Author's Note: Hi there. After a two day or so break, managed to get this chapter done in literally 1 and a half hours. That's a record for me! Beforewe get started, thank you to KiltedEngineer for the birthday wish, appreciate it very much! I've already said my feelings about the whole 18 thing, but that's not what this stuff is about! Start the story Narrator!

Chapter 57: In Bloom

Let's get started shall we?

It's now 8:00 AM of the following day of the biggest gathering the cul-de-sac has had yet, everyone's minds are in very different degrees. One thing is for sure however. Everyone is a happy family about what occurred during last night's events. Maybe not family, but... crew? You get the idea alright?

Regardless, the morning of today started very similar to yesterday, with a rather large difference. Chris isn't drinking something that will inevitably result in disaster for himself and everyone else. For what he is currently doing, he is finishing up breakfast, as he had already finished up getting his clothes on, a t-shirt of Dio's "Holy Diver" album, black pants, and black shoes. To be fair on the incident during school, he mainly drank all of it so rapidly in order to get it done and over with as soon as possible. At least that was a success in hindsight. Moving onwards, before he leaves the house to meet up with Eddy, his dad has some important news to let him know.

"Chris! Mind coming over for a second? I have good news for you." said Zoltan.

"Yeah sure." responded Chris, coming over to the living room. "What's up?"

"Remember your two friends from your old place? Well, as you know, I'm friends with their parents, and they've let me know last night that they are getting their children to go to Peach Creek. They haven't finished that process yet, must have some papers or other doggerel to solve, but putting that aside, looks like the old will meet the new, won't they?" explained Zoltan.

"Holy crap, really? That's actually surprising, and awesome! Have they told you why however?" asked Chris.

"Not fully, actually. It is strange, but if I were to be a betting man, the original school must've had some major issues to make them move to Peach Creek High. I shall try to find out soon, and let you know why. I'm sure your friends will explain why however, if I cannot figure it out in time." responds Zoltan. "I won't take up more of your time, go meet up with your friends and head to school. Good luck boy!"

"Of course. Thanks for letting me know dad, appreciate it. Catch ya soon!" stated Chris, as he headed out the door.

Over to Eddy's house, he feels like very shaken up by yesterday's events, as registering that what occurred there was reality, not a dream, is something that is much easier said than done in his case. Does he regret it? At this current moment, no, but time will be the test to see if he does or doesn't. Either way, he enjoyed the company of Lee during the party either way. As for getting ready for school, he had returned to his regular style for today. Eddy then hears a ring at the door, which means that it's one of his friends, and so he's heads on over to answer it.

"Hey Chris! How's it going man?" asks Eddy.

"It's all good for me personally. How about you? Still feeling confident about what happened yesterday?"

"Yep. Man, if only you saw it!" said Eddy, in a energy-filled tone. "It was just the best thing ever! Kinda wish we could've gone on longer!"

"Me too, but the night had to end eventually. Don't worry, we will all have a reunion at my place after school, as my dad is very excited about getting to know you and the other two better. He seems to like you guys." commented Chris.

The two of them decide to head on to Double D's house, and Eddy states, "That's good. Your dad seems like a heavy dude, not to be mean or anything, I'm just saying that it seems like he could break a wall or something!"

"Well, appearances often deceive my friend. Besides, like me, he takes after the code of not causing harm unnecessarily, only when it's absolutely needed. So, don't do anything that could cause major disaster, and you're fine. A minor thing or two won't tick him off, if anything, he'll try to help you more than anything." explains Chris. "Besides, the only I recall dad being... aggressive, let's say, was when one time someone tried to rob a store, and he tackled the robber by running up to him, getting rid of the robber's gun by breaking his hand, and delivering a good beating to put the dude down! I don't think the robber ever wanted to rob again. Then again, he got arrested, and the store gave us what we would've bought for free, as thanks for the assistance."

Eddy adopted a face of shock, and clapped for that result. "Man! I gotta learn those moves sometime. But I can't imagine being in that situation man, sounds intense!"

The two of them made it to Double D's house, and Eddy rang the doorbell, while Chris stated, "Yeah. Good thing he was there, because it would've been more dangerous than it was already."

Inside Double D's house, the lad is currently finishing up the organization for his backpack, laying out his school supplies, as he had decided, like Eddy, to roll with his normal style. His thoughts about last night were rather pleasant, as he enjoyed being with his beloved, or significant other, or girlfriend. Or just Marie. Anyway, the whole event, minus the incident at the start, was a blast and enjoyment for him. When he hears the bell, he finishes up his organization, and then he heads on down to join his friends.

