~ Buy My Heart ~
Chapter Ten: Honesty
I try to see the good in life,
But good things in life are hard to find.
We'll blow it away, blow it away.
Can we make this something good?
Well, I'll try to do it right this time around.
Daughtry, 'It's not over'
Riza jumped back just a second after kissing him.
"No, I shouldn't."
Roy frowned slightly, "Riza, I --"
"No, Tom. I don't want to hear it." She shouted back, before her eyes widened and she put her hand to her mouth, realizing what she said.
Roy just stared at her speechless for a moment. "How did you...?
"How did you expect me not to realize, Roy? I'm not stupid. I had to figure it out eventually, that you're a liar, and have always been." She was yelling.
"Riza, I'm sorry I didn't tell you-" He began, knowing he had to tell her everything.
"No. Don't go playing that card. The considerate gentleman you've been pretending to be all this time. Making me hate myself for falling for it, even though I know what you're really like. I don't understand. Why couldn't you have just told me, when you saw me? You must have recognized me - I wasn't disguising myself, lying about my name."
"I don't know. I just acted on impulse. I saw you and it was the most perfect timing, considering everything." Roy explained, taking a step closer to her.
"Get away from me. I thought I could handle this, but you've just --" She made a frustrated noise, not even knowing what to say. "I'm going to my room. Don't disturb me, I'll come to you, when I'm ready to talk about this."
Roy sighed, as she ran off. Shit.
"What?" Maria exclaimed, feeling a wave of panic wash through her.
"Edward said you were busy, so he was going to walk home, Miss Ross."The teacher said, looking concerned.
"Where's brother, Maria?" Alphonse asked, tugging on her pant leg.
She forced a smile and looked down at Al. "Don't worry Al, we'll find him. But first, do you have any idea where he could be?"
Alphonse shook his head, quickly.
Maria frowned and looked back to Ed's teacher, Mrs Curtis. "I'll drive down all the routes he could've gone. Sorry to bother you, Izumi."
The teacher waved a hand in dismissal. "Whatever. But when you find him, let him know that he's in a lot of trouble for lying to me."
Maria nodded, and took Al's hand, as they walked back to the car.
"This is about yesterday." She murmured, remembering the boy's reaction to finding out about Riza's... marriage.
"-- and I've transferred all the data over to the Kimbley accounts, so it should be resolved by the deadline, sir." Havoc finished.
"Good work, you can go back now." Mustang replied, looking back to his computer, as the worker left.
The phone buzzed and Roy picked it up, noticing it was from the secretary downstairs. "Yes?"
"Uh, Mr. Mustang. There's a child down here who is demanding that he has business with you. I'm not quite sure what to do...?" The secretary said uncertainly.
Child? Mustang wondered. "What's the child's name?"
There was a moments pause before the secretary replied, "He says Edward, sir."
Mustang sighed. "Okay, tell him I'll be right down." Roy stood up, grabbing his mobile phone and dialing.
"Maria Ross, speaking."
"Maria, it's Roy. Just wondering how the boys are going?" Roy asked, innocently.
"Uh, sir, about that..."
"Edward's here." Roy interrupted. "Come down to headquarters."
"Oh thank goodness. Uh, Sir, Edward -" The dial tone clicked in. "Found out." Maria finished, dully.
Roy strided out to the reception, where a rather annoyed looking Golden haired boy was waiting.
"Edward. To what do I owe the honour?" He asked, smiling at him.
Edward glared. "You married my m-"
"Why don't we go to my office to wait for Maria to come pick you up?" Roy cut in. The last thing he needed was for a rumour to spread that Riza had a son, or something to that affect.
Edward scowled, but agreed.
"I told you to look after my mother, not marry her." Edward growled, as soon as they were alone in the office.
"Ah, well Edward, It's complicated." Roy began, thinking he should probably call Riza. She'd want to explain this to him herself. "How about I take your mother to your place this afternoon and we can discuss this with her?"
"Fine." Was the blond's grudging reply.
Why does everything have to fall apart at once? He wondered, knowing he had to go back and talk to Riza preferably before he took her to see Edward.
"Miss Riza?" Sienna asked, her wavy brown hair tied into a loose ponytail. "Did you and Mr Roy have a fight?"
Riza sighed. "What gave it away?"
Sienna sat down in the chair next to Riza's at the dining table. "You're making such a face, how could I not realize?"
Riza smiled bitterly. "I don't understand." She moaned, tipping her head back inelegantly. "I'm meant to be royally pissed off at him, for being a total lying bastard. Bt I'm only upset that I didn't give him a chance to clear things up."
"What do you want the end result of this to be?" Sienna asked, curiously.
Riza looked to the roof in thought. "Even when I knew he was lying, he still managed to charm me." She moaned. "I just want him to come home and tell me this amazing reason for what he did, one that makes it impossible for me to be angry. And then we can just, I don't know, get to know each other more. I think I could fall in love with him, even."
"If you're not, already." Sienna smiled.
The clicking of the front door made Riza jump up and look towards the sound. It was too early for Roy to be back, wasn't it? And yet, it was him who entered the room, pausing for a second as he realized that Riza was in the room.
"Riza," He began.
"I'll go," Sienna murmured, "do maid stuff." She finished, walking away briskly.
Roy took a step closer. "Can I explain?"
Riza nodded. "Yeah."
