Disclaimer: I own nothing of Full Metal Alchemist and Roy Mustang...You get the point
Author's Note: Yeah, yeah, I usually put this up first when something awful is going to happen. Don't worry, there isn't. I just want to say I'm really, really, super really sorry for delaying this chapter for you guys. I'm sad to say that I already written the same chapter twice! Once was finish in August but sadly...I think my computer deleted it somehow. I was so ticked off and upset I delayed it for a bit. Anyhow, I got like three or four chapters to go before...THE BIGGEST SURPRISE EVER! If someone, if any, could guess it...You are a mind taker or something from the future! Like Doctor Who! WOOT!
Here, the chapter you are waiting for!
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The moment those unheard-of words, ones they never thought possible, left Roy's mouth, Lily's body and mind shut down. Luckily, Leo (who is never mentioned in the story as often as I planned) grabbed the girl before she hit the floor. In a rush of panic, Mary accidentally elbowed Lily in the face. Thankfully, she didn't do much damage, so, don't tell Lily about it. They placed her on the couch with a damp cloth on her forehead and a blanket over her. Before they could do anything to help her, Tobias came over and bit down softly on her hand. The others were surprised at the young fox but it seem to work because Lily woke up a moment later, still confused by what had happened. Lily almost fainted again after she had asked Mary what happened and gotten her answer. After getting out of her fainting period, Lily decided to get to the point and talk.
"So, Roy, how did you found out about...us?" she asked, sitting next to Mary on the loveseat.
"Just as I was getting dressed, I saw this." Roy held out his hand, where a silver band could clearly be seen.
Lily, looking at her own left hand, saw a matching ring on her hand. She mentally groaned, 'Why didn't I notice that before?'
"And when I felt something in my coat pocket, I pulled out this. Our marriage certificate, official, signed by a priest," he said while handing her wrinkle piece of paper.
Mary took it out of her hands without warning and looked closely at it for several moments before speaking.
"Yep, this is Lily's handwriting. Lily's are always hard to copy, it's too damn hard!" exclaimed the weirdo.
"Wait...You tried to forge my signature? For what purpose?" the blond asked.
"I...umm...I will tell you later, alright? Heh." Mary quickly said.
Lily let out a shaky sigh, staring at the marriage certificate. She knew this was a official one by it's watermark, signatures, and for the fact she often stared at a copy of one during her time with Adrian, before the harsh break-up. Pinching the bridge of her nose, she placed the little sheet paper on the table in front of her.
She never image herself married at her age. Well, to someone besides Mary's older brother, and that was when she was young and foolish. Lily could see being married to Rick in a few years, after they settled down for good, found a place of their own, and were still in love. It was a sharp turn in her life that she was now married, and to the wrong guy. Roy Mustang! She didn't even get to wear a wedding dress! Leaning back in her seat, she covered her face with her arm.
"There is no way this could get worse."
Everyone turn to the direction of the door when the door bell began to ring. Leo, being the closest to the door, opened the door, his tall form blocking the others from seeing who it was until Leo spoke.
"Sheska! What a pleasant surprise! What can I help you with?" he asked in the smoothest voice he had.
"Oh! Leo!" You could tell Sheska wasn't expecting Leo to come to the door, but she continued anyway. "I-is Lily here?"
The said girl was up in a second once her name was called. Brushing past Leo, Lily stood in front of Sheska. The little librarian looked like she has seen a ghost, or a couple of them. Lily pushed her worry about her to the back of her mind, wanting to save that for later, and get to why she was here in the first place.
"Sheska, what is it?" she asked.
"I...I...I..."she began to stammer, looking at the ground below them. She swallowed and turned back to Lily. "Is it true?! Are you really married to Roy?!"
Lily frowned and crossed her arms. "Yes. Thank you very much for bringing it up. Now go away before I call Tobias to get you."
The young alchemist's eyes nearly went of their sockets when Lily's brain finally clicked what Sheska had said. There was no way she could've known about this already! Unless, of course, she was listening in from outside or had some in the house to listen their conversations. Crap, if she did the latter, Sheska could've heard the mean comment Lily had said last week about her. She didn't want to lose a friend like Sheska! How else could she get books she couldn't find in stores anymore about alchemy? Wait, no, stop it. Stay focused. Worry about this later.
