React and Interact
Author's Note: Alright, this is a challenge I have given myself. I am going to write one short story (short as in trying to keep it under 500 words or so) for every possible combination of the characters of Ed, Edd, n Eddy. There will be both friendship and romance for every pairing (no romance between siblings though because that's just icky, in my opinion) and they may take place during any time or in any place. This is the first installment of about 129… I've got my work cut out for me.
Disclaimer: I do not own Ed, Edd, n Eddy or anything else copyrighted, for that matter.
Pair: Eddy and Jonny (friendship)
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"Plank? Plank? Where are ya, buddy?"
Eddy looked up from his magazine with a growl, glaring in the direction of the door leading outside. Slapping the so-called literature down on his bed, he stomped over and slid the door open. "Hey! What's with all the racket out here? I'm tryin' to relax!" He raved, stepping out into his back yard.
"Oh, Eddy, have you seen Plank? Tell me you have…" Jonny raced up to the irate Ed.
"Jonny, what the heck're you doing in my back yard?" Eddy asked, choosing to ignore Jonny's question.
"I'm looking for Plank! We were playing in the park and he dared me to see if I could swing higher than him. I was winning, but then he flew off his swing!" Jonny explained in a tone of obvious devastation. "He landed somewhere around here, but I haven't been able to find him. Eddy, you've gotta help me, I've just gotta find him!"
Eyebrow still raised at the idea of Plank daring anybody to do anything, Eddy sighed. "Geeze, calm down, Melon Head."
"Calm down?" Jonny screeched, shaking Eddy by the shoulders. "He could be lost or hurt or- or…!"
"Alright, alright, if it'll get you outta my yard, I'll help you look." Eddy said, brushing Jonny's hands off his shoulders and righting his shirt. "Somewhere around here?"
"Yeah, I've looked everywhere, but I just can't find him." The other boy replied worriedly before calling out again. "Plank?"
Rolling his eyes, Eddy looked around his yard and eyed the bushes by the wall. With a huff, he walked over and began parting the short branches to look for the missing board. Finally, as Jonny was attempting to scale the house and look on the roof, Eddy spotted their query tangled in the bottommost branches of one of the shrubs. He reached in, hooked his fingers around the edges of Plank, and pulled him free with a grunt of effort. "Hey, Jonny-" He started to call out, but the other boy was way ahead of him."
"PLANK!" Jonny snatched the wood from Eddy's hand and held it close. "I was so worried about you."
Just as Eddy was about to remind Jonny of the fact he was now to vacate the yard, the boy latched onto him in a hug that could rival one of Ed's bone-crushers. "Thanks so much, Eddy!"
Eddy allowed the hug to continue for a few moments- out of surprise, he'd claim later- before gently nudging Jonny. "Yeah, yeah, I'm a regular bleeding heart. Now would you get out of my yard?"
"Sure thing Eddy!" Jonny chirped, releasing him and turning back towards the way he'd come in.
Shaking his head, Eddy also turned to vacate the yard, but just as he was about to shut the door, he heard Jonny speaking to his best friend. "You see Plank, I told you he wasn't a selfish, no-neck jerk."
Eddy scowled and slid the door shut. "Stupid board." He muttered, returning to his magazine.
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