Wassabi! It's me again with another chapter. It's a little short- I apologize for that. And it's not very good either. I apologize again. I don't know, this chappy was one of those ones that aren't too relevant to the story, but have to be in it to transition onto the next part. But the next chapter will be better!

A little change in topic: Does anyone here watch Naruto? Haha, I got my new catch phrase from it… 'Believe it!' XD

A shout out to the lovely S J Smith for the awesomely done edit! This story would be in oblivion of typos and grammar mistakes if it weren't for you. Thank you so much for your help! –huggles-

Alright, so onto the story!

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"One…two…three…four…five…"

Winry clasped her hands together, excitement coursing through her body at top speed. She couldn't believe it; only five more days until Christmas, the one holiday that she had been counting down since the beginning of December. Now, it wasn't so far at all.

"Five more days! Five more days!" she danced out of her room and down the stairs, thoughts of Ed's apology lingering uppermost in her mind. A small smile spread its way across her face.

Ed left a memorable impression. Sheslipped on her shoes. On Christmas day, I'll give him one too.

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Riza almost dropped her planner, wondering how the twelve days slipped away to just five. It was safe to say that the Secret Mission was back on- everyone seemed to be on good terms with each other- but even so, time was limited to less than a week.

"What's wrong?" Roy asked from behind the steering wheel.

"Five more days," Riza whispered, eyes wide. "Do you have any idea what this means?"

Roy studied her face as he thought about what would be happening in the upcoming days. "It'll be Christmas?"

"No!" Riza smacked him with her planner. "We only have a little time left to do with the Secret Mission!"

"Oh," was the only word to escape his mouth before, "that's not good."

"What're we going to do? What're we going to do? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?" Riza put a hand to her temple where a headache was unwrapping itself with Christmas joy. Frustration claimed its spot in her mind, clouding her thoughts from coming up with any strategies to accomplish the plan.

"Hey, don't worry about it," Roy reassured, taking his eyes off the road to give her a grin. "I already got it all worked out." Riza gave him a puzzled look and he continued. "I invited Ed, Al and Winry to our cabin trip. I called them up last night, and I got the same answer: they're coming."

"You did?" Riza asked, gazing at him with adoring eyes as he nodded. "Oh Roy, you're the best anyone could ask for- I'd be nothing without you."

"Hey, same thing applies to you," Roy replied as he put a pinky to his mouth. "Riza, you complete me."

Riza smiled, thanking an unknown power for her many blessings. Her hand found his and as though they had a mind of their own, fingers entwined, making it difficult to distinguish whose hand was whose.

"Oh," she turned to him, "by the way, what would you like for Christmas?"

That recognizable smirk played its way across Roy's lips, hinting at the many perverted thoughts swimming in his mind. "You in a miniskirt."

Riza smacked his again with her planner. "Oh come on, I'm being serious. What do you want for a present?"

"Well," Roy said as he asked himself that very question. "Gloves that create fire when I snap sound like something I'd like."

"Is there really such a thing?"

"Yeah, I saw it on an infomercial."

An unlady like snort escaped Riza's throat as they parked the car in a vacant spot. A feeling of something forgotten tried to resurface in her cluttered thoughts, and she stared at her planner, thinking what she was trying to remember would appear itself on the page.

"Something wrong?" Roy asked, noticing the contemplation on his girlfriend's face.

"Today's the twentieth right?" she inquired. Roy nodded. "Oh my God, it almost slipped my mind- today's the last day at the North Pole."

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Everyone in town seemed to have found out that it was the Santa Crew's last appearance until the next year. People swarmed the North Pole; dozens of parents bringing their children to see Santa so they could include a photograph in Christmas cards or frame a priceless memory. Ed, Winry and Al sang almost every Christmas song imaginable to keep the cranky children from causing a riot, and eventually, they ran out of holiday tunes.

"I'm a little teapot!" Al sung merrily.

"Short-" Ed rolled his eyes at the word "- and stout."

"Here is my handle," Winry held out an arm and rested the other on her hip. "Here is my spout!"

"When you hear me whistle-!"

"That's not a Christmas song!" a boy with wild hair and violet-blue eyes shouted, arms crossed, looking unsatisfied. The children around him nodded in agreement, trouble glinting in their eyes.

