Edd
Edd stared through the window in his bedroom. Ed had gone out to find some food for the three of them and Eddy had secluded himself into his room. Edd couldn't help but smile at his own personal irony. He wanted the verbal relationship but was know glad to be alone.
He had gotten a date with Kali Raine.
It had happened suddenly. They, being Kali, Eddy and Edd, had been talking about random things when Kali abruptly asked him out to dinner on Friday night. Edd had accepted and then fallen into a sort of daze. Now that he had had time to think, he watched the rain pour down his window. Each raindrop that splattered onto the glass and slowly beaded reminded Edd of Kali. Edd had found himself tracing her name to Romany lines. Anything to impress Kali.
But now his mind rewound its way back to when Edd had met Christina. That had been a surprise unto itself. Christina had been the Goth girl in the back of his biology class in their freshman year. But during one lab, Edd was placed with her. He, being the proclaimed 'Nerd', was a bit wary of the girl who wore spikes through her ears. But they had found a common ground, a love for science. After the lab had concluded, Christina still invited Edd over. They dated for two years.
Edd's thoughts of Christina didn't pain him; yes he missed her, but only as a friend. Christina was still a good friend. Edd now scowled as he remembered Eddy's reaction. Eddy had shrunk away and stood listlessly near the doorway. He was still consumed by Madeline and this annoyed Edd. Christina had done more in Edd's life than Madeline had been able to complete in Eddy's. But this wasn't her fault. Edd now leaned back into his pillows and sighed. He worried about Eddy; he was no longer the loud and bossy one. This, to Edd, was a mixed blessing. Edd really wanted to take Eddy by the collar, shake him, and tell him to get over himself.
"What to do." Edd murmured as he draped his arm over his eyes. He felt the threads of the trio's relationship were frayed. But they were all stressed about one thing or another. Edd wondered how even he was going to be able to pull off dating a girl during the summer before he started school. He still had to talk to his parents and manage to find a job.
Edd, sick of only hearing his thoughts, leaned over the edge of the bed and smacked the face of his stereo. He leaned back on the bed, this time staring at the ceiling as Smashing Pumpkins began to play. After Christina, Edd's taste of music changed. He shied away from classical slightly and went more toward the darker stuff.
"You will never have better than the Pumpkins." Christina had once told him. Edd smiled at the memory.
"'... And God is empty just like me.'" Edd sang with the CD and drifted.
