Flashback time YAY! Also, I made this chapter longer and made a few corrections. Enjoy!

Chapter 2

Envy woke up and put his favorite skinny jeans and black tank top. He tied his long green hair into a high ponytail. He pulled a white, quarter-zip jacket over his tank top. Envy glanced at himself in the mirror, making sure he looked all right. He had a few wispy pieces that fell out of his ponytail, but he liked the way it looked. When he got downstairs, Sloth and Pride were already at the breakfast table.

"You ready for the first day of eight grade, En?" Pride gleamed, taking a bite of his cereal.

"No, but then again I don't have a choice."

"Maybe people will think I'm cool since I have two siblings in eighth grade!"

"Pride, you have no trouble making friends anyway. Envy on the other hand…" Sloth trailed off while Pride snickered.

"I HAVE friends. There are just not a lot of people I can tolerate."

Their father Greed then entered the kitchen. "Okay brats, time to go to school. I'm taking you the first day, but then you're riding the bus."

"Wow, what a caring father." Envy rolled his eyes.

"I don't remember asking for your opinion, dear son. Also, you look more girlish than you usually do. And that's saying something." Greed said snidely. It was clear that he wasn't a loving father figure.

Envy had to fight back all the rude remarks he desperately wanted to make. But in the end, his father usually won and then he would be grounded for the week.

By the time Envy and Sloth got to their homeroom, class was about to start. They ran in as the bell rang.

"Welcome, glad to see you could make it. Please, have a seat." The woman spoke these words cold and sarcastically. She was blonde and appeared to be in her late thirties.

Envy walked over and sat next to a boy with a black ponytail while Sloth walked over, sitting next to a blonde girl with blue eyes and a girl with brown hair and pink bangs.

"Hello, class. My name is Ms. Armstrong. This is your homeroom and social studies class. You can always come to me with questions, but do not do anything to annoy me. Or you will regret it. Onto the lesson."

Envy felt a finger poke in his side. He turned to see the black-haired kid waving at him.

"Psst. My name is Ling! Are you new this year?"

"Yeah, my name is Envy. I moved here from Denver over the summer." Envy then heard a voice from behind him.

"Denver, you say? What's that like?"

Envy turned around to see a pair of big golden eyes starting back at him. The boy's long golden blonde hair was tied back in a braid and his bangs stuck out in the front.

"Well for one it's not so damn humid like it is here. There are a lot of mountains, so my family went skiing every winter."

"Wow, I've never been skiing. That sounds like a lot of fun. I'm Edward by the way!"

"It's nice to meet you." Envy replied, before thinking. And then he realized. 'I never say that to people' he thought.

Ms. Armstrong decided to interrupt their little conversation. "Boys, unless there's something you need to inform the entire class, please wait until I'm done teaching."

On the other side of the room, Sloth was introducing herself to the two girls she was sitting by.

"Wow, you have pretty hair! My name is Rose. I was new last year."

"Thank you. I like your hair too. I love the way you dye your bangs." Sloth complimented Rose on her light pink bangs.

"Oh, you like it? I started dyeing it this way a few months ago and decided that I like the way it looks. Is that your sister you came in with? She's gorgeous! We should invite her to eat with us."

Sloth started snickering and quickly slapped her hand to her mouth. "No, that's actually my brother. We just moved her from Denver."

Rose's eyes widened. "Oh! I'm sorry. I guess it was the long hair. He also seemed to find the other two guys in the class with long hair too." Rose said referring to Ling and Ed.

A new voice entered the conversation. "I still don't know why Ed grew his hair out so long. I think it's because his dad wears it long as well. I'm Winry by the way." Winry tucked her long blonde hair behind her ear.

"I'm not sure why Envy wears his hair long. Our father's hair is short. But it suits him. And sometimes he'll even let me brush it. That doesn't happen often though." Sloth giggled.

After class was over, Ed and Ling invited Envy to sit with them at lunch. When they got to the lunchroom, they sat down at a table with a black-haired boy named Roy. After twenty minutes, the four of them looked like the best of friends. Lunch ended, and Envy found himself walking to his next class with Ed.

"You know I think Roy is crushing on you. He kept giving you the Roy Mustang grin he gives whenever he's talking to someone he likes."

All of a sudden, Envy realized that he never told them he was a guy. He suddenly felt very annoyed. He hated when people mistake him for a girl. Mainly because it happened a lot more than it should.

Envy seemed to grow distant. "Ed, I'm a boy. Please tell Mustang so there's no further confusion."

Ed's cheeks were tinted a light pink. "Oh okay. Sorry I didn't realize it right away. I mean I knew that I was just…." Ed rambled on.

Envy sighed. "It's okay. It actually happens a lot. Don't worry about it." He forced a smile. "Let's get to English."

Ed smiled back, and they seemed to forget all about the misunderstanding. "Race you there!"

After kissing Rose goodbye, Ed walked over to his brother's locker. Al was a freshman at Haden Cooper. He had dark blonde hair and gold-grey eyes. He looked similar to Ed, but had short hair.

"Hey brother, how was your day?" Al had a smile on his face. He was definitely the happier of the two.

"It was okay. We got our lab partners in chem, and we're supposed to start on some group project in history tomorrow. Nothing too exciting though, how was yours?"

"It was awesome. We finally finished our first painting in art class. I'm bringing it home tomorrow, I hope you guys like it!" While Ed was better at math and science, Al had a knack for art.

Ed couldn't help but smile. His brother had enough happiness and enthusiasm for the both of them.

