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Prism
Chapter Four - Memories
Well, Riza brought Anna into the spare room and cleaned off the small spare bed that came with the apartment. Riza brought her own bed when she moved into the place and just stored the smaller one in the spare room. It was somewhat dusty and the bed was the only furniture.
"Girl, are you forced to live here?" Anna asked as she opened the window to air out the abandoned room.
Once the dust was gone, Anna set up her bag on the bed and opened it to air it out. She turned to Riza a smiled.
"No, some officers live at home with their families. I choose to live here. It's free living and close to work." Riza replied.
"Well, I guess thats a good reason to stay here." Anna replied and put her hands on her hips. She threw her jacket on the bed and looked around the small room.
"Girl. Back in high school. You and I were the most popular girls around..." Anna began.
"Remember, my grandfather was also high up in the -" Riza protested.
"Girl, but our attitudes helped."
"True, but you were very rich also-"
"But nothing. We were wild. Elizabeth and Anna. Best cheerleaders. Most prettiest. And most importantly very popular!"
"Yes that is true."
"So what happened?" Anna moved from the spare room into the living room.
"Nothing happened. I just got accepted into the military and my life now revolves around it." Riza replied following Anna.
"Your still single huh? You were the one who always got me the boyfriends, but you never had one yourself."
"I didn't need one."
"Oh, yeah you do. You need some excitement in your life. Some...color."
Riza looked over at her friend who was surveying every inch of the living room. It was spotless, just like the whole apartment. Anna moved over to the fireplace and picked up one of the photos in a silver frame. It was the picture that was taken when Roy became Fuhrer. He was standing in the middle looking proudly with herself to his immediate right and Havoc behind her. On his left was Fuery and Armstrong. Everyone was smiling and Armstrong had little sparkles around him as he flexed his muscles. Riza smiled.
"Figures, you would bring your job home." Anna looked at the picture more closely.
"It was a special day. We all have a copy."
"We?"
"Yes, my comrades and I."
"Okay...Who?" Anna pointed to Roy.
"That's the Fuhrer, Roy Mustang." Riza smiled.
"The Roy Mustang. As in the famous Flame Alchemist, Roy Mustang?" Anna looked closer.
"Yes."
"Okay. You go girl. And this?"
"That's Second Lieutenant Jean Havoc."
"And this?"
"Major Alex Armstrong, and the last person is Master Sergeant Kain Fuery."
Anna put the picture down and moved to the next one. Riza blushed. It was the picture of Roy when he was named a State Alchemist. He was holding his watch in front of him and had his trademark smile. It was of him from the waist up. He was holding his watch while wearing his white alchemist gloves.
"Oh...if it isn't the flame." Anna leaned closer to the picture. Riza blushed.
"And who are these lovely people?" Anna picked up the next photo. It was the photo sent to her as a Christmas card from Gracia Hughes the year Maes died. It was Maes, Gracia and Elicia wearing Christmas outfits against a snowy backdrop.
"Thats a friend of mine, Brigadier General Maes Hughes and his family." Riza looked down at the floor. It had been four years since Maes died and the pain was still there.
"Looks like a nice family. See, you could be smiling like that too if you would just settle down."
Anna smiled and put the picture back and turned around.
A/N - Please review. Constructive criticism accepted. No Flames (Thats Roy's job only). Please look in my profile oo0AnimeChild0oo for all my other stories. And again, thanks for reading.
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