DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters from Ed, Edd n Eddy. Nor do i own Nat Goldberg, he belongs to C1ndy1c2d.

I want to thank everyone for reading my story! I hope you all like it and review. I love reading them, i literally *squee* with joy lol i'm suck a dork. =)

Perhaps I may be of Assistance?

Chapter 1

Edd was beaming as he walked into school. He didn't notice the stares he was getting as he walked down the hall to his locker. The genius was totally oblivious to the fact that most of the girls, hell, even some of the guys, thought he was the cutest thing ever to exist. His aquamarine eyes simply glowed from the strength of his adorable gap-toothed smile, and the other students just couldn't help but watch him.

Double D hummed a tune to himself as he entered his combination for his locker and pulled it open. As he put away his coat and pulled out the books he would need for his first few classes, he noticed a shadow fall over him. He turned to see a familiar redhead walking up to him. Well not technically up to him, but to the locker stationed to the left of Edd's. Kevin's locker used to be on the 3rd floor of Peach Creek High School, but since most of his senior year classes were on the first floor, he asked for a new one and was given the only free locker on this floor; the one right next to Eddward.

Edd wasn't as nervous about this twist of fate as he would have been back in middle school. Kevin wasn't the bully he used to be back then; he was now a respectably behaved student, well, as acceptably behaved as a jock could be, Edd supposed. He was the star player on almost every sports team the school had and was also the most popular boy here. And the most handsome, in Edd's opinion, not that he'd ever admit it to anyone out loud. Edd couldn't help the little giggle that popped out even if he tried. The sound caused Kevin to look at him, and as emerald eyes met blue, Edd's heart fluttered.

"What's got you in such a peppy mood today, Double Dork?" Kevin asked in a gruff voice. There was a small scowl on his face as he stared at Edd's smile. Kevin didn't like the way his stomach fluttered whenever the genius looked at him. He never really noticed this weird reaction to the dork until the beginning of senior year when he got moved next to him. It was a weird feeling and it made Kevin uncomfortable so he tended to ignore the dweeb as much as possible, but that smile…how could anyone ignore that?

"W-What? Oh, it's just such a wonderful day today," Double D said as a becoming blush darkened his cheeks. He bit his lip in an attempted to control himself but it didn't work; his smile simply would not be contained. The sight of those white teeth biting into that red lip bothered Kevin so much that he slammed his locker harder than necessary, causing Edd to jump.

"It's crappy out. Early December slush making a mess out of everything! How the hell is that wonderful?" He said in distain. He glanced back at Edd to see that his smile had fallen some and he was fiddling with the hem of his shirt. Kevin felt bad about making him nervous but at least now he could focus without that smile distracting him.

"Yes, the weather is indeed deplorable, but that does not erase the opportunities for a wonderful day. For me, the day has great possibilities. My parents have promised that we would have a family dinner tonight. We have not had the chance to do this in a very long time. They are even picking me up from school this afternoon!" As Edd talked the joyful smile returned to his face. "I am very much looking forward to time with my parents. There are a lot of things I…Oh, dear I'm rambling on and on about things you did not ask to hear. Forgive me, Kevin."

Kevin couldn't help but chuckle at Edd speech. It was sweet that the dork was so happy about spending time with his parents. And his pink cheeks were really cute as he apologized. Wait…sweet? Cute? What the hell is wrong with me? I shouldn't be thinking about Double D like that. He shook his head and cleared his throat before saying, "No problem, Dude. It's cool. I gotta go. Good luck with your parents."

Edd watched Kevin walk away feeling even happier than he had earlier. Kevin wished me good luck! How nice! As he was staring after Kevin in a slight daze his best friends Ed and Eddy walked up to him arguing over some new scam Eddy came up with. Eddy tried to get Double D's attention a few times, but when it didn't work he looked to Ed who proceeded to pick Eddward up and shake him until his teeth rattled before he set him down yelling, "Wakey wakey, Eggs and Bakey, Double D!"

"Oh, dear! I am quite awake now, Ed, thank you." Edd reached up to fix his hat as he tried to regain his composure after being shaken so hard. Ed just laughed uproaringly. Eddy rolled his eyes but couldn't help laughing at the seasick look on his friend's face. Soon all three of them were laughing. The students walking by just shook their heads, they were used to the Ed's and their antics. The three minute bell rang and everyone left to go to their separate classes. Edd headed to his first period AP English class.

