Ed & You

Chapter 3

By SakuraSagura

Disclaimer…

Don't own Fullmetal Alchemist whatsoever. I'm only doing this in the first place because I have nothing better to do… And I bet most of you are happy about that, lol.

After school () was walking home, in uniform, still a bit confused about earlier. () kicked a Pepsi can out of her way and continued to hurry down the sidewalk. She felt upset at everything at the moment. Up ahead she could see the park where 'it' had happened. The slide looked fine as far as she could tell. A swing creaked in the wind and () ran straight past it and kept running even to the intersection. When she was in the middle of the road a car came out of nowhere. () froze and stared at it like a deer would. It was a black convertible with a strange circle on the trunk's lid. The car made a shrieking noise as it did it's best to slow to a stop. () shut her eyes tight and put her arms up to block her face. She was to scared to even move her feet. A scream was caught in her throat and wanted desperately to come out. () couldn't even croak.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK-" Someone yelled once the shrieking had died down and warm air tickled ()'s legs and she could smell burnt rubber. The door slammed hard, and the driver turned hatefully to the girl. The driver had long, wild, black hair held off his face by a black headband with the school's name across it. He had slanted purple eyes that were very, very intimidating, pale skin, and he was taller than (). He was wearing tattered, dark, denim jeans, a black and white long sleeve shirt, and dirty sneakers.

He stopped and stared. "… Hold on a sec." He mumbled, () couldn't keep her stare off of his long, wild, black hair, he leaned on the shut car door. "Aren't you ()?" He asked slowly. Not sure if () could trust him she only nodded. That and the fact her voice wasn't ready to come out again. A smirk played on his face.

"Come on, get in." He opened the door on the passenger side for her. () shook her head. "Don't worry. I'm not going to eat you… that's not my job. I go to your school." He replied shortly.

"Y-you do?" () choked on her new found voice.

"Yeah, Envy Elric."

"WHAT?" () screamed and pointed, finding her voice was working just fine. Envy raised an eyebrow and frowned.

"What got into you?" He inquired, freaked out by her shouting. () looked lost for a moment before saying,

"I thought Edward had…" She looked at Envy. Was it a guy or what? () decided Envy wasn't a girl and finished shyly, "… Only one brother." Envy chuckled at that. () didn't know why. And it sort of scared her.

"Get in, I'll take you home." Envy walked over to his door and sat down on his black leather seats. () didn't move. "Just get in and I'll take you home. I almost ran you over might as well let me repay you." Envy snapped, irritated and wanting to hurry up. Very slowly () made her way over to the car door. Before getting in she stole a better look at the circle on the trunk's lid. The actual circle was what looked like a dragon or a snake eating it's own tail to (). It had spikes on the snake's head and back. There were wings above it and a six sided star in the center. () only briefly wondered what it was before sitting down and buckling up for the long ride.

"She saw?" Alphonse asked while writing out a math equation. He was sitting on a fine burgundy couch with paper, pencil, and book on his lap. There was a smooth wooden table in front of him with a glass vase filled with incense, Alphonse's glass of milk, and Edward's of orange juice. The room was connected to the entrance hall, a spiraling stairway, and one of many well stocked kitchens that lead to other rooms. There was a large flat screen television in between two tropical pants, all in front of where Alphonse sat. The carpet looked like nothing dirty had even been in the same room with it.

"Yep. We've got to tell Teacher to be more careful." Edward shivered at the thought. He was sitting on the other side of the table doing his chemistry assignment with several books scattered around him.

"Okay, brother, but you do it. I really don't want to break another window." Alphonse whimpered. He quickly finished the next question and shut his math book.

"No way!" Edward shouted and sat straight up. By accident he hit the table and the glass vase fell onto one of Edward's super thick reference books and shattered.

"Are you all right?" Alphonse asked, standing up to help.

"Yeah, but…" Edward's face scrunched up at the thought, "Mom's vase isn't." Alphonse gulped. Both looked nervous and were starting to sweat. "You know… She has so many nice things I bet she won't notice it."

"Edward." Alphonse snapped and looked at the stairs. His big brother's upper face was blue as he said,

"But I don't want to."

"Well, I don't have anything with me so you have to do it!" Alphonse said nervously. Edward sighed, frightened at what could happen if mom found her vase like this.

"Okay, okay… I'll fix it." Edward replied quickly before he started to put the pieces of shattered glass in a pile. Alphonse carefully got down on his knees and helped. Once all the findable pieces were found, including scoops of incense, Alphonse and his big brother made several checks to make sure no one was around to see.

"If they see us we're dead, you know that, right?" Alphonse asked while looking over his shoulder again. Edward sweat dropped and replied lowly that he did.

He clapped his hands and closed his eyes. To a normal person this would look like he was praying at first. But to anyone who knew about alchemy it would be very different. The air cracked and suddenly streams of light were dancing. In the beginning only around Edward's hands. But, once he placed them on the ground next to the glass pieces it grew. It looked like mini lightning.

