Best Birthday Ever
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Chapter 1
It was just any other normal day. The temperature was nearing 98 degrees outside with the temperature steadily increasing inside the little bakery store (no air conditioning tends to lead to these conditions). A young girl looks at the clock, sighs, and wipes sweat off her forehead. Wondering if 5 o'clock will come anytime soon she continues to decorate a cake that is due in about an hour. Of course the customer had to wait until the last minute to call in the order...that's generally how it goes. Luckily she is in good shape since it happened to be a slower day. The pies and cakes just came out of the oven, freshly iced and airbrushed cupcakes sit completed on a nearby tray, the assortment of cookies are cooling and all that is left to finish is the cake order and the dishes. With about 2 hours left before she closes up for the day she is in a good spot.
A loud ding is heard signifying that a customer is entering the building. She steps through the door into the front of the shop, which has air (lucky customers). A young man approaches the counter and she can't help but notice that something seemed familiar about him. He looked at her as if he knew her. "Winry?" The man looks at her strangely as if he wasn't sure if that was her or not. "I thought you were out of town?" She scratches her head still not sure who he is. "You really don't remember me? My name is Edward, I've only lived next door since..forever." Her eyes light up ralizing that her childhood friend is standing in front of her.
"Holy crap you look completely different! Well not too different just...you're a lot taller than I remember!" She notices how she now has to look up to him to meet his eyes. Her face suddenly feels hot and she adverts here eyes.
"Yeah I've been back for about a month since I graduated college. Of course finding any actual job in my field is a little hard so I'm working here until I find a more permanent job. " Ed nods and gets distracted by all the delicious smells.
"Well congrats on graduating. We should celebrate later! I just graduated too and also having a hard time finding a job. This seems like a cool place though." He eyes all the sweets and suddenly feels slightly overwhelmed. "There's so many sweets here..what do you recommend?"
She smiled and adverts her attention to the goodies. "There are so many good things. The sugar, M & M, and chocolate chip cookies are all good. Then there's the fruit bars, creme horns...and pretty much everything here."
Ed scratches his chin. "Ok i'll take one of each and I expect you to share this with me later!" Winry eyes get bigger and just nods not knowing what to say. She packs all the goods up in assorted boxes and rings up his total. "Oh yeah that cake that is in an hour...put that on my bill too. Al insisted I order a cake for my birthday even though he is out of town and won't get to enjoy it with me." She adds it up and he pays the bill and smiles.
"Oh! Happy birthday! We definitely need to celebrate now! How about I bring the cake over to your house later so you don't have to make another trip out?
"Sounds good, can't wait! Oh and don't forget that birthday gift you promised me last year..I'm still waiting for that." Ed smiles and leaves leaving Winry standing there dumbfounded and blushing madly.
'Oh yeah I promised him that..forgot about it since I left the party early because he made me mad...ok enough dwelling time to finish the cake and get everything done for the day!' She finishes the cake, putting even more effort and care into it than before. She finishes it off with some light airbrushing and puts it in the cake box ready for Ed to enjoy it later. 'Hope he likes it.' With that thought in her head she goes about her other tasks and grabs an apple and peach pie along with Ed's cake. She heads out the door and locks up. 'Might as well bring another sweet or two!'
A/N: Hope you liked chapter 1! I was planning on posting the whole story before work but I'm running out of time! So I shall leave off here. Hope I see some reviews when I get back from work, it will just motivate to post the next chapter faster! :)