Winry walked into the living room, after finding that Aly wasn't in her room. She stood staring at Aly and Al sleeping. They looked like a very young couple. She gave a small smile, then walked over to wake Al up. She gave him a small poke on the shoulder, and he moved slightly and opened his eyes. He saw that Aly was there and tried not to blush, then tried to move his arm from around her.

Aly moved her hand over his arm, and moved her head, "Al…"

Winry gave a grin, "Aw, how sweet, she's dreaming of you."

Al moved over to her and whispered in her eyes, "Aly, it's time to wake up."

Aly opened her eyes, then released Al's hand. She turned to face him, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, it was an accident."

Al smiled at her, "It's okay. I really don't mind." Winry helped Aly to her feet, then Al sat up on the couch.

Aly looked at both of them, then bowed, "I better head home. Daddy and Mommy are probably waiting for me. Bye."

Aly left the Rockbell house and headed to the train station to go back to Central.

A week passed, and Aly was back at Central. She was outside at the fighting area practicing, and Riza was near by in the firing range. Roy was watching them both, the mini skirt law was in, so Riza was wearing one, no matter how much she hated it. Ever other guy at Central was also watching Riza as well, but Roy was oblivious to that.

When Aly was done, she went over to Riza who was finishing her last couple shots, then they both went inside to go see if Roy had finished the adoption paperwork. Once they got inside his office, he was pretending to work at his desk, and the girls knew he was faking it. Riza went over to him, "Sir, have you finished?"

Roy shook his head, "Not yet Riza, I got…distracted."

Riza glared at him, "This is important sir. You need to finish this if you want to claim her as your own, or social services will take her away."

Roy smirked as he looked at her, "Don't you mean we have to claim before social services?"

"She's not my child, sir, she's yours."

Roy looked up at her, "But who's her Mommy, you are, that makes you her parent as well."

"Sir, please be quiet. She lost her memory, that's why she thinks I'm her mother." Riza looked away and left the office, slamming the door behind her.

----Three Year Skip----

Aly ran into Roy's office with her books in hand, and a bag across her shoulder, "I'll see you in two weeks, if I make it back. We believe that there will be no exchange for getting Ed back, but who knows."

Roy looked up from his papers, "Alright Aly, have fun, don't die, no kissing, and no taking your braclet off."

Aly nodded her head as she ran out of the room, "Yeah I know dad, see you." She bumped into Riza as she ran out of the room, "Oh. Sorry mom," She got to her feet hugged Riza then ran to the train station to go to Risembool.

Riza walked into Roy's office then stood in the doorway, "Sir?"

Roy smiled as he looked at her, "Yes Hawkeye?"

"I am going to be resigning from my duties. This is my two week notice."

Roy smile faded as he got up and walked over to her, "Why?"

Riza held her left hand for Roy to see, "I have a life to start."

Roy stared at the ring on her finger, "Who are you starting a life with?"

"His name is Marshall Cooper, he's my fiancee." Riza smiled as she pulled her hand away and looked at the ring herself.

"How long have you been dating before he asked you?"

"About five years."

Roy stood in shock as Riza left the room to go do her job leaving Roy there by himself.

Aly jumped off the train to see Al waiting for her, she hugged him, "Well, what are you waiting for? Let's go." She took his hand and started running down the dirt path to Al's old, burned down house to set up everything.

The circle was already set, so Al and Aly set their books next to them as they put their hands on the circle. When they closed their eyes, Aly found herself in between her world and the real world. She could see Ed, and she called his name, "Ed!"

He turned his head to her, "Aly?" He ran over to him, and she latched onto his arm and as Al pulled away from the circle Aly was blown back with Ed.

When she regained conciousness she saw Ed stand in front of her, and smiled as she jumped up to hug him, "It worked!"

Al touched her shoulder as her hugged his brother then Aly, "Nice idea to use your soul as a decoy."

Aly smiled as she hugged Al back and they stood in happiness to have Ed back with them.

Roy ran into Riza office, "Before you resign, I'm giving you a one month paid vacation, then you will come back and work for me for one month to see if this is what you really want to do. No refusing, I'm your boss, so you have to do it."

Riza sat there, then stood up, "Fine. Then I'm starting my vacation now. It gives me time to work on my wedding planning." She smirked as she walked out the door and left Central leaving Roy to his own devices.

