I do not own Ed, Edd, and Eddy; the rights belong to Danny Antonucci and Cartoon Network.
Nathan Goldberg is owned by C2ndy2cid.
The mature warning is coming into affect now for violence and swearing. Trigger warning for Homophobia.
Chapter3
Edd walked away from his friends, feeling extremely uncomfortable. He had lied to them about coming out. The plan was he would come out at graduation during his speech as valedictorian, but then Nat had to ask him out on a date tonight. Who does he think he is!? Just asking me out out of the blue. Edd knew something was fishy when Marie had decided to hang out with Nat earlier that week. Now I see the fruition of their hangout. Edd sighed heavily, wishing that it was Kevin and not Nat who had asked him out tonight. Nat was not the worst thing to look at, but Edd knew he played with people's hearts all of the time. Goodness he hoped Nat wouldn't do that to him, but didn't hold out hope on that. Edd's ruminating was interrupted by someone grabbing his shoulders.
"Salutat-" was all he got out before someone punched him square in the face. Edd stumbled and looked up. Seeing Brandon and John from the football team standing there. Edd attempted to run but was quickly stopped by powerful hands. They dragged him into the nearby bathroom and tossed him inside. They locked the door behind them.
"So we couldn't help but over hear your confession you fag!" spit Brandon. "You don't surprise us. We pegged you for one of them early freshman year."
"E-e-e-excuse me gentlemen. I-I-I do believe you are mistaken." Edd gasped. His nose hurt from the teen's punch, and was certain that it was broken.
"No we aren't," said John as he kicked Edd in the leg. A sickening crack echoed through the bathroom as it broke. Edd shrieked with pain as he collapsed, grasping at his leg.
"Here's the deal faggot. You are going to stay away from Kevin. You won't look at him. You won't speak to him. Otherwise, we will harm you more, as in you won't be able to walk once we're done with you." Edd barely heard anything through the pain shooting through his leg. He grit his teeth and nodded in understanding then his world proceeded to go dark once they left.
"Hey Kev?" Nazz asked. Kevin blinked before looking at her. "Dude, lunch is about to end. You need to either eat or throw your trash away." Kevin got up and threw his trash away. As he was about to go back to the table, Kevin noticed Brandon and John coming in. He stopped them.
"Hey guys, late to lunch?"
"Nah," Brandon replied. "We just spent it elsewhere." This piqued Kevin's suspicions.
"And where would that be?" he asked the two jocks. They didn't look at him as they turned and hurriedly exited the cafeteria.
Kevin returned to the table. "Hey guys, we need to try to find Edd. I think that Brandon and John are up to nothing good or already did something."
The table looked at each other uneasily, then at Kevin.
"Let's go," said Nat. "We need to find our Double Delicious. Marie and Nazz check the library. Kevin and I will go around to the bathrooms. Those seem to be the likely place for the two jocks to beat on someone."
They all nodded and went to their destinations, unsure of what they'll find.
Nat was the first into the bathroom where Double D was out cold in.
"Shit" was all he got out before hurrying to the raven haired teen. "Yo Edd, can you hear me? EDD!" Nat shouted. Kevin was in shortly after him. His face paled at the sight of the Edd's leg. The bone had punctured the skin, the leg angled away from his body.
"Call an ambulance." Kevin said. He then turned to the teal haired boy. "HURRY!" Kevin then yelled, shaking Nat out of his stupor. "Got it," he muttered and pulled out his phone to dial.
Kevin hurried to Edd's side and notice how pale he was. Paler than normal. Then he noticed the pool of blood.
"Fuck," Kevin breathed. He couldn't believe this. Someone had beaten the dweeb. Kevin could tell Edd's nose was broken as well. He got on the ground and rested Edd's head in his lap.
"Please be ok. Please don't leave me." Kevin whispered. It had been years since he was this terrified. "Edd… Edd… Edd…" It was his mantra. He hoped that the dork would be ok.
A couple hours later Kevin, Nat, Marie, and Nazz all waited in the Peach Creek General Hospital ICU waiting room. Seeing as Edd's parents were out of town, the doctors decided to keep the four teens notified. Telling them what they could without breaking any laws.
"Kevin?" the doctor asked "I'm Dr. Larson, Edd's physician." Kevin looked up with puffy eyes. He had been recently crying.
"Yeah? How is Edd? Will he be alright?"
The doctor sighed. "We were able to stabilize him. But he is still unconscious. Eddward lost a lot of blood. He also has a couple of broken ribs. None of them punctured any of his organs thankfully. Do any of you know what happened?"
"No," Nazz responded. "He left the lunch table to go to the library. Kevin questioned a couple of the other jocks who immediately ran. After that we went to look for Edd and found him in the bathroom. Is it possible for us to visit him?"
