I just wanted to remind everyone that this will be a slow progressing story, as I really want to show the characters growing up and into their feelings . I appreciate comments and critics and I would love to know what y'all think of the story so far.

Eddward was just sitting in the sand watching Ed spinning Sarah around in circles. Rolf was busy cooking hot dogs for lunch ,while Sam and Chris were watching and waiting like begging dogs. Eddy was trying to flirt with Nazz while her friends giggled behind their hands. Kevin ,Nat and Justin were pushing and shoving each other around in the water seemingly having a blast. After a few minutes of torturing his baby sister Ed threw her into the water next to Jimmy who was laughing like an idiot. He sat down next to Double D and started chatting away.

"I can't believe your smaller than Jimmy. I mean your tiny but I didn't that you were that tiny. "

" I'm not smaller just thinner, after all I'm much taller than Jimmy. Honestly though I'm not even surprised. It seems every year I grow in height but everything else stays the same. "

" Yeah I guess you've got a on lets get in the water. "

Eddward nods and the two boys stand up . Eddwardbrushed the sand off his legs before he and Ed start walking into the waves . When Eddward looks over at Kevin and his friends he comes to a stand still almost mesmerized by the sight. Kevin was turned slightly away from him and Edd was given a perfect view of his young athlete was stunning,his toned muscles glistening from the water and sunshine.

Oh...goodness...

Eddward couldn't help watching the way the other boys body moved as he splashed his friends. Double D was still staring when Ed looked over at him wondering what was taking him so older boy noticed where he was looking and in a dual effort to bring him back to reality and keep anyone else from finding out , Ed picked Double D up and tossed him as far into the water as he could; which considering how little the boy weighed and how strong Ed was,was pretty far . Kevin ,Nat and Justin had seen Double fly past them and land in the water .Justin was staring at Ed in awe over how far he had thrown the other boy ,while Nat and Kevin just waited for the boy to come backup. They were starting to worry about how long the raven haired boy was taking to come up for air. Edd reemerged right before Kevin was going to jump in after giant boy was smirking by the time his friend finally came up after locating his hat and insuring his hair was covered.

"ED! How dare you! I almost lost my hat it took me and additional 32.6 seconds to locate it while under water!"

There were three sides to Eddward Vincent .The first was the sweet ,germaphobic ,obsessive compulsive, nerd who was kind of a pushover that everyone knew. The second was his sassy smart aleck side mostly reserved for Ed and Eddy ,but anyone who he felt comfortable with would see that side of him from time to time. The last side was the side of him that was so rare most people never knew it existed. It was what Ed had always called his evil dark side and the few people who had ever witnessed it were terrified of the gentle boy when he let it out...like right now.

Oh Shit! I'm Dead!

"Eddy HELP! I pissed him off past the point of no return ! Its his evil dark side and I'm gonna die!"

The larger boy took off running trying to hide behind Eddy but it was no use Double D had tackled him by the knees before he even got close. Ed was trying to escape in whatever way he could with complete failure when his light weight friend started to tickle torture him.

"Your lucky I'm a pacifist and refuse to physically harm you! Instead I'm just going to tickle you till you pee!"

Eddy was laughing his ass off over the commotion and the other cul-de-sac kids were just waiting for the small genius to calm down as the incredibly rare outbursts never lasted long. The preteens that didn't know the group that well didn't know not to try to stop the slender boy . Nat was walking over about to try pulling the boy off his friend when Kevin stopped him.

"You don't wanna get involved man. Just let him get his steam out then he will calm down and apologize and go meditate or some shit."

"So why not stop him now?"

"Cause the first and last time anyone tried to stop him it went ten times worse . He made everyone so sick that we missed school for a week straight .He might never harm us physically but he has no problem messing with our minds and convincing us we are deathly ill which made our minds create symptoms like a fucked up reverse placebo effect."

Everyone just stared at the skinny boy who had finally stopped torturing his friend until he stood up and turned around. He began brushing the sand off his shirt and looking anywhere but at the other kids. When Ed got off the ground Double D looked up at him with sad eyes.

"Ed I am very sorry for my outburst .I also apologize for forcibly tickling you . If you all will excuse me."

Eddward left the group of kids and went to change back into his black shorts and loose red dug around in his bag until he pulled out a spare hat then went inside Ed's tent to change. As he was sitting on one of the sleeping bags brushing his hair Ed unzipped the tent, came inside and zipped the tent back up before anyone else could see Edd with out his beanie. Ed who had never seen his friend without his hat was a bit shocked but didn't say anything instead waiting for the younger boy to start talking first. Eddward just sat there on the sleeping bag quietly freaking out over the prospect that he had been seen with out his hat, and hoping his friend would just pretend he hadn't noticed. In barely a whisper and while refusing to look at his friend Eddward began talking.