Back in Risembool, Winry was all over Ed as he sat on her couch. Aly was sitting in Al's lap with a smile on her face. Ed looked annoyed as Winry hugged him tightly, "I'm so glad that you're back. I missed you so much."

Ed rolled his eyes, "I missed you too Winry." He glanced over at Aly and Al, "What's with you two?"
Al stuttered, "Nothing Brother…just friends. It's great that your back."

Aly joined in, "Yeah, who would have thought that you'd missed this much."

A hint of a smile came over him as Winry continued to hug him. It was then that Aly realized something. She got up and looked at the brothers, "We need to take Ed back to Central. No one will believe that we brought him back if we don't take him to see dad and the others."

Al nodded his head, "That's true. You up for it?"

Ed got up which saved him from the wrath of Winry, "You bet."

They left to go to the train station to take Ed back to Central so everyone would know that he was alive and well.

Roy was walking down the street, it was a cool cloudy night and wind was at it minimum. He was deep in thought about everyhting that had happened that day. He passed a cute little Italian restaurant; he always wanted to take Riza there he always saw her interest in the restaurant. Her eyes seemed to light up whenever they passed it; Roy walked into the restaurant. "Table for one." They set him in a table right against the front window. As he ate he watched the people that were hanging around outside. He saw Riza and a guy and decided it was time to do what he needed to do, he slammed a hundred dollar bill on the table and ran outside. "RIZA!" he ran to her and the guy.

"I can't let you marry this Marshall guy; I love you. I always have. Ever since we were kids when I met you because I was your fathers student. I need you; you can't just leave me alone. There is no life after death and if you leave there's no life. Please!" Roy fell to his knees. Marshall walked to Roy, "Wait here." And Riza was looking stunned. Marshall grabbed Riza's arm and pulled her to the side of a far off building.

"Riza I see it in your eyes that you're in love with your boss. You should o with him. You'll be happier I want this for you. Please for both of mine and Raoy's sake." Marshall was sweetly putting his words and Riza was open mouthed. She lightly kissed him on the lips and handed him his ring back, "Thank you." She went back to Roy and helped him back onto his feet, "I love you too." That night Roy gave Riza a beautiful engagement ring that Riza accepted.

Leon and his soldier buddies were singing in the trenches; it was a good day. They hadn't heard one bullet or attack yet. They were out of enemy sights and ears; the guys were being stupid and they knew it was time to rest. "Men take a break and take your socks and boots off; we want to keep your feet dry." The General spoke. The boys all did as told and looked at their damaged feet, then Leon started singing another song, "I've got those hup, two, three, four; occupation G.I blues; from G.I hair to the heels of my G.I. shoes." The other guys started in, "And if I don't go stateside soon, I'm gonna blow my fuse."

----Two Year Skip----

It was Aly's birthday, and for once she was actually excited. Al was told to keep her occupied for the day so Riza, Roy, Ed and the others could prepare a party for her. She clung to his arm as they went window shopping in the city of Central, "I'm so excited! It's my fourteenth birthday!"

Al smiled as he held her hand, "You sound excited Aly. What's your wish this year?"

Aly shook her head, "I don't really have anymore wishes to make. At least not any that will come true."

"If you could wish for something, what do you want?" Al was persistent to get an answer from her.

She let go of his hand and ran out in front of him with a twirl, "I want Cap. Leon to come back. I miss him. All the new bodyguards dad ordered to protect me quit, because I made them. I don't want them because he was the only real bodyguard that I cared for."

Al walked over to her with his hands in his pockets, "Well, I don't think I can make that wish come true Aly, I was hoping it would be something I could do."

Aly grinned as she pointed to a little shop next to them, "You can buy me that necklace."

Al went to the window of the shop and saw the neckalce she was looking at. It had a pink flower pendent and a lovely silver chain. The price was very high for a kid of Al's age to afford, but Aly was making it hard for him to say no. She gave him the puppy dog eyes and made a tear trail down her cheek. He did his best and gave her a hug, "Sorry Aly, I can't afford that necklace. Why don't you ask your dad?"

"I did, and he said that we didn't have the money. Stupid lying sack of crap."

Al laughed at what she said and pictured Roy saying that to her, then came up with someone else to ask, "What about your mom?"

