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December 14th - Christmas Party -

Edward stood outside the bookstore glancing at the clock inside the store, Al was late. They had to report to Havoc's Christmas party by order of Mustang saying 'they needed to socialize.' Al was at the dorm making cookies and he bought books for everyone that he thought would fit everyone's personality. Ed had thought of making a run for it, but didn't want to be barbequed next time Mustang saw him.

Something small bumped into him, he looked down to see a kid, bout seven years old, light brown hair and green eyes. She had a red and green scarf, red hat and a Christmas pattern coat and brown shoes on. She tilted her head to the side.

"Hello, I'm sorry for running into you, mister."

Edward grinned, this kid was kinda cute, "No problem, kid."

Her eyes lit up, "My name is Holly, what's yours?"

Ed blinked. Not exactly what he had in mind to kill time, but hey, whatever, "My name's Edward Elric." the girl's, Holly's, eyes widened.

"Wow, my daddy talks about you, he says you're a good guy," Ed smiled, "Hey, are you waiting for someone?"

"Yeah, my brother, we're being forced to a party…" you could tell he was so enthusiastic about it.

"A Christmas party? That's so fun! You eat, play games, and sing, and talk! Are you excited?"

Jeez this kid was hyper… "Well, except for seeing my C.O. I guess…"

"What's wrong with him?"

"He lives to annoy me…"

Holly giggled, holding a hand to her mouth said, "Why don't you complement him when he annoys you to throw him off, I bet he'll be stunned quiet, that's what I did to a boy and it worked!" Edward grinned at that idea.

"Heh, that might work, thanks, Holly." Holly beamed.

"You're welcome! Oh, I have to go! Bye, and good luck!" she waved and walked off, Edward called bye to her before she was out of range. Al was another ten minuets getting there.

Edward sighed and knocked on Havoc's door. It opened to reveal an already tipsy Havoc. He quickly ushered the two inside, everyone else was already there. They were greeted warmly by everyone and they returned it.

Then Mustang walked over…

"Good, you came. Late though, too short to see the clock?"

Edward grinned, remembering his plan he'd made with Holly, "Yup, we came, nice sweater, by the way." the sweater was light blue with Christmas lights on it. Roy raised an eyebrow, "No ranting," he turned to Al, "what happened?" Al just laughed nervously, knowing of his brother's plan.

"Hey, we're going to play charades," Havoc announced, "come on Roy, Al, Bean." yep, Havoc was drunk… the entire room waited for the discharge.

"Havoc, I think you need a little coffee." even Riza raised an eyebrow at Ed's behavior. The rest were terrified, no ranting Ed at being called small, no glares, but instead complements and concern? What happened?

As the night continued, everyone recovering enough to function, no one even tried to call Edward short or any synonym for it. Roy was even terrifically civil to him, not even implying any insults.

All in all, the best Christmas present Edward had ever gotten.

SE: And there you go! Review please, I'll try not to die of heart attack-till I'm finished with it at least...LOVES!!!