There are several ways Edd wanted to wake up after a short nap. Having various items thrown at him was not one of them. Edd's eyelids felt heavy. He blinked them slowly trying to wake himself up from his nap. Edd dosed off into the darkness of sleep. He was only able to snooze for a minute until he heard Eddy's shouts from beside him.
Edd leaped out of bed when he heard Eddy's shouts and turned towards his friend. Matthew yanked Eddy out of bed by his arm. Matthew barked orders at Eddy like a belligerent drill sergeant. "Get off your lazy ass and get out of bed. You need to help Princess pack up his shit and move it into my room." Matthew pushed him away harshly.
Edd leaped out of bed and pressed his back against the wall. His heart was racing as fast as his mind was. The combination of Matthew getting drunk the day before, Edd escaping Matthew's bedroom, and Matthew catching Edd in bed with Eddy created the perfect storm. Edd could tell that Matthew was enraged. It was obvious to everyone in the room. Edd quickly gathered up some of his clothing, his eyes never leaving Matthew's figure. Edd's hands were shaking in fear as he put his clothing in a neat pile to be taken upstairs.
Edd yelped when Matthew turned towards him. Edd dropped down to the floor and curled up in a ball when Matthew approached him. Matthew got down on his knees and looked Edd straight in the eye. Edd shook as he felt the man's hand on his chin. He shuddered at what the man had planned for him. He hoped that Matthew was not planning on hitting him or performing a sexual act upon him in front of the other teen.
"We're going to have a little talk about your little escape later. Get your shit packed up by tonight or I'll do something that we both would regret later. Don't think you're getting off scot-free either. I'll punish you later for your little Houdini stunt." Matthew growled callously. Matthew stormed out of the room and slammed the door behind him.
Edd was left stunned. He did not even imagine the "talk" he would have later with Matthew or what kind of punishment Matthew had in mind. Edd stayed quiet and worked alongside Eddy into packing his stuff up. Edd was grateful that he did not have very much stuff to pack. Edd quickly rushed towards Eddy and grabbed his microscope when Eddy was about to put the scientific instrument into a box Eddy got out to put Edd's clothes in. "Eddy, you could've have ruined this microscope. It cost me over 200 dollars."
"Fine, Double D!" Eddy huffed in annoyance. He set the microscope next to the box. "How did you get out of my brother's room anyway?"
"I picked the lock." Edd answered, "I was worried about your safety and got myself out of there as soon as I woke up. Your brother stayed up later than I did so I was not able to escape until after he fell asleep."
"Gee, thanks Mom! I'm alright, so stop treating me like baby!" Eddy grumbled. He felt Edd prod at his cheek. "What are you trying to do? Make the bruise worse?"
"I'm just checking it to see if it's broken," Edd replied, removing his two fingers from Eddy's cheek, "It's only bruised, Eddy. Don't worry; your most prized asset is not going out of commission any time soon."
"Well, that's a relief. I thought I was going to have to - Are you telling me that I have a big mouth?" Eddy exclaimed, yelling at Edd. Eddy's eyebrow twitched when he heard Edd chuckle at him. "You weasel! Anyway, we're getting out of this house for the day before anything else happens after we get your stuff moved."
Edd nodded in agreement. "That's actually a logical plan. We could head to Ed's house to escape Matthew's reign of terror for the day."
"Lumpy could use the company," Eddy mused, "Gives him a break from those chicks he's been seeing."
"Mind-rotting B-rated horror films and Ed's usual cheerful demeanor should be a pleasant change from the usual distress we've been having lately." Edd grabbed up his microscope.
"You said it," Eddy lifted himself up from the ground and stretched. His legs were starting to feel numb from sitting on them for too long. "Let's get your stuff to my brother's room before he starts his shit again."
The two trips the teens made at moving Edd's stuff into Matthew's room were surprisingly Matthew-free. Matthew was not in his room or anywhere else in the house when they carried the boxes upstairs. While the thought of Matthew not being in the house was a welcome change, the thought that Matthew was going on another alcohol run quickly put a damper on their mood. It was more of a reason to get out of the house for a while.
As soon as they stepped out, they realized that the rain had started up again. The rain drops pelted against Edd's shoulders. If he had known that it was raining outside, he would have brought an umbrella along. However, Ed's house was only two houses down and the last thing he wanted to do was to step foot inside of their house in case Matthew was still there.
The bottoms of their sneakers squeaked when they walked on the wet grass. The gentle sound of the falling rain was quite soothing to say the least. There was nothing quite like it. Edd remembered some of the times Ed, Eddy, and he would play near mud puddles during rainstorms. Well, Ed and Eddy would play in the mud puddles. Edd would stand on the sidelines until he got splashed by the two, getting his poncho and rubber boots wet. Of course, Edd would head home afterward and got scowled by his parents on the rare occasion that they were home.
Edd spotted Ed leaving his yard in the distance. He was not the only one who noticed Ed's departure. Eddy frowned and whispered quietly, "Look at Lumpy over there. I bet he's going to see his girlfriends again, the weasel!"