Aly grinnned, she knew where he was trying to go with this, "Mom would tell me to go ask dad."

Aly had him figured out, she knew who couldn't think of anyone else who would buy her the necklace besides him, and he would do it just because he loved her. She gave him and kiss on the cheek and ran ahead, "You don't have to buy it Al, I can wait until I can afford it."

Al ran after her, then they walked back to her house to have the party that was waiting for her there.

Leon was standing in the trenches whispering a poem he had thought of, "From trench to trench; You followed me, to speed; My penance at the midnight hour of life, Once all was lost, and mine the greater need; You came again, to gloat, and turn the knife It's always been the same; A thrust, then grief; A few yards forward, then dig in, and damn the cost; We worried at the borders of belief; To count advantage first, but never loss! I can't remember peace; there's never been; A time for me when war was not the game; Each word a bullet, spat from lips that screamed; you drank your deadly cocktails, then took aim. 'Til I was sorely wounded; sick at heart; And pounded bt the mortars of your mind; I slept in foxholes, waking with a start; to seek relief in silence, marking time. While tanks, like thunder; rolled across my soul; to leave their shadow-tracks upon my brain; my thoughts were camouflaged, and left untold; and worked at night, while you explored your pain. I lost my way, as if; I'd ever known; the forward from the back, the bleak terrain; that you and I once conquered, then disowned; has left me not a landmark I could claim. And so to this, the shadow; that at night; will beckon me toward some ancient death; When life has lost its paltry appetite; and I, the walking wounded, give it breath. " Once Leon had finished the men around him all whispered , 'Hear, Hear.'

The General was the first to stop the beautiful silence, "GET DOWN!" An enemy plane flew by; not noticing the small platoon. Leon couldn't even care about the enemy; his feet hurt. They were covered in blisters, cuts and parts of his toes were strait up black. In a matter of seconds bullets began to fly from the enemy; they were being ambushed. Leon heard a little thump next to his left foot by the time he noticed it was a shrapnel bomb he was dead.

Leon looked up to a white light, Truth was in front of him once more. "What is with you? I don't know what makes me want you to live. I'll give you another chance in the alchemy world." Another flash of light then Leon awoke in the desert. He was still in his uniform and he was covered in mud, blood and his feet hurt. It appeared he had just transferred worlds with almost no change. His face would have been hamburger meat with the bomb blowing up in his face. He felt his face and only felt some tiny bumps; there was more pain on those bumps that were spread across the left side of his body, his eye was killing him.

He created a mirror out of the sand, he had examined himself to see he had a scar across his left eye; the trench foot he still had but he could talk normal like the he could in the other world. He looked older, his hair was all dark grey. He laughed and spoke aloud, "I look good as a 26 year old man with grey hair." He began walking in the direction of the nearest city. Which happened to be near the train station; Leon neaded to get to a hospital, his feet only dragged him forward by luck.

Aly was with Al on a date. He promised her that she could pick what they did today, and she wanted to go out to lunch, since Roy didn't really like it if she left the house at night with him. Besides, Al was part of the military as a State Alchemist, he was safe for her to be around. They held hands as they passed by the shops she liked to popped into every now and then.

She grabbed Al's state alchemist watch from his back pocket and checked the time. It was getting late, and she knew that she had work to do, even if she didn't want to do it. Al looked down at her, "You have to go don't you?"

Aly smiled, "Yeah, but I'll see you around. Bye" She gave Al a kiss on the lips before she ran back to Central.

While she was running, she bumped into someone, when she looked up she seemed shocked a bit, then got on her knees, "I'm so sorry sir. I didn't mean to, I should look where I'm going." Aly got to her feet and helped the man up to his. Al ran over and at the same time they both noticed the man could hardly stand by himself, and he had white scars all over his face.

Aly pulled away and Al catched him before he fell. She gasped, "Al, we need to get him to a hospital as fast as possible!"

Al nodded his head, "I'll take him Aly, you go back to Central. Be careful, and I'll meet up with you there later."

Aly ran off as Al helped the man to the hospital.

"That girl looked familiar. Her name is so familiar and so is yours but the Al I knew was in a suit of armour." Leon told Al.

Al grinned, "Well, things change when you get your body back, and a lot of sleeping and eating comes your way, but all in all, I am Al."

