Heavy eyelids blinked as its owner adjusted to the dim morning light. Edd looked outside and seen that a storm just came in. "Summer rains, you can never predict them." Edd mused as he looked around the room. He felt something bristle against his bare shoulder. He looked over and seen Matthew still sleeping beside him. A heavy arm was draped over his midsection and a heavy leg covered his own. He could feel the man's lips on his neck and the man's flaccid manhood upon his hip.
He quietly slipped away from the man's arms without waking him up. After carefully straightening up the blanket and sheets, he looked around for his underwear. Memories of the night before ran through his mind like a broken record. Shame was the only emotion that he felt at the moment. He let himself be defiled by the man and became the second Ed that lost his virginity as far as he was aware of. He knew Ed lost his to the Kanker sisters. Ed is not the type to make something like that up. As for Eddy, the teen's defensiveness towards the question makes it quite obvious that Eddy was still a virgin.
Edd found his underwear a minute later underneath Matthew's clothes and quickly put it on. After he was dressed, he looked around for his hat. The last place he remembered tossing it was on the bed before he got in the bathtub. It probably still is in the same spot that he left it the night before. He gently lifted up the blanket and scanned the bed for his beanie. Edd was thankful that the man did not wake up.
His face fell when he seen that his precious beanie was underneath the man's pillow. Edd grimaced at his rotten luck this morning. Scratch that, these last several weeks. Edd figured if he carefully crawled over the sleeping man, he could successfully pull his beanie from underneath the man's head without waking the man up.
Crawling unto the bed, Edd straddled one of Matthew and leaned over the man to retrieve his hat. When his fingertips touched the black cotton fabric, he felt a pair of hands close around his neck. His voice cracked as he struggled to breath against the obstruction of his windpipe. He looked over to see that Matthew was not only wide awake, but the man glowered at him with murderous fury. Edd did not know if he just being foolish, but he could have sworn that he seen a flash of fear in the man's eyes for a split second. "M-Matthew, I can't breathe!" Edd croaked.
The man took a split second to look the teen over. Matthew's facial expression changed from one of murderous intent to that of the usual look that he gave Edd. He let go of Edd's neck and chuckled humorously as if the few seconds never happened, "what are you doing, Princess? Do you already want my cock again? I already told you that I'm a hard habit to break."
"No Matthew, I just really want my hat is all," Edd explained, rubbing his own throat, "I don't want to be seen without it." Matthew handed him his hat and yawned. He looked around and grimaced slightly when he seen that Lucas was not there yet to unlock the door. He heard Edd speak to him again, "Matthew, you really should make yourself decent. Lucas or somebody else could show up any minute now and that would put us in a serious situation." Edd explained. After he grabbed his hat and shoved it over the top of his head, he slid off the man. He watched as Matthew dressed himself and stood in the middle of the room and watched the door.
An hour later, Edd's ears perked at the sound of numbers being punched in. He rushed to the middle of the room, grateful that they would finally be released from their lavish imprisonment. He heard Eddy's voice behind the door, complaining to the person next to him, "-next time you lock me in a room again, I'm going to take my damn shoe and shove it up your ass, Lucas."
The door opened revealing Lucas who looked like he was a few seconds from getting sloppy drunk. Beside him stood Eddy, who was pulling a food tray with wheels around. "I told you before; I could not have you taking things from my home, so I locked you in there for the night. I'm sorry if your little ass is afraid of the dark."
"Are you calling me a thief?" Eddy yelled at the top of his lungs, his face getting as red as a tomato, "I'm not afraid of the damn dark and you know it! Everyone who lives in this house must be a goddamn dick, because I was about 3 seconds from losing it on that guy who sounds like a James Bond character."
"I'm not calling you a thief, I'm just taking precautions, you little shithead," Lucas shot back, "Not afraid of the dark, huh? I woke up to you screaming and pounding on the damn door this morning. Your room was not too far from where mine was. Also, that guy you're talking about was my father."
"What the hell did your dad want?" Eddy asked rudely.
"He wanted to tell me that my whore of a stepmom miscarried this morning after falling down the stairs when she was sloppy drunk. She doesn't even remember falling last night," Lucas informed him.
Eddy became instantly quiet. The screaming he heard last night was not a dream brought on by all of the alcohol he consumed. It was from Lucas' stepmom stumbling down the steps. The strange part about it was the woman screamed "stop." Nothing about that made any sense to him. The cold cheery expression on Lucas' face over the news sent shivers down Eddy's spine.
"I'm sorry to hear about your family's loss," Edd spoke up. He did not know how to console individuals who had just lost a family member, even if it was unborn family members. It seemed that Lucas was not the slightest bit concerned over his stepmom or his now-deceased half-brother or sister. Quite the contrary, the man seemed happy that it happened.
"I'm not. Though you guys might want to take your breakfasts and go," Lucas suggested, "Figure it's probably better that way than you staying here during another family feud."
