Hey guys! This is a story for all the Ed, Edd, n' Eddy fans out there and especially for the fans of Edd x Marie, my favorite pairing! I've read many other Edd x Marie fics that are just brilliant! I've heard some people express that we were running out of new Edd x Marie fics, so I thought I would take the liberty of putting my chips on the table so-to-speak.

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Ages:

Ed, Kevin, Rolf, Lee/16 (Juniors)

Edd, Eddy, Marie, Nazz, Jonny/15 (Sophomores)

May, Sarah, Jimmy/14 (Freshmen)

Chapter 1: My Only Desire

It's 2:55pm at Peach Creek High. The students in room 212 are anxiously counting down the minutes, each of which seem like an eternity, before they are officially out of school for winter break. Kevin, the BMX-obsessed meat-head, is growing impatient.

"Sheesh! Could the clock be any slower!?" Kevin exclaimed, "I need to get my party on! Are you dorks coming tonight or what?" He asked, referring to Ed and Eddy. Ed wasn't paying attention as he was scribbling nonsense onto a piece of paper, giggling happily as always.

Eddy turned his attention to Kevin, "Are you Kiddin', Kev? Of course we are! I'm hoping you invited plenty o' dames for tonight!" Eddy said as he leaned back in his chair, scanning the room with an arrogant smirk on his face to see if any 'dames' had heard what he'd said. His stomach tightened when he noticed the Kanker sisters, immediately regretting having spoken too loud and hoping they had not heard him. Unfortunately for him, Lee Kanker had been listening to their entire conversation. She had been listening in on everything Eddy had been saying since the class started.

"Hear that girls?" Lee asked, directed at her sisters, "Sounds like 'Mat Hoffman' over there is havin' a party tonight!"

"I love parties!" Shouted Lee's dim-witted little sister May as she held mirror in front of her face, fixing her hair, "Is it someone's birthday? And Mat Hoffman's gonna be there!?"

"No, you moron!" Lee said, slapping the mirror out of May's hand, "It's a high school party at Kevin's house and the Ed's will be there, so I'll be damned if we miss it!"

The volume of Lee's voice caused her other younger sister, Marie, to stir in her sleep; disrupting her usual last period ritual of sleeping on her desk. She remained unresponsive. Lee took note of this and decided to shake her sleepy sister awake.

"Marie…MARIE! Did you hear what I said?" Marie shot Lee an annoyed look.

"Hear what? You flappin' that yap of yours!?" Marie growled as she put her head back down.

"Kevin's having a party tonight and the Eds are gonna be there!" May said, picking up her mirror.

"And we're gonna crash that party come hell or high water!" Lee added.

Marie tilted her head back up, mouth still behind her arms, to look around and eventually directed her attention to Kevin and Eddy.

"Oh yeah, what about Double-D? He comin' er what?" Inquired Kevin.

The very mention of 'Double-D' was enough to get the butterflies in Marie's stomach into action. She closed her eyes for moment and took a deep breath. Marie was still obsessed with Edd. She loved him with all her heart. She had loved him since they first met when they were both 12, when he was totally covered in mud, along with Ed and Eddy, in that dingy forest near her trailer park. But lately, she had become more and more depressed. She also had been losing interest in attacking the Eds, but kept it up only to make face with her sisters. Marie knew her sisters got off on it and so did she, to a lesser extent, but initially she did it because it was the only way she knew how to show Edd how much she really liked him, even though it clearly didn't seem to resonate with him…and she was beginning to realize that. Knowing this, she felt she had no other options and was devoid of any alternative strategy. Marie was at a loss.

"Yeah, I'm sure he'll go." Eddy replied, "He's wound up tighter than a virgin's ass and he needs to let loose!" Kevin and Eddy both burst out laughing at Eddy's crude summary of Edd. Even Marie let out a small giggle, while simultaneously cringing at the fact that Eddy, of all people, managed to make her laugh. She shook her head, half-grinning behind her arms.

Marie was thinking about how long it had been in her quest for Edd's affection and that she still hadn't gotten anywhere with him. 3 years of cat and mouse…all for nothing, and she simply couldn't figure out what she was doing wrong. Marie was 15 and hadn't had a boyfriend yet, but it's not like she wasn't a good candidate. Marie's transition through puberty had so far been good to her; she had grown a decent amount, catching up to her sister Lee, just an inch or two short, her face had become more feminine as opposed to the more round face she had when she was younger, her breasts had hit a solid C cup and her hips became very curvy. Not to mention her blue hair had grown a little bit past her shoulders; It was still a little poofy and parted over her right eye, but it managed itself well. She had even changed her attire with sleeveless band t-shirts, a red and black miniskirt and black leggings; and she alternated between Harley Davidson boots and flip-flops. She had also added black gauges to her ears. The black sweatband on her left wrist was the only thing that hadn't changed, as it was somehow very crucial to her appearance.

