Social Care chapter 9

Well, I decided to update as soon as possible, which is today.

Benny: The keywords was that update as soon as possible. This isn't it.

Of course, it is. Benny, you should pay more attention every once in a while. Now on with the story!

It was a normal morning for the three Eds. If you call normal, being woken up by a loud warrior cry and tossed around your bed until you're practically tossed out of it.

Johnny ran into the Eds' room, his face pale as he looked at each of the three Eds.

Eddy rubbed his eyes before he said angrily " Hey! What's going on?"

Johnny replied " Not much time to explain. We have to hurry and get ready."

Double D asked calmly " Excuse me, Johnny. But what's the rush in all this?"

Johnny answered as he closed the door " Izzy escaped from her room."

Eddy shrugged and said " How is that a problem?"

Johnny replied " Do I really need to answer that?"

Johnny thought " Eddy does have a point, though. It's not like she's going to mess up the house or anything."

Just as Johnny thought that, he heard a very loud crash coming from the kitchen. He slowly opened the door and looked around. Izzy was not in sight. In fact, nobody was in sight.

He sighed in relief and went back into the room. He tossed Ed, Double D and Eddy random pieces of clothing. Thankfully, Johnny was already dressed.

Johnny said " I'll see you guys in the dining room." before he left the room.

Ed, Double D and Eddy put on the clothes before they each went to the bathroom.

At the dining room table, there was Mr. Connors, Johnny, Russ and some of the other kids. There was no sign of Izzy or Miss Alexander.

Breakfast was pancakes, sausage, eggs and orange juice along with the option of water or milk.

Eddy looked around the room and asked " Hey, where do you think Izzy and Miss A are?"

Johnny ate another piece of his pancake and answered " Izzy is hopefully in her room and Miss Alexander is coming over here."

Double D thought " That's a good thing. Izzy should be able to stay in one place when told to and remain there until she has to go."

Miss Alexander came into the room. She was wearing a blue cardigan, white blouse and a grey skirt. Her mousy brown hair and her clothes were slightly ruffled.

Mister Connors, who was eating his food, looked at her when she entered the room.

Mister Connors swallowed his last piece of sausage and asked " How did Izzy's morning session go?"

Miss Alexander answered calmly " It went well, Mister Connors. At least it did until we had gotten to the Science workbook. Apparently, Z1104 is doing hands-on chemistry. Izzy managed to create a certain chemical which made a few accidents then made another chemical which allowed her to escape and-"

Mister Connor interrupted her by saying " Thank you, Miss Alexander. I think we all understand."

After the four were finished eating breakfast, they walked to school. While they were doing this, they started to talk to each other about certain things.

Johnny asked " So what do you think about the soccer game coming up?"

Eddy shrugged before he answered " I think we should be able to beat them. I mean, Lemon Brook's horrible at football. Imagine how their soccer team is. They probably lose every game."

Johnny replied " Actually, they're the 4th best team in the league."

Eddy shouted " What?"

Johnny shrugged before he replied " Yeah, I had the same reaction too when I first found out yesterday. Not that they're really good at soccer. They seemed to have gotten lucky lately. They won 4 out of their last 5 games and 9 out of their last 10 games."

Ed, Eddy and Double D's jaws dropped. How was Lemon Brook this good in soccer when they can be easily be beaten in football? The shocker for them was that most of the players on the football team for Lemon Brook were also on their soccer team. In fact, the quarterback for Lemon Brook is the first forward for Lemon Brook's soccer team, the Lemon Brook Sours.

Eddy said " Lemon Brook Sours? Man, with a name like that, they practially deserve to lose."

Ed replied " That's because losing to a good team is losing! But beating a good team is winning! Just like the great man said."

Eddy said " Ed, have you been watching Two and a Half Men reruns again?"

Ed's eyes shifted as he replied " Umm...no."

Double D raised an eyebrow but he didn't take over Eddy's lead on the topic. If Ed wanted to watch Two and a Half Men, he had the right to do. It wasn't like certain TV shows are actually illegal to watch.

The topic was again changed as Eddy decided to talk to Johnny.

Eddy said " Hey, Johnny. Do you know how I can get Alex to talk to me?"

Johnny raised an eyebrow and replied " Alex?"

Eddy sighed and said " Miss Alexander."

Johnny replied " You have more than a thousand girls at school, a bunch of girls outside of school and some girls at the center wanting you to just look at them and you want to get the attention of Miss Alexander?"

Eddy shrugged and then countered " Why not?"

Johnny said " First of all, Eddy, she's 28. She came to the center 3 years ago after finishing college. Plus, I'm pretty sure that she has a boyfriend. Even if she didn't, she still wouldn't say yes to you."

Eddy replied " Oh yeah?"

Johnny said " Yeah. In fact, she's right there." as he pointed to Miss Alexander, who was holding Izzy's hand while they crossed the street.

Johnny nudged Eddy and whispered to him " So, Mister Romeo, are you going to make your move or just stand there, looking like a fish?"

Double D almost laughed out loud at that one. He had never seen Eddy be this shocked and surprised before at something like this. Not even with Nazz.

Double D thought " I wonder how everyone else back home is doing. Ah well..."

