I was able to write this just for you guys even with my busy schedule it sucks cause I have to work more hours now that its summer so that's why I haven't been able to upload as much. I hope you guys like this though cause a lot of work went into it, I had to do this while I was half asleep XD
I do not own any of the characters in Ed Edd n Eddy. But owning them would make me the coolest cat in the cul-de-sac :P
Dorks part 2
Eddy was considering pushing Emma off of the bleachers. It wouldn't hurt all that much and it's not like Emma could hate him for it; she was too much of a nice girl to hate anyone. She was also a big thorn in his side at the moment, this was supposed to be when Eddy made his move and got some action on with Kenzie, instead they went off chatting about stupid girl things while Edd held hands with Nazz! He had been surprised at first to see them so publically showing off their hand holding, if he wasn't in such a bad mood he probably would have yelled something to embarrass his friend. He looked from Kenzie who was still chatting with Emma, to Ed who was getting thrown around by his teammates after throwing the winning pass. He was being ignored and he didn't like it one bit! He opened his mouth wider to say something about it but Kenzie nudged him with her shoulder. When he looked back at her he swallowed the words he had to say.
She was looking at him with her bright blue eyes and was grinning. "You didn't hear what we were talking about did you?" She wasn't asking him if he was eavesdropping but if he had heard them talking about something important that he should know.
Eddy looked to the side quickly to see if he had actually been paying attention, he cursed himself for not listening. "Nope, I don't have time to listen to girls talk about fashion and junk." He was still a little bitter about being ignored. Then again, this time he had every right to be.
Kenzie's expression didn't dramatically change, instead her smile just got a little wider. "Oh, well then I guess you don't want to know what we were saying about you then."
He groaned, slapping himself in the head. He had fallen straight into this one hook line and sinker, he had to know now. "What did you say about me?!" Instead of admitting defeat he only tried to show more anger.
She didn't take the bait and just shook her finger at him tauntingly. "Nope, that's not how you ask."
Another groan escaped his mouth without him meaning to let it out. "Cmon tell me what you two were saying!" She looked at him with one eyebrow raised and he resisted the urge to push her and Emma off the bleachers. He looked down, defeated and sighed for a long moment. "…please…" it was so quiet that unless someone was paying attention they wouldn't even know he had talked at all.
She smiled, not one a winner would show, but something a lot…..warmer. "Well, you'll have to wait, it's a surprise."
At that point Eddy no longer cared. If she didn't want to tell him fine let her keep the stupid secret from him anyways! He tapped his finger on the bleacher impatiently waiting for when she would tell him. The noise it made wasn't loud but it was a constant one that Kenzie would hear a lot. She sighed at his little antics but let them happen all the same. Eddy kept this up until Ed came rushing out of the locker rooms, he looked up exactly where they were and awkwardly jogged towards them. He was limping and he looked like he had just rolled around in dirt but that was a usual for him so no one was really concerned.
"Eddy! Double-D did'ya see me!? Huh did'ya see me?!" He looked so excited that everyone just smiled at him for a second, than Emma stood up and walked to him.
"Hey how about Kenzie and I we were watching too." She was pouting at him and Ed's already overworked brain momentarily stopped, not in the usual way either. She looked so….cute…like a bunny, except he wasn't allergic to Emma.
"Oh…" Was all he could say at first, then he snapped out of it, shaking his head so his brain could bounce in there for a little. "Did I do good?!"
Double-D groaned at his grammar but Emma just smiled at him. "I thought you were awesome out there, but could you try to get tackled less please, it looked pretty harsh out there."
He nodded at here, partially agreeing. "I know, who'da thunk that tackling could hurt so much," He turned to look at Eddy and Double-D. "Why didn't you tell me it hurt when I jumped on you?"
Eddy clenched his hand and got ready to snap at Ed with all his might. Double-D was able to anticipate it and grabbed his shoulder while speaking quickly. "It's fine Ed, we actually quite enjoy your hugs, no matter how rough they are." It was the right answer because Ed beamed from ear to ear.