The day seemed to go by fast to the excited teen. Before he knew it he was in the cafeteria with his friends. Ed was making a huge mess trying to build a mash potato monster in the middle of his tray. His fierce look of concentration, complete with his tongue sticking out, was enough to make the usually shy Edd laugh in animated delight.

"What's with you, sockhead? Why are you so cheerful?" Eddy said in disgust. "You haven't even heard my idea for a new scam."

"I'm simply having a good day, Eddy. And tonight I'm having dinner with my parents!" Double D was beaming again. Eddy just rolled his eyes and smiled. Then he reached his arm around Ed's broad back to tap him on the opposite shoulder to get him to look that way. It worked. When Ed turned to see what happened, Eddy grabbed his tray of food and hid it under the table. The confused boy looked around for a minute then turned back to his potato monster, only to find it missing.

"Oh no! Did you guys see what happened to Mash-zilla?! Did he come to life and run away to terrorize the village?!" Ed yelled climbing onto the table to get a better view of the lunch room to search for his creation. "Come back and I will get some gravy for you to swim in," the boy yelled waving his arms frantically, flinging the excess potatoes in every direction. Eddy was laughing so hard there were tears falling from his eyes while Edd trying to protect himself from the falling mashed potatoes.

The scene drew the eyes of everyone else in the lunch room, of course. Most people chose to ignore the Ed's craziness and go back to eating, while others watched and laughed. Normally Kevin would be one to just ignore them but his eyes were drawn to Double D who was trying to scold Eddy and Ed, all the while fighting laughter himself. The dork was just so cute.

"Damn, he's too cute," a voice next to him said.

Kevin turned to look at his best friend Nat. Nathan Goldberg was a weird combination of jock, punk, and metro sexual. Nat was very peculiar about his green spiked hair and he always matched his earrings and eyebrow piercing to his outfit. But the guy could play sports with the best of them. He was new to the school this year, having transferred when his parents moved to Peach Creek for work. After a few flirtation attempts from Nat and a firm rebuff from Kevin, the two became quick friends. Having a bisexual best friend was no problem for Kevin, and his acceptance of it made the other jocks feel obligated to tolerate it as well.

"The little guy in the beanie, what's his name?" Nat asked without taking his eyes off of Edd. Kevin frowned, not liking the attention his friend was giving to his locker neighbor. Nat turned to Kevin when he didn't get an answer, noticing not only the frown but the fact that Kevin couldn't take his eyes off the little cutie either. Hmm, Nat thought, this is interesting. "Earth to Kev! I asked the name of the sexy little nerd over there." He grinned when Kevin finally looked at him, his frown deepening into a full blown glower.

"Don't talk about him like that. His name is Double D," Kevin said grumpily.

"What kinda name is Double D?"

"Eddward. With two D's. The idiot on the table is Ed with one D and the other idiot is Eddy," Kevin explained looking back at the table of Eds. Edd had finally managed to get the big lug off the table and was trying to comfort his friend, while Eddy continued laughing. "Everyone's been calling him Double D since we were kids so there wouldn't be any confusion."

"Ahh, I see. It must be cool to have friends with the same name as you do," Nat said. Kevin just shrugged and forced himself to go back to eating lunch. Nat smiled and decided to let it go for now. He was pretty sure Edd was in their history class, the only advanced class he and Kevin had, and Nat was gonna do some investigating. Yay! Fun times ahead! He thought wiggling his eyebrows up and down.

The rest if the school day passes by just as fast as the morning and finally, it was 3:00 P.M. and school was let out. Edd sighed in anticipation. He had been looking forward to this dinner with Mother and Father since they promised him a month ago. They never seemed to have time for family dinners; in fact the last one was more than a year ago. Edd knew his parents worked hard and he appreciated it, but he longed to have the same family relationship his friends had.

Edd put the books he didn't need over the weekend in his locker and took out the ones he did. He put those in his messenger bag and then hung the bag over his locker door so he could don his winter coat. As he was struggling to get his arm into the sleeve, the darn thing kept evading his grasp, Kevin strolled up to his locker chuckling at his neighbor's failed attempts.

