The morning came as quickly as Edd shut his eyes. He turned over to find that Eddy still asleep. Did Eddy remember his actions from last night? Edd silently slipped out of the covers and dressed himself for the day. He turned back to Eddy's sleeping form. He wondered how Eddy would react to him if he did remember what happened last night. The thought terrified him. It could go so wrong. Everything that he worked so hard to keep together could crumble apart. Even though Eddy was the one who started it last night, Edd was the only one that was not under the influence of drugs.
A sense of normalcy is what Edd desperately needed at the moment. He certainly was not going to get it in Eddy's house at the moment. Ed's house might be a safe bet. There were no weird or awkward feelings between him and the tall teen. He could hang out with Ed while he got a chance to clear his head. Eddy would probably be sleeping until noon anyway.
Across the street, Rolf was hard at work with putting up a wrought iron privacy fence in the backyard of his house. The fence would serve as a fortress to keep out unwanted visitors once it was completed. At least he was not putting up a moat again. Rolf was not alone in building the fence. Kevin was helping Rolf with the fence. He looked as worn out as Rolf did. Nazz sat on one of the stumps with her crutches lying beside her and watched Kevin and Rolf work on the fence. Edd crossed the street and watched, wondering if they were going to need help with the fencing.
Rolf was yelling at Wilfred for getting into his vegetable patch again. He helped Kevin and Nazz pick up the next section. "This fancy modern go-go fence from modern tool shop better work at keeping Rolf's creatures safe, Kevin-boy. Rolf is already sick as a pregnant yak from looking at it. It looks like a torture device to impale troublemakers than a fence."
"Look, dude. I know it's a bit of a change, but this thing can take quite a beating. Besides, the city is not going to give you a citation over an iron fence like they would if you built another moat around your house." Kevin explained, wiping the sweat from his brow.
"Curse their laws! Next they'll be telling Rolf where he can and cannot store his candied beets." Rolf turned to Kevin as they turned the fence section vertically, "you seem more worried than Rolf is over his animals. Speak to Rolf."
"Yeah, Kev." Nazz finally spoke, "you've been really overprotective of Rolf and me lately. What's up?"
"It's nothing. It wouldn't be righteous of me to let you two get hurt again. That sociopath would purposely try to hurt someone if he could," Kevin replied nervously.
"Rolf thinks there's more to story than you are speaking. A fowl does not hide from someone unless it know for fact that the person cannot be trusted. Rolf not talking about that time at the whale home either. You've been afraid of that demon of a man before then."
Kevin looked around, paranoid, but didn't see anything. Edd had hidden himself in one of the nearby bushes in the middle of the three teens' conversation. "Look, I've just heard about the shit that guy had done when he and my cousin, Sasha, went to middle school and high school together. I heard about the stuff he did to anyone who even looked at him funny."
Edd had quickly gotten out of the bush and headed towards Ed's house. If he would've stuck around longer or offered to help Kevin and Rolf with the fence, they probably would've known that he was eavesdropping on their private conversation and Kevin would've punched him for it if the redhead was feeling merciful. What Kevin revealed was not that much of a secret to Edd, considering that he heard the same thing from Matthew two nights ago.
Once Edd reached Ed's house, he seen Ed's mom picking up the morning paper in her loose-fitted lilac-colored chemise. Edd wanted to ask Aurora if she knew of Matthew's voyeuristic habits towards her years ago, but decided against it. He doubted Ed's mom was in the mood to hear about how she was spied on by the then 12 year old delinquent.
Edd waved to Ed's mom and headed towards Ed's basement window, which was almost always open for Edd or Eddy. Aurora usually did not chase Edd or Eddy away unless Ed got grounded, which happened once in a while. Edd opened the window and slipped inside. Ed's room was still the same messy landfill that it had always been. The old armchair and TV was still in the same spot as it always had been. The never-ending towers of B-rated horror movies sat next to TV. Horror movie posters still covered every inch of the wall. Though what would change after not being in Ed's room in about a month?
There was no sign of Ed, but he could be eating breakfast at the moment. Edd sat on the armchair, pulling out a cooked chicken from under the chair's cushions before he sat down. He looked around the room's familiar surroundings and found something that he never seen in the room before. There was a lone photograph on the table where Ed kept his model monsters. Curiosity got the better of him and he got up to examine the photo. Any hope he had at normalcy was quickly dashed with the contents of that photo.
