DISCLAIMER: I don't own FMA and all that jazz. Licity and Katie are mine. Steal and I kill.

A/N: Wow, this took forever. Anyways. Thanks for the reviews and stuff. It still keeps me going. You know the deal about the spelling errors; I'm notorious for them.

"Oh, my Gosh, Dad," Felicity shouted. "Why? Why the difficulty?" She questioned. "You wanted paperwork and you go it. It's right there. I carried it up the stairs and everything. That paper right there," she pointed to the stack of papers, "is heavy." Her father made no response he just tilted his head to the side with an amused smirk. "Riza, can you do something about him?" Hawkeye shook her head. Felicity sighed and sat on the edge of her fathers' desk. "Why am I here?" She asked, rolling her shoulders back.

"I've finally decided to let you go out into the field," her father started. Felicity's face lit up. "However, I want you with a partner." Her eye dulled a bit but she was still excited.

"As long as my partner isn't you, dad, I'm fine," Felicity said. "So what adult to I get to irritate? Armstrong?"

"No, I could put you will a co-worker. I believe that you know Edward Elric?" Her father asked. Felicity's face turned a light shade of pink, causing Riza to raise an eyebrow at her and her father to do the same. 'You okay?" She nodded.

"Yes, sir," she stated. "Just a little hot. That's all. I do know Edward."

"He will be your partner," Roy told her reluctantly.

He had mixed feeling about this. He wanted her to be happy. He knew that she wanted to be in the field; he knew that would make her happy. However, Elric? He couldn't seem to understand why he'd just given his daughter up to Edward Elric. He was the most irresponsible child ever. He knew that. He also knew that Felicity was more mature than some of the adults here. He was confidant that Felicity would be able to handle herself away from home. She wanted this. Roy's fatherly side was having a hard to releasing his daughter. He'd had her for so long that it was odd to even think about not having her in the house. That house was excessively big for one person. He couldn't imagine it without her. However, she wanted this. She wanted to be an alchemist. Therefore, that's what she was getting.

A knock on the door pulled him to reality. "Licity, go get a pen from Hawkeye." She sighed, but went. "Come in."

"You called, Colonel?" Edward asked as he walked up to the desk. The scent of strawberries filled the air. Felicity?

"Yeah, I have a new task for you and a new partner. So which one first; the task of the partner? Well it's not really a task it's more of a thing that someone wants you to do." Roy leaned back in the chair.

"Task," Edward said.

"Go to Rush Valley and you have a friend there. The pretty blond one."

"Winry?" Al asked.

"That's the name. She has something for your automail. As for you partner," he started. Felicity, who'd lost her shoes from the time that she left, came sliding into his office in her blue and pink socks. She slid and jumped on to the desk. "Meet Felicity Rayne Mustang, The Flash Alchemist." Felicity waved without looking up as she handed the pen to her father. "Where are your shoes?"

"Riza has 'em," She told him. She looked over her shoulder and saw Edward and Al. "Oh, hey, partner."

"Why does she have you're shoes? Hawkeye!" He called.

"Sir?"

"Shoes?"

"I don't have them. She left them beside me and slid away."

"Go get them, Felicity," he father told her. She rolled her eyes and ran out of the office, sliding when she had enough momentum.

"Who do you feel about you're partner?" Roy asked.

"Why?" Edward questioned. "Why did you pair me with her?"

"She wanted to go and I can't send her on a dangerous mission so I had to send her with you to Rush Valley. She wants to leave Central. That's why," Roy, told him. "But you listen. If my kid comes back in more than one piece, injured, or anything else, you are in for it. You got that, Full metal?" Ed nodded. "Now, the blond said she there already working some other automails, so leave tomorrow." Felicity slid back into the office. "Put you shoes on. You're gonna step-" he didn't finish because he was interrupted by a loud yelp, "-on a staple." Roy shook his head. "You alright?" She nodded. "Shoes on. Edward will fill you in on the task ahead. The three of you are just going to Rush Valley. You leave tomorrow at noon."

"Cool," Felicity said. "Let's go and talk about the task." She tossed Edward a smirk. "You," she turned to her father, "you are going to do this paperwork and if I come back into this office and it's not done. There will be trouble, ok?" Felicity smirked. "Ok. Let's go."

The trio, Ed, Al, and Felicity, walked out of the office and out on to the street. Every moment or so, Al would look over at Felicity. Her violet eyes were excited. She looked as if she'd never been anywhere before.

