The house the party was located at was one of the many cookie-cutter houses in the suburbs. Edd could not tell the house apart from the other houses besides the number by the door, the noise coming from the house, and minor other details. The inside of the house was even louder than the noise outside. The neighbors either was not home to hear the noise or just did not care about it.
The inside of the house was as boisterous as the outside was. The music and partiers was so loud that Edd could barely hear himself think. Walking into the house was similar to walking into a modern day ancient Roman party. Sex, drugs, alcohol, and rowdy behavior were at every corner of the house. Pornography played on the big screen TV while a few people on the couches watched with disinterest as they took shots from the shot glasses on the coffee table. There was a large glass bowl in the middle of table with a variety of condoms and packets of Spanish fly, a colorful candy-looking liquid in small packets. Edd remembered reading up on the substance and finding out that Spanish fly is an aphrodisiac that causes more harm than it was worth. He supposed if there was any environment that an individual like Matthew would flourish; it would be an environment like this.
There were so many people at the house that Edd had already lost Seth and Eddy. The party was packed with people. He tried calling out to Seth or Eddy, but he received no answer from either one of them. Where were they? Edd accidently bumped into two scantily-clad women. While the women at the party were dressed differently from one another with some women dressed in modest clothing such as a short sleeved turtleneck and baggy jeans and others were comfortable with their bodies and exposed more skin, the two girls he had bumped into were really comfortable with their bodies.
The two women wore almost the exact same outfit as one another; pasties on their nipples, thongs, fishnet stockings, and platform boots. The only difference was the pink-haired woman wore red heart-shaped pasties, a red thong, and two red heart stickers on her cheeks and the strawberry blond wore white daisy pasties with a yellow thong. Edd blushed as the two walked past him, not even noticing him. Edd blushed furiously at their near-nudity. Edd turned his head to avoid staring at them like a pervert.
He turned in another direction and continued his search. The next thing Edd saw was a group of guys sitting at the kitchen trying out a variety of illegal drugs. One of the guys was only wearing his underwear for some strange reason. Another one was ingesting a piece of paper with a tie-dye skull on it. The books Edd read on illegal drugs came in handy once again, since he automatically knew that the paper the guy ingested was blotter paper infused with LSD.
Suddenly Edd heard a voice that was the sweet sound of reason within the midst of all of the debauchery. "God, everyone here is acting like fucking idiots." A feminine voice proclaimed amongst the crowd.
"I-I agree, Becky." A mousy voice barely spoke above a whisper. Edd could barely hear what the girl said next.
"Leave it to Jillian to take us to a hellhole like this." The girl named Becky snorted and then mocked in a falsetto voice, "Oh Beck, you need to take me to this awesome party tonight where I can shake my ass! Please Beck! God, she can be a pain in the butt sometimes."
Edd followed the voice to two women who looked to be about 20 years old. One was a tall blond with a pixy cut. The other was a short, shy-looking, heavyset girl with long brunette hair. Both of them were modestly dressed. Edd approached them, hoping that they would have any clue where Lucas, Seth, or Eddy might be. "Salutations ladies! My name is Eddward. I was wondering if I could trouble you two for a minute."
"If this is about drugs or your dick, I could give a fuck less," Becky's face hardened with irritation.
Eddward was taken aback by the girl's attitude, but was not deterred from seeking her help finding either one of the three, "What? Heaven's no! I'm looking for someone."
"Oh? Neither Laura nor I are going to be of much help to you," Becky's face softened at realizing that Edd was not a junkie or a horn dog looking for action, "We only know two people in the entire party, our friend who is partying her ass off and the party host. The party owner should be able to help you. He's in the basement in the middle of a poker game." Becky pointed towards a white door, "It's through that door. Good luck finding your friend."
"Thank you for your help," Edd nodded and headed towards the door. If what the blonde said is true, the party host should be in the basement.
"We lost Double D!" Eddy complained at Seth.
"We'll find him, Lucas, and Matthew tonight. Just settle your ass down," Seth groaned. Eddy did not know which had more people, the outside where they were or the inside of the house. Eddy found a place to sit near the pool and looked amongst the people. Seth was about to continue until he saw Eddy sitting by the inground pool.
"What are you sitting around for?" Seth asked, gruffly.
"I'm exhausted. Could we take a take a break for a few minutes?" Eddy whined, "I'm sure we find Lucas and Double D here as we could by wandering around the party like chickens with their heads cut off."
Seth groaned irritably and sat down on the cold concrete. "I swear I'm going to kick your ass, you know that, right?"
Eddy snorted at Seth's empty threat. He wanted to find Lucas, Double D, and his brother as much as Seth did, but he wanted to conserve his energy. Chances are if they find Matthew, he would not want to be locked up at Lucas' house so easily. He might attack them. It's better to look amongst the crowd than to blindly search the house and end up lost anyway. Just how many people were at that fucking house party?