Lily, taking a deep breath to calm her nerves, she address Sheska. "Wait a minute. Sorry, Sheska, just been ticked off ever since this happened to me. Still trying to get away from the shell shock," she apologized.
"So, it is true?" she breathed.
"Yes," Lily nodded. "Now why don't you tell me how you found out about this?"
"Umm..." Sheska acted nervous, afraid of Lily's wrath for what she was going to tell.
"I read about it in the news paper. It's on the front page!" she quickly said.
A nerve in Lily broke inside her body, leaving her weak at the knees, her mind blank, a bit woozy, and feeling a bit sick. There is no way! How could this...? How is this even possible? It's impossible!
Leo had placed his hands on his friend's shoulders, holding her up. Looking towards Sheska again, "Please, dear Sheska, show us this newspaper in which you found about our Roy and Lily?" Leo asked politely.
Sheska nodded, handing him a rolled up local newspaper, Central Times, from behind her back. Taking a brief look in it, he looked back at the girl.
"Well, won't you come in? I think Lily needs a lot of friends right about now," he said.
Moving aside, with Lily in tow, he let Sheska in the house. Walking over to Mary, he showed her the newspaper article.
"Oh, my."
"Can I see it?" asked Lily, as she finally went back to her old self.
Mary didn't seem to have heard her. She even coughed to get her attention but Mary kept reading it. She gave Roy a sympathetic look—he shook his head and cleared his throat, grabbing Mary's attention.
"Mary, could you please hand me the newspaper?" he asked.
She smiled, nodding, and handed him the newspaper. Lily glared at her friend before sitting next to Roy, moving uncomfortably close to him to look over the article.
'Alchemists Transmute Love'
It seems alchemists aren't always transmuting things with circle, at least in this case. Late last night, two state alchemists were seen together in some "friendly" ways. The two in question are Roy Mustang and Lily Marshall. These two are known throughout the country, it seems. Lily Marshall, foster daughter of the late Viktor Marshall (also a alchemist in his time), nearly a year into the military, has already been known for performing alchemy without circles, a feat that only one other has done before: Edward Elric. A few months ago, early into her career, Lily saved the young daughter of the Master family from being killed by a former butler of theirs.
Roy Mustang, a name larger then Lily's, is a known hero of the Ishbalan War. At the age of just 29, Roy Mustang has risen to the rank of Colonel. His legendary gloves, made of pyrotex cloth with an alchemic array, can create flames with just snap of his fingers. Until recently, those were the only things to his name, without boring all of you. As fact would have it, friends of Lily Marshall (Mary Lucas and Leonardo Curve), had create a fan club of the young colonel. They had started this club in their hometown, Raislen, with only a handle of people. Now that they are now living in Central, they have a large gathering of people of all ages.
As said earlier, the two alchemists were reported together last night. They were last seen going to a small church, just off the edge of Central and exiting an hour later. Earlier this morning, a reporter went into this church and asked the priest about the two. The priest seem overjoyed to the brink of tears as he spoke.
"I never, in my years as priest, have seen such a bright, loving, young couple! I was just tidying up for a ceremony the next morning when these two came in at late hours. I was confused at what their buisness was here in my small chapel. They seemed very happy together, smiling and their faces flushed. Without delay, they demanded a quick wedding ceremony. I was surprised by this at first. I haven't done a wedding ceremony in the longest time but I swallowed my worry and did the ceremony anyway. I provided them with rings the church provided for cases like this. After that, they went off into the night. It was a night that I will remember 'til my end of days."
We questioned some members of the 'Roy Mustang Fan Club' earlier, asking about the couple. They seem surprised when we told them Roy Mustang and Lily Marshall had married the night before. One of them cursed to themselves, saying something like : "Just one more month and I could've won the pot". Upon hearing this, we asked what they meant. They quickly replied that the club owner, Mary Lucas, had made a comment about Roy and Lily "getting together". The comment turned serious when the other members agreed upon this and made a bet. Everyone would bet when and how the two would become a couple.
There is much concern over whether the couple should make their marriage in public. There are other reasons-
Lily couldn't ready any more. She looked away before she could reach out and rip the newspaper into shreds. Her life kept getting worse and worse by the moment. Now that the marriage was public, she'd never live it down. What about her job? Were they allowed to have romantic relatsionship like this in the military? Was she going to lose her job as an alchemist? Her dreams vanished in a single sentence. The article was going to be the death of her! The gossiping reporters, the silly priest, and the bet...