"Here, wamme help ya wi' that?" Kevin asked grinning at Double D. Edd's cheery smile was currently replaced by a frustrated pout that was just as cute. Kevin couldn't help snickering again.

"What kind of grammar was that?" The frustrated genius asked, slightly out of breath. He didn't mean to snap at Kevin but his irritation at his coat got the better of him. Luckily the jock wasn't offended.

"Fine then, how's this?" Kevin cleared his throat and squared his shoulders, pretending to be a British snob saying, "Perhaps I may be of assistance?" He held out his hand and bowed over it sarcastically before looking up with a smirk on his face.

This playful side of Kevin was new to Edd. He was used to Kevin being gruff with him or just flat out ignoring him. He liked this playful Kevin even more. Edd couldn't help but giggle at the redhead. The jock was still waiting for an answer, so Edd nodded and turned so Kevin could grab the empty sleeve and hold it out for Double D to put his arm through.

"Thank you very much, my good sir," Eddward said in his own fake British accent. He grinned as Kevin snorted. "Are you off to basket ball practice?" He asked in his own voice, not wanting the moment to end.

"Yeah," Kevin said opening his own locker and shoving his books into it haphazardly. Edd cringed at the mistreatment of school property but said nothing. "I actually gotta get going or I'll be late. See ya around, Double Dweeb. Have fun at your dinner." He walked away with wave over his shoulder.

Edd sighed at the name but knew it was probably just habit and not malice that made Kevin say things like that to him. Edd supposed he would just have to live with it. He smiled, happy that he and Kevin seemed to be developing some kind of friendship between them. Today really was a good day!

Edd walked out the front doors to wait for his parents, his sweet gap-tooth smile causing his face to glow.

Almost two hours later, Kevin's basketball practice was over and he showered quickly, eager to get home. He was starving. He batted away Nat's attempt at a goodbye smooch and headed out the front doors. It wasn't until he got to the gate leading to the parking lot that he noticed the small shape huddled on a bench by the curb. It looked like Double D. Kevin frowned as he walked up to check.

Eddward blew on his fingers, trying to keep warm. He was shivering so hard he wondered how he hadn't vibrated right off the bench. His parents were late. But they were coming, he was sure they were. They promised after all. He puffed some more warm breath on his hands again.

"Double D? What are you doing here?" Kevin all but growled at the dork making him jump in fright.

"K-K-Kev-Kevin. Hello. I-I-I'm waiting f-for my parents. They seem t-to b-b-be running a bit l-l-late," stuttered the teen. His lips had taken on a bluish tint and he nearly bit his tongue off because of his badly chattering teeth.

"A bit late?! You've been sitting here for two hours in the freezing cold! Are you crazy?"

"P-p-please, K-Kevin. I'm p-perfectly f-fine," Edd said trying to be brave. His parents would be here, he had to believe they would.

"Double D, come on. I don't think they're coming. Let me give you a ride home before you get sick," Kevin begged. He didn't like the purplish look to smaller teen's skin…or the tears in his eyes. When Double D shook his head with a sniffle, Kevin sat down next to him. He took off his scarf and wrapped it around Edd's neck, then put his own gloves on Edd's hands. The dork looked up at the jock, eyes shining with unshed tears and gratitude. "Have you tried to call 'em?"

"Y-y-yes. T-there was n-n-no answer. I-I was g-going to try ag-again but m-my phone d-died," Edd stammered out. He fought those tears with everything he had. It wasn't that he was embarrassed to be crying, it was just that he worried they would freeze on his face and lower his body's temperature even more. "They will come, I know they will," he said more to reassure himself than Kevin.

"Edd," Kevin said in a soft voice that surprised him; almost as much as the fingers on his chin that gently turned his face to look at the redhead. "If they were coming, they wouldda been here by now. Come on, I'll give ya a ride. I know I'm not your parents, but you could have dinner with me, if you wanna. Wat-da-ya say?"

Edd stared at Kevin in astonishment. He wants to have dinner with me? Really? Kevin raised an eyebrow at him as he waited for an answer. He knew the dork was shocked, he was a little shocked himself but he couldn't deny the appeal of having dinner with the smaller boy. He smiled encouragingly.

Edd looked into those emerald eyes and whispered one word. "Okay."