After claiming our bedrooms, Jacob wanted to break in the videogame system we found in the living room, so me and Mariel grabbed a couple of quarters and made a break for the candy store. "Get me one too!" He yelled as we were about to close the door.

"Too bad!" I yelled back, and slammed the door. We ran as fast as we could in the hot summer air. Finally, we made it to the candy store. After buying a couple of jawbreakers, we dragged them home, getting a few stares from kids along the way.

We stared the massive chunks of candy in front of us, wondering how they would fit into our mouths. Mariel clamped her mouth onto hers and started to suck on it. Then, she put the whole thing in her mouth. Me and Jacob watched the big buldge in her cheek as she sucked on the thing. "It's really good!" She said. Then Jacob shoved the whole thing into his mouth. Then I did shortly after. She was right, these things were delicous! No wonder Eddy keeps scamming for em!

After the jawbreakers went away, Mariel dragged me outside again and pointed at the kids playing. Jacob walked outside behind me. "You think we should greet our new neighbors?" I asked as Mariel tugged on my shirt more. Giving up, she let me go and ran at the kids.

"MARIEL!" We yelled after her. Jacob ran at her, trying to grab her before she did something we'd all regret later. She stood in front of Sarah and Jimmy, who were playing with their dolls. "Hi there! I'm Mariel!" She said happily to the two.

"Hiya! I'm Sarah and this is Jimmy, you must be the new neighbor we heard about!" Sarah said. Jimmy offered a doll to her, "Do you want to play with us?" He asked. "Sure!" She replied.

We caught up to her when she was playing with Jimmy and Sarah, I tugged her hair a bit. "Ow! Why'd you do that sis?" She said, doll in hand.

"That's for running off without us."

"Sorry... But can we talk later? I'm about to skydive out of an airplane into california!" She said excitedly.

"Fine, but remember to go home once it gets dark."

"Okey dokey!" I swear, all the pains of being the eldest...

Turning, I saw Jacob talking to Johnny. They shook hands and then Plank was brought out. Jacob held him a bit and gave him back. I was going to say something, but I forgot it as soon as I felt someone's arm on my shoulder.

"Hey there! You must be one of the new neighbors!" The voice was cheerful and girly. I turned to see Nazz and Kevin only a few steps away. I took her arm off me. "Um yea, we are. I'm Alyssa, that's Jacob, and over there is Mariel." I said. Kevin was eyeing me a bit, I shifted on one foot to another uncomfortably.

"Well, welcome to the neighborhood. I'm Nazz. And this sweet dude over here is Kevin." She said, pointing at him. I nodded my hello to him. He nodded back, bit with a hint of a smile. He was never me favorite character, mostly because he hurt the Eds. For some reason after that, it got dark all of a sudden. Everyone except me, Jacob, and Mariel knew what was about to happen.

"What's going on?" I asked. Nazz patted my back a bit.

"You're going to have to learn to live with it. Eddy just came up with another 'brilliant' plan." She empasised brilliant with her hand, voice dripping with sarcasm. Then a loud voice boomed through the cul-de-sac.

"BE AMAZED PEOPLE! ONE QUARTER WILL GIVE YOU THE RIDE OF A LIFETIME. I HAVE GIVEN YOU, THE AWESOMEST ROLLER COASTER EVER!" I heard Eddy yell, he was on the rooftop. Then I heard a girlish scream and a crackle afterwards. Sounds like he fell. Running, I went to the other side of the house to find Eddy in a crumpled heap on someones patio. There was a glob of dirt on his forhead, looks like someone threw it at him. I'd be willing to bet five jawbreakers that it was Kevin.

He groaned a bit as I tried to help him up. He was out cold. I looked in the direction of the 'awesomest roller coaster ever' and dragged him there. We ended up in the junkyard, Ed was handling the money jar for a bit as Double D was fixing some last minute screws. "Ahem." I coughed. Ed looked at me.

"FRIEND!" He screamed and next thing i knew, I was gasping for oxygen with skin starting to turn blue. "Ed... need... air!" I gasped, still trying to escape before he let me go, the sweet air (even though it reeked of junkyard) filled my crushed lungs. Double D slid off the railing of the roller coaster.

"Alrighty Ed, that should do it, now we just need to wait for Eddy and-" He saw me on the floor gasping for breath and Eddy was being held up by Ed. "Um hello Alyssa, what are you doing here? Want to try out our newest invention?" He said, tring to help me up a bit.

After catching my breath, "Kevin hit Eddy with some dirt when he was on a roof. So I dragged his heavy carcass here so he couldn't do anymore damage." I said. Double D inspected Eddy a bit. His chest was rising and falling slowly. I poked his sleeping face a bit. Then he shot up, fully awake again and ready to cause more trouble.

"What happened? and WHY are you here?" He said, pointing at me. I should probably get used to his rude behavior. Double D stood in front of him.

"Don't be rude Eddy! She found you after you were knocked off a rooftop by Kevin! A rooftop? Really Eddy?" He said. I smirked a little, Eddy was being yelled at like a worried mother would. He noticed my smile and scowled at me. I turned my head a bit so he couldn't see the smile get bigger. A tiny giggle came from my mouth.

Jacob and Johnny walked to the junkyard roller coaster site. "Hi Alyssa." Jacob said. I waved, not moving my attention from Double D yelling at Eddy. Ed stood in front of them and took a quarter from each boy. Jacob nudged me a little. "Get the first aid kit from the house." He said, fearing for his life as Eddy got away from Double D's nagging and helped them into the cart.

