Chapter 37
It was a dreary Monday morning, and the denizens of Peach Creek woke up to an overcast sky and a downpour of rain. Ed, Edd, n Eddy were currently standing on the sidewalk in front of Ed's house, readying themselves for their trek to their school.
"This stinks!" yelled Eddy, "What a lousy freakin day. And it's a Monday fantastic."
He said sarcastically.
"Cheer up Eddy," said Double Dee, who was standing underneath an umbrella, "I'm sure this squall will pass rather quickly just as it did yesterday."
"Yeah, but there's one problem Sock Head." said Eddy, "The schools a half mile away and we gotta walk through this!"
Just then, the boys heard the sound of a car horn. They turned to see Ed's mothers SUV sitting at the edge of the drive way with its headlights on. Ed's mother was on her way to the grocery store, and had offered to give the boys, as well as Sarah and Jimmy a ride to school.
"See Eddy, fortune truly does work in mysterious ways!" said Double Dee smiling as he ran to Ed's mothers SUV.
The boys reached the vehicle. Double Dee and Eddy opened the rear doors and moved into the back seat. Ed had attempted to open the front door to take his place in the passenger seat, when Sarah pushed him out of the way, subsequently squeezing herself snuggly into the middle front seat, smiling and sticking her tongue out at Ed.
"Come on Jimmy, sit next to me." she said calmly, as Jimmy attempted to climb into the front seat next to her.
"Sarah, you sat in the front the other day!" yelled Ed, "It's my turn."
"Back off fish face!" yelled Sarah, "It's me and Jimmy's turn!"
Ed's mother quickly stopped the argument. With the single motion of her thumb towards the back seat, Ed was forced to relinquish the front seat to Sarah and Jimmy, much to Sarah's delight.
"Haha, I win again!" yelled Sarah as Ed's mother began driving out of the cul-de-sac. Sarah received a theoretical slap on the wrist from Ed's mother for insulting her brother and rubbing her victory in.
As the carpool passed through the business district, the boys began conversing in the back seat.
"So Double Dee, what did you do last night?" asked Eddy, "Wait, let me guess, you spent it with MARIE!" Eddy said Marie's name in a long drawn out manner and batted his eyes while clasping his hands, in an attempt to tease his friend. Eddy and Ed laughed
"Well Eddy, if you must know, I did spend last night with Marie." said Double Dee.
"OOOHHHHH," Eddy whispered as to not let Ed's mother, who was currently talking to Sarah about school, hear the joke he was about to make "Hear that Ed, Double Dee, "spent last night" with Marie."
Eddy and Ed laughed.
"Wait, why are we laughing Eddy?" asked Ed, his naivety not allowing him to grasp the joke.
"Forget it, you wouldn't understand anyway lumpy, you're still too afraid of chicks to take them into that room of yours!" said Eddy, as he chuckled.
Double Dee saw the opportunity to put Eddy in his place.
"And I suppose you have Eddy?" asked Double Dee as he giggled.
Eddy sat shocked at Double Dees joke.
"Geez Double Dee, that girl has really loosened ya the hell up!" yelled Eddy.
"You walked right into that one Eddy." said Double Dee still giggling.
At this point, Eddy was angered inside. Eddy was a suave lady's man in his own eyes, but his attitudes towards women, as well as his obsession with his "magazines" were mostly responsible for him never having a girlfriend, as well as never even receiving a real kiss from a girl. Eddy already knew that Double Dee had received a voluntarily kiss from a girl, which infuriated him. To make matters worse Eddy's pride was even more hurt at the fact that Double Dee could have done more things than kiss Marie while alone with her in his house.
"So what did you gentlemen do in my absence last night?" asked Double Dee.
Eddy paused attempting to come up with a lie, as he did so, Ed chimed in.
"We went over to Eddy's an…." Started Ed before Eddy cut him off.
"Nothing much," said Eddy slyly, "We just played video games over at Kevin's again."
Eddy gave Ed an angry look. The boys continued talking for another 2 minutes at which point the SUV pulled up in front of Peach Creek Junior High. The rain had kicked up quite a bit during their car ride, and Sarah and Jimmy quickly got out of the truck and began running towards the Peach Creek Elementary Annex building. Ed, Edd, and Eddy followed suit, but not before Double Dee leaned into the front seat.
"Thank you very much for the ride to school Ms..." said Double Dee, his last word drowned out by an angry driver beeping their horn as they passed down the street. "Your kind gesture was greatly appreciated!"
