Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist, and just in case, I don't claim ownership of anything other than myself.

Authors Note: Ed from now on will TOTALLY be played by me, so this is completely my story now. So from here on out, I will be trying to do my best at playing female Ed. Thanks, and don't forget to review.

I'd like to thank those who have reviewed for me this past chapter and for those of you who are planning to review this one coming up. It means so much to me to know what people think of my stories! Without any further ado, here's to you! Chapter 4!

Chapter 4

No matter how late Roy ever seemed to go to sleep, he always woke up everyday at seven in the morning. A pain when he really didn't want to be up that early for his days off. Just as every other normal morning, Roy woke up at seven only to find the small blonde Ed snuggled up against him. He slowly remembered how after getting rather…close, Ed had crawled into his futon with him. Carefully and slowly he snuck himself out from under Ed and got together his uniform.

At his final part of his morning routine, the boots, Roy looked over to the peacefully sleeping blonde as the warm morning sun filtered through a near by window, catching the true color of her golden hair. Slipping on his last boot, he moved over to her and sat on the edge of the futon. "Ed," he called softly, brushing the honey-colored strands out of her face. Feeling the fingers run across her cheek, Ed woke slowly with a low hum. "I've got to go to work," Roy whispered after catching a quick kiss. "Mmm," Ed groaned, opening her eyes fully to the bright light. "Can't you stay home today- say you're sick or something?" Ed was so adorable waking up in the morning. Just seeing her get up made Roy smile. "No, I'm sorry. I've got to go in today. I have things due." Ed sat up and gave a pouty face while rubbing the sleep from her eyes. "Please?" Roy was silent as he thought of a way out of Ed's demands without making her disappointed.

"How about this," he started, "I'll come home early."

"How early?"

"Around lunch time. My papers are due at noon."

Ed smiled, "fine, but you promise you'll be here around lunch, right? And you won't be leaving to go back to work?"

Roy sighed, a grin on his face, "yes, I promise." He kissed the blonde next to him again and was on his way.

"Good morning, Colonel Mustang!" Breda greeted in an unusual tone and grin. "Um… good morning? What's wrong?" Breda kept on smiling. "Nothing's wrong, sir. As a matter of fact, today's gonna be a good day." "Well we hope," added Fuery, who seemed happy but nervous for some odd reason. "What is going on?" Roy asked his subordinates, looking at them skeptically. "Today's Jean's birthday," Falman answered, making Havoc grin embarrassedly. "Okay, so why are you all looking at me funny?" Roy asked, crossing his arms that made him look so much more demanding and scary. All of their smiled weakened, if not dropped altogether. "We were hoping to leave early today, chief," Havoc proposed bashfully, which everyone noticed to be pretty out of character for him. "All of you?" The dark haired man asked, taking a seat in his big armchair behind his desk. "Yessir," they all answered. "May I ask why or where you all would be leaving together if I say yes and risk my neck to tell the lieutenant?" Roy continued to question, twiddling a pen between his fingers. Havoc stepped forward as if he was volunteering to do the forbidden. "Well, sir, for my birthday we were figuring to go to a bar? The deal we were going to make with you was that if you'd let us out a couple of hours early, we all promise to be in tomorrow no matter what." The trio behind Jean Havoc gulped audibly. Roy smiled.

"Have fun." The four men cheered and clapped in joy. "Will you come, too, Colonel Mustang?" Fuery asked, a smile back on his clean, young face. "Let me talk to my girlfriend. We weren't on good measures the last time I went out drinking." Havoc felt a jealous ping at the sound of the two words "my girlfriend", knowing that Roy had one more woman that was to be forever thinking of the handsome Colonel Roy Mustang, the Flame Alchemist. "She's welcome to come, too, chief." "Thank you, lieutenant."

"There they are," Roy said, standing on the balcony to the fire escape. The four casually dressed soldiers called out to Roy and whistled. "Have fun, taisa," Ed hummed, pulling Roy down and giving him a quick, but passionate kiss.

"I will. Thank you for letting me go."

"It's fine, but please don't get wasted."

"I'll try."

"I'm serious, Roy!"

"Okay, okay. I won't get wasted. I promise."

"Thank you. Now hurry up and go before they start climbing up here."

Roy gave a smile and a kiss before climbing down the escape to his subordinates.

"Took you long enough, colonel," Breda said, slapping him jokingly on the back once Roy joined the group and they had headed out on their way.

"Was that cutey your girlfriend, chief?" Havoc poked.

"Nope, my daughter."

"WHAT!?"

"I'm joking!" Roy said in mid chuckle, "yes, that was my girlfriend."

"She looked pretty young," Fuery noted thoughtfully.

"I didn't know you were a crib thief, colonel," Falman said, nudging Roy in the side.

"How old is she anyway?" Breda asked

"I bet she's only 20," Havoc said with a hint of jealousy and teasing in his voice.

"Gotta be younger than Fuery."

"Not in her teens, though."

"I still say around 20."

"Come on guys. I'm sure the colonel didn't come with us just to get harassed about his personal life." Fuery said, feeling bad about what he started.

"Thank you, Cain."

Three or so hours went by, along with a dinner all by her lonesome while Ed waited for Roy to come home. She honestly wouldn't mind him going out if every time he went out it didn't seem like forever. Ed would have even joined them tonight, but both her and Roy thought it'd be safer and more comfortable for her if she didn't come along because even though Roy said he wasn't going to get drunk didn't mean they weren't. What if they suddenly made the connection that the female Ed looked a hell of a lot like the male Ed, and why they have the same name? It would be all over. Her cover would be blown. There was no guarantee that no one of the four would not remember that conversation. She sighed and decided to go sit outside on the balcony. It was too stuffy inside.