"I still don't know why you deal with that faggot. You still have 75 percent of your mom's inheritance at your fingertips. You can whoop your old man's ass, bail yourself out, and live in a fancy hotel room until you can find yourself a place," Matthew suggested, grabbing one of the egg English muffin sandwiches that was on the tray.
"Afraid not, Mattie. I'm still looking to inherit 100 percent of daddy's assets when he kicks the bucket. That would require wrapping the old fuck around my finger in the meantime." Lucas boasted.
"And what benefit is worth gaining the whole world at the cost of your own soul?" Edd asked.
"That sounds like some Communist shit, kid," Lucas chuckled. "Anyway, you guys should start hitting the road soon. I seen on the weather channel this morning that the storm is just going to get worse in the next hours."
Both Edd and Eddy were thankful to be out of that mansion. It seemed that the whole situation involving everyone in the mansion was like a badly-written soap opera. Lucas and his family were waiting for each other to reach their expiration date, just so that they can gleefully inherit each other's money or to be next in line to inherit each other's fortune. The whole idea was disgusting to say the least, but there was not much that they could do about it. Needless to say, they were both missing the cul-de-sac.
After a long drive, they finally returned to said neighborhood. Edd was thankful that Matthew was quiet during the whole trip. However, he was not thankful that the man bought himself more liquor at some run-down corner liquor store on the way back. The man was probably going to spend the rest of the day getting drunk as usual.
Edd was also thankful that Eddy was not acting unusual around him. Edd concluded that Eddy must have forgotten everything that happened between them last night. It was becoming a regular occurrence now. Edd remembered how soft and gentle Eddy's hands felt around his cock. Edd's mind went straight into the gutter. He wondered what sex with Eddy would be like. Would Eddy be as gentle with him as he was when he started to jerk him off last night?
When they pulled into the driveway, they heard someone knocking on the backdoor. Matthew grimaced, "who the fuck is knocking on our backdoor?"
"I think I know who it is," Edd replied.
"I think I know too," Eddy replied, getting out of the van, "let's go see what he wants."
Edd followed him into the backyard. He heard Matthew get out of the car and walk into the house. Once he walked around the house, he spotted Ed knocking on the door repeatedly. Ed did not even notice Eddy and Edd watching him, and continued to knock on Eddy's bedroom door. Judging from how much drier Ed's clothes were compared to the lawn furniture, he concluded that Ed must have been there for at least ten minutes.
"Ed! You can quit knocking on my door now," Eddy replied.
Ed turned around and flashed them a large goofy grin, "Hi guys!"
"Hello Ed," Edd greeted warmly, "let's get you inside. You'll catch a cold if you stand out here for much longer."
As Eddy unlocked the door with the key that was in his trouser pocket, Ed asked, "So where did you guys go?"
"Sockhead and I got dragged to some creepy rich guy's house. He was one of my brother's old friends." Eddy explained, opening the door.
"Oh no! Was he like the guy from `31 Ghosts' who locked people into his mansion to feed his pet ghosts?" Ed asked.
"No Ed, the guy my brother knew was just creepy and an asshole." Eddy stated.
Ed stared blankly for a few minutes, lost in the realm that only existed between his ears. When his mind returned back to reality, he jumped up and down with excitement, "Oh! Oh! I found a videotape at the store by my aunt's house that was selling them. The guy in the video said that he could show me how to get closer to my friends."
"But Ed, we're already close. We have been ever since we were small children." Edd explained.
"C'mon Double D! Please! Can we try what is on the tape? Pretty please! I only watched some of the tape, but I know that whatever is on the tape would help our friendship!" Ed begged.
"Alright, Ed. We'll try what is on the tape." Edd caved, "you'll just have to give Eddy and me a few minutes alone to discuss something."
"Okay!" Ed nodded eagerly. "Don't take too long. I can't wait to show you guys! The guy in the video said it would work!"
"We heard you the first time, Lumpenstein!" Eddy replied. He watched as Ed hurriedly rushed into his room, getting into whatever kind of mischief the absent-minded teen could think of in a moment's notice. "Alright, Double D, what did you want to talk to me about?"
"We still need to talk to Kevin about you know who, remember?" Edd whispered, cautiously, in case Matthew could overhear their conversation.
Eddy shrugged, "We'll ask Shovel Chin once my brother has got enough booze in his body to get a rhino drunk. That way we can do it without either of us getting our asses kicked. Kevin's cousin has to know something that would lead us to figuring out who the guy in the video is."
"Right." Edd nodded in agreement to Eddy's plan. However, it was only the start of the obstacles that they would need to face when it came to convincing Kevin to let them talk to his cousin. He still was not if Kevin was still upset over Matthew's driving mishap, but they would still need to approach the situation very delicately in order for Kevin to give them information. Edd went inside to check on Ed. Ed's friendship-building activity would provide a necessary distraction while they waited for Matthew to get drunk.