Disclaimer: Of course I do not own Ed Edd n Eddy, all rights belong to AKA Cartoon and Danny Antonucci. I am a new author and I always appreciate critiques. If you catch an error don't be afraid to notify me. As mentioned in the summary drug use is involved, weed to be exact. Even though the Eds young in this fic I do not condone smoking under the age of 18. There is slash invovled and if you don't like it...you should read it and try it anyway, maybe you'd like it!
So with all that serious stuff out of the way (and not giving too much away of the story) I hope you enjoy! :
Hotboxed Ed
Eddy's eyelids lazily drooped as he struggled to pay attention in class. Chin resting on his fist and tapping the desk impatiently, he heaved a heavy sigh. He was stuck in 10th grade Algebra and the teacher was going on about boring things like finding 'x' and solving for 'y'.
"Who cares?" He mumbled and flashed a glance at the clock…twenty minutes left. Eddy groaned and slammed his head on the desk, "If only I had actually studied I would have been in Double D's class" he mumbled into the wooden surface. His arms shifted to cradle his head, blocking out the light and sounds of the lecture.
More dedicated and motivated in his academics, Edd had been accepted into mostly AP classes. While Eddy stayed in on the baseline with everyone else, Double D and Ed were on opposite sides of the building. Ed was taken up to speed in learning support and Edd was busy 'being a genius' in the honor's wing. The only times Eddy ever saw Double D during the school day was in homeroom and Spanish; Ed, in homeroom, art, music and gym. Luckily for Eddy, Spanish was next, and he couldn't wait much longer. Eddy wasn't excited for the subject matter, he could care less about Spanish, but more about the chance to distract and bother Double D. Edd may take his academics very seriously but Eddy knew how to push his buttons. Double D often was blamed for what Eddy did in class; flinging pencils and notes across the room, snickering in the back of the class or that one time that Eddy forgot his homework and Edd took the rap. Eddy smiled and his head nuzzled against his sleeve. He got a kick out of bugging his friend and breaking through his shell as much as possible, especially when Edd tried so hard to be serious.
Suddenly he heard his name and Eddy's gaze shot up.
"Huh? What? Me? Go up to the board?" Eddy laughed nervously, he had no idea what was going on "I would buuut…" He searched his mind for an excuse "I need to go to the bathroom! Excuse me!" Eddy ran up front, grabbed the hall pass and bolted out the door.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he got out of sight of the classroom and looked up at the clock,
"Five minutes? Only five minutes have passed? SERIOUSLY?" Eddy banged his head against the wall and soon began trudging towards the bathroom.
A group of caution signs greeted him when he reached the boy's room, one reading 'Closed: Cleaning in Process'. Eddy was about to give up and head back to the class, where he would just deal with whatever was coming to him. As he turned his heel and stepped forward towards his undesired fate he heard a muffled giggle.
"Huh?" Eddy placed his hand against his ear and leaned closer to the entrance.
"You're so smart Kev, how did we not do this before?" Eddy's eyes widened, was that Nazz's voice? What was she doing with Kevin in the boy's bathroom? He recalled how the two dated a few times at the beginning of the year; maybe they were taking their relationship to the next level. A sly grin grew on Eddy's face.
"I know babe, the teachers are so stupid, they would never suspect it," Eddy's nose picked up a strange scent as he began breathing heavily, but he ignored it. He knew what they were doing in there and he was going to sneak a peek.
The short boy very carefully stepped over the sign, making sure his feet landed softly on the tile floor. As his head peeked around the corner he saw the two's feet under the handicap stall. Eddy scrambled to hide behind a trashcan and sucked in some air, breathless from the entire excursion. He coughed a bit realizing that it was foggy in the room. 'No doubt from their passionate loooove making' he chuckled to himself. He always read those magazines his brother left behind but Eddy had never seen anyone having sex in person. In fact he was (regrettably) a virgin and never even saw a girl naked before. 'That's all about to CHANGE Eddyboy' he snickered in anticipation, perhaps a little too loudly.
"Shit, what was that?" Kevin's voice rang out and a click of something landing on the ground rang off the tiled walls.
