Disclaimer: Garris dosen't own Edd n Eddy,all credits goes to Cartoon Network and Danny Antonucci.
Chapter 1
Marie was rather pleased with her looks. She felt she was the most attractive Kanker, her blue hair brought out her best features and made her stick out in a crowd, stunning eyes even though she hid one eye under her bangs and she had such a lovely voice. At least she thought so. But the object of her affections, Eddward, did not seem to see her for the beautiful creature she thought she was. No, he seemed much more interested in that blonde girl Nazz. Marie was watching as Nazz flirted with her Oven Mitt.
"That hussy," Marie muttered as she glared daggers at Nazz. It was lunch time at Peach Creek High and Nazz was currently trying to convince Double D to tutor her so that Nazz can do better in school. Marie didn't hear what subject, she didn't actually care. She just wanted this girl to stop getting so comfortable with her man. To stop sitting next to him, to stop smiling at him, to stop TOUCHING HIM. Marie scooted closer to the table that they were sitting at to better listen to what they were saying.
"So Double D are you sure that I can, like, come over at six tonight?" Nazz said smiling that sweet smile that Double D melted at the mere sight of. Neither of them noticed Marie Kanker or how she grew ever angrier as Double D blushed and stuttered in Nazz's presence. "What? Double D invited her over?!" Marie thought to herself angrily. She had never been invited to her Oven Mitt's house. Every time Marie had gone over to his house, she had to go herself with no invitation. Even though they were seventeen, he still acted repulsed by her. Marie could no longer contain her rage. She had to come up with a way to one up Nazz, to show Nazz that Marie is the woman that her Oven Mitt wanted. She had to show Nazz that Marie and Double D's relationship was on a more intimate level. That was when she noticed Double D's beanie.
"I wonder what's under there…." Marie pondered and that's when she thought of her plan. She would see what is under Double D's hat. As far as she knew, only Ed and Eddy knew what was under the hat. To make sure her plan would go uninterrupted, she slowly snuck back to the table her sisters were sitting at. Lee was grumbling about something while May was absentmindedly staring at Ed eating buttered toast. She motioned for the two sisters to lean in.
"May, Lee, that Nazz girl is trying to take my man." Lee frowned and May gasped in surprise. Both were about to shout something, but Marie put her finger to her lip to shush them. "So I think we should show her that Double D and I are on a whole other level. I'm going to show her that I know what's under his beanie." Lee seemed to think over this plan, but May seemed confused.
"But you don't know what's under his hat, Marie!" May said. Lee nodded, as if this was the only real flaw in her plan. Marie grinned. "I don't know what is under it… yet. Let's change that… today." All three of them began to laugh but stopped before they got too loud so no one caught on to their plan.
A few hours later, The Eds were walking towards the exit of the school. They weren't exactly in a rush but then again they did not see Marie motion to Lee and May as the trio walked silently behind the Eds. May and Lee nodded and sprang into action. Lee grabbed Eddy and slammed him against a locker as May hugged Ed and dragged him away, Ed screaming in surprise. Ed and Eddy saw Marie motioning for Double D, who had just realized The Kankers were attacking and was too scared to move.
"Run, Double D!" they both shouted as Eddy tried to fight his assailant and Ed tried to crawl away from May. But the frailest Ed was scared stiff. Marie simply stared him down as he trembled. She wanted to slam him against a wall and kiss his adorable face. But that would have to wait. "Hey there, Oven Mitt." Marie said sweetly.
"W-why hello, Marie. Is everything all right?" Edd had no idea what was going on. Normally, Marie would be kissing him or grabbing him, some form of physical dominance. But right now, Marie was just standing there… he tried to make his legs move, but they could not. "So… what is under the hat, Double D?" Marie asked and then all three of the Eds froze. Edd dropped everything he was carrying. He broke out into a cold sweat, as Eddy tried even harder to escape Lee and now Ed was clawing the ground towards Double D. Unbeknownst to the Kanker Sisters, after the adventure with Eddy's brother, all three Eds had a talk about personal secrets. It was mostly Eddy and Edd talking with Ed listening. They learned that what was under that hat was not to be joked about. It was something no Kanker should ever see.
