AN: Sorry there's been nothing here for a while. The past few months I've been frantically searching for a job. To no avail. Thought I'd try to write and distract myself from it for a while. Being an adult sucks. Anyways, hope you enjoy. Been a while so please be easy on me if it's not great
Another day past and Edd was really starting to feel better. He was able to walk with little to no trouble, his temperature was only just above normal, and the color in his face was back. He couldn't wait to be back in school. This was the first time he's had to ever miss school. He may have stayed caught up with all of his work thanks to Anna dropping it off for him but Edd yearned to be in a classroom once more. Fingers crossed, he'd be back tomorrow morning.
It was eight o'clock and Edd was in his pajamas, had a glass of warm milk, and was ready to sleep. Only problem, he wasn't remotely tired. The worst part about being sick for days on end was the way it destroyed sleeping schedules. He'd been up tossing and turning every night not getting much sleep. It drove him nuts, but there wasn't a much he could do to correct it.
Edd was laying in his bed reading when his bedroom light flickered. It took him by surprise and startled him a little, causing him to let out a tiny gasp. Putting down his book, Edd went to open his window and check the whether outside.
"Oh my," he called out. The snow was starting to engulf the entire cul-de-sac. Edd made his way downstairs to check out the news.
"Storm Watch. With winds in excess of forty five mph and up to twenty inches of snowfall expected we highly discourage anyone from leaving their homes and get prepared for the impending storm. The storm will be directly overhead in about two hours. Be safe everyone." Edd turned on his fireplace and retreated into the kitchen to make a snack. He was very knowledgeable and had supplies ready for this kind of situation. He and his parents had storm kits filled with food, water, and other emergency supplies in the basement. As well as several generators in case the power went out. So the storm watch wasn't a huge deal to him.
"What was that?" Edd called out to himself. He heard what sounded like a loud pair of "thumps". "Has the storm gotten that bad already?" At that moment Edd heard his phone going off. So he returned to his bedroom to check who it was. He had received a text message from Marie.
Open your door!
It took a second to process, but then,
"Oh my lord!" And Edd ran down to let Marie in.
Edd swung open the front door, reveling Marie, wearing half a dozen jackets and scarfs to protect herself from the storm. He quickly pulled her in and closed the door.
"Marie, why on earth would you go outside in this storm?"
"Mmm mm mmm!" All of Marie's words were muffled through her many scarfs. Edd gently pulled them away from here mouth.
"Why didn't you open the door! I was banging on it for five minutes!"
"Oh, those thuds I heard were you?"
"Oh, those thuds I heard were you," Marie mocked in an irritated fashion before throwing a scarf at Edd's face and removing her hats and gloves.
"I'm sorry, Marie. Why would you even come over in this weather? The news said for everybody to stay in their houses. It was dangerous going out, even if the full brunt of the storm hasn't come yet."
"My power went out and mom took Shadow with her to see my aunt and her kids earlier. She didn't want to drive back in in the storm and I didn't want to be home alone. So I thought, why not go spend some time with Double D? Didn't think you'd leave me out in the cold to freeze." Edd paid no mind to Marie's dramatic tone, but did take notice of her shaking. She was practically vibrating from how cold she was. Edd grabbed her hand and sat her down beside the fireplace. He also wrapped a nice wool blanket around her.
"I'll go get us some hot chocolate." Marie, wrapped tightly in a blanket, slowly scooted herself over to the end table where Edd's television remote was, freed her hand and pressed power.
"He has so many more channels than I do. Oh Rick and Morty, achoo!" Marie had a little cold from the weather, and from whatever Edd gave to her.
"Bless you," Edd said, dropping down to the floor with her, hot chocolate in hand. Marie unwrapped herself so that she could hold the mug. Edd put little marshmallows in it for her. Marie picked them all out and ate them first. Edd smiled and looked at the cartoon playing on his television. There was an old man eating and a small robot on a table.
"What is my purpose?"
"You pass butter."
"Oh my god."