Eddy shot a glance to the floor as something bright red slid next to him. A lighter? Eddy hastily picked it up and examined it "What do you use THIS for!?" Eddy's voice reached his normal speaking volume, a few decibels above yelling.
"Eddy, is that you dude?" Nazz spoke with a haggard voice and coughed violently. Eddy cringed, the jig was up, he glued his eyes to the black and white design on the floor as he stood up and heard the stall door squeak open.
"I-I I just wanted to use the bathroom is all! What the hell are you—" Eddy slowly lifted his gaze to the two, they were fully clothed. "Oh, you're not…"
"What? We're not what dorko?" Kevin snarled and approached him, snatching the lighter from his hand. Kevin, while becoming slightly more accepting of Eddy after the whole fiasco with his brother, still never could give up his trademark insult. Rather than becoming friends, Eddy and Kevin simply tolerated each other. "Hey, look…don't tell anyone okay?" Kevin's voice softened and his eyes pleaded.
Eddy's face contorted into confusion then thinking twice he began to smile evilly "Don't tell anyone, eh? I don't know, as you say I do have a pretty big mouth" Eddy shined his nails on his shirt and outstretched his arm. He was certain he'd get some cash out of this blackmail attempt.
"That's cold dude" Nazz looked disappointed. Eddy and her had been in more than a few classes together and would often chat during monotonous lectures. Eddy had long since been desensitized to Nazz's "feminine wiles" and treated her more like an acquaintance than a love interest. He chalked up his past attraction to raging hormones and naïve cluelessness. Regardless, he certainly wouldn't have minded running into her naked in the boy's bathroom. Nazz had changed dramatically in three years, she grew several inches, filled in her figure and often showed it off in tie-dye or earth toned dresses.
Eddy felt a bit guilty, but it wasn't enough to stop him, after highschool everything began slowing down. He wasn't scamming people anymore, Double D and Ed were making other friends besides him, and life felt dull. For once things were being set in motion for Eddy, he simply grinned wider and waited in silence.
"Ugh…okay, whatever. Kev, just give him something, my parents can't know about this, they'd like, disown me," Nazz begged. Eddy whistled, what kind of nasty things were they doing? Still convinced their dirty secret was sexually deviant.
"Fine, whatever," Kevin reached into his pocket, after a little rustling he pulled out a plastic sandwich bag and eyed it up. Kevin's expression turned from annoyance to sorrow as he looked back and forth from Eddy to his girlfriend. Nazz squinted her eyes and gave a hard nod.
"Just do it dude, you know what would happen if we got caught,"
"Yeah just do it dude~" Eddy spoke in a girly pitch, batted his eyelashes and opened his palms to accept whatever it was he was getting. He wasn't sure what was in the bag but it had to be money—'and lots of it, it has to be, it's green after all!' Eddy's mind went wild.
When he lowered his eyes and felt the bag placed in his hands his smile dropped. "What the...what the flying fuck is THIS? No offense Nazz, but I don't want your boyfriend's girly potpourri" Eddy remembered a few 'big words' from Double D's vocabulary and luckily he remembered 'potpourri' for just this occasion, because if that wasn't it then what was it?
"SHHH! SHUT UP DORK!" Kevin growled then poked his head around the corner of the bathroom entrance, "It's not poo-purr-ee..." Kevin's head leaned in real close to Eddy's ear before continuing and whispered "…it's pot"
"Pot?" Eddy had heard of the term last year in health class once or twice, but he never paid much attention to it. He knew very little about the plant but he at least knew it was illegal and it was forbidden to smoke in school. '…they were just smokin', not getting it on, geez I'm a genius…' Eddy thought, finally getting with the program. "What? No money?" his voice cracked, feeling more ticked off by the second.
"Sorry dude, like, just take it okay? It's all we got but it's real rad stuff, you'll like it for sure," Nazz's eyes wandered to her watch, "Come on Kev it's already 12:40, the bell's gonna ring in five minutes" she quickly whipped out a small compact fan. Turning it on to the max speed she cracked open the window and blew the smoke outside. Kevin reached in her purse and started to spray some flowery perfume all around the room.
