Ed Edd n Eddy Chapter 3: New Eds-perience

By Irving Martinez (KidPhilly126)

Start Time: October 4th, 2014 9:24 p.m. (Dark and chilly out)

End Time: November 20th, 2014 12:35 a.m. (Dark and cold out, 46 degrees)

Thursday June 3rd, 2010 4:00 a.m.

Double D's Log:

4:00 a.m.

I had woken up suddenly from a cold sweat and was trying to focus on where I was. I didn't have a nightmare or a dream at all; just a blackout. I looked at the clock and couldn't believe it was this early in the morning. The moon was full blown outside the window where the small trophy still was. I got out of bed and headed to the bathroom downstairs, trying to carefully get there without tripping or stepping on anything, or even falling off the walkway. I was washing my face with hot water and decided to brush my teeth since I was already awake. I went back upstairs to the library and decided to get the last cherry soda that I hid in the back of the fridge for myself. I know it's not good to be drinking something this sugar-loaded in the morning but I needed something to wake me up a bit. I headed back up to my room and decided to change into my usual clothes that I wear; orange shirt, purple short, blue shoes and my hat. I put on a gray jacket that I had in my bag, unplugged my phone from my charger and headed back down and out the front door. I had a feeling that Ed and Eddy were still asleep, so I made sure not to wake them up.

I didn't know where I should go so I just started walking down the sidewalk. Eventually I decided to head to the creek where we went to that one time to catch frogs for one of Eddy's scams. By the time I got there it was already 4:38 a.m.; the moon was still shining bright and it was a bit chilly out. I had noticed a dark figure sitting by the water in a chair with another chair by them. I got closer and caught a glimpse of white skin and dark blue hair. It was Marie Kanker. I wondered what or why she would be here this early in the morning; so I called out. "Marie is that you?". She looked back and was surprised to see me here. She smiled a bit but it was more of smirk you give when you see someone you like show up randomly out of nowhere. I saw that she was wearing her green cargo pants and black shoes and wearing a black jacket. For some reason I wasn't scared at all to come closer to her. "Oh hey Double D. What brings you here?" "Oh well um, I woke up from a cold sweat and randomly decided to come here for no reason. May I ask why you are here this early in the morning?" "Oh well I don't know really. I come here a lot during Saturday mornings during the school year and almost every day during the summer. I guess you could say that I needed a stress free environment to be in". "I see. Are you waiting for someone by any chance? I see you have two chairs with you". "Oh no, I'm not. I just thought that if someone I knew came they would sit down next to me and talk. You can sit down if you want". I took her offer and sat.

"Oh um, I've been meaning to thank you and your sisters a lot for helping us fix up the place real good. I never thought that you three knew so much about wiring and such". "It was something we all picked up naturally. I guess you could say that we got it from our dad's but really we saw our mom mess around with electronics a lot. We really didn't know them because they never stuck around". "Your dads?" "Yeah; me, May and Lee are all sisters but from three different dads. So really we're all half-sisters but we love and care about each other". "I'm sorry that you didn't have your father's in your lives. It's amazing that you three have these gifts that your mother gave you all". "Yeah it's cool. I really don't care if they never come back. Even if they did I wouldn't forgive either one of them for leaving my mom all alone to raise all three of us". "Marie they're still your father's. Even if they're not here now, they will always love you as their daughters". "Whatever. I'm sorry that I'm acting this way. I just wonder why life is like this. I don't hate living in the trailer park, I love it. Don't think I don't". "Don't worry I never even think that you'd hate it".

The wind was blowing a little harder and struck passed us both, sending chills down our spines. I could already feel goose-bumps on my arms. Marie fell in close to me. I guess the cold was bothering her a lot. I could've sworn that I heard her make a little dog whimper. I held her close to keep her warm as I could. "Marie if you want we can go back to the house to keep warm". "Yeah sure let's go". "Are you gonna take the chairs with you?" "No just leave them there. I'll come back later". The wind kept blowing harder and harder as we got closer to the house. We finally managed to get in and keep warm. "Double D I'm gonna go take a shower ok". "Ok Marie. I'll be upstairs in my room. I'm all the way at the top". "Ok."

5:30 a.m.

I decided to cook something warm and quick with the meat that Rolf had left for us. Marie had just come in and saw me cooking some thick slices of smoked ham and pork. I laid some down for her on the table with a grape soda. "Where did you guys get the meat?" "Rolf had dropped it off for us while I was taking you and your sisters back home. Jimmy had even given us half of his peaches and cream supply as well". "Nice. You guys didn't even have to do food shopping yet. It's great that your friends have your back". "Yes it is. I don't know where we would've been without them". We finished off the meat and put them in the sink to wash then headed up to the ceiling level. "Marie I left these clothes out for you to change into if you wanted to feel comfortable". "Thanks. Could you look away please?". I looked away to make sure I didn't see what I wasn't supposed to see. The clothes I had given her were pajama pants and one of my short-sleeved gray shirts that I usually wore for physical education, which I hated so much. "Ok you can look". I saw that the pants fit her fine but the shirt was a bit baggy. She didn't mind it. We got into my bed and under the blanket quick to keep warm. The cold air was somehow making its way in. "Hey Double D". "Yes?". You've never done this before have you?". "No not at all. I've never shared my bed before with anybody". "Oh ok; Night". "Sweet dreams Marie".

