Hats Off (kevedd)

Locker Rooms

AN:Trying to get as many updates as I can before I go back to school and die.

Kevin and Edd don't go jogging the morning after the party.   

Instead, even though Edd doesn't have a class until 10am he goes for a long walk 4 in morning. Edd leaves Kevin a note with coffee in the small pot that will keep warm until he wakes up. Edd walks to the campus library only to find that on mondays it doesn't open until later, then he walks the road to the beach, hopping for someplace peaceful, quite, and cleansing to sort out his thoughts.

He watches the sun rise over the shore of the sea alone, spar the passing jogger or two (all the others have terrible hangovers). He reads for hours, tracing patterns in the sand with his fingers, listening to the sounds of his waves to sooth his worrying headache. He traces the rim of Kevin's hat with his fingers.

Suddenly at 8.50 he gets a random call from Ed.

He has just picked up the phone, hasn't even said hello, and he can already hear the signature winning tone coming from Ed.

"Double D~"

"Hello to you to Ed."

"Sarah got mad again and broken the toaster." Double D hears Ed's sniffles accompanied by the still raging Sarah. Double D couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"She tells me it's boy problems Double D. I said 'buttered toast makes everything better' and then she broke it! Why Double D"

"Ed, need I remind you of Sarah's instability and lake of national thought."

"She likes you maybe you should talk to her."

"I think that might not be the best idea at the moment Ed."

"She just punched and Wham! Broken. Gone. No more buttered toast."

"I'm dearly sorry for that Ed. Glad to hear Sarah's still keeping up with her boxing lessons,though. How about this, ask Eddy over so he can show you how to make buttered toast on a frying pan." Eddy can at least handle that much. Sure, he got an F in cooking class but he is fairly skilled with all of the breakfast foods.

"A frying pan?"

"Yeah it's kind of like making grilled cheese."

"You're so smart Double D."

"Thank you very much Ed. Feeling better?"

"Yeah....How have you been?"

"I'm...okay."

"You don't sound like the happy Double D."

"I know it just that...I lost my hat." It's so much more than that but he supplies answer as he plays tic tac toe in the sand by himself.

"Oh no Double D."

"I know Ed."

"Can I help?"

"Nothing you can do I'm afraid. Get Eddy to teach you how to make buttered toast from the pn okay?"

"Okay Double D.'

"I'll talk to you latter Ed. Have a good day."

"You too Double D"

After that Edd plugged in his head phones and lied on the sand for while. It was a morning well spent. Sure he should really be going through some of his class syllabuses one more time. Nazz texted him.

Nazz: Hey i'm up. How's the situation?

Double D: Much better. Kevin gave me his hat to borrow.