I'm a stupid person who is writing approximately fifteen different fanfictions at once, not even half of which have I posted to the interwebs yet. I write according to mood and what holds my interest at the time because the fics vary quite heavily in a large number of aspects: some are dark and introspective, others are very energetic and suspenseful, and some are quirky and humorous. It makes it so I can always write something, just not necessarily what should be written. So that is why I take forever.

Good news guys, I was in a Sarah mood so I wrote some Sarah. Here you go.

I don't own that which has been copyrighted.

Pumpkin.

There had never been a more awkward moment in her life. In the small entryway of Sarah's home were four people: May, Ed, Eddy, and herself. It'd been a chaotic scramble that lead to the overwhelming tension she stood in the thick of.

The girls had been chatting in the living room about a few arbitrary subjects when the door rang. By this time the red-head had forgotten that Eddy was to arrive at the house so she approached the door entirely nonchalant. Ed had apparently been hiding around the corner, out of sight of May, in order to welcome his friend to his home. Naturally the doofus managed to accidentally tackle his younger sister as she began to open the door. Sarah crashed loudly to the floor as the door swung open by itself and Ed scrambled backwards in apology. May was drawn to the noise to see if anyone needed help and Eddy stepped through the threshold to see the two siblings on the ground and a blonde Kanker coming from around the corner.

Sarah's eyes were shut tight as she rubbed a forming bruise on her shoulder. "Thanks a ton, you idiot," she growled while still not looking up, "I thought I hadn't met my 'get tackled' quota today, but now I'm sure it's definitely been completed." When Ed said nothing in return, the red-head opened her eyes to glare and make more biting remarks only to see a large hand being offered to her.

Eddy.

The young teen completely blanched at the situation. She had no idea how to handle this. Honestly, she wouldn't be surprised if he were to judo flip her over his shoulder the moment he accepted her help; she probably deserved it. Yet she couldn't not take the opportunity to, even if briefly, hold his hand. Her green eyes finally moved up to meet his dark ones.

"Hey twerp," His low post-puberty voice sent a shiver down her spine, "You getting off the ground or what?"

Nothing had changed. He was still Eddy and, to him, she was still just his buddy's bitchy little sister. It was worse than being friend-zoned. She was friend's-little-sister-zoned and apparently even ruining his perfect relationship wasn't going to move her from that spot. Sarah felt relieved and yet defeated.

"Always so short-sighted, Eddy." She teased while accepting his hand up, "Why can't you be more patient." There was a spark in the college student's eyes at that comment and the red-head momentarily felt very afraid, as though she had made eye contact with a grizzly bear alone in the woods. However after that moment everything settled back into awkward tension, now mostly being supplied by the wrestler and the blonde who appeared paralyzed and mute.

The shorter male coughed loudly and, just as a master manipulator could, began to diffuse the situation. "May, its been a while since I last saw you, what are you doing now?" May looked at her conversator and Ed took that chance to make a hasty retreat to behind a nearby wall, lingering to wait for Eddy and possibly even satisfy and twinge of curiosity at his former pursuer's current life.

"Ah, well," she mumbled as she played with a loose strand of blonde hair, "I'm currently working as a hairdresser at a salon downtown. Nothing fancy, but I really enjoy it." The college student smiled politely and engaged in civil conversation with the blonde even as he was slowly backing away to regroup with his hiding friend. Somehow he managed to make it seem entirely natural, eventually leaving before the girls even realized it.

"How does he do that?" Sarah wondered aloud, staring at the blank space he'd been occupying only moments ago. May laughed and recalled the time Eddy had convinced the entire block for a week that he had been diagnosed with cancer, making him the most beloved kid of the Cul-de-Sac for a brief period of time.

"That is his talent," the blonde replied, "Its what made the Eds such a great team. Double D's brains, Ed's brawn, and Eddy's social abilities that held the three of them together through the thick of it. No one else would've been able to make two complete opposites, Ed and Double D, not only function well together but become and stay best friends."

The red-head hummed in contemplation.

Why did this of all things make him attractive to her?

"Pull out the laptop, Lumpy!" Eddy commanded as he moved Ed's dirtied furniture into an ideal position, "Sockhead is waiting for us on Skype!"

"Oh yeah!" Ed laughed as he began to dig in a pile of t-shirts that seemed to have melded together with sweat, grease, and other liquids Eddy didn't want to think about. The wrestler managed to pull a sleek macbook from the mass with a wet 'schlick'. Setting it in front of the two chairs his friend had oriented in the middle of the room, the taller man pulled up Skype and made the call.

"Salutations!" called a chipper, static-infused voice from the speaker as Double D's face flickered to life on the screen. The frame rate was low, making their Yale student friend look like a bad home movie.

"Yeah, sure, whatever Sockhead," The self-proclaimed leader rushed along, " Lets get down to business."

"I must admit, I am quite curious as to why you've called this impromptu meeting." The so-called Sockhead answered back.

"Yeah, lets do this!" Ed laughed happily before pausing, "What are we doing again?"

"We," Eddy paused as a wicked grin grew on his face, "are orchestrating my come back." His companions stared on as he launched into the premise of their latest scheme. "I am going to stand at the very top of the social ladder. And you're both going to help me do it."

"Well Eddy," Double D spoke as he disappeared off screen for a moment with a large book in his hands, "I've been taking a sociology and psychology course on the side and I think I've encountered a few things that'll help." The social manipulator of the group laced his fingers together and leaned forward gently.

"I'm listening."