Against All Eds: High Stakes

by Mr. Dusk

Set a few years after the events of Against All Eds. It is now senior year of high school for the majority of the cul-de-sac kids, and the future is anything but certain. With the kids slowly embracing adulthood, will they be able to come out on top with such high stakes? CANCELLED

2. Sit-And-Go

Special thanks to Neo H.B.B. Sam who helped co-write this chapter and future ones from here on out.

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Sit-And-Go

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[From: Edd]

[Thank you for welcoming me back to the cul-de-sac yesterday Nazz. To be honest, it feels a bit bittersweet returning to Peach Creek after being gone for nearly five years. I'm a bit busy at the moment with unpacking and setting up my schedule for my senior year at Peach Creek High. If it wouldn't bother you, we can catch up later at my abode. I can brew some sweet maple tea I received as a going-away gift from Rikki before my departure from Canada.]

[Sent: August 28th, 8:38 AM]

[From: Edd]

[Greetings from the states Juan! My apologies that I couldn't respond to your many texts earlier, I was too caught up settling in yesterday. I'm empathic to your anxiety over the new-found distance we have, I cannot deny that I miss you as well. Still, we agreed that this was necessary in order for both of us to grow as people. Send my regards to Rikki, Terry and Phil!]

[Sent: August 28th, 8:41 AM]

[From: Edd]

[Kevin relax, I know you're not interested. I don't write those childish, erotic fantasies anymore, so there's no need to worry. Besides, I've trashed those stories years ago, never to be read again.]

[Sent: August 28th, 8:43 AM]

[From: Edd]

[Yes Ed, it's really me. We can talk lat- Good Lord, you're making a mess of my front-yard! I'll be outside in a moment, just step off mother's lilies for goodness' sake!]

[Sent: August 28th, 8:46 AM]

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MyBook

Jonny Woods Hey y'all just sending out a reminder that Plank and I are hostin' a cookout this labor day! Meet up at my house five o' clock sharp for one last summer get-together! Be there or be bored!

Rolf Shepard, Kevin Smith, and Nazz Winters like this.

Eddy McGee "Be there or be bored" relly?

Jonny Woods lets see u do better eddy

Marie Kanker hey freak me and my sisters are invited too rite?

Jonny Woods only if ya bring some party favors :^)

James Clair Surely I'm invited as well, yes?

Jonny Woods yeah whatever :^/

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WeTube

"Hey losers, Marie Kanker here!" Introducing herself, Marie had the lens pointing right at her wide face; it captured her short punk midnight blue hair and multiple freckles. Her pale skin shined in the afternoon brightness of one of summer's final days. "Me and my sisters got invited this little party today, only to find that it's dull as balls! Sad that when you're living in the fucking sticks that this shit is considered lively."

The phone recording the video flipped around to show the backyard of Jonny's house. Nazz was lounging in a hammock texting, apathetic to her surroundings. Jimmy was talking to one of his friends on his cellphone while Sarah tapped her foot, annoyed at the lack of attention she was receiving. Rolf and Kevin were managing the meat that sizzled nicely on the grill, and Jonny was arguing with them while holding a package of soy burgers.

Kevin pointed a spatula at Jonny's face and exclaimed, "Nobody wants to eat your stupid veggie burgers man!"

"Rolf finds this unholy abomination to be more foul than nana's compost heap!" Rolf shouted. "How does one find such processed pseudo-food to be edible, wood boy Jonny?"

"Hey!" Jonny squealed. "Plank said he wants some vegan food, so it's obs magobs he's getting vegan food!"

Marie grew bored of seeing the men argue over food like cavemen. She turned her attention to her old flame Double-D, who sat on Jonny's porch with a neutral expression. As he was sipping some Moosehead beer, Marie approached him, giggling. "Hey Double-D, how does it feel to be back in this shithole?"

Double-D sighed. "Normally I would request that you watch your language." He took another sip of his Canadian beverage. "But I think it will be . . . interesting to say the least."

"Well, you know who to call if you really wanna make it more interesting." Marie flirted, walking away laughing as Double-D could only roll his eyes at her advance's whilst continuing to drink.

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The video cut to Marie sneaking around the side of Jonny's house to find her sisters, along with Ed and Eddy getting a buzz. Their eyes were red as they lied on the grassy terrain of Jonny's yard; the thick odor of weed attracted Marie as she frantically crept closer to the group.

