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This is the last chapter! Please comment! Tell me if I missed anything, if something wasn't clear enough and I will try my best and change it! Honeys; this is the last chapter. I still can't believe it no matter how many times I say it to myself D: I hope it's a good one and I hope I didn't make too many mistakes in the grammar or spelling!
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The bonfire

Kevin
When he opened the door to the locker room, the whole team cheered from the cheer sight of him. They all stopped doing what they were doing, got up from the benches and went to Kevin to pat him on his back, shake his hand and congratulate him. The reason he entered last was because of all the coaches from five different colleges that had walked up to him immediately after the game and offered him a place at their schools after the summer. None of them had ever seen anyone so quick and focused on the pitch before, they said - even considering Kevin had a limp and had a broken nose (and he had still not taken any painkillers this morning); therefore he had to linger for a while, while the rest of the team went to school to change.

"Which one did you choose?" Jefferson asked as he shook his hand.

"Ohio, of course!" laughed Kevin. "Something else would have been stupid!"

The whole team cheered and shouted again. Ed walked up to Kevin and gave him the fist. "Congratulations, Greyhound." He said with a smile. "You deserve it."

"Thank you, Beefhead." Said Kevin. "Hey, where's Byrd? I want to wipe my ass with his face! What a loser!"

"He ran off as soon as everything was over." Wade Conley laughed.

"What a fucking game!" Mike Fulton said, throwing his arm over Kevin's shoulders. "As I've always said; no one stands a chance against Greyhound! Not even Byrd!"

"What was his plan, even?" Jefferson agreed and shook his head. "Try to tackle and break the leg of Kevin fucking Greyhound Barr!"

"He didn't have a chance." Said Fulton.

"He wasn't even close on catching up on me!" Kevin laughed.

"So he slipped," Conley tried to gather himself during a laugh attack, "and got his shoulder dislocated so he couldn't finish playing! At least he witnessed the college coaches being impressed with you!"

"What a bitch." Kevin concluded. "My friends..." he stepped onto one of the benches with outstretched arms, as if he wanted to embrace every single person in the locker room. "... my last words as the captain of the team; thanks for three tough years together. I've seen you fight, seen you sweat, seen you get dirty; and fuck me if I haven't seen one or two of you cry!" They all laughed. "I'm proud of you, guys."

"We are proud of you, Barr!" Said Josh Andis.

"I want to thank you all for making this possible for me. After the summer I will move…"

"To Ohio!" Shouted Fulton.

"TO OHIO!" Kevin laughed with the others and punched the air with his fist while the whole team cheered again.

Kevin jumped down, got some boxes on his shoulders and then Matt Dowling shouted from the other side of the room: "Barr, you have a visit." He held the door up, and Kevin headed over to him.

He closed the door behind him and hugged Edd who had been the one knocking on the door to see Kevin, and kissed him excitedly on his mouth. "I got in on Ohio State University!" His whole body was shaking with adrenaline and he ran on the place with quick feet. "Can you believe it?"

"You did? Congratulations!" It was Edd's turn to throw himself around Kevin's neck. "I knew it! I just came by to congratulate you on the game; I have never seen a better football game my whole life, so I am not surprised that you were offered that place. Eddy is waiting; I suppose you went here with your mother?"

"Yeah, she and my brother are waiting on the parking lot..." Kevin had calmed down, he shook his head. "Had I not had you, Edd..."

"Don't worry. This day is about you." Edd grabbed hold of Kevin's arms and shook them in excite. "Ohio State University. Wow."

"I know. Wow…" he bit the inside of his cheek. "I can't believe I'm moving away from you-"

"Don't even think about it." Edd interrupted with closed eyes. "We'll deal with it when the fall comes; now we'll just enjoy each other's company."

Kevin fought back the sadness threatening to overpower him. "Yeah, we'll get to that later." He changed his tone, tried to think of something else and combed his hair back with his fingers. "So, do you hang out here in the corridor often, or..?"

Edd giggled. "Sorry; I'm taken."

"Oh, yeah?"

"Well, I'm not really the one who kisses and tells; but someone actually got here first and took my virginity last night..."

Kevin felt the butterflies begin to flutter around in his stomach by the memory of last night; a smile spread over his face. Edd knew exactly what to say to make his knees weak – some kind of brutal honesty mixed with Eddward's innocent exterior was a weak spot for Kevin. He got nervous but played along. "Who is the lucky one?"

"Oh, only the school's most popular guy." Edd turned his back to Kevin and began to walk away from him while he looked up at the ceiling; pretending to be uninterested.