"This your first time going somewhere, Felicity?" Al questioned.

"Yep. Although I'm not really counting it as going somewhere. However, anything is better than nothing. So tell me about the task?"

"We are going to see a friend of ours, Winry," Al told her. "Ed got a crush on her."

Felicity's expression changed quickly. Her once excited violet eyes quickly turned to anger. Her smile was replaced by a frown. However, before Edward looked in her direction she had her happy face on. They weren't really a thing. It was official. Ed could have a crush on a girl if he wanted. Why did she give a damn? She didn't.

"I DO NOT have a crush on Winry. She's just an old friend. I've known her all my life; we're just really close," Edward told Felicity.

"That's super. It's great to know. Really. I don't understand why you felt the need to explain that to me." Licity told him.

"I…" Edward sighed and stopped talking. He knew that she was mad and there was nothing that he could do about it with Al around. So he let her be mad. He hoped that she'd just be mad and get over it, but that didn't seem to be happening.

"So is that all. We leave a t noon?" Felicity questioned and Al nodded. "Okay. Well I have to go and pack. How long will it take?"

"A few days. A week, tops," Ed told her.

She nodded and turned on her heel. "I'll see you at the train station at 11:45." The raven-haired girl smiled and walked off in the opposite direction.

"What's wrong with her?" Al asked. Ed rolled his eyes and started off after her. "Brother, come back!" Al called after him, but Ed kept walking. "Brother!" Al stood in the middle of the street and sighed. He knew that his brother didn't want him to follow him, so he walked to their apartment to pack.

"Felicity," Edward called after her. She stopped walking, just long enough to place his voice and then continued to walk. The young woman turned into a side alley. "Felicity! Felicity, stop!" He reached for her, grabbed her arm and turned her around to face her. Her violet eyes were angry; there was no other emotion there. "What?"

"Nothing," She told him.

"Felicity."

"Nothing," She repeated. She tried to pull away from him but could break the grasp of his automail hand. She sighed and leaned on the wall behind her. The street beside the alley was quiet and the there was no one out.

"Felicity Rayne, what is your problem?" Edward asked her.

"Ed, what are we?" She asked him.

"Huh?"

"What are we? Were do we stand?"

"Again, huh?"

"What's our relationship?" She asked him.

"Oh," Ed sighed. He released the grip that he had on her. "Felicity, I don't know. Is that really what's bothering you?" She nodded. "I don't know."

The raven-haired girl tossed her hands up in the air and laughed. "Yeah, Ed. I'll see you later. Eleven forty-five tomorrow." She smiled. "And don't you worry your pretty little head about anything. I'll decide what our relationship is. We are partners. Nothing more. Nothing less." She smiled and walked from the alley. "See ya'."

Edward rolled his eyes. Why are women so complicated? What had she wanted him to say? He groaned. She had feelings for him. She wanted something more. She wanted a relationship. She wanted him to be her boyfriend. That's what she wanted. How could he be so stupid? He sighed. He couldn't do that. He just couldn't. He had to keep her at arms length. He didn't want her to be caught up in his life. He couldn't disobey Mustang. He didn't want her to get hurt. He had feelings for her and because he did, he didn't want her to get hurt. He left the alley and then walked to the place where he and Al were staying. Tomorrow would be interesting, to say the least.

"Dad, I don't wanna do it anymore," Felicity shouted as she walked into his office. Her arms were crossed across her chest and her violet eyes were still ablaze with anger. She looked up and saw Riza buttoning her shirt and pulling on the hem with a faint blush. He father's hair was messier than usual and his navy blue jacket was on the ground. "See, I should be extremely excited, but all I have to say is, it's about time. Now like I was saying. Daddy, I don't want to do it anymore."

"What are you talking about, Felicity?" Roy asked her.

"I don't want to go out. I'll stay here for the rest of my life. I don't want to go." She shouted. Riza's eyebrows rose and her father just looked at her.

"You have to-" he started.

"Daddy, please. Daddy please don't make me go," The raven-haired girl begged. She never begged. Her violet eyes were no longer angry; they were now on the verge of tears.

"Roy before you tell her she doesn't have to go. Let me talk to her," Riza told him as she grabbed Felicity's hand. "Come here." The blond woman took her from her father's office and into an empty office at the end of the hall. "What's wrong, Felicity?"