"But it is a song nonetheless," Al reasoned as he ushered the boy down the line.

"Sing us another song!" a little girl demanded.

Winry, Al and Ed glanced at one another as though to confirm what to sing next until four letters escaped Al's mouth.

"YMCA!"

Ed and Winry stared dumbfounded at him, hesitantly joining in and taking the new job of being the back-up dancers, complete with the hand movements.

Meanwhile, the main attraction was growing weary, wandering like a lost vagabond in and out of his chair. Riza had to fetch him from his aimless ambles, while the constant worry of film would not back down to a minimum.

"Damn, where's that other roll?" she searched the perimeter for the missing item. "Damn, damn, damn! I'm screwed if I don't have any film in the next ten minutes!"

"Looking for this?"

Riza spun around to see Roy, holding up a black canister of what she had been going on a rabid rampage over.

"Ah, my hero," she seized the canister but frowned. "Hey, aren't you supposed to be over there?" She pointed to the empty chair.

"Well yes, but I have a good reason this time," said Roy dismissively.

"What's that?"

"Some kid pissed on me," he indicated to a wet mark on his velvet red trousers, the smell of urine wreaking the air.

Riza grimaced as she plugged her nose to block the foul odor and asked, "Do you have another pair?" Roy shook his head. "Then… I don't know, you could borrow Ed or Al's extra pants?"

"But that would look weird. A Santa wearing an elf's green, knee-high pants? No way in hell. I have more dignity than that," he responded with a furious shake of the head.

"If having to sit around with someone else's waste products on your lap is what makes you happy, then fine," Riza said, crossing her arms over her chest for effect.

Roy groaned, seeing that she had a very good point. "Fine," was all he had to say before going off to fetch Ed and Al.

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The day turned out to be a hectic mess of calamities; Roy having to go through a whole day with a mismatched costume, Riza's camera breaking in the middle of the shoot, children threatening Al, Winry and Ed with candy canes for better song selections. It was a wonder how the Santa crew managed to live through it all, but as busy as the day had been, they all knew they'd do it again if they could.

"I can't believe this is the last time for a year I'll be able to sit in such a massive chair," Roy slumped in his Santa seat in the laziest manner imaginable.

"Last day I'll be wearing tights," came Ed, looking at his jingling shoes. "But I must admit, the footwear's going to be highly missed."

"I'm going to miss everything," Winry said as she sat next to Ed. A chorus of 'me too' followed.

"But we're all coming back next year, right?" Riza asked.

"Of course!" everyone concurrently chimed, seeing that the Santa Crew was now a yearly tradition.

"Good," Al replied, satisfied. "It won't be complete without any of us- you all better remember that."

"Oh, speaking of remembering," Roy cut in as he sat up straight. "Don't forget that we're leaving for the mountains early tomorrow morning."

"I have a question about the trip!" Al shot his hand up as though he were a pupil in a classroom. "Can I bring someone along?"

Ed turned to his brother with a noticeable smirk. "Who? It can't be Julia now can it?"

Ignoring his brother's snickers, Al asked, "So can I?"

"Sure," Roy answered with an amused nod. "The more the merrier, right?"

Al restrained himself from exclaiming 'yessss!' and responded with a simple "Cool" instead.

"So what are we going to do there?" Winry inquired curiously as Ed looked on with equal interest.

"Stuff," Al, Riza and Roy responded, emitting the details the other two wanted to hear. When the elaboration did not come, Ed stood up, a frown plastered on his brow.

"Alright, if you're not going to tell us anything," he yawned widely, feeling exhausted, "I'm going home to take a nap. Let's go, Al."

"I'm not going home yet, brother," Al informed. "I have to go to Julia's house to tell her about the trip. And I'm taking the car."

"But I need it to get home," Ed shot back.

"I'll take you home." Winry volunteered as she fished her purse for her car keys.

A look of relief washed away Ed's frown as he yawned. "I love you Winry," he said, rubbing the weariness from his eyes. "Thanks."

Winry turned a faint pink but meekly replied, "Sure thing..." With a wave, the two of them walked off, disappearing into the crowds of late-shoppers.

"The next four days are going to be fun," Roy said once they were gone from sight, a devious plot brewing in the cauldrons of his mind.

