A/N: Hello, y'all. First Ed, Edd N Eddy fic, currently catching up on The Big Picture Show. This story's set about three years after it aired so the majority of the Peach Creek kids are in high school now and finally adding my oc in after working on her character traits.
August 20th 2012…
Footsteps woke Eddy up, the 15 year old sitting up in his bed and stretching… and hearing some doors open in the kitchen before they closed and he heard other things being grabbed.
'You and your habits.' Eddy thought as he got up and quietly walked downstairs… and she turned around and smiled, her amber eyes sparkling.
"Mornin', Eddy." She greeted… and Eddy smiled slightly, the two hugging for a few seconds.
"First day of school again, Emma." Eddy responded as 15 year old Emma went back to fixing her lunch, which consisted of a peanut butter & grape jelly sandwich that she put in a Ziploc bag before closing it, strawberries in their own bag and a Gatorade.
"Try not to prank the teachers like you did last year." Emma replied as she put her lunch in her blue lunchbox with a freezer pack to keep it from spoiling and closed her lunchbox, her raven hair reaching her shoulders now and the right side of it pinned back a bit with bobby pins to fake an asymmetrical look… but she knew Eddy would prank someone.
She brushed a stray hair off of her grey skater dress and finished tying her black converse hi tops, Eddy seeing Tenoverten's Mulberry on her oval shaped nails and noticing that Emma's makeup consisted of plum blush and a doe eye look with winged eyeliner.
"Dad and Mom wouldn't like that if they were here." Eddy responded as he fixed his own lunch, a ham and mayo sandwich he put in a Ziploc bag and a snack size bag of Cheetos he put in his red lunchbox… and much like his sister did with her lunch, he put a freezer pack in his lunchbox and closed it.
'They're too busy with their business trips to pay attention to us when they are here!' Emma thought before they sat down after fixing breakfast and ate.
After they finished getting ready, they grabbed their lunchboxes and backpacks and waited for the bus… and when it showed up, they walked up the steps into the bus and sat down on separate seats, Eddy brushing stray hairs off of his black shorts and black tank top.
Emma crossed her legs and zoned out as the doors closed and the bus ride continued, How Far We've Come by Matchbox Twenty playing on the radio… and the bus stopped again, the doors opening.
Kevin got into the bus before the doors closed, sitting down next to Emma as her seat was the only one without a second person in it.
"Hey, Doll." Kevin replied, brushing some dust off of his grey shorts and white shirt.
"Hey, Kev." Emma responded, Stuck In The Metal by Eagles Of Death Metal playing and both singing along to it and managing to relax as some of the others joined in.
Kevin noticed a look from Nazz before they looked away… the two had broken up a few weeks earlier and things felt awkward.
They had the same group of friends so the awkwardness spread to them with the exception of Emma… and Kevin couldn't help but admire her for managing to keep things peaceful between him and Nazz after the breakup.
The school bus finally stopped at Peach Creek High and the kids grabbed their backpacks and got out of the bus before going into the school… and since Emma's and Kevin's lockers were right next to each other, they opened them and started putting pictures on the walls.
"Another year…" Emma replied after some silence, closing and locking her locker.
"Yep, Doll… another year here." Kevin responded before closing and locking his locker door… and both leaning against their lockers. "It's not gonna be easy seeing her here every day." He replied.
"It's not but hopefully one day, things won't be so tense, Kev." Emma responded, her and Kevin hugging for a few seconds… and were startled by a flash of a camera before seeing Edd.
"For the board of school memories, you two. Heaven knows we'll treasure them." Edd replied before removing the picture from the Polaroid 600 camera and putting it up on the board… and Emma and Kevin smiled in a good natured manner as Edd took another picture of them and put it up on the board before they each went to their separate classes.
'Well… here we go.' Emma thought as she opened the door that led to Science and walked in… and the teacher, a man in his early 30s greeted her with an encouraging smile after seeing her schedule and handing it back to her.
"Don't be nervous, Emma. It'll all be okay." He explained before Emma sat down and crossed her legs.
And when Emma wasn't looking, a note was passed to her and she quickly hid it from the teacher's eyesight with a notebook before opening it.
'What in the world is going on between you and Shovel Chin?!'
Emma gave Eddy a look and shook her head before putting the note away as Ed walked in.
"Em!" Ed responded excitedly before they hugged, Emma glad that Ed had taken up good hygiene habits now before they let go and he sat down next to her… and Emma turned to Eddy.
"To answer your question, Kevin and I are only friends." Emma whispered before turning back to Ed… and Eddy knew that she was just leaving it at that for now.
'For now, you two are… things are changing and I have a feeling they'll escalate.' Eddy thought.
In the Spanish class down the hallway, Kevin saw a note on his desk and opened it… and saw Nazz's handwriting.
'How dare you?! Did our relationship mean anything at all?!'
Kevin hid the note and went on about his assignment… and Nazz was fuming.
She excused herself to go use the ladies restroom… and on her way back, she saw the pictures of Emma and Kevin.
'Clearly I meant nothing or he wouldn't have moved on so quickly!' Nazz thought bitterly before she took the photos down and went to the Photography class to make copies of them.
And after putting the original ones back up and putting the copies in a manilla envelope and going back to Spanish class, she put the envelope in her backpack.
And Nazz started plotting on how to get back at her ex and now former friend for what she perceived to be betrayal.