Top Note~!: Long chapter for all of ya! Weekends are just so awesome. :3

XoXo… Ed's Apartment …XoXo

RING! RING! RING!

Ed walked over from the kitchen to the table where his ringing cell phone sat waiting. He didn't bother looking at the caller id. He propped it up to his ear while pressing the green button. "Hello."

"Hey brother."

Ed's eye widened at the sound of his voice. "Al! I didn't expect a call from you!"

"Well, you were avoiding most of our calls…"

Ed sweat dropped as he heard the annoyance in his brother's tone. "I-I did? Sorry…"

AMESTRIS… ( :D )

Al sighed at his brother's reply. It was times like these that he wondered how he came to be the Fullmetal Alchemist. "Well, I called to ask when are you coming back?" Al asked hopefully.

"Hm…Well, I was going for today…maybe early tomorrow."

Al sighed with relief as he smiled in happiness. "Really?" he had to ask. Just in case.

"Yes Al! Sheesh!"

Alphonse rolled his eyes. "I'm just making sure because you always seem to…well…be you!" Al said. He couldn't describe it any other way. It's not that he didn't trust his brother, it's just with him, anything is possible. And that's including something so simple.

"Al!"

"What? I can't say it any other way," Al said. "And you know it's true!" Ed chuckled.

"Hey, where's Ames?"

"Oh!" Al said and then glanced into the living room. He found the amber eyed girl sleeping peacefully on the couch, completely knocked out. "She's asleep."

"Having fun with your girlfriend?"

Al smiled as he looked at Amy again. "Ye-wait! Hold on brother! What are you talking about!" He heard Ed's eruption of laughter on the phone which made him simply roll his eyes. "Talking about girlfriends, how's Erika doing?"

"She's fin-WHOA! I TOLD YOU AL! SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!"

Al laughed as he shook his head. Then the brightest idea popped into his head. He smirked.

BACK TO ED'S APARTMENT…

"Don't lie brother. I heard what happened."

Ed's face flushed red as he stared at the phone. "W-What are you talking about?" he asked stuttering.

"You know….about you and Erika…"

At that comment Ed's entire face went red. His eyebrow twitched in embarrassment as he tried to keep his voice steady. "W-What do y-you mean?" Ed stuttered. Damn. I didn't mean for my voice to be so shaky. Ed thought.

"Oh you know what I'm talking about brother! Don't be shy! Admit it!"

Ed's mouth went agape as he stood there with an infinite amount of blush on his face. If one didn't know better, they'd say it was his actual skin color. Ed looked around and then mentally face palmed. Who would be in his apartment? Then his memory flashed to when Erika came over. And how she took a shower…her appearance in a towel…

Ed had to shake his head rapidly to get the image out of his head. Then his memory flashed to when she had hugged him and how he wrapped his arms around her because she was so scared. Ed found himself blushing even redder, if possible, when he had to bring himself out of his own thoughts. He then looked at the phone in his hand surprised. He had forgotten he was talking with Alphonse. He looked around again, even if he knew no one was there, and then brought the phone back to his ear.

"Who told you that me and Evans kissed?" Ed whispered.

"…."

AMESTRIS…

Al's jaw was almost touching the floor as he held the phone to his ear. He was shocked out of his mind and didn't know what to say. His face was traced with small blush marks and he spun around quickly as he darted around to the living room pacing.

"Y-You mean…" Al trailed off not able to conceal his wide grin anymore. He started to burst in happiness and then glanced at Amy. He figured she wouldn't mind being woken up by this. He jumped up in the air, not able to control it anymore. "You mean it brother! You aren't lying!" he asked excited.

"U-Uh…Y-y-yeah…."

Al could practically hear the blush on his face at the moment. He grinned happily as he shook Amy awake. He jerked her shoulder up and down rapidly causing the girl to jerk awake.

"What is it Alphonse?" she asked yawning. Still partially asleep.

"You won't believe it if I told you." Al said grinning.

"What is it?" Amy asked almost awake.

ED'S APARTMENT…

Ed waited impatiently for his brother's reply. It's not like he didn't know it already so why so silent? Then something pulsating through the phone.

"OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH! YOU REALLY MEAN IT EDWARD? NOT LYING? I WILL KICK YOUR ASS IF YOU'RE LYING! TELL ME THE TRUTH!"

Ed's eyes widened at the sound of the voice. "A-Ames?"

"TELL ME THE TRUTH! DID YOU AND SISTER KISS! TELL ME!"

Ed's face flushed crimson again as he looked down. "Y-Yeah…."

