Eddy
Falling onto his unmade bed, Eddy let out a heavy and almost painful sigh. He had been thinking about his family again, and about Madeline. He knew that he was now around the only family he had, and didn't have to prove himself to be accepted. Madeline had told him that. She told him how he idolized a brother that would never accept him and made Eddy try and be like him. But he had a family, Double D and Ed. He didn't listen to her and his antics drove her away. It seemed like girls had a big effect on him and Double D. Madeline had said, "You're pushing the only real family you got that may not stick around if you continue acting like this." This was around the time when Christina had quoted to Edd, "Cleanliness is Godliness, and God is empty, just like me." Then everyone started changing. About sophomore year in high school, Eddy gave up try to 'scam' people out of their money for a stupid piece of candy. Now he was going on and learning how to help people with their money. But still, Madeline's departure clung to him like wet clothing. It was uncomfortable but you're so miserable you just can't peel them off. Eddy always figured if he let go of his sorrow, there would be nothing left of Madeline to hold on to. Forget how Edd had told him there were the good memories, Eddy wasn't much of a listener to begin with.
So, being in Suburbia depressed him more. He was farther away from the place he had met Madeline. If only he had changed sooner...
"Stupid girls." Eddy muttered. He could still be juvenile and often acted upon such whims. He was always one to hold on to his dreams, even if they had already been dead and buried. He just didn't want to admit that he failed. Even though he knew that if he did, all he had to do was get up and try again.
Moving to Suburbia had been his chance. He was moving away and could start over, new, fresh. But he still clung to the cul-de-sac. He tried to get over it, but couldn't seem to shake the emotions still attached.
"Hey Eddy." Edd's voice called, followed by a knocking on the door.
"What?" Eddy asked, sitting up.
"Two girls are moving in down stairs, want to come and help us help them?" Ed inquired. Eddy then heard him ask for grammatical errors and heard Edd reply positively.
"Yeah, sure." Eddy answered and jumped off his bed. He walked over and opened his door. Edd smiled and they all walked to the door.
"This'll be fun." Edd said.
"This'll be fun you said." Eddy grunted as he lowered a box onto the floor.
"Thank you so much for helping us." One of the girls said. Eddy stood up and forced a smile that was almost a wince.
"No problem." He said. And it really wasn't. The girls were identical twins with no boyfriends to speak of. They were new in town and grateful for help. And they were beautiful, blond hair, green eyes, on slender bodied women. They were even the same age as the guys. It was too perfect.
"So what are your names again?" Edd questioned. One of the girls smiled while the other responded.
"I'm Jessica Raine and this is Kali." She said. Kali was the silent one who just watched and helped carry boxes. Jessica was the one giving the orders.
"So where do you guys live?" Jessica asked. No one answered right away since Ed came stumbling into the room with a table.
"You carried that up here by yourself?" Jessica inquired, stunned. Ed sat the table down in the middle of the kitchen and turned toward her.
"Yep, that I did." He answered. Kali giggled and Jessica just smiled.
"Impressive." Jessica said.
"Well, we live on the floor above you, in D13." Edd replied to the earlier question.
"We'll have to visit you sometime." Kali said, her voice very soft. Edd, not used to the attention, blushed lightly.
"That would be great." Ed said as he started out to get more boxes. But his head popped back through the doorway.
"Do you guys like chickens?" He asked.
"You mean live ones?" Jessica clarified. Ed nodded his head.
"Yeah actually, we used to live on a farm. I had one called Nugget." Jessica answered. Ed just grinned and went back to getting boxes.
"Thank you guys so much for helping us out." Kali said, loud enough to be heard by everyone. Eddy nodded and walked out to help Ed.
"It really is no problem." Edd said as he followed.
