Woooo, this took a while eh? Heh heh, sorry this took a year to update ;] Diggin' the reviews, glad ya folks are enjoying the story. A thanks to GiantMako for catchin' a typo in the last chapter. Been fixed, buddy (: Now, on with the story!
P.S. In my story, Eddy is the Ferris Bueller of Peach Creek Jr. High haha
ChapterTwo
The school bus arrives at Peach Creek Jr. High, and the kids on board begin to exit, starting with an eager Jonny. He jumps the whole steps and sprints off, clutching Plank tightly, looking around to make sure no one sees him, but in reality, no one cared what the odd child did. Out next are the Kanker Sisters. Lee and May look like they've patched things up as they giggle about some gossip, with a silent Marie following behind. A triumphant Sarah and Jimmy are next, and finally come the Eds. Eddy, with an eager walk, Edd, pulling his contraption in tow, and lastly, Ed, who was visibly still wrecked about the plea he would eventually have to make to Eddy. As they go up the steps, Edd notices Ed's sadness.
"Ed, are you feeling OK?" Eddy stops now too, and Ed is taken by surprise as Edd continues. "Because you've been moping the whole bus ride here. We're going to the Jawbreaker Factory today! Now, what about that has got you feeling so blue, dear friend?"
"Hahaha! Ed just can't wait to get to the factory either!" Eddy slaps Ed on the back. "I feel ya, lumpy, but we just gotta take a stupid role call, let's get it over with!"
"Um, Eddy," Edd interrupts by poking him on the shoulder then points to his watch, "we still have 20 minutes of free time before class officially starts."
Eddy freezes mid-step with a surprised look, then frowns. It all just seemed like deliberate distractions to keep those sugary orbs from reaching his mouth. He then looked calm and gives a little shrug.
"That's fine. Even better, actually! I missed breakfast, let's go see what's left stuck to the trays in the cafeteria, boys!"
"I believe I too missed my daily meal with all of this morning's antics'" Edd says as he puts a hand over his growling stomach, "and this might be just what you need to turn that frown upsidedown!"
"Sheesh, Double D..." Eddy rolls his eyes.
Ed's eyes light up as his sad expression vanishes and is replaced with a wide legit Ed grin.
"Yahhh, I could eat again! Let's go!"
The Eds make their way to the cafeteria which was near empty, so close to class time already. The boys grab a tray and head down the line. Eddy grabs a cinnamon roll, tater tots and white milk. Edd just grabs an apple, an orange and a bottled water. Ed grabs two waffles, a hardboiled egg, a bowl of oatmeal , short stack of pancakes, three muffins and a single chocolate milk. They head toward the lunch lady, hand her their new required lunch cards (issued this year) and before they even do anything else, she stops them in their tracks, causing their eyes to bulge.
"What!?" Shouts Eddy. "What do you mean 'are you paying together,' those lunch cards are legit, lady-What the...?"
The lunch lady had pointed to a sign that read "ALL BEVERAGES - 25¢." All of the boy's eyes bulge with disappointment. Ed's bottom lip quivers, Edd shrugs with a sigh and Eddy lets out an annoyed grunt.
"Argh! When the heck did THIS happen!?"
"Ah yes..." Ed and Eddy turn to Edd, "I guess it slipped my mind, heh heh... But I'm afraid this was discussed last week. I overheard Nurse Prowse discussing it last week..."
"Oh, that's just freaking perfect! What's next, a kick ball tax!? Argh!"
Eddy moans in despair and looks ready to return his meal, finding it meaningless to enjoy without his milk when... There, in the trash, was a bag filled... God knows what, but the stench was enough to get Eddy's attention. He frowns in disgust, but is then interrupted by something else. A yodel-like song that sounded like gibberish fills the air and all three Eds turn to the culprit. It was Rolf. The years hadn't gone well for him. Yes, he was close friends with the school quarterback, Kevin, and was the all-star for the basketball team... But his severely bizarre outlandish lifestyle still clashed with the other students. Especially when Jimmy threw house parties. He always went all out but Rolf still weirded him out and it was this little fact that that caused Eddy's mouth to spread in an evil manner.
Eddy grabs the bag with a napkin, and when Rolf is within proximity, he begins a speech he literally just thought up on the spot. With his back to Rolf, Eddy pretends he's in a conversation through a cell phone.
"Hahaha! Oh, Jimmy, ANOTHER pool party? Don't mind if I do! No, I'll see YOU there, heh heh..." As soon as Rolf is nearby, Eddy puts an arm around his shoulder and continues. "Ohhhh man, life is good eh, Rolfy Boy? Allllll these parties, I can barely keep up, hahaha!"
