Bad Idea

A/N: I know it's been way too long, and I am truly sorry for that. I have a few corrections for the last chapter, so I might rewrite that if anyone's interested in reading it again. I haven't been on my fanfic account in a while, and I'm sorry for that as well. I will try to answer my messages and such as soon as I can, meaning that I'll somehow have to take myself away from other distractions.

So, the corrections I wanted to make are simply that Cirus didn't know Violet before this point in the story, so ignore the previous references to him knowing her before. Other than that, I think the last chapter was right as far as the sequence of events.

If you have forgotten, Ali and Cirus were at the Devil's Nest and got pretty damn drunk, then Violet came and got them and took them to Cirus's house. The end of the last chapter was the beginning of the morning after stuff, and no they did not have sex while they were drunk.

Thanks to all the reviews and favorites and all that. Much love to all readers.

Chapter 11: Family Bonding Time

Violet stood and walked to the door. "I have to go now, but you two...just...don't choke on your own barf. I'll be back later." She left, slamming the door behind her.

Ali sat on the couch next to Cirus. She leaned her head on his shoulder and sighed. "You know you're a mess when you get fussed at by a three year old."

Cirus laughed. "So that's your little sister, huh? She looks like a tiny clone of you."

Ai laughed too. "Yeah, she's a lot like me." She got up and walked to the hall. "I'm going back to sleep, so don't wake me unless it's urgent." Not waiting for a reply, she walked to his room and closed the door behind her. Cirus laid back down and went to sleep as well.

Hours later, Violet came back. She had taken Cirus's keys before she left so she could get back in. When she or inside, she slammed the door behind her, effectively waking Cirus and causing his headache from earlier to return in full force.

"Ow, what the hell is going on," Cirus said.

"Oh shut it," Violet said and went to the bedroom. She jumped on the bed to wake Alice up. "The Elrics said that you guys have to go back to Central for something. I wasn't paying attention, but I think Ed said that some Colonel or something needs him back."

Alice sighed, "Of course he does. Did they say when we're leaving?"

"Tomorrow," Violet said sadly. "You don't have to go with them, do you?"

Alice sat up and hugged Violet. "Unfortunately, yes, but maybe Izumi will let you come visit me soon."

"Okay," Violet said and hugged Alice back. "Can't you teach me some alchemy for a while?"

"You know I would love to, but I'm doing research with the boys and we don't even have a house," Alice said.

"We have two houses though," Violet pouted.

"Yes, but that's in Briggs and on a beach. There would be too many distractions for you," Alice said. "Remember the deal we made about your education. I know it's difficult and I miss you like crazy too, but you knew it would be like this. I will, however, try to get you whenever I can."

"I know, and I don't wanna quit, but I hate not seeing you," Violet said, looking as if she were about to cry.

"It'll be okay," Alice smiled. "You know I'd never want to be away for so long, but it's for a good cause and I'm trying not to be such a distraction."

"Yeah...well, can we at least hang out today? Teacher said that you can spend the night if you want," Violet said.

"I don't want to burden them, but if you want to you can stay with me at the hotel tonight and I'll take you back in the morning when I go to meet Ed and Al," Alice said.

Violet smiled, "Really?" Alice nodded and violet hugged her tight.

"C'mon, let's go get your things," Alice said, hugging back. They got up, got their stuff and went to the Curtis house.

"Ali, I almost thought you weren't coming," a large man said when they got there.

"Hey Sig, we're just here to get Violet's things. She's spending the night with me at the hotel tonight, but I'll bring her back in the morning," Alice said.

"Alright, well Izumi isn't feeling too well, so I'm sure," he started to say, but was cut off when his wife walked out of the house.

"I'm fine, Dear," Izumi said. "Alice, make sure she's back early in the morning."

"Will do," Alice said. "Oh, and you should go back to bed."

Violet, who had gone inside while Alice was talking to Sig, walked back out of the house with a little bag. "Bye Sig, bye Sensei, I'll see you tomorrow," she said, running to her mom.

Izumi smiled, "bye." She and Sig waved as Alice and Violet walked away.

