Open Up

I have been updating beast lately and I feel good about it. So I hope you all really like this chapter, towards the end it starts talking about some adult-ish stuff so if you don't like it then skip it. I hope you all like this chapter.

Typical Disclaimer: I don't own FMA, but I do own Cecelia, Gretchen, Ellie and the plot

Cecelia peeked outside the window to get a peek at the pleasant almost summertime June day. It had been a month since Ed had proposed to her and with the wedding in September; she was up to her knees in wedding planning. She'd enlisted Ellie, Gretchen and believe it or not, Alphonse to be her wedding planning crew and with their help things were getting done, but there was still plenty for her to do. On that particular day, Al had her cooped up in the apartment making the invitations with the most delicate hand writing she could muster. After finishing up the tenth invitation, her hand was beginning to cramp. She set down her ink pen and looked outside again.

"So one little break isn't going to kill me." she whispered before quietly getting up and tiptoeing towards the door.

She slowly opened the door to ensure no noise was made and had one foot out the door when someone grabbed the back of her shirt collar and dragged her in.

"Oh no you don't; you've got to get these done today." Al said.

Cecelia clawed at the door and in a futile attempt to return to the outside world.

"But Al I don't wanna!" she whined.

"I'm sorry but you have to, it needs to be finished."

"Is it too late to move the wedding?"

"Yes."

"Why do I have to do all of the wedding stuff by myself?"

"Brother is doing stuff too you know."

"Oh please, he gets to hang out in Resembool and eat food that Winry made."

"It's not my fault that put him in charge of the food and cake."

Cecelia frowned. "Alphonse, would you like to go to my wedding?"

"Of course."

"Well then be quiet or I'll un-invite you."

Cecelia plopped down in her chair and continued with her invitations, shooting Al; who was carefully cutting out templates for paper lanterns, a dirty look after each invitation she finished. Cecelia was half way through her stack of invitations when her savior; in the form of Ellie, burst into the apartment with a Cheshire-esque grin.

"Ellie!"

She ran into her arms and hugged her. "You have no idea how glad I am to see you."

Ellie patted her head. "Jeez Al, you must be running her ragged."

Al walked over and hugged Ellie as well. "I'm not running her ragged; I'm just making sure she stays on task. We can't afford to dilly dally because there are a lot of things that still need to be done."

"I completely agree with you, but I'm going to need to borrow her for a little bit. Wedding dress stuff to take care of."

"Alright but don't be out too long okay? I really want to get these invitations out as soon as possible." he said with a slight frown.

"Never fret my dear; we'll be back in a jiffy." Ellie slowly led Cecelia out the door and soon they were out of the apartment.

Cecelia dramatically sucked in a large breath. "So what are we really doing today?"

"I'm being serious; we're doing wedding dress stuff. They want to do a fitting today."

"No way, they got that done really fast. I remember when we first picked out the dress and stuff, they nearly passed out when I told them I needed it by September."

Ellie and Cecelia both thought back on the day when they first visited the bridal boutique.

"Guys are we seriously looking at dresses this early? I got engaged a week ago, we don't need to be worrying about dresses right now." Cecelia complained to Ellie and Gretchen.

"Oh hush, time is of the essence and we need to get started right away." Gretchen said.

The three of them arrived at the boutique and a hostess came to their assistance right away. With their hostess, they walked around and viewed dresses and eventually came across the perfect one. It was a floor length dress made from satin in a pale ivory color, with an intricate lace design around the bust. It even came with a matching lace veil. The hostess allowed Cecelia to try it on and with some alterations it would be perfect.

"It looks lovely on you, how early would you like to have it? Does December sound okay?" asked the hostess.

"Oh, my wedding is in September." Cecelia said brightly.

The hostess laughed, but it soon faded away when she noticed that no one else was laughing.

"Y-you're being serious?"

Cecelia nodded.

"Excuse me for a moment."

They watched as the hostess went over to other employees and began to frantically explain the situation. After watching the little show, the hostess returned.

"We will definitely have your dress ready by September, but for such a quick order it will cost a little bit more than it would have."

Cecelia laughed from the thought. "That lady's face was so funny."

"Mhmm, you'd of thought we told her you wanted the dress for the next day or something."