Eddy did not enjoy being teased, even if it was from a friend like Johnny.

He recovered, smirked and said " Of course, I'm going to. Who do I think I am?"

Johnny grinned as he replied " Well, I think I have a few ideas. One could be a scammer, a prankster, a wannabe casanova."

Eddy rolled his eyes as he said " Very funny, Smith."

He put his hands in the pockets of his jeans and began to walk over to Miss Alexander and Izzy. Izzy seemed to be specially dressed for this occasion, wearing a short-sleeved red polo shirt and gray shorts with sneakers.

Izzy shouted " Hi, guys!" while she waved.

Eddy mustered a half-smile as he grunted " Hey."

Double D said " Hello."

Johnny said " Hey, Izzy. Hi, Miss Alexander."

Ed said " Hi."

Johnny asked " So, Izzy, is it that time of the year again or is this a special occasion?"

Izzy looked like she was about to answer. But even if she was, it looked like Miss Alexander had beaten her to it.

Miss Alexander answered " Izzy is going to go shopping with me and then she is going to visit her uncle."

Izzy looked annoyed at Miss Alexander interrupting her, but she looked even more annoyed at the mention of her uncle.

Johnny nodded before he said " Well, we'd better get going to school. Bye, Izzy. Bye, Miss Alexander."

Izzy said " Bye, guys!"

Eddy's mouth suddenly felt dry. He couldn't say it. He just could not bring himself to speak the words. Like they were memorized in his brain but he couldn't get them out of his mouth. For once in his life, Eddy truly had nothing to say.

After Izzy and Miss Alexander had left, Johnny turned back to Eddy and smirked.

" So, Mister Romeo, what were you saying about making a move? You were practically speechless!" Johnny taunted.

Eddy glared at Johnny but decided not to reply. It didn't matter because she probably wouldn't have said yes anyway.

Johnny said " It could have been worse, you know."

Eddy replied in an annoyed tone " Yeah, how?"

Johnny shrugged before he said " She could have said no."

Double D said " She could have said yes."

Eddy facepalmed himself before he replied with " That would have been bad because..."

Ed said " She could have stood you up or did something more embarrassing."

Eddy had to admit that Ed had a good point. Even if Eddy didn't want to admit it, a lot of things could have happened and it could have been worse.

When the four got to the school, Eddy began looking around for Maria. However to his dismay, she was nowhere in sight. Not wanting to alarm the others, he calmed down and began to think.

Eddy thought " She's probably at the playground or inside the school."

The four went inside and into their homeroom where the rest of the class was. The four sat down in their seats and waited for the teacher to show up.

When he did, he looked at them and said " Good morning, class."

The class replied " Good morning."

The teacher sat down and the class began talking to each other. 5 to 10 minutes later, there was a loud crack like a microphone was being turned on. The class paused.

Eddy asked " What was that sound?"

Johnny casually answered " It must have came from the PA."

Double D raised his eyebrow before he said " Since when did we ever have a PA?"

Johnny shrugged and replied " I guess the first day of school. But I think this is the first time I've actually heard it since you guys showed up."

The PA turned on with a loud sound as the speaker began talking " Good morning, students! Here are today's announcements!"

The speaker continued " The St. Mary's soccer team will play Lemon Brook High on Saturday night. Good luck to our soccer team and go Raptors! Also, all students that have entered in the school's DNL competition, come to room 209 in order to review your work before the results come out. The trip to the North Lemon Brook Range for classes Y709, Y728, Y809 and Y802 has now been moved to the 23rd. Finally, the following students may report to the principal's office after homeroom:

Jacob Terani, Y808

Kristen Nicholas, Y809

Bryan Christenan, Y711

Courtney Ray, Y709

Glenda Ray, Y711

and finally Eddward of class Y802.

Thank you and have a great day!"

The PA then turned off as the class started to talk again but were soon silenced as their teacher began to take attendance.

" Catherine Alvers?"

" Here."

" Keith Anderson?"

" Here."

" Wang Balian?"

" Absent, sir. He's out sick."

As the bell rang, the students left the classroom including the gang. Double D immediately went to the principal's office while Ed, Eddy and Johnny wandered around the hallways.

Eddy asked " Hey, do you think we're on the team for Saturday's game?"

Johnny answered " I don't know. Come on, let's check." as the three went to the bulletin board.

There was this large bulletin board in the middle of one hallway. That was where they put announcements, posters, flyers, rosters and other stuff like that.

Johnny looked at the roster for the soccer team. He looked for his, Ed and Eddy's names.

Johnny said " We're on! Numbers 12, 9 and 16! Double D's on the roster too! Number 28!"

Ed nodded as Eddy shrugged. They could tell from Lemon Brook's reputation that this would not be a quick, easy game. But they would have to try their hardest in order to win.

Johnny said " Come on, we have to go get our uniforms."

The other two nodded and so Ed, Eddy and Johnny began walking downstairs.

That should be enough for this chapter. Since when did their class have a PA? Why was Double D called to the principal's office? How are the Eds and Johnny going to outplay Lemon Brook?

Benny: When are you going to stop asking all these questions?

Ignorance is bliss, Benny. Sometimes, it is. Read and review, everyone!