"Looks like we need to head back inside, Eddy." Edd knew where Ed was possibility going, but he did not want to mention it to Eddy.
"As if! Let's follow ol' Burhead and see where he's going," Eddy crotched down and prowled towards the back of his fence. Edd quietly followed behind him. He hoped for Ed's sake that Ed was not heading to the Kanker sister's trailer. Eddy quickly hoped the fence. Edd slowly climbed the fence after Eddy, cursing his weak muscles. Eddy glared at him as if to tell him to hurry up. Eddy had always been so impatient.
Edd could hear thunder in the distance. Silver lightning decorated the grey skies. The possibility of him getting struck by lightning was pretty low. However, the probability of catching a cold from weather was pretty high. It was also highly possible that the situation would not have a pleasant ending. Edd could already feel the rotten feeling creep inside of his gut. Edd wanted to turn back, but Eddy's stubbornly ventured forward.
They were led out of the lane and into a grassy field. The creek could be seen in the distance. The creek also held quite a few memories for Edd. The creek was where Ed, Eddy, and he held their cruise scam when they were just twelve years old. Ed and Eddy also went skinny dipping in the creek quite a few times, much to Edd's secondhand embarrassment.
One of more embarrassing incidents in the creek was when Edd was starting to go through puberty two years previously. Eddy and Ed had convinced him to go swimming with them while the two went skinny dipping. Edd, still being morally objected to nudity, wore red swim trunks in the creek while his friends swam in the creek as naked as jaybirds. His friends were feeling mischievous that day and snuck behind him and depantsed him. To make matters worse they played monkey in the middle with his swim trunks and Edd just started to get pubic hair that week and his testes started developing several months before. Of course, he tried desperately to get his swimwear back before anybody in the neighborhood saw him.
His actions became his own undoing. He accidently exposed his genitalia to his friends when he jumped up trying to get his trunks from Ed. Ed and Eddy both noticed. Ed only responded with one word; "Cool!" Eddy, on the other hand, had a morbid curiosity of his sexual growth and asked all sorts of weird questions like if he sweats a lot more and got "morning wood" yet with a shit-eating grin on his face. It became one of the reasons why Edd started to see nudity in a more sexual way, especially around his own friends.
Edd crossed the creek by carefully walking on the moss-covered stones. When they had reached the other side of the creek, they both realized that Ed was heading down into the trailer park. They both had several memories of the trailer park and none of them were good. It's where the Kanker sisters resided since they were twelve years old. For years, the Eds have avoided stepping foot in Park 'N Flush unless they absolutely had to. The three sisters have tormented them every time that they even got remotely close to their place of residence.
Eddy ducked behind a tire pile to avoid being seen. Edd was quickly yanked to the ground by Eddy. Park 'N Flush was a dump. The familiar inoperable cars littered the Park 'N Flush yards like oversized yard ornaments. The old neon "Park 'N Flush" sign hung over the mobile homes. Some of the trailers in the trailer park were wearing down as the years had passed by. However, there was the occasional trailer that received some renovations. The trailer park also had quite a few clotheslines that did not contain any clothing at the moment, most likely due to the weather.
Eddy stalked towards one of the trailers and hid behind it, Edd closely behind him. Their actions aroused the attention of some of the dogs in the kennels, including a Rottweiler and an English bulldog. The dogs were barking wildly with their tails straight up. Their message was loud and clear; `Stay away from our territory.'
They looked towards Ed's direction again and found their friend knocking on a white trailer. Edd thought it was a bit suspicious. The Kanker sisters lived in the light blue trailer. He did not honestly know if they still lived in the one trailer. He had not been to Park `N Flush for a couple of years. Ed was quickly led inside of the house.
"Let's get a closer view," Eddy suggested quietly. Eddy snuck behind another trailer with the grace of a cat. To anyone that might have viewed Eddy's actions might confuse Eddy for a burglar and call the police. Edd hoped that did not happen. It would not only tarnish his reputation and his record, but it would also be hard to explain to Eddy's parents once they return from following a lead on his own parents and it would be hard to explain to Matthew as well.
Beer cans litter the ground of some of the trailers. Some of the mobile homes even had the distinct smell of alcohol. Edd gagged at the smell as he followed closely behind Eddy. This trailer park would be the perfect place for Matthew to live if Matthew ever actively looked for another place to stay. However, it probably would not happen any time soon.
Edd's shirt was already becoming damp from the rain. Edd had rung his shirt out from the dampness. He had always wondered what raindrops sounded like from inside an aluminum trailer. He always imagined that it would've sounded like water drops hitting a tin can, but he was not too sure.
Eddy hid beside one of the windows and Edd quickly hid beside Eddy. Edd had a rotten feeling about this. The white trailer was one of the more properly maintained of mobile homes in the area. Eddy was the first to peek inside one of the windows. Edd was about to scold his friend for peeping when he seen Eddy's jaw drop. Edd wondered what Eddy seen to have caused that reaction from the other teen. Edd's curiosity got the better of him and he peeked inside of the window too. His jaw dropped as well. Following Ed and coming to the trailer park was a mistake.