-11:30 a.m.-

-Peach Creek Gym-

The shortest of the 3 boys named Ed sat down on the red dirt of the construction yard, his work day only half way over. Eddy removed the hand towel from his pocket and wiped his soaking face, the summer heat now at it's peak. After proving that laying out steel beams was easy work for the muscle clad teen, Eddy's father Jack decided he was ready to be promoted to his new job: even more steel beam layout, what sounded like a joke to Jack was taken seriously by Eddy, as he took his now doubled work load with stride.

Eddy sat on the dirt with his back against some of the steel beams he had just moved, showing up for work at 7 a.m. and working non-stop til now, Jack agreed Eddy had earned himself a break. The teenager threw his head back, letting the overbearing Sun shine down on him. Of all the emotions Eddy was feeling; tired, exhausted, hot, hungry, one emotion he was not feeling, was happy.

It happened 2 weeks ago, at Kevin's little 'Welcome Home' party. A little while after Ed left with May, the night went off the rails

-2 weeks prior-

-Kevin and Nazz's House-

-11:15 p.m.-

"So she didn't even work at the circus?" Jimmy questioned, nursing Johnny who had just vomited and was now curled over on the floor.

"Nope, she was just yer everyday carnival attendee." Eddy replied, polishing his knuckles on his shirt.

"As much as I denounce a physical relationship with a woman you just met, I must say i can't blame you." Double D added, now teaching himself how to play Call of Duty on Kevin's TV.

"Oh really? Why's that?"

"What color did you say her hair was again?"

"As purple as those shorts you used to wear, PoinDexter."

"Ahh yes, a sultry beauty with colored hair is all a man needs." Edd said, looking off in a daydream.

"Hey Hey Hey! I'm the one telling the story! Wait your turn."

"Very well, I am indeed intrigued to hear how it went. Please continue."

"So there I was, sitting all nice and handsome working the ticket booth like I had been doing. Handing out tickets with a smile on my face like always, when my brother was all 'Hey pipsqueak, go get my cigars from the whailer!' "

"Wait...whailer?" Johnny added, now gathering himself.

"Yeah, that's what we called the hollowed out whale trailer he lived in, now stop interrupting! Now, he bosses me around a lot so I didn't think much of it, So I go get his pack of cigars from the Whailer. When I get back to my booth, I noticed no one was coming for tickets anymore. Like a whole 15 minutes walked by and not a soul came up. I decided not to question it cause I was getting paid regardless, y'know? So I start watching videos on my phone for a while when I hear someone start tapping on the counter. I look up and there she was: a purple haired dame with a cute face and a Pikachu hoodie, with a nose piercing to boot. So I ask her how many tickets she wants."

"Tickets? Just one I guess." the purple haired girl said.

"Well yeah, it's a ticket booth."

"Y'know, I was wondering what that sign originally said." She said, pointing upward.

Eddy had to leave the ticket booth to see what she meant and was not disappointed. The sign above his booth had red sharpie scribbled over the word TICKETS, and taking its place was black sharpie with KISSING BOOTH written in bad hand writing. This realization made Eddy's face turn bright red as he snapped backward at his brother who was working his own booth a few meters away. Eddy's Brother tapped out the ashes from the cigar he was smoking and gave his little brother a wink before mouthing 'you're welcome'. Eddy snapped back to see the girl in the Pikachu hoodie blowing a bubble with the gum she was chewing, one of her eyebrows raised. Eddy also noticed that the girl also had a dollar bill in her hand. This realization made Eddys sweat bullets as he tried to talk.

"S-so you wanna lock lips with ole Lip Kissin Eddy, huh?" he said while pointing his thumbs at himself.

While he was more nervous than he had ever been, Eddy couldn't deny one solid fact: this girl was cute. So he tried his best to keep his composure while he made his way back to the inside of his booth. The girl said nothing as she placed the dollar bill on his counter with her finger, slid it towards him, and slowly nodded her head. Eddy tried to keep his composure as he grabbed her hand and guided the bill back towards her.

"F-for a doll as cute as you? First one's free." he managed to speak with just enough confidence to convince her.

The girl smirked and put the bill back into her hoodie pocket before leaning forward and put her elbows up on the counter.

"Name's Gabbi." she said, closing her eyes and puckering her lips.

Eddy gathered up as much courage as he could, his very first voluntary kiss was going to be with a stranger; and honestly, he didn't mind. He puckered his own lips and moved forward, it didn't take long before his lips met hers. Eddy and Gabbi pressed against each other's lips for a solid 30 seconds for Gabbi eventually pulled away. Eddy, still mesmerized by how amazing that kiss was, was still puckered up against the air, eyes still closed. The sight of which made Gabbi giggle, the sound of her giggling snapped Eddy back to reality, as he blinked quickly and pulled back.

