Chapter 23

A/N: so...in case you guys didn't know, that last chapter was the vote for what the baby will be named. And so far only one person voted. If none of you guys vote, I'm going with that one persons vote. Also this chapter will be short. Oh and also I think William and Sydney were originally six, but then that would mean that Nazz and Benny would've had them in high school since right now this book is about 7 years in the future. But I guess that would mean they were born when Nazz and Benny should've been in college. But oh well, shit happens ya know. I like my stories to usually make sense in really life. If you even bothered reading this whole a/n comment your favourite colour. I just wanna see how much people actually read everything I write.

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(3rd person p.o.v)

They had finally made it to the lake house, Edd had fallen asleep on Eddy's lap. He gently shook Edd awake.

"Edd, wake up babe." He said softly. He stirred a bit but didn't wake up. Eddy shook him lightly again, he didn't want to be too rough with him. Edd's eyes fluttered opened and he looked up at Eddy.

"Why is it so bright in here." He said squinting. Eddy chuckled.

"Wake up, we're here." Edd then got up and looked out the window. They were in a more rural area, they were surrounded by tall trees, and a beautiful sparkling lake. Edd didn't know how well he would be able to swim since he was pregnant, he'd probably sink like a rock. But he at least looked forward to soak his slightly swollen feet in the lake water. Everyone got out if the car one by one, William and Sydney ran out of the car highflying with Nazz and Benny following close behind them so they wouldn't get lost. Nat carried Crystal out of the car, she was still quite small since she was only three years old. Eddy helped Edd out of the car, his stomach was quite large now.

"Eddy look! Isn't this beautiful." Edd said looking around. "Arden, it was very nice of you to invite us here". Lori was carrying Piggles like baby, she was wearing shots and her medium length curly brown hair was tied into a ponytail. Arden's hair was lose, she reminded Edd of a goth rapunzel, her black and blue hair ended mid thigh.

"No probs, it's kinda nice for all of us to hang out together like we used to during the summer in university. Those were the days."

"That was just a couple years ago." Lori said. "we're only in our twenties, you sound like we haven't seen each other decades."

"It feels like decades though." Lori laughed and went into the lake house. Eddy, Rufus, Nat and Benny helped to unpack the rv. The others help with some of the smaller bags though. But they mostly just watched the children, which was also an important job. The kids were running around playing together, Crystal picked tiny flowers from the ground and gave them "mommy", Rave. William, Sydney and Isaac who were all around the same age played tag. Those three were pretty close since their dads Benny and Ed were both on the same soccer team, so they kept in touch. Once a peach creek cobbler, always a peach creek cobbler. Benny joined the soccer team in senior team since he found out that he actually had some talent. After they were done putting their bags into the cabin, it was around 5 p.m. The cabin was really huge, and beautiful and looked sort of expensive. There were very many guest rooms. Arden and Lori would be sharing a room, of course. Nazz, Benny and their kids would be in one room, their children were small so it wasn't a problem. Rufus, Ed and Isaac would be in one room. Nat, Rave and Crystal would be in one room, and Eddy and Edd would share a room and bed. They had packed a lot of food that would last them the three weeks. The fridge and freezer in the cabin were packed with frozen food, vegetables, snacks and drinks. They needed something to eat if they were gonna be in the middle of the woods away from convenience stores. They also packed gas do they can go back home. It was now six pm. The kids were plaything by the tree with some toys they packed, they were told to stay away from the lake since they didn't know how to swim well yet, being only 5 and 3. If they were going by the lake they had to be supervised by their parents and wearing their life jackets that were packed away in the cabin. The adults were sitting on foldable chairs, the ones that were made of fabric with those cup holders. They were talking about life, whiles keeping an eye on the children of course, but they knew they were ok since they could hear them talking to each other about whatever it is kids talk about. The parents and adults were talking about work, life, people they seriously hate in their work place.

"She's a real bitch." Arden said. "She always criticizes my teaching skills. I swear she's trying to get me fired." She was talking about the struggles of being an elementary school teacher. Arden was currently teaching sixth graders, they liked to teach kids only about things they really needed. Like what those sixth graders needed to know to make it in grade 7. Life skills, what to do when they come across strangers, how to deal with certain situations. She always hated teacher who only stuck to the curriculum and didn't prepare you for life. School didn't prepare her for life, for the real world, all they fought her was unnecessary math and stranger danger. Not about taxes, bills, rent, university, how to deal with people you meet that you seriously hate. She wished they had, so with that she became a teacher and vowed to only teach kids what they really needed to know. Things she knows they will use in the future. Not just in future grades, but in life. Her students often loved her but her co workers didn't since she didn't always stick to the curriculum. Who cared about solving for x? What about addition and multiplication? What if they become cashiers? They gotta know how to count money. They gotta know how to deal with taxes, and people they hate. Sometimes in life, their will be people you hate who hate you back.

