Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from "Fullmetal Alchemist". The only things in this story that I own are the storyline and the character Alayna. Also, my friend Kimmy named the story so the credit goes to her.

Chapter Two

The Meeting

Thursday morning Roy walked into work with a sort of skip in his step, and on top of that, he was smiling! It completely baffled everyone in the office. "Good morning Sergeant, Lieutenant," he said as he passed by Sergeant Fuery and Lieutenant Havoc with a huge grin on his face.

"Morning colonel," they both said in unison.

"The colonel's smiling, is it the apocalypse?" Fuery whispered to Havoc.

"Nah, I think he's just excited that he has a date tomorrow," Havoc responded.

"But doesn't he have a date every other night anyway?"

"Well, this girl's different from all the other ones."

"Good morning Lieutenant Hawkeye," Roy said with the same huge grin yet again.

"Good morning Colonel," Riza responded. "If you don't mind me asking sir, you seem different today, much happier than usual. Why is that?"

"Well, I've got a date tomorrow!" Roy said triumphantly.

"Um.. sir, don't you have a date practically every other night?" Riza questioned.

"Well, yes, but this girl's different than the others! She's a natural beauty! She's magnificent!" Roy said enthusiastically. Riza just sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Whatever you say sir."

Roy the proceeded to take a seat at his desk and start with his paperwork. Don't wanna stay late today. I have to pick out what I wanna wear tomorrow when I get home! He thought to himself.

He's actually doing his work! Riza thought. Strangely, she felt a hint of jealousy coming on. What! Why do I feel... jealous! She just kind of shrugged off her thoughts and went back to work.

It was a beautiful Friday afternoon. KNOCK KNOCK! Alayna heard a knock on the door so answered it to find Roy Mustang standing there. Instead of his blue military uniform, he wore a more casual outfit instead. A white collared shirt along with nice black pants and shoes. He was in awe of Alayna who was wearing a nice black skirt with a red shirt and black flats. Her hair was down, in a gentle wave. Simple, yet stunning.

"Hi!" Alayna greeted Roy.

"Well, you look absolutely amazing," Roy complimented. Alayna blushed at this.

"Thanks," She said still blushing. "You look rather handsome yourself."

"Well are you ready to go?" Roy asked.

"Of course!" Alayna replied. Roy then gave her the 'after you' motion as they walked to the car. He opened the door for her on the passengers side then ran to the driver's side to get in himself. Once they were both in the car, he started it up and they drove off.

"Well since you've been here for a week, I assume you know your way around the town a bit," Roy said. "Is there any place in particular you would want to visit?"

Alayna just thought for a moment. "The park," she finally answered.

"Alright, the park it is," Roy said as he drove in the direction of the park. After a series of turns and such, they found themselves at their destination. Roy parked the car not far from the entrance. He turned off the engine, got out, and proceeded to walk over to Alayna's side to let her out. Once they were both out of the car, they walked into the park.

"So why did you decide to move here?" Roy asked.

"Well, back at home I wasn't happy with my lifestyle. I was performing night after night, not getting recognized by any producer and I was bringing home a very low paycheck," she explained. "I was tired of living like that and decided I wanted to do something else with my life so found this job as a director of a children's choir. That's when I decided to move here."

"So you performed all the time and never got recognized?" Roy asked. The thought didn't make sense to him.

"Right," Alayna confirmed.

"How is that possible! You have such a beautiful voice!" This made Alayna blush.

"Apparently not everyone thinks so. But enough about me! I wanna know more about you," she said.

"Well there's not much to tell about myself," Roy started. "I'm a military man- the Flame Alchemist. I hold the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, I survived the Ishbahl War and currently live alone."

"Any hopes and dreams for the future?"

"I would like to climb the ladder of success so I can be come Fuhrer one day and make the military better. I want all of the wars to stop," And make all female soldiers wear miniskirts. He added as a side-note to himself.

"A very noble cause I do believe."

"Well, I just hope I can make it happen one day." They continued to walk through the park and eventually came to an ice cream stand.

"Would you like some ice cream?" Roy asked.

"Sure," Alayna responded.

"What kind?"

"Coffee."

"Could I get a cone with coffee and one with chocolate please?" Roy asked the ice cream man. The ice cream man quickly scooped the frozen treats into two cones and handed them to Roy who then paid and gave the coffee cone to Alayna.

"Thanks," She said.

"No problem," Roy answered. They both turned so they could continue walking but Roy stopped when he saw a familiar face sitting on the bench across from the stand reading a book.

"It's Lieutenant Hawkeye," Roy said and started to walk to the bench to say hello. Alayna followed close behind. "Hello Lieutenant," Roy said. Riza looked up from her book.

Roy? "Hello Colonel," she replied. And the girl... she is different from the others. She thought to herself. "What brings you to the park this afternoon?"

"I'm showing someone around town. Lieutenant this is Alayna, Alayna that's Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye," Roy introduced the two.

"Nice to meet you," Alayna said and shook her hand.

"Same to you," Riza said calmly while she forced a smile. On the inside, she wanted to scream.

"Well see you in the office," Roy said. Riza nodded while roy and Alayna walked away.

What am I gonna do? Riza thought to herself. She sighed. He's so blind... He can't see what's rignt in front of him. And this girl, well it doesn't look like she's going to be just a one-night stand... Dammit...