Eddy wrinkled his nose at the second assault on his nostrils, "Shit," he scoffed and stuffed the plastic-covered green mound in his pants pocket, "Well it better be or else!" Eddy rushed out of the bathroom kicking and knocking over one of the caution signs. 'I expected something different than this stuff…but it might be worth it' Eddy's gears were turning in his head, 'But how do I, use it? Smoke it? That was smoke wasn't it?'
"Eh, Double D will figure it out" Eddy talked out loud to himself, his voice echoing in the empty hallway.
BRRRRRRNNNGGGG!
The teen startled and leaped into the air as classroom doors slammed open and poured out a flood of high school students. Eddy began to speed towards Spanish class, spotting a familiar black hat in the crowd.
"Yo, sockhead!" Eddy yelled, jumped and flung his arms in the air, trying to gain Double D's attention.
"Oh, greetings Eddy!" He smiled downwards as his height-challenged companion approached him. While Eddy grew only an inch or two since middle school, he still didn't reach the height of his tall and lanky friend. Edd's dark brown hair grew out only slightly longer than his hat, but he still kept it very well hidden. Facial hair was sprouting in awkward places on Edd's chin, it was apparent he had stayed up late last night studying for another test, ignoring his need for a shave.
"¿Estas listo para la clase de Español?" Edd giggled into his palm at Eddy's perplexed glare.
Eddy had also changed slightly since the turbulent puberty years in junior high. Finally, hair began to grow on his head, a spikey doo, naturally colored a strange combination of black and blue. It was incredibly unruly and impossible to style but Eddy was just glad to have it. He felt suave and mature for once. His chin gained a bit of stubble as well, which even though was minuscule, Eddy was very proud of this small step into manhood.
Tugging at bottom of his shirt, Eddy smoothed the hem over the opening of his pockets, nervously glancing to the side. The last thing he wanted to do was get caught with drugs in school.
"Uhhh sure-o my amigo," sweat appeared on the top of his head as he reached his arm around Double D's shoulder, snagging him and pulling him to his side sharply.
Edd's feet shuffled as he tripped into his friend's hip with a sudden impact "Ow! Eddy, watch it…wait, wha-what's that?" Double D's eyes went wide as he felt a very noticeable bump in Eddy's pants poke his side.
Eddy glanced down, realizing that he had just slammed Double D into the pocket with his newly acquired weed. 'Great, now he probably thinks I have a boner or something,' he went along with it to avoid causing a scene.
"What do you think it is Double D? Sheesh, get your ass into class, we're going to be late" and with that Eddy shoved Edd into the room and dashed to his seat.
Edd's face burned red, not only because he was being pushed into the room but because Eddy implied something quite dirty.
"Crude as ever I see, and cease your cursing, in case you have forgotten we're in SCHOOL Eddy,"
"Yeah yeah whatever, who gives a shit? Sit down, Sockhead"
Edd stood in the door way and rolled his eyes, playfully smiling at his foal-mouthed friend, "Whatever you say Eddy," Edd was confused by Eddy's random behavior, but attributed it to his friend trying to tease him as per usual. Edd was often irked by Eddy's classroom escapades, but he couldn't hold in his laughter, secretly enjoying his antics. He was sure Eddy knew it too, which is probably why he would never quit bugging him during the most crucial moments of his studies. Double D was always fully focused on academics as well as diligently following each sticky note left by his parents. However, deep down he longed for the summers when Eddy and Ed planned out scams and Double D transformed them into a reality.
Edd's stomach lurched as Eddy patted the seat next to him, ushering the lanky boy to quit standing there and sit. Eddy's impatient nature was causing Double D to become more anxious and jittery than normal. 'What is he up to?' Edd pondered, a question he asked himself very frequently in Eddy's presence. He sat tentatively, noticing Eddy's eyes shift back and forth, monitoring his surroundings.
"Okay, something is going on Eddy, your behavior is absolutely insidious," Double D squinted and looked crossly at his friend while he carefully laid out his pencils, books and notes for Spanish in a precise arrangement.
"I'm not being suspicious!" sweat was now trickling down Eddy's neck, causing him to pull at his collar. The risk of being caught discussing something illegal in school was beginning to hit him.
"Well, tell me about it after school then, I stayed up until two last night studying for my History exam and I'm completely and utterly exhausted" Edd grunted out a long sigh and relaxed into his chair.
