The Nameless Boy

The three of them sat on the couch eating pizza and watching TV. They had nothing to do and decided to hang out for once. Eddy looked over to his left and found Sonya perched on the arm of the couch next to Edd. She was watching the show and seemed pretty immersed in it. Eddy tried to contain his laughter and ended up choking on his bite of pizza. His friends and Sonya turned to him. He cleared his throat and waved them away. Wordlessly they calmed their fears and went back to the show. Sonya on the other hand started grinning and Eddy turned his attention to the show, trying to ignore her. But as soon as he started getting back into it, the doorbell rang. Edd and Sonya stood.

"I'll get it." They both said. Eddy watched as Sonya shadowed Edd and mimicked him. When they went behind a wall, Eddy suddenly became anxious. He heard the door open and then silence.

"Hey Double D." A deep voice greeted. Eddy threw down his plate and vaulted himself over the couch. He ran to the door but stopped as he saw who was standing there. The man was tall and had blonde hair. The woman had darker hair and was average height.

"Shit." Eddy muttered under his breath. The woman just stared at him, shocked or surprised or both.

"Little brother." The taller man greeted.

"Hey." Eddy croaked weakly as his brother walked over to him and hugged him.

"What are you doing here?" Eddy asked. His brother smiled at him and seemed to be excited.

"I'm getting married," He replied. "Em, come here." The woman stepped forward and Eddy had another heart attack.

"Madeline." He whispered.

"Hello Eddy." Madeline greeted her voice weak. Eddy's brother looked from one to the other. Edd quickly backed away and disappeared. Eddy felt the chill as Sonya wrapped herself around him. His breath caught and then nothing was moving. He turned and looked at Sonya.

"What's going on?" He asked. Sonya shrugged and smiled.

"I can stop time." She said.

"Thanks." Eddy muttered and looked down.

"So your brother is marrying your ex, it could be worse." Sonya said.

"Yeah, I could be dead." Eddy replied and quickly looked up.

"True, but you're not. So what are you going to do?" She asked him.

"I don't know." Eddy sighed.

"Well let's see." Sonya remarked. With another stalled breath, time started again.

"I didn't know Jack was your brother." Madeline said, her pitch growing higher. Eddy stared up at his brother.

"Jack?" He questioned. His brother just shrugged.

"What have either of them done for you? Cut them quick Eddy. It'll be easier than Peach Creek." A voice whispered. He knew it was Sonya and nodded.

"Well Jack and Madeline, it's good to know you're both alive but I have things to do. I'll see you guys around." Eddy said, his voice only wavering a little. Madeline was actually surprised.

"Right, well, I guess we should go." His brother said gruffly and led Madeline from the room. Madeline glanced over her shoulder and seemed she was about to cry.

"I don't care." Eddy whispered as he shut the door. They didn't mean anything to him. They were ghosts that needed to move on.

"How about a walk Sonya?" Eddy asked as he grabbed his jacket from the wall. In the sudden chill, Eddy knew the answer and stepped out of his apartment. He found his brother and Madeline walking to the elevator so he went the opposite way to the stairs.

As they were walking to the park, Eddy took to talking out loud to Sonya. People stared at him as he was crazy but he didn't care.

"Life happens quickly." Eddy sighed. Sonya nodded and suddenly stopped. Eddy followed suit and looked around quizzically.

"What is it?" He asked. Sonya only pointed to the window they were about to walk past. It was a cafe and Eddy walked closer and found people scattered about drinking coffee. But then he saw what Sonya was pointing at and headed to the door.

"It's Hannah." He said.

"Hi Hannah." Eddy greeted as he walked up to her table. She looked up from the book she was reading and smiled.

"Hi Eddy." Hannah replied and laid the book down.

"Hannah, I wanted to ask you something." Eddy started but paused when a man walked over to them. His heart stopped as the man took a seat next to Hannah.

"Eddy, I'd like you to meet my friend Andy." Hannah said. Eddy sighed in relief but heard Sonya gasp.

"Small world." Eddy said.

"What do you mean?" Andy asked and looked briefly at Hannah.

"I knew Sonya." Eddy said. Andy licked his lips and nodded.

"She died." He said weakly. Hannah patted her friend's hand and Eddy found a wedding band there.

"Poor guy, he never recovered. Still is in love with her." She said. Andy smiled and fingered the band.

"I don't mean to make this awkward. It's still a little painful but I won't start weeping." Andy said. Eddy paused as he watched Sonya drift over and touch Andy's cheek. He shivered and rubbed the same cheek.

"Woah, chill." He said. Eddy watched Sonya look up at him and smile, ghostly tears falling down her face.

"Goodbye." She whispered. Eddy looked away as she melted into the air. He couldn't lose it now.

"Hannah, would you like to go to dinner with me tonight?" Eddy blurted. Hannah blushed.

"She'd love to." Andy said. Hannah laughed and swatted his hand.

"Eddy, sit, join us." She said. Eddy took the chair and sat down, feeling warmer than he ever had.