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The Gift
5
The Call
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November 13th – (Monday)
Riiing
Riiing
Ed tapped his foot nervously against the clear phone booth casing as he listened to the phone ring.
Riiing
Ri...
"Rockbell Automail, Pinako speaking. How may I help you?" the voice on the phone said.
"Hey, it's Ed," he said running his fingers along the pay phone.
"Shorty! I didn't actually expect to hear from you before Thanksgiving. You're still coming right?"
"Short! I'm taller than you, ya' old bag!" he growled, and when she started laughing he took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. He really must be nervous if he was taking offence at short remarks made by Pinako.
"Well…yeah, anyway, we are," he answered, grinding his boot nervously into the sidewalk.
"Well, good. So, why are you calling?"
The teen took a deep breath and said, "Actually, I was wondering if I could bring someone with me."
"Oh?"
"Yeah…"
He could almost hear her grinning on the other side of the phone. "Someone special?"
"Er…yeah…" The blond paused, then said, "Yeah, he is…"
"'He' huh? Well, I guess so. Is this anyone I've heard about?" she asked. Her voice changed slightly and he could tell she'd just put her pipe in her mouth.
"Yeah, you've met him before…" Despite the cooling weather, Ed was sweating. This was harder than he thought it would be.
A pause then, "Well, are you going to tell me or make me guess?"
"It's um…it's…my, uh…commanding officer…"
There was a long pause, then, "That State Alchemist?" The question was asked slowly, with a hint of disbelief.
"Eh…yeah…"
"A little old for you, isn't he?" she asked blandly.
He chewed lightly on the inside of his cheek. "I don't think so…"
"Of course you wouldn't…" came the muttered reply. "Your mother was attracted to older men too, and look what it got her. Not that I didn't like Hohenheim, we were drinking buddies and all that in the day, but…"
"Roy isn't that bastard," Ed growled irritably.
The old woman sighed on the other line, then said, "Well…It's your choice. Winry won't be too happy about this, given who he is and what he's done, but I think she'll get over it. I'll tell her about it later." A pause. "As much as I'd like to glean you for information right now, I've got work to do. We'll see you next week."
Ed nodded, then shook his head when he remembered she couldn't see him, and said, "Yeah, okay."
There was a click, then silence.
Sighing, the teen set the receiver back and let his shoulders sag. That hadn't gone as well as he'd hoped, but it hadn't gone as badly as he'd feared either…
Ed let himself out of the phone booth and pulled his coat more tightly around himself as he walked toward the library where Al was waiting for him and thought about the conversation he'd just had.
He hoped Winry wouldn't be too upset over this…
My internet was down for like an hour and a half, and I thought that I'd have to leave for school without uploading this, but luckily it came back up. I mean…I would have just done it later, but I'd rather get these posted as early as possible on the day's their supposed to go up…
Anyway, here it is. The next post dates are: 14th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd. Hopefully by the 16th I'll have more dates than that for you.
Until tomorrow then. :)
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