The photo was of Ed getting kissed by his three girlfriends with a big goofy grin painted across his face. It all made sense now. Why Ed remained secretive over the identities of his girlfriends. Why Ed did not want Eddy and him to meet his girlfriends. The reason was because Ed was dating the Kanker sisters and knew that Eddy and he would not approve of the relationship.
For years, the Kanker sisters have tormented them. Between the countless times that the three sisters have chased after them, forced them to kiss them, and ruined their scams, the sisters have made their lives miserable. Whenever the Kanker sisters were spotted, the three boys would quickly turn the other way to avoid them. The fact that Ed was now dating all three of them was ironically bizarre, considering everything that had happened in the past.
The photo was quickly snatched from his hands. Edd quickly turned to see Ed with a piece of toast in his mouth and an unreadable expression upon his face. Ed quickly flopped down on his bed and focused on the picture, eating the toast as he looked at the photo. Edd had no idea what to do. Was Ed angry at him? Was he in danger just from being in the same room as Ed? He carefully approached Ed, "Ed, I'm here for you. I am now aware of your relationship with the Kanker sisters."
Ed did not respond. His gaze remained fixed on the photo. Edd tried again, "Ed, can you just talk to me for a few seconds?"
"You're going to make me break up with my girlfriends." Ed cried, clenching the photo to his chest.
"No Ed," Edd sat down on the bed with him, "I just want to make sure that you're happy with them."
"I am happy!" Ed sniffed, "but you're going to tell Eddy and I'll be forced to break up with my darlings like the astronaut in the movie was forced to abandon his marriage to the queen of Venus!"
"Ed, I'm not going to tell Eddy," Edd reassured him, "I promise. When did you first realize your feelings for them?"
"It happened when I went to the monster movie night at the movies. It was the movie Nightclub Massacre where –"Edd intentionally cleared his throat and Ed skipped over explaining what the movie was about, "Oh sorry! My darlings May, Marie, and Lee was there. I was scared of them, especially when they sat next to me. They start to tell me about the movie and that's when they became less scary and more cute. They told me to meet them at their trailer the next day and when I went, I kept staring at their boobs and wanting to cover their faces with kisses."
"That's actually very touching, except for the part where you stared down at their chests," Edd patted Ed on the back.
"Don't worry, Double D! I got to see the rest of their boobs after a while and taste them too," Ed replied shamelessly.
Edd blushed and yanked down his hat over his face, "Ed! Have you any common decency? Please tell me that you're still at least a virgin."
"What's a virgin?" Ed asked, confused.
"You don't know what a virgin is? Ed, did you fall asleep in Health class?" Edd figured that he would try to explain to Ed what he was asking, "Ed, I'm talking about sex. Did you ever have sex with the Kankers?"
"Oh yeah!" Ed's grin was as wide as a Cheshire cat's, "I had sex with all three of them. Their down there looks like lunch meat kinda like those girls on Eddy's magazines and it felt like a toothless hungry mouth when I put my down there in theirs. The first time I had sex was before the movie night we had with Eddy's brother. The first one I had sex with was May and she was very shy when we had sex in front of Marie and Lee. Then I had sex with Marie and then Lee. After that I felt happy and closer to them. Hey, Double D, is it normal that I get the same feelings down there during sex that I do when I touch myself for a while?"
So it seemed that Ed understood the basics of sex – sort of. From Ed's vague account of what took place between him and the Kanker sisters, it seemed like the sexual act was consensual. That was not what Edd was worried about. He was worried about Ed not mentioning ever wearing a condom when he had sex with the sisters or mentioning the sisters using birth control. It was hypocritical of him to worry about Ed's situation and not his own with Matthew. The color drained from his face. Considering that man's apparent hypersexual tendencies, he could be walking around with a number of STDs and are not even aware of it.
After a while of dwelling on his own issues, he answered Ed's answer. "Yes, Ed. It's called ejaculating and it's completely normal. You just need to be more careful when having sex with them in the future. Right now, any one of the Kanker sisters could be walking around pregnant with your unborn child like how your mother was pregnant with Sarah."
"Ah!" Ed cooed.
"Ed, this is serious!" Edd exclaimed, "Babies are a lot of responsibility. You would need to find a part-time job if they do end up pregnant with your child."
"I would still love them and their little dickens." Ed responded. Edd had to admit, Ed's naivety and loyalty to the Kanker sisters was extremely endearing.
"I'm just looking out for you, Ed." Edd replied in defeat. He could not even figure out a solution to his own problems with his own biological urges at the moment. How else was he supposed to help Ed with his situation other than giving Ed moral support with whatever decision Ed decided to make on his own?
