The Birthday
Mia and Laura had not been in Central long and at the moment were staying at Maes' house with Glacier and Elycia. Mia was having fun with her 'niece' and Laura was always talking to Glacier the two had a lot in common. Elycia's birthday was coming up and Mia was busy decorating the house with Maes. But later they eventually had to stop and go to bed, for they had to get up early and get to work. Since Maes was head in the investigation he let Mia and Laura do some work for him at HQ.
"Laura wake the hell up." Mia said as she got up out of bed, her and Laura were sharing the guest room.
"I don't wanna." Laura mumbled into her pillow.
"Get up or I will make you get up." Mia said.
"I'm up." Laura said sitting up in her bed and wiping her eyes.
"Well hurry up and get in your uniform we have to be at HQ in a half hour." Mia said walking over to the closet, taking hers out and making her way to the bathroom.
In fifteen minutes both girls were ready to head over to HQ, but neither were wearing there jackets they said it was far too hot for that. They made there way over to HQ Laura had he jacket neatly folded up and Mia was practically dragging it on the ground.
"You could at least treat your coat with better care." Laura said as they walked down the street.
"I don't wanna." Mia said. "And I'm not dragging it see." She motioned to her jacket which was dangling several inches off the ground.
Laura sighed and continued to walk knowing that it would be a pointless argument. Finally they reach HQ right on time and go to there temporary office where Maes sent some of the files Mia wanted to look at.
"Okay so here and the beautiful files." Mia said sitting down at her desk.
Laura said down in one of the chairs looking through her own file. They looked through the paperwork for over an hour more before Mia announced that she was getting hungry and wanted to go to lunch.
When they got there they saw Winry was there grabbing a tray and leaving the cafeteria.
"Hey Winry." Laura said as she walked by.
"Hey guys." Winry said then motioned to the try. "For Ed you know, has to keep up his strength."
"Always good, well I'll see ya later okay?" Mia said.
"Bye." Winry said as Laura waved.
When they took there trays they waked over to one of tables that only had one person at it.
"Well, long time no see eh?" She said to the girl sitting at the table.
When se turned around she immediately smiled, she had icy blue eyes and short dirty blond hair. "Mia!" She said as she got up and hugged her.
"Introductions?" Laura asked.
"Oh yeah, Laura this is my friend Heather we worked together in the Investigations department and Heather this is Laura an old friend."
"Hey." Heather said waving a little.
"Nice to meet you." Laura replied.
"So, are we gonna eat or just stand here?" Mia said motioning to the table.
"I vote for eating." Heather said.
"Alright then." Laura said.
The three girls sat down at the table and Mia learned that Heather had been promoted while Mia was away. She was now a Second Lieutenant.
"Well cheers." Mia said raising her drink up a little bit.
"Yeah congrats, I think I feel a promotion coming on." Laura said.
"Yeah it helps that you're dating the Colonel." Mia said laughing a little.
"You're dating Colonel Mustang?" Heather asked.
"Yup." Laura said.
"Huh, well that would help a lot now wouldn't it?"
"That's not the reason I might get promoted. It's because I'm good at my job and I learn fast." Laura said.
"Yeah, the Roy thing just helps." Mia said.
"Oh shut up." Laura said laughing slightly and pushing Mia.
"Come on we had better get back to the office and get ready to go Elycia's Birthday party is in an half an hour." Mia said looking at her pocket watch.
"Hughes's daughter?" Heather asked.
"Yeah." Mia said. "I promised him I would help out."
"I remember when I first came here, he bragged about his wife all day and then a year later it was his daughter." Heather said. "The guy's got a lot of love to spread."
"Very true, but he just wouldn't be him without it." Mia said.
"I know what ya mean." Heather said.
"Um, I don't mean to interrupt the moment but Mia." Laura said pointing to her watch.
"Oh yeah we gotta go." Mia said. "See ya Heather."
"I'll see ya and don't wait so long to get in touch again next time!" Heather yelled after them.
"You know I won't!" Mia called.
They rushed out of the cafeteria just in time to see Maes dragging Winry across the floor bragging about his daughter.
"Well she's coming to Elycia's party." Mia said looking down the hallway after them smirking to herself.
Laura to laughed a little to herself as they watched them go around the corner. They then continued to walk down the hall way to there office and leave.
