Chapter 5, Celebrate

Disclaimer: Lucky for y'all, FMA ain't mine. Man, that anime would be crap.

Three weeks had passed now and Ed had gotten very close to all of Al's friends, especially Roy. He even joined them regularly to play cards at the restaurant.

"Haha! I won!" Havoc cackled and wrapped his arms around his pile of winnings. Which was only two peppermints, a keychain, and a bright green pen with a feather sticking from the top of it. They only played for fun, remember?

"Yes, mine! I beat you!" Havoc continued to rub it in that he finally beat Roy after weeks of trying.

"Yeah, ok. Deal again." Ed interupted his boasting.

"Hey, I've been trying to beat this guy for a while. I will enjoy this moment." He stood up and did a silly dance. Everyone laughed at him, except Al, who was asleep in-between Ed and Winry.

"I hope you're finished. I'm gonna call it a night, people." Roy stood up and stretched his arms above his head.

"Couldn't handle my beating?" Havoc teased the dark-eyed guy.

"Yeah, that's it. I couldn't handle the skill of 'The Havoc'." Roy sarcastically said.

"That's right." The blond man spoke proudly, which caused the other people to laugh again. Ed poked Al to wake him up.

"I'm going to the restroom real quick, you can wait for me in the car." He handed his brother the keys and Al sleepily stood, said his good-byes, and walked outside.

"Alright, so what do we have so far for Al's party?" Ed asked everyone.

"I ordered a cake at the bakery near my house and invited a couple more people." Winry said.

"I got a couple other's that work here to come and bring gifts. I'll pick up the food the day of the party." Roy told him.

"Okay, good. You got something, Havoc?" Havoc looked around guiltily.

"Um, no, but I could get him a stripper!" He said happily.

"Are you kidding! Don't order some skank to shake her butt in his face." Winry protested.

"I really don't think he would like that." Ed told him.

"Well, I'll just buy him a couple things and give him some money." Havoc concluded, then Edward shrugged.

"Better than nothing. It's been kinda hard since he's usually with me, but I've gotten him a couple things and this nice lady I met is making him a banner."

"Alright. Everything sounds good." Havoc stood to leave. "See you guys tomorrow, then."

"Bye, guys." Winry walked after her brother, scolding him on the way out. "I can't believe you want to get him a stipper!"

"It was a joke!" Havoc laughed. Ed and Roy smiled at the two.

"Hey, is there anything specific that I should buy for food?" Roy asked after the squabbling siblings left.

"Well, he likes nachos. We can have that as the main food. Um..." He put a finger to his chin. "Times like these, I wish Mom was still around. She knew how to plan for parties way better than I did." Roy smiled at the childish frown on Ed's face as he tried to think of something.

"Just bring a lot of finger foods, since I know no one's going to cook anything. I think Al's the best cook out of all us and there's no way I'm letting him make his own birthday dinner."

"It probably doesn't even matter. Your brother's pretty easy to please. We sung happy birthday for him at work last year and he was happy with that. I think he'll really like this."

"He told me about that." Ed laughed. "He said you guys were the worst singers he ever heard." Roy laughed, too.

"Do you think he suspects we're planning anything?" Roy asked and Ed shook his head.

"He'll be completely surprised." Roy nodded then started putting the chairs upside down on the table.

"So...how are you doing?" Ed asked him after he finished. Roy knew what he was talking about immediately.

"I'm still doing fine. Things seem a lot simpler now." Ed smiled brightly at him.

"It's all thanks to you, friend." Ed put his head down to cover his blush. 'Damn him for making me feel like this. Too bad he's not interested in guys.' Ed sighed, then felt an arm around his shoulders.

"Don't look so sad. Come on, let's go." And with that they both left.

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It was Friday afternoon as Ed and Al headed up the stairs to their apartment.

"Ugh. I hate working on my birthday. It wasn't even that many people today! They didn't even need me!" Al complained.

"Blame that dumbass Gran for sticking you in the early shift. He completely threw off your sleeping pattern."

"Yeah. I'm just gonna sit back and wacth tv. I'll be satisfied with that." Al unlocked his door.

"SURPRISE!" Al nearly had a heartattack as he looked around at all the people in his living room. Flashes were going off as people took pictures of his shocked face.

"Happy birthday, Alphonse! Yeah, happy b-day, Al!" He heard the people shouting out to him. Ed walked up on the side of him. He could see his brother's eyes tearing up.

"You did this for me?" Al asked tearfully.

"No. We did this for you. Happy birthday, Al." Al turned and hugged his brother.

"Aww!" The group gushed.

"Thank you. I love you so much." Ed laughed at his sensitive brother.