I ran from the scene to see Mariel still playing with Sarah and Jimmy, searching frantically, I found the first aid kit in the refrigerator. (weird place, I know.) Sighing, I bolted back to the junkyard. Knowing something was going to go wrong.

Double D was panicking, Eddy was just showing the two quarters in the sunlight and saying how smart he is. The entire roller coaster had collapsed, and Johnny and Jacob were underneath some rubble and other crap. Ed was just messing around with a comb he found. I returned to the scene, horrified. Double D faced me, scared out of his mind for the two boys hurt. The rubble was too heavy for just about anyone to lift.

I looked at Eddy, not concerned at all and just counting his money. That angered me enough to carry a bus load of kids. Effortlessly, I lifted the rubble off the boys and chucked some of it at Eddy. It hit him hard and he went sprawling on the floor. "What the hell!" He yelled at me.

Both boys had some scrapes and bruises. Niether one too badly hurt. Double D helped me bandage them up, he apologized the entire time.

"I am so sorry Alyssa! I thought that the railing would be stable this time, and that the cart would be well balanced." He said, I didn't pay attention to much. Slowly, Jacob moved a bit. He stood, still injured a bit.

"Thanks Alyssa, I'm gonna-ow... I'm gonna head home now. Maybe take a nap." He said, then limped off with Johnny in a pair of crutches Double D had made with some hockey sticks. I sighed in relief that he was alive.

Double D touched my shoulder a bit. "Again, I'm really sorry." He said. I stood and took his hand off my shoulder. "It's fine. We both kind of knew something would happen, so it's his fault he ended up like that." I said, reassuringly. Double D was taken aback by this.

"How did you know this would happen? You just moved in today and you've never heard of our plans til just now surely." Thinking fast, the answer slipped out of my mouth before I could think.

"We've heard rumors about you guys, your scams and everything. I think there was this one about a spotted speedos." I said, deep in thought about one of the episodes and nearly laughed out loud at that one. Double D's face turned bright red at that. He pulled his hat over his blushing face. He mumbled a bit, I caught a 'so embarassing'. God he was so cute.

I patted his back a bit, lightly of course. "It's alright, people have embarrassing moments all the time." I said, smiling a bit and trying not to laugh.

Afterwards, Double D tried to fix the broken railing, but it was beyond repair, especially when Ed put the cart back on the starting point of the coaster and rode. He went up the hill, and the entire coaster collapsed on top of us. Ed wanting to ride again. Eddy was acting like a squished bug still alive. His limbs were flailing a bit, trying to escape. Double D helped me out from under the thing and I walked over to Eddy.

"Help me out of here would ya?" He said to me, still scrambling to get out. Double D was busy trying to get Ed to not try riding again. I smiled a bit.

"What's the magic word?" I said, trying to see if he had any ounce of politeness in him. He scowled at me again. I pretended to walk away when he sighed and said, "PLEASE, help me out of here." He said through ground teeth. Turning, I grasped onto his wrists and yanked him out.

"Now was that so hard?" I said mockingly. He stuck out a tongue at me. It was green. That got me wondering and I pulled out my own tongue, it was slightly blue. Must have been from the jawbreaker. They've been eating them for a while, so their tongues were solid colors. I felt a little grossed out by his green one though.

He saw my grossed out expression and grinned a bit, holding out his tongue out more and getting closer to me. I backed off a bit, things were starting to get weirder. I was backed up against a car, he was getting closer to me.

"Get away from me Eddy, what your doing is just plain wrong." I said, climbing up against the hood of the car.

He smiled evilly and said, putting his tongue back in his mouth for a moment, "This is just revenge for throwing that crap at me earlier."

I rolled my eyes a bit. "You deserved it! Those guys were nearly killed and you didn't give a shit about them!" I yelled back.

"Johnny couldn't be killed even if I tried to! Now apologize like a good little girl or face the wrath of my tongue." He said, getting closer. I grabbed the nearest thing I could to protect myself, which just happened to be a moldy sandwich. I threw it at him, and ran as fast as I could away from the guy. The sky was getting dark, and the lamps on the street were about to light up.

Double D and Ed were sitting by an old 80's van, I passed by them quickly, saying see ya tommorrow. Double D waved a bit and Ed yelled, "BYE!". Eddy was behind me, trudging up to his friends with bits of the sandwich on his face. I ran back to the cul-de-sac and into the house.

"Did the moldy mutants get you Eddy?" Ed asked, completely oblivious to the situation. Eddy just whapped him. "That's for crushing me and making me lose half my dignity to... HER." He said.

Back at the house

Mariel tended to Jacob as I made some sandwiches for us. "So how did your day go Mariel?" He asked, wincing as she put in some rubbing alcohol. "Fun! Sarah and Jimmy want to play again tommorrow!" She said excitedly. Jacob turned his attention on me, who was bringing in the sandwiches.

"So how'd it go?" He asked, grabbing a sandwich. I shrugged.

"Okay I guess. Double D and Ed are nice guys."

"What about Eddy?"

"What about him?"

"Is he nice?"

"...meh."

"You two fought didn't you?"

"So?" Jacob snorts a bit and laughs.

"Shut up." I said, glaring at him.