Alphonse looked up from the floor. He noticed the little girl from before sitting with an older boy. Al watched as the older boy stole a doll the girl was playing with. The girl began to cry and in defeat the boy gave her back the doll. She stopped crying and gave him a hug. Al figured the kids were brother and sister. He began to remember a dispute he had experienced between a brother and sister,
The train reached Rush Valley Station at about 5:00 P.M. Jasmin stood up and was about to grab her things when Alphonse insisted on getting them for her.
"Thanks," Jasmin said as she took her things from Alphonse.
"Oh it's no…" Alphonse didn't get a chance to finish because at that moment the train lurched forward, causing the teens to lose their balance and fall into an uncomfortable position. Jasmin felt her body hit the floor and when she opened her eyes all she could see were Alphonse's own hazel eye's staring back at her. Alphonse's face turned crimson as he shot up to his feet and extended a hand for Jasmin. Jasmin took it and began to straighten out her skirt when she was bombarded with apologies.
"I'mreallysorryIdidn'tmeantoitwasanaccidentand…"
"It's okay really"
"WellI'mreallyreallysorryit'sjustthetrainandand…"
Jasmin held a finger to his lips to quiet him down and it worked but it also caused him to blush a bit more. She laughed at his reaction and said, "I told you already it's okay it was an accident." She removed her finger and made for the exit of the train with Alphonse trailing behind her
Al waited patiently on a bench while Jasmin was in a near by phone booth trying to reach her brother.
"Damn it Lou! Why don't you pick up?!"
She hung up the phone angrily and tried again.
"Ugh!"
She gave up and headed towards Alphonse.
"Well we're gonna have to walk there because my brother's not picking up."
"Are you sure it's okay for me to stay?"
"I already told you it's fine, you're more then welcome to."
Alphonse stood up and stretched a bit. It felt good to be out of that stuffy train with no leg room.
"Well let's get going then."
Jasmin began to lead the way to her brother's house.
They finally made it to their destination about a half an hour later. It really was a nice house. It was two stories high and was painted white with black trim. Jasmin walked up to the door and knocked. No one answered so she knocked again. That time someone answered the door, but it was definitely not her brother. A slender blonde woman answered the door. She was wearing a form fitting top and shorts to match. Jasmin cocked an eyebrow and asked, "Logan Hino does live here…right?"
"Oh yeah, hold on a sec," the blonde woman said, "Louie some kids are here for you!" she yelled. Jasmin winced at the sound of her "screeching".
"Who is it babe?" Jasmin heard Logan ask as he stepped to the door.
Alphonse saw that Logan shared the same eye color with his sister but his hair was a dark black with bangs that had been dyed blue. He wore a plain white shirt and blue jeans.
"These kids, they're asking for you."
"What are you doing her?" Logan asked while giving his younger sibling a death glare.
"You know these kids Honey?"
"Yeah…one of um's my sister."
"I didn't know your sister was coming."
"Neither did I," Logan said still glaring at his sister.
"Could you go wit in the living room babe?"
The blonde left not wanting to get involved with the situation that was unfolding. Logan waited until she was out of sight.
"What the hell are you doing here?!"
"You said I could stay the night here," Jasmin retorted.
"Well, why are you here so early?!"
"I'm not. I'm right on time."
"You said you'd be here at ten!"
"No, I said I was leaving at ten and would be here around five!"
"Well, why didn't you call?!"
"I tried but you wouldn't answer your damn phone!"
"Well I'm kinda busy," he said while nodding his head toward the living room.
"Then why did you even bring it up?!"
"Why are you such a pain in the ass?" Logan asked himself in defeat.
"I sure missed you too," Jasmin said sarcastically then grinned and gave her brother a hug.
"I'll just come back some other time, okay shug." The blonde said while exiting the house.
"Wait! No Tracy, come back!"
All he got for a reply was a small wave as Tracy walked away. Logan then directed his attention back to his sister. She still had that grin on her face. 'I just love messing things up' she thought to herself.
"Oh nothing…I'm just happy to see you."
Logan finally noticed Al who had a very confused look on his face.
"Who's your boyfriend?"
Jasmin's smile quickly turned into a frown while Al's face turned pink.
"He's not my boyfriend. He's just a friend I met on the train and he needed a place to stay so I volunteered your place."
"Thanks a lot, and does your friend have a name?"
"Oh uh," Al finally spoke up, "Alphonse Elric."
"I'm Logan Hino."
The boys shook hands and Logan said, "Well Al, any friend of Jazzy's is a friend of mine. You're welcome to stay."
Alphonse smiled a polite yet nervous smile. This night would be interesting.
A/N: I wasn't really sure if things were moving to fast between Al and Jas but I still like this chapter it's one of my favs. Please review if you want more. Tell me is I can improve it in any way please.