"Good to… ouch… see you again." He turned to roughly.

"Good to see you too, Cap. Leon. I'm glad to see you're alive, but Aly doesn't seem to know it's you. She still thinks you're dead." Al looked disappointed, "She has forgotten a lot since that day."

"What day? And It's a long story about what happened to me."

"Aly died the day that her and Ed went to save me, she died spontaneously, and when she came back. She only remember the months she spent in Central before she went to Lior. Nothing beyond then, it still hurts to know that, but she is getting better. She can't be a state alchemist though, her father won't let her."

"Furher Bradley got some sense, good to hear it."

"Oh, no, not him, he's dead. Furher Mustang, and her mother agrees that she shouldn't use her alchemy either."

"Ok. I… um… mother?"

Al gave a small smirk, "Riza Hawkeye is her mother, her and Fuher Mustang married last year. I went to the wedding as Aly's date. You've really missed a lot haven't you Cap. Leon?"

"Well no shit. I'd never see Riza marry that manwhore."

Al grinned, "Me neither, but it happened, and I wouldn't have believed it if I wasn't there. I think it might have been for Aly's sake, but the way they act around each other makes you think otherwise. It's like what people say when they see me with Aly, they think we're dating but clearly we're not. We are just really close friends." Al blushed and looked away.

"Bullshit, you love her."

Al turned quickly to look at him, "Yeah, I do, but she doesn't know that. I don't even know how she feels about me, I think I'm just another passing phase to her. Anyway, there's the hospital, after you're done in there, head over to Central. Aly, Ed, myself, and the others will be there, but Aly can't talk, she has to help her father with work. Oh, and try not to freak out when you see everything."

"See what exactly?"

Al blushed as he rubbed the back of his head and smiled, "Um…you'll find out what I mean when you get there, just try to keep cool. Ecspecially with Mrs. Mustang, Furher Mustang gets protective over her and Aly." Al then ran off to leave Leon at the hospital for medical help.

The doctor sent Leon away after three days of treatment; although Leon was forced into a wheelchair and subscribed a talc powder. "You'll need to be in the wheelchair for one month to have your feet fully heal, understand?" Leon nodded at the doctor. He rolled his way to the train station with a clean body and an outfit he just bought. He was wearing dark grey pinstripe, pleated slacks and suit vest, with a white wing tipped collar shirt that was tucked in. It showed his shiny black leather belt and his sleeves were rolled up above his elbows. He was wiping off his Plain toed Oxford shoe and putting on his caribou saxon hat with the black ribon around it. His black bow tie dangled until he was ready to tie it, he was laughing at himself. "Why look this nice and then come rolling along in a wheel chair?"

Aly ran outside to meet up with Al. She was wearing her military uniform, a mini skirt, boots that came up to her knees, her jacket, and her hair was tied off with a ribbon that Riza had bought for her. She was also wearing her braclet, that just drove her freakin' crazy. Al waved to her, "He'll be here soon, are you ready? I granted your wish Aly, just wait and see."

Aly smiled, "Al, just tell me what you want me to be waiting for? Who am I supposed to be looking for?"

"Me! I suppose." Leon spun in dressed extremley nice.

Aly's smile faded, "Oh…you must be here for the new job opening. Follow me please." She started to walk up the stairs and she turned to face Al, "Well, make this guy a ramp, do you think he's going to just walk up the stairs?"

Al started to laugh at her a little, "Aly, you should look at people closely before you assume things. Why don't you ask him why he's here?"

Aly sighed and turned around, "Fine. Who are you…sir?"

"Well I'm Leon, and I'm here for you. Who else?"

Aly gasped, "But….but you're supposed to be dead. How did you…Al, what did you do?"

"Um, well…I did…absolutly nothing. He's the guy we meet yesterday at the train station."

Aly jumped into Leon's lap and hugged his neck, crying on his shoulder, "I can't believe it! You're alive! I thought you had died, that's what dad told me, but he was wrong like always. Why did you never come back? Where did you go?"

"I did die, trust in your daddy he's barely ever wrong. I went to another place, another world called Earth. I had died again in the war that was called World War 1. The truth told me he would spare my life once more and I woke back up in the desert." Leon explained the whole story of what happened and then it got uncomfortable for Leon. "Aly please get off, it's been a long time since you know, I've seen a girl. It's kinda been five years since… anything; so I'd appreciate…your not jailbait… but it's wrong. LORD FORGIVE ME FOR I HAVE SINNED!"

