Fever

Author's Note: Toward the end of this chapter things get a little risqué.

Chapter 11 – Remain Calm

Riza was surprised to have walked backwards into something—well, not something exactly…more like someone. The word "flame" had time to slip out of her mouth as she turned around to face none other than the Flame Alchemist.
In that moment, Riza's entire world had time to collapse in on itself, and rebuild itself back up from scratch. For a moment, she almost screamed, but she caught herself just in time. Her rational side took over, 'Remain calm. You're still the Lady in Red, and you have a job to do.' She told herself inwardly. She listened to the music, she'd only lost a few beats in her song, and if she timed it right no one would noticed she had to drop a few lines. She began singing again, straight to Roy.
"Fever with thy flaming youth
Fever, I'm a fire
Fever, yay, I burn forsooth"

No one in the crowd even noticed her pause…well almost no one. When Riza had turned to see Roy, he suddenly realized how wrong he'd been. No one had planned this for him…he wasn't even supposed to be there. He could see it now. When she'd turned around he gave her his trademark smirk, but the look in her eyes quickly wiped it off his face. Her eyes shrieked out in surprise, and now that she'd started singing again they were staring daggers at him. 'If looks could kill…' he thought.
She continued to sing to him, her eyes filling with hatred and embarrassment, and he was the only one that could see it. Everyone else in the room assumed her bumping into the man and singing to him was part of the act.

"Captain Smith and Pocahontas
Had a very mad affair
When her daddy tried to kill him,
She said daddy, no, don't you dare
He gives me fever,
With his kisses, fever when he holds me tight
Fever I'm his Missus.
Daddy, won't you treat him right" As she sang to her colonel she began circling him. Her odium and mortification burned stronger with every pass. This was her last stanza; she wanted to do something to make him feel as stupid as he made her feel. An idea sparked in her head. She stopped circling him and turned to face him. She set her eyes on him and slowly and seductively walked toward him. If Roy didn't know better, he would have thought that she was going to kiss him…but the remembrance of those eyes—so angry, he knew that couldn't be her plan. She was still walking towards him, never missing a beat, "Now you've listened to my story,
Here's the point that I have made". She was within a hair's breath of him. Suddenly she turned her back to him, and leaned her body against his. He could smell her scent and feel her hand searching for his, "Chicks were born to give you fever" she continued to sing. She found his hand and guided it down the side of her stomach to her hips. "Be it Fahrenheit or centigrade." Roy could feel himself blush, and he knew his nose was going to start bleeding any second. Her body felt so good in his arms, he couldn't believe he was holding her—or that she was actually encouraging him to hold her. A fleeting thought passed through his memory, 'There's gotta be something wrong…she'd never let me do this.' Oh how right he was.
"They give you fever. When you kiss them" she continued as she turned to face him, her body pressed forcefully against his. "Fever if you live, you learn." She pulled his collar making his face come closer to hers. He could feel her breath on his lips, as she kept singing, "Fever, till you sizzle". Suddenly she let go of him, and paused just before she finished the song "What a lovely way to burn". Riza's eyes once again filled with hatred as she shoved him away from her as she said the word 'burn'. He was off balance, and hadn't been expecting it. Naturally he fell right on his ass in front of everyone. The room filled with applause—everyone else just assumed it was part of the show.

I have to say I really enjoyed the little bit in the end. Please don't say its out of character, Riza is still recognizing herself as The Lady in Red and she knows that she has a show to put on. She's not out of character, she's acting. If you're interested in fan art I did a pic for this chapter -> http/ www. deviantart. com/ deviation/ 18939383/ (take out the spaces) I can't promise it's great, but its not too bad ;)