Forbidden But True A Roy Mustang Story Chapter 6 Ranges & Rivals
Memo: I'm going to apologize in advance for the many things that have been amiss 1. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter out both my editor and my self have been busy and grounded from our Internet usage…. 2. Sorry that this chapter is so dang crappy! It was just one of those things that sounded good when you thought it up and then when it was written it was bad. You know how that feels don't you? All of my little imaginary friends and Roy nod
"Oh come on Riza!" you say in shock, "You think that shot needs work?"
"Yes I do, it was off by at least half a centimeter." "I still think you're crazy…." you mutter rolling your eyes.
"What was that?" she asked cocking a brow.
"Nothing Lieutenant." you say with a smirk.
You enjoyed the time at least once a week that you and Riza spent at the range. It was one of the few times that she would loosen up and have a little bit of fun. Plus it was a hell of a lot better than sitting around doing paperwork.
"So are you doing anything tomorrow night?' she asked "Maybe be we could go out for dinner, we haven't done that in a while."
Your face dropped a bit as you though back to the day before and the plans you had made.
FlashbackYou shift had been over for about ten minutes but you had stayed behind to finish filing some reports and Roy had decided to wait for you.
"Hey Sam are you doing anything tomorrow evening by any chance?" he asked after a few moments of silence.
"Maybe" you say looking up from the papers you were putting in your desk "Why do you ask?".
"Because as I told you before my family will be in town for a couple of days and they have always been fond of you, so I thought that you might like to join us for dinner Friday night" he responded smoothly.
You thought about it and once again that little nagging voice in the back of your head screamed in protest. But when did you ever listen to it anyway?
"Sure Roy I'd love too" you say after a short moment of silence.
"Great!" he said with a smile "They'll be surprised"
You smiled back at your friend warmly as you pulled on your military issue black trench coat and walked towards the door.
"Well see you tomorrow!" you said as you briefly paused at the door.
You heard Roy call some form of good-bye as you walked out of the office.
"I'm sorry Riza but I have plans," you say while avoiding her eyes.
"Have plans with the colonel do we?" she says with a smirk.
"Sorta.." you say still not looking her in her face "His parents and going to be in town and since you know we grew up together and all he thought they might like to see me, there's nothing else to it really we're just fr.."
"I know Sam you don't have to explain any of it to me," Riza says cutting you off with a smile "But you two do seem to spend a lot of time together."
"Yeah we do don't we...," you say mulling it all over in your head.
There was a brief silence between you before Riza says; "You haven't told him yet have you?"
"No" you answer with a sigh.
"You think you should?" she questions cocking a brow "Before he starts to get the wrong idea".
"Yeah Riza you're right, I'll make sure I tell him real soon".
"You're still going to be at the Top Gun competition right?" she asks raising an eyebrow.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world!" you say happily.
"Good now that we've cleared that up lets get back to shooting," she says with one of her rare bright smiles.
You spent all the time from after your lunch to about two hours before the end of your shifts blasting away targets. When you arrived back at the office you found that everyone had left early. Except Roy. When the two of you entered the room you were greeted by the sound of his snoring. You both found it rather hard to contain your laughter at the sight of the colonel asleep at his desk…drooling on a stack of paperwork. Where's Hughes with his camera when you need him?
"Well I better go get copies of the papers that the Colonel…umm …ruined" Riza said before exiting the office in a swift fashion.
"Damn her!" you mutter darkly to yourself, "leaving me with the job out waking this idiot up."
Then you got an idea. You carefully took a couple of the papers that Roy had drooled on as "Evidence" before crumpling the rest into a pile. Then after pulling on your gloves you proceeded to light the papers on fire and yell, "FIRE!" right in Roy's ear. You had never seen the man move that fast in his entire life, as he dashed a good ten feet away from his desk.
"Wow Roy for some one who specializes in flame alchemy you sure to have an unnatural fear of fire don't you?" you say laughing as you extinguish the small flames before they can damage anything else. For a moment he opened his mouth as if he was going to respond but for whatever reason changed his mind. You just rolled you eyes and finished cleaning up the mess of ashes the fire have left behind.