"Greetings fellows! Hope your day is well." said Double D to the two at the door.

"It is indeed Double D! How did it go with your girl yesterday?" asked Eddy.

"It went well Eddy! Marie and I had a pleasant time with each other last night, having discussions about one another." responded Double D, wanting to keep what he and Marie talked about private.

While en route to Ed's house, Double D mentions, "Chris, how long will your dad have us at the house?"

"Not very long I imagine. Then again, as I just told Eddy, he would like to get to know you three better, and he seems to like you guys." responds Chris. "It's a story that we've heard before, but it will be from his perspective, not mine."

"Thank you Chris. I merely ask in the event that I need to get going in order to work on something." said Double D.

The three of them go to the window that gives full view of Ed's room, and don't see Ed anywhere? Wait, what?

"Where is he?" asks Chris.

"I don't know! Lemme get in, I'll see what's up." responded Eddy.

Eddy heads in, and it seems Ed is still sleeping, and it covered up from head to toe with his blanket, with his pillow helping out. Eddy noticed this as Ed's snoring isn't exactly very quiet, to say the least. Regardless, Eddy takes off all of the cover Ed had, and yells, "LUMPY! Wake up!"

Ed get awoken, and says, "Hello Eddy!"

"Ed! There isn't much time until school! And why haven't you changed from your fancy clothes?" stated Eddy.

"Oh. That was my mistake, one second please!"

With that, Ed runs into his closet, and comes out in 1.5 seconds with his normal clothes all on him. How he did this is all up for imagination. Anyways, Eddy heads out through the window, with Ed following behind.

"Hello guys! How are my pals today?" asked Ed to his friends.

"All of us are rather well. Shall we start heading to school?" stated Double D.

"Might aswell. Let's go!" responded Chris.

(8:10 AM) At a certain trailer...

The Kanker sisters are finishing up a couple more things before they all head to school together. All three are feeling glad about the previous events, and are currently discussing said events.

"I still can't believe you weren't lying to us Lee! I could've sworn you were!" said Marie to Lee, talking about the fact that the latter got together with Eddy.

"What can I say, changes happen, don't they?" responded Lee, laughing a bit afterwards.

"I'm just happy to be better friends with Ed!" exclaimed May. "I can't wait for us to hangout soon!"

"Oh look at you! Little sis is getting close to her man! Well, catch up soon, because we're ahead of ya! But for real, I'm happy for ya." said Lee toward May, giving her a high five.

"Yeah, but it took you both much more time for that than it did for me! So ha!" stated Marie, teasing her sisters.

"Oh shut up Marie, you just got lucky that you were with the nicer guy!" responded Lee.

"I'm just kidding. Let's all head to school now to see our boyfriends!" said Marie.

That they do. All three sisters gather their belongings, and head to school. The other crew have already made it there, but they won't be far behind.

Speaking of the other crew, everyone is currently taking a look in their lockers to see if there's anything they need for today. While checking, Chris is sneaked up on by a certain someone. Oh, who could that be?

"Hey Skylar, since I know it's you." said Chris, hearing her footsteps.

"Aw what? How did you hear me?" she asked.

"I can hear your footsteps silly." responds Chris, after which he turned around to face her. "Happy to see you."

"Same to you too. Awesome shirt by the way. You all ready for school today?" stated Skylar.

"All of us are basically. Eddy! Do you wanna get going to class early or...?" said Chris to Eddy.

"Alright sure. I will catch you two later alright? See ya!" said Eddy to his fellow friends.

"No worries Eddy, see you soon!" responded Double D.

Over with Chris, Skylar, and Eddy, the group are currently having a talk about the "incident", and what was done in order to stop it.

"Well, because that guy that provoked the entire thing had to be a complete idiot, I had to handle it with force. I would say I didn't like doing that, but that would be an obvious lie, because my god, that dude had to be on some really bad high horse." explained Chris. "I don't look for fights, trust me, but he was just setting himself and his friends up for that to happen. If he hadn't been that way, I wouldn't done anything."

"Don't worry about it love, if anything, it's their bloody fault that they went and did that bollocks, not yours." responded Skylar.

"I haven't even met them either, so not sure why they picked on me of all people." said Eddy. "Whatever man, they are losers, that's the takeaway from all of it!"

"That we can agree on." responded Chris, which results in a laugh from all three. They also make it to their room, and Mr. Muta greets the three of them entering.

"Hello you three. Chris! You're back in good health I presume?"

"Yeah. Sorry about yesterday, it's a long story to explain what happened, but I can say that it isn't happening again, that's for sure." said Chris.

