I present you the third story, Ed's In Love! It's going to be a short story, even the chapters will be shorter and I guess it will be around five chapters…We'll see how it'll turn out as we go.
Some characters will be little OOC since they are in high school now.
The rest of AN will be at the bottom.
Enjoy the first chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Ed, Edd n Eddy.
Chapter 1: It All Start With a Poster
The school bell ring throughout the hallway before someone suddenly open the door with a smash, followed by a joyously cry as a tall teenager boy run out excitingly. "GRAVY LUNCH!" A tall teenager boy ran down the hallway as he chanted to himself, "Lunch, lunch, lunch!"
"ED, COME BACK HERE!" The voice cried out from the classroom but the tall boy didn't hear it as he ran down the stair and he keep run until something colorful catch his attention. Ed stops himself with a skid and he turns his head around to stare at the colorful poster on the wall. It was a large red and blue poster with a picture of a dancing couple and there were several colored captions with a huge white title, reading 'Prom Night'.
"Bring your date." Ed read out loudly with a confusing expression, "Save the date? Um…Um…" He starts to tap his head lightly with his fist, a habit that Ed has developed when he get in a deep thought or get very confusing with something. Several students just walk past him, ignoring the confusing boy until a certain person notice him as she walk toward to her locker.
"Ed?" The said boy turned his head to see Nazz as she stare at him with concern, "What's the matter?"
"Hi, Nazz!" Ed waved his hand with a wide grin before he points at the poster, "I'm trying to figure out why it says to bring the calendar then save it?"
"Oh, actually, the date has different meanings." Nazz giggled, "'Bring your date' mean that you have to bring your lover to the dance and 'Save the date' mean that you have to remember the day and month that the prom will take place on."
"Ooooh." The tall boy scratched his head before he tilt his head with a puzzled expression, "Hey, Nazz, what is lover?" That was the first time he heard of this word.
"Well, how can I explain it?" Nazz tapped her cheek, she know that she have to explain it clearly to Ed and it have to be very simple that he can understand since he's slow-witted person. "Lover is someone that you really like-like…"
"Like I like everyone?" Ed grinned childishly.
"No, it's more like special kind of love." The girl shook her head before she notice a confusing expression on Ed's face as he chew on his lips, "Um…I think it's better if you ask Eddy, Double-D or your sister. They will explain it better than I do." She want to make sure that Ed understand it but she don't have enough experience that she can explain it to him and she assume that it's good idea for him to ask his close friends or one of his family members.
"Ok!" The tall boy nodded his head quickly before he run off, screaming something about gravy and chicken and Nazz just shake her head at him with a smile as she glance at the poster.
'Maybe Kevin will finally man up and ask me to the prom.' Nazz shrugged her shoulders.
Sarah was watching her favorite television show as soon as she get home from school and so far, she was enjoying it so far until something happen. "Baby sister, baby sister!" Ed ran into his house as he looked around for his sister, he just asked Eddy and Double-D about lover early and he received nothing but odd reactions from them. Double-D's face just turn red and he kept sputtering absurdly while Eddy just walk away from him, stating that he's staying out of this one.
"UGH!" Sarah groaned annoyingly as she glared at her brother, "What do you want now?!"
"What is lover, will you explain it to me?" Ed asked quickly.
"…Where did you hear that word from?" The young girl raised her eyebrow and her brother told her about the events during the lunchtime. Sarah cross her arms in deep thought as she glance at him, she would just mess with his head by telling him some lies but she decide against it since Ed did do nothing wrong and they have become slightly closer as they grow older. "…I won't explain it to you but I know who can. Hold on." Sarah pulled her cell phone out as she dialed it before the receiver answer the phone, "Hey, Jimmy, I need you to do me a favor…"
The slow-witted boy glances at the table and he notice a picture of monster on TV Guide magazine with a large word, 'Kaiju Marathon', pasted across the cover. He was about to reach out for the book before his sister hand him the phone and he take it with a cheesy grin. "HI, JIMMY!"
"INSIDE VOICE!" Sarah shouted, "INSIDE VOICE!"
"Hi, Jimmy!" Ed whispered softly.
"Hey, Ed." Jimmy's voice spoke though the cell phone, "Sarah just told me about your question and I will tell you about it. Are you listening right now?"
"Yeah!" The tall boy nodded.
"Lovers is…Well…I get better way to explain it. Do you know what girlfriend and boyfriend are?" Jimmy asked.
"I do, I do!" Ed replied, "Girlfriend is a girl who is your friend and boyfriend is a boy who…"
"No, no, no." Jimmy's voice chuckled, "Boyfriend and girlfriend is the lover and it's a person that you are in relationship with because you fall in love together and dating each other…"
"Is it a special kind of love?" The slow-witted boy asked, "Do you know what it is?"
"Yes, it's a special love and well, let's see…" Ed can hear him humming on the other line, "…Oh, like how your mom and dad love each other, you know?"