"I'm sure dad and I will love it, Al."

"It's too bad that Pride is still out of school for mono. He did say he was starting to feel better though!" Pride was one of Al's best friends. And Envy's brother; a fact that Ed suddenly remembered. Pride was a freshman, like Al. However, he had skipped a grade and looked very young for his age.

"Yeah that's too bad. Just don't go over there until he's better. You'll end up giving it to me and dad."

"Dad had it when he was a teenager. And I think you only get it once! Or something like that. I forgot what Wrath said exactly." Al was friends with Wrath, who so happened to be Envy and Pride's cousin.

"Brother, how come Envy stopped coming over?" Al furrowed his brow. He had been trying to give his brother some space, since he knew they had some sort of falling out. Ed always changed the subject whenever Al tried to ask him about what happened.

"I told you Al. We just stopped being friends. It happens to everyone."

"Yeah but you never told dad and I what actually happened. Plus, you guys got along so well. And Envy actually talked to us, and he helped me make dinner! I like Rose, but she hasn't spoken more than two words to me or dad."

Ed had a light blush on his cheeks. "Jeez Al you act like I was dating him or something."

Al smiled. "For awhile, dad and I kind of thought you were. I mean, you guys saw each other every other day."

Ed turned red and started stuttering. "N-no Al. You have it all wrong. We were just friends. I like girls. Like Rose. Did you and dad seriously talk about that?"

Al started laughing. "Well we would just joke about it since you and Envy spent all your time together." And with that, Al took off down the hall with a very defensive Ed.

"Everyone at school thinks I'm some nerd because I'm forced to take smart classes, and then I get good grades because I pay attention during class." Envy was complaining to his sister Sloth at the kitchen table. His feet were propped up on the table while his two hands were supporting his head. Sloth was sipping on some herbal tea.

"No one is making you take those classes. And people don't think you're a nerd. They just think you're smart because Falman-sensei always announced the top 5 test scores in his AP European History class last year. And you were always up there with Ed." Sloth was always the more reasonable twin.

Envy scoffed, "Well still, Falman-sensei didn't have to announce that to everyone. Isn't there some kind of student confidentiality code?"

Sloth laughed, "I guess he thought it would give the other students motivation to work harder. Plus, Edward likes people thinking that he's smart."

"He's just a cocky little chibi. Ever since AP Euro, the good grades have been tarnishing my image."

"You mean your attempt at a badass image? Remember when you pierced your…." Before Sloth could continue, Pride ran in.

"Brother, sister! I'm finally feeling better, can you believe it?"

"Well considering you just ran in here, smiling." Envy rolled his eyes.

"Ignore him, I'm glad you're feeling better." Sloth smiled at Pride.

"Thanks, sis. And the doctor says I'm not contagious anymore! I'll be at Al's house. Bye!" And with that, Pride ran out the door.

"That kid's too chipper for his own good." Envy scowled.

"Well he is best friends with Alphonse Elric. Neither of them have a mean bone in their body. And then there's Wrath. Who is too much like you in my opinion." Sloth put her hand on her chin.

"And just what is that supposed to mean?" Envy growled.

"It means that both of you need to lighten up and be happy for once." Sloth was interrupted when Envy got up and started walking out.

"Whatever, Sloth." And with that, Envy was gone leaving Sloth alone at the table sipping her tea.

After running up the stairs, Envy headed towards the bathroom. His contacts were starting to dry out. He brushed his teeth and removed his contacts. He then put on his thick, black-rimmed glasses. He rarely wore his glasses outside of his house. When he got back to his bedroom, he stripped down to boxers and put on a big T-shirt; what he usually slept in. He then decided to log on to his gmail and gchat.

He usually just got on to check his email, but Ling insisted on bugging him.

PrinceLing: What's up my man?

Greenhairdon'tcare: Not much, trying to decide whether it's worth it to start on the AP English paper

PrinceLing: If you weren't such a slacker, you would already be done with it. Like me!

Greenhairdon'tcare: Give me one reason why I shouldn't sign off right now.

PrinceLing: Wait, no I was just kidding….Anyway, I was talking to Winry, who is on homecoming committee and she told me about this mixer thing they're doing in three weeks. It's going to be a date mixer, and I was wondering if maybe Sloth would want to go with me?

Greenhairdon'tcare: …..why are you asking me? Ask her yourself

PrinceLing: I'm too nervous. Just ask her if she's interested in even going to it. Please PLEASE. Best friend?

Greenhairdon'tcare: AUHHH…fine

PrinceLing: Yay! You make me a happy ling!

Greenhairdon'tcare: sometimes, I dislike you

PrinceLing: :)

Envy noticed another person signing on. He was surprised Ed had never blocked him. Although he was the one who had the right to block Ed after what happened. He didn't want to though. Envy was surprised when he received a message from this person.

GoldenElric: Hey En, sorry to bother you but I had a question.

Greenhairdon'tcare: Hey uhh what is it?

GoldenElric: Winry just told us about some mixer the homecoming committee is going to announce tomorrow. Roy has been bugging me for hours to ask you about Sloth. He wants you to ask her what she thinks of him. He's planning on asking her.

Greenhairdon'tcare: No.

GoldenElric: Okay….

Envy didn't care that he was being curt with Ed. He definitely didn't owe him any favors. Plus, Ed was only talking to him because Roy made him. He decided to sign off and go to bed instead of talking to Sloth about the mixer thing. She was probably asleep by now anyway.