Edd still could not move. Marie was certainly a lovely woman and Edd was certain that if he got to know her as a person she would not be so bad, but she was still very intimidating to him. So he did nothing but tremble in fear as she grabbed the beanie he has been wearing since childhood and yanked it off. Now it was time for all three Kankers to freeze. Short black hair was on top of Edd's head but between the beautiful dark black hair that reminded Marie of the night sky was a very visible scar. It was an inch thick and went from the front of the right side of his forehead to the back of his cranium. Marie was visibly shaken as Edd started to cry hysterically.
"I…. uh… Dou- Edd…" Marie tried to say something but she could not think of what to say. She wanted to take this moment back. She wanted to hug him and comfort him. She took a step toward him and then heard a loud yell and then a shriek of terror as May flew by them and out of the exit door. Marie's eyes widened and Lee's eyes popped out from under her hair. Marie turned around to see a very angry Ed slowly stand up. Steam seemed to blow out of his nose as he slowly stomped toward Marie, but Lee ran at Ed with fists raised. Ed easily smacked her into the same door he apparently smacked May into. Both of her sisters were out of the building now and she could hear the rest of the cul-de-sac kids screaming in surprise at her sisters popping out of the school. Ed stopped when he reached Marie, staring her down. Marie raised her fists, ready to wrestle Ed like she did way back when. But she learned something today, something that every kid in the cul-de-sac learned:
Do not make Ed mad.
"Leave Double D alone, she-witch from the nether world!" Next thing Marie knew, she was on the cement walkway leading to the school. Ed had thrown her out of the door and all the kids in the cul-de-sac were staring at the three Kankers lying on the ground. All of the kids save for The Eds, that is. The kids were too busy staring at the Kankers to notice Ed putting Edd's beanie back on, covering the scar. Or Eddy saying something to Edd, as if to make him feel better.
"Why is shorty trying to make my man feel better? I didn't do anything wrong. Or… did I?" Marie was still in shock over the whole thing. She didn't actually think that anything would be under the hat other than hair, she just thought it was a style thing. Marie and May glared at the kids as they got up, causing the kids to quickly vacate the premises. Well, Lee was probably glaring too but no one could really tell. As Marie stared at the doors that were blocking her from seeing Double D, her sisters were glaring daggers at her.
"Well that was a disaster! What is up with your boyfriend, May?!" Lee shouted at her sister while pushing her. "Big Ed wouldn't have done that if Marie didn't make her boyfriend cry!" May said as she shoved Lee. Marie glared at May, gritting her teeth. "What's that supposed to mean, May?!" Marie shouted as she socked May in the face. The two then began to wrestle before they were pinned down by Lee. "Means you ruined your chances with your man, Marie!" Lee shouted at her sister, causing Marie to throw Lee off of her. Marie was then pinned down by May. As Marie struggled, Lee squatted down in front of Marie and parted her hair to show her two eyes to Marie, to get a real good look at Marie. It was a way of making sure Marie knew that she was serious.
"You don't want a guy with that kinda baggage, Marie. Remember what Ma said? Bruises lead to abusers." After Lee finished saying this, May chuckled and snorted. "Like Double D could hurt Marie! He can't even lift!" Marie head butted May for saying this but Lee grabbed Marie's chin and lifted her head up so that Marie and Lee made eye contact again. "I don't mean that way, May. Double D's got them, whatcha call 'em… fancy words. He can probably get inside your head, make you feel like you ain' worth nothin'!" Marie gave Lee a puzzled look. "Like my puddin' would do that!" Marie said, laughing. She slowly stopped laughing as Lee kept staring at her, completely serious. May got off of Marie and then the three sisters stood up and walked back to the trailer park. Marie was quiet, which did not go unnoticed by May or Lee.
"Aw cheer up, sis. You don't need that Edd, we'll find you a better man in no time!" Lee said, causing Marie to pout. "I don't want any other man, I want my puddin'." Marie said grumpily. Lee sighed as May shrugged her shoulders. "All right, Marie." Lee said, not really sure why Marie was still set on Double D. "You know what I think? I think we better think of somethin'," May said. "I'll think of somethin'," Lee said, rubbing her chin. They were nearing the trailer park, but Marie kept walking slower and slower, still thinking about the scar and how having it revealed caused Double D to cry.