Aly jumped up and Al grabbed her arm, "Hey, she is jailbait. She's fourteen years old Cap. Leon, if Furher Mustang found out about this he would kill you!" Aly poked her head from over Al's arm with a look on her face that looked a little sad. Al held her back from progressing forward.

"I… sorry… GOD, you're like my sister. I shouldn't be thinking about these things. Shit I'm a fucking jackass. I'm going go, I need to find a place to stay. Shit… Aly I'm so apologetic, forgive this pitiful fucker on wheels."

Aly pushed Al's arm out of her way and walked forward, "Forgive me, I didn't mean to cause you any trouble, people think that I'm older for some reason, I know that you must have thought the same thing. It's okay, if you need a place to stay, you can stay at my house, all we have to do is ask my dad. Al's stayed at my place before when he had no where to stay on his visits to Central. It's very nice there. Please, Cap. Leon?" Aly's eyes got big as she laid on her innocent charm.

"Only if we have permission straight from Furher Mustang."

Aly smiled brightly, "Of course." She turned on her heel and gave Al a quick hug, "Keep him company for me, okay? I'll be back in two seconds." Aly ran inside leaving Al alone with Leon.

Al looked at the ground, "Sorry for the way I acted a minute ago. I didn't mean to be so harsh, it's just that everyone here still thinks that she's the age she was before she left making her twenty now, but she's not. I just get a little protective over her."

"Yeah I got it. It's just that I've had a rough time where a hand is a man's best friend. I can't you'll understand your 19 now aren't you?"

Al looked a little creeped out, but still replied, "No sir, I'm fifteen, I'm only a year older than Aly is."

"Oh damn, this is some crap. How's Ed? What's he been up to?"

"He's with Winry back in Risembool, I spoke to him the other day. He's planning on asking Winry to marry him, but he's a little nervous about it, but I'm here with Aly. I have my own place to stay, and I help out at Central as best I can that way Aly has some free time to do what she pleases."

"Just wait a couple more years. Once she's older she'll give you something that pleasures you both. Shit, GOD , IMPURE THOUGHTS!"

Al looked at him with disgust, "I wouldn't do that to her! She's to pure for that, she would kill me even if I asked her about it. She find a way to take her braclet off and use her alchemy on me. She's an angel, and I don't want to be the one that drags her back to this world with awful tendoncies like that!"

"You're a guy. It's what you think about don't worry I know. It's hard not to think about that with such a cute girl who wears miniskrts. It's okay you don't need to admit it now. But anyways I got to go. My feet need tending to."

Al blushed at the thought of Aly in her mini skirt, then looked up at him, "Oh okay. I'll…tell Aly…um…Leon. Please don't tell anyone about this okay? I don't want Aly to find out, she's to innocent for that, and she would hate me if she found out."

"What happened on Central's steps stay on Central's steps. And I'll be at the Pharmacy down the street."

Al waved, "Okay. Thanks Cap. Leon. I'll make sure Aly knows." Al went inside the building and was met with a fall to the ground, and Aly on top of him. As he gently wrapped his arms around her to make sure she was okay, she bounced up, "Sorry about that Al. Didn't mean to bump into you. Where did Cap. Leon go?"

Al laid there in shock, and his head hit the ground again as he looked up at Aly, "He went to the pharamcy."

"Okay. I'll be back in a flash, super mega promise, and since I hurt you, I'll let you pick where we go tomorrow if I have time off." Aly ran off and Al watched her from his lying position. His thought was racing with what Leon had just told him, and the fact that seconds later Aly was right on top of him. He hated when that happened.

He shook his head, then got up to his feet to go inside the building and get something to eat. While Aly was at the pharmacy. She bust through the door, "Leon?!"

"Quiet," he spoke from across the floor his shoes were off and he was bandaging his feet with gauze he had just bought in the medical aid section.

She ran over to him, "Sorry, I came to tell you that dad said it was okay, but just for one day. If anything, I'm sure Al would be more the happy to let you stay at his place till you can get back on your own."

"Yeah sure, sure."

Aly smiled, until she looked down, "Oh my God what happened to your feet?! They look like they're about to fall off."