Snapping her head up with new resolve, she glared at her friend.
"You made a bet about me and Roy?" she hissed out.
Shame appeared on Mary's face. "Heh, I guess we did. I swear, I didn't mean that this would happen. I never imagined you two would end up like this..."
Leo smirked from beside Mary. "I did."
"What?!"
"I made a bet that you two would end up together by getting drunk, getting married, and probably sleeping together. Though I won half of it betting for my reason," Leo explained.
"What are you reading, Curve?" Lily glared at him.
"You know, this and that."
Lily covered her face with her hand and leaned back into the couch. She wished at that moment for the ground to open and swallow her whole. Reality came back again when she heard Roy's voice in the distance.
"You shouldn't be whining over a bet your friends made, there are more important things at hand," he said.
She glared at him when he complained she was whining. "Oh? Such as?"
"Our jobs for one. Technically, we aren't suppose to be married at this time. Unlike it says in the article, we were drunk and got foolishly married. We've embarassed the military and this could be harmful for our jobs, even to the point of being fired."
Lily stood up from the couch, looking down at Roy with her hands placed firmly on her hips.
"You think marriage is foolish?! It's supposed to allow people, people who are deeply in love, to evolve to a next step in their relationship. I didn't want this to happen, especially with you of all of people! I know, in my sober state, I would never have agreed to marry you. I wouldn't ever touch you intimately, even if I was the last woman on the planet!" Lily yelled.
"Umm...Lily, maybe you should calm down and sit back down." Mary suggessted.
She turned her head to her friend. "Calm down? I can't calm down now! My life keeps getting screwed over, I hardly see how I can calm down. My boyfriend had just lied to me and broke up with me, and in less then a few hours, I'm married to my boss. If you can see any positive things in this, tell me." She crossed her arms.
"Well...you would know if Roy cheats on you in the workplace, seeing as you work together," Leo said shyly.
"And your friends already like him!" Mary peeped in.
Lily huffed and stormed out of the room and slammed the door to her bedroom, leaving the others in silence. Roy looked towards the door and then to Mary and Leo, wondering what to say next.
"Sorry about her, Roy, she gets emotional like this sometimes," apologized Mary.
"Yeah, I have witnessed it a few times since I met her," Roy replied.
"Maybe you can try to cheer her up?" she suggessted.
"I don't think she would want to see me, much less speak to me."
"At least she doesn't hate your guts like she does us at the moment. We did place the bet on you two with being drunk. Maybe a bit drunk but not enough." the Lucas girl said.
"I don't think so..."
Mary got on her knees next to Roy and grabbed his leg and looked up at him with pleading eyes.
"Please do this for me! I'm the preisdent of your club! Don't I get special treatment?" she asked, pouting out her bottom lip.
Roy sighed, "Fine. Just this once."
Mary grinned when Roy got up and walked towards the bedroom door of his new wife. Before entering he heard Leo talking to Sheska.
"Thanks for recommending the date..."
Roy opened the door to the room, and closed it behind him. He saw Lily laying on her back on the bed, her legs dangling over the edge. The fox named Tobias was laying next to her, his head resting on her chest, her hand scracthing his head. She turn her head, looking towards the door, seeing Roy before looking towards the ceiling.
"Hello, Roy. Care to laugh at me?" she asked coldly.
"Why would I laugh at you?" Roy asked, hurt at her comment.
"Mary and Leo already have. With their stupid bet, they should laugh." Lily sighed.
He sighed and shook his head,"They were not laughing at you, Marshall. They are more worried about you then going off and making fun of you."
"Whatever."
"Stop acting so dramatic, Marshall, that's an order," Roy yelled.
"I'm not at work, Mustang, so leave me be." Lily spoke softly.
Roy gave up his attempt to using the harsh way to make Lily snap out of it and the only option left was the soft way. He sat down on the bed with Lily to his left. He glanced the fox that was staring at him with hungry eyes. He cleared his throat to get Lily's attention and stop the fox from imagining him as dinner.
"Care to explain the fox? I'm not sure personnel are allowed pets like a wild fox. Smaller animals are okay," he explained.
