Title: Surprise Pregnancy: "Rabbit Test"
Author: S J Smith
Rating: Teen
Summary: Riza has something to tell Roy.
Disclaimer: These characters belong to Arakawa. I'm just making them dance to my tune.
Notes: Written for FMAGiftExchange community on LJ.
Riza wrapped her arms around herself as she left the military clinic. She could hear the paper in the pocket of her jacket crinkling as she walked, the sound of it knelling a change in her life she wasn't sure she was ready for. There were still so many things she was supposed to do with her life, before this happened, but it seemed fate had something else planned.
Somewhere, Riza was sure someone was laughing at her, and now, she needed to tell the Colonel, too. It had been a one-time thing, or that's what they'd told themselves; a night of heady celebration. The Colonel's sight had been returned. She had finally been released from the hospital from her own wounds. The Promised Day was a memory; a battle won.
Now, thanks to that night, she was in a delicate condition, and she had to let the Colonel know. Riza passed her hand over her forehead. Spring was the time of rebirth, but this was not what she expected; nor even what she had even dare think about. One foolish, amazing moment – and now, she was pregnant.
She stopped at a telephone booth, dialing a number with shaking fingers. Reciting the passwords that would get her through to the Colonel's office, she froze when she heard his voice. "It's Elizabeth," she said, her voice steady. "We need to meet."
It seemed forever, but wasn't more than a couple of hours before he was with her, at his mother's newest tavern, Bangtails. They sat in one of the cozies, private little rooms, and Riza didn't know how to tell him. She stared at him, wondering what he saw in her face, and finally cleared her throat.
"Colonel. Roy. I'm pregnant."
His horrified expression, she thought, probably matched her own.