"Well uhm, Eddy was it?"

He nodded, trying his best to give a cocky smile.

"I've got a hundred dollar bill in my pocket, I'm gonna go make change then you can help me spend the rest." Gabbi said with a wink.

Eddy simply raised one eyebrow and nodded his head in agreement before she walked away.

"Nice."

"Ah!...what the fuck are you doing here."

"What? Can't a guy watch his little brother enjoy his first kiss?"

"That wasn't my first kiss, asshole."

"Acting like that, it might as well've been. You managed to convince that girl you're a virgin, I wish i still had that charm."

"..."

" ...oh my God."

"Shut the fuck up."

"Pipsqueak hasn't popped his cherry! Ain't that cute!" Eddy's brother said, giving Eddy a noogie.

"Get Offa Me! The girl's from the Cul De Sac just weren't enough for a man like me, is all."

"Oh yeah I'm sure. Don't worry little brother, big bros gonna help ya swipe that V-card of yours." He said, flicking what was left of his cigar.

"What happened next, Edboy?" Rolf asked, finishing off the rest of the food Kevin had prepared.

"Well I'll tell ya, Stretch. The rest of the day went pretty smoothly, couldn't sell anymore tickets because my brother ruined my sign but I wasn't complaining. It was around 7 and my shift was over so I went back to the Whailer after a hard days work. My brother got off an hour after me and came in while I was eating some grub and watching TV. We chilled and played videogames for about 2 hours before my bro got up and started stretching."

"Alright, I'm about to head out." Big bro said, getting up from his seat.

Eddy got ready to leave with him and was putting his shoes on before Big Bro stopped him.

"Nu uh shortstack, you're stayin right there."

"What? Why?"

"Didn't I tell ya? Big Bro's gonna help ya out." he said before lighting a cigarette and departing.

For the next 15 minutes Eddy was filled with questions.

'What the fuck does that mean?'

'Where is he going?'

'What the fuck?'

Eddy eventually talked himself into going to find his brother. He laced up his sneakers and grabbed to the doorknob, Eddy opened the door to find a familiar Pikachu hoodied girl staring blankly at him. Her fist was in the air as she was preparing to knock before Eddy opened the door just before she could.

The two of them blinked at one another before Eddy tried to speak.

"Wha-"

He didn't even mange to get that much out before Gabbi grabbed him by his shoulders and pushed him into the Whailer. Eddy fell back and landed on the pull out couch in the room, Gabbi now mounting him. The next few hours of Eddy's life were filled with heavy kissing, necking, biting, and moaning.

Eddy layed back on Kevin's couch, giving himself a pat on the back.

"Well? What next?" Double D questioned, stopping his gaming at some point to listen fully to Eddy's story.

Eddy didn't want his friends to know that was the end of the story, so he lied.

"Sorry boys, a gentleman never kisses and tells."

Eddy's response was met with boo's and jeers. To which Eddy was thankful for.

"Alright men, I think I'm gonna get Sarah and scram." Jimmy said now that Johnny was conscious enough to handle himself.

The boy's decided to see Jimmy out as they all exited Kevin's man cave and piled in the living room. In the living room they found Sarah passed out drunk, Lee Kanker having already left, the front door flung open as the cold summer air came rushing in, and the most noticable of all, Nazz crying.

Their fun times suddenly brought to a halt, as the boys faces were all filled with curiosity.

"Nazz, what's the matter?" Double D said, kneeling down and embracing her in a hug.

Nazz wouldn't dare embarrassing herself any further by trying to speak when she was so upset, she just pointed down the hall.

The boys checked each door one by one to see what the cause of the commotion was. Double D got assigned to check the last door on the right, as he swung it open he was met with a sight he wasn't unfamiliar with but still peculiar.

Marie, his beloved girlfriend, frantically trying to put her clothes on.

Marie looked up at Edd with pure horror in her one visible eye and Double D stared her up and down.

Double D, being the naive man he's always been assumed Marie was taking her clothes off, for him.

"M-marie, as much as I enjoy your form, now isn't the time, poor Nazz is in pure distraught. And you should really be careful, the door was unlocked and anyone could...have..."

Double D's whole world came shattering apart as his peripheral vision finally let him notice his friend Kevin in the corner of the room, also putting his clothes on.

Double D looked from Marie to Kevin and back again, slowly realizing what was happening as his eyes widened.

Marie was tearing up as she held her pants in her hand, not knowing of anything she could possibly say. It didn't take the other boys very long before they all gathered to the room and it took them even less time to piece together what was happening.

"Dude..." said Jimmy.

"Mother fucker." growled Eddy.

"No way." chimed Johnny.

"Sad times are upon us." Rolf added in a serious tone.

