I'm in awe. So much awe right now. I noticed that 'traffic' for some of my stories are slow, but I'm amazed that this story has been read by a number amount of people, and then the number of hits tripled, far exceeding the visitors.

I'm really happy now and would at least thank those who continue reading with enthusiasm.

Roy's POV

The sound of another heart monitor didn't really get my spirits up really. A frown plastered to my face as the nurse made feeble attempts to make me eat my 'delicious' medicine. Her face scrunched up as I turned my head away from her spoon probing.

"If you won't eat it, then I'll just put an IV in you." Her brown eyes gleamed with victory, but I just shrugged. She pushed up her glasses, grinning at me. She left through the big white doors. Ed came rushing in at 3 everyday since the accident. The girl who I had saved was letting us stay with her. She was actually kind of cute. Big green eyes, black hair, slender, calm and at times got mean when the job needed to be done. I loved a girl who had a backbone.

"Rooooooy." Ed's whine pulled me from my imagination. His hand pulled at mine, getting me to sit up and let him hug me. I couldn't speak. Shrapnel embedded into my throat, some going in deeper, and it hurt to talk. Course they removed all the metal, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.

I haven't been here too long, about two weeks or so maybe. I don't remember much after being dragged out of the train, but wow did it hurt. Slowly, I let myself relive that moment all over again and it's been pretty annoying since I wasn't fast enough.

There wasn't time to get out unless I did something wrong, and illegal now after centuries of it being used. I grabbed the girl and ran to my cart where Ed and I were. We both heard something ding and the girl braced herself for death, but I had other plans. I grabbed a pen and drew down a transmutation circle on my hand. A lighter was always in my pocket, no I don't smoke, but it came in handy sometimes. This was one of those times.

The bomb exploded and as it did, I snapped the lighter and used alchemy to create my own explosion. Mine had back lashed at the bombs' one, though not with out casualty. The force knocked me back into the wall, splinters from the bench and hot metal seared into me. A strangled cry came out from me, as a terrified scream from the girl. I sat there, black spots blurring my vision and the girl in sight. Her eyes were large. Bright, Green, and alive.

Her hands found mine as screams outside could be heard. She smiled softly and closed her eyes. A light glow surrounded us. The worst of my wounds healed up on me, and then I realized that she used alchemy to. I smiled at last, snapping the lighter again to burst down the wall to get out.

And now I'm in a hospital, being treated like an infant. Ed stood up and rounded around the bed, pulling at my arm. I shook my head. I did not want to go walking around just yet, course I was hooked up to a freaking catheter since they thought I'd piss like a drunken man.

"Come on Roy. I'll take out the catheter." Now THAT was something to walk for. I nodded as Ed came around. I put a hand on his shoulder and pointed a couple times to his head. "Yeah yeah, research how to remove it."

I smiled. He'd been getting used to being part persacom, and his body relaxed as those white lines went across his vision. His hand moved fast, to my relief, and was done within seconds. His eyes stopped glowing and he smiled up at me. I patted his head, letting my hand rest for a couple seconds. A slight pink came to his face, but I pushed that to the back of my head.

My feet hit the cold flooring. When we emerged from the doubled doors, it felt like I was free again. People starred at us, Ed holding my hand while I held on to steady myself. The annoying nurse came up and pushed up her glasses again.

"I'm sorry, but you can't be out here. You need rest."

I shook my head.

"We'll get you some new sheets and a different gown. I'll even give you something better to eat than the food here." She gave me a smile. Not a flirting smile, just genuine.

I shook my head again, giving her an exasperated sigh.

"Well you can't be out walking around. You barely survived that train explosion if I'm correct." Her weight shifted from one foot to the other.

A weird sound caught in my throat as I held back a laugh. Almost? I shouldn't have been alive if it wasn't for my alchemy. Luckily, they were too stupid to figure that out.

"Well what do you need?" Her right arm held on to her left arm, her eyes averting direct contact.

I sighed again and pointed outside. There, out the window, was a girl laughing with one of the doctors. It was that one girl, unfortunately I never got her name since I was out for a while, plus she worked almost none stop. The nurse followed my finger and saw her outside.

"Oh….her." It sounded like there was disappointment in her voice, but she quickly put up that mask most people wore. "Didn't you know? She always comes here."

THAT I didn't know. I tipped my head to the side to show her that I didn't understand. Ed mimicked me and smiled brightly.

"She has this way. People heal a little faster when she's around." My brain screamed alchemy. "I know she doesn't do alchemy since there are never any circles or lights or anything. She just has this…I don't know…aura?"

Ed started playing with my hands, lifting then dropping them. He laughed when I looked down at him. I smiled down at him.

"Yo! Didn't expect you to be walking this fast." I look over and there's the girls trotting over. Her hair shone in the florescent lights. Her eyes held humor and concern. Ed ran in circles around me, arms extended out like a plane. He came to a stop in from of her and skipped off to her side. The girl smiled and walked up to me.

"Roy was taking a walk. I was helping him." Ed beamed his delight full on.

"I see that. Plus you're all hyper. Did they give you candy or something?" Ed nodded and ran around again. I smiled despite myself. I tried speaking, but flinched at the pain. The girls' eyes went big and her face held concern. She looked at the clock and a troubled look came over her. She sighed and put her hands on her hips and smiled sweetly.

