"...And a reminder to all eighth graders, the end of the year dance is tonight at 7:30 pm. Come and be ready to dance and have a fun time."
Eddy opened the locker he'd been using ever since fifth grade. It was hard to believe that they'd all be moving up to the high school in the fall.
He emptied thecontents from his locker. Textbooks, magazines, he even came across his old 'How to be Rich' Guide. How things changed.
"Eddy, look!" Ed yelled shoving a photo in Eddy's face. "Back when we were little giblets in kindergarten."
Eddy looked closely at the picture. Edd was seperated off to the side from he and Ed. Quite a contrast from their group photo this year. It took years until Edd hung out with Ed and Eddy. They were all in the same class by fourth grade and since then they've never wanted to part.
"My, it's like times don't change." Edd said with a laugh when he peaked at the photo.
Eddy inwardly groaned.
Everything was going to change in the next year.
High school changed people, for better or for worse.
Eddy stared at both his friends. With Ed, nothing would change. He was his best friend before he could talk.
But Edd, they'd gone through quite a lot throughout the years. They never considered one another best friends until two years ago. There was that summer which changed everything.
What would happen during the four years?
There was the chance he'd never have the chance to say...
"Oh Eddy, we're still going to the dance together tonight, right?" Nazz asked throwing her arms around his neck.
Eddy looked at Nazz and then at Edd. He almost looked at Eddy in a heartbroken way.
"Um, yeah sure. Let's meet at the school." Eddy nervously said while tugging at his shirt.
"Great. Sorry I can't walk home today. My mom is taking me to get my hair done."
She gave his hand a squeeze before leaving. Eddy just stared at it.
"Eddy is hot, Double D." Ed said feeling Eddy's head. "Was Nazz hot, Eddy?" he asked.
Eddy looked down to see he was drenched in a puddle of sweat.
"Yeah... I mean, no... well, she was steamy, in that sense."
"Nazz makes me sweat in the summer time. Just like gravy."
Edd giggled at Ed's comment. He was always off in his own world.
"Oh, Double D!" A familiar shrilly voice called out. "I can't wait to do the tango with you tonight. This dance is going to be so much fun!"
"You're going to the dance with Marie?" Eddy asked with his mouth hanging open.
"Marie came up and asked me. I couldn't just turn her down."
Edd was nervously twiddling his fingers. A thought flew into Eddy's mind. "Why didn't you tell me that you were a couple? I thought we were..."
"Marie and I are just friends, Eddy. Calm down."
"Oh, okay." Did he really overreact? He was ao glad Edd interrupted him because he may have let something regetful escape his mouth.
Edd felt his cheeks grow red. Why did Eddy confront him like that? He acted as if he were jealous not knowing if he were in a relationship with Marie or not. Could Eddy have these feelings that he felt for him?
"You and Nazz have been spending a lot of time together." Edd said to Eddy as they walked home.
"Yeah." Eddy didn't know what else to say with that comment. "So?"
"No reason, I just always see you talking."
"Nazz and I are just friends. She always takes me places so she can talk about her feelings. It's annoying."
"Then why are you her boyfriend?"
"Boyfriend?"
Edd faltered. "Y-You are dating aren't you?"
"That's what she and everybody else thinks. I'm only keeping this going so nobody will..."
Eddy stopped himself realizing he was right in the middle of their neighborhood.
"What, Eddy?"
"I... like her buying me these candies. They taste so good, you should try them."
Edd looked suspicious. "Yes, well, I must part, gentlemen. See you tonight at our fairwell to middle school dance."
Eddy had no idea how he was going to tell Edd, or anyone for that matter, that he liked him. Not just as a friend, but more then that. He'd been hiding his true sexuality for two years or more. He knew that it was time to come out, but what scared him was what the future held.