Eddy would have given Double-D a knuckle sandwich for interrupting him, but his arm and ribs were only getting worse, he could feel them bruising and turning purple as it was. "Ya ya Ed your hugs make the world go round, can we go now before my hands freeze to my jacket?"
He got no protests, he walked quickly but not fast enough to where Kenzie couldn't keep up with him. "Still mad that I won't tell you huh?"
Eddy barely looked at her but his anger was clearly shown. "What was your first clue?"
He expected her to get mad but again he was surprised to see that she was smiling. "Sorry, but you'll find out when you drop me off at home."
Eddy's teeth were grinding at this point and he opened his mouth to snap at her but was stopped by a hand in his face, her hand to be exact.
"Shut up and just walk me home."
Eddy couldn't remember the last time he was so angry and happy at the same time, he always liked walking Kenzie home but this time he felt like kicking her all the way there. He walked beside her and she leaned against him. "Cmon cheer up and stop looking so mad, makes you look like you don't like hanging out with me."
That did get a little smile from Eddy, even if he didn't want to. "Well let's hurry up, it's cold." He walked for a while with her leaning on him and then she shrugged off and walked in front. His shoulder felt really cold all of a sudden.
She turned to face him, walking backwards and smiling. Eddy looked behind him to see Double-D and Ed take different roads to drop off the girls they walked so it was just him and Kenzie now, something that didn't bother him in the least.
"We finally have some alone time." If it had come from anyone else Eddy would think she was flirting with him, but her tone didn't match up with it, it just sounded like she was stating a fact.
He smiled all the same and shook his head. "And to think I could barely stand you when we were in a group, now I gotta deal with this." He gestured to her with his hands.
"I know, you just can't handle me, its ok ill see if someone else can." Eddy stopped in his tracks but she kept walking, turning around so he couldn't see if she was joking or not.
"W-wait a second!" He quickly blurted out, jogging closer to her. "I never said I couldn't handle you! It'll be easy!" He had said those things so fast that he wasn't able to see the smile on her face.
"Mhm, sure we'll see." She looked at him again and he had to swallow before he could talk, her eyes did that to him sometimes.
"Nope, we don't have to see nothin' we both already know." He gently nudged her, a part of him wanting her approval in this.
She smiled and nudged him back with her shoulder. "Ya you're right, but don't think just because I said this you'll be able to slack off."
He didn't know how he could slack off with this girl but he shrugged and walked faster. "We'll see." All of a sudden the pain he had wasn't as bad; he was barely even paying attention to it. The girl that he was with was definitely enough to distract him from the pain.
They walked all the way to her house without saying much after that, Eddy was a little tired and he could tell by her constant yawning that she was too. When they got to her door she nodded to him and said her thanks. He just shrugged, and told her not to thank him.
"Why not?" She asked, for once actually being serious with her question. "If I don't thank you I feel like you walked me here for nothing."
He shook his head. "Nah, I walked you cause I wanted to, it was mostly selfish anyways. I don't want you thanking me when I'm walking you cause I like to."
She blushed, something subtle that he wasn't able to notice at first. If he hadn't seen the same shade of pink on Double-D's face so much when he was embarrassed he would have sworn it was just her cheeks affected by the cold, but there it was, her blushing because of something he said. He had to replay his words to see if he could do it again but he didn't think he had said anything sweet, why was she blushing?!
He smiled and was about to tease her when he heard someone in the background. "You sure took your time walking here Eddy, to think that you would take the longest." He knew that smart alec tone all too well now.
Eddy turned around to see Double-D and Ed. He pointed at Kenzie with the same teasing smile still on his face. "Well she walks so slow it's hard to get anywhere at all without aging a little."
The blush had completely disappeared now and he was given a wicked glare. He screwed up.