Rolf lets this sink in. He was in such a good mood, carrying his tray of pig snouts, and now he had to hear this? All this time just showing up to parties as Kevin's guest. The fact that now even an Ed could get invited to them got the farm boy's blood boiling.
"Bah!" Rolf slaps Eddy's hand off. "Rolf has partaken in the rituals of ridicule bestowed upon the two and a half Ed Boys, and not once has he been allowed entry to Boy Jimmy's social meetings! How does such a dimly lit tool shack as yourself gain acceptance?"
"Hey, I don't blame ya, Stretch! But it's can be explained, Rolf..." Eddy holds the filthy bag up, "with the Sack of Desires! One whiff, Rolf, one whiff every two hours, and you will be the talk of the whole school by the end of the day, guaranteed!"
Rolf eyes Eddy with severe doubt, but it still piqued his curiosity. He leans in toward the bag and takes a huge sniff.
"Ah, yes... Truly this stench mirrors the nonsensical sensations that Rolf sees on channel Noig, 'ËTV'!" Rolf keeps inhaling. "Ah, Ed Boy, Rolf has a quarter in his pocket, perhaps a little... Trade can be in order, yes?"
"Oh, Rolf... The old me would have said 'yes' right away' but..." No longer able to take the smell, Eddy pulls a clothespin out and uses it to shut his nose, "but we're dealing with high tech technology, Rolfy Boy, it's a new age! ...Three quarters."
"Rolf can tell Three-Haired Ed Boy has grown wise over the years," Rolf reaches into his pocket and pulls the 75¢ out, "But Rolf can see why such a device would fetch high profit. It is a deal!"
Just like that, the exchange is made, chump change for a bag full of no-one-wants-to-know, and like that, the boys are able to get their beverages. Eddy walks in the lead, walking with a smug smirk and Ed begins licking at his oatmeal. Edd stared at Eddy from behind with great awe.
"...My word, Eddy. Your salesmanship has indeed grown greatly over the years, how did you del that bag of... Of FILTH to Rolf!?"
"Now, now, my sweet... Some things are better off left unexplained..." Eddy pops his milk open and takes a chug, ending with a burp. "That, or you can finally believe I was born awesome, heh heh!"
"Everything has an explanation, Eddy! I mean, h-he didn't even question you! Tell me how-"
"Double Deeeeeeeee!"
Edd is caught off guard as he is seized and picked up into a giant squeeze hug courtesy of his girlfriend, Nazz. Ed and Eddy stop as she puts Edd down and greets the other guys.
"Hi Ed, Eddy! Oooh, are you guys ready? This the year, we're gonna get first dibs!"
"Oh, you know it, baby! Oh yeahhh!" Eddy straightens out the Bus Monitor sash he was wearing and looks back at her. "Nothing's gonna stop us now!"
On command from the context of the conversation, Ed droops his lower lip, the dark deed he must soon commence returning to haunt him. Eddy, Edd and Nazz share one more laugh before she departs with Edd.
"Well, I'm sorry boys, but I gotta steal Double D for a bit, but see you guys later at the schoolbus, OK?"
Eddy then shouts, "Late! Try not to show up with hickeys this time, Sock Head, hahaha!"
Nazz lets out a laugh of her own as Edd turns a deep shade of red. Eddy and Ed soon find an empty table, but as they walk toward it, Eddy notices from the corner of his eye... Marie Kanker. She looked down at her untouched oatmeal in disdain. She most likely saw that little display between Edd and Nazz. There even more dire questions to be answered though: Why was Eddy giving a rat's ass about this? Why did he notice Marie whenever she was around? He acted like it bugged him, but deep down, he was curious. Eddy was a ladies man, no doubt, but... A Kanker? Who saw this coming?
Ed and Eddy take their seat and as Ed begin to devour his feast, Eddy is still staring at Marie, who was three tables down with her sisters. It's after a while that she looks up, and for a split second, catches Eddy looking at her. When she double takes, Eddy had gone to chugging his milk, looking away.
"What the..." Marie squints her eyes. What was that all about? As she stares at him, she gets a smack to the back of her head, compliments of her older sister, Lee.
"Hey, are ya done stuffin' your mouth yet? Let's go already!"
Lee then stands up from the table and begins to walk away, with May following in pursuit. Marie looks upset again, giving Eddy one last look as she stands up, soon following after her sisters. Eddy notices them leave, and watches Marie from behind, losing train of thought. It's here when Ed's voice finally comes in clear.
