Two days later

Eddy banged on the door early in the morning. Double D and Ed were leaning against the tree in the yard, trying to catch a few more minutes of precious sleep. "ALYSSA! GET YOUR LAZY ASS OUT HERE AND WORK ON THIS NEW SCAM!" He yelled at the window. Jacob opened the door, he rubbed his eye groggily.

"Dude, it's six in the morning. Why the hell are you even up so early?" He asked, bags under his eyes from the all night videogame session he had last night.

"None of your damn buisness, now where is your sister?" Eddy asked, looking angrily at the taller boy. Jacob yawned a bit and scratched himself before he answered that.

"She's still asleep. She was probably drawing and reading all night. So don't wake her up unless you want to repeat what happened last time." He said and closed the door, wanting to get back in bed and catch a few more hours of sleep. Leaving Eddy on the doorstep. He wasn't just ready to give up yet, he needed a fourth hand to build the giant tank he was going to need for a dolphin show.

Eddy climbed the tree next to Alyssa's window and opened it wide. She was sitting at a desk in her room, asleep, a whole stack of manga on the floor next to her and the trash was filled with crumpled papers. There was a paper under her hand and a pencil in the other. She was dressed in a white tank top and blue pajama pants. Mumbling something about cookies. Eddy tried to shake her awake, but she just moved her head a bit and wouldn't budge from the seat. Finally, he called Ed and Double D up. Ed clambored through the window with a flailing Double D over his shoulder.

"Wake her up Ed." Eddy said, and pointed at the girl. Ed shuddered and shook his head no, also hiding behind Double D. "Cmon Ed!"

"No. I don't wanna get hurt again." He said. Double D walked over to the sleeping girl and pulled out the sketch she's been doing all night from underneath her hand. He gasped a bit. "Oh my..." He whispered. The sketch was of an angel rising from a grave. Her wings looked delicate and soft as the sunlight peeked through the gray clouds in the picture. "This... this is amazing!" He whispered loudly. Ed took the picture out of his hand and started to stare at it.

"Pretty girl!" He said, then Eddy ripped the picture out of his hand, crinkling the paper loudly and looked at it. Double D flinched at him not handling the picture with care, the corner ripping a bit.

"It's alright it guess. Now wake her up, we've got some work to do." He said as he threw the paper onto her desk. Double D hesistently shook her shoulder a bit.

"Are you sure Eddy? She's probably exhausted from-" Double D said, then Eddy shoved him onto the bed and Eddy yelled into her ear.

"WAKE UP ALREADY!" He yelled right into her ear. He recieved a groan and his face was instantly met with her fist, sending him clear out the window. Alyssa opened her eyes, vision a bit blurry. Then she dragged her feet to the open window and looked at Eddy outside on the grass. Then she checked her alarm clock.

"It's fucking summer Eddy, it's still really early! Shouldn't you still be in bed?" She yelled at him, still sleepy. Then she was grabbed from behind by Ed just as she was about to fall out.

"Alyssa! Those are vile words, do I need to soap your mouth like we do to Eddy?" He said sternly, acting all motherly again. "You are a potty mouth!" Ed said to her, still holding her from behind. Alyssa didn't pay attention to them and slipped out of Ed's grasp. She picked up the now partially crinkled angel picture on her desk and inspected it.

"Did you guys touch this?" She asked, looking at them blankly. Double D swallowed a lump in his throat. Was she going to hurt them now? He squeaked out a yes and she just looked at the crumpled picture again. Then she crushed it into a ball and trashed it.

"What are you doing? That was beautiful!" Double D exclaimed as she sat in her chair.

"I didn't like it though. Too many eraser marks on it." She said, flipping through some pages of a manga book. Then she got up and pulled out a blue shirt and some shorts. She turned her back on both the boys. She lifted her shirt up to about her waist Double D and Ed just stared before she said, "I'll be down in a minute, you don't have to watch me change to know I'm coming." She said, anger in her voice. Double D flushed bright red before grabbing Ed and walking down the stairs.

They met Mariel in the kitchen, cooking some eggs and waffles. Eddy was sitting at the table with a large fist imprint on his face. "Good morning guys!" She said. "I found Eddy playing dead outside, so I let him inside to have breakfast!" She turned off the burner and layed out some plates. "Would you like some?" she asked. Ed and Double D gratefully ate their portions. Eddy had already scarfed his down by the time Alyssa was fully dressed.

She plopped down next to Ed and ate a waffle. "Is Jacob still home?" She asked, finished with it and spooning some eggs onto her plate.

"No, he left for Rolf's house a few minutes ago." Mariel replied, not eating.

"Hm, I should probably thank him for making breakfast today when he gets home then..."

"Oh, he didn't make it."

"Did Double D then?"

"No, I did."

"..." Alyssa dropped her fork. "Did you add your 'secret ingredient' again?"

"Yep! It's the only thing that makes my food delicious!" Alyssa spat out the reminesants of food in her mouth onto the plate and ran outside, throwing up in the large dumpster outside.

"What was that all about?" Eddy asked, stealing a bit of egg from Ed's plate.

"Well, it was rude. Because this food is absolutely great. But what is that 'secret ingredient' she was talking about?" Double D asked the little girl. She proudly held up a bottle of 'bath magic'. Double D and Eddy also dropped all the food and ran outside, joining Alyssa at the dumpster as they all threw up the bubble bath tainted food.

Mariel huffed. "Well, I guess they don't really appreciate good food like you do Ed, would you like seconds?" She asked. Ed held up his plate for more. She giggled and started up the stove.