"I have to show you something." He said, gesturing out of the room, "Follow me."
Riza followed him.
"When I was younger, as you know, the whole homeless shelter thing was for community service." Roy began, leading her up the stairs. "My dad was so angry that I'd bring bad publicity to the business, that he made me wear those contacts and the wig, that way no one would realize that the person doing service, was his kid."
They entered the library and Riza looked around, confused. What could he show her in there?
"So anyway, I had to se the alias and everything, for him. And then I met you. You know the middle of the story, so I'll skip to the end. The day you left -" He pulled a book, The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe out and handed it to her. "- I had gotten all ready to tell you, I was really hoping you'd be okay with it."
"Open it." He said gesturing to the book in her hands. "It seemed appropriate, being your favourite book back then, to put it there."
Riza gasped, as she realized what it was he had put in the book -- the note.
'Dear Tom Monroe,
I've never been happier then when I met you. You've helped me so much, and even though I have nothing - I feel like I have something, just because of you.
I was offered a job, as a receptionist, it sounds kind of promising, so I'm looking forward to it. But - and this is under no circumstances a goodbye letter - I don't want you to know where it is just yet. When you next see me, I'll be making something great out of my life, you've given me faith that I can, and you'll be proud of me. I promise.
Remember, this isn't goodbye, and I will find you again, once I'm on my feet and have something to show for myself. After all, How many Tom Monroe's are there in Central? I'll just look you up in the phone book one day and appear on your door step. So you better not forget me, or else it'll be awkward.
It'll be better when we meet again, we'll be older. Because I really look forward to you letting me know what true love is.
I'm in Like with you, Tom. Very very in Like. And one day, that just may turn into love.
Lots of Like,
Elizabeth (Riza) Hawkeye.'
"You kept it." She murmured.
"Well, you were the first person to ever see me as someone other than the rich kid that they could use. I was quite infatuated with you." Roy replied. "And then when I saw you again. I was just so amazed and before I knew it, I was proposing. And, that's about it."
Riza nodded, before gently raising her hand.
SNAP.
Roy stared at her in amazement, as he realized she'd slapped his face. "Um, ow." He murmured, realizing she was stronger than she looked. A lot stronger.
She nodded. "That was for lying." She said, before allowing a smile to make it's way on her face. "And you have to make it up to me with a date." She leaned in and kissed him on the cheek where she'd hit him, before turning away.
He looked at her, awestruck for a moment.
He had to admit, he was relieved that everything was out in the open now. All that was left to do was... tell her about Edward.
"Ah, Riza?" He called after her.
Riza barely gave the car time to pull to a halt, before she ran out of the car and to the front door of the house, where her two boys were. She was distraught with the fear that her boys would hate her or think she was abandoning them.
Roy followed her at a slower rate, his mind working to find a solution that would appease both Riza and her sons to this situation.
Throwing the front door open, Riza called out, "Boys, I'm here!" Before rushing inside to find them, Roy closing the door for her. Edward was sitting on the couch, arms crossed, obviously waiting for Riza's explanation. Alphonse was on the floor, with a pencil and some paper, writing down in a rather advanced style for his age.
"Boys..." Riza began, hesitantly.
Maria entered the room, but paused when she saw Roy and Riza already in there, Riza in the middle of the room, and Roy standing back at the doorway.
"Mrs M- Riza," Maria spoke, catching herself from saying Mrs Mustang. That probably wouldn't help things at all. "I'm am so sorry about this, Edward got into the newpaper and found last months article on... the situation."
Riza nodded. "It's okay, Maria. I probably should have told them sooner." She said, before looking to Edward, who looked hurt.
"Why didn't you tell us?" He asked, his voice coming out a little softer than he had obviously meant it to.
"You'll be able to understand this so much better when you're older, Darling." Riza said, looking to Roy for help without realizing it.
Roy took a step forward. "It's more of a business deal than anything." Roy said, looking at Edward and speaking as if the kid was an adult. "I needed it to look like I was married, so I asked Riza to be my wife and in return, I agreed to support the three of you financially."
Edward thought for a moment. "That's why we have this big house, and Mum's almost never home?" He asked.
"Yes." Roy agreed, feeling some pity for the children.
"Don't go back and leave us again, Mumma!" Al spoke up, hopping up from his seat on the floor and looking at her worriedly.
"Yeah!" Edward agreed. "You can't trust him. We can protect you, not him."
Riza bit her lip, feeling an urge to cry, which she pushed away. "I-I have to go back. We can't keep living the way we did on the streets."
"We don't care where we live, we just want to be with you." Edward declared.
"Than why don't you move into the mansion that your mother and I are in?" Roy suggested, calmly.
Riza looked at him in a mixture of hope and disbelief. "Really?"
When you look at me like that, how can I refuse? Roy thought, but instead he just smiled and nodded.
"But, people will notice. It may start all kinds of rumours for you to have two children living with us." Riza said, thoughtfully.
Roy scoffed. "Like I care what people think of me. But if it worries you, I can put out word that we're adopting your orphaned relatives, or something."
Riza smiled and looked to her boys. "How about it?"
"Yeah!" Al agreed enthusiastically.
Edward bit his lip and nodded slowly. "I guess that would be better."
Roy shook his head, smiling. The power one woman can have over me.
Naww... Everything's falling into place. Okay, so I hope you liked this chapter, Reviews would be nice :D. ~Little-Miss.