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RR Chapter Story

The Ring: Chapter One

Edward Elric and his girlfriend, Winry Rockbell, where walking around Central doing their usual grocery route while Alphonse was playing with the children in the park, breathing fresh air. While Ed and Winry were on their way to the new auto-shop so Winry could get some more equipment, Ed saw something to his right that made him stop dead in his tracks.

"What's wrong, Ed?" Winry asked him, turning around to look at him.

"Huh? Oh, nothing. Hey, Winry, you go on ahead. I'll meet you there in a few minutes, okay?" He asked her, smiling his 'Roy like' smile.

"Okay, sure," Winry replied, smiling back at him, "I'll see you in a few!" And with that, she kissed him goodbye, turned around, and left.

Then, Ed went into the store that had caught his attention a few seconds ago. He thought he had seen one of his best friends walk into the jewelry store, and, to his surprise, he was right.

"Hey! What are you doing here?" Ed asked.

"Hmn? Oh, hello Elric. Shopping with Winry today?" He asked Ed.

"Yeah, don't change the subject! What are you doin' here, Roy?" Ed asked him again.

"Well, Elric, I really don't think it's any of your business," He said to him while pointing to a lovely woman's wedding set. It was gold and had a little diamond in the middle with an even smaller ruby on either side of it.

"Really, well, Roy, that's a very beautiful wedding ring set you're got there," Ed said with one of his big grins.

"Yes, and?" He asked Ed. "How much is this set, sir?" Roy asked the man behind the counter.

"The set would be…lets see…do you want just the main ring, or do you want the band with it?" the man asked him.

"Just the main ring," Roy replied.

"Then you're looking at an 8,ooo dollar ring," he told Roy.

"Okay, I'll take it," Roy said, pulling 8,ooo dollars out of his wallet.

Ed's eyes got wide and his jaw dropped. "How did you get that much money?" He asked Roy, shocked and amazed.

"I've been saving it up for years. Ever since I was in my last year of high school." Roy said with a soft smile towards the ring that he had just bought, and was now being put into its box.

"Wow, sounds like you really care about someone," Ed said, "I'm happy for you, Roy, I really am." Ed patted him on the shoulder and started to head for the door.

"Hey, Ed," Roy said.

"Yeah?"

"Thanks. Oh, and tell Winry I said hello, and Alphonse, too."

"Okay, I will," Ed said, smiling, "I'll see you later, Roy."

"Okay, bye," he said back while taking the ring from the man behind the counter.

At that, Roy left the jewelry store and got in his car. He already knew where he was going, and what he was going to do later that night, but for now, he was to go home and get ready. After he was ready, he'd wait until the clock struck seven-thirty p.m.