For background info on Hannah, for those of you that don't know her, see my story 'Ed Faces.' )
"The sun'll come out…""Shut up!"
"Tomorrow! Bet your bottom-"
"Hannah. Shut it!"
"No! It's raining outside, we need something to do!"
Hannah leans over and places her head gently on Eddy's shoulder. "You know you like my singing." She says sweetly.
Eddy's face is the picture of annoyance as he jerks his shoulder to shake her off. "Listen, I am trying to think. I can't think of anything to do when you're singing!" He snaps, punctuating every few words with a poke on Hannah's leg.
The girl huffs, folding her arms. "Fine, be that way, mister sourpuss."
She falls silent, looking around at the dismal sight before her. Her three friends are scattered around Eddy's room, herself on the bed, Eddy sitting on his bedside table, Double-D residing in Eddy's mushroom chair, and Ed laying on the floor, his feet kicking in the air. Double-D sighs, his head in his hands. "I concur, Eddy, it's difficult to scam kids when the weather is this-" A huge boom of thunder interrupts his thoughts, prompting a squeak from the boy and causing him to jump.
Ed collapses giggling, covering his head with his arms. He looks up as the thunder fades, still laughing. "DO IT AGAIN!!" He calls, kicking the floor.
Hannah laughs at Ed's antics, having started at the thunder herself. "Well, when the rain subsides, we can always secures a puddle and get kids to pay to jump in it."
Ed sits up, his eyes wide. "Hold on a minute, there." He says, twisting one ear and opening his mouth. Static emits from his vocal chords, and, as Ed twists his other ear slowly, a radio station comes in loud and clear. The announcer, a perky sounding fellow, reads the weather report. "It's raining and pouring out there, and the rain isn't scheduled to stop until three days from now! Beware of flooding, Peach Creek citizens!"
Eddy groans, hitting his forehead with the heel of his hand as Ed shuts his mouth to stop the forecast. "Ugh, just my luck! That's always my luck!" Hannah slides over on the bed, crossing her legs next to Eddy.
"Well, you know what they say, Eddy…the sun will come out…threedaysfromnow! Bet your bottom d-ACK!" The sweet singing is cut off by a hoarse choking noise as Eddy grabs the girl by the throat.
"I said. Shut. Up." He gripes at her, his teeth gritted together.
"EDDY!" Double-D scolds, jumping out of the chair and darting over to the two. "Let her go!"
Hannah gasps for breath as she is released, her face returning to it's normal color from it's previous blue.
"What? She was bugging me." Eddy looks at Double-D, his face totally innocent.
The boy is not amused, and leans over to make sure his friend is all right. Hannah looks at him and crosses her eyes, letting her tongue loll out of her mouth.
Double-D giggles, putting two fingers under her chin and lifting her head. "Let me see your neck."
Hannah laughs with his, letting him look obediently as she goes back to normal.
Eddy groans. "Oh, I'm so sick of seeing you two lovebirds-Hey! Ed!!!" He jumps to his feet, running over to the tall boy and snatching his cologne bottle away from him. Ed whimpers, going down on his hands and knees in front of Eddy. "Aw, c'mon, Eddy! I was playing with that!" He pleads.
Hannah looks up – or, rather, over, as Double-D is still examining her neck. "Eddy, let him alone! My, you're cranky today!"
Another boom of thunder thankfully blots out Eddy's next few words, the only words the friends hear being "…with a ping-pong paddle!" as the thunder fades.
Ed laughs, having snuck up behind Eddy and taken back the cologne bottle when he was busy yelling at the girl. He now sits in between the warring two, spinning the bottle on the floor and watching it while giggling constantly.
Hannah starts up as she sees the bottle spinning, grinning ear to ear and jerking her head away from Double-D's gentle fingers as she shrieks, "TRUTH OR DARE!"
All three boys jump, covering their ears as the shriek from the girl's mouth makes the windows rattle. After the sound finally fades, they all bring their hands down slowly.
"Okay. Fine. We'll play truth or dare, if you'll only shut up!!"
Hannah grins brightly, sliding off of the bed and sitting next to Ed around the bottle. "C'mon, you guys! This'll be fun!"
Double-D moves right away to sit next to Hannah, crossing his legs and folding his hands neatly and politely in his lap. The two grin at each other before looking back to the bottle in the middle, waiting.
After a moment, all three friends look up at the unmoving Eddy, all of their eyes wide and pitiful. A silence fills the room, broken only by the clattering of rain on the roof and windows.
"Oh, fine." Eddy moans, moving to sit next to Ed on the other side.
Hannah grins mischievously, reaching out and giving the bottle a twirl. "I'll go first." Her eyes sparkle as she watches it turn. Who would be first?