"Let me guess; he is a jock?" Kevin looked down at Edd's butt; his jeans were skinny and fitted perfectly on his body, just like the dark red long-sleeved t-shirt he wore. Eddward Vincent knew exactly how clothes should sit and which colors suited him; but Kevin, for some reason, had always noticed - he just didn't know the reason he noticed it was because he has always been attracted to the younger teen with perfectly tight clothes.

"Yes, he is actually the captain of the football team."

"Should I be jealous?"

"Oh, yeah. Very much so." Edd turned around playfully and started backing up. "He is very good looking. And good with his hands."

"He is?" Kevin walked faster towards Edd, who was speeding up and slipped around the corner where Kevin caught up on him, grabbed him and pushed him up against the lockers. "Do you mean like this?"

He drew his fingers along Edd's waist, down to the edge of the jeans and put both hands inside Edd's shirt. He began to caress his stomach and up to his chest. Edd's skin blushed under Kevin's touch and he moaned quietly while his heart pounded and fluttered underneath his thin skin.

"Do you like it?" Whispered Kevin, took out one of his hands and began caressing Edd's neck. He leaned forward and put his lips on his jaw; he knew it drove Edd insane.

"Yes..." Edd breathed, who seemed to melt under Kevin's hands. "They are my biggest turn-ons. Your hands… and the way you look and smell after a game or practice…"

"Yeah?" Kevin kissed Edd gently on his lips, and Edd answered the kiss more passionately. Kevin pressed himself against Edd, who was pinned against the lockers. The kisses became more intense...

"Kevin?" Edd whispered breathlessly. Kevin leaned back to look at him. "Why me?"

"What?"

"Yeah... what do you like about me?"

"What I like about you?" Kevin smiled unsurely with one raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, and don't say everything; for that is not true. I want to know... for real."

Kevin thought for a little while. "You understand me. You're patient. You accept me for who I am. You're intelligent…"

"I specifically want to know what your turn-ons are." Edd giggled and bit his lip. "I said your hands and your raw sportiness."

"Your big brain is one of the things. I like how smart you are... you are so nerdy and neat among people, but once you're in the darkness... with me ... you turn into this sexy... horny little..."

"Okay, boys, that's enough! Let go of each other." Coach Dawson said aloud.

Kevin shrugged, but walked slowly away from Edd with a playful, somewhat embarrassed smile. "Sorry, Coach."

"Everyone should be out of the building in five minutes. Kevin, hit the showers. Mr. Vincent... outside."

Edd quickly followed Dawson's finger toward the front door. Dawson put a firm hand on Edd's back and followed him through the corridor.

Kevin licked his upper teeth, thought quickly and then chuckled. "Hey, Eddward?" He shouted through the corridor.

Edd turned his head, but was still pushed forward by Dawson. "Yes?" He called back.

"Do you want to be my boyfriend?"

Edd stopped to stare at Kevin, but Dawson just pushed harder with his hand on his back, making his shoes make that squeak sound on the floor. "Are you kidding me?" Edd said; his eyes began to shine. "Of course I want to!"

"I'll come to you tonight!" Kevin opened the door to the locker room, laughed a little at the sight that Edd could do nothing but be shooed by his coach.

"Okay, Kevin!" Said Eddward. "See you tonight!" The door was closed in front of him and he waved through the window next to the door before he disappeared.

Kevin smiled at Dawson as he approached him, and for the first time ever Coach Dawson smiled back. "Congratulations, Barr. It was a tough game today." He patted him on the back. "Hurry now; you don't want Vincent to wait, right?"

That's why Kevin liked his coach so much; he never made a big deal out of things. He didn't even mention that Kevin had come out just a few hours ago; it was as if it had always been like this.

...

He said goodbye to his teammates on the parking lot and got into his mother's car, dodged every question she had about him kissing Edd before the game, and when they arrived to the cul-de-sac, Kevin was the first one to go into the house - he wanted to change before they went to the restaurant to celebrate the victory. He unlocked the door, opened it and stepped into the house.

"Honey, I'm home!" He shouted without thinking.

It took him a few seconds to understand why his dog didn't meet with him in the hallway. The habit of calling her as he came home was still there, and since he had been so distracted with trying to talk about something else than the kiss in the car he had forgotten that Honey was gone. His heart ripped his chest into pieces as he was reminded that he would never hear her claws and paws click on the floor to welcome him home after a rough day.

"How are you?" Asked his mother when she came in through the door behind him.

"I just... miss Honey." Kevin muttered truthfully, feeling a rock in his stomach starting to grow.

"I know… me too." Replied his mother and sighed. It had only been three days since they had to put her to sleep, so her absence was strong. "She was a fantastic dog."

"Yeah..." Kevin walked slowly through the house and into his downstairs bedroom where he silently changed from trainers to jeans and shirt.