"And I think we'd better think of somethin'." May said as she opened the door to the Kanker's trailer. "Good thinkin', May!" Lee said. As the two kept commenting on how they should think of something, leading to a never ending cycle, Marie shuffled to her room. She shut her door and lied down on her bed, her eyes focusing on the roof. She absentmindedly threw a small ball up and down as she continued to think about what happened. "Why would someone like Double D have a scar like that?" Marie thought. "Why did it cause him to cry like that when I saw the sca- Oh." Marie's eyes widened a little as she missed catching the ball. She realized that the way Double D was scared stiff at the mere sight of her could mean something that she did not want to admit to. "It was because I saw it." Marie said aloud, extremely shocked by this revelation. Marie wasn't stupid, if anything she was quite cunning. She could put two and two together, and the fact that Marie made Double D tremble was not unknown to her. She thought before this that it was due to him being nervous around girls in general, but now she realized it was out of fear. "I mean, I don't see why he'd be scared of me. All I do is treat him with lo-" Marie was snapped out of her thoughts by Lee kicking open her door and May throwing a duffel bag onto Marie's lap. Marie glared at her sisters, but they glared back. "What's this crap?!" Marie shouted, pointing to the duffel bag.
"It's supplies to get your man." Lee said as May nodded. "I don't need supplies to get him back, Lee!" Marie shouted, shoving the duffel bag off of her and tackling her sister. They began to wrestle as May awkwardly stepped around them, waiting for a chance to join in. "Don't get mad at me just because of man problems, Marie!" Lee shouted as they continued to wrestle. Marie then kicked May in the face, causing May to tackle Marie. Before Marie knew it, her two sisters had her pinned down. Marie struggled for a short bit before stopping as Lee's earlier words finally sunk in. She pictured Double D not fighting with her like how her sisters did. He had no real fighting skill, he had a wit about him. He could probably make her cry just by saying things to her. "He wouldn't do that, not my dear Eddward." Marie thought to herself. "But… why wouldn't he? I don't even know if he likes the way I treat him anymore." Marie continued to ponder.
Marie's sisters got off of her as Marie sat on the floor, lost in thought. Granted, she played rough with Double D quite often. She liked dominating him, especially when all he did was treat her with as much respect as he could. "All I really know how to do is… play rough." Marie said aloud, causing her sisters to look at her with confusion. "Ain' nothin' wrong with that, Marie! You gotta show your man that you wear the pants!" Lee said proudly, but she frowned as tears began to well up in Marie's eyes. "What the?" Lee said as Marie started crying. "All I know how to do is be rough and rude! No wonder Double D is scared of me!" Marie shouted while crying. Lee bent down to Marie's level while May simply plopped on the ground. The two just watched as their sister cried, not entirely sure what to do. Until Lee shrugged her shoulders and slapped Marie. Marie stopped crying and stared at Lee angrily. "What was that for?!" Marie said.
"Listen, Marie. Here is what you are gonna do. You are gonna go to Double D's house and show him how much you love him." Lee said, handing Marie the duffel bag. "I don't care when you do it, but you gotta tell him how ya feel. Just be real civil-like, he'll eat that up." Lee said, grinning. May nodded as she said "Yeah, that plan is perfect!" Marie hugged her two sisters happily. "Thanks… now can I be alone for a little while?" Lee and May both frowned, but nodded. As Lee closed the door after walking out of the room, she could see Marie getting out a sketchbook and drawing.
Meanwhile, The Eds were in Eddy's car. Well, it was really just the van they hung out in as kids but fixed up. Double D was sitting in the back on the water bed, in a small ball with his head between his legs. Ed looked back solemnly at Double D. Eddy could see in his rearview mirror that his sock wearing friend was depressed. Eddy could not blame him, those blasted Kankers saw the scar. He gripped his steering wheel tighter as he grit his teeth at the mere thought of those sisters.
"She saw it. She saw it. She saw it." Double D muttered repeatedly. He knew eventually, someone other than his two friends would see it. He never actually thought that Marie and her sisters would be the first to see it. He knew that the sisters would blackmail him in some way with this information. He continued to mumble as the car pulled into the cul-de-sac. Ed was still staring at Double D until a light bulb seemed to turn on in his head.
"You know what I think? I think we better think of somethin', Eddy." Ed said, nodding as if he was agreeing with himself. "Oh, I'll think of somethin', Lumpy." Eddy said, still mad. "Those Kankers have had this comin' for too long." Eddy continued, then began to laugh. "Ed really showed those Kankers, though! Good work with that, Lumpy! Don't you think so, Double D?" Eddy asked his friend, hoping this would get a rise out of him. Double D continued to just sit there, mumbling to himself. Eddy groaned as he pulled into his parking lot.