"Come on, pass it Eddy!" Ed begged as he kicked a fence post out of frustration, nearly putting his foot through it.

Eddy took the lit rolled-up joint out from his mouth, exhaling smoke into the air. "No way Ed, go get your own!"

"Come on big guy, you can get some decent bud for thirty if you know the right guy," Lee told him as she took a hit from her join as well, chuckling.

"That better not be mine Lee!" Marie screamed as she rushed towards the smokers, freaking out as the camera shook, deteriorating the video quality.

"Calm the fuck down Marie, I wouldn't smoke the shitty Mary Jane you get!" Lee yelled, pushing her sister as the camera rustled even more. She then noticed the phone in Marie's hand with the camera on, Lee's red eyes now turning from a relaxed blush tone to a raging molten lava shade. "Get that fucking camera outta here before I-"

"What's he doing here!" May screeched.

Marie pointed her phone cam at the fence to see a large thirty-something man with bloodshot eyes wearing a plaid jacket that bore a drunken aroma and liquor stained slacks fall down into Jonny's yard. Fence posts snapped in his grand debut as the man's thud got the attention of everyone attending the cookout. He haphazardly got up, fumbling around as he hastily grabbed Eddy's joint and took a hit. This man gave the kids a wide grin, showing his jagged yellow teeth. "What's up, ya little bitches?"

"Ah shit, it's my brother!"

"Hey pipsqueak, you an' yer friends threw me a welcoming party?" Eddy's brother asked as he exhaled smoke right in his little brother's face, making Eddy cough and gag. "Ya shouldn't have!" He heartily laughed, walking past Marie and as Eddy's brother made his way into the rest of Jonny's backyard, where shrieks of terror soon followed.

The video ends there.

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Published on Sep 1st , 2014

the food sucked drinks sucked and this motherfucka showed up out of nowhere. worst way to end a dull ass sumer.

COMMENTS

SolidOak: hey i never invited him and fuck u those tofu burgers were mad dank!

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FRIENDS - FullThrottleKev

FullThrottleKev: eddy man wat the fuck was that

CEOCa$h: ssshhhhiiiittt i dunno

CEOCa$h: abit ago mah bro massaged me sayin he waz cumin her

CEOCa$h: didnt thnk he wz seereous

FullThrottleKev: teh fuck man hes bac here 4 good?!

FullThrottleKev: did he get fired for fuckin a kid or sumthin at teh park?!

CEOCa$h: hell if i no he saed soethin aboot fucking sume chic aftor hourz

CEOCa$h: shit n i thoght sockhead bein here wuld be fucked up now tis

CEOCa$h: t3h fuck is next?!1

FullThrottleKev: yeah when i thought every1 was comin back i didnt think your bro was inclueded

FullThrottleKev: shit that douche pretty much killed teh last day of sumer

CEOCa$h: im juss glad he aint stayin at mah house hed probabbly skin ed alife 4 bein in his rooom

FullThrottleKev: so where the fuck is that creep staying?

CEOCa$h: hes gott dat whael traler so prolly the traler park

FullThrottleKev: wow nevor thought id say this but poor kankers having 2 live next to that scumbag

FullThrottleKev: seriously grown ass 30 soemthing man acts worse than most freshies

CEOCa$h: its a 50/50 shiot of mah bro buggin tem

CEOCa$h: remembeer wen day took advantage of him bein nocked out?

FullThrottleKev: oh yeah lol but still

FullThrottleKev: fucker trashed Jonny's fence drank all the booze n im prety sure he stol my stash and nearly kissed nazz

FullThrottleKev: im surprized he didnt try gropping her 2

CEOCa$h: stil glad we didnt call da cops?

FullThrottleKev: well yeha if we called teh cops all of us would hove been bustted

FullThrottleKev: at least i know we r all old enough to handel that sickfuck now. shit me and double-d are teh only guys shorter than him now n i still kow i can kick his ass

CEOCa$h: gotta admit itt was fucking funne to see jimbo freak out agian

FullThrottleKev: haha yeah fucking fluffy nearly had a heart attak around your bro. little shit thinks hes so cool now nice 2 see him scared shitless

CEOCa$h: i stil dun get how that weasle manged 2 rul teh shcool last year

FullThrottleKev: becauz hes a goddamn lawyers kidd with assloads of conections thats why

FullThrottleKev: anyway wanna play an MvM game tonight i'll round up the crew?!1

CEOCa$h: srue gotta get mah mind off that shit wit mah bro

FullThrottleKev: obviuslee no havin your bro subsitute for nazz again

CEOCa$h: that was embarassing as fuck

FullThrottleKev: fucker just went afk to smoke and jerk over the mic witch really blew

FullThrottleKev: so I wil go constructor again n hopefuly try 2 get rolf to play real detonator and not detoknight 4 once

FullThrottleKev: nazz at least does her healin well butt jonny cant grabb cash 4 shit ass runner though. youve always ben a better runner why dont you take over?