"I love you, too. Now go enjoy your party." Someone came up to them and put hats on there heads and Ed picked up a noisemaker to blow on. Music started blasting as people came up and pinned money on the birthday boy.

"Hey! I'm glad you seem to like everything so far. I put a lot of effort into this." Havoc pinned a twenty-dollar bill on Al. Roy, Ed, and Winry all frowned at the silly man. Even Al looked skeptical.

"Well, I helped bring in the cake!" Winry hit him. "Ow! Look, just enjoy yourself." He blew a noisemaker in Al's face then moved to get lost in the crowd.

"Happy birthday!" Winry ran up to Al and hugged him. "You've got a ton of gifts. You can open those later. Come here." She pulled him toward his bedroom.

"I think we did good." Roy told Edward.

"Yeah, he's really happy." Ed turned to the other man. "Thank you for helping make this day so special to him." He smiled and Roy had to force himself to remember that this was another guy he was talking to. It's just that Ed had his hair in a ponytail and his face just looked so feminine to Roy most of the time. He wouldn't admit it outloud, but he thought Ed could pass for a pretty girl any day. He then suddenly remembered something.

"Hey, I've got something for you. Follow me." He waved his hand to Ed as he made his way through the dancing crowd. They went in Ed's room, which also doubled as the gift room. Ed even looked shocked at the boxes that covered his bed. He wondered what all these people got Al.

Roy reached into a blue bag and picked up a white box, then handed it to Edward.

"This is for you." Ed took the box and glanced at Roy, who was smiling a bit shyly at him. Ed swallowed. Roy just didn't know what he was doing to the poor guy. Ed opened it and pulled out a red jacket. It was the same jacket he saw at a store they were in when they were shopping for Al. He remembered telling Roy how much he liked it.

"You didn't have to do this, you know." Roy's smile widened.

"But I wanted to." Edward looked into his dark eyes. Edward knew he was in trouble. He was really starting to feel something for this man.

"Are you going to try it on?" Roy's voice snapped him out of his thoughts. Ed slipped it over his clothes and grinned when it fit just right.

"You look nice." Havoc suddenly bursted into the room.

"What are you guys doing? You're missing the party!" Ed put his new jacket away and both quickly joined the fun.

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It was now a little after 9pm and most of the guests was settled down talking and eating. A few people were still dancing about to the music.

"Alright, Al. We have one last big gift for you." Havoc pulled him from his place in the kitchen and sat him down in a recliner that someone had fixed up to look like a thrown.

"Oh, sorry about pulling on your shirt like that." Al could tell that the man might have had a bit too much to drink by his speech. Havoc looked closer at the shirt, nearly busting his head against Al's. "Ah! I bought this shirt!" Yep, he was definitely drunk. He had forgotten that earlier Winry pulled Al into his room and told him to change out of his work clothes to the ones Havoc bought for him.

"Okay (belch) here's your crown." Havoc drunkenly pulled a crown from the side of the recliner and placed it on Al's head. He then stood up and yelled to everyone else to join him in the living room.

"What's this about? You know what's going on?" Ed whispered to Roy.

"No. He probably went ahead and got him a stripper, anyway." Ed gasped.

"No way! I told him no strippers!" Roy just shrugged as they both joined everyone else, who also seemed clueless as to what was going on.

"Alright. Here." He placed a drink in Al's hand. "Enjoy you first drink, Al." He turned to look at the group. "Now, everyone." He spoke loudly, waving his hand in the air. "I'd like to introduce to you...Pretty Bunny!" He waved to the dj to hit the music. The music started as Winry walked into the room wearing a sexy pink bunny suit with pink heels to match. She winked and blew a kiss toward Al.

Al, Ed, and Roy's mouths all dropped open as she danced slowly to the music. The men whooped and hollered and the women clapped as she made her way to dance in front of Al. He was blushing like crazy while his mind tried to wrap around the fact that Winry was doing all this for him.

She continued to dance to the music and sat in his lap right as the song ended. Everyone clapped and hollered and whistled as she smiled at his still blushing face.

"Happpy 21st birthday, Alphonse." She said seductively to him before planting a kiss on his lips.

"Wow!" Ed exclaimed to Roy who started laughing at both brothers shocked faces. "I think I'm jealous."

"Well, I know what to get you for your birthday." Roy laughed harder. Ed just smiled at him. 'Roy really has no idea that he's what I want.' Ed smiled at the man then continued to clap as Winry stood up and took a bow.

Well, that was fun to write. LOL! I don't even care for Winry/Al, either. I just made it up as I typed. But I hope you enjoyed it, too. And I really want to thank the beautiful people reading this, even if you don't review, I appreciate you taking the time. Bye!