Hello, back again for another chapter! I just wanted to say that Kairi Angel was the one who said that this was what she wanted, and Misery's-Toll said it a little bit too, though not quite as specific as Kai…So anyway, thanks to those two, and yes, this counts as fluff! (Belive me, you'll know when it's not fluff…) Hope you guys like the chapter, it was a little hard to think of ways to get them in that…ahem…situation, so…

I feel really weird though, because I'm listening to Lord of the Rings music while typing an FMA fanfic…wait…I'M CHEATING ON ED!!! AHHH!!!! (Runs around room in circles screaming) GET ME AN FMA CD NOW!!!

As you all know, AdventureAddict does not in any way own any part of Fullmetal Alchemist. Or Monte Python. Or Sunkist. I think that's about it…

On wit' da show!

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Chapter Eleven – Mint Chip Ice Cream

Robyn sighed and rolled her eyes as some girls further down the lunch table talked excitedly about the homecoming dance that Saturday. In her mind, the homecoming dance was just about the stupidest thing on the planet, next to furbies. You got yourself so that you looked gorgeous in a nice short dress, and then hopped up and down in one place and got sweaty in beat to songs you might not even like.

Ed looked over from the girls to Robyn curiously, all his food already gone. "What's the homecoming dance?" he asked curiously. Robyn scoffed angrily.

"A bunch of bullshit designed to swindle the average high-school student out of their money," she muttered under her breath. "Actually, their parents money. Kids around here don't work for their own money," she added. She looked over at Ed and noticing his curious stare, explained with a sigh, "You pay fifteen bucks to go in a room and jump in beat with the music, and maybe come out once in a while for punch."

"Oh," Ed said, even though he didn't really understand. Robyn turned back to Ed.

"Do you want to have an anti-dance?" she asked Ed. "I could bring over a movie and we could have popcorn and maybe ice cream later-" After that, Ed didn't really hear what she said. The phrase 'We could have ice cream later' had about the same effect as the phrase 'I'll take off my shirt and dance in front of you,' had on other guys.

"Yes," Ed agreed hastily. If there were a way to have ice cream, he would do it. Robyn perked up a little and grinned at him.

"Okay," she said happily, "Are there any movies you've been wanting to see?" Ed shrugged carelessly.

"Mint chip ice cream?" he suggested, and Robyn laughed.

"Okay, we'll have mint chip ice cream," she told him, and Ed punched his fist in the air in victory. "Uh, Ed? You do know that ice cream has milk in it, right?" Robyn tried cautiously, and Ed waved the comment away with a flick of his wrist. Robyn smiled and then went back to eating her sandwich with a sigh.

"Hey, Ed?" she said thoughtfully, and Ed grunted in response. "Why is your hair so long anyway?" she asked, and Ed looked up.

"How would I know?" he said crossly. "I don't have any memory, remember?" he finished and started picking angrily at a spot on the table.

"Sorry, jeez," Robyn said, innocently holding up her hands. She thoughtfully took another bite out of her sandwich and then looked up at Ed. "Would Al know?"

"Know what?" Ed asked, still staring at the spot and picking at it.

"Why you have long hair," Robyn repeated with a sigh.

Ed shrugged without looking up. "Probably not," he said and then finally looked up at Robyn. "If you haven't noticed, I'm not a very open person," he said seriously, and Robyn laughed.

"What about me, then?" she asked. "You were open with me."

"What was there to be open about?" Ed scoffed. "You already knew everything about me."

"No," Robyn said simply. Her sandwich now laid forgotten next to her. "I knew whatever I could learn from the manga and anime. I learned more from you."

Ed snorted and looked away. "Like what?" he mumbled.

"Well, your favorite color is turquoise, unlike red, like most people would think. Your favorite type of soda is Sunkist, and you're one of the few kids at school who actually reads the newspaper," Robyn listed off, and Ed blushed.

"You can learn important things in the newspaper!" he protested.

"I'm not saying it's bad," Robyn said with a smile. "Most kids just don't like that type of thing. Besides, you're a bookworm," she added, and Ed turned a deeper shade of red.

"No I'm not!" he protested angrily, and Robyn smiled again.

"Which Harry Potter are you on again?" she asked.

"Well, number three, but-" he started, but was quickly cut off by Robyn.

"I only gave the first book to you a few days ago," she said, and Ed picked at the spot on the table with new vigor.

"I'm researching! The Philosopher's Stone is in the story!" he protested.

"I've never seen anybody else get so into 'research,'" Robyn commented.