So, whether Marie was aware of it or not, she could still attract her fair share of young men, but because she had focused solely on Edd for the past 3 years, it caused her to become oblivious to anyone else who may have liked her. Another component, more believably, may have been her unpredictable and sometimes volatile nature.

"Ed, what the hell are you drawing?" Eddy asked, pointing at Ed's colorfully bludgeoned piece of paper.

"I'm drawing my brain!" Ed replied, ever so happily.

Eddy laughed, "That's too big to be your brain!"

"So, do you really think Double-D will go to the party with us?" Ed asked, completely oblivious to Eddy's remark.

"Don't sweat it, bird-brain, he's goin'!"

Eddy figured Edd probably wouldn't be into the whole 'party' thing, but he knew that Edd always enjoyed spending time with his close friends and with just a little persuasion, he could definitely talk Edd into it, even if it was at Kevin's house.

Kevin, the kid who used to hate the Eds, had befriended Eddy after a very successful scam they executed about a year back that made Kevin and the three Eds a lot of money.

"Yo, Marie!" Lee barked, "You don't seem as enthusiastic as usual. Don't you wanna see your man?"

Marie took a moment to seriously think about the question. Part of her definitely wanted to see Double-D, but another part of her really didn't. Marie had enough sense to know that Edd wasn't really 'her man' despite how good it made her feel to say it. She knew she was left with no other option so if her sisters were going to this party, so was she.

"Yeah!" May exclaimed, "I can't wait to be with my big Ed tonight!"

"Of course I do!" Marie said, annoyed as she rubbed her eyes, "I'm just a lot more tired today than usual."

"Well perk up, toots!" Lee said, "We have a party to go to tonight!"

Lee got up walked over to Eddy, who was too distracted by his own laughter to notice Lee approaching him. May followed her and Lee put her mouth right up to Eddy's ear.

"Hey, baby-face…" She said, seductively.

Eddy jolted. "Kanker!"

Startled by Lee's presence, Eddy tipped over in his chair. Lee giggled at him.

"I hear you're going to a party tonight."

"Yeah, and we think you guys could use some dates." May said as she sat on Ed's desk, scratching his chin and making a kissy-face at him.

"Kanker bad for Ed!" Ed yelled as he took shelter under his desk.

"Don't bother, Kanker!" Eddy said, "You're not invited!"

"Oh, don't be like that, squirt."

The bell started ringing, indicating the official start of winter break. Many students can be heard stampeding and cheering throughout the halls.

"I'll see you tonight, my little man." Lee said, blowing Eddy a kiss.

"Bye, big Ed!" May said.

Lee and May walked towards the door. When Lee noticed that she was one Kanker short, she turned her attention over to Marie, who was taking her sweet time getting ready to leave.

"Marie!" Lee yelled, "What's takin' ya so long?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, shut your trap, I'm comin'!"

"Just meet May and I at the courtyard! Come on, May."

Lee and May walked out into the hustle and bustle of the other students.

Marie didn't have much stuff out to gather in the first place, as she spent her whole day sleeping, especially in study classes. Today was an off-day for her. She didn't really know why and normally, she wouldn't give a rough day much thought. But when her sisters even remotely sense something's amiss, she knew that that was when something was going on with her that required a little more attention…only this time she couldn't really figure it out. She figured she'd go along with her sisters to the party to take her mind off of herself, even though she was very uninterested in the idea. The only thing that was barely motivating her at all was the fact she would see Edd there. But with this thought, came the possible conclusion of Edd avoiding her. Deep down, this was an outcome that Marie grew to live with, as long as she got to smother Edd with as much of her affection as possible.

"I'll see you guys later tonight." Kevin said, getting up to leave, "I've got plenty of beer, but you can bring your own booze if you want. Later, DORKS! Hahaha."

Eddy laughed, "Oh, that Kevin! Cracks me up!"

Eddy noticed Ed still quivering under his desk. "Come on, Mono-brow, the Kankers are gone now." Eddy glanced at Marie, then back to Ed, "Except for that one, so let's go!"

Eddy pulled Ed out from desk under his desk by the eyebrow and they headed for the door.

"Eddy, are eye-brows and eye-lashes cousins?" Ed asked, with a dead serious look on his face. Eddy stopped, turned to Ed, stared at him blankly for a couple seconds, then turned back around.

"Um…sure, Ed."

Ed smiled and they continued on their way. Right as they left the classroom, Edd showed up with an excited look on his face, winded from maneuvering through the flow of students. They decided to wait for the rush in the hall to die down, so they waited outside the door.

"Greetings, gentlemen! Are you as excited for this break as I am?"

Eddy raised a brow.

"Gee, Double-D. Not quite the reaction I was expecting from you. I thought you'd be bawling your eyes out at this point!" Eddy joked.

"Oh nonsense, Eddy! I always take full advantage of breaks to study and prepare as much as possible for the latter half of the school year!" Double-D said happily, "That is of course, when we're not doing scams." He added, in a flat tone.

Eddy looked at Edd with a stern face. He put his fingertips together in front of him and delivered his lecture in a very direct, slightly condescending tone.