"So, what do you want to do, Mommy," Violet asked as she continuously jumped on the hotel bed.

"Hm...I don't know, we could eat ice cream, have pillow fights, do alchemy, or something else," Alice smiled.

"Ice cream and alchemy," Violet yelled and jumped off the bed, landing in her mother's arms.

She giggled and Alice laughed. "It sounds like an excellent idea," Alice said.

"Yay," Violet giggled.

"I'll call room service, you get the books out of my bag," Alice said and went to the phone.

As Violet was telling Alice of the things that she learned from Izumi so far, there was a knock at the door.

"I'll get it," Alice said, and went to the door. She opened the door and stepped aside, expecting the room service she ordered.

"Great, we found you," Ed said, entering the room with Alphonse following him apologizing for the rude interruption. "Hurry up and get ready, it's time to go." Ed sat on the couch.

"Go? You said we're leaving tomorrow," Alice frowned, closing the door.

"Hey, Shrimp, go back to Teacher's house," Violet said, throwing a pillow at Ed's head.

"Who are you calling so little that you need a magnifying glass to see," Ed yelled.

"Ed, why do you want to leave now," Alice asked, sitting down next to Violet.

"We don't want to leave today. Colonel Bastard is making us leave today," Ed grumpily said.

"In that case, go back to the Curtis' house," Alice said.

"Oh that'd be nice, but orders are orders, unfortunately," Ed said.

"I'll deal with him, you two just relax. No one is going to be in any trouble, at least not for this," she said, standing up.

"The Colonel won't be happy," Al said.

"Don't you worry about that, he'll get over it," Alice said.

"Now go away, pipsqueak," Violet added.

"DON'T CALL ME LITTLE," Edward yelled, being held back by Alphonse.

"Brother, calm down," Alphonse said, holding his flailing brother to keep him away from Violet. "I'm sorry about brother," Al said to Alice.

"Don't be, he'll learn to calm down eventually," Alice said. "I'll see you guys in the morning."

"Right, bye," Alphonse and Edward left the room.

"Mommy, can't you just stay here and go back to Central another day," Violet asked.

"Sorry, but I can't just let them go off on their own, they might find some valuable information without me," Alice said. "Maybe if you're good and work really hard, Izumi might bring you to Central."

"Yay," Violet yelled in excitement.

"I can't guarantee anything, but I can ask," Alice said. "Now, show me what you've learned so far."

Violet stood and attacked Alice with swift kicks and punches, but Alice blocked them all and grabbed Violet's small fist, "You have to learn to be quicker. If this were a real fight, you would've lost instantly," she said.

"Well, if I was in a real fight, it wouldn't be against you," Violet said, then quickly pulled her fist free as she aimed a punch at Alice's stomach with her other fist but Alice caught her fist just centimeters away from her stomach.

"Good, you're learning quicker," Alice smiled and there was another knock on the door.

"ICE CREAM," Violet yelled and ran to the door. She opened the door and stood aside so the worker could walk in.

"Where would you like me to put this," the man asked Alice.

"Just sit it on the table," Alice said. The man nodded and placed the two large bowls of ice cream on the table.

"Yay," Violet yelled. She ran to the table and started eating her bowl of ice cream quickly.

"Vi..." Alice said.

"Right," Violet said then looked at the man, "thank you Mr. Ice Cream Man."

Both Alice and the man laughed. "You're welcome," the man said and went back to the door. "Bye Ali," he said before walking out of the door.

"Of course you know him," Violet said, eating her ice cream.

"I'll be right back," Alice said. She walked out of the room, closing the door behind her and walked down the hall and around the corner, meeting up with the worker who had delivered their desert.

"Hey, do you have a minute," Alice asked the man.

"Um, sure," the man said. "What's up?"

"How do you know me," she asked. "Are you from the east?"

"No, I'm from Central," he said. "You don't remember me?"

"Should I," she asked.

"I guess not," he said.

"So, where do you know me from," she asked. "Maybe that'll help me remember."

"I was a bartender for a while," he said.

"Oh, now I remember. Weren't you the one in college," Alice said.

