Chapter 2: wake me up when September ends

September:

Eddy stepped out of his white limousine and onto the red carpet where he is greeted by his adoring fans. There were tons of people cheering for him and trying to get photos or autographs and just in case is anything gets out of hand the security guards kept the place in order.

"Be sure to get my good side mac" said Eddy to a photographer and all of the other photographers started taking photos of Eddy like crazy.

"That's right keep em' coming!" he yelled.

The fans went ape shit for Eddy, cheering his name "EDDY MCGEE! EDDY MCGEE!"

….

"Mr. McGee, wake up!" yelled Eddy's science teacher who was a balding middle aged man. Eddy woke up immediately and looked up to his teacher who was not happy with him. "Do you need to see the school principal for your constant sleeping in class?" he asked with an annoyed tone.

"No sir" Eddy replied back to him.

"Good now pay attention to the lesson" the teacher said as he marched back to his desk.

"Dickhead" Eddy murmured under his breath as the teacher resumed the lesson.

It was only first period and Eddy already wanted to leave the school, he would escape but he knows what happened the last time he tried that. He looked around the classroom and saw Ed sitting next to him doodling something in his notebook but he couldn't see what it was. Two rows in front of him were Nazz and another female student whispering to each other which he listened in on.

"So how was he big or small?" the girl asked Nazz.

"I've had bigger, but Henry's was alright" she said back to her.

"I hope he gave you some of his Irish tea" the girl joked.

"I would prefer if he gave me his special shamrock shake" Nazz joked back and the two snickered.

Eddy didn't like what he was hearing one little bit, it pissed him off that not only was Nazz going out with someone else, she was also having sex with him and it made Eddy real jealous and pissed off. "I'm gonna find who this guy is and when I do he's gonna get it!" He thought.

….

In math class across the school was Kevin, Rolf, Marie, and May. Kevin was taking lots of notes in class so he could get good grades and get into a good college, Rolf was doing the same so he could join him. Marie was in the back of the classroom isolated from the other students and she was actually paying attention and learning.

Kevin noticed her and was concerned, why was she paying attention in class? She used to never care and now she does and Kevin wondered about this.

"Hey Rolf" Kevin whispered to Rolf who was sitting behind him.

"Do you notice anything different about Marie?" he asked

Rolf looked back and saw Marie "No she's just sitting there studying Kevin, why do you ask?"

"Never mind, I was just wondering…"

In the front of the class was May who normally did her best in school but was thinking too much of Ed, she still had a small crush on him. "Sigh", Ed" she thought

RING!

The lunch bell rang and the students crammed into the lunch room. Ed, Edd, and Eddy sat at their usual table by themselves and began talking.

"I found out about the prick Nazz is dating his name is Henry O something and after school I'm gonna teach that son of a Irish what's what, you guys with me?" he asked.

"Sorry Eddy I can't I have to leave school early today" said Edd

"What makes you so special?" Eddy asked.

"I have an appointment later and I cannot miss it".

"Ah, Whatever who needs ya anyway. How about you Ed can you help me fight this guy later?"

Ed shook his head "Nope I have to walk Sarah home after school and I have a lot of homework to do" Ed said to Eddy

"What the hell, Double D what did you do to Ed?"

"He asked me to help him Eddy, Ed wanted to do better in school" Edd replied "And what do you care that Nazz is with someone else?"

"Cause I like her Double D, I liked her for a long time and then this bastard came in and swooped my chances of ever getting with her!" He snapped which made Edd roll his eyes.

Then Johnny came walking up to them "Hey guys, what's up?" he asked cheerfully.

"Fuck off Johnny!" Eddy snapped "We have no time for melon heads like you".

"Hold on a second Eddy, me and Plank couldn't help listening in on what you were talking about and we would like to help you with Nazz's boyfriend" he said.

"Why should I trust you?" Eddy asked with his arms crossed.

"Because me and Plank know where he lives, we have a grudge against him too".

"Really? Well Johnny my boy I guess you ain't so useless after all. Step into my office and we can talk about this man to melon head" Eddy led Johnny out of the cafeteria and into his office (wherever that is).

Just then the intercom came on. "Would Eddward Ashford please come to the office, your mother is here to pick you up. Repeat Eddward Ashford come to the main office"

"Well I have to leave now, see you tomorrow Ed" Double D said as he left the cafeteria.