"See if I ever tell you what we were talking about now ya jerk!" She turned around to open the door but again they were interrupted by someone walking from the forest right by Kenzies house.
"Look, told you they'd be over here didn't I Kev." It was none other than Kyle and his followers, Kevin included. Except this time Kevin was the one leading the pack, a scowl on his face that sent shivers down Eddy's spine, it was the same look his father had right before he would go on a rampage.
He looked from one Ed to the other until his eyes fixed on Double-D. "You-!" he hissed, pointing his finger at Double-D. He started walking over to him, cracking his knuckles with the same scowl on his face. He picked Edd up by his shirt and held him so that they were face to face, a little too close for Edd's liking.
"What's the big deal huh? Trying to take Nazz while I'm busy, what kinda guy do you think you are?!" Edd was too scared to say anything he just stared at the enraged Kevin with his mouth open. He had never seen Kevin so angry before, even when they had pulled that awful scam last summer, this moment felt a lot more dangerous than any pounding or beating he had gotten before from Kevin. He tried to talk but no words came out, only inaudible sounds. Kevin pulled his shirt tighter and got a wheeze of pain out of Double-D.
"If you got the guts to try and steal Nazz than you better have to guts to fight for her too." He held Edd with one hand and pulled his other hand back into a fist, punching him in the abdomen and letting him fall to the ground, gasping for air. The sound that escaped his mouth made Eddy and Ed clench their fists. "Wow, I think you've gotten weaker since last summer." He reached to pick him up again but a powerful force shoved him backwards, it was Ed, he didn't look mad at all more worried than anything.
"Y-you're bully!" He stuttered, blocking Double-D from Kevin with his body. While he stood there Kyle and Cody walked up behind Kevin.
"Hey now, it's supposed to be mano y mano here, it's not fair if you join in too big guy." His tone didn't sound threatening but the way he smiled made Ed sweat a little. "Here if you want to go to why not add Cody to the mix too." He nodded and Cody jumped forward, grabbing Ed's arms and pushing him backwards, Ed had size on Cody but he was still pretty strong. He was able to push Ed so that he landed on his butt, Ed might have been strong but he was no fighter, he scooted back on his backside and gulped at Cody laughed.
"Dude this guy is such a chicken it's hilarious!" His mocking didn't bring out any anger in Ed, but Eddy's fists only tightened.
Kevin laughed along with Kyle and took another step towards Double-D who was still too shocked about what was going on to move. He stared up at an imposing Kevin, he reached forward to grab his shirt again and he shuffled to move, but before Kevin could get a hold of him he was pushed to the side once again, this time enough to launch him on his back. Eddy stood over Kevin now, an even angrier scowl on his face as he looked down at the surprised Kevin.
He charged again and used all his body weight to tackle Cody off of Ed; he rolled with him and fell awkwardly on his arm. He screamed in pain and hugged it, rolling over a couple more times. Before he could get back up someone forcefully grabbed him and pulled him up, it was none other than Kevin.
"What do you think you're doing?" Kevin breathed in his face and Eddy turned away from him.
"Your breath stinks, probably why Nazz doesn't like ya no more." It was the same kind of talk he would give to his dad and it earned him the same result, a punch to the gut this time though. He fell back on the ground and gagged a couple times before he looked up to see Kevin staring down at him.
Kyle walked over him as well and Eddy ground his teeth to keep the pain in his arm and chest at bay. "Who is this guy, Eddy right?" Kyle asked sarcastically.
Kevin shook his head and smiled. A wicked one that Eddy didn't know he could show. "Nope, he's just a dork like the other ones."
Everything seemed to stop at that moment. That word had hit harder than any punch Kevin or the other jocks could throw. All three of them had fought so hard, did so much to avoid that label for it to come crashing back at them in one moment. Something inside Eddy seemed to crack in that moment, it wasn't something audible by the rest of the people there but Eddy could hear it loud and clear, a snapping noise that drowned everything else out. He could and would never forgive Kevin for this moment. That word, that one word didn't deserve forgiveness.