"HOLY CRAP! YOU DID! YOU TWO FINALLY DID! I AM SO INCREDIBLY HAPPY! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Ed had to pull the phone away from his ear or he'd be deaf. If he didn't know any better, he'd say she was a fan girl. If she was this happy now, he could just imagine how she would be when they came back home. They'd probably be put in the hospital. He heard laughing and celebrating on the other side of the phone when someone finally spoke. This time it was his brother.

"Oh yeah. Did you ask Erika out to the Great Show? It's tonight isn't?"

Ed's color drained from his face at that moment. He completely forgot the thing he and Alphonse had talked about. He had to ask her out, or the transmutation might not be successful. "U-Um…."

"You did….RIGHT?"

"W-Well…not exactly…." Ed said rubbing the back of his head. "It just…sort of…slipped my mind…" He could hear his brother groaning at the moment.

"You better brother! You two need to be together or else the transmutation will only bring back one of you!"

"O-Okay! Fine! I'll do it stop nagging me!" Ed groaned as he hung up after goodbyes. He immediately got dressed.

XOXOXOXOXOXO

Erika started humming as she walked down the sidewalk. She was supposed to be at the school in an hour for rehearsal. Of course, she had to get their the earliest. She didn't have to, she just wanted to. To the public eye, people think she's just happy to get it over with.

That's partially true, but it's mostly the fact that she loves the festival.

The festival. She loved that festival. No matter who she was with, or how the weather was. The cold wind pushed back her chestnut hair and made Erika shiver. She now regretted not wearing her pea coat. All she had on was her black jacket and that wasn't enough to keep her body warm. It never really helped her back in Amestris either. She really only wore it because, well, she didn't have another jacket. And she had refused to ask Ed or Amy if she could use theirs. She rubbed her shoulders and kept on walking towards the school which was getting decorated at the moment.

She gasped in excitement as she took in the scene before her. Lights dangled from the walls and on strings strung everywhere. The booths were slowly capturing their inner fun and brightness that she had loved when she was little. The little shops and tents were swelling with scent of food and sweets while the stages meant for performances were being set up. In the distance, she could see certain people checking the microphones and the instruments just in case of malfunctions during the show. This was where she was going to perform.

Right there in the middle of the stage…. Erika thought.

In the distance, a soft and sweet voice enveloped the landscape. Erika surveyed the school from where the voice was coming from. She walked further to behind the stage to find a small red head. The girl's eyes were closed and she had a big white guitar in her arms, and she was strumming it melodically.

"Oh, what a world to take my breath away.
From canyon deep to star above…"

She stopped there as an eerie sound emanated from the instrument. The girl squeezed her eyes closed as she dropped her hands from the guitar. "Darn it…I can't even get the first chords right…" she said frustrated.

"Did you tune your first string correctly?" Erika asked.

The red head shot her head up as she looked up to see Erika bent down looking at her. She spazzed out, flailing her arms around and adjusting her glasses. "E-Erika! I-I wasn't expecting you! I-I was just, uh….." she said looking around desperately.

Erika smiled. "No need to freak out. I was just checking up on you," Erika said as she took the guitar.

She gasped as she reached for it but Erika had already started tuning the strings. She sweat dropped as she dropped her head in defeat. Soon after trying it out, Erika strummed the whole set of strings and it sounded wonderful. The red head looked up in awe blinking her sea green eyes.

"W-What'd you do?" the red head asked.

Erika handed her the guitar as she stood up closing her eyes and her hands behind her head. "I adjusted the strings a little. Should be fine now."

"Thank you!" the red head gasped as she marveled at the instrument. Erika smiled.

"No problem." Erika said and started walking off.

"Wait!" the red head called making Erika open one eye and stop.

"Hm?"

"You're my mom's performer right? Erika Evans?" the girl asked.

Erika blinked her eyes. "Mom?" Then the answer processed in her brain. Red head, sea green eyes, white guitar. "Oh! You're Ms. Grace's kid huh?" Erika asked.

The girl nodded. "I'm Melody." she said.

Erika sweat dropped. Music teacher's kid's name is Melody? Typical Ms. Grace… Erika thought. "Nice to meet you Melody. You performing too?" Erika asked.

"Uh…y-yes." she said softly.

"Is that a song you made yourself?" Erika asked. Melody shook her head quickly.

"Oh no! I could never make a song that wonderful," She said. "Mom copied it out of some journal."

Erika grew an anger mark. Some journal eh? Ms. Grace took a song out of my song book… Erika thought. "It must be one of the songs my dad made because I don't recognize it…" Erika muttered to herself.

"What was that?" Melody asked cocking her head to the side. Erika shook her head quickly.

