Until something snapped the two apart. It was nothing but a soft knock at the door.

General Point of Veiw

Tap tap tap... "Room service!" A small knock and a teenage male voice called out. Ruri stood up quickly to the side of Ed, blood rushing down from her head making her dizzy. Ed stood up slowly and steadied her, as they both made their way to the door. Ed opened it and peered around the corner, as if asking why the boy interrupted such a moment. "Hello," he said, "You forgot your... Oh... um..." He had cought sight of Ruri, who was now standing beside Ed. The boy knelt down and swiftly took her hand, kissing it gently and saying. "Hello, miss. My name is--"

"That's nice, now goodbye!" Ed swiped the towels from the boy and slammed the door just as Ruri was pulling her hand back. He listened intently to hear footsteps slowly padding out.

"Who was at the door, brother?" Al inquired from the room over.

"Nobody."

"Why did you slam the door in his face, Ed" Ruri asked quietly. She changed to a taunting tone of voice and smirked, dancing around the blond teen in front of her. "Is it because your jealous?" Ruri waited for Ed to explode at this, but instead, his bangs just swept in front of his face as he put his head down and walked away.

He paused at the locked door to the bedroom and unlocked it, saying, "I'll sleep on the couch. It pulls out to a bed anyway. Get in the shower, cause you won't have time to take one tomorrow."

"Okay," she said, "but let me sleep on the couch. It will be easier for me." He nodded at this and started to move to the bedroom, but instead backed up and flopped on the couch again. Picking up the remote, he surfed for a couple channels, and said "I'll wait till your done in there."

Ruri's Point of Veiw (in the shower)

As the hot water ran down her back, she felt pain sear through it for the first time in what seemed like forever. The train ride from Central seemed so long away... Ruri reached for the shampoo and lathered it in your hair, smelling the sweet strawberry as it drizzled down her face.

"Mmm... it's so nice to be able to shower again," she whispered to herself. "Now I won't smell like crap." She smiled and applied conditioner. Sounds of the television in the room over were creeping through the door, and after washing down her body and drying off, she realized she forgot her clothes.

Shit. "ED! I'M COMING OUT, SO YOU BETTER NOT BE PEEKIN'! IF YOU DO, I SWEAR I'M GONNA PUMMEL YOU LIKE HELL!" she screamed, banging hard on the door.

General point of veiw

No reply. Ruri wrapped the towel tight, making sure it wouldn't fall off. She tentively (can't spell...) opened the door about three inches and peeked round the corner. She could see the corner of the T.V., and the end of Ed's braid. (I almost put brain again... jeez...) Creeping up, the aquatic alchemist saw he had already made the bed for her, and her suitcase was right by it. And of course, Ed was right beside the suitcase, waiting for Ruri to get out. Good thing though, cause he was already half asleep.

Quietly, she snuck around and started to unzip her baggage, careful not to make too much noise. But unfortunately, the T.V. felt it had to make a particularly loud noise...

HELP ME! sigh I need ideas. I like it when people send me their ideas, so I can recognize them and make a story out of it. please leave a reveiw messege with an idea in it so it'll alert me! Im going to start writing the fifth chapter in about four days, and I'm going to use the idea I like best, alright? The person who sent me the idea WILL receive credit. thanks a bunch! - the fallen megami