"Ethan! Let's go! We were supposed to be there fifteen minutes ago!" Alexis called out from the living room of the apartment.
Six months ago, Ethan met Alexis at school. He instantly knew at that moment that he loved her, and he wanted to be with her more than anything. They began dating shortly after, and had just moved into their first apartment, and they were going to grab pizza with friends.
The apartment was paid for with money from Alexis' job, and Ethan was paying for food withthe money he was getting from Ed and Winry in Central. Edward and Winry had told both of their boys that they would be sending them enough money for food and school.
"Coming!" Ethan said. He grabbed his wallet, stuffing it in the pocket of his jeans, and they were out the door for their first time out since they had gotten the apartment.
"And then my brother said that the dog was just racist, instead of fessing up to painting her." Greg told everyone. Greg was well known for his stories about his family, always having something crazy to tell. It wasn't a shocker that he would bring them up again, and everyone gave a good laugh at the events he had explained.
"Ethan, you never talk about your family," Jenny mentioned while she took another swig of soda. "Why is that?" she asked.
"Oh, there's not much to tell. My family isn't very interesting at all." Ethan said. If he mentioned his family at all, he would be doomed. His Father being a famous Alchemist, and his Mother being a famous Automail engineer. It would be terror for him for the rest of his days in school.
"Come on, there has to be something that happened while you were at home? Your from Central, right? What's it like there?" Greg piped up.
"Well, it's just a city. It's got shops, and there's the military, and all that stuff.." Ethan trailed off. He didn't feel like talking about his home, especially when there wasn't anything he found interested in Central. It was just normal.
"What about your family? Do you do fun things with them?" Jenny asked.
"Well.." Ethan trailed off. He didn't want to reveal his identical twin to anyone, knowing how Anthony would feel about it. "Yeah, when I was younger, I did a bunch of fun things with my sister."
"You have a sister?" Greg asked. Alexis decided to just sit and listen, not wanting to pressure Ethan into talking about anyone.
"Yeah," Ethan fished out a picture that was in his wallet. It was a picture of Anthony and Kristy, but he didn't mention that. "That's her." he held out the picutre of Anthony hugging Kristy close to him. It was taken right before the two left for University.
"She's pretty, how old is she?" Alexis took her minute to comment on it.
"She'll be thirteen soon," Ethan answered. "She looks just like my Mom."
"I think she looks a lot like you," Alexis smiled. "Her eyes are the same as yours."
Ethan smirked in response with a light laugh. "She looks more like my Mom, believe me. People usually say I look like my Dad."
"Who's your Mom and Dad?" Greg brought up.
"You wouldn't know them." Ethan saved himself. They would probably notice if he mentioned Edward Elric, but then again, they hadn't noticed so far and his last name was Elric. But they could notice if he said Winry Rockbell. Maybe they wouldn't recognize a picture.
"Come on, you gotta tell us. Or at least tell us what they look like." Jenny said.
"I told you, I look like my Dad and my sister looks like my Mom," Ethan laughed. Though, he fished out a picture anyway. A picture of Winry and Ed, older, not when they were young. When they were young they were much more recognizable. It was a simple little picture of them on their anniversary, Edward standing behind Winry, his arms wrapped around her shoulders, her hands entwined in his. They had the brightest smiles, they were really happy. "That's them."
"Wow, you really do look like your Dad! Just a little bit like your Mom." Greg mentioned.
"Your Mom is really pretty," Alexis smiled. "And your Father is handsome."
"Yeah, they get that all the time. You should have seen them when they were younger, even before they were dating, they were always told they were the cutest couple." Ethan smirked.
"When did they get married?" Alexis asked.
"Uh, I think they said they got married when they were twenty, and my-I mean; I was born that year." Ethan said. He made a quick save from saying, 'my brother and I', but didn't think anyone had noticed.
"That's quick to start a family." Jenny commented.
"Well, they knew each other for a long time. Pretty sure my Mom said that they were born together or something." Ethan explained.
"Aw, so they're childhood friends," Alexis smiled. "That's so romantic."
"Yeah." Ethan laughed it off before Greg started another tale of his family.
"Damn." Anthony frowned when he noticed that he had been given the picture of Ethan and Kristy. He was supposed to get the one with himself and Kristy, but they had been switched up. His parents probably weren't paying attention.
"What is it?" John asked while peering over Anthony's shoulder to see the problem. They were both hanging out in Anthony's dorm while they studied. He noticed the picture and smirked. "Did you not want a picture of you and this girl?"
"No, it's not that," Anthony said. This person knew that he was Alphonse Elric's nephew, who cared if he knew that Ethan was his twin brother? "This is a picture of my brother and sister, I was looking for the one of my sister and I."
"Your brother? What, are you a twin?" John was joking, though his eyes widened when Anthony nodded. "Seriously?"
"You can't tell anyone, got it? It's not something I like to share." Anthony said.
"I don't believe you. You're gonna have to give me proof." John said.
"I can do that," Anthony smirked. He moved to a box where he kept all his family photos. Fishing out the picture of the whole family, he passed it over to his friend. The picture was old, Winry and Ed standing close, together holding up their newborn daughter, Ethan and Anthony underneat Kristy, supporting her from the bottom with matching grins. "Here ya go."
John studeied it for a long moment before speaking. "Dude, that's freaky. I've never even met anyone who has a twin."
"Yeah, we scared quite a few of my Dad's old colleages. Seriously, we moved to Central when I was ten and my Mom was pregnant with my sister, so my Dad went to work to see his old commanding officer and we freaked him out so bad." Anthony laughed.
"So, do you two get into any crazy shenanigans like twins on TV do?" John asked.
"We used to when we were younger. Our parents were at their wits end with us, and I guess that was around the time that we got our own rooms." Anthony smirked.
"What's his name?" John brought up. Anthony was confused. Anyone who ever learned that he was a twin never asked that before. They just called Ethan 'Anthony's twin brother'.
"Oh, his name's Ethan.." Anthony trailed off.
"Ethan? That kind of goes with Anthony." John thought aloud.
"Yeah, my parents had a hard time thinking of names. Apparently my Mom wanted something that matched and had a certain ring to it, but my Dad wanted something completely different so we would have our independence."
"Did you have your independence?" John asked.
"Well, when we were younger we always wore the same clothes, and always had the same things, shared, stuff like that. So, not really when we were little. As we got older, we kind of drifted apart, but people still think of us as the same person; the reason why I've never mentioned him before now, and why I don't want you to tell anyone." Anthony explained.
"Got it. Your secret's safe with me." John promised. He handed the picture back to Anthony, and the Elric smirked while seeing the picture before putting it back in it's box. It wouldn't be taken out for a long while.
