It was a clear day. Alphonse was at the market buying groceries for Winry and Ed. He made sure to buy some candy for Ethan, their son. Winry had given birth to a baby girl not too long ago, so when Alphonse went to pick up a few things for his own place, a few groceries for his family wouldn't have hurt.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Alphonse heard a female voice when he excited the store. He saw a petite woman about his age looking distressed because her bag of groceries had busted.
"Do you need help miss?" Alphonse asked when he approached her.
"I tripped over my own feet and my bag busted," she explained as they put food back in a bag Al had gotten from a cashier. "It's silly, right?" the girl asked.
"Stuff happens," Al chuckled. She was very attractive. Her hair was dark with blonde highlights in the front and she was wearing dark pink medical scrubs.
"Thank you so much for the help," she said when Alphonse handed her the bag.
Al blushed. "It's not a problem," he responded nervously. The woman smiled at him. They walked down the side walk side by side.
"I never got your name by the way," she told him. Al was too busy thinking about how her honey colored eyes sparkled in the sunlight when she had smiled at him. He was quite mesmerized. Then he realized she had spoken.
"Huh?"
"Your name, what is it?"
"Oh, I'm Alphonse, but I go by Al."
"Well Al, I'm Anastasiya. Just called me Anna!" she grinned.
"Anna," Alphonse repeated," I like it."
"So, not trying to be nosey but where do you live?" Anna asked him.
"I live about twenty minutes from here. That's why I didn't take the bus," Alphonse said. He wondered where this was going.
"My apartment isn't far from here. I would stop by and visit, but I have a class I need to get to. Do you have a phone? "
"Uh, yea," Al said as he looked at her. "Why do you ask?"
Anna raised her eyebrow. "Why would a girl ask for a cute guy's phone number?"
Al felt completely stupid. She smiled at him again and it took a lot of will power to help keep his brain from going too fuzzy.
"Here," he finally gave her a slip of paper with his phone number written on it. "I should be home tonight, but if I'm not I'm at my brother's place helping him with my nephew. His wife recently had a child. That number is just below it, just ask for me."
"How sweet," Anna gushed as she took the paper and slipped it in her pocket. "Be careful on your way home," she added as they parted ways.
"I will," All chuckled and waved at her. "Try not to trip!"
"Very funny!" she yelled but turned to smile at him.