin, asking his parents for some money for he was unsure where they were going and if he needed to chip in for gas and food. Sitting around the house he tried to keep himself busy by reading books while he waited for them to come and pick him up, the last hour seemed as though time itself had stopped marching forward.
Finally there came the knock at the door and Edd races down the stairs to beat his mother to it, opening it he was greeted by the smiling face of Kevin, "You ready?"
Edd nods, "Yeah," then turns to call out to his mother as he grabs his trench coat off the hook by the door, "I'm headed out, and I'll see you tomorrow."
"Have fun dear," was called back to him as he closed the door behind him and followed Kevin quickly to Nat's car.
Driving over to his place was a relatively quick trip, once in the driveway the three of them climbed out of the car and headed inside. Nat said a quick hello to his parents as he climbed the stairs to his room, closing the door behind them he throws a pair of shoes one at a time to Edd, "Here try these on."
Edd looks them over for a few seconds as Kevin sat down in the beanbag chair on the floor, "How am I supposed to walk in these?"
"It's surprisingly easier then you think, just go ahead and try them on," Nat plops down at the head of his bed with his tin in hand, Edd cautiously sits at the foot of the bed and begins to take off his shoes. Putting on the footwear he was provided with, he stands up on unsteady feet and tries a few steps unsuccessfully as his ankles wobbled as he applied his weight. Kevin seeing his difficulty stands and offers him his arm for support, Nat puts the final twist on the joint and says, "Let's just hope you don't need to do any running tonight."
"If we do I'll just swoop you up," Kevin leads him around the room a few times as he spook, and Edd's feet became surer of themselves with each step.
"My knight in shining armor," Edd says as he looks Kevin in the eyes, and the jock blushes a little.
"What kind of a "friend" would I be if I wasn't," He helped Edd sit down on the beanbag and then took the spot on Nat's bed, Edd removed the shoes while Nat lit the joint and began passing it around while Pink Floyd's the Wall played in the background. Thirty minutes later they are grubbing on Mrs. Goldberg's delicious home cooking, mellowing their buzz and sating the munchies. Once the meal was finished Edd is ushered into the bathroom by Nat and Kevin to change into his costume so they could apply his makeup on afterwards without the chance of smudging it.
Once he came out and into Nat's room Kevin was ushered into the bathroom with a, "Remember to put on the coat I gave you, my mother might actually flip seeing you walk around in that," to which Kevin replied with a ya ya and headed off to change. "Sit D," Nat motioned to the fold out chair that had been placed in the center of the room, and then draped a sheet over Edd's costume to avoid any mess that might fall on it. Pulling out some makeup he starts to applying it to his face making reference to a picture he had on the boys lap every once in a while.
Kevin comes back in a few moments later and sees the transformation D was undergoing, "Wow looking good D," Nat goes into the hall and calls to his mother.
"So how's your costume look," Edd asked while Nat was in the hall, Kevin was wearing a trench coat and all you could see at the base was his bare legs and shoes. With a smirk on his face he opens the coat flasher style and rocks his hips, "Kevin are you.."
Edd started but Kevin interrupted in his best Tom Petty impersonation, "Now I'm Free, Free Balling," Edd covers his mouth trying not to smudge his makeup and laughs into his hand.
Kevin quickly covers himself back up when he hears Nat's mother enter the room, "How's it going guy's?"
"Mom can you finish his makeup while I change?" Nat points toward Edd and retrieves his costume from his closet.
"Sure honey," Nat leaves the room with his costume in hand and she looks over at Edd and then to the picture in his lap, she extends her hand, "It's a pleasure to meet you Dr."
Edd pulls his hand out from under the sheet and takes her hand in his own, "Enchanté," to which she giggles like a school girl looking to the side and covering her mouth with her free hand. Twenty minutes later and Nat is back in the room dressed with his makeup on, looking over to Edd he sees that his mother was doing the finishing touches to the fake tattoo on Edd's right shoulder, fine tuning the last S on the word Boss.
Seeing her son she squealed a little bit, happy to see that they were going with a theme, "Oh my god, I got to get a picture of the three of you." She runs out of the room to grab her camera and Kevin promptly disrobes for the picture, coming back in she stammers, "KEVIN," she covers her eyes with one hand turning her face to the side while trying to cover the image from her view with the other, "You need to hide that thing better."
"Ya dude, you can see the outline," Nat states as he looked down then back up into his friend's eyes.
"Fine I'll fix it in a little bit," Kevin huffed, where's the fun in being Rocky if you can't show off all your attributes.
