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The Gift
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Shopping
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December 17th – Sunday
Ed looked through the window and stared at the items in the shop before glancing back at Al. His brother was holding a couple of sacks filled with presents. Ed quickly thought about who he'd already bought for and who he still needed to buy for.
"Brother, I'm going to go to that store over there. I still need to pick up something Winry."
Ed looked over to the automail shop and nodded. "You want to go in on a present together for her?" he asked. Winry was someone he hadn't shopped for yet and he kind of wanted to go into this shop to see if he could find something nice for Roy.
"Yeah, sure. I'll meet you at the market in a half hour, okay?"
"Yep," the blond said and watched as his brother started off, then turned and entered the shop.
Gift shopping wasn't his favorite pastime, but Al was leaving on the 19th and they'd yet to do any shopping at all...
"Edward?"
Ed turned around and saw Lieutenant Hawkeye looking at him with a small smile. "Oh, uh... hi..." He cringed a little at how lame his sounded and tried to cover it up with, "What are you doing here?"
She held up a small basket with some items inside and said, "Just doing a few last minute purchases."
"Ah..." He fidgeted a little. A few last minute purchases? He'd barely even started!
"How about you?"
He glanced around, then said, "Oh, yeah... me too..."
She gave him a knowing look and he tried to think of something to say that would change the subject. When his mind settled on something, he wasn't sure if he wanted to ask it.
"Lieutenant..."
"Yes?"
"Um...do you know anyone by the name of Lisa?"
She got a thoughtful look on her face, then shook her head. "No, I don't think so... Why?"
"Well...I just..." He couldn't tell her that he'd found this person's phone number in Roy's wallet... "I think it's someone Mustang knows, that's all."
"Hm, well, you know the colonel knows a lot of women." She shrugged. "It might be a previous girlfriend or something. Why are you asking me?"
A previous girlfriend? Or maybe a current one... Suddenly, Ed didn't feel much like Christmas shopping. What he really wanted to do was go home and be alone.
"Are you alright?" she asked with a look of concern on her face.
"Yeah..." he said quietly and forced a smile on his face. "I...I'm going to go. See you later..."
Ed rushed out of the shop and ran to the automail shop. He quickly opened the door and when he saw his brother, Ed said, "Yo, Al, I'm going home, okay?"
The large suit of armor turned around and said, "What? Why?"
"I... I just..." He didn't feel the need to tell everyone in the store what was going on, and he hadn't told Al about his worries and misgivings about Roy either, so he simply said, "I'm just not feeling well. I'm going to go home and lay down."
"You're not feeling well?" Al asked, his voice full of concern, but Ed didn't stick around to answer the question. His brother would try to probe him for information and try to find out exactly how he didn't feel well and...
Right now he just wanted to be alone. He needed to think about this whole thing. Maybe he should just ask Roy about it. That would be better than wondering. Roy would tell him what was going on, and if he didn't...
Well...
If he didn't...
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