Hello! :D NO SCHOOL TODAY! SNOW DAY!

But thanks for the reviews I got for last chapter, they were all much appreciated.

So this chapter will hold the much awaited meeting between Ed and Winry. Can you guess what's gonna happen?

Thanks for my editor Dani and you should definitely thank her too because there were a crap-load of mistakes in this one (sometimes I just don't feel like editing while writing...)

Enjoy!

"Hey Elric!" Roy shouted as he pounded on Ed and Al's room door. "Get out here! We've got someone for you!"

"She's really pretty!" Rebecca yelled.

All the while, Winry stood, trapped in both of their clutches, blushing profusely as they continued to yell and shout her love for Edward for the entire floor, if not building, to hear.

"Um guys?" Al asked as he pushed his way to the door. "Maybe I should just open the door."

"Whatever you think is best," Roy said with a shrug.

"I don't see why your brother always locks the door," Rebecca said, sounding completely honest.

"I wonder why…" Al said, shaking his head at the scene before him. "Hey Ed!"

But the room was clearly empty. The bathroom door was wide open the light was turned off. Both of the beds and desks were clear of human beings.

"Hmm…wonder where he went," Al muttered.

"God Al, this place is like a fucking pigsty!" Jean exclaimed as kicked a soda can with his foot. "Usually it takes us at least a month for us to get it to this level-and there's three of us!"

"This is all brother, don't blame me," Al muttered, shoving his hands into his pockets before he moved forwards to examine his brother's cluttered desk.

"Ugh, I seriously hate when your brother does this Al," Jean groaned as he collapsed onto Al's bed, as if he had been running around for hours instead of five minutes.

"Does what?" Winry asked.

"Somehow, this kid can always just disappear in the blink of an eye," Rebecca said, throwing her arms into the air, exasperated. "You won't be able to find him for hours at a time sometimes!"

"I'm getting really tired of this man," Jean sighed.

"Maybe it's so he can get some peace and quiet without having to worry about people barging into his room," Al quipped with a smile.

"Maybe if he actually wanted to come and hang out every now and again we wouldn't have to break down his door," Roy said.

"And maybe if you guys took a leaf out of Edward's book and actually took some time out of your partying schedule to study, maybe then you could understand where he's coming from," Riza said with an exasperated sigh as she leaned against one of the dorm room walls.

"I don't wanna understand where that kid's coming from," Jean snorted before he rolled off his back, got into a sitting position, and stared Winry in the eyes. "Do you know what classes that kid takes? He takes like, Honors A.P Calculus and these insane medical courses that are usually only given out to pre-med students in college and shit. I mean, he's only a freaking junior. He's not right."

"I'm in A.P classes Jean," Riza remarked with a slightly deadly look. "Am I not right?"

"Of course you're not right Riza!" Jean laughed. "None of us are exactly straight edge! Look at Rebecca and that outfit she's wearing! Do you think that actually looks good or are you already wasted?"

"It's not supposed to look good, you asshole."

"And you've clearly succeeded," Jean said with a nod. "But back to my point, Roy's as close as you can get to a man-whore without actually having sex-"

"Hey!"

"What? You are and it's best if you just don't deny it alright? Anyways, Riza's a crazy gun harpy. Rebecca's just a harpy-."

"You already said something about me!" Rebecca yelled.

"And? Did I ever say that I was only pointing one abnormality about the people in this group? Because trust me, I cold go on and on about you."

"Really Jean?" Al asked. "Because you seem to talk an awful lot about a girl you claim to despise."

There was a small silence that followed were Jean debated in his head how he should respond to that. After more than a horribly awkward moment's pause followed, Jean cleared his throat a little before continuing as if nothing had happened.

"Before one more person interrupts me, let me fucking finish. Al's too nice for his own damn good. Ed's a crazy nerd, midget thingy with a library fetish. And Winry… I'm sure Winry has lot's qualities that make her just as crazy as, or crazier than the rest of us. I mean, she's obviously crazy with her odd attraction to Ed."

Winry's face turned an odd shade of pink but she did not yell or scream at this. Maybe she knew it was best not to try and deny it.

"Are done rambling Jean because I really gotta take a piss," Roy muttered before letting out a loud belch.

"I'm getting to the point alright! Tell you weak bladder to hold it. But my point to my madness is that I don't try to understand all of your oddities so I'm not going to start to study in hopes of understanding Ed," Jean finished before he let his body fall backwards with hands under his head. "And it would be unfair to the rest of you if I tried to understand Ed but didn't try to understand anyone else and I don't want to you guys to think I like Ed more than you guys."

"Aww, how considerate of you Jean," Riza said, rolling her eyes.