The two joked around for awhile, but stopped when they arrived at the boutique and the same hostess greeted them. She led them into the back where Cecelia tried on her dress. This time it fit her like a glove. It was shortened so she could walk comfortable, but still long enough to flow around her and cover her heels and it was snug around her waist, accentuating her light curves.

"What do you think?"

"It looks awesome; Ed isn't going to be able to take his eyes off of you."

Cecelia changed back into her regular clothes and handed the dress back over to the hostess who put it in a dress carrier and hung it up in the back. Cecelia handed over a large amount of money to the hostess to pay for her dress. Thank God the royalties from my book came in; this dress is costing me an arm and a leg! Ellie and Cecelia left the boutique with a date set to pick up the dress in September and the latter turned to return to the apartment, but was stopped when the former grabbed her shoulder.

"We have to run one more errand."

"Uhh sure."

Ellie led the way as they weaved through the busy sidewalks of Central. With all of the nice weather, people were spending a lot of time outside which meant it was harder to get around town without bumping into someone. Eventually they arrived at some shop that Cecelia had never heard of. It had a frilly looking sign, but the windows were dark. They both stepped inside and Cecelia nearly choked at the sight of the stores contents.

"L-l-l….L-l-l…L-l-ling-g-gerie?"

Mannequins wearing all sorts of lingerie were placed throughout the store and Cecelia's cheeks were burning with embarrassment. She grabbed onto Ellie's shirt and gave a sharp tug.

"Why are we here?"

"You're going to seduce Ed of course." she said with a manner-of-fact tone.

"But I don't want something flashy for the honeymoon." Cecelia said, gesturing to a particularly scandalous mannequin.

"Oh honey, this isn't for your honeymoon."

"Then why are we here?"

"Wait…are you telling me you and Ed haven't had sex yet?"

Cecelia twiddled her thumbs. "Well…no we haven't."

"I mean you want to right? Have you two done anything intimate at all?"

"We have thank you very much." she said snootily.

Ever since the night Ed proposed to her and they ended up having a heavy make out session in the hall way, their sexual desires began to appear and they'd done quite a few things in the bedroom but they still hadn't sealed the deal.

"We were going to wait until the wedding you know…"

"Don't be so old fashioned Cecelia; plenty of people are having sex before they're married."

"Have you had sex yet?"

"Heck no, but I have friends who are engaged and there isn't anything wrong with having sex before you're married because you're going to get married anyway, so what's the big problem? You want to have sex with him right?"

"Ellie this is really awkward, do we have to talk about this in the store?"

"Don't avoid my question you fat baby."

"Alright fine, I do."

"Then go for it! I highly doubt Ed is going to have a problem with it so all you have to do is initiate it because from what I've noticed, he'll be too gentlemanly to do it, which is why we're here."

"Why couldn't you have just said that in the first place?"

"It's not my fault that you're asking so many questions." Ellie said before walking away.

"Jerk."

They ended up spending a good half an hour in the lingerie before Cecelia ended up purchasing a yellow nightie with matching panties. She bashfully kept the bag against her chest as they both walked back to the apartment so people wouldn't see it and think she was a total pervert.

"Don't forget about the party next week." Ellie said when they arrived at the apartment.

"What party?"

"Didn't I tell you, I'm throwing an engagement party for you and Ed next week?"

"…no you did not tell me."

"Oh. Well there is a party next week for you two and I expect you to be there."

"Alright, well we'll be there."

They both said their goodbyes and Cecelia entered the house. Al was still cutting out templates for lanterns, but his to do stack had gotten a lot smaller and he looked like he was close to being done.

"How did your errands go?" he asked.

"Good, I got to try on the dress today and it looked great."

"That's good news," he pointed to her bag, "what else did you get?"

She dashed into her bedroom and stuffed it under the bed.

"N-nothing." she said when she returned.

"Hmm…okay, don't forget that you need to finish those invitations today."

"Yes master."

Hehehe how scandalous. And if you couldn't tell, there is going to be a lemon for this story. But I will post it as it's own little story so that way people who don't want to read it don't have to cause it's sort of important, but not really. The next few chapters will only sort of mention it, so no worries. See you all soon!