Kevin didn't say anything, completely ignoring everything and everyone around him as he strugled to buckle up his pants. As soon as they were on, he ran past everyone that was blocking his way and barrelled his way to the living room. Finding nothing but a passed out Sarah, Kevin ran outside just in time to see Nazz dawn his motor cycle helmet and revved his bike. Nazz looked at Kevin with tears and hatred in her eyes and drove off into the night, leaving Kevin with a dumbfounded look on his face.

Back in Kevin's room, Double D no longer looked at Marie, he didn't look at anyone, he just dropped his head to the ground.

Having been an adept learner since birth, it was shocking that it took Edd the longest time to piece together what had happened, and what had been happening for what could only have been since he left for his trip.

"Oh..." He said to himself, forcing a smile through the pain.

Marie herself was now pouring tears as she stood wearing nothing but a tank top and panties, fully exposed now physically and personally. Marie couldn't care less what the other boys saw or what they were thinking, the only thoughts filling her mind was of every single moment she spent with Double D, and how her actions have led to her never getting another one of these moments again. The most prominent memory filling Marie's head was of the first time she ever layed eyes on Double D, her and her sisters looking over the fence at 3 little boys being excluded from every activy with the others. She remembered that no matter how bad it got for the 3 little boys, one of them never faltered, never gave up. The Edd with two D's eradicated an emotion a young Marie truly needed at the time. Hope.

And now before her very eyes, Marie saw the older face of that little boy broken, completely drained of hope. The site of it was enough to rip her heart from her chest. Marie took one step towards Double D and was greeted my him taking one step away from her. Double D was still looking at the ground, still not fully accepting the reality of the situation. Seeing the first person to ever accept her for who she is repulsed by her caused Marie to stream tears down her own face. She watched as Double D took another step away from her after another before turning and sprinting past all of his friends and outside. The boys of the Cul De Sac were too taken back to try to stop him, all except Eddy, who began sprinting to his friend at break neck speed.

One thing Double D was never really good at, was running, as he didn't get very far before Eddy caught up to him. Eddy managed to get in front of Edd and stopped him from running God knows where. He caught Double D into a bear hug and tried his best to restrain him, Eddy's grip was only broken by Double D's elbow colliding with his temple, causing Eddy's vision to blur and his grip disappeared. Double D then ran, not to his house but into the woods, and he didn't stop until he was far gone from everyone's vision. The other boys gathered around Eddy and helped him up, Eddy gathered himself and dusted himself off before noticing in all the commotion, Double D's ski hat had fallen off. Eddy picked it up and gripped it in his hand, hearing footsteps behind them, the boys turned back to see Kevin still standing in his yard, still dumfounded. Marie now found herself on the doorstep, still crying. The both of them stared blankly in the directions that their former lovers were one visible. The boys all looked at one another and decided this was no longer something they could help, they said their goodbyes and all went home, all except Eddy.

Eddy had walked back in the direction of Kevin's house and was now face to face with the former Cul De Sac bully, Kevin looked back at Eddy and with sorrow in his eyes growled "Do it" through clenched teeth. Eddy didn't hesitate to send an uppercut flying into Kevins jaw, knocking his head upward with enough force to send him to the ground. Not missing a beat, Eddy then walked over to Marie, she only looked at him eyes full of nothing but pain. Eddy then sent his fist towards Marie's face and Marie gave no attempt to dodge it. Eddy's fist stopped just before her face, revealing the ski hat he had clenched in his fist. The sight of this ski hat took all the power Marie had left, as she fell to her knees. Eddy looked down at her and said one thing before dashing into the woods after his friend.

"You did this."

After searching the woods til early morning, continuing the search til night again, and several police searches as well, everything came up short.

Double D was gone, and no one could find him.

Eddy's break at work was almost over, his train of thought was halted as he got up from his seat and put his towel back in his pocket. He stretched and began walking before a hand on his shoulder stopped him. Eddy's father Jack stopped his son and spoke.

"That's enough for today, squirt. Why don't you take off for the day."

Eddy looked to see he still had plenty of work to do, and looked back at his father with a confused look.

"Don't give me that look, you've already done enough work for 3 of my men at half the pay, get on out of here." he insisted.

Eddy shrugged his shoulders and walked towards his work locker.

One of Jack's co-workers stopped to question him

"Why'd you send the squirt off so early?" he asked.

"You'll understand when you have kids." Jack answered.

"My son hasn't been himself lately, and I ain't gonna watch him kill himself at work trying to ease his pain."

Eddy gathered his belongings and began his treck home, he plugged his earphones in but didn't get the chance to turn his music on before his phone began to ring

[Call from Ed]

End.

Author's Notes: I'm back guys, and I'm pretty sure I'm here to stay, I've got lots of ideas for how this story will go and plenty of time on my hands, so I hope lots of you will join me for the ride.

Stay weird, guys.