I Love You

Chapter 3

Edd woke up only wishing that dream had been real, but knowing he should just give up hope because he thought something like that would never happen to him. He got out of bed and went to his kitchen to make himself breakfast. He ate some pancakes then got his booked out to study. There was a knock at the door. 'Ohh who could possibly be knocking on my door this early.' He thought to himself, surprised that someone had came to see him.

He got up to answer the door. "Ohh, hello Nazz." Edd said. "Hey Double D, have you seen Kevin at all he won't answer his phone, I'm a little worried about him." She said concerned, then noticed the bandages on his arms, hands, and face. Edd was wearing a tank top. She was about to ask about the bandages when Edd answered. "Actually, yea, I talked to him yesterday. He helped me clean up after I fell yesterday." He said explaining what the bandages were about. She went along with it. "Did he mention anything to you about where he was going or something?" She asked concerned. "No he left to work on his bike afterwards, then I went to the store and when I came back he was gone. Its possible he went inside his house." "I heard him leave on his bike yesterday, but I didn't hear him come back." "Have you tried visiting him?" He asked. "Maybe he arrived home very late." "He won't answer I've tried already. Double D, he's my best friend please see if he's home." She begged Edd. "Uhh...w-well I-" "Please Edd it would mean so much to me!" She said almost in tears. "Alright Nazz. Ill go, just let me put on proper cloths." He said as he ran to his room and slipped on a hoodie and his shoes. He came back down and went outside with Nazz. He locked the door behind him and they headed over to Kevin's house.

Edd knocked on Kevin's door, but there was no answer. He knocked again. "K-Kevin? A-are you in there?" Edd called out hoping to get a response. There was none. Edd and Nazz looked at each other. He tried again. He knew no one was going to answer. He bent down and lifted the 'welcome' mat. Luckily, there was a key underneath. They walked in and looked around. Nazz searched the bottom floor while Edd went upstairs. He found a bathroom, a bed room that looked like it belonged to his parents, a guest room, but no Kevin. He found one last room. 'This must be Kevin's room' He thought. He opened it, on the floor lay Kevin, motionless. Edd approached him to see his stomach was moving. 'Ohh thank goodness.' Edd thought as he sighed in relief. Kevin groaned and moved his legs causing Edd to tip over and land on top of him. Kevin woke up suddenly and in the blink of an eye, he managed to get Double D under him. He was holding Edd by his shirt and had a fist in the air, ready to punch. Edd flinched and covered his face with his arms. Kevin's vision cleared up and noticed the beanie. "Edd?" Kevin said in a sleepy voice. It sent shivers down Edd's body to heard Kevin say his name in this voice. "What are you doing here." He asked. "W-well Nazz said you didn't answer your phone o-or the door s-so she asked me to come, hoping you would answer the door, b-but you didn't so I found the spare k-key under your may and we came in l-looking for you. N-Nazz is downstairs." He said. "Damn, I gotta find a better hiding spot for that key." He said with annoyance in his voice. He looked down and noticed he was still holding onto Edd's shirt. He let go. Edd put his arms down and Kevin looked at him. He started leaning down towards Edd. He closed his eyes, Edd blushing, and his head landed next to Edd's on the floor. He fell asleep, on top of Edd!

Nazz walked into Kevin's room only to see Kevin lying on top of Edd. "Umm..." "Nazz! Help, he fell asleep on me. I can't breathe." He whispered loud enough so Nazz could hear but not so he would wake Kevin. She started laughing. "N-Nazz! I don't see how you could possibly find this funny! Stop laughing and, please, help me get him off!" He said only making her laugh more. "Okay, okay." She said while laughing.

They left Kevin's house and Edd walked Nazz home. They talked about why Kevin could have left. "Maybe he went out to clear his mind or something." Nazz said. "But how late could he have returned?" Edd said. "Maybe like midnight?" She said questionably. "Can't be, I was up until two a.m. last night." Edd said. "Why were you up so late Double D?" she asked curiously. "I-I was studying." He lied. "Ohh ok." She said simply.

After Edd walked Nazz home he went back to his house to change his bandages. He took the bandages off and threw them away, they were filthy. He washed his cuts, then cleaned them with rubbing alcohol. He let them breathe for a while before putting new bandages on. Edd heard a knock at the door and went to check who it was. He unlocked the door. "M-other!? Father!" He looked at them with much surprise. "W-what are you doing here?" He asked moving out of the way to let them in. "Ohh, we just wanted to stop by and say hi." His mom said. "Also we came for a few documents we need." Said his father. "O-ohh...alright." Edd said sadly. He knew they were just there for the documents. "Would you like me to cook something for you? Mother? Father?" He asked. "No we're fine." His dad said. "Eddward dear, would you get me a glass of water, please." His mom said with out looking away from what they were doing. "Yes, mother." He said with a sigh.

