Peach Creek… Kevin sighed loud. He looked around the old Cul-De-Sac. It was kind of beautiful in all the colours of autumn, orange and red all mixed together. He kicked some leafs while he began to walk towards the dump, a shortcut to school. Everything where kind of the same in their neighbourhood, it hadn't change at all in the period Kevin had lived here. Except that people had grew up. He and his friends were now seventeen years old… people had changed, for better and worse…
"Catch me if you can Eddy!"
"ED GIVE IT BACK YOU BLOCKHEAD"
Thinking about the worst part…
Kevin turned his head and saw Eddy and Ed run towards him. Dorkenstein in all his pride laughed a very irritating laugh while he held up Eddy's, the ultimate dork of all times, schoolbag high up in the air. It was something odd in this picture… where were double D? He was the calmest of them and actually not a too bad kid. It was just sad he tagged along with these two dorks. Sockhead deserved better friends.
"Hey watch it shovelface!"
Kevin hadn't time to react before Ed accidently tumbled in to his back and they both fell to the ground with a loud thump. He felt Ed's stinking body pressing him down to the dirt and his jaw and back hurt like hell. Could the day get any worse? Eddy just walked pass them and picked up his backpack with a big grin.
"Looks like you have yourself a boyfriend Kev!", Eddy laughed with tears in his eyes.
"If you don't move in two seconds I gonna punch you!", Kevin growled with pebbles grinding his teeth.
"Gentlemen how many times do I have to repeat that running is… oh Kevin! I sincerely apologise on the behalf of my friends!"
And there we had Double D. Thankfully Ed moved and Kevin saw a hand reached down to him. He looked up and there the sockhead glanced at him with a worried expression. As always he wore his awfully looking yellow tie and orange cardigan. And why oh, why did he look so cute in it?
"Whatever", Kevin mumbled and ignored Edd's hand and stood up by himself and began to brush of the dirt of his green hood.
"Are you positive you didn't contract a concussion? Or any other injury of that sort?", Double D mumbled worriedly and he started to help Kevin straighten out his clothes.
"Dude, I'm fine!", Kevin said, tried to not sound too harsh.
"I'm pleased to hear that", Double D said and gave him a smile that exposed his tooth gap.
And Kevin thought that Double D couldn't get any cuter? Thankfully the boy turned around to his friends and Kevin could feel the warmth rising to his cheeks. Not now stupid! But it was just the way Edd's hand felt, they were soft. His odd quirky behaviours, overall was kind of cute. Like how he always wore his black hat, the big words he always used and how he tried to protect al lifeforms, like spiders….
"I said that running is harmful, it's all fun and games until somebody ends up with severe damages and pain", Edd said with his hands on his hips, it was awfully fun how he lectured his friends about good manners; sadly they never listen to him.
"Yeah yeah whatever sockhead…" Eddy said and waved dismissive with his hand and began to walk again. "Sorry not sorry shovelface!"
"DORK!", Kevin yelled at that irritating… dork who just kept on walking.
"I'm sorry", Ed just said before he shrugged and tagged along with his shorter companion.
But as soon as Ed where near his short gang leader the big guy took Eddy's backpack once again and they began to run, both screaming and laughing. Kevin observed Double D who just rolled his eyes in disbelief.
"Why do I ever bother", Edd sighed and massaged his temples and tried to keep up with his friends.
Kevin watched the three dorks run away and disappeared behind a big scrap-heap of old car parts. Even if they were out of sight you could clearly hear them screaming. With a loud sigh Kevin leaned down and reached his red cap who laid there dirty and sad in a puddle of something black and nasty. They would pay…
"Oh Kevin boy why that long face… oh your red cap looks like my great uncels pigstye, and you smells like a farm"
"Hi Rolf…", Kevin muttered and bit his lip. "What are you doing here?"
"Rolf where to ask you about walking to school together, but you didn't answered the doorbell, but what have happened to you? Ed boys again, yes?"
Kevin turned around and looked at the tall blue haired guy and the little smile he had on his lips. What was that smile about? With rolling eyes Kevin just but his cap on, despite the filth. If they didn't move they would get detention because of late arrival. So he jumped over the black puddle of something and started to walk.
"They are just dorks", Kevin said and cracked his knuckles. "I wish they just could grow up"
He thought about Double D again. If it wasn't because of the 3 Eds package deal, take one get two free of charge, he would try to befriend him. But he couldn't stand dork and dorkiest. They two were just too much dorkiness to handle. Maybe there was a way to start to know double D in a more serious way without the other Edds getting in the way? He hoped he could find that loophole someday.
"You thinking about the sock Edd boy, am I right?, Rolf said with a laugh.
"What you talking about man?" Kevin tried to look confused, and not busted.
He glanced at Rolf with a raised eyebrow but that dude couldn't stop smiling. Was it that obvious? And why did his friend have such big grin, like he understood something that Kevin was too dumb to understand? He didn't like where this conversation headed…
"Rolf has seen you being a lot nicer to the Ed boys these couple of weeks, and in the class you always stare at Double D and want his help with easy subjects"
Kevin started to laugh, a mad laugh, a laugh that said "are you serious dude?". They passed the dump and when they had the yellow painted fence boards behind them the school roof reviled itself above a still green hill. Soon Kevin could relax and just forget Rolf's stupid comment. Seriously, had he really been kind to the dorks unconsciously? And above all, had he been friendly to Double D without even noticing?
"Rolf are as serious as a son of a Shepherd can be", Rolf said confused. "Nazz girl is starting to wonder what's up with you"
Nazz? SHIT NAZZ! They had been together a year, TOADY. She would be so pissed if she found out that he hadn't come up with something for their anniversary. Whatever, he could come up with something… he hoped… guessed. How could he forget that important thing? Luckily he and Nazz didn't have any classes together today. He was safe, until the school ended.
"It's nothing dude, just calm down", Kevin sighed and walked up the stairs to the school. "It's nothing"