"Don't worry your head, Roy. I made sure Tobias is written as Mary's pet. Just in case I get fired for owning a 'dangerous' animal. Now I think I'm going to get fired for more then having Tobias," Lily said. "Besides, he's more of a guard dog than anything else. He is well behaved and has a nasty bite if you get him angry. You can pet him if you want," she added.
Roy looked at the red canine across from him, then to Lily, who gave him a reassuring nod. Reaching out, he held his hand under the foxes nose. Tobias sniffed it and licked one finger, then, before Roy could do anything, Tobias bit his finger. Roy pulled back, nursing his injured hand to his chest. What surprised him was that Lily was laughing beside him. Looking at her, he questioned her strange behavior.
"What is so funny?" he snapped.
Lily calmed down before answering,"I'm just surprised. Tobias isn't usually friendly like that to new people. When Mary and Leo tried to pet him, Tobias broke skin. Count yourself lucky, you just got a small bite."
Roy got to the point of being here. "Are you going to forgive Mary and Leo?" he asked.
That made the smile on her face disappear, sitting up, knocking Tobias off. Lily sat there, resting her arms on her knees, looking at the floor.
"I don't know. I mean, they did place a bet on us. It's not like they destroyed my life or threw Tobias out for good. It's the principle of the thing! It's better than having them marry us by themselves. I'm just...really mad and disappointed..."
"Disappointed?"
"Yeah," she smiled weakly. "I'm disappointed that I didn't come up with the idea myself. Not, us getting hooked up or even married. I wish I thought of the idea of a betting game within the fan club about you. Like when you were going to go crazy or something." Lily explained.
"Uhh...thanks?"
Roy cleared his throat, going back to the subject at hand. "You should forgive them, at least stay friends with them. Friends like them come and stick around until the end. You're lucky."
"It almost sounds like you're jealous, Roy. Care to explain why I'm so lucky?" She smirked inwardly.
"Let's just say, I used to have a friend that was dear to me. He was almost like a brother to me. He helped me though some rough times, without asking much in the end. He was a good friend. He isn't with us anymore, if you want to know. He was like the male form of Mary, in other words," Roy explained.
"I bet he would fight her for the title of the club if he could," Lily smiled.
He stood up from the bed, looking down at Lily. "Now, are you ready to go out there and forgive your friends?"
Lily sighed, she nodded and stood up as well. "Let's do this before I forget..."
They walked out of the bedroom and outside, into the living room. Mary, Leo, and even Sheska, were still there, sitting in complete silence. Lily cleared her thoart, snapping them out of their thoughts.
"After talking to Roy for a while, I decided to forgive you."she said, quickly.
"Really?! Thank goodness!" exclaimed Mary. She got up and almost hugged Lily when she put up her hand to stop her.
"But before that, I must do something else. I need to figure out how to end my marriage with Roy. Sheska," Lily turned to her,"is there is any way that Roy and I can get divorced without any complications? Like splitting up the belongs and whatnot?"
Sheska thought for a minute,"I think so. I don't think I have any books on it in my house. I would need to get more," she explained.
Lily nodded and turned back to her two friends, Leo and Mary. "In order to really be forgiven, you two are going to help Sheska read and purchase those books. You can use the winnings Leo got to help pay for them."
"But.." protested Mary.
"No but's, Mary. I'm so close to kicking you out of here, both you and Leo, for good. You can figure out where to live and what not. Do you want to live here and help me get divorce or would you rather live in a cramped apartment away from here and possibly, Roy?" Lily asked, looking strict.
Mary frowned, "No, Lily."
"Good, we are agreed then. You will help Sheska, no matter how long it takes, get us out of this mess." she said, making sure they knew what they were getting into.
Roy placed an hand on her shoulder."I think we have bigger fish to fry right now. Don't forget we can lose our jobs over this, wife?" He resisted the urge to smile at the stunned look on Lily's face.
She sighed, remembering, and nodded slowly. "Yes, we could, dearest husband."
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As the pair walked the halls of Central Headquarters, the lucky few who manage to get outside, whispered and stared (along with pointing) at them. One of them was embarassed beyond belief, with a red face, probably mixed with anger, and their head bowed. The other, however, was smirking at their counterpart, the resistance having disappeared long ago, but couldn't forget what was at stake. Finally they reached their destination. Both wanted to go inside and escape the whispering for the time being. The smirking one reached over to turn the handle and open the door.
