Chapter One:

As children grow in age, they tend to grow in maturity. This shows the three sisters known as Lee, Marie, and May Kanker. As it is known, as children, they would torture and smother the three Ed's of the cul-de-sac. High school made their schedules a bit fuller, giving them less time to chase their "boyfriends". Lee started working at the Diner with their Ma three days a week, May got onto the cheer squad and Marie was forced onto the football team. This being said, they wound up subconsciously branching out from their clique of only Kankers.

As the Kanker sisters matured into young women, their approach and understanding also changed. For instance, May earned Ed's trust by asking him for comic book recommendations. This eventually lead to a friendship full of comic swapping and theory sharing. Lee became less physically aggressive with Eddy. Their relationship turned into one more of bickering and every so often a punch or a kick to the shin. Then there was Marie. Marie Kanker was still madly in love with Eddward Pensky. Now she wasn't as extreme as she was in her young age but, she didn't quite take the same new approach as her sisters. That was too subtle for Marie and if anything, Marie Kanker is not subtle. She still would pin him to a locker and kiss him and she would call him by her little pet names. This...this all changed on one Tuesday afternoon.

After practice ended and she hit the showers, Marie walked into the library, knowing that this was Double D would be there after classes. He always liked to get a head start on next week's homework after school. Before walking over to the table where her beloved was sitting, she just gazed at him. She loved the way his brow furrowed when he was heavily concentrated. Or the way his expression would change depending on what was happening in the book he was reading. She smiled before walking over to him, "Hiya Dreamboat." She placed her hands on the table and leaned forward slightly.

"Go away Marie" Edd said flatly

Marie was taken aback. She had never heard that tone from Edd before, even in his most stressed state, she had never heard him talk like that. In spite of her concern, she put a playful bounce in her tone, "What's wrong Muffin? You don't want to see your girlfriend?"

He looked up from what he was doing, "You are not my girlfriend."

She rolled her eyes, "Well of course-"

He stood up abruptly and slammed his hands down on the table, "Why on god's green earth would I date you?! You're a monster!"

Marie was taken aback. This was not the Edd she fell in love with, "Excuse me?!"

Edd pointed to her and took a step forward. For the first time in her life, she was intimidated by Double D. Their height difference made it so he was towering over her, he was pointing and yelling at her in the empty library. She took a step back. "You are a monster! You attack me and force your affection on me!" Edd seethed, "Is that how you think normal people express love?! Because your perception of human nature is extremely morphed beyond repair!"

Marie put on her tough facade to hide her hurt, "Who do you think you're talking to?!"

"A vile, awful, loathsome monster who has been tormenting me for my entire life!" Edd fumed and Marie just stared at him, her rough exterior started melting away to show the pain in her eyes. "Did you think being aggressive and torturing me would make me reciprocate your feelings?! Like some sick Stockholm syndrome? You must really be dumber than you look if you think that. You know…" he chuckled darkly, "I don't think you are capable of actual love. You are just a sick excuse for a person that gets enjoyment from other people's pain."

Marie's eyes started to tingle and well up with tears, "Doub-"

"No! You are terrible! Absolutely horrendous! I don't know who your parents are but they must be some sort of criminals. For all you know, your father could be some psycho murderer. It would make sense."

Not only were tears of fear and hurt waterfalling down her face but now a new emotion was thrown into the mix, "Don't you dare talk about me and my family like you know me!"

Edd glared down at her, his eyes completely void of any empathetic emotion, "why should I respect your boundaries if you don't respect mine?! Huh?" Marie was speechless. She never thought that Edd, her OvenMitt, her Safety was capable of such malice. "Why?! Marie, what have I done to deserve this torture?! Is it just that I was an easy target for your sadistic game?!"

Marie tried to speak but nothing but stifled sobs came out.

"You are a joke of a person. A sick joke. You are going to be alone Marie. Alone and miserable. And you deserve that! You deserve the die alone!"

Double D was breathing hard and Marie was just looking at her feet. Her tears were continuously streaming down her face at this point. She was shaking, trying to repress her sobs. "...ok" Marie spoke, barely above a whisper.

"Ok? OK?! You torture me for a majority of my life and all you have to say is 'ok'?! You are one demented and disgusting creature. I hate you!"

Marie could feel her hot tears streaming from her eyes. She couldn't even look at him, she just stared down at her shoes as she absorbed his words."Ok, Edd. I'm sorry. I'll leave you alone." Marie turned and walked out of the library. She didn't turn around to see if he was staring at her. She just walked. She walked until she reached her trailer. She curled up into her bed and cried. She cried until she couldn't cry anymore. She cried until she fell asleep with the words that Edd said to her bouncing around in her skull.

When Lee and May returned to the trailer, they were both hungry and it was Marie's night to cook.

"Yo Marie!" Lee called up to their shared bedroom, "Marie! May and I want some grub!" When there was no response, Lee's temper started to flare. She stormed upstairs and just about ripped the door off the hinges. "Marie! What the fuck!" Lee stormed over to her bed with May trailing behind her. She roughly pushed Marie's shoulder, "Wake up. I'm hungry." Marie just pulled her blanket over her head. This resulted in Lee pulling the blanket off of her completely.

"Fuck off, Lee!" Marie rolled over and yanked her blanket back.

Lee cracked her knuckles, "Why you little bi-"

"Wait," May put her hand on her redheaded sister's arm then turned to her blue-haired sister, "Marie, have you been...crying?"

Marie was silent. She just rolled over and pulled the blanket over her head. She then proceeded to shrink herself into a tight, fetal ball.

Marie replayed the conversation between her and Edd. I hate you! She squeezed her eyes shut as she started to cry again. She grabbed onto her blue locks and tugged on them almost as she was trying to pull herself in closer.

Lee and May exchanged glances. Neither of them had ever seen Marie like this. She's never looked like or sounded like she was in so much pain. "Marie, Imma cook dinner tonight, okay." there was no response, "Okay, com'on Lee." May started her way to the door but Lee just stood there staring at their sister who was cocooned in a blanket. She knew that something happened. Kankers don't just randomly lay in bed and cry. No, they beat the fuck out of the sons of bitches who made them want to cry. For Marie to be curled up like this, it was something big. Something bad.

Hey um...so this first chapter is kinda short and not very good but...please read it and review it...please. (I sound really desperate...wow). I've had this idea bumping around for a while now. It gets juicier. And I know I kinda threw Y'all into a climactic scene there but...it works better this way. Okay...thanks for reading! Give me a cheeky review and I'll try to post more soon.