Note from the Author: Okay, I finally have an update for everyone, and it's really short. But I wrote this at 4:00 in the morning, when I could sleep. Of course, when you can't sleep, all you can think about is not sleeping, so, this story was born.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Full Metal Alchemist or any of the characters, no matter how much I want to.

"Ed," Al whispered, "Ed! Wake up!" The elder Elric rolled over, still half asleep, and pushed a lazy arm towards his younger brother.

"Go 'way, Al," he mumbled, barely moving his mouth.

"But brother…" Al began to whine. He was interrupted, though, but an almost loud wail from Ed that really meant nothing, but rather symbolized that if he were woken up again- there would be blood. Al sighed and walked back to his bed, crawling back under the covers. He lay awake a moment longer, his eyes unwilling to shut. He had tried everything from counting sheep to reciting the periodic table of elements and their corresponding atomic masses, but nothing was working. It was just one of those nights.

Al couldn't sleep.

"Boron- 10.811, Carbon- 12.011, Nitrogen-14.007..."Al muttered to himself so quietly, one would be unsure if any noise were actually escaping his mouth. Once he arrived at the second noble gas, he stopped and sighed. If anything, it was just keeping him awake more. Maybe if he just forced his eyes shut and was still for a while…

Al couldn't be sure how much time had really passed, but when it felt like hours had gone by, he got out of bed again and moved towards his brother.

"Ed," he whispered again, "Ed! Wake up!" This time, Ed was really ready to show no mercy. He shot straight up and shot a flashing death glare at Al.

"Dammit, what d'you want?!" he asked harshly. Al jumped a little.

"Um, I can't sleep…" Ed lay back down and groaned.

"That's it…?" he whined. Al nodded in the dark, putting a little emphasis on it by adding an innocent "mhmm" to the mix. Ed sighed.

"Well what am I supposed to do about it?" Ed asked, his voice already becoming groggy again as he drifted back to sleep.

"Um, I don't know…Sorry, brother…" As Al said the words, he didn't think Ed heard them, or he probably would have been yelled at, with Ed in such a dangerous mood. The younger Elric walked back to his bed, again, and crawled under the covers, again. Immediately, his mind began balancing equations. Quick and simple- was there a better way to put oneself to sleep? Al smiled as he felt the effects of the easy equations. Just when he was about to at last drift off, Ed screamed.

He ran to Al's bed.

"Al!" he whispered, "Al! Wake up!" Al rubbed his eyes and tried to focus on the dark shadow of his brother.

"What is it…?" he asked, demonstrating the qualities he would have liked to see only a few minutes before.

"I had a horrible nightmare!" Ed went on in panic, "I was in the military and there was this guy- I don't remember his name, but he called me short! I'd say he was just too tall! But he just kept laughing at me and calling me-"

"Brother?"

"Yeah?"

"That's stupid…It's not going to happen…"

"Right…" Al heard Ed's footsteps as he returned to bed, and suddenly, as Ed's breathing evened out, he felt his eyes grow wider. Al sighed in utter disappointment.

"The percent composition oh hydrogen in H20 is…"

No.

It didn't look like Al was going to sleep that night.