8: 05 a.m.

The sunhad shot down light from the window and the whole room was lit up. I woke to see that Marie wasn't next to me at all. Was I dreaming those events? I looked down on myself and saw that I was still wearing the clothes I wore to go out earlier last night, so it couldn't have been a dream. Marie was in fact, here in my bed with me. I wonder where she could've gone to. I got out and made my bed anyways and decided to not to sleep in all day. I went down and didn't hear anything at all from Ed or Eddy. I went to check on them and saw that Eddy wasn't in his room at all and Ed wasn't in the basement. He still left a big mess like he usually does. It looked like it was freshly made so he must've just left with Eddy somewhere. I headed back upstairs to see that Marie was sitting on the couch, dressed in her normal clothes, watching television. I wonder if Ed and Eddy must've seen her. "Well good morning Marie". "Morning dreamboat. How'd you sleep?" "Fine as you can see. As for you?" "I slept like a baby". "Don't you have to go to work today?" "No; the school is closed for today. I got the whole day to myself".

We sat on the couch watching whatever show had been playing and it just hit me. "Wait Marie, how do we have this channel?" "Remember last night I said I watched my mom messed with electronics? Well as you can see I found a satellite dish in the junkyard and got you guys some free cable". "Well that's nice but isn't that illegal?" "Not if you get caught; but it's not gonna happen. The law isn't that strict here in Peach Creek. Also my mom knows people from the cable company". "Oh good. Did you happen to see Ed and Eddy leave by any chance?" "Yeah I saw them leave out the front door but they didn't see me. They left you this note". I read the note which was written in Eddy's hand-writing.

"Sock head, me and Lumpy are going out job huntin' right now. We'll come back later.

-Eddy

p.s. Nazz said to meet her down at the mall later at 1:00. Don't be late.

"Strange. I wonder what Nazz wants with us". "Maybe it's her birthday, who knows?". At any rate, I took the time to go upstairs to my room to try and evenly mark the space needed to convert the area into two more rooms. I heard Marie come up to check what I was doing. "What are you making?" "I making the area spaced out evenly to build more rooms up here with Kevin later on. It was an idea I had yesterday after seeing that he was able to do all this in a day including the area under here that he made wider. I'm not sure what would go there". "Why not another bathroom?" "You know, that's actually not a bad idea, but we're gonna need more materials and money is limited right now". "Dreamboat I think it's time for you to go job hunting or salvage from the junkyard". "Well the junkyard doesn't sound bad. We've found things there we wouldn't think to find before, like the turkey basters, or squirt guns that Eddy came up with". "The same squirt guns we used on you guys to keep your feet stuck to the ground, haha". I still rue the day Marie and her sister's pulled that stunt on us. "Hehe yes well um, for now I'll leave this here as a future project. What do you say we go check the junkyard for supplies?" "Yeah let's go".

9:34 a.m.

As we got to the junkyard I saw some old stuff around that brought me down memory lane. I saw the proto-type rocket pieces from the time Ed, Eddy and I thought that we were on another planet full of robot rebels. The darn thing was still left in pieces but it didn't matter much. I didn't think it would actually fly without fuel. Wouldn't you know it, I saw the old van that we always go to, to think whenever we had issues haunting us. I checked inside and saw that the water bed was still in one piece. I couldn't help it, I just had to jump on top of it again. "Wee!" "Double D, really?" "Sorry, force of habit". I got off and continued on with Marie. "So anyways, I was thinking we head into the deep part of the place. We'll find pipes and other stuff still in one piece, believe it or not". It's funny how the junkyard is immensely huge but it doesn't compare to all that running around we did to find Eddy's brother. "Over here dreamboat". Marie had pointed out a huge pile of boxes that looked like they were all searched through recently. Maybe this is where Marie and her sisters got those pipes for the bathroom from. My hunch was correct. As we were looking through the boxes, they were full of pipes that still looked new and unused. A lot of them were heavy and would've been a hassle to carry back by hand but we packed up the smaller ones in our bags. "Marie, do you think that we can come back later for the bigger pieces? We can carry the small ones for now". "Sure. I had a feeling you weren't gonna be able to. You got such small muscles, no offense". "Non-taken". Now I kinda wish I had actually tried lifting weights during my last year at Peach Creek.