Eddy's eyes sparked "After school, ehhh?" Since he had acquired his 'gift' from Kevin and Nazz, he had been surveying where he could try out the stuff. Eddy's place was off limits as his mom was constantly hovering around the house. Ed's place was…not the most comfortable of places, especially with Sarah breathing down their throats. 'But Double D's place is PERFECT! No parents, just sticky notes!' at that thought, Eddy wiped his forehead with the back of his hand and smirked at Edd.
"Double D! You're a genius! We're hangin' at your place tonight pal,"
Edd delighted in the compliment and grinned shyly, slightly showing his gap "Hm, it is Friday…but, what are you planning Eddy? Certainly not another scam, I thought you gave those up years ago," Edd casually stated, in truth he wouldn't have minded using his talents for something other than study.
"Uuuuhhh, something like that, but not quite, look—I'll explain later alright?" The teacher strolled through the door as Eddy finished. He smiled innocently and spoke in a muffled voice through his teeth "Can't talk here,"
Edd just stared at Eddy for a moment before shifting his gaze towards Mrs. Ortiz and greeting her with a quick "Hola, professora Ortiz ¿Cómo está?" being careful to add formality to his speech when addressing the teacher. As she answered Eddward didn't pay close attention, instead he was glancing over to his short conniving neighbor. Eddy sat in his normal posture; feet on the desk, arms behind his head and a lazy look on his face. 'Honestly, if it wasn't for me he'd be failing this class right now,' Edd scowled, but couldn't stop his heart from beating faster imagining what Eddy had in store for tonight. Ed, Edd and Eddy usually held get-togethers on Friday nights; on occasion they'd watch movies, read comic books and talk about their thrilling school lives. This, however, was the first time Eddy was being so secretive about their plans.
Spanish passed by at an even slower rate than math class did for Eddy; then again, classes always slowed to an unbearable pace on Fridays. When the bell for the next class rang Eddy nearly knocked over his desk jolting out of his chair. Eddward chuckled at his carelessness, "¡Ten cuidado Eddy!"
"Don't test me sockhead, and stop with the Spanish already! Ed and I will be at your place at 4pm SHARP!" Eddy gave Double D an intense evil eye as he walked out the door right before he lost track of his footing and tripped over the threshold with a THUD.
"It means 'Be careful' Eddy, something you clearly need to be reminded of constantly," Double D giggled to himself as he extended a hand to his mangled friend lying on the floor.
Eddy gaped at his outstretched palm for a few seconds before grabbing it with a SMACK, squeezing and propelling himself up again. Edd toppled over slightly due to the sudden jerkiness causing his hat to fall over his eyes for a moment.
"Yeah, yeah, just be prepared for…you know…" Eddy paused for a moment noticing his fist still curled up around Double D's hand "STUFF!"
Edd cringed at his temporary blindness and wiggled his hand free to fix his hat, "Yes well, be sure to inform Ed of our rendezvous while you two are in gym," Double D promptly turned on his heels and walked towards the library.
"I thought I told you to quit with the Spanish!" Eddy sprinted down the hallway towards the gym, "REMEMBER! FOUR SHARP!" he yelled over his shoulder with the usual brute force to his voice. 'Ugh why does gym have to be my last class?' as he reached the locker room he slowed to a walk and trudged across the squeaky linoleum floor.
"Oh-ho! Another day of beating our comrades senseless with the ball of despair and destruction, yes?" the sound of a slamming locker door and another voice echoed off the walls.
"Don't rub it in Rolf, poor plank was bedridden for a week after last time!"
"Aw come on guys! It's not so bad! And it is Friday, which means 'Creatures from the Dark Abyss with Mutated Feet' is on tonight!" When Eddy reached the end of the long entrance he saw Rolf and Johnny groan in dismay, return to undressing and donning their Peach Creek High gym clothes.
"EDDY!" The target of Ed's burst of affection was hit with a brunt impact and big, hairy arms wrapped around his torso. "I missed you soooo much!" Ed sniffled and rubbed his nose on Eddy's sleeve. Ed had grown much taller and hairier since his junior high days, which would just end up making Eddy incredibly jealous. He had a mop of dirt brown hair on his head, sporting the 'messy look' everyday. Now six foot he towered over Eddy and Double D when he hugged them, often ignoring his own strength and size.
