SPECIAL NOTICE: Sorry, this story won't be updated for two weeks, but it will be being written! I'm going to camp, and I'll be writing it by hand...and i will probably be forced to read it out loud...XD the anime-freak girls are camp are absolute win. Last year, when I started Vampire/Dragon Lord, one girl made me read a chapter every night...XD I have like ten chapters written out by hand, just never have the time to type them out...sorry...enjoy the last chapter for a while...sorry it's short...

A/N: *dies* I…HATE…being…an…insomniac…Which is why I'm up at 1 in the morning – again, like the first and second chapters – writing you chaptah seven. Luv me (and give me something to kill annoying girlfriends with, HE'S MINE NAO BITCH)

*ahem* apologies. Personal troubles. ARGH I WISH MORE GIRLS WERE LEZ/BI CUZ THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH BOYS TT^TT

Oh, and while I'm ranting, have you noticed how a lot of Ed/En writers seem to be bi? Anyhow, moving on to da story.

Chapter 7

Envy

Just Like You

Ling brakes a few houses down from mine, but he does not unlock the doors. "You okay, Envy?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"You don't look fine."

"I said I am fine!" I snap, and he is taken aback. I immediately regret being so harsh. "Sorry," I mutter.

"S'okay. Everyone gets pissed, even me."

"Really?"

He cackles. "Really. I had a great time – we all did. See you at school tomorrow?"

"See you." I open the door and climb out of the car. Ling mock-salutes me with two fingers, and drives off.

I cannot remember the last time I had so much fun. The four boys I spent all afternoon with are bright and full of life. Instead of making me feel lifeless, they have given me some of their vitality. They are so sure of themselves, their place in life, their sexuality…

I make a face as I remember my mother's phone call. She is always harsh and suspicious, and I fear the interrogation that is soon to come.

I open the door, and counting the shoes at the door, I sigh in relief. Sloth and Wrath are home, and Greed is not. Sloth's shoes are simple black affairs with silver buckles, and Wrath wears tatty black-and-white trainers passed down from me.

'Envy!" My mother's bark echoes through the house, and I wince.

"Coming, Mum." I hurriedly arrange my hair over my ears and pray that she does not notice the makeup. I walk into her 'drawing-room', really nothing more than a glorified extra living room.

She is seated in her padded red armchair, high-backed and regally dominating the north corner of the room. Mum herself is a tall woman with hair spun of moonbeams, wrinkles etched into her face and sharp, piercing eyes of purple.

"You were at the shopping mall with your friends?" It is halfway between a statement and a question. "Who?"

I smoothly make up a lie that will satisfy her more than the truth – with a group of openly gay teenagers. "Winry Rockbell and Edward March."

She nods. "I expect you will be marrying her?"

I bite back a laugh and a retort. "No, Mum."

"Then who will she marry?"

"E-Edward, I suppose."

"Hmph." My mother lives in the past. She is past sixty, and still expects girls to marry before having sex. "Who do you intend to marry?"

"I do not know."

"Do not lie to me!"

I sigh, and scroll through suitable girls in my head. Dante asks me the same question almost every day, but I have never given her an answer before. Not Winry, not Roze, not Riza…

"Elysia Hughes."

She raises an eyebrow elegantly. "She is younger than you?"

"Only by three years."

"True enough. I expect you to introduce her to me soon."

I nod, and silently berate myself. Elysia Hughes has been in love with me ever since I was in 8th grade. She was being bullied for her father dying in Iraq, being told that meant she supported it, and I chased the bullies off. Now I have possibly dragged her into my mother's scheming universe.

"You are dismissed."

I gratefully leave, and go to talk to Lust. She is looking better now than usual, and she laughs when I walk in.

"I like your earrings. Did Ed persuade you to do that?"

"And his friends. I now know what you meant."

Lust smirks evilly. "And are you?"

"I have no idea."

"For your own sake, I hope you aren't. Remember her face when Sloth tried to tell her she was lesbian?"

I shuddered. Sloth had attempted to come out, and Dante had slapped her then tried to pretend nothing had happened.

"So, what'd you do?"

"I bought some clothes at Maleficarum, and…" I decided to try avoid the subject of the makeup.

"And makeup, I'm guessing, the way you're decked out."

I curse, reaching up to wipe off the eyeliner and mascara. She stops me. "Don't bother, and you look really hot in that."

"Thanks?"

"You're welcome."

I grin, then remember something. "Oh damn it, I have a math test to study for…"

"Good luck!" calls Lust after me as I race down to my room. I pull out the sleeping pills.

"No, not today. They…they like me…" I snort. "They do not. They merely wish to conceal Ed's illicit relationship…"

Ed's attempt to explain echoed in my head. With a groan, I store the pills back in their hiding place. How am I supposed to kill myself when I am having such a good time?

I sit down at my computer, and realize I have an email. I open it.

From: ponygirl_hughes hotmail. com

To: sympatico. ca

Subject: IT'S BEEN AGES!!!

Hiya Envy! 3

I haven't seen you in mooooooonths D: I miss u TT^TT but I guess you're busy *sigh*

Got a girlfriend yet? (I hope not XD but that's just me) I got asked on a date by Fletcher Tringham!!!! I thought he had the hots for Kole O.o I haven't answered him yet, but I'm not sure whether to say yes or no…I'm so confused…what should I do?

What have you been up to recently anyway? Apparently you're in the same grade as Fletcher's brother and Mei Chan's brother. It would be cool if you were friends with Russell and Ling! It's weird though I heard Al talking about them – apparently they're gay for each other, but it's hard to picture. Mei Chans super upset for some reason, I think she likes Al's older brother tho. You know him, right? Edward? (tooooootal hottie btw)

Anyhow, that's what I've been up to. Oh, and I dyed my hair purple! :D There, that's everything

-Ely-chan

I gape at the screen. Russell's little brother is asking out Elysia? My Elysia? Well, kind of mine. I highly doubt it is romantic, though my answer to my mother may have changed that, but I still feel a claim to her. More like a little sister than anything. I start to type a reply.

From: sympatico. ca

To: ponygirl_hughes hotmail. com

Elysia

I'm sorry I have not been around Xing Public School recently. Yes, I know Russell, Ling and Edward. I did not know their siblings were in your class…If you like Fletcher, say yes – if you are waiting for me, you should know… I hesitate, then plunge on. …I am having doubts about my sexuality. I know you have liked me for a long time, but I do not think it will work out between us. Besides, Fletcher is your age. I am still your friend though, and I hope you find romance elsewhere. If Fletcher breaks your heart, tell me and I will bash his head in for you.

Purple? Oh my.

-E. W. Angevin

I press send, and now that I have admitted my doubts, I feel much better. I shall not bother coming out to my family if I am though. Lust, yes. Sloth, maybe. But no one else.

Suddenly, another message pops up.

From: crimsonexplosion gmail. com

To: sympatico. ca

Well, hello, Envy. A little bird told me that you were hanging out with Edward, Alfons, Russell and Ling today. I take it that means you're a faggot like them…They're weaklings – if you want someone who can show you a good time, seek me out. I'll fuck you so hard you'll be begging for it.

I shiver and delete his email. After some thought, I block him. I shudder again. Maybe I just will not come out after all.

A/N: Sorry, short chap, I know. Yes, that was Kimbley. And ZOMG ELYSIA :3 I bow to ElysiaxEnvy fans temporarily…Ah, who am I kidding, EDEN FOREVAH!!!!!!!!