AN: Whoa so many reviews and kudos -blushes- hehe ty so much really it means a lot :)! Also I'm seriously sorry about the looooooong absence of updates...my depression was at a very dark point and I needed time to get better mentally; but ty to those who wished me well and waited patiently until now!
Warnings for this chapter: Um excessive cursing because of Marie lmao, also a cliffy so don't hate me!
"Marie don't you dare take another step!" He spoke hurriedly with a nervous but firm sternness to his voice.
But it was sadly no use the bluenette'd goth was already jumping into action and off of his bed with an amazon warrior like pose she sprinted out of his room in mere seconds.
Looking utterly dumfounded for a moment he paled drastically and scrambled off the bed clumsily nearly falling face first to the floor he regained his footing and followed in pursuit as fast as his legs could carry him.
Thankfully Rosemary was still at the store, something to do with needing more cranberry sauce and hoping she wouldn't have to battle any other last minute Thanksgiving day scavengers to find any.
Wincing at the sudden thunking crash from down the hall he skidded to a halt in the doorway of Kevin's room.
Panting some from the panic that was gripping his chest and the exertion in which he used to get to said room so quickly he nearly balked at what he saw.
Sprawled on the floor in a wrestling miss match of long lanky pale limbs verse long study tan ones was his best friend, and the auburn haired jock that was his unfortunate crush.
"Oooooh no no no! Both of you two cease and desist right this moment! There is no need for violence in this matter!" He turned his fierce cyan eyes toward his friend, "Marie behave yourself right this instant! Honestly, you are both nearly fully grown adults for pete's sake!"
A slew of curses and grunts flew out of Kevin's mouth as Marie got him into a head lock, only for Kevin to squirm out of it by kneeing her in the stomach.
Marie abruptly let go of him a began coughing, she then groaned holding her stomach, "You fucking shitty bastard!"
"The hell is going on?!" Kevin growled out his auburn tresses in a crazy impression of a bird's nest from the tumble.
"You're an asswipe that's whats going on! How dare you touch him and take it back like it was nothing! I'LL KILL YOU!" And with that she let out a battle cry and tackled him.
"MARIE STOP!" Edd ran forward just as Kevin was about to punch her catching the poor ravenette instead in the eye sending him flying.
Kevin sat horrified for a moment before he and Marie rushed forward both screaming the same thing, "EDD!
"Shit, shit, shit, that wasn't meant for you! Oiiii Edd wake up!" Kevin shook the stunned nerd's shoulders a bit desperately.
Marie pushed Kevin harshly out of the way, "Look what you did! Don't fucking shake him too hard Jesus fucking christ do you wanna kill him?! You are an even bigger neanderthal than I first thought!"
Edd groaned, as he squinted and winced touching his right eye tenderly which he new would bruise up quite nicely later, "Marie? Will you stop fighting now please?" He spoke hoarsely.
"You...you idiot...you fucking scared the shit out of me! What made you just jump in the middle of us like that you stupid...ughhhhh..." Marie hugged him close and sighed heavily.
Kevin watched off to the side, "Is he okay?" he voiced in a small hesitant tone.
Icy blue eyes glared twin daggers at him, "Yes, no thanks to you though douchebag."
"Marie..."
"What?! Not only is he the biggest asshole in the century of assholes he now has added another mark on my shit list of the fucked up fuckery of stupid dumb shits." She pulled back from Edd and crossed her arms, "And there's nooooo fucking way he's getting away with what he did."
Edd sighed, "Language Marie...honestly..."
Kevin made a frustrated noise, "Look Kanker, what happened between the dork and me, is just that...it's between him and me. Not you, me, and him, it just doesn't fucking work that way."
She glared harder, "Then make it work asshat, cause you dun fucked up and if you don't fix it I'm taking him home with me instead."
"This isn't any of your business!"
"The hell it isn't! Edd has been my business, he has been ever since seventh grade when he tried to kill himself." She spat out before cursing at her own diarrhea mouth.
She paled a little and rubbed her face before she looked back to Double D, "Shit...D...I'm sorry I never meant to tell him that."
He was sitting there with a blank look to him his eyes dull at first before he plastered on a false plastic smile that looked a bit tattered around the edges, "...It's quite alright Marie, it was bound to come out sooner or later. I know you wouldn't have said anything if you weren't so angry."
Tears welled in her eyes, "No, no it's not okay D...and don't smile when you don't wanna okay?"
Kevin's mind screeched to a halt as he finally caught up with her words, "..What...he tried to kill...himself...?"
He desperately tried to remember if there had been any signs, anything at all that he could remember.
The little nervous gap toothed smile he always wore, the long sleeves, the wrist bands, he should have known back then that something had been wrong.
He should have seen something, helped him...
There were so many goddamn red flags it made his stomach sour.
"This was in middle school?" He uttered raspily finally finding his voice again.
"Yeah it was the beginning of term, Edd was absent for two fucking weeks, and no one noticed." Marie frowned.
"That can't be right...I'd have noticed somethin' like that...I mean didn't the Ed's notice at least...?" The jock spoke feebly hands gripped at his sides.
The ravenette rubbed his left arm absently as he looked at anything but either of them his eyes trained on the hard wood of the floor, "Seventh grade was around the time both Ed and Eddy were branching out...trying new things, meeting people that...I just did not fit in to be around."
His sad blue eyes glistened but no tears fell oddly enough as if he had been trained to hold it in at times like this, "Don't feel bad Kevin, I don't expect you to understand...I mean you didn't even look my way until the beginning of this school year am I correct?"
Kevin felt as if a golf ball was lodged in his throat; he swallowed hard, "Yeah...around then, you're in like pretty much all my classes it's hard not to notice you."
Edd made a small sad smile.