Eddward
There was a party at Nazz's place that same night; one of the biggest parties the cul-de-sac had ever seen. Her father had agreed to let her have the victory party at their house this evening, while the rest of the parents in the area tried to help and keep track of their young ones. Of course, no one was allowed to drink alcohol... so of course they were all very sneaky about it.

The parents in the area were taking turns to check on the teens inside the house and sneak around the yard without trying to disturb the teenagers; and this time it was actually a successful party without something breaking or someone getting too drunk. No police, fire brigade or ambulances needed to be called there.

Edd and Kevin were probably the only ones who didn't attend that party; they had only heard about the things that had happened during the evening - and besides that Ed and May had managed to sneak into Nazz's room and have intercourse for the first time, there was nothing special that had happened. Edd and Kevin were the only two teens who were left out because they were sitting on the field together; so even though they weren't at the party, they could still hear it.

They sat in front of Honey's wooden cross; the cross that was nailed into the ground at her grave which Kevin had dug for her. He tried to be strong and talk about all the good memories he had of her, but tears constantly ran down his cheeks, even though he smiled. Edd sat next to him and patted him on his arm and held his hand, listened to what he had to say and remembered some things from the dog's way too short life as well.

When the sun set, the party had taken more power, so Edd and Kevin decided to take a long walk to be able to hear each other, and they were not at home at the cul-de-sac until late at night.

"We will probably not be able to see each other much this week." Edd said where they were standing outside his house to say good night.

"Why not?" Kevin asked.

"We have tests all next week; so I will need to study, and I think I'll start tomorrow... maybe I'll do a little tonight before I go to bed."

"I had forgotten the test week..." Kevin groaned. "And that you're a nerd…"

"It's more important to you." Edd reminded him, and smiled a little at Kevin's lame joke. "Nathalie asked me to tell you she'll be waiting for you at her house tomorrow morning. You have to study all day tomorrow."

"Are you serious? On a Sunday?"

Edd nodded seriously. "Of course we will still keep contact via phone calls, and you can always come over to my house if you need to talk about any important stuff..." he thought of Kevin's dog and felt guilty for having to study the whole week without being able to put more energy on Kevin; but Nazz had promised to take care of him. "... and when the last test is written on Friday morning, I'm all yours." He concluded with a smile.

"I'm going to miss you." Kevin muttered and crossed his arms over his chest.

"I'm just across the street." Edd assured him.

Kevin snorted. Edd took a step forward and hugged him tight. Kevin relaxed and hugged back, and then they stood there for at least five minutes before parting and going home to their own houses.

Sunday
'Dear Diary,

I just can't believe how fast this day has gone! I've been studying for all the tests we will have next week; but I've been extra careful with tomorrow's test.

While I've been studying, I've also been talking to Kevin over the phone, as promised, and then I met up with him a few minutes ago to say good night. He was as tired as I am – he told me that (in his own words!) Nazz had been all up his ass all day. Poor Kevin.

I'm going to bed now; I'm exhausted!'

Monday
'Dear Diary,

I was really nervous this morning about the first four tests, but I'm sure that I will pass all of them… wont I?

I had lunch with Ed and Eddy earlier today, and with Kevin, Nazz, Jonny and May. Although I ate quickly and thought that I had my daily dose of Kevin… I still wanted more. So I forgot that I was going to have the lunch break to study and went to the football field instead to toss the football with Kevin – which was not so great considering I have this fear of balls.

… Sports balls!

Ps. Apparently I agreed to have a picture of me in the back of the Yearbook today. Becky spotted us by the goal thingy as we just chatted, and wanted to take our picture and name it "the cutest couple in school". I said no but Kevin said hell yeah. Of course I wanted him to be happy… I hate having my picture taken but he loves it… and now I know why he said yes: he doesn't have to go back to Peach Creek High because… well, yeah… but I still have one year left.

Becky said it was going to be the last picture she takes for the Yearbook, and she looked a little stressed out since everything had been delayed, but still wanted it to be printed and ready for the graduation on Friday. But I hope she was happy with the picture of me and Kevin – the cutest couple in school.'

Tuesday
'Dear Diary,

I felt bad for not using yesterday's lunch break to study, so after a quick meal today I found an empty classroom where I could study for the next tests. I just hope that it went well both today and yesterday.'

Wednesday
'Dear Diary,

It's already in the middle of the week! How fast can time go? My entire days consist entirely of books and pencils and notes… and yet my head is filled to the brim with thoughts of Kevin. Having a boyfriend while being a highschooler is hard. How do people manage?'

Thursday
Last day of test writing the entire day; the last test was tomorrow morning, and then all the students would have their graduation day and the seniors would have their diplomas given to them. When the bell rang for the day, Eddward puffed out. He had promised Kevin, whom he hadn't been able to meet or text as much the last two days, to have this evening and just hang out with him. The Friday test was math; something that Edd didn't really need to study to because he could already do all the calculations - he already had the tools, the only thing needed was the questions. He was well prepared.

