Hey guys! XD This isn't exactly my first fanfic, but I haven't written one in a long time. So please bear with me if there is anything wrong. Please read and review. No flames, please. But I welcome any sort of opinion.

This fanfic is Edward Elric centered. It is much more modern than the usual stories and I changed some stuff about the characters- Like Envy's no longer an evil homunculus. Oh… and there is no more alchemy. I just wanna make something different.

Please be patient with this. I like me fanfics loooooonnngggg…………

I don't own Full Metal Alchemist. If I did, then the anime will go along this story...

Chapter #1: Do You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison

Bored. Edward Elric was bored. He was busy doing nothing at all. He was thinking about nothing in particular. He was just sitting on the couch in Maes Hughes' huge living room. His father, General Hohenheim Elric, sent him to Central to experience a much more "western" education. Being in Resembool, almost every person they knew there ended up as an owner of a huge sugarcane plantation. Plus, Hohenheim thought, that Edward would learn to be independent. Out of the three Elric Brothers, Edward's the least responsible. Envy, his older brother, was already working in the military, supporting himself- Colonel Envy Elric. 'Naughty little bastard. He's gotta be more bored than me, doing damn paperwork all day…' Edward thought with a perfectly-formed smirk on his face. Alphonse, his younger brother, was somewhere in the world, traveling and learning about different cultures. 'If I were to go abroad, I would do it for the girls, not the education…' he thought again. He lingered on that last thought. Girls… Yeah, he just broke up with his girlfriend for almost a year. Rosalie. She was gorgeous, but apparently, she was, for lack of a better word, slutty. But, boy! Did he miss her… Especially the sex… And it was summer. No sex during summer. That sucks.

For almost two months, he had been living with the happy-go-lucky lieutenant-colonel and his "awkward" family. Don't get him wrong, he loves Gracia. For him, she's the best. And he adores Elycia as his little sister. But they're way too happy for him sometimes. He usually spends his days bored and brooding. So, Ed was just stuck at home, listening to his iPod. My Chemical Romance was on. "You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison" was blasting through the earphones. 'Fuck…' he thought, 'I'm bored...'.

"My cellmate's a killer,

They make me do push-ups in drag,

But nobody cares if you're losing yourself,

Am I losing myself?"

He could totally relate to the song. Well, maybe not the part where he does push-ups in drag, but, was he losing himself?

But it really didn't matter. This was really how he spent his days, lounging here and there.

Then, Gracia came in the house. She just came from the supermarket judging by the numerous grocery bags hanging from her arms.

"Edward, sweetie… A little help…" She said desperately. Edward had sharp senses, so even though he had his iPod set into full volume, he was able to sense things happening. He turned it off and turned to Gracia.

"Sure." He said with a huge smile on his face. He was always happy to see Gracia. She always made him feel loved and cared for, like a mother.

"Thank you, honey. Please put them on the kitchen counter. I'll be there in a sec." Gracia instructed Edward. She was busy checking the mail. Maybe there were things she forgot to pay for.

"Okay…" Edward told her quietly. He walked to the kitchen and put the groceries on top of the counter. Being the helpful young man he was, he took grocery items out and put them in their rightful place. He loved doing this. It made him not bored.

"Oh, thank you, Ed." Gracia said catching her breath. She gave him a kiss on the forehead. He smiled again and went about putting newly-bought things in the pantry.

"So, Edward, what're you planning to do this summer?" She asked.

Edward shrugged. "I don't really know." He told her.

'Prolly get a job…' he said to himself quietly. He realized what he just done and laughed out load. A JOB! A job? Seriously, Edward Elric and JOB don't go well together.

Gracia just looked at him unusually and sighed. "You really need to get out of the house." She told him. "Being home all the time drives people mad sometimes." She informed.

"Yeah? Well, what can I do? I suck at work." He said that last word as if it would kill him.

"Well, Maes needs an assistant in the military. He needs someone to help him in the investigatory section in Central Headquarters. Would you like to help him?"

"I don't know…" He said. Apparently, he and Maes Hughes don't go well together too. He remembered the time when they both had to bake a cake for a Church picnic. It didn't go too well… And he remembered the time when he and Maes were supposed to keep an eye on Elysia on one of Gracia's day-offs. They both fell asleep watching "Beauty And The Beast" for the fiftieth time. When they woke up, they thought Elysia was missing. She was actually just hiding under the kitchen sink. They panicked all day…

But, a job with Hughes… Edward thought hard on it.

He really needed time out of the house. "Why not." He said with his signature smirk.

"That's wonderful!" Gracia exclaimed, her hands clapping. "Maes will be so happy. Honestly, he thought that the two of you were sort of drifting. He'd love to spend more time with you!"

"Yeah, I bet he would." Edward told her. "I bet he would."