Why not? (Rewritten)

Chapter 2

4:55
Almost...
4:56
So close...
4:57
Maybe I'll get lucky and he'll cancel? ...
4:58
Edd sat with his back pressed against the kitchen wall, fingers wrapped tightly around the trim of his beanie, watching the clock count down towards the dreaded moment when his former tormentor would walk through his front door. That day He hadn't been focused at all ...or at least not since his interaction with Kevin earlier, and with every tick of that infernal device his nerves seemed to multiple.

Confound it,he thought,if only I hadn't been running late!! Curse Eddy's nefarious scams!!

With a large dramatic sigh he collected himself, stood up, and glanced at the clock once more. In bright digital letters it read 5:01.

Great I've been brooding for 3 minutes he added in with sarcasm.

He walked over to his front door and flicked on the porch lights, he could at least try to be a decent host, after all he had been a nervous wreck over this all day.

Kevin had said 5:00 PM, so why he was nervously watching the clock as it ticked away each minute, Edd wasn't too sure. The clock almost seemed to be mocking him. He glanced at it, tilting his head sideways and began to image it with a cartoon grin and a mean glare. Sure Eddward was a tad anal when it came to time and deadlines but Kevin was normally late for almost anything and he knew he should accept that much. Although the idea that he'd be different this one time seemed to stick in Edd's brain and fill him with a strange unexplainable happy sort of feeling. Followed shortly after by anger, how dare he feel 'happiness' at the thought of Kevin on his front door, on time, maybe with his hat a little askew so Edd would have to fix it...nothing more then a friendly gesture of coarse!!

5:04

Perhaps practice was running long, Edd reasoned as he fell backwards on to the living room couch, sprawled out and slouching in a manner that seemed so abnormal for him. He spitefully glanced at the clock again as if it was an old enemy. Perhaps time was just against Eddward in general, but then at least now he had something to blame for his misfortune.

5:07

Edd's stomach began doing front flips , cartwheels, and what appeared to be a back hand spring.

5:09

He was well aware that he was concerned over nothing. But then Maybe kevin was with someone else?...maybe he had more important things to do then hear Edd ramble about the wonders of cells and such?...maybe it was a set up? A joke? A prank without a real punchline?

5:14

Eddward your being foolish Kevin is most likely a-!?

His thoughts were interrupted by a series of rather loud rhythmic knocks at his front door.

Ah yes, thought Edd, leave it to Kevin to make a grand entrance...he's almost as bad as Eddy!"

Edd, using a strength he'd never known propelled himself off the sofa and launched himself at the door, arriving there in record time. He opened the door chiding his shaky hands and put on a bright face.

"Salutations Kevin!!" Does my voice normally sound that high pitched!?

"Hey dork, sorry I'm late" though the red head used the term 'dork' in a friendly way it still seemed to bug Edd. He bit back the urge to say 'my name is Eddward, Kevin please call me by my name!' Deciding to let it go and directed Kevin to the living room. It was strange, Edd had only really ever had Ed and Eddy in his home but should he really be this nervous. When Kevin began to look around he couldn't help but feel on edge. Kevin's eyes seemed to fall on all the little imperfections that Edd tried so desperately to brush under the rug, and no that's not just talking about the up keep of his home.

Kevin always appeared to find whatever little issue you had with yourself and zone in on it, then you would be at his mercy trying to see if he would call you out. When it came to the social ladder Kevin was always on top ... and Edd ... Just wasn't anywhere close. Not that it had ever really bothered him before. He had Ed and Eddy, and that was enough.

Although...

As Kevin began to set out his books Edd became more relaxed, feeling more within his element. he couldn't  shake the feeling however that something wasn't quite right, with his previous theory. It wasn't so much the fear of judgement but something much more complex and confusing.

And Double D was rarely ever confused.

The two were barely 30 minutes in before Kevin had decided that this was ,in fact, a horrible idea!! Sure he was getting some time alone with the beanie wearing genius but the last thing he wanted was to be stuck in class with professor brainiac and his plethora of flash cards and 'fun' facts. He couldn't seem to go two minutes without inwardly groaning.

If there was one thing Kevin could notice about the way Edd teaches was that it's with enthusiasm. He found himself getting lost in the sparkle in the dorks eyes as he moved his hands around wildly and spoke with excitement that only seemed to grow. He was like a little kid playing with a new toy but, Kevin knew that this wasn't new at all for Edd. These were all things he had studied for countless hours drinking up the information as if it was the last bit of water on the planet.

And maybe that's why he kept messing up, and zoning out. His teacher was just too good.

"You should be a teacher or something." Edd looked startled for a moment before smiling showing off the gap in his teeth proudly which caused a nervous flutter of feelings to overthrow Kevin's stomach and gain power over him. The dictatorship of warm fuzzy feelings seemed to momentarily stun him.

"We're you even listening to me?" He muttered laughing a little and Kevin thought he would pass out from some sort of feeling overload. This was wrong, who gave double D permission to be this bloody perfect!!

"Honestly...no..not really" Kevin's grin fell as Edd frowned. "Edd?"

The small boy looked up, he seemed almost apologetic "I'm sorry Kevin, you asked for my help and it appears I'm not fulfilling my part of the deal." He looked around the room for a minute completely lost in thought before smiling again, Kevin sat still with shock.

What the hell is going on? Kevin couldn't help but be confused.

Thankfully Edd went on to explain the mood swing "I think you'll find it easier if you could visualize it, give me one second please!!" He stood and bolted up the stairs, leaving Kevin to ponder what he was doing.