He headed to the senior's part of the school to find Kevin who had been cleaning out his locker for half an hour already. On the way there he passed Nazz and Jonny; who had his arm around her where they walked through the corridor. Ever since he kissed her on the junkyard a few days ago, they haven't been apart for a second, and every time they were seen together in school Jonny had his arm protectively over Nazz's shoulders and looked like he guarded her from other guys... but Edd also believed that that was the case; Kevin had told Edd about their old relationship with each other and how Jonny had kept other guys on a distance from Nazz their first year. But Nazz didn't seem to mind it; on the contrary, she peered at him every time a guy passed by and Jonny stared provocatively at them - as if he were saying "try and get her if you dare" - and then she hugged him and looked at him with reverence shining in her face. But that look was never aimed at Edd, thankfully; Jonny knew he was with Kevin.

Some girls were really strange, Eddward thought, but as long as she liked it he wouldn't stand in their way. But honestly; who was he to talk?

Kevin used to be quick after each test; something Edd disliked a little because he thought Kevin could be quite sloppy. But he didn't say anything about it to him; why start whining so early in the relationship.

"Hey, babe!" Kevin said, wiping the top shelf in the cabinet with a cloth.

"Hi, Kevin." Edd moaned.

"Tired?"

"Yes. Thanks for asking. How are you doing?" He leaned against the locker next to Kevin's and slid down slightly.

"Last day tomorrow, then the summer begins; what do you think?" Kevin said joyfully. "Oh… I'd forgotten about this..." he pulled out something resembling a brownish lump.

"What is it?" Edd wondered. He leaned back a little; it was Kevin's locker - that hard/soft mass could be just about anything. But had it been Ed's locker, though, that Kevin found the object in, Eddward had probably run out of school, screaming.

"I don't know... something I made in arts in sophomore year, maybe."

"Yeah, it looks like a clay figure of some sort."

Kevin smelled it, frowned and breathed out. "Nope! This is some kind of food!" He smelled it again. "Yep; a turkey sandwich." He sniffed a bit more. "With mayo!"

"Why did you smell it three times?" Edd asked with panic in his voice. "Throw it away!"

"Here, catch!" Kevin threw it up in the air.

Edd backed faster than he had ever backed before. He stumbled on his feet; which he was used to; and fell down on the floor. The dark object landed flat on the floor with a damp thud between his feet and Edd squeaked.

Kevin started laughing. "Take it easy, dork, it's a piece from a broken football."

"An even more remarkable thing to keep in your locker..." Edd muttered, poking the leather piece with his foot and standing up. Kevin went to help him, and brushed off his jeans from dirt, but he patted a little extra on Edd's butt. "Did you find something?" He asked playfully and glanced back at Kevin.

"I, uh... was distracted..." he muttered.

"My eyes are up here." Edd turned around and Kevin still had his eyes locked on his pants, now on the crotch area. "Kevin!"

"Oh, sorry." Kevin scratched his neck with a smile. "I like those jeans on you."

"Thank you." Edd said happily, but felt his cheeks getting warmer; he was not used to getting such compliments. "Do you need help with the locker?"

"Oh..." said Kevin again, looked at his messy locker, on the plastic bag below it where he threw the trash and then on his already overflowing training bag with stuff he was taking home. "Aren't you gonna clean out your own locker?"

"I've never even made a mess in it." Edd teased and went to Kevin's locker and pulled out a broken ballpoint pen, and then he discovered ink stains on the shelf and on the books that had been close to it. "I only have some notes and a pencil left inside it... How- how have you succeeded doing this?" He asked, pointing at the ink spots. Kevin looked at it as well. "Did the pen explode or something?"

Kevin laughed a little embarrassed. "I don't really know... Oh, well!" He took the pen from Edd, threw it in the plastic bag, hung the training bag over his shoulder with the plastic bag in his hand and took Edd's hand in the other. "I'll finish tomorrow. Come on, let's do something fun."

Kevin had fixed his motorcycle so he could give Eddward a ride home today. He held Kevin around his stomach and leaned toward his back all the way to the cul-de-sac. He would never trade this feeling; he thrived something wonderfully behind Kevin even though it was a big motorcycle they were sitting on - he felt safe.

Kevin parked on his driveway and waited for Edd to jump off before he did, and then both turned to the front door where Kevin's mother walked out. "Sorry, I couldn't hold my excitement any longer." She said quietly and pitter-pattered towards Edd. "Kevin refuses to say anything to me; but I have to talk to you about what happened before the game started last Saturday!"

"Mom!" Kevin wheezed as he took off his helmet.

