"I'm glad," Ella said softly.

Ella gave a groan when she realized what she had to do today. She was going to take Johnny to Hughes' house like she always did when she was in Central, and then she wouldn't get to see him again. Not until Roy brought him back, that is.

Since when did I start calling him Roy in my head? Ella thought to herself, though didn't have enough time to finish the thought. She couldn't finish it because the golden haired boy popped out from under the covers of her bed.

"What are you doing here, silly?" Ella asked with a laugh. She hadn't even realized her son was in the bed with her until his little golden head popped out from underneath.

"Mommy, do I really have to go see that man today?" Johnny asked. Ella raised an eyebrow and sat up in the bed. She stood from it, picking Johnny up and carrying him to the small kitchen before setting him down in a dining chair.

"What do you mean, do you have to go see that man?" Ella asked. "He's your Daddy, Johnny."

"I know he's my Daddy," Johnny looked down at his lap, not bothering to look up. "I just never been alone with him before." Ella gave a soft-yet relieved-sigh. She understood this would come up sometime, and was a lot better than the comparison Ella had imagined up.

"It's, I've never been alone with him before, Johnny, and that's alright," Ella said, placing her hands gently on his shoulders. "That's alright because you'll get to know him, and eventually you two will be the best of pals."

"How will I know if he likes me or not?" Johnny asked, blinking those eyes that looked so much like his Father's.

"Who couldn't like you? You're amazing, and funny, and most importantly, you're you. You're my best friend, Johnny, and I know he'll like you. You're his son, after all." Ella said with a smile.

"Thanks, Mommy." Johnny said, getting up from his chair and running to his bedroom.

"Get dressed!" Ella called after him with a laugh. "We've got to go to drop you off at Uncle Maes' house!" she said before she decided to get dressed, herself.

Ella rushed to her bedroom to get dressed, picking out clothing out of her wardrobe. That was where she kept all her men clothing. The clothes that Johnny was never allowed to see unless she was wearing it. Ella picked out a long sleeved red t-shirt and some black jeans. She strapped her breasts down with the corset she had acquired over the years and dressed, braiding her hair shortly after to match the style she had been going with for so many years. She slipped her boots on before returning to the kitchen and making her and Johnny cereal.

"Now, Johnny, you just remember, if you feel uncomfortable with your Daddy, tell him to come over here with you, and you two can stay with me. I'll be home all night if anything goes wrong, alright?" Ella asked. Johnny nodded. "And don't worry about me still being at work, I get off of work at the same time as your Daddy."

"Yes, Mommy. Can we go now?" Johnny asked.

"Hands and teeth?" Ella asked, kneeling to see her son's height. Johnny showed his pearly white teeth and his clean hands. "Alright, we can go." she laughed, getting her coat before they left the house to go.

"Chief, how's it going?" Havoc asked as he smoked a cigarette at his desk. Riza didn't condone such a thing, but she wasn't in the office at the moment, and Ella had certainly noticed this. She secretly wondered if she was in the Colonel's office doing something naughty with him, though didn't keep the thought for very long.

"How's what going? The never ending paperwork I seem to have whenever I visit?" Ella smirked as the others laughed at her attitude. It seemed that everyone hadn't changed at all since she left. They knew she didn't live in Central other than the once a month she was there, and it seemed as if they weren't as happy as they were before, but still, they seemed normal.

"So, Ed, you never told us," Breda started. He got Ella's attention and she turned her gaze to him, waiting for the man to finish. "Why did you move back to Resembool?" The blonde had to ponder on the question for a moment, trying to figure out how to answer it exactly without giving away too much information.

"I wanted to be with my family," Ella said quietly for the moment, turning her gaze to the paperwork as she continued to speak. "I missed being with my family, you know, just being myself. I like to be myself when I'm not around others."

"Yourself?" Riza asked as she walked in the room. Ella noticed she hadn't walked in through the door of Mustang's office, but the entrance of the office they all shared.

"Yeah, you know, myself." Ella said, looking up from her papers to face the brown eyes of the only other blonde female in the room. She looked back down, and everyone was silent, not daring to question the short blonde any further. In secret, they were afraid of finding out what her real self was. Was she a sad crybaby that just wanted to belong, or even more rebellious than she showed.

The phone ringing interrupted everyone around noon. They could hear the Colonel answer it from his office, which made the phone in the shared office stop sounding. Mustang walked out of his office, seeming somewhat anxious.

"It's for you, Fullmetal." he said in a tone that slightly alarmed Ella. What could be so important? Ella didn't hesitate and picked up the phone in the shared office to hear what the other line was saying. Everyone watched the golden eyes widen before she spoke in a tone that frightened them all.

"I'll be right there!" she exclaimed in a frightened tone before hanging up the phone. "Mustang, I gotta go. It's Johnny." she said suddenly before turning toward the door and walking out of the room.

"Who's Johnny?" Havoc asked to the suddenly silent room. Everyone except Roy looked around as if saying, Beats me.

"Johnny is his son." Roy said before exiting the room, himself.

I noticed a lot of spelling errors in the last few chapters, so I'll be going back and correcting some of my mistakes before updating next time.