AN: Anyways I just wanted to say I'm sorry if that past couple of chapters are so short I've been going through a very bad bout of depression that has me in a really dark place, like seriously bad to the point I mostly sleep, eat, sleep and repeat. In a brighter tone...boy was I surprised at such a big response from you guys -flusters happily- hehe well I do hope you are all enjoying the story thus far I'm trying my best to make the chapters longer but sometimes I feel it just needs to end at the certain point =P Thank you to everyone who kudo'd or reviewed~! Again I apologize for the shortness of the chapters or the slowness of my updating, I am really trying my best. I don't wanna just put out crap for you guys you know? :) so here you go! Enjoy I hope! This chapter is shorter than most because I'm honestly not feeling well atm but I wanted to give you something.
The nurse tapping her foot against the well polished floor of the infirmary in an impatient manner of sorts was what drew him out of the dark haze of his mind.
He couldn't get the dirty feeling of Jacob's teeth scraping across his neck out of his head.
Or the gripping sting of pain of the bully's meaty fingers, grasping at his hips fondling in painfully bruising gropes that absolutely turned his very stomach sending unpleasant goosebumps down his arms and shivers down his spine.
The raven was sitting on one of the sick beds a fluffy down gray blanket wrapped around his shoulders like a super hero cape; in his hands was a cup of water that he was sipping mechanically every so often with a troubled dazed look to his face.
Voices filtered in an out as police walked past the doors every so often, but he really hadn't paid them much mind.
"For the last time I told you his parents are complete and utter dickwads! Sometimes they leave him alone for months on end! They've done it since we were like ten years old for Christ's sake! They're in China or Korea or somethin' right now." Spouted out Marie nastily at the nurse who frowned a smidge when the teenage girl cursed at her.
"Japan actually." Double D murmured imputing the piece of info helpfully in an extremely brittle and soft sounding voice.
Unlike earlier he was now fully clothed in a red and black warm overly large flannel shirt, black sweat pants, and fuzzy black toe socks that had been gifted to him by Marie.
All of which he especially had kept for gym class, his female counter part had spirited them from his locker and given then to him in a moment's notice of arriving to 's office.
How she had the time to do so he'll never know.
The bluenette in question rolled her eyes and waved her hand at him in a dismissive gesture, "Still Asian, D geez stop tryin' to make everything complicated."
Edd blew out a hybrid of an amused shaky breathe and a startled snort of laughter as he shook his head at her.
It seemed even in the worst of times and situations Marie could manage to put a smile, albeit a very small smile upon his face.
"We still need someone to pick him up, in his current state I can't very well send him off all on his own, he very well might still be in shock." Mrs. Maebury tutted disapprovingly.
The middle aged woman had her hands on her hips in a motherly stance of displeasure.
Suddenly the skid of rubber soles sliding against linoleum flooring was heard, followed immediately by the panting form of Kevin Barr.
Said red head had his hand pressed heavily against his knee for support as he breathed in and out unevenly his emerald eyes franticly looking forward into the room.
Blinking his cyan eyes owlishly in a confused awe Edd was the one who broke the silence first, "K-Kevin?"
Gulping down some air the taller teenage boy calmed somewhat before speaking.
"Shit, Double D! Dude you really know how to make a guy almost have a heart attack doncha'?" The jock spouted out in a rush as he ambled forward quickly and looked over the smaller, shorter of the two.
Gently he took his large hands and smoothed them down the plain of Edd's thin shoulders blades and arms checking him for injuries or hurts of any kind.
After a moment of seeing that there was no actual physical harm done to him; pink soon blossomed in the aurburn jock's his face before bursting into a full blown tomato red.
"N-Not that I was worried or nothin'! I just know that Talbit likes tah fucks with you, yah know? I just wanted to make sure you weren't hurt or somethin' I told my mom I'd keep you safe and stuff. I can't bring you home all banged up and bloody again she'll freak."
"Language, ." Spoke the nurse in a clipped and stern reprimanding tone.
Kevin stiffened from head to toe like a wooden board pulling back his hands as if having been electrocuted, only just having realized he had still been holding onto Edd.
Frowning deeply Marie snarled and came between the two of them like a bolt of lightning, "Back off carrot top, he's had a year's worth of crapola done to him he doesn't need anymore added."
Glaring fiercely emerald battled against dark sapphire in electric predatorial dance possessive gaze.
"I'd never lay a hand on him Kanker!" The red head hissed out angrily his eyes glinting in the light.
Marie sneered her hands ridged and gripped at her sides in a white knuckled grip of pure loathing and rage, "Yeah well it seems a bit too late for that I'm afraid, jackass."
Grimacing momentarily Kevin had the decency to look guilty.
"Now, now children no more fighting will be tolerated here do you understand? Now, what are you doing here outside of classes?" Spoke chastisingly.
Sighing Kevin eyed the nurse, he stuffed his hands in his jean pockets.
"I was in English when I saw Jacob Talbit and his crew get taken away in the ambulances, and I just got this really bad feeling in my stomach; I knew somethin' was up because Edd still wasn't back in class yet..." He rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
The petite raven watched Kevin in confusion with an added look of complete concentration on his face as if trying to figure out a very hard math equation and not having the right sequence in which to solve it.