"Oh, relax; I haven't said anything to your mother yet, Eddward. Kevin has been at Nazz's all week so I haven't even had a chance to talk to him about it…"

"Thus the reason I was at her house until you and dad went to bed." grunted Kevin.

Edd, who felt warm all over his face swallowed. "Oh, but of course we should talk about it with our parents... shouldn't we, Kevin?"

"It's not that obvious." Kevin cleared his throat. "But okay... mom; this is Edd - my boyfriend."

Mrs. Barr squeaked. "Is it true? Oh, congratulations, darling!" She hugged her son and kissed him on the cheek, and to Edd's surprise, she hugged him as well. "And I'll not tell your mother; you can do that when you feel ready!" she said quietly and glanced across the street to Edd's house.

"Lucky me I got the pushy mother, right?" Kevin joked.

"Oh, I could've been so much worse." She grinned and slapped Kevin on his shoulder. "Well, are you coming in, or what? I was just going to make a fruit salad for Calvin. Want some?"

"Yes, thank you." Edd said before Kevin answered, he looked at him with raised eye brows. "What? She's nice." He whispered and took Kevin's hand as they walked toward the house.

Even though Kathleen had actually been a little too curious, both Kevin and Edd noticed that she held back much of what she wanted to say and ask. At the same time, she wanted to show Kevin that she fully accepted and supported him for who he was; but couldn't hide how excited she was that he had come out as gay - and found a partner who was also her best friend's son.

Edd's stomach contracted when he thought about how his own mother would react... Mrs. Barr had promised not to say anything to Mrs. Vincent; who she saw almost every day because they were best friends; and Edd was extremely grateful for that.

Edd hadn't heard much about Kevin's father except that he worked at the jawbreaker factory outside of town and could be quite tricky towards Kevin; but what he saw throughout the day that he spent in the Barr family house was someone else than the person he had heard about - his dad was alright. As Kevin was now his boyfriend, Edd dared ask him about his dad, but Kevin just said he must have changed because of everything that happened with James and everything; no one knew about it, and now he finally got his golden ticket to have behaved like a rogue teenager; and his dad accepted that excuse.

"But it wasn't an excuse..." Edd muttered. They sat on the field again in the evening.

"No, I know." mumbled Kevin.

"I don't want you to call it an excuse, either. I don't want you to reduce your experience - it's the worst thing you can do."

"What should I do then? Huh? Should I think about it around the clock, feel sorry for myself and never have a normal life?"

"Of course not!" Edd said quickly; he didn't understand how Kevin could think that he meant anything like that. Kevin's temperament played a major role in all their conversations, and Edd felt this constant need to walk on his toes as he talked to him; but it had become better now that they got to know each other better. Had this conversation taken place three weeks ago he would probably have had two black eyes by now. "I just mean you shouldn't make it smaller than it is. You can think whatever you want, to get through your day; but when you talk about it I don't want you to call it 'an excuse to hurt your family' - because it wasn't an excuse. It was a trauma; something that changed your entire personality and well-being."

Kevin nodded with tense lips as he looked straight forward into the forest.

"And I know it's worse for you to talk about it; so I apologize for talking about it like this..."

"No, you're right, Sockhead. I understand exactly what you're trying to say. Yes, it's hard for me to talk about it. You just mean that when I do it, I shouldn't make it sound like a walk in the forest - something that can happen to anyone, or something that everyone has just gone through, as a phase in life, when it really is something serious."

Edd was amazed at how understanding and conscious Kevin was - something he hadn't seen so much in the teen before; but Kevin constantly surprised him. "Yes... but then..." he didn't know what to say.

Kevin jumped closer to Edd on the grass and put his arm around him. "I know you're just trying to show that you care."

"I do." Edd replied, resting his head on Kevin's chest. "Maybe more than you can imagine." He felt a sudden need to clear his conscience so he said: "I didn't try out for the basketball team."

"What?" Kevin started laughing quietly with his arm still around Edd.

"I never tried out for the basketball team… you know that night, when you entered the showers and I was in there… without my hat…"

"Oh, yeah… Yeah, I remember… So what did you do at school that late?"

"I was in Yoga class…"

"Yoga? You?"

"Yeah… I was the only guy in that class. Every Monady night."

They were quiet for a short moment, Edd waited for Kevin to say something. "Edd?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you gay?"

"You pig!" Edd slapped Kevin over his chest while he laughed. "That's not funny…"

"No, it's hella hot. You should show me some moves right now…

"They're called positions-"

"Like that dog thing, you know?"

"You're such a- you…" Edd sighed. "Never change, okay?"

"Sure, babe."