"Oh Ed I really am so so sorry.I just was over come with such..such... anger at the thought of losing my hat and now I'm just ashamed of my behavior. I acted like a...a...a jerk. "

The older boy just smiled and picked up the hat from next to Double D and slid it on the boys head. He ruffles his soft hair with the hat covering it before speaking.

"You didn't hurt me you know. I know you never would either. Dee your like my brother, you could kill someone and I would forgive you. Hell I would help you get rid of the body. So please don't be sad about it ok. Besides it was kinda my fault, after all I did make you lose your hat. "

Both boys just sit in silence for a few minutes before Double D jumps up and hugs Ed. Both boys start laughing and head back to the group.

Everyone was eating hot dogs and chatting by the time the two boys joined them. No one mentioned what had occurred. And no one mentioned that it was odd that Eddward had brought his own hot dogs. After eating everybody decided to go explore the beach and relax to let their food settle. Nazz and her two friends grabbed Double D by the arms and started to walk away from everyone else. While refusing to let go of Edd's hand Nazz began chatting about all sorts of benign things.

"So Double D, how are you doing? "

"I am well Nazz, how have you been lately. I haven't spoken to you in quite some time seeing as we no longer have any classes together. "

Both of the girls friends start giggling and whispering to each other.

"I'm great dude. So we were wondering something about you."

"Ummm... may I ask what you and your friends were inquiring about? "

"Wellllll... we wanted to know..umm-"

Nazz was cut off by one of her friends.

"We wanted to know if you were single, cause you are freaking adorable. "

Eddward turned red and stopped dead in his tracks looking from one girl to the next. He was flabbergasted and all three girls could tell, but of course they thought it was cute that the boy was shy unlike most of the guys they hung out with. They liked that Eddward was kind of shy and a not full of himself , he was different than all the jocks they typically spent time around.

"Ummm...no I am not currently romantically involved with anyone..."

Nazz blushed and the other two grinned . Nazz pushed her frinds a bit and they laughed and pushed her back. After a few seconds all three girls were running around chasing each other .In his awkwardness Edd decided to head back to the camp to avoid any more weirdness from the girls. He just couldn't understand what made the preteen girls act the way they had.

The rest of the day went fairly smooth. All the athletes played ball at one point . Edd, Jimmy and Sarah built a rather intricate sand castle. Ed and Rolf ended up having a long conversation about Rolf's farm and how his nana was doing . The best part was that Eddy only pissed of the rest of the group once and it was over pretty quickly.

When the time hit 6:45 Eddward said his good byes and headed to the pick up spot for the taxi. Kevin jumped up and went with him.

"So did you have fun today? "

"Yes, I did enjoy myself. Thank you for letting Nazz invite me. Also I wanted to apologize for my behavior ."

"Man its no big deal, I know how you get about your hat. "

"Thank you Kevin... um Kevin why did you follow me here? "

"Well its almost dark and I didn't want you to have to wait by yourself. "

That's nice of him

"Thank you."

Kevin was about to reply when a pair of headlights cut him off as the taxi pulled up next to the two of them.

"Bye Edd."

With a smile Eddward told the ginger goodbye.

Kevin walks back to the camp and sits next to Nat. The rest of the night goes slowly. Ghost stories are told and marshmallows are eaten before everyone goes to their tents to sleep.

When Eddward gets home he immediately washes his clothes and takes a shower. After he gets out of the bathroom he sits on the edge of his bed.

I want to do something different... something not me... maybe just baby steps ... Oh I know!

Edd gets up and puts on a pair of pajamas. He walks downstairs and grabs the phone. Clayton ' s number is written in his notebook so he finds it real quick and dials his friend. After a couple rings he answers.

"Hello? "

"Hi Clayton, this is Eddward. "

"Oh hey man what's up? "

"Well you said you need my answer by Monday, and I have already made my decision. "

"Oh, really. Then what did you decide? "

"Well I decided that I would very much like to participate in your project. Althogh I must admit I do not like the thought of being called a test subject. "

"Really you'll help me? That's awesome, I need a few weeks to get everything ready, but when its all set up how about we meet in the library every Friday during lunch. Is that ok?"

"Yes Clayton, that would be fine. I must be going now, I have a very busy day tomorrow. Goodbye Clayton. "

"Goodbye Eddward."

Edd spent a few minutes thinking over his day. After going over everything that had happened that day he got up and went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his hands before bed.

As the young man was laying in his bed almost asleep he had a slight smile as one last thought passed his mind.

I wonder why Ed threw me in the water?