Okay people, I'm back with chapter two!

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'Okay, Riza, keep your cool. It's okay, he's probably just talking to someone in the military.' Roy, as usual, was gabbering on the phone at the office instead of working. Riza told herself that no, Roy was not talking to that Amy, or any other attractive young woman for that matter. He was probably doing something productive and official for once.

"Oh, yes, of course... But there's no- okay. Uh-huh. Um… no, I don't think so… maybe there might be… yeah that's true. Okay. Yes. Bye."

'Good.' Riza thought. 'He didn't say 'I love you' or anything. It couldn't have been Amy.' Roy hung up the phone. Riza glanced at him, "May I ask who you were just speaking to, Sir?" she inquired casually.

Roy turned around in his swivel chair and beamed at Riza. She never thought it was humanly possible to look so happy. His sunny smile was bordering on creepy. "Guess what, Hawkeye? I just scored a date with the hottest chick in town!"

Riza blinked. "What?"

"Yeah! Her name's Bridget! I met her at a bar last night. She's a knockout, Hawkeye. Totally gorgeous."

"Oh. I see."

While Roy proceeded to call Havoc, Breda, Falman, and Fuery into the office to tell them the good news, Riza checked the bullets in her gun. She had four left.

The four military officers casually waltzed into Mustang's office. "What's up chief?" asked Havoc with the usual cigarette dangling out of his mouth.

"Soldiers, I have some news. I have a hot date tonight!"

Havoc narrowed his eyes. "It better not be my girlfriend. If you steal one more of my girls I'll go insane."

Roy laughed merrily. "No worries this time, man. It's someone else. This chick's too hot for you to even dream of getting."

Havoc sighed with relief, then narrowed his eyes as he realised the insult. "Hey, I-"

"What's her name?" interrupted Breda.

"Her name's Bridget. She's drop-dead gorgeous. One of the most beautiful women I've seen. And trust me, I've seen a lot of women."

Riza sighed with concealed rage. Of course, she had tons of self-control so she resisted attacking the Colonel. Instead she settled for shooting all four bullets in a perfect semi-circle, just centimeters away from the Colonel's head. Roy froze, eyes wide.

"Get back to work, Sir."

-

Shoving on her coat, Riza grabbed her keys off of her desk. As she turned towards the doorway, her eyes were greeting with the sight of a troubled-looking Havoc.

Jean scratched the back of his head. "Hey, Lieutenant Hawkeye. Sorry for botherin' you, but would you mind giving me a ride home?"

"Sure, Havoc."

Riza and Jean made small-talk as they made their way to Riza's car. "So Riza, how do you feel about the Colonel dating that girl, Bridget?" Havoc questioned slyly.

Riza pursed her lips as she grew agitated at the mention of another skanky girl who had captured the attention of the Colonel. "I feel fine about it, Havoc. And I'd prefer that you wouldn't call me Riza."

"Alright, alright. But are you sure you're not just a little, well… jealous, maybe? Hmm?"

Riza looked at Havoc like he was insane. "Well, what do you want me to say? Besides, you don't need to know how I feel about everything so I'd appreciate it if you just dropped the subject, okay?" Riza snapped.

Jean blinked and raised the corner of his mouth. "A little touchy, are we?"

Riza came to a sudden halt. She slowly turned to face Havoc and said, low and threateningly, "Havoc, listen to me. I don't care who Roy is dating. I have absolutely no interest in his love life whatsoever. Do you understand?"

Hand on her gun, she clicked the safety off, just so he would get the message. Havoc was stunned as his gaze dropped to Riza's gun. He gulped and bobbed his head up and down in a reassuring nod. Satisfied, Riza returned her gaze to the path in front of her and continued walking towards her car. Jean followed her like a lost puppy.

-

"Thank you for the ride home, Lieutenant. Have a nice evening."

"Thank you, Havoc. Same to you."

Jean shut the door to the car and Riza sped away. Why was Havoc so interested in Riza's thoughts about the Colonel? There was no way that Havoc would know how Riza felt about Roy. Riza shook her head and told herself to stop worrying about it.

As Riza opened the door to her apartment and stepped inside, she was greeted by Black Hayate. "Hello, Hayate. Do you want to be fed?"

Black Hayate barked happily and scampered over to his food bowl in the kitchen. Riza poured dog food in his bowl after making him practise his commands.

Riza sighed and walked to the living room. She was just settling down on the sofa with a book in her hands when the phone rang.

"Hello, Riza Hawkeye speaking."

"Hi, Riza? This is Jean."

Riza tried to hide the surprise in her voice, "Oh, hello Havoc. What is it? I just spoke to you a little while ago."

"Oh, yeah, well uh, you know…" Jean stammered. "The thing is, I kind of wanna ask you something that I didn't, um, get a chance to ask you in the car."

Riza was growing impatient with his nervous ramblings. "Yes, what is it, Jean?"

"Um, Riza, I know you like Roy and all, but… I was wondering… erm… Would you like to go out to dinner this Friday?"

"…"

"Riza? Are you there?"

"…Yes, I'm here. But Jean… I thought you had a girlfriend. You wouldn't stop talking about her the other day."

"Yeah, well, I sort of dumped her."

"Oh." 'Well, at least Roy didn't steal her.'

"It's all good now, though. Ahem. So… do you want to go with me to dinner or not?" Jean cleared his throat again, nervously. "Oh, um, I don't mean to sound rude or anything. I mean, I was just asking in the unlikely case that you had forgotten, not that you would or anything, I was just reminding you… then again, the only reason I would remind you would be if-"

"Havoc, shut up. I know what you mean."

"Oh, my bad."

Riza smiled awkwardly to herself, "Well, Jean. I must say that I'm flattered."

"…Um, you are? The great Riza Hawkeyeis flattered?"

"Yes. I know it's not like me, but it's true. And anyway, my answer is…"

'Should I say yes? I'm not exactly interested, but… he's a good friend. The last thing I'd want to do is hurt his feelings. If I explain nicely that I'm not interested… no, that would still crush him. Hmm… maybe if I say yes, Roy will finally notice my existence as a woman, not just as a colleague.'

"Yes."

"R-really?"

"Yes. I'd love to go out with you."

"Oh, wow! Thank you Riza! You're the best! So I'll pick you up tomorrow night at seven, is that alright?"

"Seven is fine."

"Wow! This is so great! Alright, see you tomorrow, Rize!"

"Goodnight Havoc."

"We're outside the office. Call me Jean."

"Okay… Jean."

Riza could almost see Havoc's huge grin on his face through the phone. At this moment he was unrivaled as the happiest man on Earth.

Riza put the phone down. 'What have I done?'

That's the second chapter! I hope I'm keeping everyone in character; please let me know in the form of a review!

Thanks so much for reading, guys!