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The restaurant was silent as the restaurant stood out as silent as the night air, but in the distance there was silent laughter coming from a nearby bush that caught the attention of Major Armstrong as he heard Ed laughing in the bushes as Al sat at the vacant table. Al sat by as he watched the Major walking over to the bush where Ed had been hiding and dragged Ed out of the bush kicking and screaming.

"Edward Elric, look at the mess you've created," Armstrong said as he held Ed by the scruff of his jacket.

The restaurant was a hive of silence as people had tried to help Mustang, but he just rudely resisted all help as he sat at the messy table with his head in his hands as he tried to wrap his mind around what had happened during the evening. All his anger was boiling to the surface as he felt the ring box in his pocket and took it out and held it in his hands.

"What did I do wrong?" Mustang pondered as he heard Armstrong walking up with a loud Edward shouting to be let go.

"This was the problem in your date Colonel," Armstrong said as he set Ed down onto his feet near the Colonel's table.

Mustang couldn't hide his anger and hatred as he just stared at the table and ignored Armstrong as Ed readjusted his jacket after Armstrong had grabbed him by the scruff of his jacket. Ed stood in shock as he saw Mustang clawing the tablecloth and opened and closed the ring box in his hand, there was a fiery hatred that stung at the corners of Mustang's eyes as tears of pain and hate rolled down his face and gathered in the corners of his eyes.

"Edward…..how could you done that? All I ever wanted was to tell the one woman I've ever loved to be my wife, but now you've ruined my chance! I hope you're happy! I'll see you at headquarters tomorrow….IN MY OFFICE!" Mustang said as he left the restaurant in a fit of rage and fire in his eyes as he stormed from the establishment, but in the process he had left the ring box.

Lt. Ross, Lt. Bloch and Al stayed back at the table in the corner as Ed stood at Mustang's table as Armstrong left in disgust without even looking at Ed as he left and as he did he noticed that the two Lieutenants and Al were sitting in the back and had been watching.

"You three could have done something to stop him, but now that's no longer an option," Armstrong said as he left the restaurant.

The other patrons stared in disbelief of what had happened and to Ed it felt like all eyes were on Ed as he stood dumbfounded at the pure anger and fire that had come from the Colonel. He had truly made a mess of things and as he stood and watched the patrons as they started to leave the restaurant, his mind went towards the ring box on the table; all of the Colonel's hopes and wishes were based upon that one ring and now they were all dashed in one moment.

Lt. Colonel Hughes and Lt. Havoc started to clean up the mess that Ed had made of the Colonel's date and of the table after Lt. Hawkeye had bumped into Lt. Havoc and after she had dumped the plate of food all over the Colonel's head. On the floor, lay a trail of spaghetti sauce and noodles that had been falling off the Colonel's outfit and hair after he had left the table. Havoc stared at the young boy with contempt in his eyes, but his eyes soon diverted as he noticed Lt. Ross walking up to Ed as Ed sat at the table alone.

"I apologize in advance for this Edward," Lt. Ross said as she slapped the young man across the face, "I hope you're happy….I don't know you right now."
Lt. Ross turned away from Edward as tears filled her eyes and as they came down her face she raced from the restaurant with Lt. Bloch looking back towards Ed as he chased after the Lieutenant, leaving Al alone to deal with his brother.

"You're not even human brother, I don't know who you truly are right now, but you certainly are not my brother and you're not human," Al said as he kept his eyes downcast as he walked from the restaurant as he caught up with the two Lieutenants.

Lt. Ross, Bloch and Al had left the restaurant with a stunned Ed sitting at the Colonel's table with his head hung low as he replayed the harsh words that had been said to the Colonel and the words that he had heard said about him and his acts of sheer cruelty to ruin the Colonel and the Lieutenant's date. Havoc had finished up and as he prepared to leave, he sent an evil glare to the boy, but Hughes shook his head at Havoc as to tell him that he would deal with the boy.

"I'll talk to him," Hughes mouthed to Havoc as Havoc untied his apron and headed back towards the dormitory as he ran into Lt. Breda and Fury.

Lt. Breda and Fury were walking down the dark street of East City, laughing about the interesting things they had seen during the night at the theater and the people they had to throw out of the theater due to something they had done. Their laughter soon turned to a different tune as they saw Lt. Havoc walking up the street as Havoc grabbed a cigarette out of his shirt pocket and lit it.

"How did it go Lt. Havoc?" Lt. Fury asked as he and Lt. Breda caught up with Havoc.

"Let's just say we had a small glitch in the plans," Lt. Havoc said as he puffed out a cloud of cigarette smoke.

"What do you---"Fury started to ask, but Breda elbowed him and motioned back towards Ed.

Ed couldn't believe the chaos he had created as he sat at the messy table in the chair where Lt. Hawkeye had sat in and as he sat in the chair he looked over to the corner of the table and realized that in the Colonel's fit of rage, Mustang had left the ring box on the table.

"We'll you sure did a number on Roy this time Ed," Hughes said as he sat at the table with Ed and cleaned his glasses.

"I know, but it was meant to be a joke," Ed said as he kept his distance from Hughes.

"You may have been headed that way, but you created quite a gap between Roy and Lt. Hawkeye. Roy has had his heart set on this night for as long as I have known about it."

"How long have you known about it?"

"A few weeks now, Roy was really falling for the Lieutenant, but now, that seems to be nothing but a fleeting dream now."
"I've really missed things up…..I need time to think," Ed said as he got up and moved towards the streets of East City.

"Ed, remember this, the man you hurt may be mad for now, but understand this….the guilt you feel will only eat at you as time goes on and the later you wait to apologize, the harder it will be to regain the Colonel and the Lieutenant's trust," Hughes said as he got up and placed a hand on the young man's shoulder.

"Thanks Hughes, I'll keep that in mind…" Ed said as he headed off to be alone with his thoughts before he decided what to do.

"Edward, you're forgetting something," Hughes said as he threw the ring box to Ed.
"Thanks, there's someone out there that this belongs to."

What a special way to end a heartbreaking moment that has occurred between the Colonel and Lt. Hawkeye, but will Ed make the right decision to swallow his pride and go apologize to the Lieutenant or will he hide his guilt and have the Colonel and Lt. Hawkeye stay mad at him? Find out in the next chapter! See you readers later!