4 (UISYA)

Below is the description of Ann and Larie's **4th meeting** (EARTH 2) from the Ed, Edd n Eddy fanfiction series, Until I See You Again.

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## Story

> Larie is enjoying a decent upbringing within a family of justice workers, yet enters a life of crime and becomes the leader of a street gang. Thanks to his young age and mother being a judge, he earns a simple sentence of community service at the high school he carelessly abandoned, where he hesitantly picks up his education and works late hours under the watchful eye of his assigned government babysitters.
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> Several years later, the school thinks to please him by putting his past leadership talents to use by granting him the role of principal. Knowing his family is keeping an eye on him, isn't able to get a better job with his old age, and still lacks a college education, he accepts the offer.
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> He proves to be a good choice, but his unconventional looks catch the wrong attention of many female students, Ann being one of them. As she's often targeted by bullies and sitting by herself, Larie consistently hangs out with her, leaving behind a pleasant memory of him after graduation.
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> 30 years later, Ann is invited to the school's reunion party, which wakes her curiosity on whether Larie is still alive and how he's doing. She shows up, but as expected, is not enjoying herself with the company that never saw her standing in the first place.
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> Away from the crowd, she notices another ignored individual and manages to guess it's Larie. He impresses her by also recognizing her. She asks him why he's not the center of attention, and he's quick to answer that "fat and ugly" is an undesired personality trait, describing himself. Ann takes it as a joke and talks to him like no time has passed, whereafter she learns he's still the school's principal and hasn't been up to much these years.
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> As they both feel unneeded at the party, they retreat to Larie's office to watch television. This moment alone with him makes Ann anxious, and some time after midnight, she contemplates kissing him after noticing he's fallen asleep. She shocks herself with these rude thoughts and tries to keep her attention on the TV. Because she keeps coming closer to stare him down, Larie is awakened, but leisurely comments on the late hour and concludes they should go home. Back in the main hall, they see everyone has cleared out and the lights are off.
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> Ann doesn't know how to further engage with him and allows him to walk off to his car after a simple goodbye, while she heads for the bus stop. She notices no buses are scheduled this late and contemplates calling a taxi, but then Larie passes her by in his car and stops. She accepts his invitation to drive her home.
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> During the drive, he picks up on her quiet and distant behaviour and thinks she's not enjoying his prolonged company. He tries to reassure her she'll be home soon, to which Ann thanks him for the effort. He promises no effort is involved, as his home is still in Peach Creek as well. This again leads to them revisiting their past friendship, whereafter Ann laments not visiting him more often. She reveals to have thought about working for the school under his lead, but was talked out of becoming a teacher by her parents, because of the low pay. He replies she made the right choice, still Ann expresses she would've done it for the contact. He says it would've been inappropriate, as he was her high school principal.
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> With nothing more to add to that, Larie asks if he may light a smoke and slightly unbuttons his tight-collared blouse to free his throat in preparation. The smitten Ann gives his minorly exposed chest an unblinking stare, but when the man gives her one of his nostalgic smiles, feels like boiling over and becomes instantly nauseous. With dizziness in her voice, she mutters the request for the car to be stopped. Embarrassed, but determined, she steps out to throw up.
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> Larie watches on without words. He feels disheartened and thinks his disintegrated looks are to blame, but decides to make up an excuse for her to use; by blaming it on the smoke. Ann insists that not to be the case, but he puts out his cigarette anyway and buttons his shirt back up. She doesn't know what to tell him after her pathetic behaviour and turns her attention to the environment outside. Silence returns and Ann believes she's to blame.
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> With so many traffic lights delaying the trip, he eventually asks if she's feeling better, to which she replies to be mostly tired and the taste in her mouth bothersome. He asks if she need a gas station break, but she reminds him there are none on this route. He carefully offers to stop at his house first then, as it's only a block away from where they currently are. Ann's mind freezes up. Getting no response, he asks a few more times, but when he begins to settle with the belief she simply doesn't want to, she instantly accepts.
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> As she's been acting seemingly regretful ever since she stepped inside his car, Larie doesn't want to invite her in and asks her to stay put while he grabs some water. The moment he disappears inside, the stationed car fills itself with moans of frustration, until he returns. He announces not to have any clean glasses available and presents her a bottle of beer. Upon meeting with Ann's hesitance, he asks if she doesn't drink, whereafter she takes it like a desperate teenager wanting to prove herself to her cooler friends. Larie decides to accept the act she's not feeling forced into it, and walks to the other side of the car to get in.
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> The moment he enters, he's already met with a tipsy, but overly active Ann, criticising him on his absence of clean glasses and messy front garden. Larie answers not to see the importance of doing upkeep that does not affect him in any way. She takes a swig too big for her small body, and insists she cleans up the place. He says things not to be that bad, but she already stepped out of his car to pointlessly try and open his front door. He calls at her to come back, but she's too occupied with continuously ringing his doorbell.
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> Larie turns off the engine and joins her on his doorstep. Ann takes another swig and whispers if they should break a window, but he reveals to her he happens to have the keys. She congratulates him with genuineness, while he struggles to keep a straight face.
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> Since she's gone from 1 to 100 so fast, he figures it'd be best to make her some coffee first and find some painkillers in preparation. As there still aren't any cups available for use, though, Ann hurries herself to the pile of dishes on his kitchen counter and gets to work. Even after making her coffee, she won't sit down for it and keeps moving around the place like a mindless cleaning robot. Larie isn't sure how to make her stop or even what to say, so sits himself on the couch to wait it out.
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> After some time, he stops hearing and seeing her, so decides to have a look. He eventually finds her head down in his dirty laundry basket, vast asleep, and his house cleaner than it was before he bought it. After thinking it over for the longest 2 minutes in his life, he decides not to go through the trouble of waking her and tucks her in his own bed.
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> Morning arrives and Ann wakes up in an empty house. After the initial fright, she comes to realize it's Larie's home, who's gone to work. She becomes unsure on whether to wait for him or run off sobbing in embarrassment, but figures it'd be good manners to leave behind some kind of "thank you" either way. She settles on cleaning the house, but sees the place is already spotless; reminding her of yesterday's adventures.
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> With every second she's in his domain, her blood starts racing faster and her head tells her to get out. She peeks inside Larie's fridge, not seeing much to work with, but prepares him a reheatable dinner for later. She leaves behind a regrettably curt note and goes off to find the nearest bus station.
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> As expected -since she left no contact info behind or expressed the desire to be contacted- she hears nothing from him after that. Though she understands, it still hurts and makes her feel a tad insecure. She wonders if the age gap made Larie never even see her as a genuine friend, and he merely tried to be nice to a bullied loner, even now. Unusual for her; she visits a mirror and tries to gauge her own beauty.
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## See also

* Until I See You Again
* An, Ann n Anny
* Ed, Edd n Eddy Working