A/N: Another one of those stupid, filler chapters. I'm looking forward to doing next month's. Halloween! I'm sorry to say though that I won't be getting on tomorrow (11-23) to post anything. I have so much schoolwork to do before Thanksgiving break that this is just taking up too much time. I'll try to post something the day after that (though that will be my actual birthday, so we will see.) My parents promised if I get good grades on this science test, that I can have constant access to my computer, which should help out the writing process.
Chapter 12
September
"What movie should we watch?" Alphonse inquired of Edward and Winry, thumbing through all the spines of the DVDs the Elrics owned.
"Something semi-long," Winry said.
"Something not long at all," Edward answered at the same time as Winry.
The two teens glared at each other and tried again.
Winry started, "A romance."
Ed parried her, "Action."
Alphonse blinked at them, "I want to watch Lord of the Rings."
"That's too long," growled Edward.
"There's too much action in that movie," complained Winry.
Alphonse rolled his eyes and muttered, "Brother doesn't want to watch it because Hobbits remind him of himself and Winry doesn't want to watch it because Legolas's hair reminds her of Brother."
"WHAT?" shouted Winry and Edward in unison.
Alphonse smiled sneakily and asked, "How about an oldie? Let's watch To Kill A Mockingbird."
Still seething, Edward answered, "I hate black and white movies."
"There aren't any women in it," replied Winry.
"That's not true," Alphonse pointed out, "Scout's a girl."
"But she's a tomboy," Winry scoffed.
"What do you think you are?" laughed Edward.
Winry threw a glare at Edward, but didn't say anything.
"How about the 2009 Star Trek?" Alphonse said, picking up the Star Trek DVD box and waving it around.
"Too much kissing," gagged Edward, sticking his tongue out.
"There's some inappropriate scenes in it that aren't good for mixed company," Winry stated, suddenly sounding like a mother.
Alphonse sighed with irritation.
"Indiana Jones: And the Raider of the Lost Ark?" the younger brother asked hopefully.
"Okay," Edward said eagerly.
"There's too much profanity," Winry said.
"What is it with you, Win? You never cared before," Edward chuckled.
"I don't think you need anything instigating your bad mouth," Winry returned with a sniff.
"Why the hell would you say that?" shouted Edward.
"Gee, I don't know, Edward."
Alphonse, while listening to his two immature friends bicker, picked up a DVD and pulled the disk out of the box and stuck it into the DVD player. He grabbed the remote control and quickly hit MENU, so that the movie went directly to the startup screen.
The little boy smiled contentedly as the menu came up for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Edward and Winry stopped fighting and looked at the screen.
"Why didn't you mention that sooner?" Edward asked, settling back into the sofa.
"Strangely, Brother, because I enjoy listening to you and Winry argue. It makes me feel like all is normal with the world."
A word from Gabe: I did this one for two reasons. 1: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PT. 1 IS OUT IN THEATRES! And 2: I thought it would be fun to put in some of my favorite movies into a chapter. Yeah, I didn't mention How to Train Your Dragon, but I find it hard to believe anyone in the fanfic (excepting Al) would like that movie. Still, I'm 18 and it's my favorite. You can laugh.
