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Eddy threw his head against the lockers in the boys bathroom.
he couldn't take it anymore.
it was driving him insane.
every time he saw them together.
it was sickening.
eddy brought his hands to his eyes, to cover his face.
there were no other boys in the locker room.
he was safe.
the tears started coming, and eddy hid his face in his knees.
he wasn't liked or needed.
it was DOUBLE D that everyone couldn't get enough of.
everyone thought double d was this "adorably shy and nerdy guy" and eddy was pushed to the back.
ed was applauded for his art skills, and double d for his brain power.
but... eddy had nothing.
he wasn't a good student and he wasn't the best artist ever.
sobbing louder and hoping no one could hear him, he shut his eyes and imagined the days when double d and ed were at his side, every day.
they were always with him.
Suddenly, a loud voice he'd hoped he wouldn't hear.
"HEY, LOOK! dorky's in here crying his eyes out. NYAHAHAHA!"
a red hat.
shovel chin.
the boys came crowding in and eddy stood up.
"w-wh-"
A green jacket.
but there was no source of comfort in the tallest ed being there anymore.
he had become cruel, laughing at whatever the other kids said.
"look at skipper hahahahaha!" he laughed.
double d would have said that he didn't know any better.
double d wasn't here.
eddy ran out of the bathroom, away from all the jeering faces.
he ran past double d, talking about some math class he gets all a's in.
his hat whipped up in the air from the speed eddy was getting. the papers flew all about as eddy tore down the hall.
suddenly, when he rounded a corner, he came face to face with Lee Kanker.
"what's up, lover boy?"
he shivered and tried to go around her.
Lee grinned.
"i don't think so. WHERE'S MY FLOWERS?"
the world spinning, eddy crashed to the ground and got up running again.
away from them.
away from everyone.
he ran into another bathroom.
smashing his head into the wall, he cried out:
"I am STUPID! i can't do anything RIGHT! everything always FAILS."
he sunk against the wall, bawling again.
nothing ever went right. what was the point of even trying?