Winged Cupid Painted Blind Chapter 24 – Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!
A/N- "Captain of our fairy band, Helena is here at hand, And the youth, mistook by me, Pleading for a lover's fee. Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!" Puck is blaming the lovers for the foolishness of their actions, even though he is to blame for Demetrius pursuing Helena and spurning Hermia. I will have a little bit of the playlist with the music from the party they listen to on my Tumblr Mickey197769.
The week went by at a steady pace, Edd did two out of his three days of training this week on Monday and Wednesday. Finding himself rather sore on Tuesday he complained to Kevin that he didn't think he would be able lift his books that day, "You'll be fine dork," Kevin said out loud but leaned in to whisper, "Do you need coach to give you a rub down?"
His flirt making Edd's cheeks blush to a whole new shade of red, "What's wrong with you Sockhead," Eddy asked once he got a look at his friends face. Tim this week seemed to keep his distance from the object of his disdain, whether this was due to Edd standing up to him or Kevin's presents the teen was unsure, but was thankful none the less. Nazz also seemed to have had the wind taken out of her sails that week, barely even giving a glance in Kevin's direction, not that the jock seemed to care about this.
Because of the training schedule that week, Kevin and Edd barely had anytime to themselves, once the training was done for the day the teen would have to rush home to eat and do his homework before he went to sleep. And on his off days from training Edd would spend his time relaxing with his friends after he completed his homework for the day, watching movies or playing video games on the SNES. Though he wanted to see his boyfriend he didn't want to neglect his friends in the process, Kevin understanding this gave the boy the space he needed to keep the connections in his life strong.
But like the Steve Miller Band said, time keeps on slipping into the future, and before Edd realized it the weekend was here. That Friday he was unable to go out with Nat and Kevin for training due to having to go out to dinner with his parents and the other two Ed's to celebrate his birthday. They took a trip to Summerville to have dinner at the Tex-Mex restaurant Chi-Chi's, Edd sinking into his seat when the servers came over to their booth midway through the meal to sing the restaurants version of the birthday song to him while clapping their hands. "Happy happy happy birthday, happy happy happy birthday, happy happy happy birthday, to you. to you. to you. Ole."
Peaking his head out from under the table once the song was complete to look over at his parents who had broad smiles on their faces, Edd says very low, "I'm going to kill you both, I've never been so mortified in all my life."
"Now sweetie, it's all in good fun," his mother said while trying to contain a giggle, Edd just groans at this then sits up to blow out the candle on the little cupcake they had brought to the table.
His two friends on the other hand were having a harder time containing their amusement at his embarrassment. "The look on your face Sockhead, priceless," Eddy said through the chuckles he was barely containing while hiding his smile behind his hand.
"I'm glad you enjoyed that, Eddy."
"I've only seen your face that red when Kevin ki.. Ouch," Edd kicked Ed under the table hard, "I'm sorry Double D," Ed whispered to his friend.
"What did Kevin do," Edd's mother asked in a worried tone.
"Umm," Ed stammered for a second as he tried to find a word that started with K, "He kept teasing Edd about his hair when he didn't wear his beanie a couple of weeks back." Seeing the look in her eyes he continues holding his hands up defensively, "Friendly teasing mom, friendly teasing."
"I don't remem… ouch," Eddy started and Ed kicked him hard to shut him up. Giving both boys a knowing look she lets the topic go, fully aware that there was something going on that the two boys were trying to keep to themselves,. She knew that teenagers will have their secrets, and that she would be there for her son if there was any fallout from it. Finishing their meal, they left the restaurant and headed into the mall to go shopping, buying Edd The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past game that had just came out at the beginning of the year.
With purchase in hand they go to the movies to round out the evening, the boys begging Edd's parents to let them see Candyman, to a resounding no, his parents choosing Reservoir Dogs instead. The movie was up everyone's alley, a little more violent then Mrs. Vincent would have liked, for the kids sake, but ultimately a good movie. On their way back to Peach Creek they listened to Queen, the boys singing along to Bohemian Rhapsody, Wayne's World having been a big hit with the three of them earlier that year. Arriving home close to eleven that evening the boys stayed the night over at the Vincent house to wake up to a hearty breakfast of pancakes, eggs and beacon.