"Oh hey, there was something I've been meaning to show you". Marie walked over to a pile covered by a shower curtain, pulled it off and revealed a moped that had an all-white framework, had a black seat, and looked slightly worn out and a bit rusty. "So what are you planning to do with that moped Marie?" "I'm gonna ride it silly. I've been trying to get my own ride to go places since I'm too young to drive a car. I rebuilt this whole thing piece by piece with parts all over this place. Watch this". Marie took out a key out from underneath the back and switched on the ignition. The motor roared loud for such a small vehicle. "My word; the sound it makes is almost equivalent to a motorcycle engine". "I know my stuff. I've been working on this for the last few weeks. Trust me, this baby is gonna ride fast". "Knowing you I bet it would". "Hop on". I got on in the back, which had enough room, and off we went full blast. Marie wasn't kidding. We were going nearly 30 miles and making sharp turns around the junkyard. All of a sudden she revved it even harder and we were going 40 miles right out the exit. "Hold on tight!". What did she think I was doing? I was scared speechless as soon as we took off. We just made it back into the cul-de-sac area going 50 miles until finally she pressed the breaks and sent me flying through the air, landing inside the neighbors trash can.

"You ok Double D?". "Yes just fine. I'll live through this like everything that's crushed me, just like Rolf's hat of discipline". "Hat of what?" "It's a long story". We got inside the house and placed our bags by the doors. I went to the shower by Nazz and Sarah's room to wash off all the smudges and the smell around my body. I never felt like having a shower so much in my life. Well there was that one time my mind cracked and I was walking around the cul-de-sac covered in garbage and other things. Things that for some reason were crawling around me in places they shouldn't be. *Knock-knock-knock* "Hey Double D, I left your clothes here on the table by the door". "Thank you Marie". Its times like this that I'm actually glad that a Kanker is around actually helping and treating me normally. I got out and got dressed quick. Marie had left out the back-up clothes that looked like the ones I was already wearing. I checked the time and saw that it was already 11:50 a.m. I walked out to the living room to see that Marie wasn't there, so I checked the observatory instead. There she was in the middle level walking around the place like she was planning something. I walked up to join her.

"Got some ideas for this section Marie?" "Well I have an image but I don't really know how it'll actually fit into reality". "Well I did have the idea to make this another room originally but I am leaning towards the bathroom idea. Let's just leave it for ok. We gotta go meet Nazz at the mall". "Alright let's go". We got out the house; hopped back onto Marie's moped and headed off to the Peach Creek mall downtown.

12:30 p.m.

We got there early and in one piece thank goodness. I was still scared shocked that Marie kept revving the moped fast. It's like the motor was on steroids or something. "I'm surprised you haven't screamed like a little girl yet". "Marie, please try to go slow next time before we really get injured". "No promises dream boat". As she chained up her moped we went inside to try to find Ed, Eddy and Nazz. I must say the mall looked bigger than the last time I was here. We looked around and saw most of the popular name brand stores like Victoria's Secret, Tommy Hilfiger, and GAP. Suddenly I just received a text message from Eddy.

"Sock head Nazz said to meet in the food court in 10 minutes.

Thank you Eddy.

"Honestly I don't see why he keeps calling you sock head. It's kinda getting' old". "I know and sometimes it's annoying but I'm used to it. Anyways lets head to the food curt and see if anyone is gonna be there". As we got to the food court I didn't see anyone we knew in sight until I saw Johnny for the first time, in who knows how long, working behind the counter at the Chinese booth. "Johnny is that you?" "Oh hey Double D. What a surprise to see you here. Free chicken sample?" "No thanks not right now. So this is where you've been this whole time?" "Yep I've been working here with Plank since after New Year's. He's working the register right now". I was still shocked to see that Johnny is still doing things with Plank as a real person. He's even wearing the hat and uniform for this job. How in the world did Plank even get hired here? Better yet; does the manager even know that Plank is just a hunk of wood? "Plank! Johnny! Here are your paychecks" said the boss. I stand corrected.

"So what brings you here Double D?" "Oh well, I was told by Eddy to meet him and Ed here because Nazz told us to meet her here at the food court at 1:00". "Really? I got a text from her too. Maybe she told everybody". "Could be possible". "Anyways, it's already time to clock out and it's almost 1:00. Let's go Plank". We waited out by the tables and ate Chinese fried rice and chicken that Johnny got for free every 2 weeks. I looked around and saw Ed and Eddy heading towards us. Eddy didn't look happy to see Marie here. "Sock head, why is there a Kanker here with you?" "Eddy please it's not what you think." "Cool it shrimp before I get my mom on you" said Marie. "You wouldn't dare". Marie pulled out her phone and started dialing. "No wait!". Eddy jumped on the table and begged Marie not to call her mom. Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened. "Hey mom can you tell Lee and May to get down at the mall. There's a sale going on. Yeah you know the special sale you like. Thanks love you. Muah!". Marie hung up her phone and giggled at Eddy. "You evil conniving-". "I will call her again and tell her exactly what you said shrimp". "Eddy please would you let it go already. You already have one strike against you. Next one earns you a seat with Marie and her sister's in the back of the car". A drop of sweat came down from the side of Eddy's head, realizing that he didn't want that to happen. "Ok fine".