The moment they walked in, the room had a soft, yet harsh air around everyone. The only sound coming from the room was the sound of the clock that hung on the wall, ticking away by the second, going onto minutes. Even by the small movements could cause the moment to end roughly. Guess who decided to take it upon himself to ruin it. The resident chain smoker, Jean Havoc. Standing up from his seat, he confronted his boss, his superior, his high man, his—you know what? Let's just this over with, shall we?
Clearing his throat, he spoke. "Roy, sir, I want to tell you that I have a mind to slug you right where you stand. I'm not going to, though," he said.
Roy raised an eyebrow. "May I ask why, Havoc?"
"For forcing Lily into a marriage she didn't want in the first place. I don't think, in a right state of mind, she would marry her boss," he quickly added. "No offense."
Lily's face was red when he said this. She looked shy and embarassed but inside she was cheering. She found someone who wasn't against her in this situation or having fun with it. Lily; 1, Roy; Her entire friends. Just before her little dance in the mind went on, Havoc continued to talk.
"And just when I thought I had a chance...Someone snatches her away." Havoc sighed out loud.
He had his shoulders slumped and almost about to cry, though it looked like he already had. Falman rose from his seat, laid a hand on Havoc's slumped shoulders and whispered something to his co-worker along the lines of 'Enough is enough, Havoc, before you get yourself in trouble', or something like that. Lily wasn't great at reading lips.
Roy addressed his entire staff, getting away from Havoc's depressed state."Just because Lily and I are married does not mean you have to act differently around us. It's still just another day. I'm still your superior and that will stay that way, no matter what."
"Unless we get fired..." Lily mumbled out loud, without thinking.
Their eyes all turned on her, staring in wonder and confusion. Lily mentally slapped herself for speaking out loud what should've stayed inside her head.
'Me and my big mouth...'
"I mean to say that I'm a bit tired about this whole deal. Hehe." she quickly made up.
'Not the best cover-up, is it?'
Everyone's attention drove away from Lily when the door was open and a woman, whom Lily never really saw often and couldn't place her name, but had seen her around the Central Headquarters, mostly around King Bradley. Either she was his wife or worse, his assistant, meaning her and Roy's fate was going to be clear soon, in other words, they were going to be fired. Lily felt her stomach tighten and had smalls pains in the back when she first look at her, fearing all the worst. The woman was wearing a pale formal suit with a green shirt under it. Her hair was straight, long, earthy brown. She had an air of authority.
"Colonel Mustang, Major Mar—excuse me, Mustang, I'm the Führer's secretary, Juliet Douglas. King Bradley wishes to see you as soon as possible." she said softly.
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Lily never been in the Fuhrer's office before. It was huge compared to the one she worked in—that was like a closet next to this grand room. It was so much fancier then she could've imagined. A wall full of windows, the curtains pushed back to let the sun come in. A good sized desk near the wall next to the windows, a comfortable chair, empty and without it's owner. A littler desk for the secretary, which was only a bit smaller then the regular desks, the chair filled with the female asisstant. Opposite of that was a long bar, full of drinks, from fine whiskey to wine, all against the wall, a few cups here and there (of differnt sizes and colors). Finally, the furniture that seem normal. A fine, long, black maple coffee table sat in between two black couches, opposite of each other, with two side tables at each end. One of them held Lily and Roy, both sitting at different sides.
Lily's foot was figeting, bouncing up and down, biting her bottom lip to the point of bleeding, her stomach doing flip flops, and her blood feeling gone from her body. In other words, she was scared and nervous to the extreme. Many thoughts were racing in her mind, not getting much answers before a next one came up. It was crazy. How is King Bradley going to punish them? Is he going to fire them and kick them out of Central forever? What was she going to do with her life after this job? The only thing she knew was alchemy, a bit of herbology (from Viktor), and miminal cooking! Will she be Mrs. Mustang forever? The last one almost brought her to tears.