Friday
The final test was finally written, and after lunch all students would gather in the sports hall for the diploma ceremony. Edd was impressed with the teachers who evaluated tests after tests all week long, plus those who had been sitting all morning and evaluated before the senior's graduation. Well, they did it at least every year.

Kevin, Nazz, Jonny and May bid farewell to the Eds at lunch; they were going to the sports center to change into their graduation uniforms before getting their diplomas in half an hour.

"Do I have to wear that ridiculous hat too?" Kevin whined through the cafeteria and Nazz and May laughed. Jonny seemed to also want to get out of having to wear it; he had, per usual, his arm around Nazz where they walked through the room.

"Did he finish all the tests?" Eddy asked, sitting next to Edd at the table.

"I hope so, I haven't actually asked..." he didn't dare to.

"Does he have good grades?"

"Nazz says he does; and I believe her."

Becky; editor of the school newspaper, photographer for the yearbook, Edd's yoga buddy and member of The Horror Movie Club; rushed through the cafeteria after she had seen the three friends. "Oh, good, I found you!"

"What is it, Becky?" Edd wondered.

"You three are the only ones who haven't ordered the yearbook yet and I need your signatures! I'll send the bill to you in the middle of the summer."

"Give me that!" Eddy said excitedly and stretched towards the binder that Becky had put in the middle of the table. He wrote his name at the bottom of the list. "When do we get it?" He asked and gave the list to Ed who sat closest to him.

"They actually got here today! I'll hand them out after the graduation ceremony in a few hours. So you better be there. "

"We'll be there." Eddy said without hesitation as Edd signed the list.

"Thank you for looking us up, Becky; I had forgotten about ordering it." Eddward said.

"No problem. See you in the sports hall later!" Becky closed her binder, put it under her arm and hurried through the cafeteria again.

"If this school had proms, I'd asked Becky to be my date." Eddy said out of nowhere.

Eddward and Ed just stared at him, and then Edd asked: "Becky?"

"Yeah, look at her." He said just as she disappeared through the door. "She is smart and always happy, tidy and always has something to do. She is decent - my opposite; but that's why I think we would be so perfect together. I need someone like her; someone who can get me started but still keeps her mood positive and never gets annoyed with me and my temper."

Edd clapped his hands together. "But that's perfect Eddy!"

"What is?" Asked Ed, who was no longer following them in the conversation.

"Well, he's right!" Edd turned to Eddy. "Tonight is the bonfire party, you should ask her to go with you."

Eddy's face got that sweet red color it did a few weeks earlier when he was talking to Nazz. "No, I don't know…"

But before Edd could keep trying to persuade him, a loud crackle was heard from the speakers, and Principal Newton's voice said: "All students to the sports hall for the graduation ceremony. And just like last year; the oldest students and their families will sit in the front on the stands and the youngest will sit in the back. Thanks."

"Already?" Eddward looked at his watch; it was twenty minutes left. "Well, we better find some good seats. Come on."

...

During the ceremony, the principal, some teachers and some senior students held speeches. Clips were played on the big screen; big events from this year; both with video and slide shows, and the cheerleaders danced one last time. Coach Dawson gave a special speech to the football team's captain Kevin who would attend Ohio State University after the summer, and a special statement was given to Nazz who was the only last year student who had received A's in all subjects. She threw herself over Kevin after hearing her name and received the diploma; the two had been studying harder this week than they had ever done before, and Nazz told him she didn't know what she had done without him.

The diplomas were finally handed out to the seniors and when it all was over, everyone went to the exit where Becky sat at a table and distributed yearbooks to those who had signed the yearbook list. Kevin who was first out with the other seniors just pointed at his cellphone when he caught Ed's attention; he meant that they would call each other when everything was over; the crowd was pushing him out through the door like a stream.

When it was the Eds' turn to receive their yearbooks, Eddy suddenly became aware of how he walked; he began to swing his arms and somehow leaned with his whole body; as if he were heavier on the left side. Edd, who walked right behind him, saw everything. When Eddy reached Becky's table, he stumbled, but he saved himself by hanging on to the table with his left elbow; as if that was his plan all along.

"Hey, Becky, uhm..." he straightened his back and scratched his neck. "Are you, uh, coming to-"

But Becky, who hadn't noticed that Eddy was trying to talk to her because of all sounds and everyone trying to cut in line, just took a book from the pile and handed it to Eddy: "Here you go, Eddy."

He received it pale-faced. "Oh, okay, thank you..."

Eddy left the line and Edd took his place at the table, received his book and then asked Becky aloud: "Are you going to the junkyard tonight?"

"To that bonfire party?" Becky asked and squinted a little. "No, I've never been there."

"Come tonight. We're going." Edd said and nodded to Ed and Eddy. "And you asked me to invite you to the next party I'd attend."