"Don't have a cow Ed! I saw you in homeroom this morning!" Eddy wiggled free from Ed's iron grip, giving a harsh 'Yuck!' at the sight of the snot on his shirt.
"I know but…but…" Ed's eyes welled up with tears. He had been separated from his best friends for a majority of his classes and the isolation was starting to take its toll on him.
In learning support Ed attempted his work but was often distracted by the flirtatious efforts of May. Ed tried to ignore her but with his short attention span it was close to impossible. He had made leaps and bounds despite this, catching up very closely to his peers in hopes to see his friends more; unfortunately, he still was left out of the regular classes. During art, gym and music however, he was able to see either Edd or Eddy.
"Okay…okay Ed. Come here," Eddy gave up, figuring it was easier to give in and get it over with than prolonging the suffering. Eddy ushered Ed in for a hug and received a tackle. Spilling into a row of lockers, Ed squeezed the life out of Eddy while he giggled with glee. Eddy, still retaining his loud and overbearing nature, softened in other areas of his personality. Since the traumatic trip to his brother's place, he was less likely to take his friends for granted and often caved when Ed wanted so desperately to show his affection. Edd wasn't as upfront with showing his appreciation but he had other ways of showing it "Less obnoxious ways," snorted Eddy.
"What's that Eddy?" Ed's face exploded in a big goofy smile, "Better get dressed Eddy or else you will be late mister!" Ed bounced off towards the gym laughing to himself in a deep voice.
"Crap!" Eddy flung his shirt and pants off then raced for his locker. Comments from the peanut gallery poured in.
Rolf fiercely turned to what see all the commotion was about, nearly tripping over his own gym shorts, "Ho hah!"
"Don't look Plank!" Johnny quickly shielded Plank's eyes, "Come on lets hurry buddy, race ya to class!" he jumped over a few benches and sped out the door carrying his inanimate friend.
Eddy anxiously tried his locker combination, making two or three attempts before succeeding, and began dressing frantically. Catching his foot on his gym shorts, Eddy spilled backwards over the bench behind him and landed sharply on the nape of his neck. "OUCH! Shit, damnit-fuckfuckFUCK!" he clenched his eyes in pain then opened them, finding a very stern looking upside-down Rolf. "Oh, um Rolf, sorry hope I didn't insult your culture or whatever," assuming that he went too far with his swearing problem again.
Rolf stood with one hand on his hip while in the other he held a tiny plastic bag. Eddy quickly recognized that as the pot he had on him, or rather, in his jeans he no longer had on. Rolf's expression was hard and fixated on the bag, squinting his eyes and eyeing up Eddy, then the weed, then Eddy, then the weed.
Eddy's heart started to pound furiously, it almost seemed to echo off the lockers "Umm…that's… uh…" Eddy flipped over and aimlessly searched for his gym shorts. He soon found and stepped into them, not wanting to stand in front of Rolf in only his underwear.
"Ed boy…" Rolf finally spoke, Eddy cringed, fearfully awaiting his fate, "Why you—what do they say in your country? You…son of a gourd?" the suspicion in his expression melted away as Rolf leaned over and used Eddy's head to support his elbow. He held the green matter above his head, observing it in the light.
"Son of a gun Rolf," Eddy grumbled, he didn't appreciate the helpful reminder of his closeness to the ground.
"Hmmm ah hah, I see, very good" Rolf pushed off of his temporary armrest and jabbed Eddy in the shoulder, "And who are you using this on hmmm? You sly goat you…" Rolf winked and jovially laughed as he slapped Eddy's back.
"—oof! Goat?" Eddy searched his brain for a quick answer, he had no clue what Rolf was going on about 'Probably best I play along, seems he knows a lot about this stuff apparently…who am I using it for?' "Uh, I dunno, Double D and—" before Eddy could fit Ed's name in, Rolf gasped and a look of complete shock appeared on his face.