"I try."

"But really, Al," Rebecca said, turning to face the sand-haired underclassman. "Do you seriously not know where your brother goes and hides?"

"I don't," Al lied. "If I did, I would tell you guys. Why don't you just try and call him; he might pick up."

"But he usually doesn't," Roy said.

"Well… why don't you guys go on an Ed hunt?" Al suggested as he began to pick up so dirties clothes from the floor to hide the slight shake in his hands that he got from lying.

"Hmm… sounds bitchin'," Rebecca admitted before springing to her feet. "Come on guys! Let's go catch us an Edward!"

"You are insane," Roy grumbled but moved towards the door all the same. "You're coming with us Win, whether you like it or not."

"Let's go," Jean said as he got up from Al's bed and gripped onto Winry's forearm.

"I can walk by myself thanks," Winry grumbled as she tried to pull out of Jean's grip. She did not like all the man-handling she had been getting over the passed hours.

"No shit," Jean muttered but didn't loosen his grip on her arm. "You coming Al?"

"Nope. I want to try and straighten this mess out before brother comes and wrecks it again."

"Suit yourself."

Al watched the group walk down the hall and disappear around the corner before he shut the door and locked it. Sighing slightly, Al willed his hand to stop shaking; he was a horrible liar and everyone knew it. He could never keep a lie for more that a day or two and could only skew the truth in hopes of gaining more time on the lie. Like when Russell and Fletcher had asked what their mother's profession was a year ago when they first arrived at the academy. Al did not want to reveal that she was deathly ill, as his orders form Edward, but could only say that she did not work and stayed at home as a house wife. It was basically true after all.

Al had always known almost all of his brother's hiding places as a child and that was still true now that they were half-way through their teens. He knew that his brother hid in hopes of having some relaxing quiet and Al could sympathize with that. If he were able to find a good enough hiding place on campus away from the prying eyes of his friends and the other students and faculty, he would but didn't seem to have the knack for it.

After he had straightened up a little of the room, Al grabbed his room key, walk out in to the hall, locked the door and headed for the stairwell. Al walked down one flight of stairs and got out onto the second floor, which was very similar to the third. He continued down the relatively empty hall until he reached a large window that showed a beautiful view of the front lawn of the East dorm. It was supposed to be closed at all times but some of the kids had figured how to open it.

Al jimmied the window open and pushed it wide enough for him to slide his body through before he stepped out onto the ledge and shut the window most of the way closed. Carefully, Al turned around so that he was facing away from the building and looked down. To his pleasure, he saw that he had once again found where his brother was hiding.

Edward had figured out how to get onto the top of the awning about a month into the school year last year and had claimed it as his spot from then on. He did not often go there during the busier parts of the day or when there were an abundant amount of students out on the lawns because they would either try and get up there and end up hurting themselves or go and try to tattle on Ed for his obvious rule breaking.

"Hey Ed!" Al called.

Ed's head swiveled to the sides before looking up and grinning slightly.

"What's up Al?" Ed yelled, leaning back onto his hands to get a better look at his younger brother.

"Um…" Al muttered as he stopped himself from slipping off of the small ledge. "You mind if I come down there for a bit?"

"Sure! Just don't slip and fall on your face!"

"Thanks brother…" Al muttered before he slowly lowered himself until he let go and let himself drop the last foot or two. When he landed, his legs shook and almost buckled under his weight. Ed got up and went to help his brother when he began to wobble to one of his sides and almost fell off of the side.

"Whoa, take it easy Al," Ed said with a worried expression. "You should have moved over a foot or two to land more centered than you did. Wouldn't have been good if you fell from that height."

"I wouldn't have died brother."

"Yeah but you would have broken something for sure and then I'd feel like shit."

"I'm sure I could have handled it. You don't need to worry that much," Al said as he took a few steps over to where Ed had been previously sitting and sat down. Ed followed his brother's lead and sat down next to him.

"So what's up?" Ed asked as he marked his spot in the book he was reading. "You don't usually come looking for me."

"Oh, right. Well, Roy, Jean, Rebecca, and Riza apparently want to set you up with this girl that transferred in and is going to be Sheska's new roommate."

"What?" Ed asked in shock and confusion. "Why?"

"I don't know. You know how they are. But they said that she thought you were cute or something," Al said as he picked at a loose shingle.

"Really?" Ed asked, perking up considerably.

Al let out a snort. He just knew that comment went straight to his brother's already inflated ego.

"Yeah," he said with a small laugh. "She's really cute too. Blond hair, blue eyes, shorter than you."

Edward brought his knees up to his chest and folded his arms on top of them before he rested his head on his arms while he thought, crinkling his brow as he did. It was a full minute before he spoke again.

