Rating may go up, depending on how well I can write certain scenes XD but for now it's going to be pretty tame.
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Chapter 3
Ed met up with Roy and Ling after school by the Sonic. They usually didn't get food, but they met here every day to hang out. I mean, what else do you do for fun in eighth grade.
"So what do you think of that new kid, Ed?" Roy asked.
"Who Envy? He's pretty awesome! We talked through English class, and I learned a lot about Colorado." Ed said with a smile.
"Yeah I've been thinking about how cute…. wait did you say he?" Roy looked very confused.
"By he I mean Envy. Envy is a guy." After Ed said this, Roy paled.
"I-I knew that. I was referring to the other new kid. Get it figured out Elric," Roy stammered, failing to attempt at covering up his mistake.
Ling was too busy laughing his ass off to say anything. He finally calmed down to speak. "Haha Mustang, you're such a hahahaha FOOL!" Ling clutched his sides.
After seeing Ling's reaction, Ed didn't want to admit that he too had made the same mistake. 'I guess Ling is smarter than he looks' Ed thought.
Roy decided to find an excuse to leave, so he would stop being made fun of. "I need a milkshake."
"Ed, Ed wake up! We're going to be late!"
Ed opened his eyes groggily. Last night was terrible. He stayed up half the night dealing with Roy's incessant rant on how he had to go with Sloth to the mixer. He was also listening to Winry complain about how she wanted to ask Ling, but that it would be weird since he's Envy's best friend. In conclusion, Ed got a total of two hours of sleep.
"What?" This was apparently the only word Ed could muster.
"I think you slept through your alarm! And I was too busy eating a nutella muffin! Have you tried those? Anyway, school starts in fifteen minutes!"
Ed jumped out of bed. "Okay, okay I'm up! Where's the nutella muffin?"
"No time, just get dressed!" Al exclaimed before running downstairs.
Ed let out a frustrated groan. "Why did I have to lose all that sleep? I already have a date to the mixer."
The mixer. That damn mixer was the reason Ed felt his eyes burning from sleep loss. He threw on a random pair of pants and T-shirt, and then grabbed his backpack, car keys, and Al's arm before running out to the car.
Ed bolted into AP Chem, dropping several papers along the way. He attracted the attention of the entire class, seeing as they would rather stare at an embarrassed student than work on their lab reports. Who wouldn't?
"Nice of you to show up Mr. Elric." Tucker-sensei was looking up from his book with a bored expression on his face.
"I'm sorry, sensei. I overslept." Ed's face was pink from the stares of his classmates.
"Save the excuses, I don't care. Your lab partner Winry is excused for a homecoming committee meeting. Were spending the class period working on the lab write-ups from yesterday's lab. You can work by yourself or with another group."
"Thank you sensei, it won't happen again." Ed gave a respective bow. He shuffled his way over to his lab station and took out his lab report. All he had was the data, and he needed to answer a long list of questions to write the lab report. First, he needed an introduction, a data chart, a discussion section, and then a conclusion. It seemed simple enough.
Across the classroom, Envy was flying through his lab report with ease. He had already finished his introduction and was halfway through the discussion section of the lab report. He would be farther along if he didn't have to stop and answer Roy's questions every five seconds.
"So…how is the ammonia formed?" Roy asked his twentieth question of the day.
Envy could have sworn he had already asked that. "The hydrogen in the water reacts with the nitrogen in the magnesium nitride. This frees up the magnesium to react with the oxygen."
"Right. Right, of course. It makes so much sense." Roy mumbled as he scribbled down what Envy said word for word. Of course, Envy knew that Roy had no idea what he just said. Roy felt bad that he kept bothering Envy. He decided to walk over to the other side of the room to where Ed was.
"Elric. Did you talk to Envy about Sloth?"
"I tried, but I don't think he wants to talk to me. Let alone do a favor for one of my friends." Ed yawned and slumped over.
"You seem tired and irritated. What's up?" Roy asked in a serious voice.
"Well after I got off the phone with you at 2 AM, Winry called me about asking Ling to the mixer, and I didn't get to sleep until 5. Not to mention, I think we had nutella muffins this morning and Al ate all of them." Edward said looking grim.
"Winry wants to go with Ling? That's interesting." Roy pondered. Then he grinned. "Well if everyone's already paired off, that means I'll go with Sloth."
