Edgar Frog Drabbles

Edgar Loves Ramona

Edgar sat behind the counter of the comic book store and stared down at the notebook in front of him. He was checking the inventory, making notes of what comics they needed restocked, and trying to tally up the money in the cash register. He groaned and took a drink from the Coke bottle beside him.

His girlfriend Ramona walked in and slid behind the counter. She leaned on his shoulder, "Whatcha doin'?"

"Trying to figure out all this." He said, motioning towards the notebook, "But it's not all that easy."

Ramona took the pencil from his hand and grabbed the notebook. She sat on the counter and balanced it on her knee. Ramona scribbled a few things, stopped, then scribbled some more.

"There!" She yelled after a minute, "All done."

Edgar gaped at the notebook, everything was done accurately. He smiled, "Thanks."

"You owe me of course." She said, "I can't just give away my genius."

"All right... What do I owe the magnificent Ramona Banks?" He asked.

She bit her lip, "Well, a nice date and the newest Superman seems like a good idea."

Edgar laughed, "All right, go get the comic... I'll pick you up tonight."

Ramona hopped off the counter and grabbed the comic, "Alll right... I'll see you tonight then." She kissed him, "I gotta go meet back up with Chris. Bye Edgar."

"Bye Ramona."

That night, Ramona slipped on a plain green strapless dress and a pair of black flip-flops. Edgar had called earlier and told her not to dress up too nice.

Chris yelled up that Edgar was here and Ramona ran down the stairs. He had on a royal blue shirt, gray jeans, a black headband, and a pair of black boots, "Hey there."

"Hi Edgar." She turned to Chris, "Bye Sis."

"Bye kiddo."

Ramona slipped her hand into Edgar's and they strolled off, "Where are we going?"

"Movies, I know you said you wanted to see The Princess Bride." He winced, expecting the movie to be a girly romance type.

She smiled and moved closer, "Thanks."

After the movie, Edgar and Ramona walked back down the street quietly, "Was the movie that bad?"

Edgar shook his head, "No, it was pretty ok actually. Not really Rambo, but it was good."

She smiled and swung their interlaced hands back and forth.

"Bye Edgar." Ramona kissed him.

"Bye Ramona."

She turned to go back to her house, but Edgar grabbed her arm, "Hey."

"Yeah?" She asked.

Edgar kissed her deeply, "I love you Ramona."

She was quiet for a moment. That was the first time he ever said that to her, "I love you too Edgar."

He hugged her close and they kissed again, "I'll see ya soon."

Ramona nodded, "Bye Edgar."

"Bye Ramona."

She turned and walked into her house. Ramona, still smiling, began humming to herself. Ramona knew, that this had been a very nice date.

Ramona Teaches Edgar How To Dance

Edgar looked at Ramona and sighed, "Is this really necessary?"

"You promised you'd dance with me at my cousin Sarah's wedding." She said, crossing her arms, "That means you need to learn to dance."

Edgar shook his head, "You're right. I did promise."

"Now, it's easy. Just put your hands on my hips like this." She placed his hands on her hips, "Then I put my arms around your neck like this." She did, "And then we just swirl." She tried to swirl them but Edgar's feet turned the wrong way and they almost fell.

"I'm sorry." He said, "I'm really trying."

"It's ok." She said.

Chris and Nikoli walked downstairs, "Hey kiddo, what's up?"

"I'm trying to teach Edgar how to dance, but it isn't going so well."

"Hmmm, you think with all the vampire hunting Edgar would be good on his feet." Chris mused.

"Edgar, follow me." Nikoli motioned for him to walk into the other room.

"Yeah?" He asked.

Nikoli put his arm around Edgar's shoulder, "You care for Ramona, right?"

"Of course I do."

"And you like her, right?"

"Yes."

"Good, then my advise is going to help a lot." Nikoli smiled, "Use those feelings."

"What do you mean?"

