Seth stood outside of the door of the entertainment room with a scowl on his face. When Lucas invited him over to hang out, he expected to drink a few beers, bullshit with Lucas, and rip on Matthew for losing his job, the easiest job on the planet in Seth's opinion. What he did not expect was to be a pawn in Matthew's plan to chase underage tail and to babysit Matthew's kid brother.
Right now, he had to play guard while Eddy changed back into his clothes. Seth was not sure how that kid expected to change back into his clothes right away, since Eddy went swimming in his boxers, but he'll probably find out once Eddy gets done. "This fucking sucks a lot of dick! I just want to go back home to Nancy." Seth grumbled under his breath.
Eddy rapped on the door once he was done. Seth opened the door with a scowl on his face. Eddy sneered back at the man. What the hell did he do? Eddy walked over to the couch to sit down and wait for Edd to return. Seth sat at the table and returned to his game of darts, hitting a bull's-eye twice after failing a couple of times.
Eddy eyed the bar again. It appeared that the alcoholic bottles that he left in the theater room were returned to their original spot, how strange. The longer he waited for Edd to return, the longer that he dwelled on what he had seen on the videotape. He debated himself if he should ask Seth who the person was. After debating himself for several minutes, Eddy decided that it probably would not hurt to ask the man. "Uh Seth," He silently asked the question a bit hesitant over the response he might get, "Who was the red-haired guy in the video? The one that was tied to the monkey bars in one of the videotapes Lucas has?"
Seth did not seem angered or startled by the question. The fact that Seth remained nonchalant about the question was a bit eerie, "He's an old classmate of Matthew's, Lucas', and mine. He's nobody that you need to worry about."
"Why? Is he dead?" Eddy asked feeling a bit spooked that Seth did not want to talk about Matthew's mysterious bully victim.
Seth gave him a funny look, "Fuck, kid. How much of that crime drama TV bullshit do you rot your brain with? The guy in the video is still alive, as far as I'm aware of. I lost contact with him after high school graduation."
"Oh, it's just weird how you refuse to talk about him. You got to be leaving something out," Edd remarked.
Seth just shook his head and absentmindedly fiddled around with the dart in his hand, "You're better off just dropping the subject, you little ankle-biting brat. It's not my place to tell you who the guy is. Matthew probably would skin you alive if you bring the guy up to him and Lucas would tell Matthew instantly if you go to him. Some shit is better left alone."
"Oh," Eddy huffed. Seth was not any help when it came to finding out the identity of the mysterious guy. Eddy yawned in boredom. Most people would assume that it was impossible to be bored inside of a mansion that probably was the same size as the cul-de-sac, but it can be when a person does not know the layout of the home and that was the situation with Eddy.
He turned towards the liquor cabinet. Having a drink seems like a good idea right now and there were so many choices too. Several brands of the same kinds of alcohol, it was like walking into a bar and everything in stock being on the house. He did not even know where to begin. Might as well start with a bottle of Jack Daniels and work towards the harder liquor.
As Eddy gulped down the alcohol, Seth cleared his throat, "isn't that stuff bad for someone who probably has not even lost his v-card yet?"
"Go to hell, Seth," Eddy spat, taking another drink of his beverage, "I'll drink whatever the hell I want, so go have sex with yourself!"
"Fine, you want to ruin your own liver, that's up to you," Seth rolled his eyes, "– but let me tell you about what happened to my piece of shit dad when I was a kid."
"Do all of you fucks have daddy issues?" Eddy asked, annoyed, "I don't know about Lucas, but I know that Matthew hates Dad with a passion."
"Pretty much, Lucas is waiting for his own dad to drop dead for reasons that I can't tell you, except that Lucas' old man views him as "bad genes," because Lucas is unmotivated and has diabetes. Lucas is still pissed at his dad for remarrying." Seth explained, "Enough about that, I bet you're wondering about my dad."
"Not really," Eddy groaned, taking another drink of whiskey, "I still remember you shooting up drugs at my house when I was little. That's all I need to know about your life story."
"Too bad, you little shit," Seth glowered, "you're going to hear it anyway. Anyway, my dad was an alcoholic even before my parents got married and they had gotten married pretty young too. It just got worse the longer that my parents stayed married. He would get drunk and beat up my mom every single day. After my third birthday, I also started getting beat up by him for sticking up for my mom. Matthew and Lucas even witnessed my old man beating the fuck out of me once when we were still children. One day when I was about eleven, my dad had been sleeping in his car drunk and set himself on fire. He was too drunk to even put himself out, supposedly. The worse part of it was that I was happy when I heard the news that he was gone. No more getting beaten over insignificant shit. No more seeing bruises on my mom -"
"Yeah, I'm sorry about what happened with your dad and all, but that's not going to change my mind about alcohol," Eddy defiantly rebuffed Seth. Eddy turned away from Seth. He did not want to further witness Seth's anguish over his past. Seeing the guy's face tighten in a mix of sorrow and anger was enough for Eddy.
"I wasn't telling you that to try to change your mind, brat! I just wanted you to listen," Seth huffed, his face returning back to normal, "I bet if it was about your brother, you would be more curious."
"What about my brother?" Eddy asked, curiously. He turned back towards Seth.
"Really?" Seth snorted, "all right, what could I tell you that you don't already know? Do you that Matthew is bisexual?"
"What else is new? It took me a couple of days to accept it, but now I figure that it's no big deal." Eddy replied.