Edd decided to pass the rest of the time trying to teach Ed about Pavlov's experiments through a demonstration. "Pay attention, Ed. Every time I turn the radio on and off. I'll give you a teaspoon of Chunky Puffs. The radio would work fine since I don't have a bell. "
"A bell could replace the radio when it comes to good music?" Ed asked.
"That could be for another experiment, Ed. This experiment will replicate the classical conditioning experiment Pavlov performed with his dogs." Edd placed a measuring cup onto Ed's lap. He made a quick trip to the kitchen to get the supplies for the experiment before he started the experiment. Edd turned on the radio and saw that Ed did not respond to the radio static. He held out a teaspoon of Chunky Puffs in front of Ed and the eager teen quickly took into his mouth. Edd hid the Chunky Puffs box behind his back, so that Ed wouldn't ruin it with his gluttonous appetite. Edd repeated the process four more times until he decided to do the last part of the experiment. He turned on the radio, but didn't feed Ed a teaspoon of Chunky Puffs. He waited for Ed's response.
"Double D! Where are the Chunky Puffs?" Ed looked around with drool hanging down his chin.
Edd wiped the drool hanging down from Ed's chin with a Kleenex that was in his pocket, "I must say, our Pavlov experiment was a success. A bit too well, I must add, but we successfully copied Pavlov's experiment! Isn't it wonderful, Ed? It's a simple experiment, but one that does serve a scientific purpose to prove that living things can be conditioned to respond to a certain stimuli."
"Can I get Chunk Puffs now?" Ed asked, not really caring about how much of a success the experiment was.
"Yes, Ed," Edd handed his experiment participant the rest of the Chunky Puffs box. Ed inhaled the rest of the cereal from the box. Edd was used to Ed's atrocious eating habits. He hoped that at least Ed can at least gain something of merit from the experiment, but that was asking too much. Ed responded to the experiment like a lab rat; he only cared about the reward at the end.
Before they could think of something else to do for the day, Sarah burst in through the basement door. "Ed! Mom says that you need to come with us to visit our aunt. Her birthday is today!" That was Edd's cue to leave. Edd guessed that the family was visiting the same aunt with the cats that Ed was allergic to.
Edd ended up going back to Eddy's house. When he went through the door of Eddy's room, Eddy was still asleep. The suspense was overwhelming. Would Eddy remember anything from the night before? Edd exited out of Eddy's room and switched around the laundry while he waited for Eddy to wake up. He felt his hips being groped on. Avoiding Matthew's sexual advances seemed impossible when the guy seemed to pop out when Edd least expected him.
"I was expecting you last night," Matthew hissed in his ear.
"I was much too exhausted after I went to go get Ed, Eddy, and Jonny." Edd responded. He felt the tip of his hat being lifted by the edge where Eddy had given him a hickey.
"Looks like you were," Edd could feel a sense of foreboding in the air. Matthew scrapped his fingernails along the hickey. "So Pipsqueak decided to put the moves on you? That certainly is not the one I gave you last night, you little slut."
Edd turned around to face Matthew. "I would appreciate if you would quit being so vulgar. Eddy was intoxicated and –"
Matthew took it as an invitation to let his hands roam across Edd's body. Edd knew that the man was toying with him, but he was too exhausted to continue trying to fight off his advances. "You know, girlfriend. You can make it up to me today by sleeping in my bed later on tonight and hanging out with me before Pipsqueak wakes up. I've got something else planned today for you and Pipsqueak, but you two are going to have to wait for the surprise."
"Were you not satiated from your liaison with me last night?" Edd asked indignantly.
"No and I will not be until you're underneath me with my cock in your ass," Matthew whispered huskily, his breath was hot against Edd's neck.
Edd snapped. "Alright! I'm tired of fighting this losing battle with you. This was all a part of your insidious plan, right? To push me until I finally crack! Well, Matthew, once again you are going to get your way! Do whatever you want to me! I'm done fighting with you!"
He cursed the day that he made that deal with Matthew. He would have just told Eddy the truth if he could go back in time. Now, telling Eddy the truth about his crush is nothing compared to the even more damaging secret of Matthew having a sexual relationship with him as blackmail to hide a previous secret. If Eddy found out about his relationship with Matthew, it would've destroyed his friendship with Eddy beyond repair.
"So, you finally admit that you want my dick after playing that hard-to-get bullshit," Matthew purred, smugly, not giving Edd a chance to protest, "Alright, let's see if you are going to keep your promise to me this time. We can do it later on tonight when Pipsqueak can't interrupt us."