"Yeah well even if you and Winry do end up going with Sloth and Ling, Envy will be in our group. They are his friends you know."
"This could be your chance to make up and be friends again. Plus, he might not even go anyway." Roy's logical side started to speak up.
Every time Envy was brought up, Ed felt the need to change the subject. Or get rid of Roy. "Why don't you go back over to where Envy is? I don't get work done with you over here."
Roy faked a dramatic hurt expression. "That hurts Ed. Why don't you just come over and work with both of us?"
Ed pointed to the other side of the room. "Oh wait, it looks like he's done working anyway."
Envy stood up and walked to the front of the classroom. He stapled his lab report, handed it in, and proceeded to sit in a desk and listen to his iPod.
"Aw damn and I still have a lot to do." Roy said.
The period ended with Roy copying Ed's conclusion off of his lab report and changing a few of the words around.
The rest of the day was normal until AP U.S. History rolled around. Everyone shuffled in room 202 and Mr. Hughes shut the door right after the bell rang.
"Hello class! I know you all have enjoyed learning about the history of my marriage to Gracia and our daughter Elicia." The entire class had to stop from rolling their eyes.
"But now we need to move on to the boring stuff. Since I have twenty students, I have posted a list of five different groups with four people in each group. You will each be assigned a country and will need to make a presentation about the past relations of your country to the United States. You can use your book and what you learn in class. If you use the Internet, cite your sources. And no Wikipedia!" Hughes kept talking, but none of the students continued to listen. They were all wondering about their group assignments. After the bell, the class rushed over to check out the posted list.
Group 1: France
Edward Elric
Envy Moretti
Winry Rockbell
Ling Yao
Group 2: Germany
Jean Havoc
Riza Hawkeye
Sloth Moretti
Roy Mustang
And the rest of the groups don't matter :)
After seeing whom they were assigned to, some of the thoughts around the class went like this:
Riza: I'm with Havoc again? Someone up there hates me.
Havoc: Score.
Roy: I'm with Sloth? Maybe I won't need Ed's help after all. –grins-
Ling: Mustang better stop looking at Sloth that way. –glares-
Sloth: Ed's with Envy? This should be interesting. Why is Roy giving me that look?
Ed: Of course I'm with Envy. Why would I expect something else?
Envy: Oh joy, another reason for Ed to hate me.
Winry: Wrenchwrenchwrenchwrench
Ed walked down the hall with Winry, trying to ignore her violent aura. "I can't believe I forgot my wrench today. Of all the days!"
They decided to go sit at a table with Roy, Havoc, and Riza who were talking about their newly assigned history project.
"But seriously, World War II? We definitely have the easiest country. Germany has a huge history with the U.S," said Havoc.
Ling came over to where Ed and Winry sat. "Two words: Napoleon Bonaparte. We have France in the bag!" He didn't seem to notice Winry blushing as he sat next to her.
"You don't even know what he did besides the Louisiana Purchase," Ed accused.
"Well if he did that then he's definitely done more!" Ling said with some nervous laughter that ensued.
"Yup. We're screwed. Where's Envy? He should probably be a part of this group meeting." Ed asked.
Ling put his serious face on. "He went out to lunch with Sloth."
"And why didn't you go with them?" asked Winry, finally being a part of the conversation.
Ling's serious face vanished. "Cause I wanted to talk to you guys about Napoleon of course! He's really short, maybe you can relate, Ed!"
"I'M GOING TO PUNCH YOU" Edward shouted. Everyone was surprised when he didn't go on a short rant.
"BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP!" Winry smacked Ed and Ling with her lunch tray.
"Touchy, touchy." Ling said while rubbing his head.
Ed nodded toward Ling while rubbing his own head "Thank alchemy she left her wrench at home."
Meanwhile at lunch…
Envy and Sloth had decided to go to Chipotle and get some burritos (A/N: NOMZ). As they were munching on their burritos, Envy decided to bring up the mixer.
"Apparently, there's going to be some school mixer on October 28th. The homecoming committee going to announce it after 7th period." Envy explained.
"Hm, really? I'll probably just stay home. There's no one I want to go with." Sloth took a bite from her burrito.
"Aw how come? You could always go with Ling or someone. You know, just to have fun with friends." Envy was going to try for his friend, damnit. He started sipping on his water.
"I'll go with Ling if you go with Edward."