"Oh nothing!" Erika said laughing nervously. "Well, in the meanwhile you should start working on that song. It's already 5:00."

Melody's eyes widened as she darted back to her spot she was before. "IT'S THAT LATE ALREADY? I HAVE TO START PRACTICING! MOM? MOM WHERE ARE YOU?"

Erika chuckled as she saw her dart through students that were enjoying the festival. "Must have started already if there's this many people here…" Erika said as she started walking off in her own direction.

XOXOXOXOXO

"Crap, crap, crap!" Ed yelled as he dashed down the sidewalk, weaving through pedestrians. His red coat blew in the wind along with his braid. He soon came upon the school in which a big banner hung up above the gate reading: Great Show Festival! Ed figured this was the place he needed to be. He ran in and started searching the place for a certain brunette. He weaved through random students, teachers, and citizens of the town. One teacher gave him a dirty look for his appearance but Ed ignored him and kept looking. Where would a brown haired, sapphire eyed, bake loving girl be? Ed thought.

"Oh my gosh! This is the best pie EVER!"

Ed turned his head to where the voice was to find a familiar brunette gushing over an apple pie. Ed sighed as he ran his had through his bangs. Should have checked the baking sections first. Ed thought.

"Hey Evans!" Ed called as he ran over.

"Hm?" Erika asked as she turned to Ed with a blissful expression on her face. Then it disappeared as she looked at him with a confused expression. "Edward?" Erika asked. "I thought you were at the apartment preparing to pass through the Gate?"

"Well, not technically." Ed said. "Al told me to come over here for it. They're preparing for it right now."

"Oh." Erika said as she looked him over. Then she rose an eyebrow as an annoyed expression crossed her face. "What are you wearing?"

"Huh?" Ed asked as he looked himself over. He was wearing a navy blue long sleeve with basic jeans and had on his beat up black sneakers. As a jacket, he had accidentally picked up his old red coat that reached the middle of his calves with the alchemist sign sewn on the back and his hair was in its traditional braid. The thing is, he forgot to put on his colored contacts so they were showing its natural golden hue. "What's wrong with what I'm wearing?"

Erika sighed as she looked at him. "You're wearing your red coat and you don't have your disguise on." Erika said simply. Ed gasped as he looked down trying to hide his eyes. "And this is supposed to be a formal festival. You were supposed to wear your nice clothes."

"Well, sorry! Al had me running over here!" Ed yelled. Erika rolled her eyes as she reached into her brown satchel she still had slung over her shoulder. She rummaged through it before pulling out an extra pair of colored contacts. "Here. I thought you might need an extra pair."

Ed sighed with relief as he took the contacts and put them in quickly. "Thanks…" Ed said blinking to get used to the contacts.

"No problem." Erika smiled. "So what did Alphonse want you here so badly for?"

Ed's cheeks took on a rosy shade of crimson as he looked to the side and rubbed the back of his neck. "Um…he wanted me to ask you something…" Ed said blushing.

"Well what is it?" Erika asked blinking her eyes.

Ed's cheeks turned even more red. "He wanted me to…"

"To?" Erika asked leaning in for his answer.

"He wanted me to…" Ed said and then blushed harder. "To…accompany you at the festival…hang around with you…do stuff together…" Ed muttered turning even more red. He glanced in her direction hoping she would catch on to what he was trying to say.

Erika furrowed her eyebrows in confusion as she looked at him. Accompany me? Hang around? Together…? Erika thought confused. Then all the times boys tried to ask her out popped into her mind as she shifted her gaze back to the now emerald eyed boy in front of her. She began to blush pink as she stared at him. She looked to the side blushing. "Y-You mean like…a d-date?" Erika asked.

Ed began to wave his hands around in reassurance. "Don't look at it like a date! Try looking at it like….killing some time before we go back home!" Ed said blushing.

Erika turned her head to the side while she cupped her chin in thought. "Killing some time before we go back home…?" Erika said blushing. It's still technically a date though… Erika thought and glanced in Ed's direction to find something glinting in his now green eyes. She smiled still blushing a tint of pink. "I'd love to kill some time before we go back home." Erika concluded.

Ed looked at her and then shifted his gaze back down blushing. "Great," Ed said as he stuffed his hands in his pockets blushing.

Erika stared at him further before giggling a bit at him. She rolled her eyes and then linked her arm in his. Ed blushed at her sudden motion but complied anyways and started walking forward. Maybe this isn't so bad…

BN: Awww! So sweet! Finally! Great Show is IN! Now, another reminder: vote on the poll. It determines your reading experience! Becasue this has to end some way or another! PLease check the poll!

Until Next Chap! =:D