"Do you know the type of guys that Matthew usually went after?" Seth questioned him.
Eddy raised an eyebrow. "Do I want to know?" He was more worried about why Edd was taking so long to get changed than what his brother liked to stick his dick into. Edd has been away for about ten minutes now. Eddy wondered what his friend could be doing. He thought of the possibility that Edd could be also cleaning up before he got dressed to rid himself of any microorganisms that he could've gotten from the pool. Knowing Edd, Eddy considered that a good possibility.
"Perhaps," Seth responded subtly, "Matthew really didn't have a type of woman that he chased after, he went after all kinds of women, but he did have a type of guy that he would get a hard-on for, both figuratively and literately," Eddy grimaced in disgust over the thought. What his brother considered sexually arousing was not something he liked to think about.
Seth continued, "He hounded after wimpy-looking, mousy guys that probably weighed as much as a twig. The type of guys that you would expect not to put up much of a fight when Matthew pursued them. From what I heard, your brother would pursue them endlessly until they agreed to bend over for him. He bagged three of guys like that before his old man kicked him out and several guys like that afterward that I know of. Mattie is a horndog. If he sees a man or woman he wants to bed, he'll do it and won't give a damn about the consequences, whether they were married, jailbait, or god knows what else. That's just how your brother is."
"Bleh! What does any of that have to do with me?" Eddy made a face, "Trust me, I wished I didn't have to hear any of that."
Seth snickered, "well, it's just something to think about."
"Trust me, I don't wanna think about it. I think I'm going to have nightmares for the rest of my life. Thanks a lot, Seth! I don't think I'll be able to get hard ever again!" Eddy pouted as Seth cackled at him. The description Seth gave him did sound a lot like the guy that was tied up in the video. Did Matthew have a sexual relationship with the guy in the video? Eddy still could not recall how he remembered the guy. He had to have met the guy in the past, but when and where did he even meet the guy from the video?
Eddy continued drinking Jack Daniels as he remained in his seat. He did not want to discuss his brother any further with Seth. The things that Seth had told him so far were not things that Eddy wanted to think about. He took swigs out of the bottle in his hand to pass the time. After several minutes of silence, he heard the door open. He turned and seen that Edd at the door. Edd was dressed in his casual clothes and was looking around the room.
"Where the hell have you been Sockhead?" Eddy asked, "You've been gone for about fifteen minutes! Seth's been treating me as if I'm five years old since everyone disappeared."
"I'm sorry, Eddy," Edd apologized, "I was getting dressed and washed up as fast as I could."
Eddy found it extremely odd that Edd would not look him in the eyes and was acting a bit funny. Eddy brushed it off. Edd was probably still sore about Eddy dunking him in the pool or the fact that Eddy and Ed got stoned the night before. Edd could also still be skittish over the scuffle between him and Matthew. Whatever it was, Eddy was sure that it would pass eventually. His stomach began to rumble. He was going to need to find out where Lucas keeps his food.
"Whatever," Eddy dismissed, "Let's find some grub. I'm starving over here. We're still underage. What kind of cruel adult doesn't even ask two teenagers if they're hungry?"
"I doubt melodramatics are going to work, Eddy," Edd chastised his friend, "I'm sure if we locate Lucas and ask him, he would consider getting us some dinner."
"Hey, drama queen!" Seth addressed Eddy, "there's a smorgasbord in the dining room full of food on chafers that Lucas can't eat. His stepmom ordered the stuff for him as a cruel joke. I'm sure he wouldn't give a damn if you two consumed that burden for him."
"Ah thanks," Eddy replied, "so where's the food?"
"It's in the dining room," Seth replied, "It's the next room on the right past the pool room."
Eddy threw his arm around Edd's shoulders, "C'mon Sockhead! Lucas' big, bad burden is not going to eat itself."
"I hope you know that I'm only agreeing to this, because I have not consumed anything at all today," Edd muttered. He then turned to Seth, "thank you, sir! I'm grateful that you told you us."
"I haven't eaten anything since last night either. Let's go, Sockhead!" Eddy once again dragged him down the hallway until they reached the room that Seth told them about. Edd could smell the food from behind the door and his mouth started to water. Eddy opened the door and led him inside.
The dining room they were led into was a warm beige color and contained, yet, another chandelier that hung above the dining room table. Every single piece of furniture in the room was made from rosewood, which included the dining table and chairs, the buffet table, and the large cabinet with various fine china sets inside. A large painting of a champagne bottle and grapes hung on the wall above the buffet table. A vase filled with a bouquet of baby blue gym socks stood in the middle of the table. Of course, the flowers in the vase were fake flowers. Underneath the table, a Persian rug sat in the middle of the floor.
"What's with the pans? Did Lucas hold some kind of event here?" Eddy asked pointing towards the buffet table.
"No Eddy. Those are chafing dishes; they're used to keep food warm without the use of an oven or microwave," Edd explained, "Its name comes from the French word-"
Eddy quickly silenced Edd by covering Edd's mouth with his hand, "I didn't ask for a complete dictionary definition for it, Double D. I just want to eat."
Suddenly a voice appeared behind them, causing them both to jolt, "your friend's right, you know. Pity that you two had to ask Seth for food, I must be a terrible host not to offer you something to eat. Go ahead and eat until you're both content." Lucas was the one behind them. Both of the teens shuddered. Edd and Eddy both considered Lucas creepy, but they would never voice their opinion of the guy.