Chapter 4
Remembering
The three friends arrived at the Old Tucker Estate at a very late hour. Skye was amazed by its size. After he noticed her expression, Ed kindly said, "This is where we'll be staying for the time being. Feel free to look around." He pulled a dull key from his pocket and unlocked the door. It was dark inside, but you could still tell that no one had lived there in a while. "I'll get the lights, Brother," said Alphonse, "There." The lights came on and the inside of the building was visible. The floor was covered with books and papers. It was also very dusty.
"Now, to the library!" exclaimed Ed. There was so much to do in only two weeks."Not me, Brother," said Al, "I'm tired. See you in the morning. Goodnight, Skye." "Goodnight, Alphonse," Skye said sweetly as Ed pulled her toward the library, exited to look at the books he had once used to pass the State Alchemy Exam himself. As Alphonse walked up the stairs to bed, he realized why he cared for Skye so much. She reminded him of their mother.
"This is the library where Al and I studied for the Alchemy Exam," Ed explained as they entered the Tucker library. "And all of these books are on alchemy!" Skye exclaimed as she stared at the wide variety of books around her. "Yep! Come on, let's start on, hmmm . . . this wall! It has tons of books on intermediate alchemy," he said as he raced her over to a shelf covered in many books. After a few hours of browsing through some books, Skye drifted off to sleep at a table across from Ed, who had his nose stuck in a book. By the time he noticed her, she was deep asleep. He laughed quietly, put down his book, and got up. He took off his coat and covered her with it. She looked like he did during those nights in Central's library, looking over Marcoh's notes many times. Before he knew what he was doing, he kissed her on the cheek.
When he pulled his lips away from her face, he turned off the lights except for the lamp on the table by the door, walked out of the room, and closed the door so no noise could wake her up. She had worked hard that day and deserved a good night's rest. Also, with their help, she would become a State Alchemist and maybe even work by his side on some assignments. He fantasized as he walked up the stairs to where he and his brother were going to sleep.
Ed entered the room to find his brother still awake and sitting on the edge of the bed. "What's troubling you, Al?" Ed said as he approached where his brother sat. "Oh! Brother! I didn't hear you come in.," said Al as he saw his brother coming toward him, "Well . . ." "Come on, Al. You know you can tell me anything." "It's just that . . . I can't stop thinking about Skye. She is so nice to us and takes care of us. She saved you from dying and we haven't done anything to repay her. Also, she . . . . reminds me of Mom."
Ed sighed, "The truth is, I can't stop thinking about her either. She's a powerful and smart alchemist." "What should we do, Brother?" asked Alphonse. "We should make tomorrow her best day ever!" "What a great idea, Brother! But now we need some sleep." said Al tiredly. He had stayed up much later than he had intended to. "Right! Goodnight, Al!" Ed yawned as he turned out the light, released his hair from it's braid, took of his jacket (the thing under the red coat), and got under the covers of his bed.
"Brother, do you know who else Skye reminds me of?" Ed glanced over tiredly at his brother, "No. Who else does she remind you of?" "She reminds me . . . of you." As Ed looked out the window next to his bed and pondered this, two plots were being made, and both involved taking Skye away from the caring arms of the Elric Brothers.
Okay, not as big of a cliffhanger, but still BUM BUM BUMMMM! (I love that sound!) Ed just kissed Skye! What do you think about that? Don't review yet, cause there are more chapters here.