"No worries. If it comes up again, your friends have your back, and so will I. I'll help you with catching up on what you missed yesterday as soon as possible, for now, I'll have Skylar explain it to you, if that's something she is willing to do." stated Muta.

"Of course! I'll get him up to speed:" responded Skylar.

"Thank you very much. Have a seat please." said Muta.

With that, the crew of three take their seats, and await for further instructions from Muta. While they wait, over in the hallway, the Kankers have just arrived, and since they already have their supplies with them, they have no need to take a look into their lockers. They instead decide to visit their boyfriends at their lockers, as the two remaining Eds are still there.

"Hey boys!" shouted Marie from a distance.

Double D adopts a face of happiness, as Marie comes over and hugs him as a way of saying hello to him. She also gives him a kiss afterwards for around 10 seconds.

"Greetings Marie, hope you are well." stated Double D.

"You bet! Did you like last night?" asked Marie.

"I must admit Marie, I would much prefer having more time for all of us to hangout there than be here in school, as much as I like studies." explains Double D. "But it was inevitable I suppose. Aside from those minor pet peeves, it was overall a really great experience. I really enjoyed your company."

Marie smiles as a response to Double D's statement, while he is then asked from Lee, "Hey, what is Eddy at?"

"Unfortunately, he just left in order to proceed to his class this morning. All apologies Lee." said Double D.

"Huh. He's being more responsible. I like it." said Lee, admiring Eddy.

May then goes on over to Ed, and says, "Hiya Ed!"

"Hello May! Is everything okay for you this fine morning?" asks Ed, happy to see May.

"Yes! Are we still going to do the hangout?" said May in excitement.

"That we are!" responded Ed, in which he received a hug from May as a thanks, and he returns it.

Double D then remembers the invitation from Zoltan, Chris's dad, and decides to mention it to the sisters.

"Everybody, I actually have some news. Once yesterday's major events concluded, me and rest of the fellows went to Chris's house, and we all met Zoltan, who is Chris's father." explains Double D. "He had invited all of us to a hangout at the house, seeing as he shared the same welcoming characteristic as the mother."

"So we are able to go too?" asks Marie.

"I'm positive you will be able to Marie, as while I explained the events that have occurred recently, I have also mentioned the repairing and makeups we've all gone through, and he will be welcoming of your three aswell." responds Double D. "If he is reluctant, not to worry, I will vouch as best as I can for you, seeing as you've all dropped the rather aggressive attitude of before."

"Well, if that's the case, and the dad is like the mother, why not? Let's all go!" stated Lee.

"My thoughts exactly. Let's discuss it more later muffin." said Marie towards Double D.

"Noted Marie, let's all head to class now." stated Double D.

And so, all five of them head onwards to their first class of the day. One event might be over, but another follows doesn't it?

Back in Math, Chris and Skylar are currently having a private discussion of what occurred at the tree, which is something that latter brought up.

"So, we still agree right?" asked Skylar.

"Yeah. Also, not to be overly repetitive, but you really looked lovely yesterday." responded Chris, with a slight chuckle.

"Thank you, and it's fine. As long as you're sincere about it, and you're not repeating it so much, you can tell me what you feel, keep in mind." stated Skylar. "By the way, I'm curious, have you had any other experiences like that with anyone else?"

"Probably not gonna believe me, but no. I told the boys this, but here. One time someone tried to get me to be with them, but for one thing, I barely knew her. So that was already a red flag, but when I said no, she tried to start a rumor that we were. I shut that down faster than you can oops, because I HATE rumors, with all my heart, as all it serves is just to cause conflict. Besides, I just didn't like her personality, which to me, is what seals the deal with any relationship." explains Chris, while sighing in annoyance. "Look, maybe if she wasn't so brash and... rash, about the whole thing. I probably would've given her a chance, but... yeah."

"Hmph. Good thing you didn't give into the pressure, as with that type of bollocks going on, you wouldn't have lasted at all. Like, what is wrong with her? You don't bloody pressure someone into a relationship that will amount to jack!" responds Skylar. "I'm not even saying that because I think I'm better, no, I'm just saying that I what she did... absolute wanker, all I can say."

"Don't worry about it. That's in the past now, and I've moved on to someone... to say the least, who I like much better, haha!" said Chris with a smile.

As a response, Skylar gives a quick kiss, and says, "Why thank you, you have a way to adopting conversation circumstances into compliments! Nice one."

"Thanks, and it's just something that... happens. It's hard to explain, but you get it." responded Chris.

Mr. Muta signals that class has started, and so, everyone gets ready for the lesson he is going to deliver.

Wild things, crazy days, and more today huh? Not bad honestly!