Lexi: Okay, so my best friend, Hannah, is going to an eye appointment and I figure writing is better than watching her poke her eye out for an hour straight(: I am so happy people are enjoying the story! I think I will update more often than I originally anticipated, this chappy probably won't be long though cause I have 8 hours of algebra homework to do by tomorrow morning for school! (Don't hold off Summer homework till the night before...)
Ed: Wow, stupid procrastinator.
Roy: Yeah, that was kind of stupid.
Lexi: I know it was stupid! I kept putting it off because it was boring! Summer went by way too fast!
Roy: I'm going to miss you reading and writing stories about us almost every hour of the day!
Lexi: So will I Roy, so will I. Alas I have to get an edumacation so I can be a surgeon when I grow older!
Ed: Can we stop getting off topic? I feel like the only one who wants to read the story!
Lexi: I'm sorry! You are such a little brat sometimes Ed!
Ed: Who are you calling little?
Roy: Shut it Ed! Just do the disclaimer cause I did it the last two times!
Disclaimer: Lexi doesn't own FMA or any other brands or otherwise used in the story!
Warning: This story contains yaoi (BoyxBoy) love. Don't like, don't read.
"Is there even food here?" Ed asked quietly.
"Should of known the teenage boy would care about food first..." Roy muttered, "There is a cafeteria Edward," he pointed out.
"Oh yeah, forgot about that," Edward said, embarrassed he overlooked this fact.
"There's plenty of stuff in the emergency supplies we can use until they get us out of here."
"What do we do until then?"
"Well, I'm going to call someone to see how soon we can get out," Roy replied, "Why don't you go to my classroom and wait there for me. Grab anything you need from your locker while you're headed there."
"Okay," Ed replied. Roy took out his cell and started looking for a signal while Edward walked to his locker.
He was lucky he had clean gym clothes he could use as pajamas rather than his uncomfortable clothes.
Ed stuffed them into his bag and made his way to whereo Roy's classroom was. It was still unlocked, so he turned the handle and took a seat at a desk.
Edward reached into a secret pocket in the bag and pulled out a doodle he had done during one of his earlier classes. He then took out a box of old colored pencils and started coloring in the background of the picture. This picture had been the results of all of his freetime. Ed was so absorbed in the picture he didn't even notice the door open, or any of the footsteps leading up to behind him.
"Edward?"
"Ah!" Ed fell out of his seat from the surprise.
"You okay?" Roy looked caught between laughter and concern as he offered a helping hand.
Edward took the hand and responded, "I'm fine. I wasn't paying attention so you startled me."
"Oh, sorry," he apologized.
"It's my fault. So did you get ahold of anyone?" he said as he put the picture away.
"Yes, I did. Unfortunately, they probably won't even be able to get on the roads until Sunday, then it will take awhile to get the pile of snow away from the doors."
"Oh, well, what do we do until dinner?"
"While we're here, we might as well talk," Roy responded.
"About what?"
"Why don't you tell me about yourself."
"Like what?" Ed asked, he didn't think there was much to be said.
"Hobbies, favorite colors, music you like, family, anything really. We'll be here for a while so we could at least get to know each other,"
"Well I guess I enjoy drawing sometimes. My favorite color is red, I suppose. I like My Chemcal Romance, Panic! at the Disco, Never Shout Never, Owl City..." Ed hesitated at his family, "It's just Izumi, Sig, and Alphonse and I in my house. I'm pretty boring, there's not much to know."
"Actually, I don't think you're boring at all. You seem pretty interesting to me," Roy smiled kindly, trying to sooth his obvious nervousness.
"Really?" Ed's face brightened and Roy nodded.
"Now you have to tell me about you, Equivalent Exchange," Edward pointed out.
"So you're an alchemist I take it?" Roy questioned, seeming surprised.
"Yeah, but no getting off subject," Edward replied quickly.
"Fine, I just got my teaching license. I was in the military for a couple of years when I was younger, I'm also an alchemist. I have a sister named Sarah and my parents live a while away,"
"You were a state alchemist?" Roy nodded slightly.
"What was your ranking?"
"I was a colonel."
"Why did you quit then?" Ed questioned, wondering why he would give that up.
"If it's all the same to you, I'd rather not say..." he trailed off.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pry," Edward apologized politely.
"No, it's fine. It's just kind of personal," Roy replied with a smile.
"What time is it?" Edward asked, trying to change the subject away from the previous topic.
"About 6:30," Roy answered, looking down at his watch, "Would you like to get something to eat?"