He fell to his side and laid there while his other two friends stared, transfixed as if the word was some kind of spell.
He had given up; he would take whatever beating came to him. That word had taken him down.
Kenzie started to run forward but someone else came from the woods and whistled to get their attention.
"How about you guys leave, unless you want to fight someone who could whoop all your guy's butts single handedly." It was Allen; he stood tall with his fists clenched and angry eyes staring his former friends down.
"Cmon, let's go." Kevin stared Allen down, he had only come here for Double-D but now these other people were getting in their way, he didn't want that. He walked away with the jocks towards Kyle's place.
They had been gone for quite a while but the three Ed's sat where they had been.
It took a while for the anger to rush into Eddy, so quickly that it was painful, it felt as if molten poison was rushing through his system and he quickly got up, shouting as loud as he could.
"SHOVEL CHIN!" But by then the boys had been long gone and he was just yelling at air.
A tear fell from one of his eyes and he quickly rubbed it out. Trying to stop the rest of them from running down his face as well. He heard Kenzie and Allen in the background helping Double-D and Ed up to no avail. They just ended up sitting back down, Ed rocking back and forth and Double-D cupping his face in his hands and sniffing.
Allen left quickly, saying he needed to get home or his parents would kill him but he did get a pat on the shoulder from Eddy, a great sign of respect for someone like him to give to someone else, Allen was a good guy in his books.
Eddy felt Kenzie's hand touch his shoulder. "Hey, you ok. You can stay over if you guys want my parents aren't home."
He shrugged her off and shook his head. He wasn't trying to be a jerk but he couldn't help it, he was just so angry that it hurt and he wasn't used to hurting like this before.
It was completely different then the physical pain.
Kenzie seemed to understand because she stayed quiet for a while and watched as the three got up and started walking home, before Eddy could leave completely she hugged him and kisses his cheek, something that would have felt like heaven if not for the circumstances. He hugged her back and gave her a small smile.
"We'll be fine, don't worry about it." The words sounded hallow to both of them but they had to be said, it helped just a little for Eddy.
She nodded a sad expression on her face and Eddy walked away swearing to himself that he would fix that sad face of hers. It would have to wait though; he had a different problem to deal with. He had to figure out how to cheer his friends up.
They all walked into Edd's house without saying anything. They quietly got ready, got their pajamas on that had been left there from previous visits, and sat down in the living room watching t.v. Eddy on the ground and Double-D and Ed on the sofa.
"This movie really sucks, what are we even watching?" Eddy asked as he rolled on his back and stared at the ceiling, none of them were actually watching the movie but he needed to say something.
Double-D looked at the movie for a while before he answered. "It seems to be a ci-fi movie, this is more Ed's expertise than mine."
Ed who was feeling happy at being called an expert at something looked up from the pillow he was laying on. "It's wrath of the monkey fish." His voice didn't sound as excited as it usually would.
They sat there again for a while without talking, this time Ed breaking the silence. "Are we really dorks…?" The question was what they were all thinking but just didn't have the nerve to say out loud. Luckily for them Ed didn't really know what nerve was.
"By actual definition we are by no means a dork." Edd concretely stated. "But for some people like Kevin and the jocks of that clique, we might as well be." There was a big undertone to what he was saying.
Eddy scoffed and shook his head. "Who cares what those jock idiots think, we are not dorks, let'em think what they want."
Edd shook his head at his stubborn friend and sighed. "Most of the social group's they hang out with seems to care what they think and their group is extensively larger than our own." He didn't know why but this conversation was starting to upset him, it brought up a subject he never thought he'd have to relive.
"I like our group though; we should stick with all of'em." Ed cut in, putting his own opinion in it.