"Bye Double D" Ed said waving bye to him. After Double D was out of sight he got out his drawing he was working on earlier and started to finish it.

….

Edd was in the back of his mother's car riding to his therapist, it was a silent ride the only thing that could be heard was the sound of the engine. Edd's mother was a forty year-old woman with the same dark hair and dark eyes as her son.

"So how was your day Eddward? Did anything new happen? Did you talk to anyone?" His mother asked but Edd was completely zoned out to notice her.

"Eddward?" his mother said a bit louder which broke him out of his trance.

"Yes mother?" Edd said finally hearing her.

"I said did anything happen today?" she asked.

"No, nothing to report Mother" Edd said as he zoned out again.

"Well that's…nice" His mother said again and soon they arrived at the clinic.

Edd was checked in and he led himself to a familiar room his therapist was waiting for him reading the paper. The therapist was a woman in her mid-thirties and was wearing a purple women's suit with no tie and glasses.

"Hello Eddward" the therapist greeted him with a smile.

"Hello Dr. Treize" Edd replied as he sat on the therapy chair.

"So how are you today Eddward?" she asked.

"I'm fine, just fine…"

"Have you been taking your medication?"

"Yes since June…"

"Any thoughts of suicide or any anxiety lately?"

"A little" Edd replied back.

"How about any thoughts of your father, have you been thinking about him?" she asked

"N-no…" Edd replied nervously. He absolutely dreaded talking about his father.

"You can tell me Eddward, I'm only here to help."

"There really is nothing I want to talk about that is about him" Edd said

"I see" Dr. Treize said and made a note on her clip board "Tell me more about your mother and how you both have been lately."

….

Gym class was the last class of the day and everyone was running laps around that track, Eddy and Johnny were running slower than everyone else which caused Ed and a few others to lap them more than once. The reason why they were running so slow was because they were planning on what was going to go down after school with Henry O'Donnell. "So this guy lives near the urban area? Never been out there before." said Eddy while running.

"Yup I saw him and Nazz walk into a house one day so I figured that's where he's living at. I've never seen him with anyone else so I guess both of us taking him all alone together will be a piece of cake."

"Great, you just show me the way to this guy's house and then we nail him. He he!" Eddy said feeling good about himself and so Did Johnny, but it was not about beating up Henry.

Ahead were Kevin and Rolf, they were talking to each other too. "Rolf hears that you won't be joining the football team this year Kevin" Rolf said between pants.

"Yeah I got that job at the music store with Mitch remember? I can't juggle sports with work and school" Kevin said back and kept on running. Kevin started to think about Marie again "Hey Rolf I really thought there was something wrong with Marie today"

Rolf looked at Kevin for a second and just laughed out loud.

"What's so funny?" he asked.

"You like that catty Marie girl don't you" Rolf said.

Kevin blushed "What the hell are you talking about man? I don't love her, I was just concerned that's all!" he yelled.

Rolf just laughed at his friend. "Rolf is only kidding Kevin."

"Jesus man…" Kevin said and they continued running.

….

In the girls bathroom May and Marie were smoking by the sinks "So May have you decided to ask out your dimwit love yet?" Marie asked insultingly.

"Shut up Marie he's not a dimwit he's a great man! And besides he's better than some nerdy weakling you have a crush on" May snapped back.

"Shut the fuck up May, I stopped caring about him a long time ago and I can get better!" she yelled as Nazz came out of the stalls to wash her hands.

"Bitching again you losers why don't you get a life?" she said rolling her eyes.

"Shut your mouth Blondie before I decide to rip it off!" said Marie.

"And if you do I'll report you to the principal and you'll be expelled just like that older loser sister of yours." she said back.

"Fuck you, do you think I care if I get expelled? You can't do jack"

"Ha! You think I can't? I'll have you and your fugly sister here out of this school in a heartbeat" Nazz threatened

"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU CALL ME YOU CUNT?" May yelled as she grabbed Nazz's shirt about to punch her in the face.

"Hold on May I'll handle this the old fashioned way" Marie said and she took out her phone. "Listen blondie we both know that you slept with most of the guys in the school and a couple of the teachers to bump some of your grades up. I got the principal on speed dial, if you insult me or May or any of our family again your whole reputation will be destroyed. Do I make myself clear?" Marie said and Nazz just nodded and May let go of her and she stomped out of the bathroom.

