Kevin was awakened the next morning by Edd's buzzing phone, but the ravenette barely stirred.

Since they were in the middle of the bed, Kevin picked him up as gently as possible and slid over to Edd's side so he could reach the phone.

Not necessarily recognizing the name on the Caller ID, he answered with his usual gruffness.

"Hello, you've reached Eddward Vincent. This is his boyfriend speaking. Can I help ya?"

"Um, yes!," the voice on the other end answered cheerfully. "At least, I hope you can. I'm Loretta Sims, head of HR at Cooper's and Associates Accounting. I need to speak to Eddward about his dinner with Reginald Johnson. I know it's early and Sunday no less, but can you have him call me as soon as possible? I'd really appreciate it."

"Hang on a sec," Kevin said quietly as he tried to shake Edd awake.

"Whaaaaaa," the man whined and Kevin pulled him up in a sitting position before handing him the phone.

"It's Loretta from your work," he said quietly and Edd's eyes flow open as he placed the phone to his ear.

"Loretta?...Yes, everything went as well as could be expected on my end…Yes, yes she did…HA! Oh, really now?...Figures…Yes, he did. He was rather sweet about it…Oh, no you don't have to do that, Lori!...Please don't!...Haha. Well, yes, that'll be happening soon enough and I'll tell you all about it on Monday. You want to do lunch at McMillan's?...Excellent…HE WHAT!?"

Kevin was dozing with his head in Edd's lap at this point, the man's morning voice sounding a bit like a lullaby in his ear.

But he sat up as Edd suddenly started to reel.

He slapped his hand over his open mouth that had dropped open in shock and his wide eyes seemed to be glistening with tears as the woman on the other end seemed to be flipping Kevin's world like an omelet at 8AM on a gorgeous summer Sunday morning.

"Wait, wha?...ARE YOU SURE?! Oh, my God, I don't believe it…I know that, Lori, but still…"

There was a few long moments of silence as Edd kept shaking his head and then he said, "Well, I'm gonna miss you, too, but I'm taking Liz with me…Haha! You're gosh darn skippy I ain't training anyone else. I won't have the time!...I can't believe it…Yes, yes, I know…," he sighed as he squeezed Kevin's hand and a small squeal escaped him when the redhead's curious green eyes locked with his amazed blue. "But we'll figure out on Monday. And yes, I want everyone's address…except her…and him…you know what I mean, Lori! Oh, my God, you're so obnoxious…yeah, yeah…Ok…Yes, Monday! For sure!...See you then, bye!"

When the phone in his hand finally went dark, Kevin had one question.

"Well!?"

"Reginald wants me to come on as an associate attorney in their HR department!," Edd squealed and while Kevin had a happy smile on his face, Edd could tell that he was very confused. "This means that I'll be helping HR with bookkeeping and making sure that the tax law is being followed to the letter when it comes to all the employees W2's, 401(k)'s and such."

"But you're a partner in the legal department at Cooper's," Kevin said quietly, as he knew that associate attorneys weren't given the same treatment as partners were.

"Listen to me, Kev," he said firmly as he took Kevin's face in his hands. "This is just a small step down and a chance to prove myself with the entire company, not just Reginald. Plus, it's the only opening they have right now, but it looks like some senior partners will be retiring in the next year or so, so there's a chance that I can move up or even join the full legal team before we can even blink."

Kevin frowned as he blinked a few times in Edd's face and the man fell back into the bed laughing so hard a few tears fell out of his eyes.

"Ok, ok, point taken," he snickered as Kevin pouted and picked at the comforter. "But, I start next week so –"

"You can move here! With me!," Kevin exclaimed before suddenly covering his mouth with both hands.

They had only talked about living together.

But when faced with the reality of doing so, Kevin didn't want to force the issue.

"That's kinda been the plan!," Edd giggled as he waved his left hand in Kevin's face.

Kevin quickly grabbed his hand to kiss his ring before pulling Edd in his arms.

"But what if he didn't offer you anything?," he whispered as every other possible scenario ran through his head.

"Then I'd probably would have just looked at CPA positions," Edd shrugged. "I can give freelance counsel as well, and do tax preparation, so I do have options besides the law. I just…"

"Just what?," Kevin asked as Edd worried his bottom lip between the gap in his front teeth and spun his engagement ring around on his finger.

"I just…I just wanted to be here with you," Edd replied as he looked up at Kevin, blue eyes full of sincere love and just a touch that sparkle Kevin saw the night of their first date.

The sparkle would come and go depending on the situation they were in, but it always meant the same thing.

That Edd had a crush on him and would do just about anything to see it through.

"So you propose?"

"Yeah," Edd said as he rolled his eyes at Kevin's teasing tone. "But you accepted!"

"Kinda hard not to," Kevin sighed as he pulled him up so he'd be straddling his lap. "I love you, Edd, and I can't wait to marry you, but just know that you'll never have to worry about anything. I'll take care of us."

"Yeah?," Edd asked, his voice thick with all kinds of emotions.

"Yeah," Kevin replied as he kissed his forehead. "I know this really great accountant who'll help us make sure we're set up with everything we need."

"Is he single?," Edd asked, the faux worried pout on his face making Kevin giggle.

"Nah," he snickered. "He just got engaged last night."

"Lucky man," Edd grinned.

"The luckiest," Kevin grinned back as he kissed him.

A week later, they finally started their lives together.

And Kevin kept his promise to take care of them.

His accountant made sure of it.