"Use how you feel about Ramona. Keep those feelings in mind when your hands are on her hips and her arms are around your neck. Ok?"

Edgar looked at him like he was insane, but nodded, "Ok, I'll try it."

They walked back into the living room and Nikoli put his arms around Chris, "Dance with me darling."

Edgar put his hands on Ramona's hips and she rewrapped her arms around him, "Ready?"

She nodded and they began dancing. Edgar almost tripped over his feet, but he thought of the warm feeling he got when Ramona kissed him. He swept her around the room perfectly.

When the song ended, Ramona looked at her boyfriend, "Well, whatever Nikoli said definetly helped."

"Yeah, it did."

"What did he say?" She asked.

"I love you." He kissed her, then put his arms around her middle and spun her around.

"I love you too." She said.

He smiled, "Nikoli told me to keep that in mind when we danced."

She smiled, and glanced over at a dancing Chris and Nikoli, "C'mon, let's leave them alone. We'll go watch the sunset again."

They sat on the porch swing cuddling, a blanket around them, and the faint sound of love songs floating out from the living room.

Edgar Acts Romantic

"Hey Ramona?" Edgar looked over at her.

She was sitting on the counter of the comic book shop, sitting with her legs crossed and a comic book in her hand, "Yeah?" She asked, lowering the comic to look at him.

"Does it bother you that Chris is dating an ex-bloodsucker?" He asked.

"Well, he was only a half vampire, so not really." She shrugged, "Why?"

Edgar shook his head, "No reason... It's just that, well, he did work for the guy who... Well... Killed your mom."

"Yeah, I know. But he ended up helping us, didn't he?" She asked.

He nodded, "Yeah."

Ramona looked at him and smiled, "Does it bother you?"

Edgar looked at her, "Why should it?"

"You know... There's a former creature of the night prowling around your girlfriend's house... Does it worry you?"

He was quiet for a moment, "A little... I care about you and would feel horrible if something was to happen to you."

"What are you gonna do, stand guard outside my window?"

"If it would make you feel safe." He said.

"Maybe if you had music playing and brought me a special treat." She joked.

That night, Ramona flicked off her light to go to sleep. She heard faint sounds outside her window and opened it up to look.

"Hello beautiful." Edgar said. He was sitting in a lawn chair, blanket on his lap, a stake and squirt gun of Holy water in each hand. There was a small folding table beside him, on it was a stereo and a large brown paper bag. Music was drifting up from the stereo and Ramona shook her head, it was Eight Days a Week by The Beatles. Ramona smiled, it was one of her favorite bands.

"Edgar I was joking!" She yelled down.

"I know... That doesn't mean it's gonna stop me!" He yelled back.

"What if you need to sleep?" She asked.

"Sleep an hour; guard for two."

"You're insane!" Ramona yelled.

"I got you something." He said back, ignoring the last comment.

"How am I supposed to get it from all the way down there?"

Edgar smiled and grabbed the bag, "I got it!" He climbed up on the fence and grabbed onto the siding of the house. After a minute, he climbed through Ramona's window, "Here." He held the bag out to her.

She opened it and inside was a container of chocolate chip cookies, "I made 'em myself." He said.

Ramona threw her arms around him, "You're the best."

He smiled, "I try."

"That chair can't be comfortable." She said after a minute, "Wait right here."

Ramona came back with an inflated blow up matress, "I told Chris what you decided to do... She gave me this and said you can sleep in here but the door needs to stay open and her and Nikoli are gonna check on us randomly."

"Really?"

"Yeah... She doesn't want you sleeping outside. Now go get your stuff. Oh and Eddie," She smiled, "Use the stairs this time."

"Yeah, got it." He said, going to get his stuff.

Ramona smiled to herself and shook her head, "That boy is crazy."

He came back up and smiled, "Hey."

"Hi Edgar."

He hugged her, "Night."

"Night." She kissed him and they settled into bed.