"Double D Ed-boy? I cannot say I did not see this coming but…never in a million of my Great Nano's years…" Rolf shook his head and stopped to ponder for a second, causing a second silence to stretch out between the two. Eddy could hardly take this rollercoaster of a conversation, sweat appeared once again on his forehead, he began tapping his foot violently, echoing his anxiety throughout the locker room. Ten seconds…twenty seconds….thirty seconds…
"WHAT?! GOD, JUST TELL ME ALREADY! I CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE OF THIS!" Eddy sobbed, demanding an answer.
"You do not know about the superior qualities of the plant loud mouth Ed-boy?"
"Well of course I do DUH, why else would I BE SCREAMING 'WHAT' SO LOUDLY?!" Eddy figured sarcasm was lost on him but it didn't matter, he was beyond irritated. Having his destiny change from being ratted out to being educated once every ten seconds was skin crawling.
"The customs of your land confuse Rolf…but no matter!" Rolf then leaned in very closely to Eddy's ear, "Then you know of the Mary Jane plant's aphrodisiac qualities, yes?"
Eddy backed away and plopped down on the bench behind him "Afro-dees-a-whats-it-now?"
Rolf groaned "It makes your loins aflame with the fire of passion, do I have to explain everything to you?!" In a huff Rolf slammed his locker door.
Eddy put a finger to his chin and thought for a second, with a ping a light bulb went off above his head and a devilish grin grew on his face, "Ooooh heh heh, I see, so it makes you horny, right?"
"Ah so you understand, very good," Rolf then turned towards Eddy with a sympathetic expression "But Rolf will keep your secret of the Double D Ed-boy. Cousin Yonick could have been hanged for that in the old country…but here...you should be fine!"
"Secret, what secret? I'm just going to try it with Double D and-" Eddy paused, realizing the gravity of the miscommunication between Rolf and himself.
"SILENCE! Rolf must go to gym now," He tossed the plastic bag in Eddy's direction before walking out the door. A flash of light from the gymnasium blinded Eddy for a second as he heard the beginnings of roll call.
"Gym, shit!" throwing all shocking thoughts aside, Eddy stuffed the bag back into his jeans and threw his street clothes into his locker. Messily, he threw his gym shirt on before tripping out the door, attempting to put on his sneakers at the same time. He leaped into his spot in line next to Ed, leaned down and began to tie his shoelaces in a huge knot, he had made it just in time.
"…Eddy," the gym teacher was as enthusiastic as always, reciting the names right off the clipboard not even bothering to glance upward.
"Here!" Eddy raised his hand and continued diligently tying his laces. The teacher took a moment to mark a check next to his name.
"Eddward…" A long silence hushed over the class.
Th-thump
Startled by the volume of his own heartbeat, Eddy lost balance and wobbled to the side. Catching himself, he hastily finished his tie-job, stood up in a flash and slapped a free hand on his chest. 'What the hell was that all about?' He glanced around, hoping no one saw. Sure enough, Rolf peeked his head around Ed, waggling his eyebrows. Eddy shot him an enraged glare, Rolf winked once and formed a zipper line on his mouth with two fingers before smugly straightening back into the line. A huge lump seemed to drop in Eddy's stomach, and his free hand clutched his abdomen.
Johnny raised his hand enthusiastically, "Coach, Plank says Double D doesn't come to gym on dodge ball days ever since….the accident," The teacher simply grunted a response of recognition, scribbled down something on the list and moved on.
"Uggh…I feel weird," Eddy began to experience even more physical distress by the second, his face felt hot and the lump in his stomach was only expanding.
"Aw what's wrong Eddy?" Ed, seeing his friend in distress, gave him an aggressive yet reassuring pat on the head "I miss our Double D too,"
"Shut it lumpy," Staggering, heart racing, mouth clenched, fists balled tightly, Eddy's breathing started to become erratic.
"Ooo Eddy you don't look so good," Johnny interjected "Plank says it looks like you might hurl any minute!"
Eddy raised his hand from his chest "Nurse! Gotta go…" GASP "to the" GASP "nurse," Eddy managed to heave out. The teacher gave an aloof nod from behind his clipboard and pointed to a hall pass hanging on the wall. Not bothering nor wanting to look at the other's reactions as he left, Eddy limped out of the gym and took in a huge breath of air as the door closed behind him.