"Yes you can visit him. He's in room 12. I'm going to attempt to contact his parents to let them know about the situation."
"Thank you," Kevin breathed with some relief. The dork was going to be okay, HIS dork was going to be okay. They all got up and went to room 12.
When they walked in, Marie gasped. Edd's leg was in a cast and elevated. His face was bruised with some oxygen lines under his nose. His neck also held bruises, they darkened the skin in a questionable shape of a hand. The 4 teens shuffled in and sat in some seats around the room.
The tension could be cut with a knife. "God-fucking-dammit. We should have went with him. I should have went with him." Kevin ranted. "This would not have happened if didn't fucking put him on the hot box then. He obviously wasn't ready to be out yet."
A weak "Language Kevin" could be heard from the bed. They all rushed over to Double D, who was blinking his eyes; attempting to see who all was in the room.
Marie started sobbing and Nazz pulled her into a hug. Nat clapped Kevin on the shoulder. Their dork was awake.
"I know this is a dumb question, but how are you feeling?" Nat asked.
"Extremely disoriented and I would like something to quench this thirst," Edd said. Kevin saw a pitcher and a cup and filled it with the water inside. "Here ya go D. Drink it slowly."
Edd took a sip and sighed. "Much better." he stated. "Thank you for that Kevin."
"I'm going to go find the doctor," Nat said, "He needs to know that Edd's awake." He exited the room. A few minutes later, he returned with Doctor Larson in tow.
"Thank you for notifying me Nathan. If you all would excuse Eddward and I, need to run some tests. It shouldn't be more than a few minutes."
They nodded and went outside to wait. Five minutes later, the doctor opened the door and beckoned them in.
"Edd wanted to recount the story with you all here. So please take a seat and he'll begin shortly."
Once they were all seated, Edd took a deep breath, and told them what had happened after he had left the lunch room.
Kevin and Marie were livid and Nazz was trying her best to calm them down.
"I WILL KILL THEM!" Kevin yelled. Marie agreed with him. Both wanted Brandon and John's heads on a couple of silver platters.
Dr. Larson eyed them. "Please remain calm. I assume you will want to press charges Eddward?"
Edd nodded.
"Then let me contact the police, they should be here in ten minutes." The doctor left the room to let the teens have some time to calm down. Kevin started pacing, he gritted his teeth, and started breathing hard.
"Please sit," Nazz pleaded. "You're going to make Edd panic." Kevin looked at Edd and saw he was quietly talking with Nat. He continued.
"For the love of all that is holy, Kevin come here!" Edd yelled, his voice cracking. Kevin rushed over to him.
"Look I'm sorry, I'm just-" he was interrupted by lips pressed against his. Though they were slightly chapped, Kevin felt in heaven. The contact was broken and he looked at Edd, who had managed to turn beet red and hid his face. Kevin was definitely calmer.
Nat sniggered and the girls looked at him. "What's so funny?" they asked at the same time.
"I told Double Dreamy here about our plan. He took things into his own hands."
At that moment the police entered the room. "Are you Eddward Vincent?" one of the officers asked. "I am," the raven haired teen answered. "We have some questions regarding your attack. Ladies and gentlemen, could you please give us the room?"
In response the group got up and walked out of the room to wait.
Outside the weather started to turn. A storm was brewing, and it wasn't going to pleasant. Across the street stood a short figure, face covered by the hood of the jacket.
"You mark my words Sockhead, I will find Brandon and John, and I will kill them. For you my first love, I would do anything in the world to keep you safe."
The lone figure sauntered down the street, a fire in their eyes. Anyone who looked at that face would know what death looked like.
Kevin, Marie, Nat, Nazz, and Edd stayed at the hospital; talking amongst themselves and playing some board games one of the nurses gave them. The storm was raging outside and it was unsafe to be driving in that weather. Around 2 am the group started to doze off and fall asleep peacefully, unaware of the events occurring at that time. The teens slept until morning, when they were awakened by frantic knocking.
"Hello?" Kevin asked groggily. He walked towards the door and opened it, revealing the officer from the previous night.
"Good morning, we have some news for all of you. Edd, the two who attacked you, were viciously murdered." Everyone gasped. "Normally," the officer continued, "All of you would be prime suspects, but multiple nurses and doctors vouched for your whereabouts. They told us that none of you had left the room since our discussion. Is there anyone you know who might take revenge on them?"
Everyone turned to Edd. He looked at all of them and sighed. "It's time for you all to know the truth behind what happened freshman year."
Author's Note
I hope this a success. The next chapter might not be out for a few days. I do know it will be big. Sorry to leave everyone on a cliff hanger. But heads up, the next chapter will be a flash back. As in the whole chapter, except for maybe the last one or two paragraphs. I apologize I'm rambling. Follow carpe-diem-kevedd on Tumblr for updates. Mwah 3