"Yeah, but Eddy, my mom said I can't fight girls." Ed said, as he hopped out of the van. Eddy face palmed, knowing that meant that Ed would not fight The Kankers again unless they made him mad. "I think we'd better think of something, boys." Eddy said mischievously. "Good thinkin', Eddy." Ed said as he and Eddy walked towards Eddy's place. Eddy paused once he reached his door, realizing he was one Edd short of a full title. Eddy groaned and shuffled back to his van and saw that Double D had not moved from his spot. Eddy snapped his fingers and Ed trotted over happily. Ed stopped when he saw the sad Double D ball and looked at him sadly. Eddy pointed at Double D and Ed nodded picking his friend up with ease while Double D did not budge from his balled up form. Ed looked absolutely heartbroken seeing Double D like this.
"Double D….? Do you want to hug my lucky cheese?" Ed asked, setting the Double D ball on Eddy's driveway to reach into his jacket. As Ed tried to fish out the cheese in question, Double D stood up and sighed. "No, but thank you, Ed." Double D patted Ed's head a couple times before Ed gave Double D a backbreaking hug. "Ed, I can't… breathe" Double D managed to weakly mutter out. Ed let go of him, laughing. "Heeeey, does this mean you're already feelin' better, Sockhead?!" Eddy asked, hoping his friend would say yes. This caused Double D to stare at the ground, his face seemingly blank. "Uh…. Double D?" Eddy said, snapping his fingers in front of his friend's face. Eddy began to breathe in deeply, preparing to shout, but stopped as Double D looked up and smiled at his two friends.
"I am doing quite all right, Eddy. Now if you will excuse me, I need to go work on a report for one of my classes." Edd again smiled at his friends and trotted off to his house. Eddy felt like Double D was lying, but didn't press the issue. He scowled as he saw Ed waving at Double D, a dopey grin on his face. "Ed, are you suuuuure you can't beat up the Kankers? Even if it is for Double D?" Ed looked down at Eddy, looking worried. "Eddy, my mom said I can't fight girls. What if Sarah finds out?!" Eddy groaned and slapped his forehead as Ed started to panic. "The only way I can get those Kankers to stay quiet now is if I bribe 'em." Eddy thought to himself.
"Come on, Ed. We're gonna figure out somethin' to help Double D." Eddy said as he opened the door to his house and headed to his room with Ed not far behind. Meanwhile, Double D opened the door to his house and found it vacant, as usual. He sighed and walked to his room after making sure he did not miss any of his parent's sticky notes. He sat down at his desk and began to do his homework. He almost mindlessly did his assignments, because his mind was focused on Marie ripping off his hat. He replayed that incident in his mind over and over, mentally beating himself up for not running. "Curse my cowardice." Edd said to himself, accidentally breaking his pencil. "Gah!" Edd said aloud, going over to his pencil sharpener. As he sharpened his pencil, he continued to think of the incident that occurred today.
"When the Kankers saw what was under my hat, they all seemed shocked. Granted, a scar is a shocking thing to see. I wonder what inspired Marie to be curious as to what was under my hat. I know she is jealous of Nazz…. maybe she heard Nazz asking if it was okay for her to come to my house? Oh dear, Nazz. I have to tell her I cannot help her tonight, I am just so distraught. I hope she is not up-" Edd's thoughts were interrupted when he realized he sharpened his pencil to the eraser. "Oh dear." Edd said as he grabbed another pencil from his pencil case and began to continue his homework. He then paused for a second, pulled out his cell phone and texted Nazz that he had to cancel on her because he was not feeling too well. He continued his homework, all the while thinking about the incident today.
"Marie seemed to not like what she saw. She in fact seemed… scared? Well, from what I could see during my crying fit. Oh, curse my over emotional outbursts… but, why would she be scared? I was the one who was…" Edd paused as his mind flashed back to the incident that gave him the scar. He shuddered, and tried to think of something else. The only thing he could think of was Marie's voice after she saw the scar. "She seemed so… concerned. Was she actually genuinely concerned? I always assumed she liked treating me in such a disrespectful way as a form of dominance. Oh dear. Eddward, how could you think about another person like that? Marie may torture you on a near daily basis, but she is a human being. Of course she could care about another person! But, at the same time…." Edd sighed as he finished his homework, not sure what to do. He couldn't figure out if Marie liked how malleable he was or if she actually had any genuine care for him at all.
