Chapter 7 -

CHAPTER 7!!! OMFG!!! I love making Ed and Al living in this world, they kick ass. XD

Chapter 7 - Friends and Family
"Why would she even ask me something like that? And how did she know about my boyfriend...ex-boyfriend rather." Aria sat there, confused, as she ate her burger.

Leo shrugged. "Not sure. Maybe one of his friends said something. Don't worry about it, I'm sure it's nothing."

"It probably is though...and so it begins." Russell rolled his eyes as he saw two girls from the 'popular section' approached them.

"Nothing good can come from this." Aria laid her food down and turned her attention to the girls standing next to her. "Yes?"

The one on the right began. "Did you kill my cat? Everyone knows you're, like, a vampire. So why'd you do it?"

She sat there, mouth ajar, staring blankly. Leo piped up before Aria could get a word in edge wise. "What?! She loves animals, hell, she doesn't even eat meat. Why would she kill your cat?"

"So she could drink it's blood." The second girl chimed in. "Freaks."

"Did you not hear him? I'm vegetarian, that means I don't eat meat! Blood included." She flashed her reciept, showing she was indeed eating a veggi burger. "See? Gah. Why do I bother leaving the house?" Aria muttered to herself.

"So you don't like sunlight either then?" The first girl snipped again. "Stay away from my other pets, weirdo."

Aria was stunned. "I-...never mind." She rested her chin on her hand as the two girls left the table side. "Why are people so stupid?" She heaved a sigh.

Russell shrugged. "It uses too much concentration to have intelligent thought. If she actually started now, it would break the concentration needed for her to suck in that gut of hers. Try as she might."

Leo scoffed. "You noticed that too?" He laughed. "I know it's hard for some people to lose weight, but seriously, if you have the money to by name brands like that, you have the money to buy bigger jeans. She looked like a sausage stuffed into a little casing."

Aria snickered. "That's mean."

He smirked. "You can't be mad if you're laughing at it too. Besides, you know what else is mean? Accusing 'you' of eating a cat."

Aria pointed a finger. "I didn't eat it, I just drank it's blood." She laughed.

Leo and Russell both followed suit and laughed as well. Leo waved a hand at her. "Right, right; my bad."

Aria sat back on her bed, a little bunny in her lap, as she fed her small pieces of carrots. "People suck." She said to her, stroaking her fur gently. "...Well, not all of them. Leo, Russ and Paninia are great, Ed sounds cool, but those other people suck."

The small light brown rabbit nibbled away at it's food and listened to it's owner complain about the usual. "Aria, dear." A voice echoed in from the hall.

"I'm in my room." She called out to her mother's voice resonating in the halls.

She pushed open the door and saw Aria on her bed with the little animal sitting on her skirt, which acted line a hammoc, draped over her knees. "Put that back in the shed, he's going to mess up your cloths." Reanna said as she gave the creature a cruel glance.

"Jean didn't fix the shed. Tell him to fix it tomorrow so I won't have to keep taking Nilla in. And I'm not going out tonight, so I'll just wash my cloths if I get dirty." Aria said as she flopped the bunny's ears back and forth. "Was that all you wanted?"

"No, I also wanted to tell you not to wait up for me. Jean and I are going out to the club, a good friend of mine is playing, so we won't be back till late." Seeing that Aria nodded, she was sure she understood. "And put that thing outside tonight." She said, ordered, pointing a finger at the young girl.

With a roll of her eyes, she nodded again. "Fine." She said with defeat.

Before taking her leave, she took a step towards Aria's bed. "Off topic here, Why won't you call him 'dad'? We've been together quite a while." Reanna's arms were tightly folded in front of her, her short red hair framing her face, stopping at her chin.

Aria closed her eyes and groaned. "Mom, I told you before, he's not my dad...and you've only been together for half a year now. I wouldn't go counting my chickens if I were you."

Reanna shook her head. "Why can't you just accept it? He's here to stay. Anyway, I have to go. Put that thing out before you go to bed."

Aria scowled. "Nilla." She repeated the rabbit's name.

"Nina, then. Just do it." Reanna waved and was off.

Sighing again, she pet her bunny. Jean really was a nice guy, she had nothing against him, they actually got along quite well; Aria just didn't feel comfortable with calling him 'dad'. At least not so soon after the one she called 'dad' left her and her mom so abruptly. She just didn't want that negative connotation attached to Jean. Aria was also wise to her mother's ways and didn't want to get too attached.

