.My Brother...

A/n:Ok well...srry I havent updated in a while,been busy...and ghetto ass comp wouldn't work.So yea,Here is chapter 4 of My Brother...

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Chapter 4

Ed and Al stood in front of their house. From this point on their lives would be different. No more pain or suffering. No, they would finally be able to be happy together.
The Elric brothers sweat dropped as they looked at the door to their house.The cops had been in a hurry to get inside due to the screaming coming from inside. Instead, if just opening the door, they kicked it in-knocking it of its hinges.The little window on the door was smashed and the glass lay scattered all over the floor in the doorway.

Ed was the first to fully enter the house. As he looked around he saw their house was still trashed from last nights beatings. Ed walked into the living room and looked around. The photos on the fireplace mantel were knocked off and were laying on the floor. He bent over and picked up a picture that had been cracked. It was a picture of Ed and Al with there dad at a park. That was the last time he was nice to them. Al stood next to Ed staring at the picture.

"Well Al, I don't think we need this picture anyway." Ed said, looking away from the picture to his brother. Al nodded and took the picture out of his brother's hands and threw it in the trash.

The brothers continued to look around the house and saw that the kitchen, living room, and their bedroom were trashed. "Brother, I think we should clean this up."

Ed nodded, "Yea, I'll go and fix the door the best I can.You wanna help?" Al's eyes sparkled at the thought of helping his brother, "Sure!"

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After they fixed the door the two made their way into the living room. Al said "Hold on a second brother" then disappeared into their bedroom. About two minuets later he returned with the radio. "We can make this cleaning a little fun if we listen to music" He smiled as he spoke. Ed smiled too "Yea, your right Al."

Al plugged in the radio and walked to the kitchen to get some of the cleaning supplies he needed. While Al went looking, Ed began tampering with the radio to find a good station. He heard the song ' The Kill ' by 30 Seconds to Mars and the lyrics made him think.

"Come break me down - Bury me, bury me I am finished with you, you, you. Look in my eyes -You're killing me, killing me - All I wanted was you.''

When Ed heard the last part his mind went right to ''Heh, that's right...All I wanted was you...Al''

"okay brother, are you ready!" Al's voice knocked Ed out of his thoughts. He looked up to his brother holding a bucket with water, two rags, a broom, a dust pan, and a mop.

Ed had to laugh. His brother looked so funny with all that stuff in his hands. Ed got up and went to help him, "Yea Al lets get started."

Ed took the broom and Al held the dust pan as Ed swept up some of the broken glass. While he was sweeping the radio started a new song.

It was a country song. He heard Al listen to it a lot. It was his favorite song. Ed liked it too. The next thing he knew, he was singing into the top of the broom handle like it was a microphone.

"I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house.

That doesn't bother me, I can take a few tears now and then and just let them out.

I'm not afraid to cry every once in a while

Even though going on with you gone still upsets me

There are days every now and again I pretend I'm ok,But that's not what gets me"

Al watched in awe as his brother sang his favorite song. He sounded great. Al sat back and watched his brother continue to sing. in his heart, he pretended his brother was singing to him.

"What hurts the most

Was being so close

And having so much to say

And watching you walk away

And never knowing what could have been

And not seeing that loving you Is what I was trying to do

its hard to deal with the pain of losing you everywhere I go

But I'm doing It

Its hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I'm alone

Still Harder - Getting up, getting dressed, living with this regret, But I know if I could do it over

I would trade give away all the words that I saved in my heart

That I left unspoken"

Ed felt his brothers eyes on him so he turned and looked down at his brother as he continued to sing. He pretended to sing to his brother, although in his heart that was his true intention.

"What hurts the most

Is being so close

And having so much to say

And watching you walk away

And never knowing What could have been

And not seeing that loving you Is what I was trying to do

What hurts the most Is being so close

And having so much to say

And watching you walk away

And never knowing what could have been

And not seeing that loving you Is what I was trying to do''

At the last part of the song he leaned in close to his brothers face and sang ever so soft and sweetly...

"Not seeing that loving you...

That's what I was trying to do"

They stayed close for a minuet. A deep crimson blush on both there faces. Both there hearts screaming for them to do something. Right when Ed was about to say something the phone rang. Al looked down and continued to clean and Ed went to pick up the phone.

Ed picked up the phone and spoke rudely into the receiver "What?"
"Hello, Mr. Elric? Mr. Edward Elric?"
"Yes this is him, who's this?"
"This is Officer Hughes, I was calling to see if you and your brother were okay."
"Yes we are fine."
"Oh that's good, I also wanted to tell you there is going to be a trial for your father in 2 weeks."
"Fine, but why does he need a trial. I thought you already arrested him?''
"Well you see Edward,Your father can still get out of jail."
Edward froze. ''No! He can't...He can't be serious!'' Ed panicked.
"Brother? Who is it? What's wrong? "Al stood in front of his brother curious and worried as to why he was acting so odd all of a sudden.

"Okay Officer Hughes, I'll talk to you more about this later.
"Okay goodbye Edward."
Ed hung up the phone. He looked at his brother's worried eyes."Brother? What is it?!
"Al,That was Officer Hughes...Dads trial is in 2 weeks."
Al looked at him,"Trial?" Ed looked down, "Yea that bastard pleaded not guilty, but don't worry he isn't gonna get out of this so easy. We have nothing to worry about, he won't ever come back to hurt us again. "Ed pulled his brother into a warm hug.
"I-I believe you brother..."

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A/n:Well its not too short right?Well I hope you guys liked it.Plez review!

--Trista XD