I can honestly say I don't remember much from that day only to be woken up by the sounds of chirping and a moving truck. My bro was out the house for the evening and my parents said he won't be back until late. My head was pounding more and more. The sound of chirping and boxes being moved around outside got louder. "What's going on?" Mind you I was still young and relatively short so I had to get up and scootch a chair up to my window. I blinked a few times and rubbed my head, "Double D is moving?"

No.

Double D had to stay inside once again, but I managed to convince him dearly to come out and check out the new kid and his little sister.

"Eddy, I'm going to get in trouble! Mommy and Daddy will be very angry and then ground me!" Edd would panic but I closed his mouth.

"Can it Double D! They'll hear us!"

I heard a rustle from behind and felt a small tap that made even both of us jump. The odd smell of buttered toast and turkey gravy filtered our surroundings. We slowly turned around, Edd was shaking and tearing up and I was just as scared.

The new kid?

"I am Ed! Greetings new humans! Uhm…who will hear what? ED WANTS TO PLAY TOO!"

Just like that we became close friends. I could say it was faith or dumb luck that I didn't have to tolerate my brother's action too much during the course of the years he's been with me. I couldn't make friends with him around because of his rep. I wanted to be like him which drove everyone of my potential friends away. So what made the other Eds different from the rest?

They didn't know my brother.

I tried to keep it that way for as long as I could when he moved out. I would tell obnoxious stories about how he was the top prankster and that he was somebody. He was this high ranked commander and I was his right hand man! Yeah…Right hand with the mop and left hand with the bucket of soapy water to clean up his filth.

One Thanksgiving my folks called Matt to come by for dinner. He accepted and made sure to get there right on time. I wasn't so thrilled but what the hell, right? Just one day and it can't go wrong. I just got to ignore his antics and carry on with the rest of the night hoping he'll change. Then the doorbell rang.

"Eddy, It's your brother. Please invite him in." I could hear the stammering in my mom's voice but it was whatever. I opened the door and was greeted with a smugged smile. I chuckled and gulped.

"Hey bro! Dinner is almost ready. Got this seat set for ya and—"

"Yeah that's cool pipsqueak." He cut me off and faced our parents. "Yo ma! I'm eatin' upstairs. Don't bother bringing the food I got some pizza in the trunk." He pushed me aside heading upstairs and ending with a "Happy Thanksgiving" before heading to his room. Moments later he came back downstairs to go into his truck and get the pizza box. He didn't even bother to look at us so he headed back upstairs locking his door.

"We should just give this food away to someone that needs it." Dad looked at the empty seat and sighed, "Useless son of mine. Can't believe you invited him back. There was a reason I kicked him out you know."

"Dad's right. No use of wasting it. Big bro doesn't deserve it anyway."

Mom shook her head and got up from her seat. She head to the kitchen to get a plate to cover Matt's food. She smiled faintly, "He's still my son. Regardless of how corrupt he is. He'll always have a home to come to."

That same night I woke up hungry and decided to sneak downstairs and eat some of Matt's food thinking it was still there. Tip-toeing my way downstairs I heard some sounds of clanking like someone is already down here eating. I peaked the corner of the stairs and saw a shady figure. Squinting, I recognized that body type.

Bro is eating mom's cooking?

I shrugged it off and snuck my way back up stairs until…

"Heh, nothing beats mom's cooking, right pipsqueak?"

I smiled to myself and went back to my room, hungry, but tired as hell.

Thanksgiving was around the corner when I wrote this chapter so I said to myself "Hey why not!" Sorry If I strayed to far from the subject and rushed everything. Felt I should give Eddy's brother a break just this once. More abuse coming soon! Please review. Thanks!