1 Ed's First Date

Ed bounced into her room, hugging Ein. "ZOOOOOOOM!!!!!! Ed's going on a DATEY-DATEY! =) Ed is soooooo special!" She began to spin around, faster and faster until she collapsed on Ein, laughing hysterically. Faye stared into Ed's room and raised an eyebrow.

"FAYE-FAYE! HELP ED LOOK PRETTY! PRETTY PRETTY ED WANTS TO BE!" Ed smiled, grabbing onto Faye's leg like a leech and smiling angelically.

"Uh, sure. Why do you want to look pretty Ed?" Faye questioned, but in her mind she was happy Ed was finally acting more womanly.

"Ed has datey!" Ed made a big, cheeky grin, blushing slightly but it was barely visible because of her copper skin.

Faye's eyes widened.

"Ed has a date?!"

"Yuppie-o! Ed does does does!!!!!"

"Well, to start out we need to do something about your clothes and hair. That's the most important." Faye grabbed onto Ed's hand and pulled her into the bathroom, locking the door and putting a small sign that said, "Do Not Disturb!" on the door.

"AAAAIIII!!! ED'S A SPOOKY GHOST! ED'S HEAD HURTS FROM FAYE-FAYE PULLING HAIR!"

Spike began to knock on the door but then hesitantly stopped because he really didn't want to know WHAT was going on in there. Many screams and strange noises came from the bathroom, and then it clicked as the door slowly opened. Spike and Jet's jaw dropped. Standing in front of them was Ed, but in long, stretchy black pants and a cute baby-tee shirt that was a baby blue color. Her hair was acctually COMBED, well it was a hard attempt to tame her wild hair but Faye managed to put some smiley hair clips in. Ed blushed then jumped around the room, flipping upside down on the couch. Faye pulled herself up barely, but she was covered in lipstick, eye shadow, and hairpins with her hair sticking up in wild directions. She looked like she was hardly alive.

"You look very nice Ed." Spike and Jet choked on the words that they never thought they'd say.

"Ed-Ed is pretttttttyyyy!!!!!! Ein look at Ed!" She began to chant over the screams of Faye telling her not to mess up her hair.

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Zazu glanced at his watch nervously; it was six o'clock, time for him to pick up Ed. He took a deep breathe then knocked on the door, but it didn't feel like a door, more like a soft....face.

"AHH!" Zazu screamed.

"Ed isn't that scarey-looking!" Ed whimpered, rubbing her face.

"Sorry about that." Zazu sweat dropped.

"Ed forgives you! So where you take Ed? Ed never has been here before! Ed likes going places! Do you?"

"Um, yeah I do." Zazu smiled, handing her a small bunch of daisies.

"Oohhhh Ed thinks they very pretty, thankies!" Ed flipped over, giving the flowers to Faye to hold then shot out the door with Zazu.

Ed felt weird, her heart was racing for a strange reason, but it was nice. She fidgeted in her seat in Zazu's car, looking around.

"SOOOOO!! Zazy-Zazu where we go today? What placies must we visit! TODAY~ JANUARY 25TH, ED GOES OUT IN A CAR WITH ZAAAAAZU! WHAT SHALL HAPPEN? WILL ANYBODDDDYY KNOW????"

Zazu gave Ed a funny look, and then his head flew up as he laughed out loud, laughing so hard his sides hurt. And it was the first time he had laughed so hard since he could remember.

"Reservations! Zazu." He said as the waiter took them to a quiet table in the back.

"Ed thinks this place looks nice. Monkeys are nice too! Ed wants a monkey but she can never find one. Does Zazu like monkeys?"

"Yeah but I've never seen one." Zazu replied, wondering how the subject got turned to monkeys. He told the waiter to bring them water, worried about what might happen if he gave Ed soda. "So have you always lived on the Bebop?"

"Oh, no no no! Ed lived on Earth like Ed said before. Ed thinks she said that before. Ed's dad left her in nursery so Ed lived by herself until Ed met Bebop and joined them months ago. Bebop has funny crew, Spike-Spike, Faye-Faye, Ein-doggy and Jet-Jet. Where you live?"

"Me? Oh, I'm from Autozam. I live in my shop with my partner Geo." Zazu explained, hoping the hyper redhead would know where Autozam was.

"Autozam?" Ed questioned.

"It's a country waaaay far away. Zazu use to live there but Zazu decided to make a living and explore and that took me here with Geo! Ack now I'm talking in 3rd person too!"

"Ed thinks that is funny! Ed wants to see Autozam! But Ed stays with Bebop with Ein. He's doggy dog! And Ed's Tomato and friends."

After a bit of talking, the two finished up dinner.

"ED LIKED THAT! Hehehehehehe! Ed is happy."

"Good." Zazu smiled, even if he had spent his week's salary just to cover all that Ed ate. Zazu drove Ed home, listening to her ramble on about random things. But Zazu liked it, she was fun.

"Ed had fuuuuuuuuuun. Ed feels sooooooooooo speccccial! Ed would like to see Zazu-person again!" Ed bounced on the street as Zazu walked her up to the Bebop. Ed turned around but a pothole caught her foot, causing her to lose her balance but before she could do anything, she was in Zazu's arms as he caught her. Her face turned red, along with Zazu's as he let her stand back up.

"Ed be more careful." Ed grinned. "Ed wants to see Zazu-person again tomorrow! Can Ed come to Zazu's shop?"

"Yeah. That would be cool!" Zazu grinned also, leaning forward and he kissed Ed quickly on the cheek. Her face instantly flushed but before she could say or do anything spontaneous, he was gone.

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Zazu dreamily walked into the shop the next morning to the smell of his partner, Geo, cooking breakfast.

"Yummy." He sighed happily, his head in the clouds.

"What's with you?" Geo grinned mischievously. "Did you get lucky or something?"

Zazu instantly smacked Geo. "No! Besides, I'm not like YOU! Get your head out of the gutter!" He grinned at his partner, satisfied with his revenge so far.

"I saw you both when she stopped by, but if you ask me, she's a few fruit loops short of a bowl." Geo retorted.

"No! She's fun and she's different, but in a good way."

"You like her! Awww, Zazu and Ed sitting in a tree, KISSING, first comes lov-" Geo teased, like he was a five-year old.

"Oh will you grow up! She's just a friend!" Zazu's face began to turn red.

"You like her! You like her! HAHAHAHA!"

Zazu's face was flaming red, not only from embarrassment, but anger. He had to say something just to shut up his annoying friend.

"Shut up! I DON'T! AND BESIDES, YOU EVEN SAID SHE'S A FEW FRUIT LOOPS SHORT OF A BOWL! SHE'S A CRAZY HACKER FOR GOODNESS SACKS! SHE WOULDN'T KNOW SERIOUSNESS IF IT BIT HER IN THE BUTT!"

"Ouch. That hurt Ed." A tiny voice muttered behind Zazu, as he turned around but all he could see was her mop of red hair fly out the shop door.

"Ed wait!" But he was too late.

(Author's Note: Sorry to leave you on a cliff hanger. =) I'm so evil sometimes. Stay tuned for the next chapter and please R & R!)