Lily's musing were put to an end when the doors finally opened, if any, all noise stopped inside the room, that Lily could hear her heartbeating in her ears. She, and the other two in the room (which she almost forgot about) had their full attention at the one coming into the room. He was like some girls would describe their perfect boy; tall, dark (haired), and—if you like eyepatches— handsome. Clad in the standard issue Amestris state military uniform, along with added medals and achievements (nothing fancy, just that), showing he had accomplished a few goals and life changing events. Such a firm looking face but he could easily smile and make the best of a situation without losing his cool, or glare at you with his eyes—I mean, eye. He was the Führer.
He didn't seem so surprised to see the pale faces of the two in question, it's the all the same when their jobs were on the line. Mustang, a man who had seen, experienced it all. Many years under his belt. The former Marshall, an upcoming alchemist, who had much (much) potential for her. Having surprises at every corner, it seemed, and having many friends to support her through it. When this predicament came up today, she looked like she had seen enough of life and wanted to move on. King Bradley chuckled inwardly.
"Before we begin, would you either of you like something to drink to calm your nerves?" he asked.
Lily had had enough of alcohol for the time being. It caused her too much trouble already. She didn't want to get drunk again and make a stupid mistake, like for example; getting married to Roy Mustang. She shook her head 'no' and sat as far into the seat as she possible could. Roy, on the other hand, asked for a glass of whiskey on the rocks (he was going to need it).
After that was done, King Bradley sat on the opposite couch, in the middle of it. Reaching over across the table, he grabbed a thick stack of paper, which was the Central Times. Sipping on a cup of coffee as he casually read the front page. After a few, long, minutes, he finally stopped and placed the paper back on the table, his cup along with it. Looking up at the two alchemists, surprisingly, he smiled.
"Well, I must say, I was rather surprised to read this," he pointed to the newspaper," and see something about two of the top alchemists here, caught up in a not-so-ideal situation. It's not the first time you two were mentioned in the newspaper. I do remember correctly, something about Lily Marshall rescuing the young Master's girl and in turn being saved by Mustang here. Nearly a year into this and you've already caused much ruckus here, Major." Bradley looked towards her.
Lily blushed slightly and wished she had taken something to calm her nerves now. Though, she did flinch when the Führer mention the Master family, which always made her think fo Rick. Gah, she didn't need to remember him now, after what he put her through.
Roy finally spoke up. "Sir, I don't mean to be blunt but concerning something like this...I haven't read the rules of the office environment in a while, but employees aren't allowed to get marriage or go beyond that without permission to do so. May I ask how long we have before we have to clean out our offices?" he asked.
Bradley looked surprised at this and finally laughed out loud. "Don't tell me you think you're going to be fired because of this?!"
The two looked surprised and glanced at each other, not knowing who was going to speak next. Luckily, Bradley stepped in and explained it all them.
He turned serious. "As you know, in this military, no matter how much we try, we get scandals and tragic events almost every week. It is really ruinous to our reputation and trust of the people we try to protect. But this marriage within our walls has turn many bright eyes to us in happiness. It's not every day two well known alchemists get married. And yes, Mustang, it is in our guidelines that no military personnel may marry without proper permission. Seeing as that people now are talking about something besides scandal, I don't see why I have to kick you out for the marriage. Unless you do want to get out," he said.
Lily shook her head,"No sir, we don't. Thank you for letting us keep our jobs, it means a lot to us."
"Now, if you don't mind,"Bradley stood up,"I do believe that we all have much work to do before the day is over. You are dismissed."
Lily's heart had felt lighter since this morning. Inside, she was doing a little dance for joy. She got to keep her job! No more thinking of a grim future now. Not needing to get another, low paying job and having to let Mary and Leo get the income. Roy and Lily bowed and proceeded to walk outside. They were barely outside the door when Führer called back to them.
"Oh, and if you have a child, I would like you to name it after me," he smiled, showing it was a joke.
After that, they finally got outside the big office. Lily let out a breath, which she had been holding in for some time, and finally relaxed. Roy, on the other hand, didn't seem relax.
"Don't forget we have to get out of this marriage soon, before the Führer change's his mind," Roy reminded her.
Lily sighed in annoyance now. "You couldn't let me take a breather? Anyway, we get to it when we get to it." She patted his shoulder. "Relax, it will do you justice."
She walked over him and headed towards the double doors that lead to the main offices. She waved her hand, and pushed open the door.