"Can't do it."

"Huh?" Al asked as he snapped back into reality; he was too preoccupied by the wonderful view.

"I said I can't do it. I can't date this… this…"

"Her name's Winry," Al supplied.

"Winry," Ed said with a nod. "I can't go and date this Winry girl. I'm too busy to have things like girlfriends…"

"Ed," Al said exasperatedly. "You really need to stop holding yourself up in the library or in our room or some weird hiding place of yours and actually talk to people!"

"I do talk to people Al," Ed said with a small roll of his eyes.

"Only when you have to or someone else makes you," Al said to which Ed scoffed and rolled his eyes to again. "Seriously brother! You need to quit acting like such an old hermit and actually act your age. You're sixteen years old! Not sixty!"

"And what's wrong with being a hermit?" Ed asked defensively. "What if I don't want to be your generic crazy teenager who does nothing but party and run around non-stop?"

"I'm sure you'll regret it when you're old and grey that you didn't do anything with the best years of your life," Al said sternly.

"I am doing something-"

"Well do something that you can't and shouldn't be doing when you're sixty!" Al cried. "Vandalize something! Run around the campus! Stay up late with friends! Ask a girl out! Do anything besides sit around the library."

Ed opened his mouth to say something to his brother but seemed to decide against it and simply shut his mouth and face forwards, staring into the horizon of the school. He then peaked over the edge of the awning and then at Al before he moved to dangle his legs over the edge.

Al watched as his brother tightly gripped the edge of the awning with both hands and lowered himself before letting himself drop the five or six feet to the ground. Al moved over so that he could see his brother get up form his crouched stance and look up at him.

"You coming or what?" Ed yelled up to him, sounding slightly angry.

"Nah," Al said with a small wave of his hand. "I think I'm just going to sit up here for a little bit longer."

"Alright," Ed said as he shoved his hands into the pockets of his jeans. "Just make sure you stick the landing as you come down. And make sure no one's around. Some idiot may freak if they see you."

"I got it."

Al watched his brother turn and walk towards the entrance of the building. Just as Ed was about to go inside, a thought struck Al.

"Hey Ed!"

"What?"

"Just a word of warning; the other's are going 'Ed Hunting'. Thought you ought to know."

"Thanks," Ed said, sounding tired, with a small wave and a smile before he disappeared back inside of the building.

Al turned back to look at the scenery around him. The school was beautiful and Al loved it. Sure, he missed his home and his parents but if it weren't for this wonderful school, he would have never met the friends that he had today.

If only Ed would appreciate his friends a little more… Al thought sadly before he eyed the ground that lay a good six feet away.

He then followed his brother's technique and dropped to the ground after letting his body hang for a moment. When he hit the ground, he glance around to make sure no one had seen before he went in the opposite direction from his brother and strolled out onto the crisp green lawn.

The common room was empty as Edward walked through it. It was one of the few times that the common room would be completely empty. Once the kids really started showing up, the room would become packed and you would have to fight someone for a seat in front of one of the television sets and there would almost always be a line of some sort at one of the many vending machines during the day. Even in the middle of the night there will usually be one or two students staying up due to stress-induced insomnia.

He stopped in his place as he passed by the vending machines. After a moment of thought, Ed reached into his pocket and fished out his wallet before walking over to the glowing and humming machines. Once the drink was selected, if clunked down to the bottom of the machine and he bent down to pick it up. But as he unscrewed the lid of the dark soda and began to drink, a loud noise came out of no where and before he knew it, Edward was lying on his stomach on the cold floor while his drink poured out onto the linoleum floor and a great weight kept him down on the floor against his will.

"What the fuck?" Ed growled as he turned his head as much as he could to see who or what had attacked him, even though he had a vague idea.

"Yay!" A girl exclaimed from behind him. "We win!"

Rebecca… Ed growled in his head, recognizing the voice.

"This was a lot easier than it usually is," comment a board voice from above him. Ed realized that it was Roy who had spoken and who was currently sitting on his back. "Usually we'll have to get out of the building to find him. But this time Elric was a nice little animal and stayed inside."

Roy pet, or more really slapped, the top of his head and Ed could clearly picture the smirk that was sure to be painted on his face.

"Mustang!" Ed yelled as he squirmed beneath the other teen. "Get you fat ass off of me!"

"Or what?" Roy asked with a smirk before he picked himself up slightly only to fall back down on Ed's back, causing Ed to let out a small gasp.

"Or I'll make you get off of me and then I'll kick your ass," Edward growled as he tried to push both he and Roy up. He actually managed to lift part of his chest off of the ground, surprising Roy as he let out a small noise of surprise.

