He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

Chapter 1: (First Day)

Ed woke from the morning sun shining brightly in his eyes. "Uhhhh….." he groaned, slowly finding the motivation to crawl out of bed and walk downstairs into the kitchen.

"Morning brother!" Al chapped as he bounced around the kitchen like a bunny rabbit.

"What's gotten you into such a good mood?" Ed inquired as he sat down to the table with his bowl of cereal. (Without the milk of course)

"Hehe, don't you remember Ed? It's your first day of HIGHSCHOOL today! I'm happy for you!" Al practically blurted out as he got his brother a glass of juice from the fridge.

Ed's eyes snapped open at the mention of the word 'high school'. "Shit! I totally forgot!" he exclaimed, now slamming his forehead onto the table, wincing slightly at the pain.

Ed groaned and got up from the table, now with what little motivation he had left. Dragging his feet he walked over to the sink and placed his bowl into it, groaning again and looked pleadingly at Al.

"What's wrong brother? You were exited to finish middle school weren't you?" Al said allowing his big brothers head heavily fall onto his shoulder.

Ed lifted his head and rested his elbows on the kitchen counter, his automail arm clinking at the contact. "That was before I actually had to go…" he said solemnly as he made his way back to his room.

Al just chuckled and continued to ready himself for his first day back to middle school. "He'll be fine…he's always had a knack for making friends". He thought to himself, running a hand over a photograph that was on his dresser.

Ed opened his bedroom door and stared at the familiar sight, a single bed to the left, wardrobe to the right, dresser next to the wardrobe and a floor length mirror at the opposite end of the room. "I guess I have a good first impression don't I?" he asked himself.

Walking over to his wardrobe he wondered what he was going to wear. After mixing and matching for 20 minutes he settled on black skinny jeans, a red shirt and a black jacket that dropped almost to ankle length on the blonde. Slightly pleased with his appearance he skipped down the stairs two at a time back into the kitchen, seeing his little brother, also dressed downing a glass of milk.

A shudder went down his spine as he thought about the vile drink. "Ugh, how can you drink that stuff Al!? It's gross!"

Al wiped the milk mustache off his top lip and inwardly chuckled at his brothers comments. "Because it's good for you, and it's not gross, your taste buds are just out of whack!" he defended, not being able to hold back a smile.

"No! I just dislike the idea of drinking something that came from a cow!" Ed stated sharply as he headed for the door, putting on his shoes and grabbing his bag on the way.

A quizzical look crossed over Al's face as he laughed just loud enough for Ed to hear. "Um…brother? Aren't you forgetting something?" he managed to say between laughing spasms, awkwardly pointing is his brother's general direction.

"What are you talking about?" Ed asked, more than a little interested and slightly worried at what he could have forgotten. He quickly side stepped it to the lounge mirror and studied his appearance, suddenly realizing what his sibling was so riled up about.

Looking at himself from head to toe he noted; black shoes, raven black skinny jeans, red shirt, black jacket…and hair that looked like an overused mop. "Shut up!" Ed groaned teasingly as he snatched Al's comb from the kitchen counter.

Finishing plaiting his golden hair, he left the house with Al by his side. Arriving at the front gates of the school he headed to the administration office to collect his papers, waving his goodbyes to his brother. "This is going to be one long day" he told himself as he passed under the gate way stating "WELCOME TO ARAKAWA ACADEMY".

Thanks for reading guys! I will try and update every couple of days! Hope you like it its my first try at a story! ^_^