A Coal Miner's Daughter
Author's Note: HEY! Sorry it took me soooooo long to write this chapter… I had TONS of stuff to do because see that Hurricane.. Emily… it was heading directly towards the city where I was so we had to up and leave, yeah a two day car trip across Mexico, loved it ((BTW never ever rest your feet under a chair at the Hilton, I scraped my foot so bad that it kept bleeding for 3 hours))
Disclaimer: I don't own FullMetal Shorty or Alphonse Elric. I own Kady Mustang and Chris Sinclair!
Summary: Ed and Al have teamed up with a new girl, Mustang's niece, they are sent to investigate the happenings at a mine and get themselves caught in a giant military cover-up from years ago. Does the mine owner's daughter know anything about these strange happenings?
Chris smiled up at Al as he walked back into the room. He had been keeping her at an Inn and paying for her stay.
"Thank you… thank you again… you saved my life, then you save my life again, then you pay for my keep… I don't know how to thank you." Chris smiled. She had been under Alphonse's care for almost a week now. She smiled as he handed her a steaming cup of tea that she had asked for.
"Thank you sir." She nodded.
"It's my pleasure." Al sat down next to her and smiled as she took a sip and then stared at the liquid. "Is it… t-too tart…?"
"No… I've never had tea like this… what is it?" She asked in genuine interest.
"It's my mother's recipe, Caraway(1)tea." Al told her.
"Caraway? What's that?" She took another sip of the enticing brew.
"It's an herb only found in certain places around Amestris."
"An herb…? I didn't know Alchemist used herbs."
"A-alchemist? How'd you?"
"Because of that show you put on saving me, both times. My father dabbled in alchemy once." She told him.
"Has anyone ever told you that you are extremely perceptive?" Al said, then to himself he mumbled, 'And extraordinarily beautiful.'
"And what?" She looked over at him.
"N-nothing… sorry." Al spluttered.
"You're rather interesting you know that? I've never met anyone quite like you." Chris smiled at the young man.
"R-Really?" He couldn't figure out why he was so nervous, she was so pretty… his face flushed as his mind began to wander.
"You're blushing." She laughed, "What are you thinking about?" She brought her face in front of his and his face flushed darker as he tried to move away from her. "Silly boy." She giggled.
"You're pretty." He let that slip out before his face flushed, if possible, even darker. She blinked at him.
"Me? Y-You think so? Thank you… that was nice of you." She smiled. Al nodded.
"Yeah… I mean no I'm sorry… I mean not that you aren't but… I didn't mean to say that… I'm not saying that you aren't pretty because you are…" Al tried to explain and she laughed at him again.
"You are so cute… you can stop trying to explain I understand." She smiled and Al leaned forward, brushing his lips against hers, it was the first time he had done anything like that. Her face grew flushed as he instinctively pushed deeper into the kiss. "Well… I guess that explained everything…"
"S-sorry… I better get going…" Al stood and pulled his black jacket on over his uniform. "C-call me if you need anything else." He told her and ran out of the room.
"Ooookay… he's so uncomfortable around girls for some reason…" Chris watched him leave out the window. "I hope he gets over that."
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