"Thank you boys," she smiled softly as she limped off back to the meeting.
Her beautiful blond hair swept behind her as she walked. Her light sky blue miniskirt barely covered her nice butt. Her long, slim, sleek legs flowed down to her heels as they clicked down the hallway as she limped. Her large chest had a slight bounce to it as she limped. Her low cut tank top made sure a lot of cleavage was shown. Her shirt ended showing her stomach. It was flat with about a two pack. She had nice tan skin. Her dark lips were large and very tempting. Her jade eyes looked around.
She turned the door handled to the office she was supposed to be in. She had two things on her arm that caused her difficulty on unlocking and opening the door: A picnic basket full of food for her and the others and her military uniform. She looked around the office to see the usual and an unexpected guest. She smiled briskly as she laid her stuff down on the table.
"How was it at the doctor's today, Sepia?" Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye said while looking at the companion who entered.
"Better, Better," she said in an annoyed at tired tone. "No bad news, but no good news either. I'm just going to have to live with this knee of mine. The doctor suggest automail, but I'm not lowering myself to that. I'm sorry, but no."
"Well, at least," Second Lieutenant Havoc chimed in, "you don't have to have it amputated."
"That's good!" she exclaimed while getting the food out on the table. "I would die if I had to!"
"Well, Serpent glade you could join us," a voice said from the door. "I just went looking for you. I'm glad to see you haven't changed yet."
"Shut up, Roy!" Sepia yelled looking at the Colonel. "Never call me Serpent! You know very well my name is Sepia!"
"Sepia is so much better," Sergeant Major Cain Fuery said while looking at the woman.
"Thank you, Cain," she smiled with a blush without facing the others, but getting the food ready.
"Have you got enough for all of us, Sepia?" Mustang teased. "The Lieutenant Colonel and his family are coming to join us."
"Now you tell me!" She turned to face him. "Roy! I just had my knee messed with and bothered! I cannot go back to the kitchen and get food! I'll fall over! You know that! Now go get the food for them!"
"Is that anyway to speak to your, Colonel?" he smirked, but the room screamed, or ducked for cover as a gun shot was fired.
"Sepia, don't lose your temper, Roy, you should have told her, and I'll go get the extra food," Riza said while standing to her feet.
"Lieutenant, Sit please," Warrant Officer Vato Falman said while standing to his feet, "I'll get it." With that, he rushed out.
Sepia managed to limp over and sit next to Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes. Sepia slouched in her chair and brought her knee up. The popping sound was disgustingly loud, but by now, the only one affected by the sound was Maes. The others went on with their doings. Maes looked at the beautiful woman beside him. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a picture.
"This is my daughter, Alicia! Isn't she the most precious thing you've ever seen?" He kissed the picture and looked as the woman summoned Cain to grab her bag of clothes.
Sepia reached into the front pocket of her uniform shirt and took out several pictures. She had one on top of a black and white dog. It was large and very sober looking, "This is Fredrick, my eldest dog. Sweet thing he is."
Maes took out another picture of him and Gracia, "This is my wife, she is beautiful! The greatest woman ever on the face of this earth!"
She smiled and had a picture of a thin, gray cat with gray eyes and a deeply mischievous look, "This is my cat, Gabrielle. Wildest little thing ever, keeps up with the dogs too...always rough housing."
Maes took out a picture that he rarely showed since he knew everyone knew her. It was of a girl with bushy brown hair, emerald green eyes, pale skin, blood colored lips, and modest, baggy clothing, "This is my adoptive daughter, Arianna, State Alchemist she is! SilverMoon! She's a messenger around Central. She's rambunctious as must children about sixteen are."
She had a picture of a puppy that looked a lot like Black Hayate, but this pup had one black eye and one blue, and its right ear flopped at the top, "This is my other pup, Mariam. Mariam is really fond of Riza's dog, Black Hayate. We plan on breeding them sometime."
"Finally got someone to compare pictures with, Maes?" Mustang said while slapping Sepia's knee causing her to yelp loudly in pain (At this, Havoc fell backwards in his chair because he was leaning back, Cain looked up at her with concern, Breda nearly fell in fright, and Riza glared). "Major Noramegi, here, is just as camera crazy as yourself, except, she has her little pets."
"NEVER TOUCH MY KNEE!" the woman looked as if closed to tears as she held her hurting knee.