Ed and Eddy left their friend around one in the afternoon to meet Marie and May at Ed's house to straighten up the basement and to get things ready for Double D's little get together that night. Edd waited for his friends by playing his new video game, enjoying the upscale in graphics from the previous installment in the series, by the time he needed to leave he was well into the game. Saving his progress he has a quick supper with his parents before heading out the door, wondering if Nat and Kevin had already arrived at Ed's or if they were going to show up later that evening. Smiling to himself as he stepped out of his front door to look down the road to see Nat's car parked in Ed's drive way. His feet moved of their own accord as he ran down the road to knock excitedly at his friends door. "Ed, D's here," could be heard from the other side of the door as Sarah yelled at her brother, "He's your friend you get the door."
The door opens and Mrs. Hill greets him with an apologetic smile, "There down stairs dear."
Entering the house he walks past the living room and notices Sarah and Jimmy sitting on the floor watching MTV together. Going further down the hall he reaches the basement door just in time to dodge Big Ed as he came up the stairs. "Hey D, their all down stairs, I just got to get some water," he wiggles a plastic cup in his hands to emphasis his point and moves past his friend.
Heading down the stairs he is greeted by Nat, "Hey Double D," he says the D in a bark like fashion. Extending his hand they clap them together and he brings Edd in for a one armed hug, "Happy birthday."
Kevin does the same thing, but lingers in the hug a little longer then Nat did, whispering, "Happy birthday babe," in his ear.
Breaking the hug when Eddy teases, "Ah do you all need some privacy?"
Edd gave his friend a look that would have killed as he walked past Kevin to say hello to the girls, "Hey D, smell this," Nat calls holding a zip lock baggie of herb.
Once he broke the seal the room was filled with the pungent smell of the contents of the bag, "Jesus, Nat, I think I'm getting high from here." The teal haired boy smiled with Edd's remark, handing the baggie over as Big Ed came down the stairs with the cup of water. Nat reaches into his back pack and pulls out a glass tube like item that had a decent sized bowl attached to it.
Edd inspected the fluffy bud with its light green hew that was intertwined with brown, "It's Northern Lights," Nat remarked as he filled the bong with the water Ed had given him. Sitting it down on the table he took the baggie back from his friend and began to pack the bowl with the bud, "Maestro, if you would," Nat calls to Kevin, and the jock inserts a tape into the stereo then hits play.
A child's voice calls out "Are you ready," and Cypress Hill's Light Another starts to play over the speakers. Nat picks up the glass instrument as he sat on the futon and puts a lighter to the bowl, drawing deeply he fills the tube with smoke, releasing his thumb from the hole, the tube empties into his lungs. As he coughed slightly trying to keep the smoke in he passes it to Edd, the dork looked at the bong curiously, he was clueless on how to use the item having only ever smoked joints before tonight.
"Hold it like this," Kevin said noticing Edd's ignorance on its use, showing him where to put his thumb, "Once you draw the smoke release here." Edd did as he was instructed, releasing his thumb from the hole he felt the smooth burn as the smoke hit his lungs, causing them to want to expel it, he did his best however to hold it in. Marijuana can be a rather quick acting drug, being inhaled it hits the blood stream instantly and then is propelled to the brain, and within a minute Edd his feeling the effects as Kevin is passing the bong to Marie.
The songs main chorus is playing in the background now as the rapper says, "Feel the effects of the high
I know you feel the effects of the high, Wanna feel the effects of the high, brother? B-Real, light another."
The door at the top of the stairs flies open with Sarah staying at the top screaming down to them, "ED KEEP THE MUSIC DOWN."
Feeling the effects of the high he just calls back, "Fuck off."
"I'm telling mother," She whines as she slammed the door behind her retreat. The group as a whole laughs at her antics as they could hear her up stairs yelling for her mother, but only being told to leave her brother alone.
"That's priceless Ed," Eddy says in a horse voice as he tried to keep the smoke in while passing the bong back to Nat, "Fuck off," and burst into laughter again as he exhales the smoke. As the one song ends Nat is emptying the bowl of ash and refilling it as it had only made one trip around between the seven of them. Compensating for this, he rolls a joint to pass in the opposite direction as Edd begins the rotation with the bong, his plan was to make sure that Edd had a blast on his birthday. The next song cues up and the room was silent, Edd finished his hit and passed the bong to Kevin, who now had his leg pressed up against Edd's. As the young teen held his smoke he could hear the rhythmic sound of a heartbeat, and at first he wasn't sure if it was his own or not. The other teens were chatting amongst themselves about music and movies they wanted to see, Ed telling everyone that they should get together to see the new Bram Stokers Dracula that was coming out next month.
