Ninth Interlude – Third Month
It was in the third month that Izumi Curtis showed up.
Ed hadn't told her about Al, he hadn't actually told anyone.
Roy had taken care of calling the Rockbells and making all of the arrangements. In the middle of it all he had simply forgotten about the boys' teacher and the fact that she would probably want to know.
Somehow she found out on her own.
When she arrived it was afternoon and Roy was at the office. Word was brought in that Izumi was waiting to see him and, based on what the Elrics had told him on previous occasions, Roy prepared himself for a confrontation.
To his surprise he didn't get one. Instead Izumi looked as though she'd been crying. Her husband Sig stood over her protectively and even he looked as though his eyes had had trouble staying completely dry.
From Ed's stories in the past Roy wouldn't have believed the man COULD cry.
Izumi asked what had happened.
Roy told her.
After that he took her and Sig to his house. Havoc was currently there in the living room working on a report and Roy excused him. He then took the man's place as both Sig and Izumi headed back to the bedroom he pointed them toward.
There was never a sound from the room.
After a while Roy became curious, or nervous, he was never quite sure which; and went to check on what was going on.
When he arrived at the door to the room he saw Edward was still sitting at the windowsill staring out into the nothingness of whatever it was he searched for. Now, however, Izumi was sitting behind him, her arms around his waist and the teen leaning back against her. On the other end of the window Sig had somehow managed to force his body onto the ledge and was likewise staring out the window.
Together the three of them stayed that way through the rest of the day and the entire night. They never spoke a word to one another or to Ed.
They simply helped him search.