"I was in the trenches a lot and it was hard to take care of feet that were emerged in water almost everyday and when they weren't they were soaked from my shoes."

"Oh, I'm sorry Cap. Leon. I wish there was something I could do to help you out more, but I'm afraid that giving you a place to stay for the night is about all I can handle at the moment. I hope you don't mind having a rabbit around though."

"All you can handle, haha am I missing something? Am I too much of a handful?"

"Not at all, it's just that in a day I have to go to Lior for a check on the place, and I am pushing my papers over, and dad is puching his papers on me. I'm working my brains out, and I'm amazed I still have time to hang out with Al."

"I see, don't worry about it. Hey some advice for you to think about, Time never waits; so don't wait for time."

"What do you mean by that?" Aly gave him an inqusitive look.

"Oh look at the time I have to go." Leon left her standing alone; they were both surprised he could move into his wheelchair so fast.

Aly walked back to Central in deep thought, when she laid on the couch in Roy's office, he turned to face her sensing something was off, "Alright, what's wrong?"

Aly faced him, "What does it mean when someone says, 'time never waits; so don't wait for time'?"

"Um…I have no idea, why don't you ask your mom? Who told you this exactly?"

"Cap. Leon, but yeah, I'll go ask mom." Aly got up and walked over to Riza's office, she stood in front of her desk and asked, "What does it mean when someone says, 'time never waits; so don't wait for time'?"

Riza smiled as she looked up at her, "It's hard to explain. Why do you ask?"

"Cap. Leon said it to me."

Riza looked shocked, "He's alive?"

Aly nodded her head, then gave a smile, "Yup. I better go finish packing for my trip." Aly left the office, and went back to her house, walked inside, and went to her room. She collapsed in her bed and her rabbit, Yule, jumped up next to her. She started talking to the rabbit, "Yule, why is it that I keep remember one moment with Al that changed my life, and it feels so real, but Al tells me it's just a dream. Is he right?"

Her rabbit sniffed her head as she pushed herself up and grabbed her bag, "I need to pack, I have to leave tomorrow, and I'm not ready yet." She picked up the rabbit, and put him in a cage where he ate and fell asleep, as Aly finished packing.

The next day Aly woke up before anyone else in the house. She silently walked down the stairs and left a note on the table explaining where she was going. She snuck out of the house and went to the train station, once on she waited to go to Lior.

----Two Weeks Later----

Aly got off the train as Al took her stuff she smiled at him, and he smiled back, "How was your trip?"

"Boring as usual, is Cap. Leon doing alright?"

Al looked confused, "I don't know. Why do you ask?"

Aly turned to him in surprise, "Isn't he staying at your house?"

Al shook his head, "No, he hasn't even come by once. I meet up with him in the morning outside Central."

She froze in place, "Is he sleeping on the street?" She started running to Central to find him, and Al chased after her.

When she got to Central, Leon was sitting outside watching the clouds. She panted as she ran over to him, "Cap. Leon! Where have you been staying these last couple weeks after you left my house?"

"Oh… I… in a few alleyways."

"The alleys, what the heck?! You shoudn't be living in those conditions. It's bad for your health." Aly finally regained her breath as Al came over to her side.

"I've lived worse. Please Aly you need to understand that this is the only place I can be comfortable. I've been living in mudholes, and trenches for five years straight; I can't help this. Honestly it physically hurts me to be in a building. I feel bad thinking of all my comrades stuck in trenches and I'm here and I'm healthy. I should be in hell right now; I need to go back to war. It's my true destiny." Leon lowered his head so he couldn't show Aly how ashamed he was.

Aly sighed, "I would give you that desire, but I don't think killing you would be of any use now." She tried to smile as she left, "Do as you please, just try to stay alive and well." She went to a place where she used to hide when she wanted to think about things by herself. Al had found the place years ago when he went scavanging for her.

He went over to her and knelt down in front of her, "What's on your mind?"

Aly looked up, then pulled her knees against her chest and hid her face, "Nothing Al, I don't want to talk about it. Besides I already know what you'll say if I do tell you."

Al gave her a smile, "Maybe you do, maybe you don't. Just tell me what's on you mind?"