"Nurse, can you please leave us? I can take Roy and Edward back to their room."

"Oh would you dear? That would be a big help." And with that, I was being drugged back to my room. The girl sat me down on a stool, rubbed her hands together, and stuck out her tongue. She reached towards my neck. A faint glow appeared as she closed her eyes, her head falling back with her body arching. Slowly, the pain numbed in my throat. She backed up and wobbled a little, heavy breaths coming out. She started falling, but I caught her by the arm.

"You can talk now Roy." She smiled as her eyes started to water.

"How?"

"Duh, I healed you." She got up and brushed off imaginary dirt on her skirt. She sat on the bed and swung her legs. "Oh, I'm Lila Rose for your information. Don't tell anyone that I did that for you."

Only when she said her name did I actually took the time to look at her. She was leaning back, her black hair flawlessly falling behind her back, a skin tight white shirt where you could barely make out the lines of her bra. A black skirt stopped at her fingertips, while knee high black socks came up with black boots that stopped a couple inches from her knees. She wore no make-up, except for brownish eye-shadow; she also didn't wear any jewelry. She noticed me staring, her eyes getting a little bigger as slight pink flushed across her face. She shook her head and grinned.

"Like what you see?"

"Much." I grinned back. Ed stomped up to me, grabbed my hand and got in my face.

"You can talk now and you want to talk to HER?" Venom slurred all over the words. He glared at me while I seethed my own glare back at him.

"I'm older and I'm the boss. Just because I'm into girls doesn't mean you have to put on a hissy fit. Plus I'm not even flirting that much." Ed and I held our glares, both challenging each other to back down. Lila cleared her throat, causing us both to look at her.

"I see you two are all peachy, but I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm taken." She smiled. Ed sighed with relief and went back to being an immature kid again. I shrugged but the thought of choking Ed was clearly written all over my face. Lila smiled a haughty look and walked over to Ed. "So….what are you going to go when you guys stop crashing at my place?"

Ed looked at her, jealousy still in his eyes but genuine feelings behind it. "We're going out to a friend's house and I'm going to be going to college soon."

"May be going to college." I piped in. Ed looked over and sighed.

"I might be going to college. Depends on if sir cheapskate enrolls me." He pointed at me and I could only shrug. What can I say? I have no money. Ed trotted up to Lila and looked her in the eyes. "Have you gone to college?" Lila looked down at him amused.

"Once, but I got kicked out." She smiled.

"But why did you get kicked out? You seem pretty smart after all that healing stuff you just did." That earned Ed a full on smile, a smile that made her eyes curve. In a way, it sort of looked like an evil grin, course what she said next confirmed it.

"I punch some guy and made his innards explode out of him on school campus." Ed went pale, too pale. His body automatically stepped back towards me. He looked at me with wide eyes. My face was blank, but my shock was hard to cover up completely. Only a little bit of my mouth twitched. Lila was still smiling and leaned towards me. "You know what I'm talking about don't you Roy." Statement, no question about it.

I sighed and stood up. I pushed Ed onto the stool and then swung in front of her. From my face, I probably looked mad since she flinched when I got close to her face. "You know nothing of what I know. He doesn't need to know any of this." The last part was a whisper. Lila became more amused and laughed lightly.

"You know alchemy is illegal, yet you used it to. If people found out about in, then your entire life could collapse." Then it clicked together.

"That's what happened to you." Her smile fell. Her eyes held pain and agony. She looked up and the feelings in her had disappeared. She was fierce, I'll give her that. Her hand snaked up to my chin and she crushed her lips to mine. Now here's what I thought at first. First, maybe in some other universe this was a dream come true. Second, her body was pushed as close as she could get with standing on her knees on the bed. And third, well the others were dead smacking wrong. Though most of her hair covered her face, I could see tears run down her cheeks. I pulled away a little, just enough for her kissing to stop. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her to me. Her head rested on my chest, I even sat down on the bed for her.

"That's what happened. Isn't it? You used alchemy on that person, hopefully for a good reason, and they did stuff to you didn't they." Her head slowly nodded. She looked up wiping at her face.

"First they arrest you, and then they take you to a facility to have some kind of alchemy put into you so you can't do it again. I was fortunate enough to have healing, but they deem you a traitor and people stop caring about you."

"But why did you just kiss me?" I only asked because Ed was gapping at us.

"You're the first to eve realize that." Her smile was small as she was collecting her feelings under control again. Her eyes, just her eyes were all I could focus on. Nothing else existed at the moment. Did I like her? Yes I do. Do I love her? Pft, I just learned her name today. She reached up again for another kiss but I pulled back. Her eyes were wide, and then realization sparked on her face then. "Oh…right."

I smiled as sweetly as I could muster. "You have someone…remember." She started laughing, her hands grabbing onto the roots of her hair.

"The funny part is, the guy I killed, well that was him." She smiled sadly. Longing was what I picked up first. She hugged herself, curling into a ball. "He only wanted me for sex and when I said no, he went to someone else."

Oh just great, I'm stuck with a psychopathic girl who just saved my life….and I feel indebted to her for that. I look at Ed, both of us knowing exactly what we got ourselves into. Unstable. Psycho. And of course she kissed me…could this get any worse!

Ok, I'm not sure when I'll update again. Could be in a month or two.