"Yes, I think." Ed blinked, "Um…Hey, Jimmy…How can I tell if I'm in love? How will I know?"
"Well, it really depends on everyone because it happens to them in different way." Jimmy's voice muttered, "You will always think of this person, your hands will get sweaty, your heart will beat faster or you will get funny feeling in your stomach."
"Like when I watch the scary movies?" The tall boy tilted his head and he never notices his sister's facepalm.
"No, it's not like that and you will know it when you experience it for the first time." Jimmy replied, "Is that all or do you want to know more about it?"
"Um…" Ed glanced at the TV Guild magazine before he notices that the marathon was about to start in few minutes, "…I'm good! Bye Jimmy!" He quickly gives the phone back to his sister and he run away, chanting something about movies and popcorns.
There was silence before Sarah hears her best friend's voice, "So what make Ed ask you about love?"
"It kinda went like that…" Sarah starts to chat with her best friend for hours.
The next day, Ed walks toward the school as he chats with Eddy and Double-D about the Kaiju marathon that he just watched last night. "And then at the last minute, Kingzilla just chomp down on Mecha-Sharkman!" Ed chomped at the thin air as if he tried to eat something, "It was so powerful that the Mecha-Sharkman just explodes on spot!"
"That's…Um…" Edd rubbed his neck nervously, "Nice?"
"Yeah, nice." Eddy rolled his eyes with a scoff before he narrows his eyes at his childhood friend, "And isn't it the same movie that you just told us about a couple days ago?"
"Yes, it was!" The slow-witted boy grinned.
"Figured." Eddy shook his head as he walked away from them, "If anyone need me, I'll be at my locker."
Edd glance at his watch before he gasp to himself as he notice that he only have thirty minutes before the bell, "Oh, I better get to my class!"
"Bye, Double-D!" Ed waved goofily as Edd ran away, he still don't understand why his smart friend always go to the class so early. The slow-witted boy walks down the hallway as he hum a song that he heard from one of the Kaiju movies and he was about to reach to his locker before he hear an loud groan right behind him, causing him to glance over his shoulder to see a blue-haired teenager girl.
"Stupid exam, stupid science…" The girl grumbled under her breath and Ed recognizes her as Marie, one of the Kanker sisters. He attempt to look away from her but something within the blue-haired girl's locker catch his eyes and he squirt his eyes to get a good view on the object, revealing to be an old movie poster, before he release a gasp.
Before Marie knows it, Ed suddenly bump into her back as he point at her poster with a fanboyish squeal. "Is that the 1974 Texas Chainsaw Massacre poster?!" Ed gushed, "Where did you got it from?" He noticed several more posters, "No way, is that Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street? Oh, oh, you have The Gingerdead Man!"
"Ed?" Marie raised her eyebrow at the tall boy, that's the first time they have run into each other since she got over her crush few years ago, unlike her sisters. She glance at her posters, "Oh, I just got them from a garage sale. The old man really has a lot of awesome horror posters and it turn out that some of them are original, like this Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
"Cool!" The slow-witted boy grinned before he pout to himself, "I wish I have this Texas Chainsaw Massacre poster because I really, really, really, really, really like Leatherface! Without him, we won't have some famous silent killers like Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees and many more!"
"Yeah, you're right." Marie smirked, "Most of the slasher flicks were built on the foundation that Texas Chainsaw Massacre just created…Tell you what." She removed the poster carefully before she hand it to Ed, "Here, you can have it since I already have one of these at home…"
"REALLY?!" Ed suddenly pulled her into a bear hug, "Thank you, thank you!"
"Yeah, yeah, just let me go." The blue-haired girl grunted out before he releases her, "Jeez, you need to watch your strength." Marie rubbed her back with a lightly glare as she give him a smirk, "Anyway, I better gotta go so I can get my stupid exam over with. I'll see you around."
"Bye!" The slow-witted boy waved at her with a grin as he stared at his new poster before he look up to stare at her back as she walk away and for some reason, he feel a little funny in his stomach. "Um…" Ed started to knock his head lightly as he remembers something, "Funny feeling in my stomach…" He glanced at his hands, "Sweaty…" His eyes shifted to his chest, "Faster heartbeat…Oh, oh, oh, oh!" That mean one thing and he need someone's help right away. "EDDY!" Ed quickly ran away with a shout. For the first time in his life, he believes that he just fall in love and it's with one of the Kanker sisters.
And that end the first chapter of Ed's In Love! Love it? Hate it?
I really like Ed because he's fun and I felt like that there are not a lot of fanfic stories where he is a main character.
Yes, the pairing is going to be EdxMarie! Why? I just like to ship unexpected characters together and I think I don't have seen any of this pairing anywhere in this fanfic.
I wonder what will happen in the next chapter...Who know?
Anyway, I think that's all I can say for now. Thank you for your time to read it.
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