"Thanks Ms. F!" yelled Eddy as he slid out of the back seat after Double Dee.
"Thanks mom!" said Ed.
Ed's mother gave the boys their welcomes, as they exited. Double Dee and Eddy stood outside the car for a few seconds while she grabbed Ed's face and kissed him on the cheek telling him she loved him, much to Ed's dismay. The gesture prompted Eddy to giggle as they ran into the school to escape the pouring rain. The boys walked down the hallway towards their lockers, saying hello to all of their peers. They eventually reached their lockers and began exchanging their belongings to start the day.
Eddy was still giggling at Ed's mother showing her affections to him.
"I see your mommy really woves you Edward!" yelled Eddy in a babyish voice as he began laughing.
"Eddy, there should be no reason for Ed to feel embarrassed about his mother expressing her love for him." said Double Dee as he closed his locker "My goodness, has society really placed a social stigma on being emotionally close to a parent."
"Geez, that didn't last long," said Eddy, referring to Double Dee's ability to loosen up and joke in the car.
"Your childish antics are not amusing Eddy." said Double Dee as he picked up his book bag.
"Whatever Sock Head," said Eddy as he admired himself in his locker mirror, "Besides, you'll never be able to top me with your jokes, I'm the prank master of Peach Creek remember?"
"Right." Said Double Dee sarcastically as Eddy closed his locker and the boys began walking down the hallway.
"DOUBLE DEE ED BOY!" yelled a loud voice.
Double Dee turned around to see Rolf running toward him quickly.
"Quickly Egg Head Ed boy," said Rolf in a panicked state, "Rolf requires your assistance with writing his essay in this confusing gibberish you call English. Please, hear Rolf's pleas."
Double Dee took Rolf's essay off of him and began reading it. Of course, most of the grammar was wrong, as well as many of the verb conjugations. Double Dee quickly sighed and took a red pen out of his shirt pocket, placing marks, and correcting errors in sentence structure wherever it was needed. Double Dee took around five minutes to finish, and handed the paper back to Rolf.
"Here you go Rolf, I have scanned through your essay and have highlighted all of the errors, in addition to including notes that will assist you in making adequate corrections." said Double Dee.
Rolf glanced at the paper filled with markings in red pen confused for a few seconds before smiling and emitting his well known "Ho Ho" laugh.
"Rolf wishes to thank you with the arm pit rub of gratefulness!" yelled Rolf as he raised Double Dees arm and rubbed his underarm, a gesture that violated Double Dees personal space.
"You're very welcome Rolf," said an uncomfortable Double Dee.
"Rolf would also like to offer you the finest turnips from Nana's garden." Said Rolf as he reached into his book bag and pulled out two turnips, handing them to Double Dee.
"Thank you very much Rolf, I am honored." said a confused Double Dee as he took the turnips.
At that moment, the sound of the bell emanated through the hallway, signifying all of the kids to head to their homeroom.
"Rolf would love to stay and chat, but I must really be going. Bye Bye now!" yelled Rolf as he waved and walked away.
"Salutations Rolf!" yelled Double Dee.
Even though Rolf had good intentions and was friendly, Double Dee couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief as Rolf cultural beliefs often alienated him.
After homeroom, all of the kids made their way to first period. For Double Dee, Eddy, and Kevin, their first period was history, a class that they also shared with May. Naturally, Double Dee had chosen a seat close the front of the room in the second row, as he did everyday due to his interest in performing well academically. Eddy and Kevin, who didn't care nearly as much as Double Dee, usually spent their time in history class sitting in the back of the room, listening to their MP3 players or otherwise fooling around.
A little over a minute after the three boys took their seats, May Kanker entered the classroom carrying her pink single strapped book bag. May glanced around the room, and took notice of Double Dee sitting at his desk, preparing his books. May walked over toward him and took an empty seat directly next to him. She tapped Double Dee on the shoulder playfully and smiled as he looked up at her. Eddy and Kevin watched as the two began a friendly conversation that they couldn't hear due to all of the chatter from other students.
"Dude!" said Kevin as he leaned into Eddy, "Not only does he have Marie on his side, it looks like he might have the other two wrapped into this too, my man is in deep."
Eddy was thrilled that Kevin was still feeding into his lies.
"I know tell me about it, we got this thing in the bag." said Eddy as he grinned and laughed with Kevin.
The history teacher, entered the room and silenced the class so that he could begin his lecture. The teacher usually taught by turning the lights off and reading notes on an overhead projector, giving Eddy and Kevin the perfect opportunity to participate in tomfoolery.