"I can't go. I can't be with Ed while he's with that girl. She knows him. He knows her. He has a crush on her. I was so stupid," Felicity muttered.

"What are you taking about?"

"I kissed him. I kissed him more than once. In addition to that, I have this feeling and it's so overpowering. Every time I'm around him, I can't help but smile and I have to pay attention to everything he says. I just can't help it. It's so damn confusing."

"Who'd you kiss? Ed?"

"Yes."

"That's why you turned red this morning. It makes sense now," Riza said. "I think that you should go. You should go and see how he feels about the girl and how she feels about him. Go."

Felicity sighed. "All right. I'll go." Her violet eyes had calmed a little. "But why?"

"You might need to see how he interacts with her and you. That's how you know," Riza stated.

Felicity left the office and sighed. "Ok." She then walked into her father's office. He looked up at her and tilted his head. "I'll go. But what's going with this?" She waved her hand between him and Riza. "Hmmmmm?"

"It's a secret, Licity. That why you don't know. You have a big mouth. If it was to be public then you would have known," Roy told her. "So keep it that way. And you need to pack and pack lightly."

"I bet you Hughes knows," Felicity muttered as she left. "I know he does. Light, heh. That's funny. One suitcase?" She looked over her shoulder and saw her father nod. "Heh. That's great." She sighed as she left the office.

"What happened, brother?" Alphonse questioned as Edward walked into the room.

"Girls are overrated," was his answer.

"Is Felicity okay? You didn't hurt her did you?" Al asked.

"Nope," Edward said as he tossed some cloths into his suitcase. "Not physically anyways," he muttered under his breath.

"Hey, Katie," Felicity called to her friend. "I got assigned to a task and I'll be out for a while. So that means no Serenity. So if you could relay that to the manager." Felicity sat at a bar stool and twisted on it. She sighed and Katie didn't respond. She sighed louder and Katie still didn't respond. She huffed loudly.

"Is something wrong, Licity?" Katie questioned.

"Yeah and no. I kissed Ed last night," The raven-haired girl stated. Katie laughed and slid a shot glass of whiskey to her. "And then I asked him about us and he said he didn't know. So I told him that were partners no more, no less." Katie groaned and took the glass from her friend. "Hey!!"

"I can't believe you. You are crazy!" Katie yelled.

"I'm crazy. I'm not the one that kissed someone and didn't expect something from it. Give me my drink. I need it. Katie, please?" She begged.

"Okay," Katie handed her the glass and pulled out the bottle. "Have at it."

"Thanks. So he's my partner. That's the only reason that I'm so stressed. Than and he's brother says that he has a crush on s girl named Winry. So yeah." Felicity took the shot of whiskey and then pour another one and drunk that one. She shook her head and gasped.

"Why don't you ask him?" The girl asked as she leaned on the bar and cleaned a glass. "You can't go off what his brother says."

"I did. That was the whole 'what are we' conversation. You don't listen do you?" Felicity started to pour another glass; however, Katie took the bottle from her and placed it behind the counter. "Katie!"

"Enough. Go and pack. Go and make him want to be with you," Katie told her as she took the glass. "Go. Make him want you."

Felicity rolled her eyes. "I'm not a slut like you. I can't do that." Katie tossed her a look. "I'm kidding. I'll try."

"No cargo pants."

Felicity stood. "That's my wardrobe. Cargo pants, tank tops, and crop tanks."

"Wear a crop tank. Show him that tanned, flat stomach." Katie joked. "Wear a jacket and then wait till it's hot then take the jacket."

Felicity shook her head and sighed. "You know what? That's a bad idea. I know it is. But the worst thing is. I'm going to listen to it. I'm gonna take your advise and do it."

"Yay! One for Katie, zero for Licity."

Felicity sighed and rolled her eyes as she left the restaurant. She was about to get herself into a world of trouble and she knew it. It's just she wanted a real answer; not one of those fake ones that he'd given her. Well that and she wanted to know about Winry. She wanted to check out the competition and see how much she had to work. She sighed and stood outside of Total Eclipse. Something told her to tell Katie that she'd changed her mind and grab another drink, but she couldn't. She looked up at the sky as a flash of red appeared. She tilted her head to the side. "Fireworks?" She questioned. It appeared again and she shook her head. "Bad alchemy." She stated as she dashed to her house to pack.