Finally it was 1:00 p.m. and Nazz had just shown up with Jimmy and Sarah. "Guys I'm glad you could make it" said Nazz. "So Nazz what was it that you needed Ed, Eddy and I to come here?". "Well I just wanted you guys to know that I got hired at Victoria's Secret and- "And me and Jimmy got hired at Build-a-Bear workshop" said Sarah. "Yeah that too". "What for real? It was that easy?" "Well not really Eddy. I was lucky because nobody else was around and a lot of the girls who work there had college to do, so they gave me the job right away". "Sarah and I are working part-time on the one thing we know better than anyone else. They would have given us full-time but we're not old enough yet to stay after hours" said Jimmy. "Nice to know the kids work in a doll shop". "Shut up Eddy" said Sarah. "Anyways, good news for us too; Ed and I got our own jobs too. Show them Lumpy". Ed slammed his foot on the table and pulled out a work schedule from GameStop from his sock. "Sweet huh? The manager was such a pushover, hahaha". "Eddy you know that's wrong of you to treat the manager in such a harsh manner". "WhateverDouble D , we got a job now. I still have yet to see you sign up for one sock head". "I'll sign up later". "Double D its better if you do it now. The longer you wait the harder it gets". "Don't worry about it Nazz. I'll get it later."

"Hey Marie! How's my little sister doin'?" shouted Lee. "Oh great now the other two Kanker's are here" said Eddy. "Shut it shrimp" said Marie. "Marie was my little man giving you trouble here?" "Yeah he was-" "No I wasn't, she's lying" said Eddy sweating from his forehead. "Kanker's don't lie shrimp. Except for that one time we did May's makeover. Hehehe." "I still hate you both for that" said May. "Hey we got you your man as a I'm sorry gift so lighten up will ya." "Whatever." Lee reached her arm across the table we were sitting at and lifted Eddy in the air by his three hairs. "So how's my little bundle of shrimp been treatin' my sister lately?" "Put me down Kanker!". Eddy kept on squirming around trying to get loose from Lee's grip. I must say, how's it even possible that his hair strands haven't even ripped off yet from all the times that Lee carried him like that?

"Well everyone, since we all know about the good news about getting jobs, what say we head back to the house to finish the paint job?" "Sound's cool. Let's get to it" said Nazz. As we all packed up and headed out the mall, we all got on our bikes; unfortunately I had to get back on Marie's moped. I was taking deep breaths in before I somehow lose consciousness on the ride back. "Oh dear- oh dear!". "Lighten up dreamboat; I got us here in one piece". "Still I wish to not have a heart attack at this young age". "Yeah whatever. We beat everyone here so let's just bust out the paint already. "Marie please, just take it easy on those hard breaks you do". "(*inhales, exhales*) Fine. Next time though". Even though Marie is quick with everything I just wish she would actually slow down like most people. As we entered the house we took out the paint the Nazz brought and started filling up trays, as everyone else slowly arrived one by one but Kevin and Rolf haven't shown up yet. I didn't really like red walls in the hallways or anywhere in the house for that matter, so we kept the red paint sealed up.

Eddy colored his room the same bright tan color, or maybe it was light pink, the same way his room was set up at his parents' house. I guess maybe he wanted to feel a bit closer to home in a way. Ed left his the same purple color as his basement room, hopefully without the filth underneath his bed. Surprisingly Sarah brought extra wallpaper that she's been saving to match half of her assigned room with Nazz but Nazz told her to cover up the entire room anyways since they were gonna be sharing it later on and that half of it painted wouldn't match at all. Jimmy painted his room a nice lavender purple color and even brought a furniture couch like the one he had back at his house. I told Johnny and Plank that their room wasn't ready yet cuz we still needed Kevin and Rolf to arrive with more supplies so that they could paint when they get the chance. I painted my half of the room in the observatory a light green color just how I liked it, with a bit of Marie's help. In the end we made our room's look just like our original rooms.

2:15 p.m.

Rolf and Kevin finally arrived and had brought 2 wheel barrels full of wood and a couple big sheets of glass. "Double D Ed boy, Rolf and Kevin Boy here come with more supplies to finish the construction". "Yeah and the glass here is actually bullet proof, but I'm pretty sure that if you brought Ed upstairs he'll figure a way to break it". "Oh my. Well what would the bullet proof glass be needed for Kevin?". "For several windows in the house. Also I was gonna look for some metal later to weld into split ceilings for the observatory rooms instead of wood". "Well Marie and I were at the junkyard earlier and found a bunch of metal pipes. You think it could be melted down and used?" "Double D that's kinda dangerous you know? As long as it's not in the house it could get melted down". "Kevin let me and my sisters handle the metal. We got this" said Marie. "By the way, Marie what are you and your sisters doing to the room below us?" asked Kevin. "Double D said that we might as well turn that room into a bathroom. Less time wasted traveling to the other two across the house, right?". "Oh right ok. Why didn't I think of that? Anyways, I'm gonna need Johnny and Rolf's help with their rooms getting built. Double D we got this part covered. Go help Marie if you want". "Thanks Kevin".