"You do know that the paperwork you just turned into an on desk bonfire will have to be replaced right?" he says with a smirk.
"I know" you reply smirking back at him "Lt. Hawkeye is doing that right now"
"So you've got my subordinates doing your dirty work now do you?" he questions raising an eyebrow.
"Nope" you say still smirking "Those papers were in need of replacing long before I got a hold of them"
"Really and why was that Colonel?" he asks thinking he was going to be able to catch you in a lie.
"Lets just say you drool in your sleep Sir," you say while hold up the pieces that you had saved.
"I'll pay you five bucks1 to destroy them," he says in a low tone after looking around to make sure no one else had seen any thing.
"Deal" you say and snap you fingers, incinerating the paper. After collecting your pay you left to meet Riza for a rescheduled dinner.
The Next DayThe whole day seemed to blow by in a haze of paperwork and other boring things. You had found a few more of Roy's papers that had "accidentally" been placed into your stack again, but decided to confront him on it later. As you were cleaning up your desk and preparing to leave you were approached by any usually happy looking Roy.
"What's got you so happy?" you ask with eyebrows raised.
"Nothing!" he said still smiling "I just came over here to tell you that I'll pick up at your place around 7:30pm".
He had something else going on you just knew it; he didn't get that happy over things like that. Maybe he found himself a date to show off to his brother. With Roy who knows. When you arrived at home you made a very important realization; you needed something to wear. You couldn't show up to a semi-formal dinner in your uniform, Roy would never let you live it down. But lucky for you, you had hit problems like this before and had an answer. Back in the corner of your closet there was one item of clothing that totally stood out from the rest. It was a beautiful flowing navy blue dress that was loose but form fitting. Simple but elegant. 2 In other words it was, in your eyes, perfect.
Roy arrived at 7:30, just as he had said.
"Here this is for you" he said as he handed you a single red rose "I figure you dissevered something for agreeing to go through with this"
You smiled warmly at him and said "Thank you Roy but you really didn't have to, I agreed to come with you by choice remember?"
He just smiled back and said, "Well we better get going or we'll be late"
And with that you left. When you arrived at the restaurant you saw that Roy's family was also just getting there. You heard Roy let out a low moan as his mother caught sight of him
"There's my little boy!" she said as she pulled him in to a tight embrace.
"Hi mom it nice to see you" he said forcing a small smile "and you too dad"
"Who's this gorgeous girl you have with you here Roy?" he father asked him as you blushed crimson "She wouldn't be your girlfriend would she?"
Before either of you could answer Roy's mother took a moment from fussing over Roy's hair to correct her husband.
"Robert that's John Larsen's daughter Samantha, you remember the one.." she said with a bit of a nervous laugh .
"Oh of course!" he said laughing along "She's just grown up so much I didn't recognize her at first".
So they knew, but they had never told Roy?
"Yes she's grown into quiet a beautiful young woman," Mrs. Mustang said smiling.
"Thank you very much Mrs. Mustang," you say returning the smile.
"Good lord Samantha you've know me all of your life please call me Ann!" she said before going back to trying to flatten Roy's hair "Roy honey don't you own a comb or something?"
"Yes little brother don't you military men take any pride in your appearance?"
You saw the look of total disgust that over took Roy's face when he heard that voice; it was Charlie.
"Well hello there Miss Larsen!" he said cheerfully before Roy had a chance to say anything about his last remark.
"Hi Charlie it nice to see you again" you say smiling "Oh and please call me Sam".
Charlie took this opportunity to start going on to you about his business and you thought he might never stop. But then Roy decided to make his voice heard.
"Well since everyone has arrived why don't we make our way into the restaurant?" he said while still giving his brother a glare.
"Oh course we seem to be a bit late for our reservation that Roy-kins was nice enough to make" said his mother like she was talking to a two year old and you watched Roy flinch at this.
Roy's mother was a very loving person and she had some letting go issues when it came to her youngest son, so for this reason he tends to avoid having her around anyone who might use her pet names against him. When you were seated Charlie immediately started attacking his younger sibling with questions.