"I'm home!" Of all people, Envy called from the entrance hall. Edward and Alphonse nearly fell over. The light was quickly gone, leaving a slightly lumpy vase. It looked almost exactly like the original only it had bumps here and there. Although only small bumps were made Edward and Alphonse both knew that mom would still find out.

"Envy? I thought y-you were going to go to Greed's after school!" Alphonse called back, betraying the fact he was startled.

"I was but I found…" The sounds of two people walking came closer and closer. Edward hastily place the vase back on the table. Envy walked coolly out of the hallway with () behind him. "This little, lost girl."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Edward and Alphonse screamed and pointed at the same time. Had she seen their use of alchemy?

"Who you calling 'little'?" () asked, offended at Envy's use of words. Both boys' heads received relieved sweat drops.

"Oh, (), why are you here?" Edward asked oddly from the floor. ()'s face redden from embarrassment. Then she remembered something and glared at Envy.

"Well, this guy here said he'd take me home." She said agitatedly.

"And I did. I just never said which home." Envy smirked mischievously. Edward frowned and barked angrily,

""Leave her alone you jerk!"

"Fine, next time I'll just run her over and keep on driving."

"YOU HIT () WITH YOUR CAR?" Both Edward and Alphonse exclaimed, horrified at what they saw in their heads. Envy gawked at them like they were a pair of retarded rabbits jumping rope and singing 'Ready Steady Go'. He put his palms up and motioned to ().

"I think if I ran her over she'd look worse than this!" Envy received a smack on the back of his head. "What was that for?" He cried and held the back of his head with his hands.

"You called me ugly!"
"No, I can't do that because you're way beyond that!"

"Shut up palm tree!"

"… 'Palm tree'?" Envy stared at () with his mouth open. Edward started to laugh and Alphonse made himself restrain his own. The look on Envy's face was priceless. Envy turned on his brothers. "Shut up, you stupid shrimp and tin can!" With that Envy stomped up the curved stairs, leaving a confused (), a depressed Alphonse, and a raging Edward behind.

"Wow, I've never been here before. You guys have such a nice house!" () cooed joyfully while looking up at the ceiling in the main kitchen. The room was huge. It had beautifully carved shelves and cabinets filled with food, long tables for cutting, rinsing, cooking, and everything else to prepare a meal fit for a king. The ceiling and walls had paintings of foods from every land. Just looking at it made ()'s mouth water. The room had several refrigerators that were top of the line. In other words it was a chief's paradise.

"Eh heh, thanks." Edward smiled awkwardly. Alphonse opened a cabinet and took out a bag with some kind of sand colored substance. He looked over at a timid () and said,

"You can have whatever you want." () looked around.

"No joke?"

"Nope." Edward commented as he opened a drawer and grabbed a large, wood spoon. He set it down by a stove and went over to a cabinet to grab something else. "Al, what should we make for…" Edward looked over his shoulder to see Alphonse setting a pot of water on one of the burners. "I see your already starting."

"What do you like ()?" Alphonse asked, turning to the overwhelmed girl.

"You don't have to make anything for me!" () said and waved her hands back and forth.

"No, no. We have to make supper after our homework is done tonight… Mom will want to eat after work today." Edward explained and swiftly brought out a bag of spaghetti noodles and a container of fresh salmon. He showed them to () and asked which she'd think their mom would prefer.

"You know her better than I do." () assured with a small blush on her face, "You should know what she likes."

"Yeah, yeah, which one?"

"I, well, um, I think…" She flattered. () sighed and asked, "Why don't you just make both?"

"Salmon AND spaghetti? Together? And with mom's disgusting spices?" Alphonse inquired from the stove. Edward stared at (), making her face feel warmer out of embarrassment. His face brightened into a smile and he turned to his brother.

"You think you can do it Al?"

"I'll try." Alphonse laughed a bit as he turned. Edward tossed the spaghetti bag at him and then the salmon. Alphonse caught it easily and set them on the counter. Edward made his way over to a nearby sink and washed his hands. () from a distance heard the two brothers talking. She only caught a few words. Once Edward shut off the faucet he grinned at Alphonse.

"Remember last time we both made supper?"

"Yeah, mom hated it."

"Yep, and all because of you."

"You're the one who used," Alphonse slapped his mouth shut and thought for a word. Once he had one he continued, "You're the one who used salt instead of sugar."

"Whatever, let bygones be bygones… Well," Edward's smile turned into a smirk as he gazed over at (). She felt her stomach sink as he said, "This time we have another new taste tester." () perked up at this. She was going to taste Edward's cooking!But her hopes and dreams were foiled by Alphonse's next comment,

"I hope she doesn't end up like the last ones."

"Yeah," Said Edward evilly, "We can only afford so many hospital bills."

Okay, there you go! Did you see that coming? Envy Elric, lol, I wasn't sure whether or not to do that. Can you hardly wait to taste some of Edward's home cooking? Er, I can. Well, now go on and review.

Happy Easter!