Part 2
Ed sat in his bathroom once more cutting himself. Tonight he really was gonna die. Riza and everyone stood outside his bathroom door screaming and yelling. Ed had dropped by the office but something had happened.
His sleeve came up and everyone saw his bandaged arm and the blood seeping through it. When they asked him about it he couldn't think up a lie so he ran. Of course they had all ran after him. He locked himself in the bathroom and yelled at them to leave him alone. They refused and pounded on the door. Ed soon realized that there was no way out of this but to die.
"ED!" Screamed a frantic Riza. "Please don't do this! Come out! Please!"
"You have a lot to live for!" yelled Havoc. "Ed! Don't do this!"
"Just let me die in peace!" yelled Ed. Everyone froze. Those were the words that none of them wanted to hear. Ed had been talking to them but he hadn't said anything like that. Hughes grabbed Riza by the arm.
"Roy should be arriving right about now. I'm gonna go get him and fill him in on everything." said Hughes. "He'll know what to do." With that said Hughes raced to his car and jumped in. He drove like a mad man. When he got there he saw Roy sitting on a bench. "ROY!" Roy turned his head, smiled and stood up.
"Hey!" yelled Roy back as Hughes ran over to him. Hughes was trying to tell Roy what had happened but couldn't catch his breath. All of a sudden Roy got a very bad feeling. "Is there something wrong?"
"It's Ed………………………. He's trying………………………." Hughes didn't need to say anymore. Roy knew what Ed was trying. He grabbed his bags and ran towards Hughes car. Hughes climbed in and drove towards Eds' apartment. Once they got there they pounded on the door. Fuery flung it open.
"He's not talking back to us now!" He said in a very worried voice. "We haven't even heard him moving!" They rushed to the bathroom door where Breda and Riza were pounding on the door and Havoc was yelling. For once Havoc didn't have a cigarette in his mouth.
"ED!" Yelled Roy pounding on the door. "It's Roy! Open up!" They heard moving. Like someone getting up.
"Only Roy comes in!" shouted Ed.
"Fine!" said Roy in a very worried voice. After he shut the door behind him he turned to Ed. His eyes grew wide and tears began to well up.
Ed was sitting on the bathroom floor leaning up against the tub bleeding from his arm and his wrist. The white floor was stained once more with the crimson liquid that came from Eds' arm. Ed let his hair hang in his face not wanting to show his eyes. Roy knelt down next to Ed. "Oh Ed………………….. What have you been doing to yourself?" He put his hand on Eds' shoulder only to have it shaken off.
"Don't touch me……………………………." said Ed. His voice was stone cold. "You weren't here when I needed you so don't try to act like you care now…………………………… You lied to me…………………………. You said that you loved me and then you just left………………………………. You didn't even contact me……………………….." Tears were starting to well up in his eyes but he wouldn't let them fall. He had shed enough tears for Roy Mustang. Or so he thought.
"Ed………………… I do care." replied Roy. He could see the tears starting to run down Eds' face. "I meant what I said about loving you before I left Ed. That wasn't a lie. I truly love you and if I would have known about any of this I would have been back in a minute. And I didn't mean to not call you Ed. I must have picked up the phone over thousands of times but I never knew what to say. I didn't mean to hurt you……………. I love you Ed." Ed couldn't take it. He threw himself into Roys' arms sobbing. Roy stroked Eds' messy hair and rubbed his back. "It's okay Ed. I'm here and I'm not leaving you again." Roy held Ed until he feel asleep. Then he bandaged up Eds' arm and carried him to his room. After Roy tucked him in he walked to the living room where everyone else was sitting. They all jumped up after seeing him.
"Well?" they all asked.
"He's asleep now and I bandaged up his arms." replied Roy. He didn't seem happy with any of them. "Why didn't you guys check on him to make sure that he was alright?"
"He said that he wanted to be left alone for a while." said Breda. "He said he just needed to be away from people for a while."
"He wanted time to think." said Fuery.
"He told us that everything would be fine and not to worry about him…………………" choked out Riza. She began to cry and Havoc went to hold her.
"You all knew he was depressed and you left him alone!" said Roy with anger in his eyes. "There's no excuse for that!"
"Stop yelling Roy." said Hughes. The tone in his voice silenced everyone. The only noises were a few sobs from Riza. "We thought that if we left him alone it would give him time to sort things out in his head. We never expected him to do this to himself. You need to stop acting mad at us, stop blaming yourself and stop being mad at yourself."
Hughes hit it right on the mark. Roy was blaming himself for not being there to stop Ed. He was mad at himself for making Ed think that he didn't love him and he was taking it out on his friends.
"Sorry." said Roy looking at the floor. "I just haven't really had much time to adjust to all this news."
"It's okay." said Havoc who was doing a great job of calming Riza down. "It's a lot to take in. You've only had a few hours to adjust."
"So…………. How have you all been?" asked Roy wanting to change the subject.
"Good." said Hughes. "In fact!" He pulled out a lot of photos of Elisa. "I have pictures!"
"Some things never change." said Roy as he shook his head and smiled. "Hey Havoc. You have a girlfriend yet?" Havoc blushed and turned away just like Riza who had stopped crying.
"Yep……………….." replied Havoc. Roy looked from Havoc to Riza and then back.
"You two?" said Roy. Riza nodded. "How long?"
"About a month." said Havoc who was still blushing. Roy grinned at them.
"Well I never would have pictured it but I'm happy for the both of you." Said Roy.
"Thanks………….." said Havoc and Riza, who were still blushing.
"What about you Fuery?" asked Roy.
"I'm okay. Nothing has really changed in my life. It's the same old." He replied. Roy shook his head.
"And what's up with you Breda?"
"Same old, same old."
"Man you guys sure have gotten boring." said Roy.
"Well what have you been up too?" asked Havoc.
"Work." replied Roy.
"And you say we're boring." said Hughes in a joking tone. "All you've been doing is work." He punched Roy I the arm. "Now are you gonna look at the pictures of Elisa or what?"
"I will just calm down." replied Roy. He rolled his eyes and took the pictures from Hughes. "You really haven't changed Hughes."