"Why did Kanker notice then?" He almost but spat out of his mouth like acid, unwanted jealousy coiling in his belly like a snake ready to strike.
Marie snorted, "That's easy dumbass, I had a crush on him for like forever duh."
The smaller male's face flustered a bit, "I'd call it a bit more than a crush, you were a bit obessive in our younger years what with you and your sisters following Eddy, Ed and myself around."
"Heh...yeah now that I think of it I do remember you being pretty creepy with the eds." Kevin spoke frowning.
Marie snorted again and crossed her arms a tinge of a blush coating her cheeks, "Yeah well, my Ma always said go for the kind ones, too bad she never mentioned they might be swinging for the other team." She laughed and rubbed a finger against the underside of her nose.
"So...you don't...still...?" Kevin stumbled over his words.
"No you dillweed! Eww he's like a little brother to me..geez!" She spouted in a fast jumble, "Besides I kinda have the wrong parts to what he's into you know?"
She waggled her eyebrows suggestively, "Not that my tatas aren't the best to offer, it's not my fault he was born to like dicks instead."
Kevin shook his head, "You just have the foulest mouth for a chick Kanker."
"D'awww I'll take that as a compliment coming from you Kevvy." She blew him a mock kiss.
"If it makes you feel any better Marie, I think you have very beautiful well proportioned breasts and curves in an aesthetically pleasing way." Edd murmurs.
Throwing her head back in full blown laughter Marie wipes a tear from her eye, "See? He's as gay as a fruitloop is rainbow colored!"
Flustering Edd smacks her lightly in the arm, "Marieeee!"
"Speaking of which, you gonna own up for giving him that hickey?"
Kevin nearly chokes on his own spit in surprise, "I...urm...jesus you showed her?"
"He didn't have to show me! It was the size of Mount Everest!"
"It most certainly was not!" Squawks Edd.
Rubbing the back of his neck Kevin sighed heavily, "Look I'm not gay. I don't know what was going on in my head at the time...I was horny I haven't slept with anyone in months so..."
Marie's eyes glint evilly, "So you decided to fuck with someone innocent?! He's not a fucking toy! You can't just make out with him give him the first hickey he's ever had and then say, "Oh dude sorry, I'm straight." She glares harshly at him, "If you're not gay that's fine, but you're at least bisexual if you got a fucking hard on over it. Be in denial all you want just don't drag down people's hearts with you."
Before either Edd or Kevin can say anything there's the jingling of keys sounding from downstairs as Rosemary opens the front door, "I'm back guys! Kevin set the table will you?"
Standing he sighs and makes his way downstairs.
"Uh oh, you have that constipated look on your face again; did you do something stupid again young man?" Rosemary questions as she walks into the kitchen after her son.
Kevin makes a face, "I do not look constipated!"
"Sure you don't sweetie. Now is this a , "I need to buy flowers" fuck up or a, "I need to buy chocolate and flowers" fuck up?"
Kevin eyes her oddly before sighing and getting the plates and silverware out of the cabinet.
"Yeesh that bad? You must get that from your father's side of the family." She snorts, "He always was stupid with love."
Frowning Kevin sets the table, "Don't fucking compare me to him of all people."
Rosemary's matching emerald eyes soften.
Walking over to him she hugs him, "You know, I'll love you no matter what you are right? You could be madly in love and want to marry a rhino and I'd be all for it."
"Maaa..." He mumbles out, "Why do you gotta be so..."
She smiles and leans up to kiss his forehead as she tucks his bangs behind his ears, "Just remember, you're my son, and I love you more than life it's self. Nothing you do or say will ever change that, okay?"
He nods some and she lets go of him.
"Marie! Eddward! Come down! It should be ready!"
Edd and Marie make their way down the stairs and walk cautiously into the kitchen.
A gasp falls from Rosemary's lips, "Eddward! What happened to your eye?!"
The smallest teen tries to cover his right eye with his bangs, "I...um...fell?" He supplies weakly.
Marie snorts.
Kevin shifts guiltily.
Pursing her lips together she rounds on her son and pulls his ear painfully, "Kevinnnnnn did you harm Eddward?!"
"Ow, ow, fucking owwwwww, not on purpose! I was trying to hit Marie! Let gooooo fuckkkk!" He squirms and tries to get away.
"That's even worse! You don't hit women ever! I taught you better than that!"
"She's hardly a gir-" He doesn't get to finish because Rosemary whaps him over the head with a spatula.
"Um...Rosemary?" Edd voices softly as he sniffs the air.
Smoke begins rising from the oven.
"Oh fuck that can't be good..." Marie blinks.
"Ma! Look! The turkey is burning!" Kevin yells to try to distract her.
Rosemary stops mid swing, "...oh shit."
She zooms over to the oven picking up the oven mits faster than they deemed her capable of.
Opening the oven carefully a cloud of grey smoke issues from it fogging the air of the kitchen.
Coughing she hastily pulls a very burnt turkey out of the oven and places it on the counter.
Kevin quickly opens the windows and back door.
"Well...anyone want Chinese?" Rosemary asks with a tinge of manic laughter to her voice.
Marie starts laughing, "I'm game."
"I can't believe you burned the turkey Ma."
"I haven't burned a turkey since I was a teenager...I feel so embarrassed." She sighs, "Alright guys, get a menu order anything you want, it's on me."
"No worries Misses B, I burn water so you did way better than I could have!" Marie pipes up grinning.
Suddenly the sound of the doorbell ringing cuts through the air.
Blinking Rosemary looks to the front door and then back to the teens, "Are any of you expecting anyone else I don't know about?"
Kevin blinks, "Nope."
"I'll get it Rosemary, you clean up the kitchen with Kevin and Marie." Smiles Edd.
He then walks down the hall and opens the door.
His smile falls from his lips as all color drains from his face, "...Father?"