"Forget it," he mumbled, and looked back down at the table. It was a little hard to pick at the spot with soft gloves instead of sharp fingernails. Not that his fingernails were very sharp anyway.

Robyn looked at him sadly. Maybe she had pushed it a little too far. "I'm sorry, Ed," she said softly, and Ed looked up at her.

"I know things about you too, you know," he told her. The way he said it made it sound like a threat.

"Try me," Robyn said with a grin. "And not basic stuff you could learn about me if I was in a manga."

"As if anybody would write a manga about you," Ed said with a smirk. Robyn raised her hand to playfully whack his shoulder, but Ed quickly continued, "Your favorite color is purple because it reminds you of your mom. Your favorite animals are snow leopards, and you want to write a screenplay someday." Robyn blushed.

"Okay, so you know about me too," she said, "Are we even now?"

"No," Ed quickly said, "You like grape soda the best and your favorite food is turkey subs. Your mom taught you how to draw, and you like going for jogs in the summer." Robyn had the feeling he had even more to say, so she quickly cut him off.

"ED!"

Ed looked at her innocently. "What?" he asked, and Robyn sighed at the exact same moment the bell rang. She stood up and tossed her half-eaten sandwich into a garbage can. She turned to Ed, who was already heading to his next class. She picked up her pace and walked next to him. Now that she and Kari weren't really speaking to each other, Ed was pretty much her only friend at school.

"Hey lovebirds! Why don't you just make out already?" Robyn ignored the comment, thinking that some friend was playfully teasing two friends.

"After all, two short people like you should just date each other so the rest of us tall people don't need to worry about you!" Now Robyn knew the comments were directed at her. Both she and Ed whirled around simultaneously. The boy that had first prompted Ed into anger management classes was standing there, grinning at them. He had clearly not learned his lesson. Robyn could see veins popping all over Ed's face.

"Easy, easy. He's just trying to get you angry," Robyn soothed gently.

"People that stupid don't deserve to live with the rest of us sane people," Ed growled. Robyn didn't know if she or Ed really qualified as 'sane,' but she agreed with the thought anyway.

Ed turned to look at Robyn and their eyes connected. For a moment, Robyn could catch a brief glimpse of raw power hiding behind his angry golden eyes. Then the boy who had just been insulting them came up from behind and pushed Ed into Robyn with a laugh. Ed was caught off guard and stumbled forward awkwardly.

Robyn watched in surprise as Ed seemed to lurch a few steps towards her in slow motion. He managed to prevent himself from knocking Robyn to the ground, but his lips landed on Robyn's in an awkward kiss.

Time seemed to be moving extra slow. And if that was happening to Ed too, he was probably pretty ticked, Robyn thought. If he knew that time would ever move slowly for him, he would have probably hoped for it on a test, not an awkward accidental-first-kiss.

It was a little surprising how soft Ed's lips were, though. She was used to seeing how muscled and hard he looked. And while she loved looking at those muscles, she realized that she had never once thought about what his lips would feel like. A little strange really, since the lips would be the first place a girl would touch.

And then Ed pulled away from her, after what had seemed like an eternity, even though Robyn knew it had probably only been about three seconds, give or take. Ed looked at her with wide, surprised eyes, and then hurried down the hallway either towards his next class or to kill the insulting boy with a death wish.

Robyn stared at the empty space where he had just been moments before. Unless he had some secret life that was never revealed in the manga or the anime, that was his first kiss, if that counted as a kiss. Either way, that was the first kiss he could remember, since all his memory was currently wiped out.

As Robyn watched the blurs known as people rush past her, she could vaguely remember that some movie had once said that it's true that time stops when you find the person you're meant to be with, but afterwards time moves extra fast to catch up. Then she had thought it was ridiculous, but now she thought that whoever had said that might just be right. (1)

While she was still in her daze, a green haired Fred popped out of nowhere and looked curiously at Robyn, who looked strangely like a zombie from the video game Fred had gotten last week.

"Buy me a wheelbarrow!" Fred commanded with an insane giggle and then ran off into the mass of people. (2)

Robyn sat in her room on Saturday, thinking about whether she should actually go to Ed's house for an anti-homecoming or not. Sure, they had agreed to it, and she even had the mint chip ice cream in her fridge, but that had been before the little incident in the hallway. Every time Ed had seen her the next day, he had started blushing furiously and turned away.