Edd turned to him with a questioning look on his face. "What makes you think that they won't take our friends like they took Kevin hm?" He turned to Eddy and his face changed to one of more anger. "Or who's to say they won't cast us aside for the allure of the in-crowed and leave us for naught like before?" His voice was slowly increasing now, he had to let this out or it would destroy him. "And how could we possibly know what will happen now that I've induced the wrath of the popular kids, now that it's my fault that you both will take the punishment for my mistake!?" He broke down and covered his face with his hands, he took ragged breaths and couldn't control himself, he didn't even notice Ed hugging him and rocking him back and forth.
It took some time for him to stop and when he did he looked over at a solemn Eddy. "Do you know how long it took you to finally get this far with Nazz? A long fricken time. And if taking some harsh words from Kyle and his goons is all it's gonna cost us than I'll take it." He turned towards Edd and smiled, a small one that hadn't been on his face before. "Cause if being with Nazz is anything like you make it out to be with all your fancy words, than I can take the pain for ya."
Double-D sniffed and looked over at Ed. "D-do you feel the same way too Ed?"
Ed nodded quickly and smiled. "A'course I do! You look happy when you're with Nazz so it's ok, cause even if Kevin and them are mean we still have each other." He hugged Edd tighter and he let out a wheeze. "And that's all I need!"
Double-D didn't let himself cry this time, he was tired of always being the one to cry and being the one that had to be consoled, he would need to help Eddy and Ed out just as much as they did him.
To do that he would have to leave Nazz alone, even if it was against their wishes. It was at that time that he was flicked hard in the head.
"Stop thinkin' about it, just go see her, we'll figure this out like we always do." Eddy sternly said, giving him another small flick as he talked.
He nodded and held his arms out. "Come here Eddy, I want to show you my gratitude."
Eddy slowly backed up with his hands up. "Nope, I'm good, what is your hat to tight around your brain?"
But the smile that Eddy didn't like was still on his friends face. "Come now Eddy, give Ed and I a hug." He got off the couch and hugged Eddy before he could get away, as he tried to pry himself off Ed came out again and hugged him tightly enough to keep him in place.
"Let go you behemoth!" He struggled but there was still a smile on his face and he wasn't actually trying to push them off as hard as he could. He laughed as they hugged him and even made his usual comments about Ed's stink but it was all in fun in the end.
After the so called hug fest was over (what Eddy called it) they played video games until they all fell asleep in the living room, something that Edd usually didn't condone.
They all woke up broken hearted, but still rejuvenated. They all groggily woke up and walked over to the bus stop like every morning. Like all the others Kevin wasn't there, but Nazz was and she walked up to him with a lot of spunk in her step.
"Hey Double-D, how are you?" Even though she looked so beautiful, even though she looked excited to see him, her face only reminded him of the events that happened, right here right now he could just not talk to her and everything would be the same again.
He just looked at her, trying to decide what to do when Eddy came in out of nowhere. "He's fine, just brain dead as you can see." He knocked on his head and when Double-D looked at him he gave a reassuring smile, the same one he gave whenever he was confident things would get better.
Double-D would usually believe in that smile, but there was something wrong with it, there was no way this could end up being good for them. They would get hurt.
They would feel pain.
He couldn't give them more than they already had, but he knew not talking to Nazz wouldn't fix that now, he had put them in a hole that he had dug for them himself. He hated himself.
He smiled for Nazz's sake and started talking to her all the way to school. It should have been enjoyable but he kept feeling like a horrible person for putting his friends in danger for his own selfish love interest. When he said his goodbyes to her and went to their shared locker he half expected Kyle or Kevin to show up and torture them some more but they didn't show.
He waited for them to get them at the lunchroom but they didn't come there either. In-fact they hadn't come to school at all after the incident of the previous day. Allen stayed close by like before to help, he was even right outside the door after school had been over. That's when Eddy put on one of the angriest faced Edd could remember.
"You!" He hissed, running up and pushing Allen backwards, not hard enough for him to fall but it was still a rough push. "Why didn't'ya tell me that Double-D was gettin' picked on!" Then he turned to Edd and gave him the same face from before. "And you didn't even tell me you were getting picked on! You lied to me!"
