When Al returned to Pinako's, there was only one light on, the one in the guest room, Ed's room.
The rain was pounding down now. A steady stream of rain had poured over his seal , and Al found himself reaching to his back, scratching at the place between his shoulder blades as if he could somehow soothe that feeling.
But now, standing before that dark house, Al found a new feeling coming over him.
"Something's wrong..." he whispered to himself, but made no step forward or back.
It suddenly seemed to him that either direction would have its cost, and he wasn't sure which way to go...
Like always...
Al shook himself then and directly overhead, as though the storm had relocated over Pinako's a thunderclap sounded.
Al jumped.
When the sound was nothing more than a grumble, Al made as though to step forward, his eyes suddenly swept to that lit window, Ed's room.
He sighed, his hands suddenly in fists, a nervous flutter in his thoughts, and walked into Pinako's.
TBC...
Author's note: Hi! Sorry this took so long to get up! I wanted to actually write more, but at the end of this chapter, my computer crashed (!#&$), but now it's all good :). I'llbe posting the next chapter pretty soon! Hope you like it still (even though there's been a rewrite-sorry!). As always, I can't say it enough, thank you guys for your awesome reviews:)