The last class of the day went both painfully slow and extremely quickly for Double Dee. Sweat was running down his forehead shaking his head vigorously when the teacher asked if he wanted to take off his hat if he was so warm. 'Get yourself together Eddward its been a few years since Marie just stopped forcing her affection on me. Perhaps she's simmered down. And besides its just one interview it'll be over and done before I know it.' He thought before refocusing his attention to his studies.

After finishing his classwork and noticing he still had twenty minutes left in class he pulled out a planner. In each of the day slots he started filling out a rough idea of a schedule that would work for at least himself leaving space for where the one he's tutoring to have their open space. After filling that out he glanced at the clock and saw he still had ten minutes so he pulled out a smaller notebook from his tattler trilby and jotted down a few questions to ask Marie before tonight's game.

The last bell finally rang and the students made their way to their lockers to go home for the weekend. Marie decided to meet up with May first before going to Sterb's office.

"May here are the keys I'll meet you out there I gotta go talk to Sterb." Marie said tossing the keys to May.

"Whats going on Marie? You haven't been kicked off the team have you?" May asked catching the keys and clipping them to her belt loop.

"No not yet I'm just on the cusp of being no longer eligible to play due to my grades so Sterb is finding me a tutor." Marie said leaning against her locker checking the time on her phone. She sighed and then straightened up. "Well I put this off as much as I reasonably could. See you in like 20 minutes May." Marie said walking away.

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"I'm sorry Eddward I don't know whats taking them so long. Usually it takes longer to get them away from anything pertaining them to not being able to play hockey." Sterb said glancing at the clock and then back to Edd giving him a sheepish smile.

"Oh its quite alright Mr. Sterb I'm in no rush."

The door opened up and in walked Marie.

"Alright Sterb who is the tutor that you got for me so I can get back to what I'm good at." Marie said while walking immediately taking a seat without even taking a glance at Double Dee. He however immediately turned white realizing just what he got himself into today.

"Oh well Marie we have Eddward Vincent here who agreed to tutor you." Sterb said making a hand motion towards him.

"There is no way he'd agree to -Hiya Edd." She started to say then glancing over and getting a massive grin on her face.

"W-W-W-W-Well h-h-h-hello M-Marie. It s-s-s-s-seems we're going to be w-w-w-working together if you'd be so kind to give me times you're available to set up a schedule we can get you back above the required GPA." Eddward started to say at first losing his nerve a bit before getting into his usual routine when setting up a tutoring schedule.

"Well I can see you guys will get this going well." Sterb started smiling at the pair. "Marie I can fudge the numbers a bit for the state and talk to your teachers about getting your work graded sooner." She glanced back at the older man nodding in understanding. "However, keep your play in check. You cannot get any bad penalties or else I will have my hand forced and suspend you until the grades are okay."

"Alright Mr. Sterb Double Dee here will help me get my grades up." Marie said getting up and shaking Sterb's hand.

Outside of the office Marie stopped Double Dee before he could take off for the parking lot.

"Okay Double Dee I could tell you want nothing to do with this so the sooner we get me back to a 1.75 GPA the faster this is done with." She said looking into his eyes.

"Well its to help a fellow student so I have no trouble doing this." He responded steadying himself. "Here are the times I'm available and my cell phone number, Also I think the library would be the best place to be considering its location to the rink and the school." Double Dee said checking his phone and typing in a plan into his calander app.

"I'm gonna stop you right there. The rink isn't where I do my main practice, its gonna need to be close to the pond."

"Fine the pond will work." He responded changing the location in his calendar app. "I'm gonna need something from you also Marie."

"I thought you were doing this to help a fellow student." Marie mocked folding her arms.

"Oh I am, but I need to do an interview with you the star left wing for the Tattler."

"Fine. I want to do that after the game tonight so meet me rink side like thirty minutes after the game ends." Marie agreed turning to walk away. "See you after the game."

"What have you gotten yourself into Eddward." He said to himself walking the opposite direction.

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Across town at the diner the three Eds were all sitting at a booth eating a quick after school meal before having to get to their tasks they had for the night.

"So Double Dee you boned yet?" Eddy asked before taking a bite of his burger. Edd looked up from his turkey club finishing what was in his mouth wiping his mouth than answering.

"No not quite but I am going to have to spend an increased amount of time in Marie's presence she's the one im tutoring." He answered before taking a sip of his soda.

"Marf Garf Shlarf!" Ed inputted while still having his mouth full of chicken tenders fries.

"Ed finish whats in your mouth first thats disgusting."

"Sorry, I said you'll be fine." He said before continuing, "she loves the sport so much she'll be more focused on being allowed to play than you." Ed said in a moment of mental sharpness before just going back to his tenders.

"I guuuuueeesss. She did seem more concerned about the deal Sterb gave her than who was actually tutoring her." Edd responded before going back to his sandwich.

"I'm more impressed you're getting an interview nobody in broadcasting has been able to get one with her. She always turns them down says crap like 'I need to focus on getting better not answering your dumb questions'" Eddy finger quoted. "But more importantly we gotta finish up soon gotta get to The Barn for Lumoux here."

As if on que Ed finished his plate and drink and a determined face was plastered on him. They each left some cash for the check and headed out.

On the other side of town Marie's pregame ritual was underway, on her speaker she had Centuries by Fall Out Boy playing as she undid the tape job she had on her stick from the last game. She put on a compression shirt on after taking off the dress shirt. Then checked her equipment.

"Alright first the skates, the pants, my chest protector, then finally the helmet." She said to herself checking over everything twice before throwing it in her bag. Lastly before she went down to her car she grabbed her two sweaters*. A blue one with orange and white down the outside of the sleeves, the number saying fifteen. On the front had the logo which was a peach facing to the right with sharpened teeth and angry eyes. The other one having the same logo and numbers but was white with blue and orange on the sleeves. The Helmet had the logo on the sides and was orange.

"Its time to go." She said to herself before leaving to the rink.

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*Sweaters is just another term for jerseys.

Decided to just go with the logo from -Tight End Ed and the same color scheme.

Also sorry this took a while. I already know how the game is going to go so it should be up sooner than this on.