"Bitch!" May yelled "Thanks for that Marie, sorry for yelling at you."

"Anytime May and Forget it, we're sisters remember?"

"Yeah that's right" May smiled "Anyway what's going on with Lee these days since she doesn't go to school anymore?" she asked.

"She's got a job, I don't really know what it is but I heard she was getting paid good."

"Yeah she was always the one with the most guts, even I wouldn't rob a kid in public. And whatever job she has, I hope she likes it a lot."

…...

"Jesus, can you get off any sooner?" said Lee giving some guy a hand job.

"Augh! Augh!" moaned the guy as he relieved himself in Lee's hands.

"See that wasn't so hard was it? Now that'll be twenty bucks" Lee said.

"Twenty? Whatever it was worth it anyways" The guy payed her and Lee got dressed in her clothes again; she went to the bathroom to wash her hands in disgust. "Easy money, dirty job" she said with a smirk and looked at her watch "School's almost out time to leave and pick up Marie and May" and then Lee left the guy's apartment.

….

Edd was back in his mother's car and rode home, the ride was silent. "So would you like to do something Eddward? I have the rest of the day off." Edd wasn't listening again he was too busy thinking about his father.

"Eddward?" his mother said.

"Yes?" Edd finally replied.

"Is something wrong? You are awfully quiet back there."

"No mother, I'm just fine really" Edd said with his teeth gritted a little.

"Eddward I'm just trying to look out for you." She said.

Edd sighed "I know I'm sorry mother I didn't mean to be bold with you" he apologized. There was silence in the car for another few minutes and Edd's mother finally spoke.

"It was about your father wasn't it?" she asked

Edd kept looking down without any emotion in his face. "Yes" he said softly

"I know I miss him too son" She said.

"I wish he were still here" he said sadly as a small tear formed in his eye.

"Eddward, it will be okay" she said trying comforting her son "Come on, I'll take you to the mall so we can shop and later we can go have dinner. How does that sound?" she asked with a smile hoping to make him feel better.

"Fine Mother, I don't care" Edd said feeling a bit better.

"Good, that's my Eddward."

…...

Later Johnny was leading Eddy to the new urban area built in Peach creek; there where houses, apartment complexes, restaurants, a movie theatre, and a large mall. The sun was already starting to set and it was getting dark out. "Come on Johnny how much farther? There's a show coming on TV later and I don't wanna miss it!" Eddy asked impatiently.

"It's not too far now my man" Johnny said and they walked further down the urban area and came to a dark alleyway "Here's a short cut, after this it's Henry's house" said Johnny.

Eddy started walking through the alley "Good, this is almost too e—"just then Johnny used plank to whack Eddy on his head knocking him out cold.

"Nice shot buddy!" Johnny said to plank and then he dragged Eddy's unconscious body away.

….

Meanwhile Kevin was in his room practicing his guitar, had had gotten better over the last few weeks but still had a lot to learn. Also he had grown ok with the Kanker sisters living in his apartment; it wasn't as bad as he thought it would be. Then there was a knock at his door "Come in I guess" said Kevin

The door opened and May came in wearing a new pink colored blouse "Hi Kevin" she said kindly.

"Hey May" said Kevin looking at May "What's that you got on?" he asked.

"It's my new blouse I'm wearing it to impress Ed but I need someone's opinion on how it looks on me. Do you like it?" she asked.

Kevin looked at her and was pretty amazed it actually looked good on her "It looks good May you have good taste." he said kindly.

"Really? Thank you!" she said and went up to hug him. At first Kevin wasn't thrilled at the Kankers living with him but mow he was actually starting to tolerate their presence more.

"Ok! Ok!" he said lightly pushing her away "Now can I get back to practicing please?"

"Sure" May said and skipped out of the room, closing the door behind her.

"I wonder what she sees in Ed" He thought for a minute. He shrugged and went back to practicing.

….

Sarah entered her room and turned on her computer, she wanted to talk to Jimmy badly; when she logged into Facebook she saw that Jimmy had un-friended her, she tried to look at his profile but couldn't because he had the privacy up. Sarah then decided to call him instead but when she dialed his number on her cell phone it said that the number she was trying to reach was disconnected. Then Sarah ran out of options.