"No, I... I don't know... I can't go there alone, I mean, you all have someone to go with..." she silenced as she looked at Eddy, and Edd noticed that she started blushing a little.

Edd decided to take the step that would either change Eddy's life for the better, or it would also be his biggest mistake. "You can go with Eddy?"

"Dude!" wheezed Eddy and elbowed Edd, who elbowed him back without stopping smiling at Becky.

She looked to ponder for a moment, but then leaned forward toward Edd. "You can tell him that he can pick me up at seven o'clock tonight." she said loudly so Eddy would hear.

Edd puffed. "I'll do that. See you tonight, Becky."

"See you. I look forward to tonight, Eddy. "

Eddy just stuttered nervously as he walked with his shoulders pulled up to his ears and red face, and when they arrived to the almost crowded corridor he made a joyful jump and punched his fist in the air. "YES! She said yes!"

"Congratulations, Eddy!" Ed said happily and patted him on his back; but he changed into a very different person as his phone rang and he picked it up without hesitation. He stopped by the wall and waved at Edd and Eddy. "See you later." he mimicked. It couldn't have been anyone else than his girlfriend.

"We dropped him." Eddward said. He laughed and looked at Eddy. "I knew it would be a great day."

"And you!" Eddy wrapped his arms around Edd's stomach, lifted him up in the air and spun him around two laps. "Thanks to you! Without you, I would never be going out with Becky!" He dropped Edd on the floor and began walking as he looked straight into the corridor, above everyone's heads. "Why haven't I thought about her before? She's so cute... so nice. So smart. And best of all, she loves old horror movies; just like me! Sockhead; she is perfect!"

"I know." Edd laughed. "You actually match up very well; and you have the whole summer to get to know each other better."

...

The evening came, and since Kevin had fixed the slashed tire on his motorcycle, he could take Edd on it to the junkyard where the annual bonfire party used to be. The owner of the yard was May's sister Lee's dad; therefore, the students at Peach Creek High had been able to party there every summer from generation to generation. They parked inside the gates where everyone else had parked their cars, and when Edd took off his helmet he shuddered a little - the memory of what happened last time they were here was not a very pleasant memory. He looked at Kevin who jumped off after him and locked the rear wheel in a pole in the fence, took off his helmet and put on his red baseball cap. He just became handsomer and handsomer every time Edd looked at him (he still had the bandage on his nose and two black eyes, though they were starting to fade), and Edd couldn't believe he was his boyfriend.

Kevin grabbed Edd's hand and smiled. "Come on," he said, leading Edd deeper into the city dump, and finally saw a light coming from a burning fire.

Almost half the school was there, drank alcohol, danced around the fire and grilled hot dogs over it. It was a big fire with thick smoke; but Lee's dad seemed to lurk on the outskirts of the light so nothing would go wrong. Although he was, in every day's mouth, called 'white trash' he still seemed to care about the teens and fire safety. But he also owned the place and probably didn't want anything to get sabotaged.

Kevin and Edd had decided that they didn't want to drink tonight, and before they came out of sight from the gate, they spotted a green, rusty Volvo slipping in through the gate. Eddy parked, jumped out of the car, ran around it and then opened the passenger door for Becky. He looked very nervous, but it was only Edd who noticed it. Becky giggled when Eddy closed her door, and when they saw Edd and Kevin they started to head towards them.

But before they said hi each other, they saw a dark van rolling into the area. Kevin tensed up immediately and Edd pulled him closer. Eddy turned around after seeing their reactions and went straight to stand in front of Becky, who didn't understand at all what was happening. But they didn't have to worry; for those who came out of the van were May and Ed.

"Where did you get that from?" Eddy, who was closest to them, asked.

"The van? Marie's boyfriend went to prison again so I borrowed it to drive here. I wasn't allowed to borrow Terry's jeep."

"Terry- my big brother Terry? Wait! Is he the owner of that giant jeep?"

May and Ed arrived at them. Edd and Kevin walked closer to hear what they were saying and Ed replied: "Yeah, at first he drove that Volvo, then he bought a van and gave the Volvo to his roommate James. Then he, Terry, won the lottery and bought a jeep for almost all the money, gave James the van and sold the Volvo to you."

"Wait, wait, wait..." Edd, who had gotten to the people on the 'parking lot' put a calming hand on Eddy's shoulder, who had begun to seriously fume. "So my big bro gave away two cars to his friend, but sold me this crap?! To his own baby brother!" Ed nodded. "And how do you know all this?!"

"Uh... May told me?"

"And you didn't think that I should've had access to that information? That a murderer has once been driving around in the car that I bought from my own- "

"Eddy." Edd said and squeezed his shoulder.

Eddy calmed down and looked at Becky. "I am calm. Sorry." he said sincerely to Becky.

