Chapter 2: "The Plan"

The house was silent as Edd paced back and forth, his thumb to his mouth as he chewed nervously on the nail, his other hand placed behind his back. His hair was disheveled, a complete mess as his usual beanie was tossed onto the bed. It had been removed hours ago when he had finally made it to his bedroom from school. He had wasted no time slamming and locking the front door, scaling up the stairs. His face was still burning, his ear twitching every now and again as the event still flashed in his mind.

Groaning, he plopped down onto his bed, placing his forehead in his palms. This wasn't like him. Why was he getting so worked over this? Maybe Kevin was just toying with him, working him up. That has to be it, Edd thought to himself as he stood back up. His throat dry, he decided he needed a drink. Walking to the kitchen he washed his hands thoroughly before grabbing a glass and filling it halfway with water from the fridge dispenser. As the cool liquid made its way down his throat he gave out a sigh of relief, not realizing just how thirsty he had been. He went to fill the glass again but jumped as his pocket began to vibrate.

"Salutations! Eddward Vincent speaking," he answered once his phone was out of his pocket.

"Hey, Double D! Where the hell are you?" Eddy asked, a little too loud as Edd had to place the phone at a short distance. Slightly happy to hear his friend's voice, he placed the glass back into the dishwasher, giving the phone his full attention.

"My apologies, Eddy. I ran into complications on the way home," he said, inwardly hitting himself for even bringing that up. However, he couldn't lie to his friend.

"What complications? Did a bully or something get ya?" Eddy questioned. Edd could hear the slight rise of anger and quickly replied.

"No, no. It was...," he paused. Did he really want to mention what happened with Kevin? Surely he couldn't. It would only fuel Eddy and cause unnecessary violence. He let out a sigh. "It was nothing, Eddy. I'm perfectly alright." There was a long pause from the other side before he heard Ed screaming in the background.

"EDDY! WE CAN'T LET THE ALIENS GET TO DOUBLE D!"

"ED GET OFF ME!" Eddy yelled. Edd heard a loud thud and then heavy shuffling of what sounded like Eddy trying to wiggle his way from underneath the larger teen. He stifled a giggle, but failed. "Hey, don't laugh at me, Sock-head! Anyways, since it's already late, we'll see ya tomorrow. Got it?" Edd's eyes widened and checked the clock. It was already nearing 8:45.

"Oh dear lord!" he proclaimed. "Eddy I have to go!"

"Wait, Double -" Eddy was cut off as Edd shoved his phone back into his pocket. He had been so distracted by the day's previous events that he hadn't gotten a single ounce of home work finished. Hurrying up the stairs, he groaned. This dare is going to be the death of me, he thought, quickly grabbing his books, notebooks, and pen.

It was only second period. Just second period, he reminded himself as he tried desperately to keep his head up and his eyes awake. Due to yesterday's frustrations, he had spent the entire night, till almost three in the morning, doing his homework and studying. Now, at only 10 AM, he was truly regretting it. It wasn't like he needed to study. He could've just done his homework and received five extra hours of sleep. Yet it wasn't like him to not study. He groaned as he realized he'd have to stay away for the rest of day till at least 9 PM in order to fix his now broken schedule. Reaching for his pencil sharpener, he was startled as a folded pink piece of paper landed on his desk. Looking around curious, he saw Nazz looking at him before she ducked her head down to pretend she was writing notes.

Turning back around, Edd unfolded the paper, reading the neat little scribbles.

So what's your plan, Double D? ~N. Edd sat back in his chair, thinking. He didn't get a chance to form one yesterday.

'I'm afraid to inform I have not prepared one. -E.' He folded the paper back up and once the teacher turned his back towards the class, Edd tossed it towards Nazz. A minute later the paper was back on his desk.

Meet me in the hallway after class. ~ N.

Edd sighed and placed the paper in his binder. As soon as he did, the bell sounded, signaling the class was over. He gathered his things and waited outside the door for Nazz. She finally came out and caught his arm, dragging him down the hallway as she began to speak.

"So, Sarah and I were talking last night since we figured you wouldn't have a plan, and we came up with one," she said. Edd grimaced as she smacked away on a piece of gum but continued to listen. "We thought you should tag Kevin. Follow him, see where he goes, get to know his habits, ya know?"

"Um, Nazz...as much of a wonderful plan as that sounds, I don't think I'd be successful in following Kevin around. Surely I would be captured in which would result in a harsh and terrible beating." Nazz let out a series of giggles, lightly slapping Edd's arm.

"Oh silly. Kevin would never harm you," she stated, then quickly clamped a hand over her mouth. Edd raised in his brows in curiosity but decided to ignore it.

"Even if the odds were to be in my favor, I highly doubt the plan would work," he said. Truth be told, Edd was curious to follow Kevin. However, he didn't want a repeat of yesterday evening. Nazz stopped and turned to face him, hands on her hips.

"Just think it over, ok Double D?" Edd nodded, not wanting to make the smaller blonde angry. She then gave him a happy smile before bouncing away to join a group of girls down the hall.

Sighing, Edd walked to his locker. This was definitely the biggest mistake of his life.

Ok so wasn't as long as I wanted it to be, but I had a slight block when writing so hopefully it'll get better. Also, thank you everyone for the reviews so far!