She couldn't help the impulse, and told him, "You remember that dream I told you about. The one where you say that you love me? Well, everytime I have that dream it starts to feel more realistic, almost like it actually happened. I don't know if it did happen, or if it's my emotions trying to give me a sign that I already have. I guess what I really am trying to tell you Al is that….I…love you."

Al didn't miss a beat, his hand held her cheek as his lips were pressed against hers. Unknowningly, she wrapped her arms around him as he pulled away for a second, "I have waited a long time, just to hear you say those words. Thank you." He kissed her again, but this time it was deeper, more loving and caring of a kiss.

As they kissed Aly lost her balance and fell to her side and Al fell with her since her arms were still wrapped around him. They took advantage of the moment, and started to roughly kiss each other. Al moved his hand across the curves of her body. She smiled as she playfully teased him with her continuous kissing. The were oblivious to the world around them, just in the moment. After moving his hand from her thigh, up to her stomach he started to unbutton her jacket.

Aly was to busy kissing him to really tell, until she felt the jacket slip off her. She pulled away from his kissed and let go of him. Her face turned red, as she pushed Al off her, and got to her feet. She stumbled her way out of the place they were in, and ran back to Central, forgetting her jacket was still with Al.

Aly ran over to Leon and fell to her knees in front of him, Leon just rubbed his head and tried to hide the look of guilt on his face. Aly started crying to him, as she tried her best to explain what just happened, then looked up at him after eveything was explained to add, "I don't know what to do Cap. Leon. I just don't know what to do."

Leon pet her head as she fell back to his lap, "You should forgive him."

Aly looked up at him, her eyes red from crying, "What?"

"You heard me, forgive him. I'm sure he didn't mean any harm to you. Understand?"

Aly nodded her head, as she rubbed her eyes, and got to her feet.

Al had grabbed her jacket and started cursing at himself for what he had just done, "Dammit, she confess her love to you, and you take advantage of her. What a great thing to do. Now she hates me." When he got to his feet, he left to go find Aly and give her her jacket back, and try to apologize for what happened. Luckily, Aly was already heading in his direction, her face was red, so he knew that she had been crying.

He held out her jacket, "I'm….sorry about that. I didn't mean to-"

Aly cut him off, "I know," she took the jacket, "Please…don't do that again. It was nice and all, but, I'm not ready for that."

Al nodded his head, "I understand, so…you don't hate me?"

Aly looked at him with a small glare, "I could never hate you Al, like I said, I love you, and that won't change no matter what happens."

Al smiled as he took her in his arms and kissed her head, "Thank you Aly, looks like you're the forgiving one this time."

Aly was running up the stairs of Central, she was mulitasking a bit, trying to put her hair up, get her papers ready, and get her shoes on correctly, but once she saw Leon already there, she stopped. She calmly walked over to him, "Cap. Leon, I know it seems an odd question to ask so suddenly, and I've been meaning to ask you about it, but what was your family like?"

"My kids were great; two little twin boys. And a girl was in my wife's womb. My wife loved me very much." Leon fumbled wih his dog tags from the other world as he spoke.

Aly set her papers down on the ground, and continued to fix her hair as she replied, "If you don't mind me asking, what happened to them?"

"My wife got very sad with her life."

"She commited suicide? Then what happened to the children?"

"She hurt them, she wasn't happy with their life either."

"What kind of inhuman person would do such a thing?! That's like my father trying to kill me for being late on my curfew."

"My wife wasn't always that kinda person; that's what happens when the husband isn't there to love her and when the husband is in a place that he could die in. I caused her and my children lots of pain. And even though they're gone I miss them so much and I still love my wife. She just made a big mistake; she went crazy thinking I was going to die in any second. That's what too much love can make. If I had the chance I would bring them all back and I'd love them forever and I'd never leave them again." Leon's voice was hollow and dark, he pulled a chain from under his shirt. It revealed a man and woman's wedding band and the woman's engagement ring. "I have never ever let this out of my sight. Oh and call me Leo."

"Cap. Leo….Leo, I'm sorry that happened to you." Aly got to her feet and hugged Leon, "If there's anything I can do, let me know, okay?"

"There's nothing but thank you."

Aly let go, "Okay." She gave her usually smile as she picked her papers up and ran inside Central to get to work, but before she left she faced Leon again, "I'm happy now though, I have a family now, it holds, you, Al, dad, and mom. It's a bizarre family, but at least it's mine."