If the former was true, he knew some form of black mail would be imminent. He could not even begin to think of what she may have planned. On the other hand, if the latter was true, maybe she would stay quiet about the whole thing. "Gah! What do I do?!" Edd shouted to no one in particular. Looking over at his clock, he realized it was seven p.m. He wasn't hungry, all he could think about was the scar on his head and Marie Kanker. He sighed and pulled out his pedal steel guitar from his closet and began to play.
Meanwhile, Eddy and Ed were trying to figure out what they could do to convince the Kankers that they should keep quiet about Double D's scar. Eddy begrudgingly decided to bribe the Kankers with cold, hard, cash. "All right Ed, here's the plan. You and I are gonna give those Kankers all the dough we've been savin' up to keep 'em quiet. If they try to play us, what're you gonna do?" Eddy asked his taller friend. "I'm gonna subdue them, Eddy." Ed said, not actually understanding what "subdue" implied. As they walked towards Eddy's car, they paused as they heard music. "What the?" Eddy said, looking for where the music was coming from.
Apparently the rest of the cul-de-sac kids heard the music because they all came out of their houses. Everyone but Double D, which made figuring out where the music was coming from quite simple. As the kids walked onto Double D's lawn, Eddy ran to the front and held out a jar. "Twenty bucks to hear 88 Fingers Eddward, kiddies! Cough it up!" The kids were too entranced by the song to say no, and they each absentmindedly put twenty bucks into Eddy's jar. Plank put in 40 bucks, himself. Eddy chuckled to himself, wondering if he should press his luck further. Before he could, however, Ed picked him up and ran back to Eddy's car. "Ed!" Eddy shouted in shock as the kids of the cul-de-sac just stood on Double D's lawn.
While all of that was going on, none of the kids noticed Marie Kanker sneakily making her way towards Double D's house. As she was hopping the fence of one of the kid's houses, she paused as she heard the music. She felt entranced by the sad melody, and realizing it came from Double D's house made her move faster. She was in Double D's backyard now as she heard Eddy shout over the music for people to cough up dough to hear her puddin' play.
"I'll have to show Lee's man later that he can't use my man to pay his bills." She said as she walked over to the back door of Edd's house and began to pick the lock. After she successfully picked the lock, she tip toed into the house, closing the door as quietly as possible. As the music continued, she headed towards Edd's room. She remembered where it was from all the times she snuck into Edd's house. She considered that Edd not hearing her move around was due to her being a master at being stealthy, not due to the music. As she reached Edd's door, she opened it and was surprised to see him still playing. His face had a look of anguish on it, as if each note was burning his fingertips as he played. Marie glanced down at the fingers in question and saw a blur.
"W-what?" Marie said as she felt herself start to blush. Her breathing began to get heavier as she saw Edd's skill with the pedal steel guitar. Marie just stood in his door way and watched him continue to play. She wanted this moment to last forever, but she knew she had a mission. "Well, here goes nothing…." Marie mumbled to herself as she tiptoed behind Double D. She lifted her left hand up to poke him in some way, but decided against it. Still, the hand hung limply in the air as if it was being held up by some unseen force. She sighed and poked him, but he did not stop playing. She debated shoving him, but changed her mind. She instead cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted his name.
"DOUBLE D!" a voice shouted behind him, causing Edd to scream and hop out of his seat. He was hanging onto his ceiling lamp for dear life, trembling. "Eddy, you know I hate that!" Edd shouted in the direction of the voice, his eyes closed. When he opened them, he saw a blushing Marie Kanker breathing heavily. Edd turned white at the sight of his tormentor, especially when she looked like some crazed stalker. "Well, she is your crazed stalker, Eddward. No, wait, that's not right to t-" Edd thought to himself but was cut off by Marie holding her arms up. "I just wanna talk, Double D."