"Double-D...that's why, they call it, a 'BREAK'. A break from studying, a break from homework, and best of all; a break from school…and you want to waste it by studying the whole time?"

"Well, perhaps on Christmas I could-"

"Double-D..." Eddy continued, in a softer voice, as he wrapped his arm around Edd, "We have a week and a half a freedom and we need to have some fun. We have all the time in the world to study or pull scams or whatever…" Edd shot him a confused look, catching Eddy's implication that he's about to put something before his scams. Very unusual for Eddy, Edd thought. He was sort of relieved but also a bit unnerved at the uncertainty of what that could mean.

"Well, uh, w-what did you have in mind, Eddy?" Double-D was literally asking for it at this point.

"Well, Sockhead, I'm glad you asked." Eddy said as he walked back to Ed's side, "What has a lot of people, booze, and girls?"

Edd cocked his head and looked up, thinking about the question. "Uh…"

"A brothel?" Ed guessed.

Both Eddy and Edd stared at Ed in disbelief. Eddy face-palmed as Edd decided to break the awkward silence.

"Ed, how in the world do even know what that is?"

Ed placed his finger on his lip for a few seconds.

"I don't. haha!"

Just then, Marie walked out of the room, putting on her leather jacket. After she stopped fighting with it, she froze after she realized that she had inadvertently bumped into Edd. Smooth, bitch, she thought to herself.

Although it was through no fault of his own, Edd's manners got the best of him.

"Oh, I am terribly sorry, are you…" Edd stopped when he realized who it was that had bumped into him. Double-D's eyes widened and he froze.

Eddy gritted his teeth and uttered the name 'Kanker' under his breath, as if her last name was of some demonic nature.

Marie was shocked at first but quickly went into 'Kanker' mode, because that's really the only way she knew how to interact with him. Although, she figured she should try and play it down as much as she could, but for some reason, she felt nervous around him. Marie knew this particular situation was circumstantial and it had caught her off guard, but her thoughts were racing. All she did was give Edd a coy smile and started twisting a lock of her blue hair.

"Oh, uh, H-Hello, Marie." Edd said.

This was her cue.

"Hiya, Dreamboat." She said in soft voice, almost alluring. This alone gave Edd a small, yet vague sense of ease. Marie noticed the tension leaving his body, as his shoulders went back down and his eyes softened, with only a small amount of worry still left on his face. He still knew who he was talking to.

Marie slowly raised her hand towards Edd's face.

"What are you doing, Kanker?" Eddy growled.

Marie completely ignored Eddy and put her hand on Edd's face. He winced a bit, but let her continue. After all, he knew that any wrong move on his part could rile her up, despite her uncharacteristically docile behavior at the moment, and that was the last thing he wanted.

He's so cute, Marie thought to herself. She started to gently caress his cheek with her thumb for a few seconds and then slowly pulled her hand away from his face, lightly dragging her fingertips across his cheek. She picked up her book bag and started to walk away. Before she left, she put her hand on his arm and looked into his eyes. A gaze she never liked to break.

"I'll see you tonight, cutie pie." She said, before walking away.

"Goddamn it! I told your sisters they're not invited and that means you too!" Eddy yelled.

Marie didn't say anything back, she just continued walking only giving Eddy the finger over her shoulder.

Eddy growled.

"I hate those stupid Kankers!"

Edd was puzzled. What does she mean she'll 'see me tonight'? He thought. Then it slowly started to hit him.

"Eddy, do you know anything about this?" He asked, pointing toward Marie.

"Well, Sockhead, I was getting to that, but Marie ruined it."

"Eddy, what's going on?"

"Kevin's having a party at his house and we're invited! Whaddya say, Double-D? Huh?" Eddy said, lightly jabbing Double-D with his elbow.

"Kevin's having a—oh I don't know Eddy, parties are so—"

"So 'what'? This will be our first high school party and you want to bail on it?"

"Well, Eddy, I mean I guess I could drop by or—"

"Please, Double-D!" Ed yelled, clasping Edd in his arms as hard as he could, "Come on, it'll be fun Double-D, I promise!"

Being caught in a deathly bear hug from Ed, he struggled, but managed to speak. "Well…Ed, I suppose…so…you can let go of me now!"

Ed dropped Edd to the floor.

"Come on, Double-D, it'll be fine. We'll get some beers in ya, you'll talk to some chicks and you'll have the time of your life!"

"But, Eddy, I've never drank a beer before and also, none of us are even old enough to consume alcoholic beverages!"

"So what? That doesn't mean anything! Come on, guys! Let's get out of here! We've got lots of work to do for tonight." Eddy said as he and Ed entered the still dense crowd of people.

Edd lets out a long sigh and proceeds to catch up with them.

"Peer pressure is one force to be reckoned with, I imagine." He said to himself.

"Hurry up, Sockhead!" Eddy yelled.

"But friendship is definitely a blessing." With this, he smiled and caught up with Ed and Eddy.

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