A/N:

Me: Well, hey everyone…not much to say. Ed?

Ed: What?

Me: Do it!

Ed: NO!

Me: DO IT:K

Ed: Fine! God! FullMetal Alchemist characters, references, and other related indicia © Hiromu Arakawa. Only Alexandra, Jonathan, Alan, Sophie, and Yuki belong to her!

Me: Good Ed. :3 –gives cookie-

Yuki: I want a cookie!

Me: No cookie for you.

Yuki: -uncontrollably sobs-

Roy: -comes and comforts Yuki-

Yuki: AHH! GET AWAY! –runs off-

Roy: -chases-

Me: O.o; Okay. Back to the story.

FullMetal Alchemist

Chapter 5: Learning to Skate

Yuki and Alexandra sat on the curb in front of their old apartment looking dejected.

"This is all your fault!" Alexandra said, her head resting on her knees.

"You're not helping," Yuki said, staring at nothing.

"This is all your fault," Alexandra repeated.

"Oh my fucking God! Shut up already!" Yuki yelled. "You know, instead of blaming the first person you see, you could be doing something helpful! Like figuring out where we'll sleep tonight!"

"That's easy. We'll go to the hostel," Alexandra said. "I still can't believe you forgot to send the rent. Where are we going to live?" Before Yuki would answer, someone shouted from above.

"Yo! Look out below, dudes!" Suddenly they heard a whooshing sound and they saw their couch hurtling towards them.

"AH!" Yuki screamed, jumping up and running around in circles. "They're killing our stuff! I paid for that stuff! Ahh!"

"Ugh, calm down," Alexandra muttered. She tapped her foot on the ground and caught the couch, then set it down in front of her.

"Oh, no!" Yuki screamed again. "Here come the beds!" Alexandra rolled her eyes and easily caught both, then set them top on top of each other next to the couch. "Ah! Now the fridge! And the stove! And the phone! And-"

"Oh, shut up! I see them!" Alexandra snapped, catching each thing and placing it gently on the ground.

"And there's – wait, what is that? A book? They already threw the bookcase down…and what the fuck? A piano? We didn't even have a piano!" she yelled.

"Oh my fucking God. Shut up. I've got it!" Alexandra shouted over Yuki's babbling. She was just about to set the piano down when she saw the book. "No!" she screamed, getting up. "My diary!" She dropped the piano, which crashed to the ground loudly, splintering to pieces. Then she reached both her hands out and stopped her diary from hitting the ground. After catching it she stuffed it into her belt and exhaled. "Thank the Lord…it almost hit the ground."

"Almost…hit…are you fucking insane?! You just completely destroyed a piano! You could have killed me!" Yuki spazzed, her eye twitching.

"Yeah, yeah, but you're alive. Let's go."

xxXxx

"What do you mean you don't have any more rooms?" Alexandra shouted at the defenseless man behind the check-in counter. "This is a fucking hostel! I thought you had rooms to fit this entire town!"

"I-I-I-I'm s-s-sorry, miss…b-but w-we really d-don't have a-any m-more r-r-rooms," he stuttered, cowering under his desk. Alexandra felt a vein in her head throbbing.

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. What are we going to do now? Yuki doesn't even care…look at her over there, hiding behind that plant…wait, what?! What is she doing?!

Yuki hid behind the tall plant in the corner, watching Roy reading something outside. Her eyes narrowed. "I will get you, Roy Mustang. You and your little magazine too," she cackled evilly. Alexandra shook her head.

I seriously need to get some help for her. Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, screaming at this poor guy… "Look, mister, you have to help us…we got evicted out of our apartment and we have no place to stay. Please, please, please help us, mister?" she asked with her cutest possible expression. The manager's face softened.

"Look, miss, the only way I could help you would be if someone offered to share their room with you. I don't know how many people would like to stay with a stranger," he told her.

"Oh, we wouldn't mind," said a voice from behind her. She spun around and found herself looking into the golden eyes of one Edward Elric.

"Edward!" she exclaimed. "I'm so glad to see you!"

"Hey Alexandra. Nice to see you too," he added, stuffing his hands in his pockets. "I hear you have some apartment problems."

"Yeah. Someone,"she stared pointedly at Yuki, "forgot to send out this month's rent, and we got evicted." Yuki didn't notice. She was busy spying on Roy.

"Well, we'd be glad to share our room with you," Ed told her. "Right, Al?"

