Broken Skin Chapter 2: Longing To Have Wings, a fullmetal alchemist fanfic

Authors note: what ya'll think of the first ch? yea it's pretty mean what they do to poor Liz. Im making Alphonse into a stalker! YEA! not really! jk. ok, on with the story! And heres some lyrics that go with Liz. I do not own these lyircs!

Iris- by the Goo Goo Dolls

And I'd give up forever to touch you'Cause I know that you feel me somehowYou're the closest to heaven that I'll ever beAnd I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this momentAnd all I can breathe is your life'Cause sooner or later it's overI just don't want to miss you tonight

And I don't want the world to see me'Cause I don't think that they'd understandWhen everything's made to be brokenI just want you to know who I am

And you can't fight the tears that ain't comingOr the moment of truth in your liesWhen everything feels like the moviesAnd you bleed just to know you're alive

And I don't want the world to see me'Cause I don't think that they'd understandWhen everything's made to be brokenI just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am

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They...they saved me from her, I thought as I laid in bed. Chris would have beaten me to a pulp if the Elrics hadn't come. I should thank them, but Im not worthy enough to go up to them. They probably saved me out of pity. But I can't help but to wonder...Will I ever get the chance to talk to them?

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School. Oh joy. The teacher, Mr. Penily, is pretty nice. He doesn't call on me to answer the questions. That's good because then no one would notice the beast in the back very much. The classes are easy enough, we listen to the lectures, do the work assigned, then class is over. Mr. Penily walks into the classroom, along with someone else. Alphonse Elric.

"Class," The teacher begins, "today we have a new student. Mr. Alphonse Elric." Alphonse stands in front of the room, wearing the school uniform, a white buttoned shirt with an open brown vest, and brown pants. His dirty blonde hair was tied into a pony tail. "Hello." He said to the class.

"Why don't you give us some background on yourself?" Asked the teacher.

"Um..Ok." He paused before telling us about himself. All the "Fangirls" leaned in closer to hear the words that would come out the young man's mouth. "I came to this city a few months ago. I wanted to know the town better before coming to school. I used to live in the city north of here. I came to live with my brother because our parents died, and he is the only one left in my family" At that part the "fangirls" couldn't hide their "awws" and "Oh, how sad!" I slouched more on my desk, and looked out at the window. A bird was sitting on a branch, it flapped it's wings and lifted into the air, clearly not aware that it envied because it could fly away anywhere it wanted to go. Freedom

"That's pretty much it." My head snapped back to the front of the classroom. I missed what Alphonse had said

"Thank you, Mr. Elric. Go ahead and sit where ever there's an empty seat." The teacher said to the new student.

Alphonse looked around the room for a good seat. There were plenty of them in the room, so I didn't have to worry about him choosing the dust filled seat next to me. I went back to looking out the window, hoping the bird would come back.

After a few minutes I heard the scraping of the chair next to me, and the gasps of the girls in the room. I turned my head to chair next to me. Alphonse's was sitting there, his eyes closed and smiling at me. I couldn't help but to turn red. He cause the attention to be drawn to the both of us. I could feel the hatred of the others stabbing me. I ducked my head behind the shelter of my textbook. Hoping the glares would go away.

"Ok class, back to the -" Mr. Penily was cut off by another teacher running into the room.

the new teacher said panting, "The principle needs you!"

"Now?" Asked Mr. Penily.

"YES!" She grabbed his wrist and dragged him out of the room

...What the heck was that about? I couldn't help but to wonder.

"Hi" Said a voice next to me. Why do you have to draw more attention to me?

Guess I should try to be nice. But Im afraid to speak! What if I say something stupid and he thinks im an idiot?! AHH! It's ok, just say something! "HI!" I yelled to loud. AHH! you idiot! you screamed at him! Just continue to hide behind your book.. "Im Alphonse. What's your name?" he asked me.

"I-I-It's Elizabeth. But you can call me Liz, if you want to. you don't have to..." My face felt like it was going to melt.

"Liz...That's a nice name. You can call me Al." He smiled at me. I could hear the gasps again from the "fangirls." "So what's the class like?" I can see now that I can no longer go unnoticed at school.

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I practically ran out the school. I wanted to get home without any of the "Fangirls" following me and hurting me. The sky was dark and cloudy, and rain was starting to sprinkle. Great. I heard the cry of a small kitty down an ally that I was passing. Of course I can't ignore the cry of a helpless animal. I turned into the ally and saw a poor black kitten curled into a ball, shivering. I noticed that it's left eye had a scar running down from it's forehead to it's chin. It lifted it's small head and opened it's right eye. This kitten is like me. I picked the little thing up, and held it my palms. I stood up and turned, and saw a figure standing in front of me.

"You like cats too, huh?" Alphonse asked. He came over to me, and petted the kitten.

"Yeah." Why was he there? Did he follow me? I blushed at that thought.

"I heard the kitten, and came." he answered my thoughts. There was a few moments of awkward silence. "Um…Im going to a coffee shop, would you like to come with me, Liz?"

My mouth opened. He was asking me out?! I quickly closed my lips, not wanting to look a fool. So I simply nodded.