"Colonel...can you leave her alone...please..." Cain mumbled as he looked to Mustang.
"Why not...Arianna's coming isn't she, Maes?" Mustang smirked.
"Yes, but not by her own free will..." He said rolling her eyes. "The only reason she's doing it is because she wants to talk to Havoc."
"Me?"
"Yes, you, Jean," Maes said while looking to him. "I don't want you giving her a bad example either. She's already one with a bad outlook on life. So don't tell you put a bad example on her. I will kill you on my own."
"Chill, Maes!" He laughed. "I won't do anything to the girl."
There was a knock on the door and Cain got up to answer the door. In raced the little three-year-old girl, Alicia and over to her dad's lap. The mother walked in next, thanking Cain, and then saying hello to Riza and Havoc, the two she knew. "Arianna...come..." The statement from Maes brought in a girl with a bit of an annoyed look. She had the long bushy hair, the emerald green eyes, and the modest clothing. She smiled at Riza and Havoc.
"Hello Arianna," Riza smiled softly at the girl, "how are you doing?"
"I'm fine, Hawkeye, thanks," Arianna smiled, "yourself?"
"I'm living, and trying to control Mustang," she said. "By the way, he is going to annoy you...so hold your temper."
"Why me?" Arianna said.
"Because Sepia just had her knee looked at and I'm not allowing him to bother her because she will slice him as thin as deli meat with her machete."
"Sepia?"
"Hi, you must be Arianna," the blond with the knee problem spoke up looking at the girl with her jade eyes.
"I'm guessing you're Sepia?"
"Yep!" Havoc interrupted before Sepia could answer, "She is the pain in the ass and knee. She is the loudest, most annoying being in this office. She gets on Mustang's nerves and has an attitude and temper worse than you. But she's a joy to have around the office."
After throwing a paper wad at Havoc to shut him up, Sepia smiled to Arianna, "All that he says is true most likely. Plus, I can get any information out of any guy in the military or anywhere! That is why Mustang puts up with me. He needs me!"
Arianna laughed as she took a seat next to Havoc and close to Sepia, "He misses me. I know he does. There is no one who will run across town and back in under twenty minutes without complaining or losing their way...or getting there and back on time."
Sepia laughed joyfully as if not laughing in forever or not hearing anything as funny as that thought in ever. Arianna smiled as she flipped her hair back. Mustang placed his hands on Arianna's shoulders and gripped them tightly, causing her to yelp a bit. He knelt down besides her, whispering softly in her ear, "I've been here the whole time." This caused Arianna to burst into laughter.
"Mustang! Congratulations!" Maes smiled as he looked to his daughter still cracking up laughing, "You actually made her laugh without hurting yourself."
"Haha, funny, Maes," Mustang replied while picking up Alicia.
"Uncle Roy made Arianna laugh!" Alicia said as she hugged the Flame Alchemist.
"Yeah, he did. Uncle Roy is funny, isn't he, Alicia?" Roy replied as the little girl nodded.
"Um...Roy, can Gracia and I speak to you out in the hallway?" Maes asked while standing with Gracia under one arm.
"Sure," he gave Alicia to Sepia and walked out with the Hugheses.
"What is it, Maes?" Roy asked while looking at the couple.
"Well, you know...that we've been trying to decide on godparents for Arianna, right?" Maes asked.
"Yeah...what's your point?"
"Well," Gracia smiled, "we've decided to let you be godfather. For two reasons, One: You can make her laugh and Two: We don't want to separate the girls."
"You two think that Arianna and I can live in the same household together?" Roy looked at them absolutely shocked.
"Not for the first couple weeks, so that's why we picked you because Riza and Havoc are near by and it seems she is growing fond of Major Noramegi," Maes replied.
"What do you suggest with Riza, Jean, and Sepia?" Roy looked at them sceptically.
"Of course she's not going to stay with you," Gracia said while looking at him, "so she can go stay with them for a bit if needed. But not too long with Jean..."
The three adults went back into the room to see Arianna, Alicia, Sepia, Jean, Riza, Heymans, and Cain in a paper wad war. The three others took teams and decided to join into the fun of a nice break. The fight lasted about fifteen more minutes before Falman entered with the food. This was a lunch break that will never be forgotten. This lunch break would remain in many minds forever.