Chapter 2: The Right Words

Roy waited for Tabi to finish gathering her things as he sat on the couch.

"We're going to be late." Roy said looking at his pocket watch.

"I'm almost ready, just give me a sec." Tabi said crossing the living room again.

"You said that five minutes ago." Roy said leaning back.

"I'm sorry," Tabi called.

"I have a call to make before we go." Roy said.

"Well, then make it." Tabi said coming back into the living room. Roy stood up walked over to the phone and dialed Havoc's number.

"We'll be leaving soon." Roy said when he answered.

"Okay," He heard on the other end and hung up.

"Okay I'm ready." Tabi said with her back pack on. So they left to Hughes's house.

Hughes answered the door to see his oldest standing there.

"Hi dad." Tabi said hugging him.

"Hello my little Angel." He said.

"Hughes." Roy said.

"Roy, How are you?" Hughes asked shaking Roy's hand.

"I'm doing just fine, how are you." Roy replied.

Havoc and Roy shook hands good bye.

"She is cute and has a great personality." Roy said smiling.

"See you around." Havoc said.

When Roy got back to his apartment he drew the transmutation circle sat down and clapped his hands and put them on the circle.

Tabi sat at the dinner table between he Father and Roy. She couldn't wait for her birthday, and her mother decided that they should celebrate Tabi's birthday for the family and Roy. Tabi put her hand on Roy's and looked up at him.

"Thank you, for the lovely dinner mom." Tabi said as Roy ladled Stew into her bowl for her and then into his own.

"What do you want for your birthday?" Hughes asked.

"I don't know." Tabi said, "I never thought of it."

"Well, I got you something."

"Can I have it now?" Tabi asked excitedly.

"Yeah." Dad said, "After dinner."

"Oh." Tabi said as Roy chuckled.

After dinner Hughes disappeared for a second then reappeared just as fast with a box in his hand. He handed it to his daughter as everyone watched. Tabi opened it and inside was a crown. Roy stood next to Tabi as she squealed happily and hugged her father.

"Thank you Dad!" Tabi squeaked.

"No problem sweety, but Roy helped." He said.

"Oh thank you Roy." Tabi said hugging him and taking him be surprise. He hugged her back

"You said you needed the crown." Roy said, "I gave your father a picture and he found the things, Then I drew a transmutation circle and made it. But it was Hughes's idea."

"Okay time for cake!" Gracia announced as she brought the cake into the dinning room. She put the cake down in front of Tabi who sat down. Roy took the crown from Tabi and placed it onto her head, then lit her candles.

Tabi and Roy Headed for the door around five. The day had been fun and Tabi was so tired that she got into the car quietly. She looked up at Roy who was humming happy birthday and smiled to herself. It had been about tree years ago when they met and now look at them, leaving her parent's house. Her eye lids felt heavy as she looked at the best looking man in the world.

Roy Picked Tabi up out of the car and shut the door when they got home and brought her to his apartment. He brought her to bed and put her down. He took off her shoes and crown and covered her up. He smiled down at her and left the room. He cleaned up the mess the was made in order for him to go the future and sat down on the couch with a glass of milk and started to read Professor Weltal's research.

About an hour later he decided that he should get some sleep considering he still had to get the ring. He got up and brought the glass to the sink and went to bed putting Professor Weltal's research on on the bed stand next to him.

Tabi woke up the next morning looking at Roy who was sound asleep. She was so happy that tomorrow was her birthday. She was going to be twenty-three tomorrow. She decided that she didn't want to get up yet, so she snuggled up to Roy who instinctively put his arm around her. Her face was in his chest as it slowly moved to allow air into it.

"Good morning." came Roy's voice.

"Morning," Tabi replied from his chest.

"Are you planning on staying there the whole time I'm sleeping?" Roy asked, his voice deep with sleep.

"Yep." Tabi said.

"Well okay." He said, and instantly fell back to sleep after he covered them up. Tabi laid there and slowly fell back to sleep.

Roy woke up for the second time that morning to see that Tabi had fallen back to sleep. He smiled down at her and remembered that he still had to go get her ring. He slowly moved out of bed and quietly got dressed, thanking god that she was a hard sleeper. He left the room grabbing Professor Weltal's Research on the way.

When he got to the jewelry store he parked his car and went inside. The store had display cases all over the place. All he wanted was a plain diamond ring, nothing flashy but enough to display his love for her.