Her friends understood what they were trying to do, they agreed with her, they wished that their teachers would've prepared them for life too. Edd couldn't relate though, he loved school and his teachers. Also, his parents always left him alone too, for months at a time. He already knew how to fend for himself, he's been doing it since he was five. Since he was 13 and his parents stopped leaving him enough money, he had to learn how to fork up cash on his own. He had to learn how to cook, clean, everything he knew, he thought himself or learned in school. So he couldn't relate, he didn't need his teachers to prepare him for life. He was very independent already. But he respected Arden's decisions.

Soon it would be his turn to raise someone, he promised that he wouldn't be like his parents, he had always loved and looked up to them. But now that he is older, he realizes that they were horrible people and horrible parents. Thy left their five year old son alone, how do you think he got his scar? A five year old left unattended. They never really talked to him either, they just left him a bunch sticky notes with lists of chores to do. They never really listened go what he wanted to do, or cared. He wanted to do things like go to summer camp and join teams. He was actually an amazing artist, but his parents looked down on his art skills. All they ever made him do was clean and study and he was convinced that what they were doing was good for him. Then they abandoned him when he was six teen for good. When his parents learned that he was gay then completely disowned him. They grabbed all of their stuff and left, they had other places to live. Better, fancier places, they were rich people. They stopped sending him money to pay the bills, stopped communication with him completely, changed their phone numbers. He knew because he tried to call them a couple times to ask if they were ever coming back. They weren't. They wanted nothing to do with him.

Eddy's parents didn't take the news about their relationship well either. His brother went to rehab for substance abuse. His dad had an alcohol problem and his mom was a heavy smoker. One day Eddy brought Edd home to introduce him to his parents as his lover. He was shocked to see that the inside of his house was in ruins. Broken glass all over the floor, trash everywhere, empty beer bottles on the floor. Eddy panicked and thought that he was robbed. They ran into the house to see Eddy's had on the sofa, he looked disgusting and wreaked. He had a pipe hanging out of his mouth. Eddy asked what the hell was going on. And all his father did was welcome his son home with a rough and scratch voice. He said it with a slight laugh at the end that really confused Eddy. Eddy had asked where his mother and older brother was. He said that his brother was gone. Eddy asked him what he meant by that, he told Eddy that he was in rehab. He said that his mom was God knows where. He then asked who it was standing next to Eddy. He told his dad that his was his boyfriend Edd. He said it reluctantly sort of shielding Edd from his dad because he didn't know what his dad was going to do, especially since he was obviously drunk. And that's when everything went to shit. His dad was really pissed. He ended up yelling at Eddy and throwing empty beer bottles at him and Edd. They successfully dodged them, he grabbed Edd and carried him out of the house since Edd was small and not as fast as he was. Later that night Eddy went back to his house, grabbed his stuff and left home forever. He crashed at Edd's place for the rest of high school since it was just the two of them from now on. They had to get jobs to pay the bills and later ended up getting scholarships to universities and colleges of their choice, which was great because they definitely couldn't have afforded it. They haven't seen any of their families since, they could've been dead for all they knew. But they didn't have to worry about all of this for now. The past was in the past, they were gonna have a kid, and they were chilling at a lake house log cabin, surrounded by people who actually care about them.

They had a house, each other, paying jobs, and a good amount of cash, life was good.

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Long a$$ A/N Sorry if I don't update this as often, it's just that life is full of shit rn. Like how I'm swamped with homework, projects and tests. So much that I'm not able to do all of it in time. So now I'm tryna do all the hw I missed this week. I'm gonna have two more tests next week around the same time. Which sucks. I had to do a lot of presentations..which sucks because I've got some pretty bad social anxiety. Which sucks even more because now my anxiety is starting to make me kinda depressed because I with it I can't to shit. And life just really sucks. A lot. It's kinda ok because I have some friends j can relate to, one is depressed, one has anxiety and is depressed, and I have mild depression, mild-severe anxiety and I'm also a very negative person. So we can relate on a spiritual level. But I can't really see my friends any more..so now I suffer from what Mabel Pines calls crippling loneliness.. Also, not only am I negative, but I'm incredibly honest too. That's not always a good combination. A negative person thinks depressing things will happen, and honest person says the truth, and a negative honest person openly says depressing shit that's also the absolute truth. So there's that... I have no idea why I wrote all this. I'm might delete this part later. I'm too blunt..even when writing..I gotta stop with this. If you even bothered reading this long ass paragraph, comment "who lives in a pineapple under the sea?", only write that sentence backwards.

Shorter A/N: as I said in the last a/n, I'm gonna write a 3rd book to this, it's gonna be mostly about their kids. I'm gonna end this after they have a couple more kids. They as in all of the characters. Wait....that wasn't worded right, I don't mean every single character is gonna have a kid, I just meant a couple more children will be born? No wait..they'll be adopted. You guys know what I'm trying to say I think. Some born, some adopted. Anyways, bye for now, this chapter unedited, please Ho back and vote for a baby name. The vote was in the last chapter. And please check out my story called dear diary. I worked hard on it. Thanks.