Edd got a text, it was an unknown number. "Hey dork." He knew right away who it was. "Kevin." He gasped. "Who is this." He replied. A few minutes passed before the next text arrived. "Kevin." "Kevin? how do you have my number?" Edd asked very confused. "Nazz, she gave it to me after she told me I knocked out on top of you. Sorry bout that dude." "It's fine, really." He blushed lightly as he sent this, remembering what happened in Kevin's room. He got a new message. A picture message. "Is this yours btw?" Kevin had sent a picture of a phone charm. It was a hand holding up the peace sign with a peace circle on it. "Yes, how did you get that?" He asked forgetting he had been there earlier. "You were at my house earlier today dork. It musta fallen off." Kevin relied. "I will go by your house later to pick it up. If that's fine with you?" Edd replied almost immediately. "Alright." Edd read the message and locked his phone.

"Aww crap I have to clean all this up if I want to impress him." Kevin ran around his room picking up things and putting them away. "Ahhhh! Noo, where did I put the charm! Ughh!" Kevin was completely freaking out because Edd would come by later to pick up his phone charm, although that might not be possible because he'd lost it.

"Eddward, were off." Edds mom said as they headed out the door. "Good-bye son." His dad said closing the door behind him. "Bye..." Edd whispered as tears shed from his eyes. 'I'm alone again...' Edd went up to his room and lay on his bed. He stayed there for a while.

Edd got up and put his shoes on, fixed his beanie, and headed over to Kevin's house. He walked slowly, he didn't want Kevin to see him like this. He tried to clear his mind. It was seven-thirty and the sunset was beautiful.

He managed to put on a fake smile by the time he got to Kevin's house. Edd knocked on the door. No answer. He heard someone running around up stairs. 'What could he be doing up there?' He thought to himself. He knocked again, this time louder. The running around stopped and as he was about to knock one more the door opened. "Hey!" Kevin said, surprising Edd. He had expected Edd to get there earlier. "Hi. You have my charm?". Kevin faked a laugh. "W-well you see I uhh I had it b-but I can't find it. But, it's somewhere in my room I'm sure of it!" He said with confidence, though a little doubt seeped through the confidence. Edd sighed. "May I come in to look for it myself?" Edd asked. "Umm well sure but my room is-" Edd interrupted him. "It's fine Kevin your room can't possibly be that messy, can it?" An obvious rhetorical question.

Edd walked into Kevin's room and stared in disgust. Kevin ran up the stairs when he heard a door open. He stood at the top of the stairs looking at Edd. He walked closer and could see the disgust in his face. "I-It was clean but, then I started looking for the charm and..." Kevin's voice faded as he noticed Edd clearly wasn't paying attention to what he was saying. "E-Edd?" Kevin asked, a little scared. "H-how...?" Edd asked frightened. "What?" Kevin asked back. "How can you live...like this...I-It's so...filthy." Edd said glancing at Kevin then looking back at his room.

Kevin got an idea. He walked in his room and laid on the floor where his dirty cloths were. "That is absolutely disgusting, Kevin! Good lord, how can you wallow in your own filth like this!?" Edd asked completely disgusted. "Ohh it's nothing really. You just gotta get comfy that's pretty much all it takes." He said with a smug smirk on his face. Edd covered his mouth and gasped as Kevin rolled around in his dirty cloths. "This is simply horrid!" Edd almost yelled out. Kevin sat up and looked at Edd, they were both quiet. An evil grin grew on Kevin's face as he stood up. Edd stood in fear of what Kevin might do. Kevin took a step forward. Edd took a step back. Kevin walked towards Edd with his arms open. Edd was completely terrified. He backed up and his back his the wall. He stood there for a second before his body reacted and ran downstairs. He knew Kevin was faster and could catch up to him in no time so he decided to hide. He picked the downstairs closet as his hiding spot. Kevin ran by it. "Ohh Edd." Kevin sang out. "Come out, come out where ever you are." He laughed evilly. Edd took a step back and tripped on a suitcase. 'Ohh no!' He thought to himself. He got up quickly and healed the doorknob, though Kevin could probably get it open with very little struggle.