"Huh? Oh, of course. We'd be glad to share our room with you after you helped us," Al said.

"Thanks, guys!" Alexandra exclaimed, hugging Al. Al giggled at her and hugged back. Of course, it was sort of weird hugging someone in armour, but she didn't mind. She pulled away and Ed half expected for her to hug him too. His was disappointed though, because she didn't. "Um, do you think you'll be able to fit Yuki too?" she asked, pointing over her shoulder to the girl behind the plant.

"We have two beds," Ed explained. "We should be able-"He stopped when Al nudged him in the side. "Uh, on second thought, Al sort of takes up an entire bed…"

"Your little brother takes up that much space?" Alexandra asked.

"Yeah, well – wait, how did you know he was my little brother? Most people assume the opposite; they think he's my older brother!" Ed exclaimed.

"It's simple, really…your voice is deeper than his, and you seem to be ordering him around more than he orders you." She shrugged. "It was just a guess."

Wow, that's impressive…not many people realize that…

"So, what about Yuki?" Alexandra asked herself quietly.

"Paha! Roy, you are so going to regret you saw me again!" Yuki mumbled under her breath. Suddenly Roy walked inside. "Huh? No, no, no! Retreat! Retreat! Ahh!"

"Uh, hey," said Roy, seeing Alexandra. "You're not going to hit me again, are you?" he asked.

"Huh? No, no, I'm not. I don't really think you're a pervert. Just a guy in the wrong place at the wrong time." She smiled at him. "So what's new?"

"Oh, not much…Yuki's just been spying on me since you guys got here. Why are you here, anyway?" he asked.

"Oh, Yuki forgot to send this month's rent, so we got evicted from our apartment. I'm going to stay with Edward and Al. Unfortunately, there's no room for Yuki."

A/N:

I realize that Roy, Ed, and Al being in the same town at the same time seems like there's some sort of plan happening. I assure you, right now, there's not. If they ever come up with something, I will say so. Otherwise it'd just be plain confusing. ; Right now, they're just on holiday.

End A/N.

"Oh, she could stay with me," said Roy. "I've got two beds in my room."

"Oh, that's awesome. Thanks!" Alexandra said. Suddenly Yuki ran over.

"What the fuck is going on here? Why are you talking to this pervert?" she demanded, poking Roy's side.

"Well," said Alexandra. "Funny story about that. See, there's no rooms left in the hostel, so I'm staying with Ed and Al. But, there's only room for me, so you're staying with Roy! Isn't that splendid?"

"What the fuck! No! It's not splendid! It's hell on earth! Why do I have to sleep with this pervert?" she cried.

"Um, because? Anyway, I'm taking Ed and Al on a tour of town. I'll see you later," Alexandra said, walking away and waving at Yuki. Ed and Al followed her.

"TRAITOR!" Yuki screamed. "I HATE YOU!" Alexandra laughed and ran out.

xxXxx

"Well, the nicest place around here during winter is the park…so let's start there!" Alexandra said, pulling the two along the now-snow covered streets. They passed tons of shops and stores along the way, and whenever someone saw Alexandra, they waved and said hi. She always waved back and smiled at them.

"Wow, you know a lot of people," Ed commented.

"I think it's more that they know me," she said. "I sing at church, in our local bar, and I work part time in a candy shop. That reminds me, I have to go to work tomorrow. Oh, here we are!" She stopped in front of a wooden gate and let go of the brothers.

"Where are we?" Al asked.

"The park, of course. Come on…let's go skating! The pond is frozen over!" she suggested.

"But, we don't have skates," Ed pointed out.

"Oh, that's okay, they rent skates. Let's go!"

xxXxx

"Where do you think you're going?" Roy asked, seeing Yuki trying to tiptoe away from him.

"Uh, nowhere…" said Yuki, still moving away.

"No, seriously, where are you going?"

"Nowhere!"

"Uh-huh. And where is this 'nowhere'?"

"Um…over…there…" Yuki muttered, pointing to the plant in the corner. Roy took the bait and looked that way. Yuki spotted her chance and bolted to the door and ran through the streets like a lunatic, screaming, "I'M FREE, I'M FREE!"

xxXxx

"Uh, I think there's one thing I forgot to mention," Alexandra said. Ed looked down at her lying on the ice.

"Oh? What's that?" he asked.

"I can't skate!" she exclaimed.