I went down to the mid-level to see that the Kanker's were already nearly done with the new bathroom. I didn't even notice that they already built a wall and ceiling in a circular formation. "Excuse me ladies but do you happen to need any assistance here by any chance?". "Nah, we got this hot stuff" said Lee twisting and turning pipes and levers. I decided to go to Eddy's room to see if he and Ed were there or not. Luckily they were and I just happened to find them playing with the pool table. "For the last time Lumpy, the white ball is used to hit your striped ball". "Nope. White ball hits 8 ball. I win". "You hit the 8 ball when your other balls are gone". "Ok Eddy". To my surprise Ed hit the white ball hard, bounced off the walls and hit my hat off revealing my long hair again. "Sockhead when did you get here?". "I've been here for the last thirty seconds watching you trying to teach Ed to play pool poorly". "Whatever. You really need a haircut you know?". "I'm perfectly fine Eddy. I'd rather leave it this way. Also I just wanted to ask you both something. Have you noticed that up until now, the Kanker's haven't tried to harass us in any way what so ever?". Ed and Eddy looked at each other confused and then had a surprised look on their faces. "Come to think of it, those Kanker's are being a little too nice lately. We should spy on them. Sockhead, set up camera's quick and-" "Eddy stop right there this instance. We don't need to be spying on them with cameras. I'm just curious to know if you or Ed had noticed anything out of the ordinary as I have". "I still say we set up cameras". "Eddy the last time we "set up" a camera, it was on Jimmy's birthday and we thought Kevin was a spy. I still haven't even come around to asking him what he did with it".

Observatory Top floor

"Achoo!" sneezed Kevin. "Gazuntite" said Johnny. "They say that in this country of yours, you sneeze when someone is talking about you" said Rolf. "Nah, it's probably just some dust" said Kevin.

Eddy's Room

"Kanker's bad for Ed" whispered Ed to himself. "I guess I'll just have to do it the hard way then fellows". I left the room as Eddy and Ed got back to their game. I decided to walk over to Nazz and Sarah's room to check up on them and see their progress. I knocked on the door. *Knock-knock* "Well ladies I see you managed to decorate your room quickly". "Yeah dude. Sarah and I have good taste in decorating". "And playing with dollies" said Sarah. I gotta say, Nazz and Sarah really knew how to decorate a room. It was a mixture of young and mature retro aura in the space around us. Kinda like having two sisters bunking in with each other and knowing what goes where and liking what the other person does to make a room feel like their natural environment. They even had soft jazz music playing. A guy could really get used to hanging out in a room like this. "I can see that you're both busy. I'm gonna go check on Jimmy right now". Walking down the hallway I could still hear the music playing and filling me up with excitement. Jimmy had the door open so peeked in to see his work of art.

"Jimmy this is amazing. Who knew you had so much artistic design in you?". "Do you like it Double D? It's just a little taste of how I wanted to design my room in a way". Jimmy had the nice lavender painted walls with a light blue carpet added to the floor, the second chair he had that matched the one in his room, a mattress and bed with a coffee table in the middle, a wooden clothing drawer, the oven he used to make his cookies with, a few picture frames of art that might've been works of Picasso and a work bench table with his stuffed animals. I can see he had Mr. Yum Yums with him still. "It's almost feeling like a second home to you, isn't it Jimmy?". "Sure is Double D". Jimmy was unpacking a few more things from a bag he had brought with him. It looked like he had a radio and attachments. Seems like everybody has a radio of their own. "I'll catch you later Jimmy". I walked down to go see Ed's room in the basement. I can already see that everything was arranged the same way his room was, only this room seemed a bit wider and longer in length. Everything seemed normal. I didn't smell anything rotten at all. I even looked under the bed to make sure Ed wasn't leaving any surprises for us later on. Everything was in the clear. I guess Ed was turning a new leaf. For now that is.