"Why the hell is he acting like this?" She thought and it made her angry, she needed to hit something bad. She clenched her fist and punched her hand, and then she went down to Ed's room with her anger following her.

She got into Ed's room where he was working on his Math homework. "Hiya baby sister!" Ed said as Sarah entered the room "What's the matter?" he asked a little scared seeing her all mad.

"I-I-I need to relieve some stress Ed!" she said then tackled Ed onto the floor and started hitting him in the face, Ed was so confused.

"Spare me Sarah, I have done nothing wrong!" Ed screamed but Sarah wasn't listening, she kept hitting him in the face.

….

"Uugghh… what the fuck happened?" Eddy thought as he was waking up with a sharp pain in the back of his head.

"YO! He's waking up!" said a voice that Eddy could barely recognize.

Eddy's eyes looked up and he saw two tall boys he had seen around school, one was fat and the other was skinny and had a shaved head and they were both wearing buttoned up tan trench coats.

"Hey little man are you hurt, do ya need yer mommy?" The fat one said insulting Eddy.

"Yeah little baby got a fuckin' owie?" The one with the shaved head said which made the two laugh.

Eddy stood up and was about to say something but before he could, Henry O'Donnell came up with Nazz wearing his own trench coat unbuttoned. "So is this the one that wants to tangle with ol' Henry?" He said with his thick Irish accent.

"Yeah, his name is Eddy Mother Fuckin' McGee!" Johnny said next to Henry "So, am I in now?"

"Yes, you are now a full member of the Trench Coat Brawlers Jonathan. Dim, go take Johnny to get his new outfit." He said to the one with the shaved head.

"C'mon Johnny, I got a coat with your name written on it." Dim said.

"Such a promising young man, him and that board. Now where were we?" Henry said walking up to Eddy, grabbing his sweatshirt and lifting him off the ground "So what be yer poison? What do ye have against ol' Henry?" Eddy said nothing he quickly looked at Nazz and then back, Henry noticed this and punched Eddy in the face. "Oh so that's it? Ye were jealous of me and m'lady weren't ya?" he yelled at Eddy and kept hitting him. "C'mon boy say something!" Henry kept hitting him in the face "Speak ya little piggy! Speak!" he yelled.

Finally Eddy worked up some courage and yelled "Fuck you ya fucking douche!" which made Henry hit him again.

Nazz spoke up "Hey! Don't be so rough with him; he wants to do me like most guys want to."

"Shut up you, this is between me and im'!" He yelled back at Nazz which gave Eddy time to focus his strength, he punched the side of Henry's temple as hard as he could "Ow! You little bastard! Georgie give me yer bat!" he told that fat guy.

"Henry don't it's not worth it!" Nazz yelled back.

"I said shut up!" Henry yelled at her again "Say goodnight boy!" Henry readied the bat and was about to hit Eddy who was closing his eyes as tight as he could until suddenly…

"I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU KIDS TO STAY AWAY FROM MY HOUSE!" said an angry voice coming from a trailer, it was a tall African American with a large afro in an army jacket, jeans, and combat boots and he wasn't happy.

"What have told ya kids? Get the fuck off my property!" the man yelled again.

Then Henry spoke up "Beat it ya loon! This is none of your—"

"And you!" the man pointed at Henry "It's you it was always you and I'm tired of your bullshit!"

"Well what are ya gonna do about it?" Henry spoke again "You're outnumbered by two pal! So go back into your rolling shack of a home" the man angrily stepped back into his house "Good, now no more distractions say goodnight again lad!" Henry readied his bat again and was about to strike when they heard a gunshot.

All four looked in the direction of the black man who had a 9mm "That was a warnin' the next shot is aimed at you!" yelled the man pointing the gun a Henry.

Henry dropped Eddy on the ground and raised his arms "Whoa! Whoa sir let's not be too hasty! We can settle this like gentleman can we?"

"BEAT IT! YA GOT TEN SECONDS!" said the black man counting down from ten. Henry grabbed Nazz's arm and ran away in the other direction with Georgie trying to catch up.

Then Eddy got up and rubbed his head. "You too kid, get the fuck outta here!" he yelled to Eddy.

"What the fuck? I almost got beaten to death by those guys!" Eddy yelled back.

