Edward watched her for the rest of the day. He had most of his classes with her and had plenty of time. She was lost in her own little world for the most part and what was worse, is that nobody seemed to care, not even the teachers. Asking subtle questions throughout the day led revealed she was always like that and had been for nearly 2 years, ever since her mother died. He knew what she was going through, but honestly, she should just get over it, after all he and Al had been through worse and they were fine.
Finally it was the last hour of the day. The teacher was going on and on about something or another, Ed just couldn't bring himself to listen properly. He looked over at Sasha just to see what she was doing and blinked a couple times when he saw her slowly standing up and inching toward the outside door. The students didn't notice or didn't care. She caught his gaze and froze. He just smiled, why not? He stood up silently and joined her on her escape from the boring class; she frowned but didn't dare say anything. She eased the door open without making a noise and they left.
It was fairly nice outside and Sasha was looking up at the sky, hands shoved deep into her pockets. She headed into the school's athletic field, Ed trailing behind her for lack of something to do. He was stupid, he scolded himself. It was his first day of school and he was already skipping class. What had come over him? He watched her go up to the judge's stand and climb up the back of the bleachers till she was sitting on a ledge of the judge's stand. He paused for a moment under her, should he join her? Would she mind?
He was saved in answering that himself as she sighed and waved him up. He climbed up carefully, trying not to use his automail hand too much, didn't need that secret being spilled. She watched his every move, noticing his favoring of limbs on the metal. She sighed again and he cursed himself mentally, she was observant. He sat down next to her as she spaced off looking at the sky. She was wearing a long black coat, it seems she never takes it off.
"You shouldn't be here Edward." She said not looking at him.
"…I know… I don't really know why I followed you out."
"You shouldn't be here." She repeated. He looked at her with confusion, she couldn't possibly know anything… could she? "Oh well, nothing we can do about that now that you are here." She looked at him and offered a small smile. He stared at her. "I can see the edge of your contacts." She giggled.
"I can see yours too, wait! How did you know that its Edward?" he asked even more suspicious of her knowing the truth.
"Call it a woman's intuition, Edward." She smiled a little more genuine but then frowned and looked up again.
"Why is it that you come up here?"
"I'm afraid of heights." He blinked.
"You come up here because you're afraid of heights? That doesn't make any sense." She just smiled.
"I like to challenge myself getting down."
"You most certainly didn't have a problem getting up."
"True, but I'm still afraid of heights and I've been doing this for years." The bell rang and in one fluid movement she slid off the ledge and landed in a crouch, eyes closed. He jumped also.
"Hurry, we don't want to get caught. Me, they won't care about, but it is your first day." She said running toward the building
"Are you sure you're afraid of heights?"
"Positive." She said with a smile. "Hey, want me to show you and Al the book store in Delavan? I can get the car tonight." He hesitated. Why was she being so trusting of him and Al yet no one else?
"Sure." Was all he answered. She nodded and pulled her rather out of date cell phone out.
"Hey Momma, can I barrow the car? There are some new kids that I want to take to the book store... Yeah, Momma, trust me. There's nothing- Momma! But-No-"she sputtered for a moment eyes wide "Put Neko or Ti on the phone please!!! Thanks. Hey, we're going to the book store care to join us? …Alright see you in 20 minutes. Bye." She turned to him then looked beyond him with a soft ghost of a smile, "Hey Alphonse! How was your first day?"
"It was good! The teachers seem to be really nice, but I don't know if the science teacher knows what she's talking about…"
"You have Hedro?" Al nodded, "Then you are correct, she doesn't." Ed laughed but it was slightly forced. He racked his brain, had he told her Alphonse's full name?