Chapter 4
The next day Roy and Riza went to HQ extremely happy. People could see that the fuhrer was in a great mood. "Hey, Hughes could you come in my office? I need to talk to you." Roy said, Riza smiled.
Roy closed the door behind his best friend. "What's up Roy?" Hughes asked, wondering if he knew about the spying. "I need to tell you something but you can't tell anyone else okay." Roy said. "Sure, what is it?" "Well about a month after I became fuhrer, I got married, to Riza. We kept it a secret because I'm the fuhrer and all. But anyway, Riza's pregnant and we decided together that we want you to be our son's godfather." Roy said. "Holy Gate Roy! Of course, I'd be honored to be your kid's godfather." Hughes said. "Thanks Maes, we are so appreciative. Honestly I don't know what we're gonna do. I think we'll have to tell people when she starts showing in a couple weeks." Roy said worriedly. "You'll be fine. Honestly you didn't have to hide it. I understand you're the fuhrer but the last one had a wife and... Oh yeah she was kidnapped, never mind you did a good thing." Hughes said. "Well I'm so happy I have someone else to talk to now. Well that's all I had to say. Oh except that now you can call of the man you have spying on me and my are dismissed soldier." Roy said. As Hughes walked out of the office he winked at Riza who smiled back.
Later that day after work Riza stopped by the Elric's apartment. She knocked at the door and waited for someone to answer it. There were footsteps and then Edward Elric opened the door. He looked surprised to see her at his house. "Hey Lt. what brings you here?" he asked her. "I came to see if I could talk to Winry." the Lt. said. "Sure, follow me I'll go get her for you" Ed told her. He brought her to the living room. "Wait here I go find her. Winry, Lt. Hawkeye is here to talk to you." "Coming" Winry called from the kitchen. Unlike Riza who was hiding hers under her uniform, Winry's baby-bump was clearly visible under her skin-tight shirt. "Ed would you mind keeping an eye on dinner while I talk?" Winry asked "Sure just tell me when you two are done." Ed said and left for the kitchen. "So what do you want to talk about?" Winry asked. "Well I wanted to ask you some questions, but I want you to not tell anyone else what I tell. It's okay if you tell Ed but I would prefer this to stay quiet. Ok?" Riza asked. "Sure. What questions do you have?" Winry asked. "They're not as much questions as reassurance because, you see... I'm pregnant too." Riza said. "Oh my god really? How far along are you?" Winry squealed. "I'm about four months along so I can still manage to hide it under my uniform." Riza said. "Who's the father?" Winry asked curiously. "Roy is, you see we got married soon after he became fuhrer, but nobody knows we were even dating." Riza explained, "I understand, that's wonderful! Do you know what you're having yet?" Winry said. "Yes, we're having a boy." Riza said happily putting a hand on her stomach. "Do you know what you're having?" "I do! We're having a boy too!" Winry said. "I'm so relieved that I have someone on the same page as I am" Riza sighed, "I know, now we can get through this together. It was killing me not knowing anyone pregnant. And we're both having boys so it's even better!" Winry said happily. "I'm so happy I have someone to talk to besides my husband." Riza said. "By the way where is your wedding ring? Does Roy wear his?" Winry asked, "Oh hear it is" Riza said pulling her necklace out from under her shirt "We don't wear them on our fingers but we have them with us all the time." "Does anyone else know?" said Winry. "Hughes does because he's Roy's best friend. We decided that we each could tell one person today." Riza said. "But you can tell Ed because he's your husband so that's fine, he can come in with us if it's more convenient." "Really" "Yes of course" "Ed you can come in now" Winry called to her husband. "So what's up" Ed asked. Winry and Riza explained everything to him. Ed was dumbfounded. "That bastard! He made me feel bad for knocking up my wife when he had already knocked up his own!" Ed shouted. "Ed! That's her husband you're talking about!" Winry scolded. "That's quite alright" Riza said. "Wait but you don't look pregnant and you're about a week ahead of Winry" Ed said. "I can hide it as long as I keep my jacket on, for now at least." Riza said and she took off her jacket, her usual black shirt clearly stretched over her pregnant stomach. "Wow, you're right. Well don't worry we won't tell anyone." Ed said. "Thank you both very much. I better go now though. Bye" Riza said as she left. She put her jacket on and buttoned it as she walked. 'I won't be able to hide this much longer, 2 weeks at most' she thought to herself.' What would they do, maybe she could just say it was someone else's, or they could tell their friends.' she really didn't know. She needed to talk to Roy.
As she walked into her house she dropped her things on the table and closed the door. "Is that you" Roy called from their room. "Yes it is" she called back. She took off her uniform and rubbed her back. She walked into their room and lay on the bed next to Roy. He rubbed her belly and held her in his arms. "What are we going to do when I can't hide my bump under my uniform any more? Were getting close. About 2 more weeks at most." Riza said worriedly. "I guess we'll just wait for people to notice and tell them when they do." Roy said, "Okay, and when people do find out well just have to deal with what happens when you're the first lady of Amestris." "Ok, as long as I have you." Riza said.