"So its Colonel Roy Mustang is it now?" he asked eyes brows raised and Roy just nodded "Took you long enough didn't it?"
You could tell by the look on his face and the tone of his voice that Roy didn't appreciate the comment when he said "Well big brother I'll have you know that I'm in line to be the youngest member of the Military Command"
"Oh really that's nice" said Charlie not, or at least trying not to, looking very impressed "And if my memory serves me right you'd be Lt. Colonel Samantha Larsen, so are you one of my brother's subordinates?"
You almost felt insulted at that; you had been a colonel for about two months now and even when you were a lower rank you were never one of his subordinates! But you remained calm as you answered him.
"No actually I was promoted to Colonel a few months ago"
"Oh!" he said sounded surprised "Well then congratulations, it must be a real honor for a woman to rank that high!"
Charlie Mustang, annoying older brother, pushy businessman, and over achiever was now also sexist. Not wanting to start anything you just smiled and nodded, but you caught a look of look of very strong anger on Roy's face.
"What's got him so mad" you wondered "It's not like he was the one who was just insulted"
For the next few minutes a heavy blanket of silence covered the table but it was eventually broken by Roy's father.
"That's enough of all the business talk lets discus about other things" he said and gave you a wink.
He understood that his eldest son had offended you. "So how has life been treating you Sam?" Mr. Mustang asked you with a smile.
"Not too bad, besides the fact that I'm currently stuck sharing an office with your procrastinator of a son"
He chuckled at that "So you've been keeping him in line have you?"
You smirked as you replied "Oh no sir that's Lt. Hawkeye's job"
"Yeah and she's the military's best sharpshooter" Roy added with a sigh.
"Sweetie I didn't know your office job was so dangerous!" exclaimed a very troubled Mrs. Mustang.
"Mom I'm a fully trained State Alchemist, being in the office is the least dangerous place for me to be" Said Roy trying to clam his mother "Besides between the two Samantha here is more likely to shoot me before Hawkeye, she's got the itchy trigger finger"
With that comment you prepared yourself for the rage of Mama Mustang, but Roy was the one in trouble.
"Roy Mustang!" she said clearly mad "That was uncalled for young man"
You didn't see the big deal, the guys in the office said stuff like this all the time and you didn't get mad. So why was Roy's mother so upset? But then as Roy apologized, looking like a scolded child, it hit you. This was all a product of her extremely over protective nature, and Roy just went along with it. You had never realized the he capable of this sort of kindness, even towards his own mother. When the dinner was over you all said your good byes and Mrs. Mustang once again smothered her son with hugs and kisses saying that she would see him tomorrow.
When the two of you reached the car you asked "So what's tomorrow?"
Roy just groaned and said "I'm taking them on a tour of Central Command"
"You know I think its really sweet how you put up with your mother" you say in one of the rare moments were you were gentle towards him.
"You really think so?" he asked sounding surprised.
"Yes I do" you say with a smile "I think guys shouldn't be afraid to show that kind of emotion"
You quickly mentally slap yourself for saying the last part aloud.
"So the Blaze Alchemist likes guys who show emotion does she?" he said in a half mocking tone as he slid a little closer to you on the seat.
"Maybe" you mutter as you blush a bit and slide towards the window.
He took that as a hint and slid back into to the driver's seat and pulled out of the parking lot. When you reach your house he pulled over and quickly got out and opened your door while you looked at him as if he had gone totally crazy.
"What was all of that about?" you ask.
"Oh just one of my ways of thanking you for coming with me tonight" he answered with a smile.
Then he suddenly leaned towards you, but must have forgot about the curb and fell flat on his face. But before he hit the pavement you could have sworn that it looked like he was going to kiss you or something. But that thought was quickly pushed aside, it was crazy; he would never do anything like that. As you started cracking up at the sight of Roy crumpled on the sidewalk he just picked himself up mumbling under his breath.
Then after a slightly awkward silence you say "Well I'd better go, thanks for the nice evening"
"Yeah good night" he replies before he gets back in the car and drives away.
1 I know that they don't use this type of money but it sounded best.
2 Wow this is probably to longest, and worst, description of a dress that I have ever written.