I heard someone coming downstairs so I went to check who it was. Right before I was about to walk out of Ed's room, I bumped into Marie who came in. "Oh Marie. I was wondering who that was coming down". Without a warning Marie wrapped her arms around me tight, like she was hugging me. I was shaking with fear thinking that the Kanker's harassment free streak was about to end, but suddenly Marie kissed me softly on the cheek. I know that this sounds no different than all the times they kissed us or rather eat up our faces with their lips, but this one kiss was different, like it was meaning to it. She unwrapped her arms, turned around and walked back upstairs rather quickly. I walked back up and didn't see her insight. I tried ignoring what happened but couldn't. I went to check on Kevin's room to try and preoccupy my mind. I don't really mean to be rude but it seems that Kevin hasn't decorated his room yet. I guess I should blame myself since he's been the one doing most of the heavy work and hadn't gotten the time to get to it. I walked back to the observatory to see how the work was going. The Kanker's were already finished decorating the bathroom like it was nothing. All the pipes and waterworks were functioning well and they had already installed lights. Marie wasn't looking at me so I guess she was pretending that nothing happened a few minutes ago. I couldn't help but hold my hand up to my right cheek that she placed her lips on.

I went upstairs to the top level to see that the walls were all evenly placed. All we needed now were the ceiling tops that we had the metal for that Kevin mentioned. "Double D, can you help Johnny and Rolf bring their stuff up? I need to get started on my room". "Sure thing Kevin". It took about half an hour to bring up Rolf and Johnny's furniture to the top levels but it was good that Lee and May helped out while Marie was messing with the electrical equipment in the newly built bathroom. All Johnny brought was a mattress and bed set, a wooden drawer, a table and some chairs. Rolf had brought the same but with a few rugs that were rather hairy and that cane he walked around with at school with Jimmy and Johnny in their Urban Ranger uniforms. "Double D Ed boy. How far you with the metal ceilings?". "The Kanker's are in charge of it actually Rolf. I have no control of that task". "Oh I knew we forgot something" said May. "This'll be easy. Let's go May" said Lee. "Where are you gonna make those metal ceilings, if I may ask?". "In the underground room downstairs" said Lee. "I thought Kevin said that was dangerous?" said Johnny. "Not when it comes to Kanker's" said May. "I got a bad feeling about this, Plank".

"Fret not Johnny the wood boy. If the Kanker's say they can get it done, let them continue". As reliving as that sounded, I had to side with Johnny on this one. Kevin said it himself that melting metal inside the house was dangerous. I felt like going to Ed's room and hiding underneath his mattress, because I felt like it was the only thing that'll survive an explosion. None the less, the rooms were all evenly spaced out with a hallway that was spacious enough to walk through. Now I'm thinking to myself how all the hard work we put in would've gone to waste if an explosion did happen. "Oh dear, I should go check on the Kanker's and see what they're doing". I ran down the walkway quick as Rolf and Johnny saw me nearly fall off from each corner of the barricades Kevin set up. I did catch a glimpse of Marie finishing up one last attachment to the to the built-in water heater. I did wonder where she got it from but I remembered her saying at the junkyard that she builds things. I made it to the bookshelf entrance downstairs to see what Lee and May were up to.

For some reason I could feel an intense increase in temperature as soon as I stepped in. It felt like a sauna in here. I saw an orange light at the end of the tunnel. The closer I got, the hotter it was. I finally came out the end to see Lee and May burning the metal pipes down but how they were doing it confuses me. They had some type of caldron hanging from the ceiling with a fire in the middle of the room, burning from underneath. I could hear the rust itself getting crispier. They were dumping the pipes inside the caldron and adding some type of oil substance. After a few minutes they pushed the side of the caldron over and out poured the metal itself but in liquid form, into a pipe going towards the water under the bathroom. The liquid had went into a rectangular wooden box in the water and hardened as steam filled the air. May walked towards it pulled out the metal sheet that was formed. I couldn't believe what my eyes had seen. What they did breaks logic in my opinion.

I backed away slowly before they heard me. As I did I had bumped into something, or rather someone. I turned around to see that it was Marie. "Oh hey Marie what's-". Marie covered my mouth with her hand, put her finger to her lips like she was shushing me and pointed towards the stairs directing me to get out. She wasn't angry at me or gave me a bad look but I complied with her and left quietly.

4:00 p.m.

Eddy's room

I waited in Eddy's room with Jimmy, Sarah, and Ed as Nazz was beating Eddy at Pool. Eddy was down to 5 more balls, as for Nazz she only needed 2 shots in and they were both in the middle, including the 8 ball. It was Eddy's turn now. He hit the white ball, missing Nazz's last 2 shots in the middle and successfully managed to hit 2 of his shots into a far corner. He was down to 3. He then hit the next one and got one more in the opposite corner he just hit. He tried one more time but missed. They were both at 2 and the white ball was in the middle just an inch from Nazz's. "Haha. Beat that" said Eddy. As Nazz positioned herself to aim, we all took long sips of our sodas. Slowly she hit the white ball, hitting her last 2 shots in unison, which means at the same time, and both going into opposite directions and into the middle holes. Eddy's jaw dropped to the floor because he knew that Nazz was able to hit again thanks to the rule of the game. As she did, she took one last sip of her pineapple soda, turned around, closed her eyes and hit the white ball to the 8 ball and went in. Game over. "That's 2 out of 3 wins for me Eddy. You know what that means. You owe me 2 jawbreakers when you get your first paycheck" said Nazz. "Fine. I got it". Eddy wasn't upset or anything but hey when it comes to jawbreakers, it's all worth it. "Ok next game goes to Jimmy and Sarah, guys". "I'm gonna go check on Kevin real quick and see what he's up to. Have fun fellows".