FullThrottleKev: rocketman doesnt suit u too much imo

CEOCa$h: i only pick rocketman cause he aint weak

CEOCa$h: runner goes down in like 3 hits n id ratther bee infiltrator

FullThrottleKev: infiltrator is useless in MvM

CEOCa$h: meh still fun 2 sneak a round tho

FullThrottleKev: at least ed sumehow does OK as overweight

FullThrottleKev: fuck u think it would be k to get double-d into gang garrison 2? i think he could handel constructor im getting tired of always bein that classs

CEOCa$h: no bodys makin ya play as him

FullThrottleKev: well sorry dork that i actualy want us to fucking win cuz we suck donkey balls

FullThrottleKev: oh well fuck it lets jus play n hope we make it to the 4th round at least

CEOCa$h: i dunno if sockhead even plays games he doesnit hav a smoke a count afaik

FullThrottleKev: I wll try and get him to make one later

CEOCa$h: GL:HF

FullThrottleKev: anyway hurrry up n join teh party

CEOCa$h: kk

FullThrottleKev is now playing Gang Garrison 2

CEOCa$h is now playing Gang Garrison 2

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Nazz Winters added a new photo.

First day of senior year!

In the picture was all of the cul-de-sac kids except for Sarah and Jimmy.

Eddy and Ed were on the far left pointing finger guns at the camera. Kevin was next to them holding a football up while wearing his Peach Creek High School Letterman jacket. Nazz was in the center with an awkward smile that clearly looked fake. Jonny was on Nazz's left, holding up Plank to be in the photo as well. Lastly Double-D was on the far right, politely waving while looking a bit away from the camera.

Kevin Smith, Jonny Woods and 27 others like this.

Rolf Shepard thank u gogo nazz girl for sparing rolfs soul from the camera captur contrapton yes!

Nazz Winters Lol Rolf you practically volunteered to take the picture XP

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Sarah Armstrong MyBook Chat

Sarah Armstrong 7:48 PM: well 2day totally sucked

James Clair 7:48 PM: What's wrong Sarah?

Sarah Armstrong 7:48 PM: my mom complained about wat I wore again

James Clair 7:48 PM: Why? T-shirts and jeans are in season right now, at least for a few more weeks until autumn settles in.

Sarah Armstrong 7:49 PM: thats wat I said she complained dat I looked like a boy

Sarah Armstrong 7:49 PM: I mean WTF its not 1950 I dont need to wear a skirt

Sarah Armstrong 7:49 PM: I dont look like a boy do I?

James Clair 7:50 PM: Of course you don't! You're a beautiful girl Sarah, don't let anyone tell you otherwise, especially your mother!

Sarah Armstrong 7:51 PM: thanks Jimmy :)

Sarah Armstrong 7:51 PM: so how was ur day?

James Clair 7:52 PM: It was good, Felix, Fritz, and I instructed some of the freshmen on the new social rules we established last year.

James Clair 7:52 PM: Seven of them ended up completely humiliated by the end of the day, so that should set an example. If the freshmen aren't visual learners then I can instil other methods necessary for them to correctly conform.

James Clair 7:53 PM: Are you sure you don't want to join us Sarah?

Sarah Armstrong 7:53 PM: yeah sorry jimmy I got a new rep to uphold

Sarah Armstrong 7:53 PM: I cant be doin any of the stuff ur doin we're not in middleschool anymore

James Clair 7:54 PM: Fair enough, I can respect your decision.

James Clair 7:54 PM: Now if you would excuse me Sarah, I need to talk to Felix about our plans for the week.

Sarah Armstrong 7:54 PM: tell dat weirdo I said hi

Sarah Armstrong 7:54 PM: no wait dont

James Clair 7:54 PM: He says: "hi back ;)"

Sarah Armstrong 7:54 PM: :^(