Now this chapter is in Ed's point of view before he gets the call. Please don't be mad at me! Thanks! Please enjoy!
Edward Elric strolled out of the library, only to notice that the street lamps had already been lit. Wow, I stayed at the library late today, Ed thought to himself as he walked down the street heading back toward the apartment that he was sharing with Alphonse, his little brother.
He yawned loudly as he continued down the cold dark street feeling people's eyes following him. That wasn't unusual. People were always curious about him, and why he had amazing gold eyes instead of the normal plain colors. Then again coming out of the library at 1 in the morning probably wasn't helping keeping down the whispers about him. He didn't care, he was too busy trying to find a way to close the still open gate.
It had been 4 years since he promised to close the gate to make sure no one else would be able to cross, from either side. 4 years since he's talked to one of his old friends, besides Al. 4 years since he has seen that beautiful blonde blue eyed girl who haunted his dreams at night. The 4 years seem to have been hundreds of years to Ed without having anyone of his old friends surrounding him.
"I should get used to it," Ed sighed to himself as he entered the apartment building and started to climb the many steps toward the 5th floor where they lived. "I'm never going to see them ever again. I shouldn't be thinking about them."
Ed opened the door to the apartment hoping that he wouldn't wake anyone as he entered the house. He pulled off his coat and set it in the closet as he walked toward the small living room to sit down heavily onto the couch. Sitting in a hard wooden chair wasn't as comfortable as it used to be, he thought as he rubbed his sore neck.
"Hi brother," Al smiled softly as he walked into the room from his bedroom.
Al had grown quite a lot since they first got here in Germany. His dark blonde hair had been cut short and his slightly darker than Ed's gold eyes were laced with sleep. What pissed off Ed the most was his height. His little brother was taller than him! Ed gritted his teeth at the thought of being…shorter than someone.
"Hey," Ed nodded as his younger brother quietly sat down onto a chair across from him.
"So?"
Ed sighed. "Nothing so far. I have no idea what we can do to close the gate, besides blowing up the alchemy sign. Even then I doubt that will work."
"You shouldn't be focusing all your time on that," Al scolded knowing he was doing it in vain. Ed would do what ever he wanted, like he always had.
"I promised to close it Al. Its been 4 years, the gate should have been closed long ago," Ed sighed turning so that he would be able to lay down on the couch.
"But you're married, married, Ed. Shouldn't you be focusing on Klose instead of the gate?" Al demanded lowly, not wanting to wake up either of their wives. That would only cause more chaos.
"She knew I would be focusing most of my time on closing the gate when we got married, its not my fault that I'm not home at all," Ed shrugged not wanting to think about it.
"Yeah it is," Al sighed. "You should at least spend more time with her. She gets lonely without you."
"She has you and Noah," Ed pointed out only to be greeted with a icy glare from Al. "I'll spend time with her when I close the gates. Until then, you should be helping me figure a way out to close it. Not yelling about my life and my wife to me, Al."
"I wouldn't be yelling at you if you would actually act like you are married and that you have a family," Al narrowed his eyes at his brother concern lining his young face. "You didn't even act like this when we were searching for the Philosopher Stone."
"Your point?" Ed demanded getting annoyed at the reminder of their past in Amestris.
"I think you are trying to close the gate because you are haunting by our old friends," Al whispered lowly into the quiet room. "You are trying very hard to not think about them, about Amestris. Brother you got married, to a girl who is not Winry. You're trying extra hard to close it now. Its only right to assume that you feel guilty about marring another when you are still in love with her-"
"Al, shut up," Ed hissed acidly at his brother. "You know nothing about me. I do love Klose, my feelings for her ended when we crossed over the gate. I'm trying hard to close the gate because I want to move on with my life, is that so hard to believe?"
"Yes," Al instantly said. "I think you are trying to close the gate because you're thinking about going back, arent you?"
"Al," Ed warned.
"I want to go back too, brother. I want to go and see all our old friends, and go back to the country that we grew up in," Al muttered. "I want to see Granny Pinako, and eat Winry's apple pie. Go back to see everyone in the military. I know you want that too. So why cant we just go back to them brother?"
"That's not possible Al," Ed growled. "Our life is here now, there is no way to get back to them. They don't want us back anyway. That's the end of this discussion."
"But brother-" Al argued.
"Shut up Al!" Ed yelled angrily.
"No!" Al stood up, not ready to give up like Ed was. "You want to go back, I want to go back. Everyone there wants us to come back. So we should go back."
"That's not going to happen," Ed hissed standing up to head toward his room.
"Why not?" Al demanded upset.
"Because I said so," Ed informed him angrily, not wanting to talk about this anymore.
"That's not fair brother!" Al pouted. "Just because you're older doesn't mean you can make all the decisions."
"I'm making this decision," Ed's voice was flat holding no room to argue with him. "Our lives are here Al, we have changed. There was no going back the moment we cross over the gate. We will just have to live with our decision."
"Brother," Al's voice was soft, defeated.
"Al," Noah appeared in the doorway of Al's room, her dark hair pulled into a low pony tail. "Come to bed. There is no use in arguing in the middle of the night, you'll wake up Klose and everyone else in the neighborhood. Ed."
Ed turned to his sister in law, raising his eyebrow.
"Go to bed, get some sleep," She ordered as Al followed her back into their room.
Ed sighed and did what he was told. He went into his room and grateful to see the black headed loud woman asleep in bed, not wakened by his and Al's fight. Ed changed into pajamas, then slipped into the warm bed next to his wife. He lay awake for a moment, thinking about all that Al had said to him. They could never return so there was no point in even thinking about the others, Ed tried to convince himself as he slowly fell asleep.
His short sleep was interrupted with the shrilling shriek of their home phone. Who in hell could be calling at this time of night?
I wonder who that could be? Haha. Next chapter will have when they finally talk after 4 years yay!