It was as if this realization had just occurred to him and he was venting now. Edd had to admit he was a little impressed on how long Eddy was able to sustain a grudge. "I did not lie to you. I merely withheld the truth so that it wouldn't bother you." Before Eddy could rant again Edd held his hand up. "I realize now that what I did, or rather didn't do was wrong I should have come to you and Ed with my problem and I will if this ever occurs again."
Eddy liked the answer and turned back to Allen who was trying to sneak away. "And what do you got to say for yourself!"
Allen shook his head quickly and gulped. "No wait, you see Double-D didn't want me telling you guys about what was going on, so I just kept it on the down low."
Eddy considered what he said, his face contorted in a thinking pout. Then he just pushed him again. "Ya, well next time tell me or you're the one I'm gonna beat up next!"
Allen agreed and Edd practically got the same line so he was forced to agree as well, upsetting Eddy after what had happened would be even worse than upsetting Kevin, but it did help the mood a little and gave everyone something to smile about, if anyone was watching they would probably think he was doing that on purpose to get everyone happy again.
School ended on a sour note, their status with Kevin still wasn't completely determined seeing as he wasn't at school. If he was going to bully them then they would need to see it happen to retaliate or to do something about it at least. They were in the dark about it for now though and would have to find out after the weekend.
The three boys went to Edd's house and reflected on what had happened that day. Nothing big besides Nazz talking to Edd a lot more than usual. Especially about how they were supposed to go to the movies. It was frightening but Double-D was a little more prepared than he would have if he had never gone with her to the dance or bonded with her so much.
What made Edd extremely nervous was what would Kevin do if he found out about the date, how much angrier could he get?
He looked over at his friends as they tried to cook something up (while failing miserably) they looked happy but he could tell there was something bothering them, it was a sense that only brothers had. He sighed, staring down at the clean carpet, how much more pain could he cause them?
He knew that if Kevin found out about the movies there would be consequences that would involve not only his friends, but also Nazz and the other girls. So far only Kenzie had known what happened and Allen made sure to tell her not to tell anyone about what had happened and she reluctantly agreed. Eddy knew he was going to get an earful for it and complained about it frequently, just another thing Edd felt bad about.
He still watched as they finished making the scrambled eggs, something that should have been easy for anyone but for his two adopted brothers was probably one of the more difficult tasks. They sat down and started eating, without thinking Double-D joined them and ate quietly along with them.
The only sound that could be heard was the sharp clinging noise of forks hitting plates, until Eddy decided to talk.
"Ok, first up, when you get to the movies pick one that ya haven't seen so you don't blurt out the ending like you always do." He pointed his fork at the surprised boy.
Ed looked up from scarfing his food and started talking anyways. "Amf brung flowuers." He happily included, his mouth full of eggs.
Double-D listened to the advice that they gave with a small smile on his face. Even with all that was going on and all the things that were bound to happen they still had the mind to give him advice about his date. Kevin would hurt them, he would probably hurt them more than anyone else could, but they would take it, they would take whatever he threw at them and get past it as brothers. After they were done talking Double-D put his fork down and raised his eyebrow.
"Please tell me how both of you know more about dates than I do?"
Eddy and Ed started laughing and Double-D went back to eating his runny eggs. They had messed up badly on the preparation of the food.
He didn't mind though, the memory that came with them was better than the bad taste.
This is either the last or second last chapter as freshmen for them I think it's the second to last the last chapter I've been debating on whether to put it in now or to save it for the next year in high school, I know right this freshman year has used up a lot of chapters XD expect soft more year to be longer though. :D
If I can get 5 more reviews by 7/15/13 by at least 3 different writers ill make the next chapter by 7/20/13 that way I get some new reviews I feel like you guys hate me ;3; haha jk just being selfish :P
