Well, Chapter 2 is finally up. Hopefully Ill be able to update every week, cuz I hate when people take like 8 months to update, and im not a douche so yeah. plus the fact that I have extra time off and a chapter doesn't take long to make, about an hour or two. Whoops, trailing off there, better get back to the story.

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We last left off where our Peach Creek Pals were getting on the bus for their first day of Senior Year...

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"We're here ladies and gentlemen" I said as I was getting off the bus. "Can't you just smell the intellectual properties of this establishment?"

"What?" everyone chimed in in unison.

"Forget it." I mumbled to them. We all went to our respective classes, and meet up during lunch. We all sat at the same table (unfortunately for me, since Marie sits next to me) and we all went up on line at the same time to get lunch. Today we had Sloppy Joe's, so I just saved my cash, and bought a bagel and soda for the same price, and everyone else (except Ed) followed suite. We finally sat down when Marie started with the whole " We have so much in common, we like the same food, live near each other, blah blah blah".

"So, did you guys here about the new club their gonna open in downtown today" said Eddy, while taking a bite out of his bagel.

"Will it have chickens, Eddy?" asked Ed, while munching on his fourth Sloppy Joe.

"No Ed, It will not have any barn animals." said Eddy, while pinching the space between his eyebrows.

"Yeah, I heard about it, Eddy" explained May. "I think its called Club Area, or something like that"

"Yeah, thats it. I was thinking maybe we could all go down there for a good time this Saturday night." suggested Eddy.

Well, if you know me, I'm really not into the whole going out and socializing with people. I rather stay home and categorize my un-categorized things, or just study. Plus the fact that I would go by myself, since I had no girlfr...

"OH MY GOD, DOUBLE D HOW ABOUT YOU AND ME GO TOGETHER!?!?!?!" yelled Marie, as soon as Eddy finished his sentence.

"I don't know. Let's see what happens. There is still a long way till Saturday." I said, rubbing my ears from Marie's piercing scream. I could've sworn that I had gone momentarily deaf.

"Yeah, Double D has lots of things to do Marie, like separate his red socks from the spotted ones." laughed Eddy as he gagged on his soda. He deserved it, but I didn't say anything. My socks are no laughing matter.

"Yeah, well, lunch is about to finish, so we better get ready to go." I said, while throwing away my trash. So we parted ways and went to class. 8th period came, and it was time for gym, my most detested class ever. I also was uneasy over the fact that Marie's surprise was going to happen this period.

So we all got changed and started to run our daily lap, and then from the middle of the football field, I heard a faint voice.

"Hey, Lee" yelled Nazz. " Isn't that your sister on top of the bleachers?

Everyone turned to see Marie, in her gym clothes, with a mega phone.

"Oh no, this must be her little surprise" I thought as I rushed up to here what she said.

" Edd, I love you soooooo much..." trailed off Marie."Will you..."

Marie didn't have time to finish her sentence. We all knew what she was going to say, so before she had the chance to say it, Lee had tackled her off the bleachers.

" Marie, what the HELL are you doing?!?!?!" yelled Marie, with a spray of spit.

" I was just professing my love to my one and only" retorted Marie.

" I'm gonna profess my fist into your face if you don't get back to doing your lap." Lee told Marie." And give me that Mega phone. Where the fuck did you get one of these?"

"I obviously got it at Mega Phones R Us." Marie said, sticking her tongue out."You know, the one down the block?"

" I don't give a flying shit, just do your lap" Lee mumbled, feeling defeated.

"Yeah, whatever" said Marie. "I'm gonna ask Edd my question personally since I was so rudely interrupted..." said Marie, giving Lee a death glare while she had her back turned.

"Oh shit dude, she's coming over here." Edd warned me. I turned to see Marie running toward me with a toothy grin.

"Oh dear." I said, slowly turning around to see if she would ignore me.

"Hey Edd, I gotta ask you something" said Marie." Follow me."

I knew that if I had not followed her, she would probably chase me down. Wait, she doesn't do that anymore. I keep forgetting. I guess as we've all grown up, we left our childhood obsessions behind. Well, just to be sure, I went with her. She signaled to me from under the bleachers. "I wonder she has to ask me?" I thought to myself.

"Edd, I want to ask you a very important question" Marie started off slowly."I know that you see me as a very crazy girl who likes you, but..." she stopped. " I really like you, more than like you really, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I love you..." she stopped, waiting for a reaction from me. I just stood there, quietly pondering what she had told me. I don't like her, but if I tell her that, she might do bad things. Very bad things. As I was about to tell her how I felt about her the bell rang.

"Oh thank our lord in heaven, literally saved by the bell." I said. "Oops, theres the bell. We better get going" I told Marie, she just followed me, hoping for the response she had so full-heartedly desired. We got our belongings from our respective lockers, and waited for our rides. Ed, Eddy, Lee, Marie, and May go on the bus, but usually my mother thankfully picks me up from after school. We got home and as soon as we opened he door, the phone rang.

"Mother, I think it's for you" I said, dropping my things on the kitchen table.

"Coming Eddward" said back.

She picked up the phone, and I could tell something important was going on. She was making all weird facial signs to no one in particular. I had never seen her like that. "Some thing's up with mom" I thought.

She put down the phone and walked to me slowly. "Eddward..." she said slowly."Margaret has to go back to Brazil to see her dying uncle, but cannot afford to send her daughter. So I volunteered to keep her here for the time being." she finished. "I hope you can understand. There will be no difference in attention between you two, and I want you to treat her as a friend."

I knew Margaret. She was one of Mother's aids at the office she ran. They had begun as co-workers, and by the time my mom got promoted, she asked Margaret to be her assistant, since they were good friends. She would visit her every month, since she lived far away. I never knew, though, that she had a daughter. So I was sad and surprised. Sad because my mother was losing a friend for the time being, and surprised that I wasn't gonna be the only adolescent in this house.

"Yes, Mother." I said respectfully."When will she be arriving?"

"In a week."she told me."It will take a while because she lives in another state and has to transfer from her school to yours."

"Well, I look forward to meeting her."I said, unsure if she was a good person.

"I hope you too become good friends, because she will lose all of her previous ones." she had stated.

"One more thing, mother." I said. "What is her name?"

" Christine."

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How was that for a cliff hanger. I'm working on making the chapters larger and larger as I go. Hopefully it will get better and better too. Who is this Christine? Is she nice? Is she good-looking?

What will happen when Marie finds out that a girl their age is moving in with Edd? Find out next chapter.