"Eddy... Eddy?... Eddy!"
The last one startled him, turning red at the reason why he wasn't paying attention. He chuckles and scratches the back of his head nervously.
"Uhhhh, heh heh... W-What's up, Ed?"
"Um, Eddy... I... I gots... A favor to ask you..."
"What is it?"
"Umm..." Ed plays with his hands. "Y-you... You gotta give Sarah and Jimmy the front seats of the bus, Eddy! You just gotta!"
Ed starts blubbering incoherently as he throws himself at Eddy over the table. Eddy just shoots him a look of total confusion as he then pushes him off with a loud laugh.
"Hahaha! And just why the heck would I do that, Mono-Brow!? Are you forgetting where we're going? Jawbreaker Factory!"
"But Eddy..." Ed starts whispering, could get in big trouble...!"
"...I'm still lost, Ed."
"Sarah's gonna tell mom and dad about my experiment, and I will be punished, Eddy! *sob* My parents warned me for the last time, dad said Mr. Belt said so! *sob* Please Eddy, I don't wanna go to military school!"
Ed starts sobbing again as a cool relaxed smirk comes across Eddy's face. He pats Ed's head in comfort.
"Is that it? Haha... Don't worry, Ed... You leave everything to me."
The bell then rings and all the students get to their classes. Being a grade A procrastinator, Eddy always took his time getting, usually making him the last one to get there. When he and Ed do get there, it's ass foretold: everyone was already seated. The class consisted of Sarah, Jonny, Marie, and Eddy and Ed of course. Ed takes his seat with a depressed expression, not daring to look at Sarah. Eddy, on the other hand, stops at Sarah's desk as he's passing her by. He leans on it with his elbow, checking his nails with a smug grin. This unsurprisingly begins to irritate her as she begins to growl, then shout.
"Grrrr, waddya want, you blockhead!?"
"Sweet little Sarah..." Eddy adjusts his Bus Monitor sash and continues. "Word on the street is that you and your lil' puppet want first calls to front of the school bus, eh?"
Sarah shoots a glare at Ed who still refused to look at her.
"Ah, ah, ahhh... Don't look at him." Eddy turns Sarah's head with his thumb, making her face him. This further infuriates Sarah, who looks at him with utter shock. "See this sash, squirt? Bus Monitor. As in, monitoring the bus? That means I'M in charge of that baby until we get to the Jawbreaker Factory, understand? It'd be a shame if yours and Jimmy's permission slip just happened to have... Disappeared, heh heh..."
"...E-Eddy, Jimmy and I sent in our permission slips!"
"Aww... I'm afraid that's not up to you, sweetie! So here's what's gonna happen... You and Curly are gonna sit wayyyyyy in the back of the bus... And be good little brats about it. But, if you keep your frog mouth shut about Ed's stinkin' fish, I'll let you sit behind us... Capeesh?"
Sarah just grits her teeth, shooting Eddy the fiercest of glares without a response. Eddy lets out an obnoxious laugh as he goes take his seat. Marie, who had been watching all this, cracks her first smile of the day, and just like in the cafeteria, Eddy catches it before a double-take that makes Marie go back to drawing doodles on her desk with a faint unnoticeable blush. Did she really just do that?
After taking attendance, all the kids are lined up outside a single school bus, Eddy in front of course. The bus opens its doors, and Eddy runs in with a spring in his step. Immediately, he sits at the front seat, then tells Edd and Nazz to take one side, while he sat with Ed. After that, the rest of the kids walked in. Sarah and Jimmy were next, and they sat right behind Eddy and Ed. Then it was Kevin and Jonny, both looking disturbed.
"Why's he doing that, Kevin?"
"I don't know, man, don't ask me..."
Right behind them was Rolf, who was taking great whiffs out of the "Sack of Desires." He sat alone, of course. Last, we had the Kanker Sisters. Lee was first, walking with both hands in her pockets with a nice strut. Behind her was May who was awkwardly mimicking her, and lastly, Marie, who walked nonchalantly. She just looked straight ahead, while Eddy tried his best to remain looking out the window. This was ridiculous. Now he was feeling awkward around her? Apparently, so was she, as she lets out a small sigh of relief once she was s good distance away from his seat. Eddy looks at his reflection in the window, then frowns. What was wrong with him? He was about to have first dibs at jawnreakers, fresh off the assembly line! This brings a fat grin back to his face as he runs his hands together. The school bus' motor starts up, and then it was off to the factory...