Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Since Thanksgiving is tomorrow I decided to post a day early.

I'm just past the 40,000 word point in this story right now, and I am so excited. By time I post chapter 5, I will be done and will begin the overall editing process!

Thanks to everyone who read the last chapter, more of you should review though… I might be more inspired if you did.

This chapter should hopefully make you smile

Disclaimer: FMA be not mine, not now, not ever.

"Why do I have to work with you?" Ed complains and tries to hold up his menu higher to hide his face as a certain Colonel sits down at the table Ed was waiting at.

"What? You don't like me?" Colonel Roy Mustang can't help but tease the older teen. "Would you rather work with Lieutenant Hawkeye?"

Ed rolls his eyes behind his menu, "Yea, she is way nicer and cooler than you."

Roy ignores the comment and opens up his menu. "I understand your training went well yesterday, and today we are supposed to work on your ability to go undercover. Your new look will be a big help with that."

Ed grumbles from his seat but says nothing.

"Anyway, right now you are going to go places where you have been before and strike up a conversation with someone you have talked to before, but convince them you are someone else. I'll follow closely behind you and observe your actions, then give you advice."

"You are just having way too much fun with this aren't you Colonel bastard?" Ed voices his complaint but stands up anyway, placing his menu down on the café's table. "Look, Fuery is sitting over there all alone, how about I start with him?"

Roy glances over at the unsuspecting Sergeant Major. "Sure go for it."

Ed takes a deep breath, then goes over and plops down at Fuery's table. "Hey," he greets, trying to sound as cool as possible.

Fuery practically chokes on the sandwich he is eating, then places it down before addressing the person who just rudely interrupted his lunch. "Hey…" he says back nervously.

"So… what's up?" Ed smiles at Fuery, hoping that he can't tell who Ed really is under the super short haircut.

Fuery picks up his sandwich again as if that explains everything. "Not much, I'm just eating lunch. I eat here every week. By the way… do I know you?" Fuery takes another bite out of his sandwich, peering at Ed curiously.

Ed shakes his head, "No we don't know each other, I just thought you looked lonely and decided to sit down and give you some company." Ed is relieved when Fuery accepts the story easily.

Fuery stuffs in the rest of his sandwich, takes a huge sip of water, and leans back in his seat. "My name is Kain, what's yours?"

"Oh… ummm…" Ed glances over his shoulder at Roy, who pretends to be absorbed in his water. "My name is… Sam! Yea… my name is Sam!"

Fuery chuckles lightly in amusement. "I didn't mean to take you by surprise Sam. You seem so familiar though, that hair color, and that voice…" Fuery trails off, once again looking confused.

Ed shakes his head, "Nope we've definitely never met! Anyway I gotta go, but it was nice meeting you Kain!"

Ed jumps up from the table as fast as his legs will let him and jets out of the café, leaving Fuery alone, wondering if all of that actually happened, or if he merely imagined it.

"So Fuery was a failure… I think you came on too strongly, with the "Hey" and everything. Maybe next time try initiating a conversation with someone near him, and draw him into you, then it doesn't seem like you are attacking him or trying to get his attention specifically." Roy explains as he smirks at an exhausted Ed who is huffing loudly as he crouches down next to the café.

"I barely know Fuery, and he almost caught on!" Ed sinks lower onto his haunches, "this is harder than I thought."

Roy grabs Ed's right arm and hauls him to his feet. "Come on Fullmetal, you don't usually give up so easily, look, Havoc is in that shop, he's so dense, I bet you can fool him easily." Roy gives Ed a hard shove, forcing him to stumble over to the shop.

Ed pushes the door open slowly, but a bell rings out revealing his entrance into the shop.

"Welcome!" The shop owner calls out from the back of the shop.

Ed raises one of his hands to wave, and turns to walk around the perimeter of the shop. Havoc is in the back, talking to some random girl about how pretty her eyes are. Ed pauses for a moment, and then realizes how he is going to get the attention of the girl talking to Havoc.

"I think you have more in you than just pretty eyes, how about you and I go on a date sometime and we can find out together?" Ed pushes himself between Havoc and the girl, much to Havoc's dismay and the girl's delight.

Havoc places one hand onto Ed's arm, "Hey buddy, can't you see we are having a conversation here?"

The girl reaches out and latches onto Ed's other arm, ripping him away from Havoc, "You are way nicer than this jerk, here's my number!" The girl pushes a small piece of paper into Ed's hand, which he accepts with a fake smile.

The girl releases Ed, leaving the store with a wave and a giggle.

Ed stuffs the paper into his pocket, but before he can get away Havoc steps into his vision. "That was wrong dude; you shouldn't have stepped between me and that pretty girl."

Ed shrugs, suddenly losing the adrenaline that he had felt rush through him when he stepped in front of Havoc. "Sorry, but she just wasn't that into you." Havoc narrows his eyes as he looks over Ed, seeming to suspect that something isn't quite right. Ed figures this is his chance to take off. "Well, I gotta go!" Ed takes off from his spot, avoiding Havoc's reaching hands and launching out of the shop. He quickly ducks around the shop's corner, ignoring the questioning gaze from Roy.

After a moment, Havoc runs out of the shop, but since he didn't see where Ed went, he simply shrugs and walks down the street, nodding a hello to his superior officer who just happens to be standing outside of the store.

Once Havoc disappears, Roy steps back out onto the street. "I thought he was going to strangle me." Ed fishes around in his pocket and pulls out the piece of paper. He blanches and rips the paper up after glancing at the seven digits scribbled on it.

Roy laughs at Ed's expression, "I'd say you were pretty successful this time, Havoc had no clue it was you. I think that is enough for today, you've had enough practice."

"Great, I have some reading up on the West to do." Ed stuffs his hands into his pockets and walks away, once again leaving the Flame Alchemist on his own.

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