"Never Say Goodbye."
By:EddFanatic
"Do you like it?" Double D asked with hope and glee. "I know it isn't much, but I was hoping something simple would suffice just a well as something that was way out of my budget from the store."
"It's great!" There in front of him was what he had always wanted ever since Edd left for college, he had completely lost touch with Ed, and he was forced to move out of his house after a battle with a hard drug addiction, but never could get; his childhood back. He wished for this for so long. He had walked up and down the cold, dark streets and allies of his town and all he really wanted was a friend. "How did you come up with this idea?"
"Well, it was quite simple." Double D replied with a warm smile on his face. "I had to drop Sammy off at Ed's, so we decided that you deserved something joyous to happen in your life for once."
"Thank you so much! You have no idea how much this means to me!" Eddy thanked graciously, tears almost coming to his eyes.
"You're welcome."
"But... But where did you ever find this." Eddy asked in total disbelief. "We must have been, probably, not even six when this picture was taken."
"I found it in one of Ed's old history books."
On the piece of paper, on that simple piece of paper, a picture that was worth trifles more than a thousands words, yet still seem to render Eddy speechless, of the Ed's only two or three weeks after they met was there in his hands for the first time in years.
Eddy couldn't help but laugh at his former self. His lip was poked out like a park bench as his desperate attempt to give Ed and Edd bunny ears was shattered due to his height, he had tears in his eyes that stood for, if Eddy remember correctly, "I never get to have any fun!"
Ed, taller than the both of them, stood with his mouth wide open ready to welcome any passing fly apparently. His green jacket seemed to engulf his body. He also had a huge pink lollipop gripped with desperation in his hand.
And Double D... Double D was extremely shy when it came to deal with any kind of mention of a camera. He stood there with a nervous smile, gripping an old teddy bear he had brought to Peach Creek with him, and the brim of his beanie drooped in front of his eyes. He was blushing and wanted nothing to do with the photo shoot.
Eddy was glad Double D was willing to go along with shoot, or else he would have never gotten his best Christmas present of all time. He was cut of by a small beeping noise. It was Double D's pager. Edd noticed the number almost immediately.
"I'm sorry, Eddy. But I'm going to have to take this." Worry was on his breath and Eddy sensed it. He looked up confused as to why they would be calling him. He walked into his bedroom and shut the door. The phone was in his reach, but by the time his fingertips even made a small contact with the object, the same number began calling again.
"Hello, Eddward speaking. May I be of a-" He was cut off, a young women was screeching through the other end of the phone and into his ear.
"Double D!" Nazz bellowed and cried. "I-it's Nazz."
"Nazz? Is everything all right, you sound upset."
"Oh, Double D! I'm not upset, I'm devastated." Nazz cried shrilly but quitely. "It's Jayden. He... He's cutting himself again. Me and Kevin don't know what to do. We've tried and we've begged to get him to stop, but his art teacher called and said she caught him trying to carve into his wrist with the edge of a ruler. I'm so scared... I... I."
"Shh... Calm down, Nazz. Do you want me to come over."
"Would you? Oh thanks, Double D. You're a true friend." With a small click, Nazz and Double D were disconnected. Eddy was sitting on the couch when he returned. He could feel Eddy's emerald eyes fixated upon his worried face.
"Is something the matter?" The shorter one called from the couch. Concern filled a small portion of his words.
"Um... No." Double D replied, heavy-hearted. "I'll be back later. Watch the tree lights while I'm gone and make sure they don't go haywire and burn the house down."
"Okay. Wait. Where are you going?"
"Um..." The beeping noise infiltrated their ears again. It was Nazz again. "I'll tell you later, Eddy. Right now, I really need to be going."
"Well, okay then. See you later." The door squeaked open and slammed shut. He was in an awful hurry to get somewhere. Oh well... That just gives me time to raid the fridge. Eddy thought, got up from his seat, and began sifting through the fridge to see what lied within.
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Author's Note: It's short. I'm sorry I made you wait so long for such a short chapter, but I've got the worst mental block in the history of mental blocks. Chapter Five will be up sooner than this one was from Chapter Three, because I actually have a large plot for it. Congratulations goes to YodaClone13 for being the second review (well third if you count the second one from Emerald princess3)! Thank you so much for the review YodaClone13! It means a lot! Also, the picture I described will be a picture that I post on my DeviantArt channel. Thank you all for reading this chapter; I know it didn't live up to your expectations, but I tried my hardest considering everything going on right now. Thank you again for everything!