The sound of an old cash register and someone talking over the speakers culminating in a scream as Pink Floyd's Breathe (in the air) started. "Edd," Kevin said beside him, "Take a breath," and the teen let out the smoke he had been holding, "You looked like you were turning blue man."
"Oh, I'm fine," Edd said giggling a little, "How you feeling?" He touches Kevin's cheek with his fore and middle fingers, "Good I see," and chuckles a little.
Kevin knowing that Eddy was in the room moves Edd's hand from his cheek, "That's enough for you for the moment." He looked over at the scammer who was not paying a bit of attention to their interaction luckily. But inside Kevin had enjoyed the touch, it was probably the first intimate moment they had been able to share all week, and he was yearning for more. Hitting Nat on the knee to get his attention, "We're going to get some fresh air."
Nat gives him a head nod to affirm that he had heard him and watched as Kevin helped a stoned Edd up onto his feet. Northern Lights is one of the more potent strains of cannabis out there, and Kevin was mentally smacking himself a little for letting the smaller boy go all out, knowing the teen was probably only use to the bunk weed Eddy usually got. Leading him up the stairs and out the back door they pass Mrs. and Mr. Hill in the kitchen making snacks as they headed toward the door. The look in the two parent's eyes told Kevin that they had gotten a contact high and were in the midst of the munchies.
They exited the house and he leans the smaller teen against the wall and turns his head to take a look at their surroundings. Not seeing anyone in sight he leans in close with his hand placed against the wall next to Edd's head, "You feeling better?"
Edd nods and hums but still had his eyes closed trying to make the world stop spinning for just a moment. Kevin brushes the back of his fingers against Edd's cheek, leaning in he brings their lips together for a much needed exchange of love for the boy. Edd was momentarily shocked by the contact not seeing it coming but quickly melted into that kiss, placing his hands upon his boyfriend chest, giggling between kisses at the sound they were making with their lips. This in turn made Kevin laugh, putting his head on Edd's shoulder, "I can't take your seriously right now," he sighed in mild frustration then looked into the ocean blue of Edd's eyes
Edd laughed again, for some reason everything was funny to the boy right now, stifling it as best he could, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
"Dork," Kevin leaned back and smiled at the laughing boy, "Are you going to be alright?"
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine," a smaller fit of giggles escape him.
Letting them subside he kissed him quickly, "I love you," another quick kiss, "Come on we should be getting back downstairs."
"Oh," Edd giggles again and tries to talk through them, "Only bringing me up here to take advantage of me, I see how you are." He slowly walks back in to the house through the door Kevin had opened from him, being guided once again toward the basement stairs.
Walking through an empty kitchen they reach the stairs, and as Edd opens the door Kevin gives his ass a playful smack making the teen blush and giggle a little. Reaching the bottom of the stairs they see Ed and Eddy standing in front of the stereo as Eddy was hitting play on a CD, and Naughty by Nature's O.P.P. begins. The two boys start to do what appeared to be a carefully choreographed but extremely goofy dance routine while singing the words to the song. Sitting down beside Nat with Kevin taking the seat beside him, he watched the goofy display his friends were doing to impress the girls. Everyone was laughing at the two boy's antics, their overly exaggerated dance moves, along with a stumbles over the words here and there.
Once the song had ended, with the two boys standing back to back with their arms crossed, the girls shooed them away and pulled out the CD from the stereo. Inserting their choice, they close the player and select the song they wanted and hit play, My Love (You're Never Gonna Get It) by En Vogue began to play. The girls began to sing with the song and dance to the beat as Kevin leans over to Edd, "Seems like the girls are trying to send a message to those two."
Edd looks over at his friends and see their smiling face, "They're not paying attention to the words though are they," he replies hiding his laugh behind his hand. Kevin laughs out loud clapping his hands together as the song states, "And now it's time for a breakdown," and the girls shake their fingers at the two boys while singing that they were never going to get never going to get it. Ed and Eddy on the other hand were just smiling away at the two vixens in front of them, either to stoned or just to clueless to get the implication of the song.
As the song came to its end Nat passes a CD to Kevin, "What do you think? Number 2?"
"You read my mind," Getting to their feet and opening the player Nat inserts the CD as Kevin addresses the group, "Now we'll show you how it's done." Hitting play Run-D.M.C.'s It's Tricky begins to play and the two jocks perform the song flawlessly. Going from person to person chaotically, spouting off the lyrics with exaggerated hand movements while sometimes bending their knees to be more eye level with the individual.
