Hey so this is my first ever fanfic so I'm pretty nervous! I hope you guys enjoy it! Please review at the end!!

Just by the way, something I wanted to say before I started: I know that there are lots of military ball ideas floating around, but I promise that I got this idea myself before I read any military ball fanfics! Mine will be very different and 100% original so please don't disregard this as the same idea as all the others. Sorry, but I would hate to be called a plagiarizer so I just had to put this in before you guys labeled me as the kind of person who just copied other people's ideas. Anyways, I've bored you long enough, so enjoy the story!

Note: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist

Chapter 1

It was a peaceful, quiet day in Central Command Center. The birds chirped outside and the sunlight streamed through the windows, illuminating the rooms inside. All of a sudden, the peace was shattered by a loud cry coming from one of the rooms inside the building.

"WHAT?! YOU MUST BE JOKING!!" Edward Elric jumped out of his seat and glared at Colonel Roy Mustang, who replied with a smirk.

"Unfortunately for you, Fullmetal, I'm not kidding." Mustang hid a laugh as he looked at Edward's now bright red and furious face.

"Like hell I'm gonna do that!"

"Look, the Fuhrer was insistent that all men had to, so its not like you're the only one. You don't have any choice in this, so suck it up."

Edward was very tempted to knock Mustang's smirk off of his smug little face, but had to settle for glaring at him and complaining. "What a stupid idea. Why would anyone even think about making people do that?"

"Are you questioning the Fuhrer's judgment, because that could get you kicked out of the military or worse." Mustang smiled wider, knowing that this was one thing Ed couldn't just complain his way out of.

Ed thought around the same lines, and saw no way of dodging this. He decided that this was one fight he would just have to give up on; it wasn't like Mustang could change the order, even if he argued, and Edward doubted that he could just barge into the Fuhrer's office and demand that he remove the order. Instead he sighed, stood up and went over to the door. "Fine. I'm leaving."

As he turned towards the door, Mustang said, "Oh, and by the way Fullmetal, good luck. You'll need it!"

Edward slammed the door in Mustang's laughing face. Now what? He thought to himself.

Winry Rockbell stretched and yawned, before checking the clock. Ten already? She thought to herself when she saw the time. She had pulled an all-nighter working on a rush order and had just finished, but she had thought it had only been six or seven at latest. She sighed and went to go get herself breakfast, deciding to sleep for a few hours after.

Just as she sat down to eat, the phone rang.

"Grandma, phone!" She called up to her grandmother who was still working.

"Winry, I'm busy right now, can you get it?" Pinako called back.

Winry sighed, but she dutifully got up and picked up the phone.

"Rockbell Automail" She said sleepily into the phone.

"Hey Winry." A familiar voice came through the receiver.

"Edward?" Winry asked. She was suddenly very glad she had picked up the phone.

"Yeah. Um, I need to uh ask you something." Edward stuttered.

"What is it Ed? You don't need me to go fix your automail again do you? Why is it that it always breaks you know you need to be more careful!" Winry's hand tightened around her wrench. When she got her hands on him she would hit him so hard that he would finally stop looking for danger and come back home.

"No, nothing like that!" Edward said quickly, probably knowing exactly what violent thoughts Winry was currently having. He took a deep breath and then said very fast "Um well it's just that there is this stupid military ball thing that I have to go to and well everyone has to go and has to have a date the Fuhrer says so and so will you go with me?"

Winry froze. Is Edward finally asking me out? Does he feel-

Just then her thoughts were interrupted by Edward adding on "as friends, of course. I don't really know any other girl I could ask so will you help me out as friends?"

Winry's happiness was suddenly replaced by sadness. "As friends". Of course. That's all that they were, and that's all that Edward would ever see her as: a friend whose heart he could just play with and mess with and then act all stupid and never realize and still just consider her as a friend, as the type of girl he would ask to a ball just because he didn't know anyone else he could ask, and not because she was the only one he wanted to ask.

"Um, Winry are you still there?" Edward called. "Yes I know its sudden and all but I need a date so please help me!"

"Yes Ed. I'll help you and go to the ball with you." Winry said, in a monotone, still lost in her own thoughts.

"Thanks, I owe you one. It's in 15 days so come to Central soon. See you later!" With that, Edward hung up the phone.

Winry stared at the phone in her hand. She didn't know whether to scream or cry, so she just sat there, motionless, staring at the phone and thinking. Eventually, crying won and so the tears ran down her face as she thought of how the person she loved would just never realize how she felt and she was doomed to just hoping that he would finally notice her someday.

"Stupid idiot!" she said and slammed the phone into its receiver. It was like he could only see her as a helpful friend and not see anything else. He had to notice her, but he just didn't.

Suddenly, Winry got an idea. This ball was the perfect chance to finally make Edward notice her. By the time it would be up, he would only see her, and he would wish that he had noticed her sooner, just like she wished it now.

Winry sat in front of the phone formulating a plan for a while before finally perfecting it. Edward doesn't stand a chance, she thought, and she wiped away the last of her tears and smiled. With that, she picked up the phone and dialed. She had only 15 days and a lot of work to do.

How was it?? Please review- the only way that I can become a better writer is through reviews, so please be honest. Is it worth continuing, or should I just give up??? Is there anything you guys really want to happen in the next few chapters??? Did I make a mistake somewhere??? I really need your feedback so please review!!