"T-talk? What about, Marie?" Double D said, curious and at the same time incredibly frightened. "Oh dear, what if she already has a plot to blackmail me in mind? What if she wants me to parade around the school declaring her to be my beloved? What if she wants to kidnap me?! Wait, no, Eddward. That isn't very re-" Double D thought to himself before he was cut off by seeing Marie's mouth move. He didn't hear what she had to say due to him panicking. "I'm sorry Marie, but could you repeat that?"
"I said, I'm not going to attack you. I really do just wanna talk." Marie said. She trotted over to his bed and plopped down onto it. She patted a spot next to her, smiling at him. Double D sighed and walked to his bed, plopping next to her. But at the same time, a decent distance away from her. "Ohhh, I hope this does not come back to bite me. Curse my trusting nature" he thought as Marie kicked her shoes off and put her feet onto the bed. While her socks weren't exactly up to his standard of clean, they were much better than having her shoes on his bed. He made a mental note to clean his bed later.
"So… What was it you wanted to talk about, Marie?" Edd asked, awkwardly smiling at her. "Oh, I, um… wanted to know about the scar." Marie winced waiting for Edd to freak out. She heard nothing but a sigh. "Look, Double D, I can keep a secret. Honest!" Marie said, holding out her hands to show none of her fingers were crossed. Edd stared at her for what felt like an eternity to Marie, but was in reality just a few minutes. He closed his eyes, placing two of his fingers onto the bridge of his nose. "I suppose this was inevitable. But if you do tell someone, Marie, I will never speak to you again." Edd said, staring at her. Edd's face showed that he was serious, causing Marie to nod, shocked.
"Well, when I was a child, my mother and father got… intoxicated. They were upset about not getting a promotion, or something of the sort. I do not actually recall their specific reason. They decided to take out their frustration by assaulting their own home. This had stirred me from my slumber, you see, and I went to see what the commotion was. I did not expect to discover that my own mother and father were the cause of the ruckus. My first mistake would probably be going outside of my room instead of cowering in my bedroom. My second mistake would probably be getting near my parents." Edd paused, shuddering as he remembered the incident. Marie was shocked, but put a hand on Edd's shoulder, staring at him. Her eyes were pleading for him to continue. Edd smiled at her, then glanced down at his floor.
"When I tugged on my father's sleeve, I did not expect him to assault me. My head was cut open before I could even figure out what had happened. I heard my mother mention something about a blade. They rushed me to a hospital, all the while my father denying what happened. After my head had been stitched back together and I was back home, my mother and father talked to me as if I was the reason I had been assaulted in the first place." Marie stared at Edd, flabbergasted. She wanted to hug him and she started to make the movements to do so. As she slowly leaned towards him with her arms making a "U," Edd looked at her, quite confused. "Marie?" Marie paused and then sat normally, a blush evident on her cheeks. "S-sorry, Double D. Keep going. If you want." Marie said, embarrassed.
"Well, I do not see the point in stopping now, Marie." Edd said, and she mentally slapped herself. "Anyway, my mother made a comment about the floor being filthy and something inside of me snapped. I began to clean the floor obsessively. That led to my mother and father communicating through sticky notes. Most of the time it is chores…" Edd stopped and seemed to be lost in thought. Marie thought of saying something to break the silence, but did not dare. "I… I didn't… am I dreaming right now?" Marie thought to herself. She punched herself in the stomach, causing her to fall over in pain. Edd looked at her, concerned.
"Oh dear! Marie, are you all right?!" Edd said, helping her sit upright. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, Double D." Marie said, hiding that she was just about ready to cry. "Well, guess that means this isn't a dream," Marie thought, sadly. "Hey uh, Double D?" Marie asked, scooting closer to him, which he did not seem to notice. "Yes, Marie?" he asked, still not aware she had scooted closer to him. "When are they not chores?" Hearing this question caused his eyes to widen. "D-Double D? Everything all right in there?" Marie asked, poking Edd's forehead. "Uh… usually around the holidays or when they are not working." Edd said, smiling at her. Marie frowned as she saw through the obvious lie. But she didn't think it was right to ask him to go deeper.
"Well if it makes ya feel better, Double D. My home life ain't exactly great either. My Ma brings home all different kinds of men. Sure, she provides for us but she's a single mom who ain't getting any help from the dads of her daughters. So, we have to sort of wing it. Every day. You know, steal to survive, that kind of stuff." Now it was Edd who wanted to hug Marie. He started to scoot closer to her, putting a hand on her shoulder, now his eyes were pleading for her to continue. "He's so freakin' adorable." Marie thought to herself, wanting to tackle him and kiss him then and there. She sighed, keeping herself in control, and she then continued.
