'You wear red,
Red,
The color of love,
You smile like a sun beam,
Hope comes through your smile,
I want to tell you I love you,
But fear holds me back,
Fear has always held me back,
It's shouldn't hold me back from this,
Why can't I believe in myself?'

Eddy stared at the words he wrote in his diary. He'd been using it for over a year now and it was almost filled up. It always helped him emote the feelings he could never physically tell people. Writing always helped him.

"What are you writing, dear?" His mother asked.

"Um... poem."

"That's nice. Can I read it?"

Eddy's heart began pounding. He hadn't even told his parents about the feelings he felt.

"Sure."

Eddy watched her face as she read the poem. She looked very interested when she looked up at him.

"Is this about Nazz, Eddy?"

"No..." He stared at the table and then looked up at her again. "... I need to tell you something. The feelings that boys feel towards girls, well, for a long time I've felt them towards Double D."

His mother smiled and splayed out her arms. "Oh Eddy, you know i will always love you no matter what."

Eddy hugged her back. "What about Dad? You know how he is about these things..."

"Don't worry about that now, Eddy. He will accept you no matter what."

"Not, how do I tell Double D?"

"The same way you told me."

"It's just, I don't if he has the same feelings for me. We've always been so close and I feel as if he wants to tell me something too."

His mother put his hand on his shoulder in order to calm him. "You tell him whenever you're ready."

"But, it has to be tonight, Mom. Once high school comes everything is going to change. We may become total strangers."

"Now, calm down, Eddy. Take everything one step at a time. I promise you things are going to work out."

Eddy hugged her again. He became so close with his mom over the last year. No matter what happens she was always there for him.

Eddy got dressed for the dance and met Ed outside. They were going to pick up Edd and walk to the school. Eddy never felt this many butterflies in his stomach before.

"Tonight is the night, Ed." Eddy had to let Ed in before they got to Edd's house.

"It's about time, Eddy."

"Huh?"

"I thought it would never happen."

"You're talking about Double D and I right?" Eddy asked.

"This has been going on for years now, Eddy. It's about time one of you got up the guts to ask one another out."

Eddy couldn't ask anymore questions because they were already at Edd's place.

Edd came out in a nice blue shirt and jeans. Eddy smiled at Edd's sense of style. He always wore jeans as formal attire.

"Ready, boys?" Eddy asked.

They began walking to the school. Eddy couldn't wait to be rid of Peach Creek Jr. High all together. That building was mainly filled with bad memories.

Eddy looked at Edd's hand which dangled at his side. What if he reached out and took it?

Slowly he reached out.

"Eddy, wait up!"

Nazz ran up and joined them in their walk. She wrapped her hands around Eddy's and they remained that way for the remainder of their trip to the school.

Edd saw Eddy peak at him. He'd been doing this so much? Was he trying to see if he was jealous or not? He wanted to talk to Eddy, but how would he do that if he was going to be with Nazz the whole night. Unless, this was a set up.

There were so many options that could come out from this night.

They just had to wait and see.