Chap. 4
Name: First and Worst
Pairings: RoyEd
Ah! In previous chapters, I couldn't figure out how to add Author Notes! I feel like such a dork! Anyway, for Chap 3 I have to thank Sesshomaru'sSaphireMaiden for contributing to the story (she thought up the Major's part) and helped me with the name here.
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Ed was lounging on the Colonel's couch reading yet another ancient alchemy textbook, when Roy finished another pile of paperwork, and apparently decided to celebrate by asking Ed "Say FullMetal," he purred Ed's alias out. "Would you like to come with me to a rodeo tomorrow? It'll be fun."
Ed looked up, just a little surprised.
"Like on a date? We've never done that before."
"You could call it that."
"Yeah sure I'll come, Flame." Ed tried to copy Mustang's purr. It came out like a sarcastic growl. Roy smirked. Ed scowled. "I'll come over there and suffocate you if you don't wipe that smirk off your face."
"Don't you mean 'kiss me because I'm so charming' ?" Roy sighed.
"Is that a challenge?"
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The next morning (Saturday) Ed showed up at Roy's house at 7 am sharp and knocked on the door. It took a while for Roy to come to the door, and even then he didn't have a shirt on. "mmph...ED?" Ed stared at Roy's unshaven, puffy face adorned with sleep-spiked hair. "You didn't tell me what time." Ed told him pointedly.
Roy gaped. "10!" he gaped again.
Ed just stood there.
"Oh good grief Edward. Come in then if you'ore going to insist on showing up 3 hours early." Ed grinned and went to look for snacks in Roy's fridge while Roy got dressed upstairs.
In only ten minutes, he was down in the kitchen looking as if he'd been awake for hours. Ed was eating an ice cream bar he'd found. "E---d." Roy whined "It's only 7:30 and that was my last one."
"Sorry. You want it?" Ed held it out. Roy just sighed and shook his head. After Roy ate some leftover pea soup Ed had disdained, they spent 3 hours playing Scrabble. Edward won all 5 rounds hands-down. Roy was glad to leave.
Ed watched intently as Roy drove, and Mustang knew he was trying to figure the machine out.
That was why driving with Ed was fun. He didn't ask questions, he'd just stare so intently at the dashboard or steering wheel you thought he must see something there that no one else could.
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Roy picked Ed up by the waist and set him on the arena fence so he could see, ignoring Ed's quiet threats and insults. "I can see fine down there. I'm going to make you eat your own foot for this. Stop pushing on me, I'm coming down. Stop pushing or I'll poke your eye out."
Ed finally settled on the fence above Mustang when the roping started. For a while, Ed and Roy watched intently. Just as Roy was starting to get bored, one of the cowboys came riding up to the fence where Ed was seated.
"Hey pardner! How would a boy like you like to help us cowboys out?" he drawled in such a way that told everyone he thought Ed was maybe 9.
"What!"
"Well, we'yere missin' a calf. So what you's gonna do see, is just run around this arena a few times for us, alright, pardner?" Ed just stared at him. Roy smirked. How had he known to bring a camera in his pocket? He pushed Ed hard enough to knock him off the other side of the fence.
"Alright! Boys, we got us a calf! A little yellow 'un." The crowd all laughed. Ed didn't know what do do. He stood, frozen by embarassment just a little ways away from the fence. Suddenly, the starting bell clanged, spooking Ed who tried to run back towards Mustang. A horse was already waiting for him. Ed hit the ground and rolled to avoid the lasso, then popped up again and sprinted away. The two riders converged behind him and readied their ropes. Ed threw himself sideways out of the way. The announcer was having the time of his life: "WHOA! There 'e goes! He's a trickly little one!" was repeated at least ten times before Ed circled back towards Roy. But the cowboys weren't about to let him escape. Just as he got close to enough for Roy to see how hard he was breathing, two ropes flew out behind him simultaneously, one around his arms and one around his left (automail) leg.
The two men made a big show of dragging Ed gently around the arena before releasing him, at which point he came flying towards Roy, took a running leap over the 6 foot fence and crashed into Mustang, who was laughing so hard he let Ed pull him back to the car. As soon as they were out of sight of the arena, Ed glared at Roy. "I'm NEVER going on a date with you again." he snarled. Roy just laughed. "Come on now Edward. Think of all the great pictures we have to remember it by." he said, pulling out his little camera.
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The next day, Fuery brought in a newspaper to show everyone. In big black letters on the front page read
"TWO STATE ALCHEMISTS SURVIVE CAR CRASH, WALK BACK TO CENTRAL."
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