Another 10-20 minutes or so passed along with the random motor vehicles and casual passer-bys. Still there was no Roy by either sight or sound.

"I need to get out of here. E- uh… my girlfriend is probably waiting for me to come home." Roy said, slipping out of his bar stool and clapping Havoc on the back. "Happy birthday." The group of soldiers and the five or so women with them raised they're glasses and cheered in a drunk manner. Two girls leaned in together and kissed Havoc on the cheeks after the toast to whatever. Roy walked away from the group after laughing at his second lieutenant blushing like crazy. It was thanks to Roy that the group scored a group of pretty women and even more specifically for Havoc. Roy heard a barstool shuffle and someone grab clingingly to his arm. "I'll walk you home, Colonel Mustang." A brunette from the group said flipping her hair. "Nah, I'm fine. My girlfriend is waiting for me. I don't think she'd like seeing you with me." The girl pouted. "All I'm doing is walking you home. You're going to hurt my feelings if you won't let me." She clung to him tighter continuing to stare up at him. Roy sighed and gave in. He just hoped this woman would not try anything.

Ed yawned and leaned on the railing of the balcony. She really enjoyed looking at the stars, but it was so hard to see them because of the light pollution given off by the city. The moon was pretty much always hidden behind some building or another, too. Ed straightened up and stretched. She needed to use the bathroom, but she would be out again to relax outside.

It had finally come up to where the girl just needed to let go of him so he could turn the alley way to go up the escape, but she wasn't going away. "You don't really live down there. You're just trying to get rid of me," the brunette whined. "No, I really do. My girlfriend is inside waiting for me and I need to go. She's probably worried. It's been a while since I left." Roy tried to reason. This woman was too damn clingy. She really needed to let go of him. "I bet you don't even have a girlfriend in there. You just want to scare me away." She said, letting go of his arm and standing infront of him. The brunette moved in closer. "Let me just tell you I don't scare so easily. I can read right through you men, always afraid of a woman who has a little spice in them." Roy shook his head and stepped back. "No, you're not getting it. I-" "No, you, colonel, aren't getting it. I want you and I'm going to get you." Frustrated, Roy tried to step around the girl, knowing full well that she was too full of herself to get the picture. Every step he took to get around her, she followed in mirror image, stepping in a little closer each time she did. "What are you- hey! Stop. I just- will you- arg-just get- knock it off! I-"Roy said as he continued to try to get around her until she was practically up against him. "Are trapped like a scared little rat," the brunette finished, grabbing him by the collar with enough force that he could not fight it with the bit of alcohol he had under his belt. He heard the door to his apartment open just as the brunette crashed her lips into his. Automatically out of defense, he lifted his hands, but they accidentally landed on her breasts as the woman continued to pull him in. Fuck. "ROY!" a dreaded voice cried from the balcony. The brunette woman pulled her lips away from the dark haired man's, still holding on to him, and looked up to see the very upset Ed on top of the balcony. She looked back to the colonel. "So I guess you weren't lying." Ed ran back inside and slammed the door as Roy pulled himself completely away from the girl and ran to the fire escape. "If things don't work out between you and her, then you can always come to me," the woman called back to Roy as he got up on the balcony. She was looking back at him flirtatiously.

Roy groaned and opened the door to nearly have his face impaled with the vase of white roses he had bought for Ed the day before. Luckily enough for him, he dodged it and it went flying over the balcony's railing, breaking the glass vase as it hit the concrete below. "FUCKING CHEATING BASTARD!" Ed yelled as Roy recovered from his dodge. "Ed, please, I-" Roy started, feeling a strong pang in his heart to see the blonde's face drenched in tears, but he was cut off. "Fuck you and you're 'Ed, please'. I can't believe you! Fucking shit! Who the fuck do you think you are? Goddamn bastard!" Ed yelled at him at the top of her voice, throwing a book and pillows at him. The pillows and the book actually hit him, but Roy tried to brave his way away from the finally closed door and to the hurt Ed. He wasn't going to try to reason with her with words. "What are you doing? Just leave me the fuck alone! Just go back to your whore and just drink for the rest of the fucking night. I won't care! I obviously don't mean shit to you!" Ed yelled a bit quieter now. It was killing Roy to see her cry like the way she was, he really couldn't take it anymore. Ed sank to her knees and cried in her hands as Roy approached her. Kneeling down, Roy pulled the jerking lump into a hug. "It's not what you think, Ed. I'm so sorry. Please don't cry. It really wasn't what-" He was cut off again by the crying Ed shoving him away with all the force she could muster, knocking him over. "I told you I don't believe it. Leave me alone. Go away." Roy got back up and gently tried to pull her into a kiss. Ed was a little hesitant at first and just when Roy expected their lips to meet he felt a fist collide with his face, knocking him over again. "I said 'no'!" Ed cried sliding away from the once again knocked over man. Roy was not nearly as quick to get up from being punched. He felt his cheek tenderly and slouched up. Ed curled up into a ball and started to cry again quietly. Roy finally got the picture. Without saying anything he got back up and grabbed his uniform and opened the balcony door. "Don't come back!" Ed yelled, half choking on her own sobs. Roy didn't turn around but answered, "fine. I won't." He left her with a slam of a door and nothing more.

Thanks for waiting so long. I'll try to get up the next one soon. (I'm such a tease)