Updated Chapter Three! Enjoy!

Chapter 3

It took a moment before the person in the doorway had noticed I was there, for he was looking at the stack of papers in his hands. When he looked up from them, stopping in his stride while startled at my appearance, my heart thumped hard against my chest. The person was a young man, perhaps around the age of the Colonel, with shorter, messy-gelled blonde hair and electric eyes. He was wearing a strapping blue military uniform, like most of the people I had seen in the building. He looked up from the door and froze, his ice-blue eyes staring strait into mine.

For a moment, all we were doing was staring. I knew he hadn't seen me rummaging through the desk, but it was as if he knew all the same. After all, I was suspiciously close to the desk.

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, he spoke in a deep voice.

"Who are you?" he asked, his eyes large and slightly fearful. I couldn't breath. Why am I so nervous?

"I… R-rose…" I croaked, babbling like an idiot. What are you doing, Rose? Snap out of it! Staring is rude! It's not like I had any reason to; I wasn't interrogating him. Yet, I couldn't look away. His blue eyes were like magnets.

"Okay… well what are you doing in here? Does Colonel Mustang know you are in his office unattended?" he asked quizzically, his eyes squinting with suspicion. I felt like a complete idiot. It took me a moment to pull my act together.

"He does. I was brought here by Kyara and the Elric brothers. I'm traveling with them" I said without hesitation. There we go. That couldn't have been any more unsuspicious…

But he was still looking at me with the same expression. Why isn't it working?

"Where are they then?" he asked, keeping his eyes on me. Good point. His eyes quickly flicked down to the desk beside me, then back at me. "And where's the Colonel? It's not like him to leave a stranger in his office,"

"They left for a moment… they should be back any second." I said quickly. He blinked and began moving towards the desk on the other side of the room, keeping his distance. I moved away from the desk and turned slowly, our eyes still locked. They were so blue, mesmerizing. It wasn't like me to feel inferior, but for some reason, my confidence was sinking down. He glanced up and down quickly, getting the full image of my figure. Feeling uncomfortable, I put my hand on my shoulder, as if to cover myself up. I felt like maybe it wasn't right to look at him any longer, but I still ended up doing so.

"Well… I'm leaving these here for Colonel Mustang…" he said and set down the papers he was holding onto the messy desk, widening his eyes with warning. "… Try not to touch them, okay?… I guess I'll be seeing you around…" He said slowly and moved around towards the door. The door clicked shut, and I snapped back to reality. I breathed in a deep, silent breath, as if I had been drowning in the ocean's water and finally broke through to the surface.

What… was that? What just happened? I had lost all self control…. It wasn't even me there. I couldn't even control where my eyes were looking, let alone anything about the situation.

Which made me wonder; what else would this place do to me, especially with that… mysterious guy around?

I moved slowly over to the chair, my only comfort, trying to get my heart's furious beating to slow down. Sinking once more into the cushion, I snapped my attention the red door as it opened again, slightly startling me. Is it that boy again? No. Roy and the others were back.

"Rose?" Roy said, everybody standing and looking down at me. Now I knew how Edward always felt. "We have decided you can stay here at Head Quarters for the time being. Kyara, Ed, and Al are staying here a while for research purposes, so I suppose we'll have to find you someplace to stay as well," He said, and glanced down at his watch. "Well, it's almost five right now. Perhaps we should all hustle down to the-"

"Almost five?" I said loudly, standing up. I glanced out the window and the sky was in mid-sunset. I was going to be late! They all gave me confused looks, their minds probably questioning what had just come out of the girl who seemed silent. "I mean… if you'll excuse me… I need to use the bathroom…"

"Sure… Kari, will you please escort our guest to the nearest lavatory? There should be one right down the-"

"Oh, that won't be necessary; I can find it on my own." I interrupted and smiled. Roy sighed, distrust in his eyes. I swallowed, hoping he would give in.

"Just don't wander far. I have a few questions for you to answer for me."

"Of course," I said nervously, and hustled out the door.

Btw, I guess I said this in my last version, but this Rose is not the Rose from the Anime/Manga. It's my own OC. Just wanted to clear that up. Happy reading : )