Across The World I Will Follow:

Chapter 17: Dinner

After Winry's scare in the alleyway she ran back to her apartment. She was afraid that someone was following her and for some reason the arrival of that Chastity character. After she arrived in the building she went upstairs to find Khristie sleeping on the couch and Alphonse standing on the patio looking up at the moon. She stepped in behind him and placed her hand upon his shoulder. Alphonse looked down at her and sighed. "I heard that Brother may be in Maribel."

She sighed and laid her head against his cold steel body. "Yes, I had heard that too."

"Betty do you think I'll ever see Brother and Winry again?"

Winry sighed and looked up at the moon. Alphonse you can be so dense you've known me since birth and you don't even realize that I'm sitting right under your nose. Oh well its better for me.

"I don't know so, but I believe so Al. You will see them again someday." She then walked back into the room and got Khristie to stir. "Hey Khristie," she moaned for a moment and then opened her eyes she sat up and then asked for a hug. ", Go get your best pair of clothes on because you me and Alphonse are going to dinner with my boss."

"Yay that sounds like fun!" She hopped up and ran into the bedroom to get ready. The two spent the next hour preparing for dinner. Khristie put on her blue dress and washed her hair so he gleamed in the post twilight hour moonlight. The two came out well dressed and if Alphonse was able to, he probably would have blushed.

"Well Alphonse I do say it's time for dinner."

The three walked to the diner it was a quaint little city diner. They walked in and she noticed Robert sitting in a booth on the other side of the diner. He was in a brown suit and he stood up and walked over to them he wasn't wearing his glasses at the moment but a bulge in his pocket suggested he was hiding them. "Betty Alphonse, Khristie I thank you guys for coming and joining me for Dinner tonight."

Khristie looked up at the man. "Hello you're the man who came to our house yesterday."

He bent down and looked at her. "Well my yes I am. I like your dress Khristie it is very pretty it brings out the color in your eyes."

Khristie laughed and smiled. "Thank you," her stomach grumbled and she laughed again.

The four of them all laughed.

"Well looks like she's a hungry little girl." Robert took her hand and guided them all to the table.

"Well everything's on me so please order what you want."

Alphonse of course didn't order anything. Khristie ordered Grilled cheese sandwiches and Fries, and both Robert and Winry decided to share a Supreme pizza.

The four talked quite a bit until the food arrived and the chit chat stayed to small portions. "So Alphonse where are you from?"

Alphonse had been staring out the window of the diner he thought he had noticed someone staring at him. He turned to look at Rob. "I'm from Resembool."

"Ah Resembool, I traveled there once on my way from Central, In fact I stayed there for a day in the home of an Automail mechanic named Pinaco Rockbell."

Winry choked. So that's where I saw him before! He had been to my home once! Good lord I remember! "Betty are you Okay?"

"Yes I'm fine. Continue please."

"So you know the Rockbell's Robert?" Alphonse inquired.

"Yes well not personally I became acquainted with Miss Pinaco while I stayed there but I really didn't get to know her and her granddaughter."

"That's just very strange."

Alphonse turned to look back out the window and he caught a glimpse of someone with blonde hair. Winry? No it wouldn't be her, not here.

Dinner went well the rest of the night until Khristie finally started to fall asleep in her seat. Betty got up and bade her boss ado. "Thank you for the dinner Robert."

He blushed and shook her hand, "It was my pleasure. Betty I'll see you at work tomorrow." He said that and then he left. Winry picked up Khristie and Alphonse and Winry walked home.

Alphonse looked down the alley that he had thought he saw the blonde haired woman walk down but he didn't see a thing. They stepped back inside their apartment heading home to sleep. As they did so a dark figure crept slowly behind them and disappeared once more into the shadow. The figure climbed up and onto their balcony and watched as they all slipped into their rooms. Alphonse began to walk into his room and noticed movement on the balcony he walked to the balcony and found only a bird sitting on the edge and then it flew off into the night. So he then closed the door and went to his room to sleep to the next day.