Kevin's room

I walked to Kevin's room to see his progress and all I saw was that he built shelves with borders on the walls and swept up a little. "Kevin, you haven't brought several of your belongings to put in here?". "Not yet. I'm thinking of doing it tomorrow instead. I'm thinking of putting tools and parts on these shelves so I can fix and build stuff". "Like what, I might ask?". "Not really sure about it, maybe just little projects. What's everyone else doing? ". "Well Nazz, Jimmy, Sarah, Ed and Eddy are playing pool in Eddy's room; The Kanker's were making the metal ceilings like you said to make but in the underground, which you said not to in the house". "How did it turn out?". "The last time I saw was 2 hours ago and how they made them broke logic in my mind. There weren't any explosions yet but I haven't checked since then". Just as I finished Kevin's phone rang. "*Answer* Hey Rolf, whats up? Really? That fast? Ok, on my way up.*End call* Rolf said to come and see the Kanker's work".

Observatory room

Kevin and I went up to see what the Kanker's did and surprisingly they did excellent. "Nice of you boys to show up" said Lee. "We did a little extra work and build baldy here a window with that bullet proof glass you found. We made some support beams above your room, placed metal sheets that we made for extra strength and build these ceilings in 45 degree triangle formation across. So basically we built attics for you guys". "We made the rooms sound proof too so you can have conversations to yourselves and lights to see in the dark" said May. "Dude that is awesome" said Kevin. "I must say, you three never fail at surprising me with the work you do". "That's the gift we get from our mom. Give us wire's, we can turn it into something good. Give us something good and we can make it great" said Marie. "Let Rolf prepare a feast of a thousand meats, to satisfy a hard day's worth of labor". "I'm gonna make some potato salad" said Johnny. I knew that all of that kinda sounded unhealthy to just eat alone, so I decided to be in charge of fruits and salads, which Rolf had actually grown for us in the backyard but weren't ready to be picked. I can't believe I was gonna this but I had no other choice, I needed those supplies quick. "Marie, can you accompany me to the market please, with your moped?". "Sure thing dream boat". I grabbed my bag from my room and quickly ran down to the front to Marie with her motorized mayhem vehicle warmed up. "Hold on tight". I was holding on for my life as soon as she revved it. *zoom*

4:40 p.m.

*tires screeching*

We made it to a small produce market close to the candy store and my hair was standing and pointing backwards. It finally took me this long to realize that I haven't been wearing my hat at all since Ed hit that billiard off the pool table. "Ok we're here. Now what?". "I needed to pick up stuff for salads and some fruit. I didn't think it was gonna be healthy just eating meat and mashed potato alone". We entered in and I could already feel that cold breeze coming from the air conditioner above hit us. I quickly grabbed the simple stuff; lettuce, tomato, bananas, strawberries, apples, grapes, oranges, onions, garlic, peppers, lemons, limes, and a pineapple. In total all this came out to $25.80 in just produce alone. I put the bags into my backpack as we exited out the store. "Maybe I should've grabbed blue berries as well. Maybe for another day". "Double D, if you want I have a lot at my house. I could bring those berries tomorrow with an extra box of pancake mix I keep in my room". "Are you sure Marie? I don't want to be a bother". "Double D, please". She had her hand on my shoulder and had her eyes looking deep into mine. I could feel like she had a need to wanna help out as much as possible. "Ok Marie. Please bring them when you can". "Ok dream boat" smiled Marie. We got back on her moped and zoomed out fast.

5:05 p.m.

As we reached the house she stopped hard halfway to the door way. I flew off because of my light weight body into the house with the door opened wide and landed face first onto the couch. "Ouch. Who left the door open?". "Oh sorry bro. I took out the original door and was installing this new white door. It's finished now" said Kevin. "Oh what a good gesture Kevin". "Thanks. Also, glad you made it. You're just in time. Rolf and Johnny just finished cooking about a minute ago and Jimmy baked a lot of red velvet cupcakes. Everyone already headed up to the observatory room". "Well then let's go join them, shall we. I brought fruits and vegetables to make salad with". "Cool, got any apples?" "We sure do. Here". I tossed an apple to Kevin and he took a huge bite out of it. I guess he really needed a bite to eat. The three of us all headed upstairs to join the others. There were 2 tables set up in the middle with 13 chairs set up for everyone, including Plank. Rolf had cooked up a platter of steaks circling around a whole cooked chicken in the middle. Johnny had made a huge bowl of mashed potato like he said he would. "Johnny I brought in the gravy and it's ready" said Ed. I know that gravy goes with mashed potato but I was afraid to ask how, where and what Ed did to make it. As the plates, cups and silverware were being passed out, I quickly made the salad and put the apples, grapes, bananas and oranges into a fruit bowl and placed them both on the table. We took out more sodas out of the fridge and placed them around the table in case anyone wanted more variety. Eddy took out his radio and set it up to a random music station that plays almost every type of music genre.