"No, I understand, and agree completely. Clearly you are upset that your big brother sold you an old car, when he had given away two perfectly fine cars to his roommate! You might've expected that he would at least sell the better one; which seems to be the van (though I really like your old jalopy); to you and give away the Volvo for free to his friend."

Eddy was silent for a few seconds, but then he started ranting again; but now with a smile on his face. "Exactly! I mean-"

Becky and Eddy started walking toward the bonfire and Edd looked surprised after them. He was astonished that Becky seemed to be such a good match for Eddy; but he had never been able to imagine in his wildest dreams that she would be so patient that she let him have an outbreak and complain to her like that. And now that Edd came to think of it - that was probably exactly what Eddy really needed; someone who listened to his outbursts instead of constantly trying to calm him down.

Becky was good. She and Eddy were perhaps perfect for each other after all.

"I can't stand to look at that vehicle right now..." mumbled Kevin next to Eddward.

Edd quickly took his hand and led him to the bonfire. Ed and May followed them.
When they arrived they all sat on old scrap cars or other rubbish that looked like a good seat, and talked a little about the graduation and what they wanted to do this summer. After fifteen minutes Nazz and Jonny arrived to the party, and once they noticed their friends they joined them.

"Now they finally come." Kevin said with a slight sigh.

"Rumor has it that they can't keep their fingers from one another even if their lives depended on it." whispered May and giggled. "That's why they're so late. They've been 'busy'." She leaned on Ed who pulled her closer to him. "Does that remind you of someone, huh, sweetie?"

Eddward turned to look at Ed whose face turned red. He nodded stiffly with a nervous smile.

Kevin pushed Edd a little in the side and Edd looked at him. Kevin smiled mischievously with raised eyebrows. Edd suddenly understood what he meant and blushed while the butterflies danced around in his stomach. "Just you wait." He muttered.

"Kevin!" Edd cried and slapped his arm. But then he rested his head on his shoulder and whispered. "I am actually looking forward to that, Greyhound." He knew that Kevin couldn't keep a straight face very long; he knew Kevin could also be shy, and he was - he almost choked on his saliva and cleared his throat as Jonny and Nazz approached them.

"Hi!" Nazz said happily and sat down next to Kevin. "Has something happened?"

"Not yet." Kevin replied. He shook hands with Jonny. "What up, Dragon?"

"Dragon?" Jonny chuckled and sat down on Nazz's other side.

"Yeah? Three weeks ago you said you wanted us to call you Dragon."

"What?" He laughed.

"Oh, yeah! I remember that, right after Kevin had punched Double D, you said your name was Dragon nowadays. I had forgotten about that." Nazz said.

Jonny shook his head. "I must have been fucking with you." He looked directly at Kevin. "But now that everything has settled again and this planet has become a little better a place to be on; maybe you want to tell us why you gave Eddward that black eye three weeks ago?"

Kevin licked his upper lip while he looked down on his feet. Edd tried to see if he needed to save the situation, but it seemed that Kevin had become better at opening up - especially when he realized he had friends around him. "Honestly... it was because I heard Edd talking about my dog. You know Honey? I hated when anyone except my mother talked about her; even though it was something nice they said about her... I'm not proud of it." He turned to Edd when he said the last. "Not at all. I hate myself for beating you, can you ever forgive-"

"Just stop talking, okay?" Edd put his hand on Kevin's mouth, but took it away when he was sure Kevin wouldn't finish his sentence. "I've already forgiven you, and I'm actually glad you did punch me. Kevin, if you hadn't; we would never be sitting here together, you and me. We had never been us. So believe it or not; I am overjoyed that you gave me that black eye. So thank you... Thank you, Kevin, for beating me up three weeks ago. How can I ever show you my gratitude?"

Kevin smiled obliquely, turned his cap around and pulled his fingers along the screen to resemble a cowboy, then distorted his voice and accent and said through his teeth; "You can show your gratitude by giving me a kiss."

"Deal." Said Edd, leaned closer to Kevin and kissed him on his lips.

"You're both crazy." Nazz sighed and rolled her eyes.

Sarah and Jimmy snuck into the area to kick off the summer break with the other Peach Creek students; but Ed and Nazz were careful not to let them taste any alcoholic drink from any elderly. They could not ban them from being there, but they could still act like adults for the evening.

It was probably the best bonfire party that Ed, Edd and Eddy had ever participated in. And even though Kevin thought the evening was perfect, he had to swallow his own words when Rolf joined them - now the evening was perfect. All the cul-de-sac kids were finally gathered again; and this time they would be friends forever. Summer was expecting new adventures, and Edd had two full months for himself with Kevin... but he refused to think about what would happen after that – he was going to live in the moment.

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