Pleased with themselves along with schooling the younger boys the two jocks sit back down and put the music back onto the mixed tape Kevin had brought with him while Nat packed another bowl. As the bong was passed to Edd and he brought it up to his lips, Kevin leans over and whispers, "Take it easy this time."
Pulling his lips away from the opening he replies, "Yes daddy," sarcastically, then smiles at his boyfriend, Kevin runs his hand down his face at his boyfriends sassy attitude. The get together continued with small talk between the friends, Ed and Eddy slowly breaking off from the conversation to schmooze with the two girls, Ed with May of course and Eddy showing an interest in Marie. Leaving the two jocks and the dork to talk amongst themselves for a little over an hour before Ed's mother called down to the basement letting them know it was time for the girls to head home.
"I'll walk ya'll home," Eddy said excitedly to the two of them as he climbed the stairs and quickly caught up to them. They could hear the girls saying their farewells to Mr. and Mrs. Hill as they left, Ed was busy rummaging through his movie collection to find something appropriate for this Halloween night.
Edd whined out, "Dear God not again," and crumpling into Kevin's shoulder as Nat pointed out I was a teenage zombie hooker to Big Ed.
"What? It looks like it might be funny," Nat said looking at the back of the VHS case.
"But we've seen it 800 times already," he called out from his hiding place in Kevin's arms as the jock held him close enjoying the contact.
"Someone's a dramatic stoner," Nat sasses then asks Ed while waving the box at the boy, "Do you mind if I borrow it then?"
"Sure, go ahead, just bring it back to me at school." Finally Ed came across the perfect movie for the evening, I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle, and as he stood to show off his selection a tap came at the basement window. Passing the tape to Nat he heads over to the window and opens it, "Hey, what ya doing?"
May's voice could be heard, "Seeing if you can sneak me back in?"
"Go to the back door," he closes the window and heads toward the stairs wagging his brows at his friends as he passes them. With much stealth he sneaks the girl the short distance from the back door to the basement stairs, reaching the bottom of the stairs the teenage couple made their way to Ed's bed to watch the movie from there.
"By the way, Eddy said not to wait up for him," May told the other two Ed's as she sat down on the bed and leaned back into Ed's arms. Hitting play on the VCR the five friends watched the campy British B grade horror film. This movie had everything its genre had to offer, a bad script, horrible acting, laughable plot devices, and even an exorcism on the motorcycle. Passing one final joint around at the start of the movie, they enjoyed the ridiculous nature of the film on a whole new level, cracking up uncontrollably at some of the more crazy death scenes.
"He got staked in the ass," Nat cackled at the face the guy made as he crashed his bike into a car, flipped through a window to land in a coffin with the lid coming crashing down to cover him up.
By the time the movie had ended it was eleven o'clock and Edd was snoring softly leaning his head on Kevin's shoulder, adjusting his weight for more comfort as his boyfriend turned slightly to look at him. Nat was not far behind the raven haired dork in terms of drowsiness, his head bobbing as the credits began to roll, looking behind him Kevin sees the couple laying on Ed's bed spooning, May fast asleep in Ed's arms. Tapping Nat's shoulder the teal haired jock jumps a little as he was snapped back into the here and now, "Help me unfold this thing."
Standing he lifts Edd off the futon, the younger boy stood there half awake at this point, mainly being supported by his boyfriend's arms. Nat reaches down and pulls the futon out into its flat position as Kevin looked around the dimly lit room for blankets, finding a stack by the stairs with a few pillows on top of it. Laying Edd down upon the small mattress he walks over to the stack and picks the bundle up then heads back over, finding Edd lying in the middle of the futon fast asleep with Nat passed out beside him. Unfolding the blanket with a quick flip of his wrists he covers the two of them up, then throws a pillow on top of Nat's head, to which the boy grabs it and puts his head on top of it then quickly falls back to sleep again. Climbing under the blanket himself, Kevin puts his arm around his boyfriend and pulls him close to him, Edd sleepily rolls over and buries his face into Kevin's chest snoring softly, receiving a gentle kiss to the forehead before Kevin quickly followed him to sleep.
A/N- Yes there is a B-Grade horror movie out there called I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle, the trailer was enough for me to use the darn thing, it was funny.