"Umm..." his stomache growled, "I sort of didn't eat breakfast and didn't have lunch, so that would be nice," Ed explained embarrassedly.
"Why didn't you eat breakfast or lunch?" Edward knew it was because his mother beat him before he could eat anything, and the bullies stole his lunch; he refused to mooch off his brother. That isn't what he told Mustang though.
"I was running late this morning, I didn't have time to eat and I forgot my lunch at home," Roy could tell Ed was lying to him, but decided to drop the subject for now.
Roy got up from his seat and Edward followed. They walked down the hall towards the cafeteria's kitchen.
Mustang opened the fridge and grabbed two soda's. He tossed one to Ed and kept the other in his hand.
"So what do you want to eat Ed?"
"What is there?" he asked.
Roy led Edward towards the other fridge and pantry and they grabbed what they wanted. Ed had a ham and cheese sandwich while Roy had turkey and swiss. They each grabbed a bag of chips and sat at one of the tables.
Edward was too hungry to have a conversation so he just ate his food. When they had both finished, they stood and threw away all the trash.
"Let's go and get the emergency sleeping bags from the school basement before it gets dark. After that, you can take a shower in the locker room if you want," Ed nodded, happy he would have a chance to clean himself up.
Roy led the way to the basement and he started down the creaky stairs with Ed following behind. They found a couple of sleeping bags on the shelf nearest to them. Roy took down two red ones and handed one to Edward.
"I'm gonna go take a shower and change now," he informed the older.
Roy nodded, "Just come to back to classroom when you're done so I can go and take one too."
"Why don't you just come take one now?" Ed asked confused.
"...wouldn't it be awkward to shower in front of your teacher?" Roy questioned, leaving out the part about it being worse due to his sexuality.
Edward blushed, now realizing what Mustang was saying, "Not really. The showers are seperated by stalls, it wouldn't matter. If you wait the pipes might be frozen by the time you get there..."
"Okay, then, we should shower now, before the water ends up freezing in the pipes."
The two walked back upstairs and into the gym. When they reached the locker room they looked away while they stripped off their clothes and walked into the shower stalls. Ed ripped his hair tie out so that it wouldn't dry wavy from the braid.
The warm water felt good on Ed's bruised skin and healing wounds. Edward left the shower first and tried to get dressed quickly before the teacher saw his beat up body or the ugly automail.
Roy walked out of the shower, already having wrapped a towel around his waist. Ed only had his boxers and sweatpants on at the moment. He tried to quickly hide his automail and damaged flesh, but Roy saw the metal gleam and some rather ugly bruises scattered on his chest and arms that had been previously covered.
"Edward?" he asked sounding scared and concerned at the same time.
Edward didn't want to explain yet, so he threw his shirt over his head, grabbed his bag off the bench and quickly fled the room before Roy could ask anything else. He needed time to think of what to say. Edward knew he would have to tell the truth, but he could at least hold the confrontation off for a bit.
Edward situated the sleeping bag onto the ground and sat on it as soon as he entered the room. This required him to move a few desks off to the side first though.
He heard footsteps coming from the door behing him and immediately bowed his head so as not to have to look Roy in the eye. The footsteps stopped nearvy and he felt someone wrap their arms around his waist. The arms pulled him onto the owner's lap and against his chest.
"Please tell me Ed..." the person whispered softly in his ear.
(Edited: 11/8/09)
(Final Edit: 1/3/11)
Lexi: Yay! All done! I have to stop now cause I want lunch and my stomach is going to eat something if I don't feed it!
Ed: Guess what?
Lexi: What?
Ed: Its the end of the chapter and I'm not pissed at you for once! I actually forgive you!
Lexi: *huggles Ed*Thank you Eddy! That means so much to me!
Roy: Hey, hands off my property! *grabs Ed*
Lexi: Well, that wasn't very nice! And to think I actually let you two embrace in this chapter! If you keep being mean you will never get that kiss!
Roy: *growls* Fine, we can share him.
Ed: Shouldn't I have a say in this...?
Lexi&Roy: NO!
Ed: Okay, okay, sheesh Mr. and Mrs. Angry Pants!
Roy: Say what you want, but you still have no say in this!
Ed: So, how many reviews do you need this time?
Lexi: I'm feeling generous so how bout 3 new ones for this chappy?
Roy: Don't be lazy, review, it doesn't have to be long, it just has to inspire Lexi enough to want to write the next chapter!
Lexi: I'll be back when I have my 3 reviews! Until then, thanks for reading peeps!
Love you all,
XOXO
Lexi