"Yikes," Jean muttered in mild surprise from somewhere out of Ed's line of vision. "Looks like the little guy's been pumping some iron."

"Alright, alright!" Roy exclaimed, sounding slightly panicked as he almost fell off of Ed as Ed lifted him off of the ground. "I'm getting off!"

Roy rolled off of Ed in what can only be described as a sideways somersault before landing gracefully on the floor, sitting Indian style. Ed quickly go up from the floor, ignoring his soda that was spilling all over the white tiles, before turning to Roy and slugging him in the side of the head.

"Ow man!" Roy cried as he clutched his head. "That fucking hurt! I think you cracked my skull!"

"And you only broke a couple of my ribs with your fat ass," Ed growled as he turned away from Roy to look at the rest of the group.

Jean and Rebecca stood at the front of the group, both looking slightly surprised with Ed's show of strength but also seemed to be silently laughing at both he and Roy. Behind the two stood Riza, who seemed to be slightly annoyed, and behind her was a girl Ed had never seen before.

She was… pretty, to say the least. He had to assume this was the girl Al had mentioned because she had blond hair and blue eyes and was indeed a good two inches shorter than him. She seemed to be a little wary of the group but he could see that she was not tied up, so he had to guess that she came of her own free will. Ed dully noticed that there was a small blush on her face.

Rebecca turned around slightly and reached out to grab the girl-

Winry, Ed remembered suddenly.

-to grab Winry's arm and pulled her forwards. Rebecca then gave her a firm push towards Ed.

"Ed," Rebecca said with a devilish smile, "this is Winry Rockbell. She's going to be Sheska's new roommate this year."

"Oh, right," Ed mumbled, thinking of what had happened with Sheska's old roommate the year before. "Forgot that she needed a new one."

"Yeah," Rebecca said, sounding slightly annoyed. "Well, seeing as we live on the same floor, you're going to be seeing a lot of her."

Winry's face turned from its faint blush to an intense red before she turned his head around and whispered something to Rebecca that only made the brunette smile more. After a moment of hushed words, Rebecca urged Winry a step closer to him and Winry turned back around to face Ed.

"So uh," Winry spoke in a soft voice. "I w-was wondering…"

Ring… ring…

Edward brought his attention down to his pants pocket and pulled out his red cell phone. Once he had checked to see who was calling, he looked up briefly at Winry and the others before taking a step around the group.

"Excuse me," he muttered before walking away and out of sight.

"…right," Winry sighed, sounding both disappointed and annoyed. "Talk to you later Ed."

Winry then sighed and walked away in the opposite direction, remembering vaguely that there was another door somewhere in that direction.

"What the Hell?" Rebecca growled as she stared down the hallway Ed had disappeared down.

"Told you guys it wasn't going to work," Roy commented from his spot on the floor.

"That kid is one oblivious asshole," Rebecca muttered sourly.

"Maybe I was right and the kid really is asexual," Jean mumbled as he pushed quarters into one of the vending machines. "I mean, any idiot can see that Winry's hot."

"Yes but she's not for you," Riza said as she took a step forwards with her arms crossed over her chest.

"Like she would want you anyways," Rebecca added with a smirk.

"We have to talk to that idiot," Riza sighed.

"Yeah," Rebecca said in agreement.

"Why?" Roy asked as he got up from his seat. "Why do you want to put so much effort in this kid who obviously doesn't want anything to do with any kind of relationships and another kid who you've know for all of two hours?"

"Because I feel bad that Ed is wasting away his teen years and he needs to get out there and do something," Rebecca said.

"And I happen to really like Winry," Riza added with a small glare at Roy. "She seems nice and besides, we're going to be seeing a lot of her anyhow."

"Whatever," Roy muttered. "You two can go and try and fix everything but I'm gonna go back to my room and blow some shit up on my x-box. You comin' or what Jean?"

"Hell yeah," he mumbled through a mouth full of chips. "I'm tired of all this shit."

With that, the two teenage boys left, leaving the two girls standing in front of the machines, angry.

"So who do you want to deal with first?" Riza asked her best friend with a sigh.

"Let's go find Winry," Rebecca said with a nod. "Ed's probably hiding in a broom closet and I'm pretty sure I would maim him right now if I saw him."

"Yeah, please don't maim him. I know my grandfather's forgiving but I don't think he can get you out of trouble from the police."

"Whatever," Rebecca said with a smile before she followed after Winry and towards the back door of the common room.

So did you expect that to happen? :P

Next chapter there will be some interesting fighting and more crazy characters shall arrive! Can't wait for you all to read the next chapter! :D

See ya later!

-FSK