"Yeah, welcome to the club, pal."
Edd wasn't sure what he was watching. Didn't seem like the kind of thing for him, but Marie was finding it hilarious.
"You're probably pretty bummed, right? About the blizzard and all?" Edd had trouble understanding what Marie meant. "You know, you were all excited about going back to school, and now that clearly isn't happening with the storm. It's not supposed to go away until tomorrow." Edd's eyes got wide, somehow he hadn't pieced that together. He dropped his head onto his lap. Marie stroked his hair. "It's okay sweetie. I'll just keep you company until this all blows over." Edd let out a muffled and sarcastic "Yay" from his lap. Marie scoffed and tipped him over. Not amused by Edd's tone.
For a few hours the two talked and watched a bunch of older cartoons and shows they enjoyed when they were younger. Shows like Hey Arnold, Real monsters, Rugrats, Drake and Josh, and many others.
Marie was still freezing, even under all the layers of cloths and blankets she was wrapped in.
"Double D, can I go grab your heated blanket? I'm freezing."
"Of course, it should be right at the foot of my bed." Marie quickly made her way up the stairs and into Edd's room.
"Okay, the foot of his bed. Where is it? It's not there. What? Damn it Double D." Marie looked all around his room and couldn't find it. She then turned to Edd's desk. And while not seeing the blanket, her eyes did wonder to a paper Edd was writing. She picked it up and started reading.
I've always dreamed of following in my parents footsteps, and being a part of your school would help make that dream closer to a reality. Learning from the best there is is the only way I want to learn. I look forward to seeing you in New York, Dean. Regards, Eddward," Marie couldn't finish, she felt a pit in her stomach. Edd was leaving? When? Why didn't he ever bring it up with her? She felt like crying, she was going to lose Edd, just after they became this close? She put the letter back down and after finding the blanket hidden just under Edd's bed, returned to the living room, not wanting to let Edd know she had read some of his letter. He looked at her and smiled when she returned to the couch.
"You find it," he asked. Marie smiled and showed him the blanket. Marie really wasn't in the mood to watch anything right now and just wanted to curl up and feel miserable. Without even realizing it Marie had scooted right up to Edd and started resting her head on his shoulders. Though she did notice that Edd wrapped his arm around her shortly after.
Marie lost track of how long they were laying there watching tv. She couldn't stop thinking about the letter in Edd's room. She finally decided to bring it up.
"Hey, Double D." He looked at her, still smiling. "In your room there was a,"
THUD!
Both kids jumped. A loud thud echoed from the kitchen. They looked at how scared the other was and laughed. The laughing quickly stopped when they heard the sound of multiple tiny "thumps" going up the stairs. Marie grabbed onto Edd's arm. He got up and went into the kitchen. There was nothing out of place. Nothing was moved, nothing broken. They heard more pitter patter from upstairs. Edd immediately tried going up there to investigate. Marie tried holding him back, but he simply brushed her off and ran up to see what was going on. Marie stood at the foot of the stairs, terrified.
"Marie!" She threw out all of her fear when she heard Edd yell for her. Marie fell backwards upon seeing Edd being dragged under his bed. Scratching and clawing to free himself from whatever had him. She urgently dove over and tried to pull him out. He just kept disappearing more and more until his whole body was dragged under. Marie shot up and ran towards the door. It kept getting further and further away. Darkness was enclosing her. She couldn't see a thing. Little hands where grabbing her. Whispering things to her.
"Shut up, get off me!" she yelled. She was stuck, trapped. "Aaah!"
"Aaah! What the hell?" Marie looked around. She was in Edd's living room, laying on the couch. She could see a tinge of light coming through the window, and Edd laying on the floor. Marie wiped the sweat from her forehead and tried to turn the television on. Apparently Edd's house lost power at some point during the night. "What was." She rubbed her eyes and looked down at Edd. She then grabbed a pillow from the couch, and laid it besides him. Then she wrapped herself in the blanket Edd was using, and put his arms around her.