"I think you've seen it before. Extension cords to hold up hair at school dances, our clothes seem a little too worn out, our school lunches are usually a little too crummy or hardly anythin' at all… You get the picture, the Kankers are dirt poor, Double D. But we survive as a family, even though sometimes I get tired of 'em." Marie chuckled, seeing Edd look so sad for her made her laugh. "He's such a kind guy, I bet he's thought of a billion ways to cheer me up by now." Marie thought, grinning. Edd bit his lower lip and opened his mouth, but then closed it. Marie blinked at him as he continued doing this for a couple minutes. "Spit it out, Double D." Marie demanded. Edd made a sound that could best be described as a "Meep" and blurted out something that caught Marie off guard.
"Is your mother…. around?"
Marie was at a loss for words. Just asking this question seemed to be incredibly difficult for Edd. He was twiddling his thumbs, not once meeting her gaze. He looked about ready to cry. Marie bit her lip. She honestly had no idea what to say or do. She decided that she should go with her gut, and her gut was telling her to lie. "Nah." Marie said, a lump forming in her throat after she said it. Edd looked up at her, looking incredibly hurt.
"Please, Marie. Tell the truth." Marie paused. She knew that telling the truth might make him feel even worse. That would make her feel even worse. "He asked you to be honest. I hate that he's such a goody two shoes sometimes." Marie thought to herself. She knew she was lying to herself, she loved that he was such a good person. "Okay, well she isn't around all the time but she is around." Marie said, staring at Edd. His eyes began to water.
"Oh. Well, that is wonderful news, Marie." Edd said, tears slowly sliding down his cheeks. Marie scooted closer to him and moved to hug him again but stopped when he looked directly at her. "Do you remember the incident with Eddy's Brother?" Edd asked her. Marie nodded, not sure where this was going. "Do you remember that every kid in the cul-de-sac got punished for being gone from their house for so long?" Marie nodded again. She remembered that, because the Kanker Sisters were punished too. She nothing but wash clothes all month, which she hated because she wanted to see Double D. Usually, she would just shrug and leave but her Ma personally made sure all three sisters follow through with their respective punishments. "Wait, where IS he going with this?" Marie wondered to herself, then her eyes widened when she realized where it may be going. "Don't tell me your parents didn't even care, Double D!" Marie shouted. Edd smiled weakly at her, nodding.
"They did not even notice I was gone. That is, of course, until they saw some of the chores they assigned me were not done." Marie felt like crying. She could not even believe that such a sweet, helpful, intelligent, and talented guy like Edd had parents like that. She couldn't take it anymore. She tackled Edd so he was lying on his bed, looking up at her. She sat on top of him and then lowered her head downward, causing Edd to panic and blush hugely.
"Ma-Marie! Cease and de-Mmmph!"
Marie kissed Edd on the lips passionately.
"NO WAY, KANKER!" Eddy shouted, hopping into the air as if to emphasize his point. He then held up his piggy bank as he landed. "Take it or leave it." He grumbled, looking over at Ed who was horrified due to being that close to Lee and May. Ed weakly held up his alien shaped piggy bank, trying not to look either Kanker in the eye. May and Lee looked the two Eds over and began to laugh, making Eddy grit his teeth.
"Hey May, they wanna pay us off!" Lee said, elbowing her sister. May began to laugh heartily as Lee shoved the piggy banks back onto the boys' chests. "Nah, you can keep it, my sweet Eddy." Lee cooed, rubbing his chin. Eddy responded by slapping her arm away from him. "Okay, Kanker, you had your chance. Ed! Subdue 'em!" Eddy said, snapping his fingers. Ed, however, stared blankly at him. "Lumpy, do somethin'!" Eddy said, becoming desperate. Ed poked his neck, as if to be deep in thought.
"What does subdue mean, Eddy?"
"Don't you DARE TOUCH ME!" Edd shouted as he shoved Marie off of him with more strength than he ever thought he could possibly muster. Marie sat upright on his bed, getting off of his lap as Edd looked at her, furious. Marie looked back at him, confused and hurt.
Authors note:
Hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter. Feel free to comment and express your opinions. Thanks for the read,stay tuned for the next chapter!