Sighing the nurse shook her head in dismay, "It's still no excuse to cut cla-"
"My mom and me are watching him until his parents get back from their business trip." He rambled out quickly, "He's staying with us, ask her if you don't believe me."
Blinking the graying blond haired woman looked to be conflicted about something before speaking, "Well then I'll still have to call your mother to confirm this to be true, but I'm afraid the police unfortunately still need to receive a statement from ."
"Oh hell no he's traumatized enough! He almost got rap-" Marie stopped short as she gazed at her best friend who stiffened at the word she had almost said.
Clearing her throat she tried again, "He was molested and thrown around...and stuff, can't you just leave him alone?" She murmured in a out of character desperate pleading tone.
"Call my mother, now." Kevin demanded his green eyes serious and extremely angry.
Looking between all three of the teenagers the nurse sighed again finally giving up her arguement, "Please do not order me around ; I'll call your mother in a moment and see what she says to have done, but he does eventually have to give a statement to them in the next few days." The nurse tutted at him before picking up the phone.
Edd gulped at hearing this, he really did not want to talk to the police at all.
Couldn't they just forget the whole thing ever happened and be done with it?
No they really couldn't, could they?
Because Marie had given Jacob a bad head injury and the only reason she wasn't being taken down town to the police department was because the couch had vouched for her half of the story.
Needless to say everything was a discombobulated mess of mass proportions!
She may or may not have been had totally been sprawled out on the couch, fast asleep in her light purple scrubs trying to catch a few hours sleep before her shift's start around five.
And she might or might not have been snoring loudly like a fraught train, drool dribbling down the side of her face, copper ringleted curls flung this way and that across the pillows beneath her.
When her bejeweled Iphone 5s went off she snapped awake blearily squinting her eyes and answered in a gravelly half asleep smothered voice.
Sitting upright quickly her eyes lost their half laden look.
Rosemary was a picture of pure exhaustion though more alert than half asleep now.
So when she got the news her new ward had not only been almost been raped but police were getting involved over an assault by another student on Eddward's behalf she high tailed it off the couch at super speed.
Fixing her hair into a messy ponytail, she toed on her shoes cramming her feet into them forgoing socks completely, scrambled across the threshold of her living room and into the front pallor flying out the door like a bat out straight out of hell.
Now she wasn't one for speeding, she adamantly scolded her son time and time again for speeding on his screeching metal death trap of a motorcycle to explicitly NOT to do so.
But this was an extremely delicate and different case, which called for a bit of fast passed peddle work of on her part so she perhaps sped a bit on her way toward Peach Creek High.
Maybe just a tad.
Thankfully the police seemed to be otherwise busy or at the high school anyway so no ticket was received today on her behalf.
Kevin sat next to Double D and watched him constantly with a worried expression, who in turn was watched like a hawk by Marie.
Having been called out to speak with the principle the nurse was not present as they waited for Kevin's mom.
"So...are you okay?" Kevin muttered out stupidly rubbing the back of his neck.
He balked at his own question.
Of course the poor guy wasn't okay! He was almost...almost...r-r-
He couldn't even bring himself to say the word.
His blood literally boiled at the thought of Jacob even touching Double D in any shape or form.
"No dipshit he's not." Pipped Marie from a chair on the other side of her best friend.
"I dont think anyone would be after something like that, do you?"
Kevin sighed, "Look...I'm...I'm sorry." He burst out quickly through gritted teeth.
This caught Edd's attention as he lifted his head and blinked at the auburn teen next to him, "Sorry? You didn't cause any of this." He murmured out softly his eyes catching emerald ever so briefly before settling back to the tiles on the floor.
The red haired jock sighed eying Marie before looking back at the raven, "I don't mean for tha-"
"You mean for giving him a big ass hickey the size of Texas that even cover up couldn't fix?" Smirked The bluenette.
"M-Marie! That is completely uncalled for...that is p-private...and...oh dear.."
"How the hell do you know it was me? Could have been anyone." Kevin grumbled at her.
She snorted and crossed her arms, "Oh please, you both have been dancing around each other for the past year; I swear I'd be planning your fucking wedding by now if you weren't so far in the closet all you could see are your ugly piles of sneakers!"
"Dude my sneakers are not ugly..."
"So you admit you're in the closet?" Grinned Marie.
Kevin turned crimson, "NO I DO NOT ADMIT TO BEING IN THE CLOSET KANKER!"
"Then why are you so defensive?" She snickered.
"I'm fucking not okay? I just...Christ...shut up already, this doesn't even have to do with you."
"Oh you bet your stupid red hat it does."
"Did you just fucking call my hat stupid?" He seethed.
"Guys..." Edd mumbled nervously.
"Totally did Barr."
"If you weren't a girl I'd slug you right now." Kevin spit out.
"Oh don't hold back on my account, I'd love to see you try sweetie." Marie stated cooly.
"Ahem." Came a new voice.
Standing in the doorway was Rosemary, flushed and panting and looking quite stern.
Kevin paled, "Hey Ma..."