"Its fine," His mother said, "Just take a knee in front of him Riff," Nat did as instructed, "Now Frank put your hands on his shoulder and hike your foot up seductively," Edd did what she asked as best he could, "And Rocky just flex those muscles." Getting the desired pose she snaps the picture and squeals once again at the wonderful work the boys put into their costumes, "Going to Nazz's party tonight?"
"Nope," Nat states simply and hands Kevin his coat again, and the jock puts it back on and heads into the other room.
"OK, well you boys better take care of this one," She cups Edd's chin in her hand, "We don't need any haters doing bad things to our dear doctor."
"Yes mother, we'll be careful," He puts on his own jacket and then hands Edd's his, for the night was a chilly one and he knew they would be standing in the cold for a little bit, not to mention to conceal what some would consider perverse. Heading out into the hall he calls down to the bathroom, "Come on stud, we got places to go,' Kevin steps out a moment later and follows after Nat and Edd down the stairs and out the door as Nat's father called after them from the living room to have a good time. Loading up into the car, Edd gets the front seat for having called shotgun first and Nat puts a backpack into the trunk, they head off and out of town. As they reached Summerville the sun was starting to set in the west, the red and orange glow of the clouds in the sky was something beautiful to Edd as it made a backdrop to the city skyline and the lights of the skyscrapers. As they were on the interstate making their way to their destination, a vehicle beside them was trying to get ahead of them so they could get over and use the same exit Nat was going for, looking over Nat just howlers, "No you don't Brad and Janet,' and he speeds up so that they had to fall behind them.
Taking the exit they travel down the road a few blocks and pull into a parking lot while still being followed by the minivan they cut off. It parks beside them and the occupants all tumble out as Edd and his friends exit their own vehicle, "Double D," was excitedly said to him in a familiar voice and Edd looks up to see Big Ed dressed as Eddie as he came rushing over to give him a big hug.
Edd backs up and holds his arm out to stop his friend, 'Ed you'll ruin my make up," the big guy just stops cold and takes in Ed's look.
"Nice," he says pointing both his forefingers in his friends direction
May comes up beside Ed dressed as Columbia followed by her sister Marie who was dressed as Magenta, looking over at the minivan Edd sees his friends parents dressed as Brad and Janet. "Cool costume Double D," May states, "Let's see the whole thing."
Nervously Edd opens up his trench coat to reveal his corset, fishnet stockings and garter belt, Marie cups her hands over her mouth to hide her smile and silent laughter. Kevin comes up to Edd and extends his arm to help the boy walk across the street, giving Marie the evil eye as he did so, "You be cool now Marie." He was concerned that she might be getting excited having seen Edd so scantily clad, or that she might inadvertently let it slip in school on what she had saw Edd wearing tonight, she only nods to Kevin in response. Nat takes out the small back pack from his trunk and the two groups made their way across the street to wait in line at the theater. Reaching the ticket booth Kevin bought both his and Edd's tickets and escorts the boy into the building, he could feel Marie boring holes into the back of his neck as they entered, but he shook it off as nothing to really worry about. Nat followed behind them quickly and the three of them head into the theater to find seats, they situate Edd between the two of them in the back row, putting their coats on the back of the seats, which then allowed Edd to see that Kevin hadn't hidden his assets from the world, they were joined moments later by Big Ed and his crew.
(Ok form here on out (CAPITAL BOLD WORDS) are the audience and they will supersede the lyrics. and a note if for some reason fanfic doesn't do the Bold lettering then its the capital words)
They talked excitedly amongst themselves until the MC came out on the stage at the very front of the theater with a microphone in hand, Nat positions his backpack on the floor in front of him and opens the zipper. "Give me an R, (R) give me an O (O) give me a C (C) give me a K (K) give me a Y (Y) what's that spell (ROCKY) I can't hear you (ROCKY) one more time (ROCKY)." And the crowd starts to cheer excitedly quieting down a few moments later, "I'd like to give a warm welcome to all you virgins, (WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO THEM?) We're going to pop your cherries good tonight virgins," more cheering from the crowd and the curtains open as the movie starts to play.
The music for the Production Company plays and ends, "(A LONG, LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY, GOD SAID LET THERE BE LIPS AND THERE WERE AND THEY WERE GOOD)." Someone yells off in the distance (GROW LIPS GROW).
Michael Rennie was ill, the day the Earth stood still, but he told us(WHAT) where we stand. (ON OUR FEET), And Flash Gordon was there, in (EDIBLE) underwear, (KINKY), Claude Rains was the invisible man,(WHO'S CLAUDE RAINS?) Then something went wrong, for Faye Wray and King Kong, they got caught in a (SEXUAL) jam, (YEAH JAM!) Then at a deadly pace, it came (ON, JANET'S FACE!) And this is how the message ran… (FREEZE!)