Had it really been that bad of a kiss? Was Ed never going to speak to her again because they had accidentally kissed? Did that boy plan to make the hate each other by making them kiss each other? Was Robyn overanalyzing things, as usual? She didn't know what to do.

After a few more moments of consideration, she went to the fridge and pulled out the ice cream, then grabbed her copy of Monte Python and the Holy Grail. She slowly walked out the door, thinking about how she could leave the ice cream as a peace offering and run if Ed looked too angry.

She slowly rang the doorbell of the familiar house and then stomped her feet to keep warm. It had gotten unnaturally cold recently, and she hoped it would warm up in time for Halloween next weekend. Then the door slowly opened and the familiar face of Ed was at the door, looking a little groggy and angry. Robyn guessed that he had just been sleeping, since his ponytail was a little looser than usual. Robyn winced at his angry look and held out the ice cream, planning to run as soon as he took it. Hopefully the prospect of ice cream would slow him down and give her a chance to run away.

But the ice cream wasn't snatched angrily out of her hands like Robyn expected. She slowly opened one eye and saw Ed walking inside the house with the ice cream cradled in one arm. She cautiously followed him inside, not sure whether he actually wanted her to or not. He walked into the kitchen and pulled out a large spoon from the drawer, and then pulled out two bowls from a cabinet above him. Robyn sighed in relief. If there were two bowls, that meant he had to be somewhat all right with her presence. Ed popped open the ice cream container and started spooning ice cream into one of the dishes.

"Are you okay, Ed?" Robyn asked cautiously. Ed kept spooning ice cream with his back turned to her.

"Of course," he said simply, holding the full bowl out to the side for her to take. Robyn grabbed it, but continued to stare at Ed. He finished scooping ice cream into his bowl and turned around.

"You don't have a spoon," he said simply, staring into Robyn's bowl. Robyn looked down at her bowl. He was right; she didn't have a spoon. She had been too busy worrying about Ed to notice. Ed pulled open a drawer and grabbed two spoons, one for him and the other for Robyn. He held one out to her and she gratefully took it and put it in her bowl. Ed then turned around and closed the container of leftover ice cream and put it in the freezer.

"So, what are we watching?" he asked Robyn as he took a spoonful of ice cream from his bowl.

"Huh?" Robyn looked up at him, disturbed out of her thoughts. Ed looked down at the movie still clutched in one hand. "Oh. Monte Python," she said simply, and then walked out to the living room. Ed followed behind her and opened the door to the basement as she put the DVD in.

"Al! Come upstairs! We're watching a movie!" he called down, and Robyn heard the now familiar creak of metal. She looked over at Ed as he walked over to the couch and slouched on it. He was still the same Ed, but now he was so…tame. Everyone had always wanted him to be tamer in the manga so he wouldn't be as much of a handful, but now that he was like that, he actually seemed a little boring. Robyn didn't even want to call him short for fear he would just shrug it off. Ed wasn't meant to be Mr. Perfect.

Al walked out of the basement and looked cautiously at Robyn, who was giving Ed a weird look, and then at Ed, who didn't seem to mind having Robyn give him a weird look. The whole thing reminded Al a little too strongly of a show he watched when Ed wasn't around - The Twilight Zone. Roby pressed the play button on the DVD player and then sat on the opposite side of the couch from Ed. Al watched the two of them carefully, and then sat in the empty space between them. Ed just took another spoonful of ice cream.

Ed slowly read the comments beneath the credits, his spoon halfway to his mouth. (3) Al quietly laughed at the part about those responsible for sacking those people have now been sacked, and then the screen changed to flashing red and yellow accompanied by weird Mexican music. Ed's spoon clattered into his dish and he stared at the screen in amazement.

"WHAT THE CRAP?!" he yelled, and Robyn sighed and folded her hands behind her head. She had a feeling that everything would be back to normal after the movie was over. It was amazing how Monte Python could fix almost everything.

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The movie is Big Fish. Don't ask.

Thanks to Erika for providing me with the inspiration for that quote. Yes, she actually did that. Yes, it was actually to me. Yes, I actually did look like a love-stricken zombie at the time. Any more questions?

A moose once bit my sister…

Oh, and if any of those who were curious from last chappie, yes, Robyn does like Fruits Basket, though obviously not as much as Fullmetal. (And she really likes her Fullmetal! XD) I mean, what girl doesn't like a guy who turns into a cute kitty when you hug him? Hmmm…a girl version of Kyo would be the perfect girlfriend for Al…Wait, would she turn into a cat when he hugged her or not? Ergh…so confused…