"I don't give a shit, just get the fuck outta here or I'll kill you too!"

"FINE I DON'T FUCKING CARE! DO IT TOUGH GUY!" Eddy yelled as he stood up straight with his eyes closed getting ready to be shot.

The man pointed the gun at Eddy's chest and then he lowered it.

"Kid, either your stupid or got a death wish. Who are you anyways?" he asked

Eddy pointed his thumb at himself "My name is Eddy McGee, remember it! One day I'll be famous!" Eddy yelled.

The black man just laughed at this "Yeah and I'm a fuckin' war hero!" he continued laughing until he thought of his name "Wait did you say McGee?" he asked.

"Yeah" Eddy said.

And then then the familiar last name came clear to the man "Yeah! Yeah! I remember an older McGee, he looked like you but taller."

"Wait, are you talking about my bro?" Eddy asked.

"Yeah isn't his name Terry?"

"Yeah that's it, that's my bro!"

"Yer bro is a fuckin' asshole" the man said.

"I know right?" Eddy said and they both laughed hard for a minute. Then they stopped laughing and then Eddy spoke "So what's your name?" he asked the man.

"Nil, Nil Smith" the man said.

"Nil? What the fuck kinda name is that?" Eddy asked.

"It means zero, I picked it out myself" Nil explained "So what's yer problem kid, why were you hangin' around a bunch of punk ass kids like them?"

"I was gonna kick that Henry guy's ass" said Eddy.

"Well ya weren't having much luck from what I saw."

"That's because I got nothing from my so-called help…"

Nil thought for a second "Ya know what kid? I don't do this often but how about I teach ya some hardcore military fighting skills, that'll help you against those punks."

"Really? you would do that?"

"Yup" Nil answered

"But how do you know how to do that stuff?" he asked.

Then Nil took a medal out of his jacket pocket and threw it at Eddy "Check this out"

Eddy caught the medal and read it:

For His Service, Corporal Nil Smith of the USMC 51st shooting squad

"USMC? What the fuck is that?" Eddy asked all confused.

Nil sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose "Kids don't know dick. It's the fuckin' Marines you moron!"

"Oh, you're one of the guys on those boats?"

"That's the Navy you idiot, give me back my medal." Eddy threw the medal back to Nil and he put it back into his pocket.

"So, you're gonna teach me how to fight military style?"

"Yeah but not tonight, how about Saturdays? That's when I don't got work" Nil said.

"That would be awesome." said Eddy

"Great, now you better head on home kid I got someone coming over in a few.

"Whatever, later Nil" Eddy said goodbye and headed home.

In the opposite direction from Eddy was Lee was walking to Nil's house with her red hair down and in her street clothes which were sexy blue jeans, cowgirl boots, and a women's leather jacket. Lee went up to Nil's trailer and knocked on the door and he answered it with a smile. "Well hello luscious Lee" greeted Nil.

"Hey" Lee said back "Remember it's fifty bucks for three hours." she said and Nil handed her a fifty dollar bill. Lee unzipped her jacket showing off her white bra and C-cups and Nil let her in.

….

Later in the mall Dim and Johnny were sitting in some comfy chairs and Dim gave Johnny his trench coat and he got plank one from the build-a bear store.

"So how do you like the new coats?" Dim asked.

"They're awesome! And plank says they're sweet too!" Johnny said excited that he is now in the gang.

"Good, you two look sharp now!" Dim said and then Henry came walking up to them with Nazz and Georgie who hid the bat in his coat.

"Hey Henry! How did it go with Eddy?" Johnny asked.

"Shut yer damn mouth! I almost had the little bugger and then some darkie with a banger started shooting about the place!" Henry said.

Johnny looked at him confused.

"He said some black guy shot at us" Georgie translated.

"Well you were going to kill him Henry" Nazz said with her arms crossed.

Henry sighed "I know, I lose it when I get angry"

Then Nazz put her hands on his shoulders "That's why you need to relax more."

"Okay M'lady" Henry said and they all sat in the other comfy chairs with Nazz sitting on Henry's lap; then they talked about what they were all going to be doing this coming week.

End of Chapter 2

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I finally had the courage to bring this story back and edit it the right way, hope you guys enjoy this and I'll be back soon with the revised version of chapter 3!