6:00 p.m.

As time flew by we were stuffing our faces and socializing with eachother. These steaks that Rolf made were just amazing. I couldn't resist another bite but my stomach kept telling me no and that I've had enough. "You ok dreamboat?". "Yes Marie. I've just eaten too much, that's all". I took a sip of cherry soda to wash down the food in me, thinking that it would help. "Rolf you really know how to cook an awesome steak". "Thank you Nazz girl". "You guys need to try Jimmy's cupcakes" said Sarah, munching on two at the same time. "I actually liked that Double D went out of his way to bring us healthy fruits and vegetables to balance this meal for us". "The pleasure is all mines Jimmy". "Plank says he's had too much chicken to eat". All I saw was a chicken bone left on Planks plate. I'm actually scared to think that Plank actually ate it or maybe someone else did. I know it couldn't be Ed because his love for chickens prevented him from taking one bite. "Save some of that fruit for us, lumpy". "Ok Eddy". "This salad could actually use some shredded cheese" said Lee. "I'll eat it regardless" said May. "Hey Nazz, you wanna get ice cream after this?". "Sure thing Kevin". I noticed that Kevin had pulled his phone out of his pocket, like he just received a message. "Hold on guys, I gotta go get something real quick" said Kevin. It took about 5 minutes for Kevin to get back and he was holding a big box as he walked back into the room. "Yo Kev, whats in the box?" asked Eddy. "Just something you guys always chased me down for". As Kevin opened the box, he dug into it and pulled out a jawbreaker. "Jawbreaker!" yelled Ed. "Ed no, calm down!". I tried holding him still before he tried to flip the tables over and jump Kevin for the jawbreaker. "Whoa relax man. I got plenty here for everybody". Kevin wasn't kidding. He tossed the one he had in his hand to Ed and pulled more out for the rest of us. "I had these special ordered from the factory I work at. Cheers". This night couldn't have gotten more perfect than how it is. We had a nice buffet of food, cold drinks, all of our friends were over and getting along, and Kevin bringing these jawbreakers made our night.

6:30 p.m.

As we finished our last bites and had our last sips, we cleaned up the dishes and threw away bottles in the garbage. Everyone packed up their belongings, said their goodbyes and Ed, Eddy and I were left alone with a remodeled house. "Sockhead, what are you doing hanging around Marie?". "It's nothing serious Eddy. She was just helping out with a few things. I didn't see you or Ed acting scared with Lee and May around". "That's cause we were eating a buffet. "Totally different. Actually wish there was more" said Eddy. Eddy was picking food out with a toothpick. "There's nothing bad going on fellows, honest". "I'm gonna go down to bed and watch TV. guys". "Ed, don't forget to shower". He ran down to the basement as I said those very words. "Well enough of that. I'm gonna go take a shower myself since lumpy doesn't want to". With that said I went to the observatory and closed the book case behind me since Eddy decided to go to the other bathroom to shower. I decided to take one as well. Standing there with the hot water hitting my back and my arms crossed, I started thinking a lot about what was said and how everything just felt different somehow. The Kanker's weren't harassing us, I felt perfectly normal now and then when Marie comes near, but somehow I felt as if something had change. Maybe we were all just growing up and maturing a little more. I decided to turn the shower top off and just lay in the tub as a Jacuzzi instead. I really needed to relax.

7:13 p.m.

I came out and got dressed and headed up to my room. I turned on the TV and laid down between the blanket and the sheets. I was feeling tired from eating all that food this evening. I could feel the Itis coming along. I could see just a bit out the window and noticed a little bit of sunshine left from the sunset. I was slowly dosing off to sleep and with the TV still on. I felt like just leaving it like that and turn the other way. As I shut my eyes, I started thinking about Marie again. I actually thought to myself that she was fun to be around with. I even thought about the kiss she left on my cheek earlier. I could still feel it in fact even though it's been washed. I took out my phone and looked at her number she gave me. I don't know what I was feeling. All I knew was that I was hoping to see her tomorrow morning for breakfast like she said.

Author's log:

Sorry that I've been taking so long guys. I've had to go to work, spend time with family and loved ones and get a lot of Marine related stuff to go over with. As you can see, I thought about throwing in a lot of these ideas in as the days were passing by and put them into this chapter while they were still fresh in my mind. I'll try my best to continue on with the next chapter and sorry if this one takes too long guys. Please read, share and subscribe to enjoy more of the Ed's continued adventures. Thank you.