When they were finished getting there things and left HQ.
"So, what did you get her?" Laura asked.
"A stuffed animal, it's a dog in a military outfit." Mia said.
"Dog of the military, cute." Laura said.
"You?"
"A nice little dress, it's real pretty I think she'll like it."
"We know Maes'll want to take thousands of pictures of her in it."
"Defiantly." Laura said grinning.
When Laura and Mia reached the house they immediately went up to change into there normal clothes. When the two girls were done they made there way back down to the party room as everyone arrived.
"Hey, my little weirdo's are here." Maes said as he met the girls at the stairs.
"When will you stop calling alchemist's weirdo's?" Mia asked.
"Never." Maes replied. "Now come on you're, missing all the excitement."
"I'm sure we are." Laura said as they fallowed Maes into the room.
"When they got in there they were greeted by Elycia herself and Maes walked off to greet some of the parents.
"Congratulations, Congratulations, Congratulations." Elycia said when they bent down to her. "Daddy said that when you say congratulations three time good things will happen to you."
"Did he now?" Mia said. "Well sounds like something your Daddy would say, but anyway happy birthday Elycia."
"Thank you Aunt Mia." Elycia said rocking back and forth on her heels and balls of her feet.
"How old are you?" Laura asked.
"Four!" Elycia said proudly holding up four fingers.
"You're not a little girl anymore are you?" Laura said.
"Nope I'm a big girl! Daddy said since I'm such a big girl now he'll show me how to work the camera soon. And I can take pictures!"
"That's great!" Mia said.
"Yeah!" Elycia said.
"Now why don't you go and play with your friends." Laura said.
"I'm sure they're all waiting." Mia said.
"K!" Elycia said and ran off to play with her friends.
"She's so sweet." Laura said as they walked over to the rest of the adults.
"She is, I remember when she took her first steps and fell down like five times, but she did it. Walked from me to Glacier, Maes was busy taking thousands of pictures you could fill a photo album with all the pictures he took." Mia said smiling.
Laura smiled as they reached the adults.
"Hey, guys." Mia said.
"Hey Mia, Laura." Maes said
"Hi." Laura said.
"Oh hello Mia, and who is your friend?" Asked a woman with dark brown hair and green eyes, she was one of Elycia's friend's mom's.
"This is Laura Kami, my dear friend." Mia said outing her arm around Laura.
"Nice to meet you." Laura said shaking her hand.
"Are you in the military too?" Asked a man next to the woman.
"Yeah." Laura said. "State Alchemist."
"Really just like Mia, eh?" Said the woman. "You must be happy."
"I am…" Laura said still smiling widely.
"Now my house if filled with freaks." Maes said.
"Stop it." Glacier warned pushing him slightly.
They talked for a little while longer until Elycia opened her presents and blew out the candles on her cake. But eventually the party was over and everybody had to leave. Glacier, Mia and Laura were cleaning up while Maes was in his dark room developing his photos.
Mia was busy taking some streamers down in the door way while Laura was picking up wrapping paper that Elycia tore up. Glacier was washing dishes in the kitchen but all three girls were talking to each other in loud voices so that the could hear each other.
"So, when's your next date with Roy?" Glacier called from the kitchen.
"As soon as I get back." Laura called.
"And they say I'm impatient." Mia said.
"You are." Laura said.
"Am not."
"Am to."
"Am not."
"Am to."
"Girls drop it, you act like children." Glacier said poking her head out of the kitchen.
"We're sorry mommy Glacier." Mia said.
"We'll never do it again." Laura said.
"That's what I like to here now come in and have milk and cookies."
"Yay!" Both girls faked enthusiasm but then laughed it off along with Glacier.
"You girls are so weird." Glacier said.
"What now you're talking like Maes?" Mia said.
"Maybe I am, perhaps I've been married to long."
"Might have been." Mia said.
"Wonder if me and Roy'll marry." Laura said.
"And here we go." Mia said.
AN: Woo update, I'm sorry to say but this story will be coming to an end soon, in maybe two or three chappies. But I must say I like writing this and do not I repeat do not hesitate to ask me to write more about these people's past or whatever. I shall enjoy it. And now I thank the fallowing people for reviewing… Slade1021, Day Dreamerz Rule and Strgazer. Now cookies and milk to all who review!