Hey it's me again! Thanks to all my reviewers. I'm sorry to say that even tho it might seem like this this is not a roy/ed paired story. I want it to be ed/win so if that makes you mad im sry. Here's the next chapter. Sorry that I kinda changed the characters attitudes.

Mustang walked into the boys room. Ed was just closing up a suitcase. Al was trying to calm his obviously mad brother. "Are you boys eady to go yet?" Startled the two's attention was switched to the man who was standing in their doorway. The new man they were to call Dad.

Ed sighed. This was horrible. First the bastard had to go and pick on him constantly at work. Was that not enough? Of course not! He had to make me miserable outside of work too. Why couldn't he have just left things as they were. Ed felt tears at the edges of his eyes. No! He would not cry in fron off his..his.. father. "Yes sir, we're ready."

"No need to be so formal son. Just call me Dad."

"You sir, not now nor ever will be my dad!" Ed then picked up 2 suitcases and poor Alphonse got the rest of them. The followed Roy out to his car and packed their things into his trunk. Then they began on the treak to their new home. No one said anything though. No one knew what to say.

The two boys couldn't believe their eyes as they slowly approached the Colonel's house. It was much bigger than they had expected. Not that it was huge or anything. It was settled on a well taken care of five acre lot. There were plenty of trees and a small brooke. It reminded them of the house that they lived in with their mother. The house itself was fairly large. It had over five thousand finished square feet. There were six bedrooms, three of which contained their own bathroom, a kitchen, backyard with swimming pool, fully finished basement, and a pool and tennis court in the backyard. Ed was just getting to take this all in when he was pounced on by a huge dog. Ed wa being licked to death by the dog until Roy pulled him off. "Ed, Al, this is Rascal. He's very friendly and loves attention. He gets very hyper tho so don't tease him!"

Ed laughed even the dumb bastard neede companionship. This dig was big and black. He looked sorta like a wolf except for th fact thst he was kinda scrawny. Ed saw Mustang motion him to follow with his hand. "Come boys, I will show you to your rooms."

Roy showed Al his first. It was a beautiful steel blue room with gray window shades and curtains. The had a lush soft white carpet. It was the most comfortable floor. The room had a big oak chest and an oak desk. Off in the right corner there was a comfy looking bed with the steel blue bedset. The bathroom, located at the far laeft of the room was also decorated in the same fashion. It was hard to believe Mustang had such good tastes. Then Roy told Ed to follow him and they walked a little bit longer down the hallway and entered another room.

I. Edward Elric, had never seen a room more to my liking than this one. The walls were a dark shad of black and so were the window drapes that covered the bih bay windows. I noted that the bedspread and the color of the carpet both matched the red of my coat. My two favorite colors. I noted that I also had a matching bathroom and oak furniture. The thing that stood out in my mind though was that there was a picture of a dragon on the wall. I absolutely love dragons. How did he know?

Roy smirked and left the boys to their own devices. He went into the kitchen to prepare dinner. Tonight he though he's make his famous udon. Roy absolutely adored udon. His face shoed that he was being serious as he prepared his meal. He looked at his completed creation. His tastes buds watered over the smell. He called the boys down for dinner. He fully knew Al couldn't eat but he was sure his knew son wouldn't appreciate being left out, but al chose to stay in his room.

Ed entered the kitchen and sat down at the table. He stared at the food in front of him. It looked ok but he didn't feel like eating. He asked,"Is this even edible?" He saw Roy's face flare up in anger.

"Don't you dare insult my cooking you little ingrate just try it!" Ed looked disdainfully at it but the conscented to trying it. He slipped a little into his mouth and realized that iot was pretty good after all. He greedily ate the rest of the bowl and got seconds.

"Not so bad eh fullmetal?"

"It was ok I've had better."

"Is that so. Well I'm tired and since you seem to be full of energy fullmetal you can do the dishes."

"Damn you bastard."

"Ed, don't you dare speak like that to your father!"

"For the last god damn time I will never think of you as my father."

"Whatever you say fullmetal."

Mustang walked up to Al's room. He entered the rom and saw him laying on his bed. "How come you didn't join us for dinner?"

"Sir I didn't up to it. I can't eat food anyway."

"I know but I was worried about you. You two are my responsibility now, and I want you to be happy. I know it will take a while for us all to adjust to one another, but if there is anything I can do to make you feel more at home just tell me."

"Thank you, but I'm good for the moment."

Roy walked out of the room proud of himself. His first father-son talk had gone well. Now he just had to wait for time to make them all closer. He hoped that he could be someone that the boys would open up too. Not to mention ease his lonliness. That was the hardest thing for him to admit. He was lonely. He needed the boys as much as he thought they needed him.

Truth be told the boys needed him as well. They had no direction in thier lives and sometimes they got themselves inot scrapes that they couldn't get themselves out of. They didn't have a real home for years. It was nice to know you had some place to come home too. Not that at the monent anything about the place seemed homey. In the future the Ed hated to admit that he was actually glad that there was someone there for him, but he had grown to respect the man called Dad.

Ed walked into his room and plopped down on the bed. The days events had totally drained him physically adn emotionally. He just couldn't believe so many things could happen in the course of five hours. Just this morning he was saying goodbye to Winry. The girl he loved and now he comes home to find out that he has a knew father. No wonder he was mad. This place reminded him so much of his home of his childhood it hurt. Mustang had a lot of the same tastes that his mom had. He fell asleep and dreamed about his mother.

Roy couldn't sleep. It was wierd having people living with him. It was about two in the morning and he decided to go for a walk down the hallways. It always calmed him to check the house out before he went to sleep. Knowing that he was perfectly safe did wonders for his mind. He was walking down the hall that Ed and Al shared. He walked past Al's room and heard loud snoring. Who knew that armor could snore. He continued down the hall until he passed Ed's room. He heard him crying out and yelling in his sleep.

Roy entered the room and noticed that Ed was thrashing around in his sleep. He walked over and shook the young man away. Ed sat up and screamed,"Mother! No!" Then he realized that Mustang was standing over him. He threw a dirty look at him but couldn't stop the tears from flowing down his face. Mustang sat down next to him and began to speak,"Ed"

"Don't say anything."

"Ed please just talk to me, ok? What's wrong?"

"I was dreaming about the day my mom died. Your house reminds me so much of her. I can't believe it"

"It's ok to miss her. I know how you feel. My parents died when I was young too. No one wanted me and I was forced to be on my own. I held in my feeling because I had to be strong. I joined the army when I was 19 to get some stability in my life. I guess that's what compelled me to adopt you two. I don't want you to have to go through what I did. No child should. If at any time you need to talk about anything just come and talk to me."

Ed was surprised. He had never known this man to open up to anyone. He just turned to him and hugged the man. Words couldn't express what he was feeling then. It was hard to believe that his cold bastard could actually be supoprtive. Tears still continued to fall down his face. Roy put his hand on top of the boys head and ruffled his hair. Then said,"Try to get some sleep. Tomorrow's gonna be a busy day." Then Ed lay down on his bed and tried to fall back asleep as Roy walked out of his room.

Thank you once again for reading. Ne suggestions and of course reviews are appreciated.

ttyl,

Dani