Disclaimer: I do not own FullMetal Alchemist. I just like to torment and control the characters. Bwahaha. And throw new ones in there... -shifty eyes-

Author's Note: Humm... Last chapter I didn't plan that way. Nifty how things worked out though. I quiet like it. -rubs hands together- Anywho, yay! More reviews! 33 Thank you much! I love fans, you rawk. And honestly Kitty, I didn't think she'd swear either. Ahh... I shall put this one up before I go to band camp. I shall be gone for quite a bit... There'll be an update on that with full details. Gah, don't hate me. Oh, still trying to get my picture of Marinna up...

Chapter Four: Black Eggs

Standing at the kitchen stove stood Marinna, wrapped up in a blanket, though fully dressed. Her cheeks were a little pink, her eyes looked tired. She had gotten a little sick from being out in the rain and from crying so hard. Her body had over worked itself a little. Nothing a little sleep couldn't cure, but she didn't have time to nap right now.

All that was visible of Marinna was an arm and her face. Everything else was covered, wrapped up in blanket. Her arm that was showing was to hold the frying pan. She was cooking breakfast for everyone that morning, like she always did. It was something she enjoyed doing. And now that Marinna and Edward had some time to connect, she wanted to impress him even more now.

Sitting at the kitchen table was Edward and Alphonse. Edward was leaning back in his chair, one arm over the back, his look of 'this is simple work, let me do it' with his eyes closed.

"Marinna, you're sick. Go rest and let me cook the breakfast," Edward offered.

"No," she sniffed. "I'm cooking it."

"Uhh... brother, I think I should cook," Alphonse said, hinting that his brother was no good at cooking.

Opening one eye, Edward looked at Alphonse and said, "Oh? And why's that?"

"Uh... No reason," Alphonse said, chibily trying to cover up that he ment Edward couldn't cook.

Marinna giggled as Edward chibily started telling his brother how good of a cook he was and that he was perfectly capible of cooking a good meal and if he didn't watch it, he'd turn Alphonse into a stove to prove how good he was.

In a more cheerful mood today, Winry walked into the kitchen. Of course the only reason she was normal was because she thought she was going to be the one to make Edward's auto-mail.

Looking at the two fighting brothers, Winry laughed and looked at Marinna. "What are they up to?" she asked, smiling.

"Al said that Ed was no good at cooking," Marinna said, laughing.

Winry laughed. "It's true..."

Edward now turned to Winry and glared. "I can so cook! Marinna, let me cook the breakfast."

Marinna stopped giggling and sneezed. Looking at Edward, she shook her head. "I've got it. It's what I do in the morning."

"Please!" Edward asked, getting up and standing next to her, in a chibi manner. He gave her big, puppy eyes. "Please!"

Laughing, she said, "But it's what I always do."

"You're sick!" Edward told her.

"No, just a little under the weather."

"But Marinna, I want to cook," Edward said, giving her puppy eyes again.

Alphonse sat there watching, a chibi flat look on his and Winry's faces as they looked at Edward and Marinna.

"Fine, Edward, take the pan," Marinna said, rolling her eyes and hopped away from the stove and sat down in the chair Edward had just moved from.

"Ha! Now I'll show you all I can cook!" Edward exclamined, quickly turning chibi while cooking.

Marinna looked at Alphonse and asked, "Can he really cook?"

Winry went and whispered rather loudly into Marinna's ear, "No."

"I heard that!" Edward said, glaring at them all while Marinna and Winry laughed.

"Hey, did something happen last night?" Winry asked when they all settled down.

"What?" Marinna asked.

"I heard some noise from my room," Winry explained.

"There was a storm last night..." Marinna said, knowing very well that Winry ment the wrench falling.

"No... It wasn't that. It was a thud."

Alphonse and Edward both looked at Marinna, unsure if she was going to tell Winry what the noise really was.

"I... Uh... fell out of my bed," she said, getting a sweatdrop.

"You fell out of your bed?" Winry asked in disbelief.

"Yes. I'm so clutzy sometimes," Marinna said, laughing nervously.

Alphonse looked at Edward nervously who didn't seem to see because he turned back to cooking the breakfast, though he did keep listening to Winry and Marinna's conversation.

"Happens to the best of us," Winry said, smilng.

Sneezing, Marinna got blush lines across her cheeks as she nodded. She pulled the blanket around her tighter.

"Are you feeling okay Marinna?" Winry asked her.

"Yeah... why?" she asked.

"Well, you seem kind of sick. Are you sure all that noise was just you falling out of bed?" Winry asked.

"Yeah, it must have been the fall," Marinna said, nodding.

"Breakfast is ready!" Edward said cheerfully, interupting the conversation before it could go farther.

Holding the pan out to show black scrammbled eggs, Marinna laughed, falling out of her chair (she was unable to catch or stop herself as she was wrapped up in a blanket while Winry and Alphonse looked at the eggs like 'Are we suppose to eat that!' A snort came from Marinna as she laughed and that made the other three laugh with her and Marinna laugh harder.

Pinako walked into the room and looked at them, the four of them instantly shutting up.

"Good morning," Pinako said to them as Alex emerged behind her.

Marinna sat up on the floor and looked at Pinako. "Good morning," she said back.

"Morning," the other three mummbled.

Pinako walked to Edward and his pan and looked at what was suppose to be scrammbled eggs. She looked at him, raising her eyebrow at him. "What is that?"

"Eggs..." Edward said, getting a sweatdrop.

"Who let you cook?" she asked with amusment in her voice.

"I did," Marinna said, speaking up. "I'm sorry Pinako."

"That's alright," Pinako said.

"How about we go into town for breakfast?" Winry suggested hopefully. Hearing that, Marinna looked at Pinako with hope in her eyes.

Seeming to think about this for a second, Pinako replied, "I suppose you all can go."

"What about you Pinako?" Edward asked.

"Aren't you coming with us?" Alphonse asked after his brother.

Shaking her head, "You four go. I have work to do. Alex is going to stay and help."

"Are you sure Grandma?" Winry asked.

Nodding she said, "You four go and have a bit of fun."