Science fiction – double feature, Doctor X (CHEERING) will build a creature. See androids fighting Brad (ASSHOLE) and Janet (SLUT). Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet. Oh, oh, oh, oh…at the late night, double feature, (ROCKY HORROR) picture show. I knew Leo G. Carrol, was over a barrel, when tarantula took to the hills. (LICK THOSE LIPS!) And I really got hot, when I saw (JANET'S TWAT), fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills. (WHAT THE FUCK IS A TRIFFID?) Dana Andrews said prunes, (GAVE HIM THE SHITS!) and passing them used lots of skills. (YEAH SKILLS!) But when worlds collide (BOOM (CLAP)), said George Pal to his bride, I'm going to give you some (SEXUAL) thrills. Like a…Science fiction – double feature, Doctor X (SEX, SEX, SEX!) will build a creature. See androids fighting (AND FUCKING AND SUCKING ON.) Brad and Janet. Anne Francis stars in (WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE?) Forbidden Planet. Oh, oh, oh, oh…at the late night, double feature, (ROCKY HORROR) picture show. I wanna go, oh, ho, ho…to the late night, double feature, (ROCKY HORROR) picture show, By RKO.(RKWHO?) Oh, ho, ho…to the late night, double feature, (ROCKY HORROR) picture show. (WHERE'S THE BEST PLACE TO FUCK?) In the back row. (FUCK IN THE BACK ROW!) Oh, ho, ho…to the late night, double feature, picture show.
As the song ends and the next scene begins Nat pulls out three packets of rice and hands them to Kevin and Edd, whispering "Throw when they come out," in Edd's ear. The rest of the movie was a barrage of name calling at the screen, water guns shot over the crowd, popcorn tossed, hot dogs flung, the time warp sang and in some cases danced to, all while a live performance of the movie was done on the stage in front of the screen. By the end of it all both Kevin and Edd were happy that Nat had suggested this outing over going to Nazz's part by a long shot, no judgment, no fear of being bullied, they could be themselves and have fun together doing so.
As the theater cleared Kevin helped Edd out the door, "I need to go to the restroom," Edd said as he pointed to the door of the men's restroom in the lobby.
Kevin helps him in and stands guard at the door to the stall he was in, and when the door opened again Kevin took his chance and turned his head to catch Edd's lips with his own. Edd melted into the kiss and allowed Kevin to guide him back into the cramped stall, closing the door behind them, Edd wrapped his arms around Kevin's neck and both boys moaned into the kiss as Kevin explored Edd's thighs and back with his hands. "Hey Double D," they break their noisy kiss for Edd to mouth oh fuck and catch his breath, not getting a reply he tried again, "Double D are you in here?"
Stammering he replies, "Yes Ed, what can I do for you?"
"Mom wants to know if you and your friends want to go out to dinner with us," Ed asks, and didn't comment on the fact that he saw Kevin and Edd's feet in the same stall.
"I'll have to ask them," Edd tried to steady his voice and calm his fears at getting caught.
"Cool, we'll be waiting outside then," They hear the shuffling of feet as Ed leaves the room, opening the door the two boys exit the stall and slowly walk out of the bathroom. Nat and Marie were in the lobby waiting on them, doing the greeting that Riff Raff and Magenta do with hands and arms.
Seeing the two boys coming out of the bath room they turn to face them, Marie's mouth goes slack and Nat hides a snicker, "Dude they want us to go eat," Nat states and Marie storms off. Edd looks up at Kevin and he feels the color fade from his face, Nat points at his own lips and says, "You got a little, right there."
Wiping his lips he sees that a good amount of Edd's lipstick had rubbed off and onto his own lips, "Ah shit," he states as understanding on why Marie looked at the two of them so mortified floods his brain.
"Red just really isn't your color," Nat says jokingly as he hands him a napkin from the food stand.
"Can it Goldberg," Kevin looks over at Edd and sees the scared look in his eyes, "You alright," he wipes his lips clean.
"Yeah," Edd lied, he just outed himself to someone who had a major crush on him, now her world of expectations was crashing down around her. Would this knowledge stop with her, or would the whole school know come Monday morning, and if it came to that would Kevin stand by his side or would he deny the whole thing and leave him to the wolves. Only time would tell which way the winds would blow for him, he could only hope that Kevin was true to his word in that he would do anything to win his affections back, or were they only hallow words like poisoned honey being dripped into his ears.