"I told you people suck." A few tears slipped down her face and she pet Nilla on the ears. Reaching over to her bed side table, she removed the pill bottle from beneath the lamp, popped the top and grabbed on of the little white pills. "Don't worry Nilla-bunny, I'll be ok in a little while." She tossed the little pill in her mouth and swallowed it. Replacing the piss, she smiled. "I'm glad you're here for me...but just for fun, let's go call Leo and see if I can get a drive to school tomorrow."

Nesteling the bunny in her arms, she headed off downstairs.

"So, let's hear it. Are there many pretty girls at the school?" Von inquired with a smile.

"A few." Ed reluctlantly spoke, a light blush on his cheeks.

"A few?" Al said with disbelief at his twin brother's words. "Are you kidding? The entire cheerleading team is smoking hot. I think you're blind."

"Better than being shallow." Ed snipped.

"Come on boys. It's just a question of looks, everyone's got their own opinion." Von liked taking time out at least once a week, just to see how his kids were; it was a good was of staying in touch. "Now, any nice girls there?" He loved his wife, Trisha, but he wasn't on to not notice the young girls in short skirts.

"Meh." Al shrugged. "A few of the girls I met were pretty cool, but I really don't know them yet." He lounged back in the arm chair and slung one of his legs over the arm. "I'm mostly intrested in the cheerleading team's captain, Winry. From what I've been told, she's single." He smirked.

"Team captain, huh? Always with status isn't it?" He turned to Ed. "You should find yourself a girlfriend this year too, highschool is the time to really get out there and meet people. Make connections."

"I know." Ed pulled his legs up onto the coach and folded them beneath himself. "Mom actually agreed to let me go camping this weekend. This way, I'll definatly get to know people a little better."

Von pouted. "I wish I had a say in thing."

Ed looked a little worried. "Do you not wnt me to go?"

With a shake of his head, he smiled. "Don't worry about it, you can go." He said in defeat as he rose from his seat. "Anyway, your mother and I have a little more pratice to do, so I'll expect you two not to stay up all night."

"Right." Both Ed and Al spoke at the same time, right afterwards giving each other an odd glance.

That all said and done, Von headed down to the bacement to pratice with Trisha, they had a preformance the following Friday, so it was best to get in as much airtime as possible.

"Camping...I see." Al laid back on his bed, situated across the room from his brother's.

"Yeah, camping. It's where you go outside, into the woods and you sleep there...in a tent." Ed smirked. Normally, he didn't talk condecendingly to people, but it was always a treat to get a rise out of Al, who could never properly defend himself.

"I know what it is you knob. But you can't say that it's just going to be a camping trip. He rolled on his side and faced Ed. "Why else would you want to go?" They're going to bring booze with them, aren't they?" Al siad with a smirk. "I guess there's hope for you after all."

"I'm not drinking." He laid flat on his back, head tilted, as he spoke to Al. "Even if they did bring anything, remember, I like the straight and narrow."

"I guess I was wrong then." There was a few moments of silence and then he spoke up one more time. "Are you going to get a girlfriend this year?" He innocently questioned.

"Maybe, if I meet someone nice." He smiled, remembering that hour he spent helping Winry, but before he could say anything, Al continued.

"I want to try and get a date with Winry. She's gorgeous." Hearing no reply from Ed, he sat up. "Don't tell me you don't think she's hot."

Ed blushed. "What? Of course, she's relly pretty, but let's face it, she's way out of my league." That being said, he rolled over and faced the wall. "I'm sure I'll find someone for me."

Another few minutes passed and then Al began again. "Maybe the 'Magic' cards are stopping girls from approaching you."

"Drop it Al." Ed said with a snap in his voice.

"Just a suggestion." He rolled over. "Think about it...goodnight."

Ed rolled his eyes. "Goodnight."

"Wait!" Al shot up in his bed and glared at Ed. "You're going to hook up with one of the girls you're going camping with! That's it! Right?"

Ed groaned. "No. Why do you automatically assue the worst of me. I've got more brains that one might imagine." He sunk down into his pillow.

"What did I tell you about talking like that?" He seemed frustrated. "Never mind, stop talking and go to sleep." Once again, he laid down to go to sleep. Silent this time.

See, I still exist...again!

Sorry for the late update again. But I think I'm going to get the chance to update once a week again. A good friend of mine has a power cord that fits my lap top. Awesomeness:)

Anyway, let's get a review from some of my long tme readers...it'll encourage me to update quicker. XD I have chapter 12 finished and written down in my book.