After about fifteen minutes of resting, Eddy spotted a familiar face by the pool. Lucas was wearing a silk Hawaiian shirt, a pair of baggy-legged shorts, a seashell necklace, and a pair of sandals. Even in a Hawaiian shirt, Lucas still looked like the average mild-mannered guy that had the same grooming habits as a male model. That perhaps disturbed Eddy the most, it seemed like Lucas used his appearance as a mask to hide whatever creepiness lurks behind those looks.
Lucas quickly notices Seth and Eddy and approaches them, "It's a great night for a party. There are plenty of drugs to do while the night is young. In fact, Pipsqueak, I need you to try this out for me." Lucas picked up a cup filled with a red liquid that looked like regular Cool-aid and handed it to Eddy.
"What is it?" Eddy asked suspiciously.
"It's just Kool-aid," Lucas replied.
"Damn it Lucas! We need to find Matthew immediately. If we don't, he's going to do something extremely stupid! So get your shit and c'mon! Did you forget that it's almost the anniversary of you know what?" Seth demanded, standing up.
Lucas' lips curled into a small, condensing smile. "Chill, Seth! You don't need to worry about Mattie."
"Why?" Seth asked.
"Because he's already here at the party somewhere," Lucas announced.
"Why didn't you already lock him up where he was safe?" Seth nagged. "We need to get him to a safe spot before he hurts himself or someone else. Did you forget what he did to your damn collarbone one year?"
"Because he was acting normally when I picked him up," Lucas responded.
"He cut a fucking phone line at his house! That's why neither of us has been able to call him. That's not normal, even for him!" Seth exclaimed.
"Alright, alright. We'll find him somewhere at this party," Lucas caved, "so what's the plan?"
Eddy tuned out the two men. It seemed that whenever Seth was going over a plan, it was always extremely time-consuming. Eddy walked off with the drink. Eddy gazed at the drink and took a couple of large gulps of the drink to satisfy his thirst. The drink left an awful taste in his mouth. It tasted like some kind of chemical. It tasted like something he would find in Edd's chemistry set. Eddy threw the drink down and pushed past a bunch of people. He had to find Edd and Matthew. The other teen and man had to be somewhere in that house.
When Eddy finally made it inside of the house, he started to feel strange. The lights in the house were shining more brightly than he had ever seen lights shine before. The colors of the clothes the people in the house were such vivid colors, he couldn't help but stare. Even the clothes he was wearing was suddenly brighter.
He felt like he was one with the techno music being played at the party. He wanted to dance to the music. He also had a sudden urge to feel someone against him. He started to sway to the music and sing along to it, "she doesn't get enough hoes. She died from overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose," He chanted the word like a mantra, "Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. She died from overdose!"
Edd headed down into the basement. The whole basement smelled like marijuana smoke, cigarettes, and alcohol. The basement was as cold as an ice cube, even on a summer night. Edd walked down the metal steps and was faced with cement walls, a washer and dryer, and a wooden door. He opened the door prepared to face whatever awaited him on the other side.
The pungent smell of marijuana, alcohol, and cigarette smoke was even stronger inside of the room. The room was a game room of some sort with a hockey table and a large octagonal card table. The room also contained a couch and a large screen TV. Edd interested piqued when he saw five people playing a poker game. There was an African-American man playing poker with a menthol cigarette between two of his fingers. There was a bald white man having a bottle of Scotch. There was also another Caucasian man in a college hoodie. There was a blonde female with pigtails who was wearing blue star pasties that was playing poker as well. Edd's breath hitched when he seen who was at the end of the table.
Even when the man was not trying to be sexy, he was. The man radiated sex appeal like an animal in heat. The man was like a black widow sitting, waiting for her next prey to eat. Edd's heart was caught in his chest. He would not let himself feel anything more than pity for the man in front of him. He came here with a purpose and his purpose was done; he found Matthew and was prepared to lure him to Seth somehow.
"Well boys – and lady. Read them and weep; A royal flush!" Matthew announced proudly, revealing his hand. Matthew had the most money from everyone in the entire table and by the looks of it, Matthew just won the pot. A couple of the people at the card table threw their cards down in disbelief. Matthew turned to the female on his left and jiggled her mostly bare boob with his left hand. "Looks like you lost there, sweetheart. Maybe next time."
"Yeah, maybe," She giggled and started to head out the door along with everyone else, "Are you coming, big guy? The guys are going skinny dipping and I'm going to get wasted."
"I'll think about it. You almost bit my dick off when I got with you," Matthew replied with bittersweet pleasantness that betrayed how he really felt about the idea. The woman pouted and walked out of the room, leaving Matthew alone to collect his winnings and Edd alone with Matthew. Matthew took a glance at Edd, finally realizing the teen was in the room with him and grinned, "I'm glad that you found me, Princess. I suppose you couldn't live without my cock for long."
A/N: I don't own the song Eddy was singing along to, lol. Also, the amount of people who wanted a sequel vs. the amount of people who wanted a prequel was pretty close. Perhaps I could try to juggle the two fanfics once this one is done. We'll see.