"Yo dork." said Kevin as he leaned into Eddy, "What exactly are we gonna do for our part on Wednesday anyway?"
Eddy grinned.
"Alright big chin." said Eddy, "Here's the deal. On Wednesday, we're gonna…"
Eddy was cut off as The teacher had caught the two boys not paying attention and promptly asked them to separate. Eddy stood up from his desk to relocate to a desk on the opposite side of the room.
"We'll talk at lunch." said Eddy quietly as he picked up his book bag.
Eddy walked over to the empty desk near the windows and took his seat. He spent the rest of the period daydreaming and watching Double Dee sit, diligently copying everything displayed on the overhead projector into his notebook. He couldn't help but notice that May was following the same precedent, although at a much slower pace. Her slow pace forced her to ask Double Dee if she could see the notes she had missed from a previous transparency.
The rest of the morning was a blur to Eddy, as he had spent all of his time in each class daydreaming, except algebra; due to Ed's presence and a substitute teacher, he spent his time fooling around with Ed and other students, laughing at the subs inability to control the class.
Before the boys knew it, the lunch bell had finally rung. Thankfully for Eddy, Monday was the day that Double Dee fulfilled his duty as nurses assistant, thus he would not be in the cafeteria as Eddy and Kevin discussed their plan. Fortunately for Double Dee, he did not have to worry about missing out on seeing his beautiful black haired, green eyed beauty. Marie was not in school today due to her assisting her mother for extra money during the lunch hours.
Eddy and Ed quickly exchanged their books at their lockers before darting towards the cafeteria. Eddy did not pack his own lunch today, so he had to get a spot in the lunch line, which tended to fill up rather quickly.
Ed and Eddy rounded the corner to find Kevin leaning his hand on the wall, whispering into Nazz's ear as she exchanged her books. Whatever he was saying was causing her to giggle and blush. Eddy remembered his promise to Kevin and walked up to the couple. Eddy placed his hand on Kevin's shoulder.
"Ms. van Bartonschmeer," said Eddy in a playful manner, "Ya think I can borrow Kev for a couple minutes." Nazz appeared as though she was slightly annoyed. Kevin looked at her then looked back at Eddy.
"Listen Eddy," said Kevin, "I promised Nazz that I would sit with her today at lunch. I haven't really seen her all weekend cause we played hockey and had the game night on Saturday, and then she went to her aunts on Sunday."
"It'll just be a minute." said Eddy, "I promise."
Kevin hesitated for a few seconds before turning to his girlfriend. "Hey Nazz, you wouldn't mind if I talked to Eddy for a few minutes before we eat would ya?" asked Kevin.
Nazz was annoyed.
"No Kevin, not at all." said Nazz in a sarcastic tone.
"Rad!" said Kevin, "Go save us a table, and I'll be there in a few. I promise!"
Eddy, Kevin and Ed quickly ran through the cafeteria doors. As Eddy grabbed his lunch, Kevin and Ed found an empty table. Nazz stood at her locker, checking her eye shadow, wondering what Kevin and Eddy had needed to talk about in secret so badly for the last few days. Today marked the third time that she was blown off by Kevin for some kind of secret conversation. She finished running her fingers through her hair and closed her locker. She decided to forget about what was going on and entered the lunchroom to wait for her boyfriend.
Ed, Eddy and Kevin began eating their lunch while discussing the plan that Eddy had to sabotage Double Dee and Marie's relationship in secrecy. While Eddy and Kevin spent the period laughing and making jokes about the things they would do, Ed seemed indifferent to the plan; he did not once chime in or laugh at any of their jokes, even though he fully grasped what was happening.
Eventually, Kevin became so engrossed in discussing the plan that he had completely forgot about his promise to Nazz. Nazz, fed up with Kevins shenanigans, left the lunchroom for the gymnasium where she would practice her cheerleading routine.
Double Dee, still entirely unaware that two of his friends were working to sabotage his beautiful relationship was currently reorganizing the nurses files. He was sworn to secrecy to not look into anyone's files, and held his integrity with honor; but that didn't stop him from holding a certain folder in the K section slightly longer than the rest. As he looked at the words Annemarie Kanker on the tab, he couldn't help but miss seeing his love's beautiful freckled face. He didn't have to wait long to see her again, as he was to join her and May at their trailer that night. Double Dee smiled as he placed the folder back into the cabinet and continued performing his duty.