"Come on, slow poke, before I have to drag you back to the office," she called behind her back.
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Lily sighed, throwing her bag carelessly on the floor, as she walked into the familiar house she shared with her friends for nearly a year. She couldn't believe that she had been in Central for nearly a year! It felt much quicker. Yet, there were so many events that took place here that it was amazing that she didn't just leave Central and go back to Raislen and have some peace and quiet. Hell, she left her perfect little town to have some excitment in her life. Who was she to complain?
Plopping down on the couch, she rolled her head, working out the kinks in her neck. She stopped when she heard a pop and sighed in content when the ache was subsided. Pulling her feet onto the couch, she toed off her boots and unbuttoned the front of her blue military uniform. The house was too quiet to her liking. Tobias was asleep in the corner of the living room, his head tucked into his body. She smiled, he was too cute to describe. Now, where were the Destructive Duo she knew and loved as her friends?
The answer came when the door opened for the second time in the past five minutes and the raven-haired woman, walked in, with a tired face. She looked like she didn't sleep at all. Poor girl. Lily smirked when Mary had fully walked in and sat down on the loveseat, oblivious to Lily sitting across from her until the blonde spoke.
"Hello, Mary. Welcome back home," she said.
Mary literally jumped in her seat. She laid an hand on her chest and breathed in and out, staring at Lily.
"Holy Mustang Shorts! Lily, don't you scare me like that again. I just come in here, expecting to be alone and you just show up!" exclaimed the frustrated Lucas girl.
Lily smiled and shook her head,"Yes, Mary, I did have a good day today. I didn't get fired."
Mary's face lit up, she clapped her hands and squealed."Yay! That means Roy keeps his job as well. I don't want to have you blamed for costing him his job by the fan club. I know some who are a bit crazy in the head. Nutjobs and stalkers, things like that."Mary said, leaning on her elbow.
Lily sighed and looked at Mary. "So, how is the search coming along? Got anything useful that we can use to get me and Roy separated?" she asked.
She thought for a mintue before answering."Yes, I think we found something good. I think it's called an annulment or something. It's nothing like a divorce, where you guys separate your stuff and such. It's quick and easy. Sadly..." Mary bit her bottom lip.
"Sadly, it takes a while to get papers to have annulment, "she added.
"How long?"
Mary flinched. "About two months."
Lily groaned and buried her head in her hands, her elbows resting on her knees. Mary got up and sat down next to her, patting her back, trying to make her feel better.
"Well, it is sort of new in Central so not a lot of people are used to the system. Most people get married and then a few years later, get divorced. I don't think you want to be married to Roy for a few years. Hey, Leo and Sheska are back at her house, still trying to get more information about it. Don't worry, we will be with you all the way. That's what friends are for."Mary smiled, hugging Lily with one arm.
Lily looked up, seeing how Mary was determined to help her friend out. She wondered, if their roles were reversed, would Lily help her out of a marriage? Wait, if Mary was married to Roy, she would be kicking and screaming, probably murder someone before she would divorce from Roy. Of course, what if Roy wanted the divorce more then she? She smiled, thinking of Mary driving Roy crazy.
Mary stood up and pulled Lily up."Now, my friend, I think you need to get washed up. Get something slimmy and skimpy and go celebrate your honeymoon with Roy! If you want me to pack you a suitcase, I would be more then happy to!" she exclaimed.
Lily rolled her eyes, Mary and her crazy ideas.
"I'm just going to take a shower and get dressed in normal clothes. I expect, when I get out, to have a big dinner on the table,." Lily walked towards the bathroom door, stopping in the threshold, she called over her shoulder," And there better not be a naked Roy cake like last time!"
Mary pouted when Lily walked fully into the bathroom, shutting the door. An idea popped in her mind, the sound of water running blocking her voice from Lily's line of hearing.
"She never said anything about a naked Roy pie!"
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Author's Note (Part 2): First off, a Roy cake is just a picture of Roy...naked plaster on the cake. Don't ask how Mary got a picture of Roy being naked, so far, Lily is the only one who has seen him without any clothes. Lucky girl huh? I'm very sad that Hughes died earlier in the episodes or I could've really used him right now! He would really bug Roy on getting marry and tell him when he has kids, their kids could have a play date. Wouldn't that be cute? Hehe.
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