"Well, that's sort of obvious, since you're sort of not standing," he laughed.

"Well, you could help me up!" she said to him. Ed smiled and held his hand out for her, and she quickly grabbed it and used it to pull herself upright. Her knees wobbled and she had to throw her hands around his neck to keep herself from falling over. Now she was basically hugging him. She looked up into his eyes and blushed. So did Ed.

"Uh, skating isn't that hard. You want me to teach you?" he asked. She nodded silently. "Okay, first off, you're going to have to let go of me…" She quickly removed her arms, but grabbed onto his hand instead.

"Alright, what now?" she asked.

"Well, skating is basically walking on ice. Go on, take a few steps," he told her.

"Right, okay, a few steps." She started forward on the ice, still hanging onto him. Three steps later, she slipped and fell again, bringing Ed down on top of her.

"Wow, you really can't skate," he said.

"Seriously, if you weren't on top of me, I'd kill you," she muttered. Ed blinked and got off of her, then pulled her up by her waist. He brushed off her hat and her skirt and smiled at her. She blinked at him and blushed, seeing how close together they were. Ed suddenly realized the same thing and blushed too, and his smile faded. Then Alexandra gave him her cutest smile and grabbed his hand again.

"D-do you want to try again?" he asked quietly. She nodded.

"Sure, but can I hold onto you?" she asked softly.

"Sure."

xxXxx

"Damnit!" Yuki shouted. "I didn't know you could run so fast! Give me another beer." The bartender opened up a bottle and handed it to the girl. She chugged it down and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.

"Yeah, well, I didn't know you would jump over that fence," Roy muttered. He was now sporting a black eye. "Give me another beer, too." Yuki finished her beer.

"'Nother one!" she slurred.

"Uh, isn't that like your twelfth one?" Roy asked.

"What's your point?" Yuki asked, drinking down the next bottle.

"Oh, nothing," Roy answered, also drinking his beer.

"Exactly."

"God, I didn't expect you to follow me this far."

"Yeah, well, I didn't expect to run into a fence while following you, either." She chugged down another beer. "Uh, maybe you should stop with the beer."

"Maybe you should stop being such a pervert." Roy slapped his forehead. Yuki hiccupped and slammed her head against the counter. "Maybe I should stop on the beer," she commented, sitting up and resting her head on Roy's shoulder.

"Huh?" Roy snapped into reality again. "Yuki, what-"

"Roy, you are such a persistent bastard," she whispered. Then she passed out.

xxXxx

After a lot of falling, slipping, tripping, and landing on each other, Ed and Alexandra had finally made some progress. Alexandra was able to stand up on the ice alone and skate with some help from Ed.

"Wow, Ed, thanks for teaching me to skate," she said with a blush.

"No problem," Ed said, looking at Al. "Hey, look over there!" Al was doing pirouettes and jumps and figure eights on the ice all over the place.

"Hey brother! Look at me, I'm skating! I'm skat-" Suddenly the ice started to crack and Al fell through into the cold water. Alexandra's eyes widened.

"Oh my God! Will he be alright?" she asked.

"Al! Al!" Ed shouted. They skated over to the gaping hole and peered inside. "How are we going to get him out?"

"Um…I have an idea," Alexandra said. "Hey, look over there!" She pointed to a tree. Ed looked at it.

"Huh?" Alexandra quickly stomped on the ice and threw Al out of the water. Ed looked back at her. "What? How the hell did you do that?" Ed asked, staring from her to his brother. "He was just in the water!"

"Uh, I dunno…I'm strong?" She laughed nervously and tapped her fingers together.

"Right…"

"Guys, look!" Alexandra pointed to the sky. It was dark already. "We should go back to the hostel."

"Yeah, we should," Ed agreed, helping Al up off the ground. They headed out of the park together.

xxXxx

Roy had hailed a taxi to take him and Yuki back to the hostel. She was still unconscious, and he had to carry her out. Soon enough, the taxi dropped them off in front of their quarters and Roy carried Yuki to his room. He laid her gently on the bed and then fell asleep himself.

xxXxx

By the time Ed, Al and Alexandra got back to their room, it was really late, and they were all tired. Al dropped onto his bed and fell asleep immediately. Alexandra dropped onto the second bed and Ed fell down next to her. They were too tired to even take off their clothes, so they fell asleep like that.

It looked like each one of them had made a new friend.