Al rubbed his hands together as he cackled under his breath. "Can't wait."

"Do you guys have any good plans for the Secret Mission?" asked Riza. The three of them gathered together in a group huddle, tactics and schemes spilling out of their mouths.

"Well first off, Winry and Ed could…"

"Maybe we could ask someone to…"

"Yeah! And they could go…"

Suggestions exchanged, ideas made, the three of them knew there would be no flaw. It was only a matter of time before Ed and Winry would see that the love of their lives had been right in front of them all this time.

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So what will the four-day weekend at a cabin resort bring for Ed and Winry?

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Honestly, I don't know. –sweatdrops- Well, actually I do, but there's so many ideas swimming in my mind that it's hard to concentrate on just a few. But on a bright note, the FMA movie comes out sometime in January…. in Japan… .

I got the 5th FMA DVD- do any of you guys have it? If you do, have you listened to the actor commentary thing? I liked it, it made me laugh in some parts- I love Aaron Dismuke. Oh, and Vic!

Oo, look. Some review replies:

WildfireDreams Winry's older? Ohh yeah, I remember Hughes saying something like, "you're the older sister" or something like that. I always thought Ed was older. Oh well. Anyways, thanks for the awesomely awesome review!

Inu-KagomeFan: Lol, don't worry I can't spell either. And I can't type. Soo many typos! But that's ok. Yay, glad to hear that you thought it was sweet! Muchos gracias for the wonderfully wonderful review!

MoonStarDutchess I hope there was enough Royai in here for you! If there wasn't, don't worry- I have some more Royai planned! So stay tuned for that and thanks a million for the lovely review!

MetalWing Alchemist lol, I can see Ed doing that too! It's funny- it should be an episode or something… even though the series is already over back in Japan… Well, maybe I'll make my own episode! Oh yeah, I saw that this one site had the movie available- FreeFMA or something like that. Is that where you got it from? Yeah! I saw a pic from the movie that was EdxWin- SO CUTE! Anywho, thanks a bunch cherry punch for the super review!

-secret-destination- yay! Glad you liked Edo's apology! I'm even more gladder- I don't think that's a word- for your review! Thanks a lot and I hope you keep reading!

S J Smith Hello there! Lol, same here! Whenever someone says "It's brilliant" makes me want to laugh! And whenever someone says "That's bloody brilliant" I can't help but giggle. I don't know that is so… hmm… anyways, I hope you keep reading! Thank you muy mucho for the tremendously tremendous review! Another load of thanks for the edit! It helped me out so much! You're the best, really! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

EdWaRd E WoRsHiPpEr: Lmao! –rotfl- tee hee, you're review made me laugh! Hahaha! Anyway, thanks a trillion for your humorously funny review! –goes off to laugh some more-

secretwinterzlove90 Hey you! Haha, sorry if I ODed on the fluffyness! I want a bf like Ed too!... but a bf like Al wouldn't be too bad either! –hopeless romantic forever- I blame all the gushy- romantic stuff on TV and in fics or stories for my overly romantic mindset. Uh-oh, I forgot what you told me on Friday about the idea to use… remind me again. I don't have good memory! Anywho, arigato mi amiga for the superbly cool review! I'll see you tomorrow at the hellhole which we call school. :)

winryrockbell2: good thing Ed made up with Winry or else Christmas would be ruined! Aw! You're so nice! Thank you:) and you're welcome very much! Oo, another thank you for the sweet and kind review! Please keep reading!

NekoRaven Glad to hear you liked the ending! –chuckle- of course everyone would want Al on their side! Anyways, a thousand thank yous a thousand times over for the review!

Eighth Deadly Sin: That's ok! I pictured Winry's b-day to be around the springtime for some odd reason… but I wish it was mentioned when her birthday is. Lol, I can picture Ed dancing like an idiot too! Lol! Thanks for the tremendously awesome review!

RobinRox13 Thanks for the terrifically sweet review! Hope you stay tuned!

matthias208: Hi! –waves- Is the movie good? I mean, just by reading the summary, I can sorta see why Pokemon out beat it in the boxoffice. Pokemon! Yes I agree! We should rant about the ending- it'd help burn off some steam! XD Aw, you're so kind! Thank you for the stupendously stupendous review!

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