"What. The. FUCK?!" he exhaled into the empty hallway and forced his feet to start moving forward, "You need to pull yourself together man," Eddy slicked his hand over his unruly hair and began to feel slightly relieved, uncharacteristically glad to be out of the spotlight.
"I only got all crazy when the teacher said…" he trailed off and halted his walking, looking pensive for a split second, "…Ahhh, whatever, it's probably nothin'! Must've been something I had for lunch," Eddy was used to this, tossing his feelings aside to move on with his normal life. Something that was drilled into him as a child still remained etched in his brain; thinking about your emotions was a silly waste of time. Thus, at moments like these Eddy didn't even bother, he just came up with an excuse and carried on.
Back on track to his destination, Eddy slowly became aware of his surroundings, catching a glimpse of a passing sign labeled 'Library' passing on the left. He scooted back and with a curious expression he leaned on the door slightly to peek in. He heard a boyish giggle and rotated his head quickly, "Jimmy…" Eddy used all his efforts to whisper.
Double D and Jimmy were sitting at a table in the center of the library, working on a math problem together. Now in 9th grade, Jimmy had been excelling in the arts yet failing time after time at math and science. His teachers, with all other options exhausted, recruited Eddward to tutor Jimmy. Since Edd obtained his permanent excuse for dodge ball, the school faculty figured it would better for him than to sit idly by during gym. Of course Edd graciously accepted, always happy to help his peers in need.
Eddy continued to watch the two from behind the safety of the full book case. 'Is Rolf right about that…pot?' Eddy rubbed his face with his hand, kneeding his forehead, 'All I wanted was a bro's night and for things to be…less of a drag,' Life really was stalling for Eddy and to make it worse he was seeing his two friends less and less. Edd, being a study-holic, was rarely free on weekdays, and Ed, while slightly more available than Double D, had to crack down on his school work by his parents orders. It wasn't like Eddy's parents particularly cared if he was a genius or not, and almost nothing could make him care too much about school. Often he would find himself home alone, listening to a record and feeling sorry for himself. Friday nights were vital for him to keep his sanity, but of course he would never let Double D or Ed know that. 'So what, I'm still gonna try it, Rolf's a kook anyway' Eddy thought, only half confident with his conclusion.
"I get it, I actually get it! Thank you Double D! I thought I was going to fail Geometry again for sure," Jimmy bounced up and down in his seat and clapped his hands. Eddy rolled his eyes, he was never partial to Jimmy, remembering his sneaky nature in the past.
"No problem at all Jimmy, thank you, but I don't deserve all the credit! It was you who really put forth the effort," Edd smiled brightly and patted Jimmy softly on the shoulder, "Now, let's move onto Biology,"
Eddy clutched the side of the bookshelf, that gripping feeling in his stomach was back and this time it was two-fold.
"STOP THAT ALREADY!" Eddy shouted at the top of his lungs at his body, cursing his unknown illness, forgetting where he was and who was in front of him.
"Eddy?" Double D turned in his direction and lightly waved "A-aren't you supposed to be in gym right now?" Edd smiled kindly at his friend and rose in his seat, "Is something the matter?"
"Uhhh, heh heh, just checking up on you bud making sure everything's coooool…" he retreated slightly, eyeing up Jimmy's puzzled expression on the way "Yep and it looks like it is so I uh, gotta go!" Eddy turned on his heels and raced out of the library, nearly knocking over a cart of books on his way out. Running now in the opposite direction of the nurse's office he opted to go back to class to avoid embarrassing himself further.
BAM! A powerful impact pushed Eddy back three feet, miraculously he kept his balance.
"OW! Why don't you watch where you're going?!" Eddy had slammed head first into Sarah.
"Just…" Eddy sucked in a massive puff of air "JUST LEAVE ME ALONE, OKAY?! I have had ENOUGH to deal with today so do me a favor and just get the HELL OUTTA MY FACE!" Letting all his anger go in one breath.
"Wow…whatever, geez, what's your problem?" Sarah, stunned, backed up and walked around the flustered boy. She shouted something else down the hallway but Eddy didn't care to hear, he was feeling much better after that. Forgetting about the events prior he strolled down the hall back to gym class. Just ten more minutes and then he'd be home free, preparing for a night with his friends that he so desperately needed.