"Can I help you?" a sails lady asked.

"Sure, I"m looking for a plain diamond ring. It's for my girl, I'm proposing to her tomorrow on her birthday." The girl looked said for a minute then directed him to the engagement rings. "I want something suddle."

"How about this?" the sails lady asked holding out a ring with a single diamond on it with a simple band.

"How much is it?" Roy asked.

Tabi woke up alone in bed and sighed. He had no work that day so where was he? She got up and got dressed and made her way to the kitchen to make something to eat. She and Roy had to go over everything for the party. She wasn't in any rush but it would be nice to have everything done for tomorrow.

Roy was greeted with a hug as soon as he entered the apartment. He hugged Tabi back as he tried to keep his balance.

"Good morning to you too." Roy said with a chuckle. Tabi stopped hugging him and stepped back.

"Okay so I called mom, she said that she had almost all the food prepared." Tabi said.

"That's good." Roy said as he went to the fridge and looked inside.

"Yeah, and I'm almost done with the costumes." Tabi beamed.

"That means your party should come along well." Roy said.

"Just one thing though." Tabi said, "One more thing to do but I'm not sure what is is." Her face wrinkled in thought as she crossed the kitchen to the table and sat down. Roy pulled out the milk and started to drink it down.

"You have everything for the party." Roy said. "All you need are the guests to be there and I'm sure they will all be there."

"No I got it I almost forgot Peaches gloves." She said jumping to he feet. Roy followed her to their room and to her desk where she laid the remaining white fabric on the desk. She clapped and put her hands on the fabric. And he watched as the cloves made them selves. "There" She beamed.

Tabi hopped happily into the shower and washed as she sang loudly.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! I HAVE A HICKY! LA LA LA LEE LEE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!" She sang.

Roy sat in the living room listening to Tabi's faint voice as he laughed hard.

"Happy Birthday to me I live with a hottie, who kisses awesomely happy birthday to me." Roy had to agree with Tabi about living with a hottie, it went both ways.

Tabi looked at her watch and decided that Roy was probably in bed as she looked for her panties.

"Oh great." she sighed. She wrapped her towel around her and left the bathroom as she headed to their room. She grumbled under her breath not noticing Roy sitting on the couch. She enter the bed room and grabbed her panties and put them on then left for the bathroom again. She stopped just out side the bedroom door when she saw Roy sitting on the couch smiling at her. She felt her cheeks redden. "What?"

"Do I really kiss awesomely?" Roy asked.

"Yeah." Tabi replied as she went past Roy and went into the bathroom and finished changing into his T-shirt.

Roy stood up to go to bed as Tabi came out of the bathroom with a large smile on her face.

"What are you so happy about?" Roy asked. taking her in his arm.

"I'm turning twenty-three tomorrow." Tabi squeaked He let her go and she went into the bedroom for bed and Roy picked up Professor Weltal's Research, some paper and a pen and went into the kitchen. He wasn't going to go through the research again, but it wold help make Tabi think he was doing some research to do. He sat down at the table and wondered how he was going to ask her. He set Professor Weltal's Research aside and put down the paper and set to work.

Tabi woke up about ten minutes later and noticed that Roy wasn't in bed yet. She got up and walked to the kitchen. When she entered the kitchen see saw a paper ball fly through the air and just before it landed in the sink she heard a loud snap and it caught on fire. Tabi looked over at Roy who was writing then with a grunt he crumpled the paper and through it into the sink as he snapped his fingers.

"Roy? What are you still doing up?" Tabi asked as she walked over to him and hugged his shoulders. She looked at the book on the table and smiled. "Oh I see you're doing research." She picked up and read the name, "Oh so your researching Professor Weltal's research. Time Alchemy. I heard of this theory, do you think it actually works?"

"Yeah," He smiled up at her, "I think it does."

"So are you coming to bed soon?"

"Yeah, soon." He replied, "Not until I finish with what I'm doing though."

"Okay," Tabi said then kissed him on the cheek and left for bed.

Roy sat there as he thought of what to write, but nothing came to mind. He kept thinking of tomorrow and what was going to be played out. What if he won't get there on time again? What if he does; what would he do? How could he help her? He kept picturing her dead on the floor of a room some where. He put the pen down and snapped the last of the failed attempts to describe his love for her. He dropped the fiery paper into the sink and left the kitchen for bed.