Envy spit his water out all over the table. "WHAT?"
Sloth lifted her dry burrito out from under the table. She anticipated Envy's reaction and hid her burrito under the table away from the incoming water. "You heard me."
"First of all, he's dating Rose. Second, he wouldn't go with me even if he wasn't dating Rose!" Envy knew Sloth couldn't forget this fact.
"I know you still like him. Also, I have a lot more information about Rose than most people since were technically friends. I know several things you would find interesting." Sloth sipped her water. Suddenly, Sloth seemed to have gained Envy's utmost attention.
Envy set his burrito down on the table and put his hands together. "I'm listening."
After Sloth was done telling Envy about Rose, he felt some of his old cocky personality return.
By the time seventh period came, Envy realized he forgot to do the physics homework. This led to a pissed off Izumi-sensei who yelled something about him being her best student and most annoying student. Five minutes before the final bell rang, a familiar voice flooded over the intercom.
"Hello Haden Cooper High! This is your homecoming president Winry Rockbell. There is going to be a date mixer on Saturday, October 23rd at the Hunter Hill country barn. So, everyone should find their best pair of jeans and cowboy boots because this is going to be so fun ya'll!"
Excited whispers began to chatter around the room. Envy glared at no one in particular. He hated that everyone had a potential date but him. He hated that Ling and Roy were both desperately trying to go with his sister. And he hated Winry for coming up with such a stupid idea. He also just didn't like her in general.
Later that night, Envy found himself struggling to write his AP English paper: the paper that was due the next day during second period. 'Why do we have to write a paper about how important it is to be in peak physical condition? And why the hell does it have to be four pages?'He then did what every other good student does: get on gmail.
Greenhairdon'tcare: I can't write this paper
PrinceLing: You should have worked on it with me last weekend. But no, you had "family time". More like slacker time!
Greenhairdon'tcare: It's not my fault that Armstrong-sensei is unnaturally buff and we all have to write about how it's important to be like him…
PrinceLing: Talk about your running. Do you still run?
Greenhairdon'tcare: I quit cross-country last year, remember? But I still do sometimes.
PrinceLing: Just talk about that!
Greenhairdon'tcare: For 4 pages?
PrinceLing: Make the font big. Stop talking to me and get to work!
Greenhairdon'tcare: : (
Greenhairdon'tcare: Ling?
Greenhairdon'tcare: AUH FINE
Envy started typing out a rough draft of his AP English paper. He wrote about how running is important to keep your cardio up, and that it shapes up the legs and abs. There was one page typed out when he got a message from Ling.
PrinceLing: Sorry to interrupt the paper. And you better have started! But did you talk to Sloth about the mixer?
Greenhairdon'tcare: I actually did.
PrinceLing: What did she say!
Greenhairdon'tcare: She said she would go with you
PrinceLing: YAY! You're the best friend I could have ever asked for!
Greenhairdon'tcare: ….if I go to the dance with Ed
PrinceLing: ….
PrinceLing: Why didn't you type that all in one sentence? I got all excited…
Greenhairdon'tcare: Cause I'm me
PrinceLing: Okay well that's weird of her to say but just go with Ed and everything will be fine
Greenhairdon'tcare: Why does everyone think it's completely normal for me to go to the mixer with Ed? He has a girlfriend and neither of us is gay.
PrinceLing: Well I know you are. I never thought of Ed as gay but he doesn't have to be to go to a dance. ENVY YOU HAVE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. Sloth….
Greenhairdon'tcare: What? You don't know that. I like girls!
PrinceLing: Since when have you ever talked about liking a girl?
Greenhairdon'tcare: Touche
PrinceLing: Best friend knows everything! I hope you know this doesn't change anything! Especially since I knew already :)
Greenhairdon'tcare: I still haven't come out to you…
PrinceLing: gtg bye ttyl toodles!
PrinceLing signed off.
Envy sighed. Tonight was not his night. He was only one page through a four-page paper that was due the next morning, and he just came out to his best friend on gmail, albeit completely unintentional. He still hadn't even come out to him officially. Stupid best friend intuition.
As a consequence of not working and having the summer off, I can't help but keep writing!
And poor Ed! He can't help his height. But maybe he can relate to Napoleon :D
Ed: WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT HE CAN'T LEAD HIS OWN ARMY?
Ling: Ha I told you!
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