"Yeah, I'm back here for a little while though," the man said, then looked up at the clock."Sorry, but I should get back to work now."

"Right, good luck with school or whatever. Bye," she said and went back to her room.

"Remember that I'm here, so no guys in here," Violet said as she started to eat Alice's ice cream.

"And you remember that my ice cream is mine," Alice said. "You ate yours so let me eat mine." She sat on the floor next to Violet and began eating her ice cream.

"But it's all gone now, and yours is tasty," Violet said.

"Yes, but this is still mine. Go get one of those alchemy books," Alice said, eating her ice cream.

"Daddy would've let me eat some of his," Violet muttered as she went to get an alchemy book.

Alice laughed, "he would've probably just gotten you another one, but either way he's not here, so no more ice cream for you."

"Fine," Violet pouted and sat next to Alice, putting the alchemy book on the table. "Mommy, when can we go see Daddy?"

"Next time you go to Central," Alice said, nearly halfway finished with her ice cream.

"Really," Violet excitedly asked, to which Alice nodded. "Yay! I'll work really hard and get Teacher to take me to Central soon," Violet grinned and opened the alchemy book.

"Do you have any of your notes with you," Alice asked.

"No...but I remember everything I ever wrote down," Violet said.

"Good, then I want you to write it all down again," Alice said. "I will check it once you're finished."

"Do you want me to do everything since I last saw you or just the more recent notes," Violet asked.

"Since we only have tonight, the more recent ones," Alice said. "If you finish that quickly enough we might be able to play some games or something."

"Yay," Violet yelled and went straight to work, writing as fast as her little hands would allow her to.

"Hm.." Alice said as she read Violet's notes a few minutes later. "And you're sure that you didn't forget anything, right?"

Violet nodded, "of course."

"Good," Alice smiled and put the notes on the table. "Good job, at this rate, you might learn our alchemy at a younger age than we were when we created it."

"Yay," Violet yelled then giggled. "Mommy, did you bring me something cool from Central?"

"If by something cool, you mean me, yes," Alice said.

"Mama, you know what I mean," Violet frowned.

"Yes, I know, go look in my suitcase," Alice smiled.

"Yay," Violet yelled and ran to look in Alice's suitcase. She moved the clothes aside, revealing a big black box. Grabbing the box, she excitedly ran back to the table and put the box on the table.

Violet undid the royal purple ribbon that was tied around the box and ripped the lid off of the box. Inside was a large, ancient-looking dark brown book.

"It took me a long time to find this, but I finally did. I was going to give it to you for your birthday but I couldn't wait until then," Alice smiled.

"Thank you Mommy," Violet yelled and hugged her mother. "It's exactly what I wanted!"

"You know I wouldn't settle for anything else," Alice smiled and hugged her back.

"Can we read this tonight," Violet asked. "Can we? Can we? Can we?"

Alice laughed, "sure, we can read it tonight, but you don't have to take notes."

"Yay," Violet exclaimed.

"First, let's change into our pajamas then we can read the book for the rest of the night," Alice said.

"Okay," Violet got up and ran to her little bag with her clothes in it.

Alice smiled and got up. She got her pajamas out of her suitcase and went into the bathroom to change.

"Mommy, hurry up," Violet impatiently said after she finished changing.

Alice opened the bathroom door, now dressed in pajama shorts and a tank top with her hair up in a ponytail. "I'm coming," she said, closing the lids on her contacts case. She put her small black glasses, which had a rectangular frame, on, turned off the bathroom light and walked out of the bathroom.

"Go ahead and get in bed, I'll turn the other lights off," Alice said and went to turn the other lights off and make sure that the door was locked.

"Okay," Violet turned on the two lamps on either side of the bed and crawled in bed, holding the book.

"Alright, I'll braid your hair while you start reading," Alice grabbed a brush and two ponytail-holders out of her suitcase and got in bed. She sat with her legs crossed so that Violet could sit in front of her.

"Okay, Mommy," Violet said as she crawled to sit in front of Alice with the book still in her hand. She sat and read the book as Alice braided her long blood-red hair.