-A Question of Paternity-
Disclaimer: I do not own FullMetal Alchemist or have any rights to its characters in anyway shape or form but I do like to screw around with them.
Summary: Ed and Al have teamed up with a new girl, Mustang's niece, they are sent to investigate the happenings at a mine and get themselves caught in a giant military cover-up from years ago. Does the mine owner's daughter know anything about these strange happenings?
Warning: Strong language usage and violence ahead… don't flame me… if you don't like it… don't read it…
Rae's hand rested on the phone as her shoulders shook slightly. She was now almost 3 months along and she could feel the stirrings of the new life within her. Winry had been very supportive but Pinako had been very…err… critical of the girl's choices. She felt more tears well up in her eyes. She had just broken the news to Ed, after he had said that he was waiting in the Resembool Station, and he was speechless. The baby kicked her and she laughed, putting her hand over her stomach, "I deserved that didn't I?" It was exactly like its father… that is… if he was…
"You are unsure of the paternity of the child then?" Pinako said from behind her.
"Huh? How did you-"
"I just sensed that you had something on your mind and took a whack at it… who else could it be?" Pinako walked into the room, this time her voice didn't sound strict, it sounded more… cautious.
"Well it's either Ed's or my boyfriend, Greg's… Ed and I were just a-" No wait… that was a lie… they weren't just a one night stand… she had crept to his room and he to hers in the middle of the night for almost a week… "Never mind… I don't know… what do I tell them? 'I don't know who the father is?' Yeah that's going to go over well with Edward." Rae laughed sarcastically.
"You have to tell him… he's a young man with a heart, he'll understand."
"I know that's why… what if he loves me? I don't love him…" Or do I?
"Well that's a decision that you have to make yourself." Pinako turned to walk out. "But you must choose between what is easy… and what is right…" Then the old woman walked out of the room. Rae slammed her fist into her pillow and groaned in frustration.
'I hate him… I HATE him… I HATE HIM!' Her mind screamed at her but a little voice in the back of her head told her differently.
Ed trudged up to Winry's house and knocked on the door. The door was swung open with charisma and Winry hugged him and then pulled him inside.
"Oh Ed there's so much to tell you-"
"Where is she?" Ed growled and Winry looked shocked, Ed sounded angry.
"U-upstairs b-but…" Ed stalked up the stairs towards the room that he himself had been in just after the brother's failed attempt at bringing their mother back. He pushed open the door and walked in, seeing Rae curled up in a ball. He shut the door and she turned around with a start.
"Rae," Ed began and Rae bowed her head, she still looked like the same old Rae Hawkeye to him, her rosy cheeks and brilliant green eyes, his eyes lingered on her lips for a second then traveled down her body and noticed the slight bulge of her naval.
"I'm really falling apart, eh?" She murmured and he walked over to her, forgetting completely about being angry.
"Oh god Rae… then you meant it." Ed sat down on the bed next to her and she nodded as the young man ran his fingers through his hair.
"Yeah… I'm about as pregnant as the day is long… no changing it." Rae sighed and rubbed the bulge gently.
"Jesus Christ… what are we going to do…?"
"I don't know… we just have to wait until it's born to find out."
"Find out what?" Ed looked over at her and she panicked, she had almost told him that she had no idea who the father was.
"N-nothing…"
"Find out what?" Ed suddenly remembered being mad and stood up.
"DID YOU HEAR ME I SAID NOTHING!" She shouted at him, tears already in her eyes.
"WELL THAT NOTHING SOUNDS LIKE A WHOLE LOTTA SOMETHING!" Ed shouted in return.
"WELL MAYBE I DON'T FEEL LIKE TELLING YOU!"
"THIS IS MY CHILD TOO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON!"
"THAT'S JUST THE THING! IT MAY NOT BE YOURS!" She closed her eyes as she said this and then felt the sting of a hand on her face and she took a double step back.
"What do you mean by that?" He growled low in his chest and grabbed her by the wrist, twisting her towards him.
"I mean exactly what I said… you might not be the father." She hissed in reply, her strawberry blonde hair thrown over her face and her right cheek already starting to turn bright red from where he slapped her.
"WHO IS THEN? WHO HAVE YOU BEEN SCREWING YOU SLUT!" He shouted, feeling a deep feeling, something he had never felt before… was this… jealousy and fear…?
"None of your business." She whined and he twisted her wrist slightly.
"WHO IN THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN FUCKING YOU GOD DAMN WHORE?" He raged. She shrunk away from him. She had never seen him like this before.
'What are you doing idiot? Look at her, the fear in her eyes, she's terrified of you Edward…' His mind told him but he again ignored it.
"I said none of yo-" She was cut off as he slapped her across the face again.
"Tell me! God damn it tell me who you think it is!"
"You want the truth? The truth you fucking idiot?" She felt the sting of another slap.
"Never call me that... never ever-"
"I had thought it was yours." Her words shook his entire body, not just his brain but sent shock waves down his back and he let go of her, taking a step back from the girl.
"Y-You did?" He choked.
"Had thought… I'm not sure about it now… maybe I don't want you to be the father of my child…" She hissed, pushing her hair back from her face.
"K-Rae… Fine." He spat and turned to leave then stopped in the doorway. "You know I came her for one reason… and one reason alone…"
"Oh yeah what's that? To ruin my life?"
"I love you." He said calmly, looking her directly in the eye. Then the blonde turned from the room and walked out, shutting the door behind him.
MAHAHAHAHA! What's going to happen next? Cliffhanger no? That was a lot of info for one chapter… I'll give you a summary of this chap in the next. Read and Review or I won't post!
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