AHHHH!!! I'm sorry for not updating in a while! I've just been so busy lately! First I caught a bad cold and was sick for four days and I can't write when I'm sick! And then my Internet wouldn't work! And then my schools' stage crew started getting really busy and I haven't been home before five-thirty all week and, and...I'm just sorry.

But, here I am, with a brand spanking new chapter for all of my patient readers! :D

I hope you all enjoy this chapter!!!!

*Warning* I barely edited this chapter. I just finished about one minute ago and I wanted to update this as soon as possible, I'm sure you guys aren't complaining.

Winry stared into Ed's eyes, not sure of what else to do at the moment. Her mind was spinning slightly but she was soon able to come to grips with the information. Besides, Ed had always talked about this feeling he had when they were younger; a feeling that told him that he still had some sort of blood relation out there.

Ed had a brother. And that was just wonderful for Ed.

"Win?" Ed asked hesitantly.

Winry turned away from him and slowly let out a large breath that she didn't realize she was holding.

"Win?" Ed asked again.

"I'm fine." She said with a smile as she turned to look at him again. "…you have a brother."

"Y-yeah…it's kinda weird isn't it?"

"I guess. Do you…"

"Do I what?"

"Do you like, know where he lives or what he looks like or do you even know his name?"

"I know some things about him." Ed said with a small smile as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper.

"What is that?"

"It's…it's a page of his file." Ed muttered, knowing that Winy never encouraged breaking and entering whenever it wasn't one hundred percent necessary.

"And how exactly did you get this file?"

"…found it."

Ed cut her off by putting his hand up, knowing the lecture that was sure to come.

"His name's Alphonse."

"Alphonse?"

"Yeah. It also says his birthday; he's a year younger than us."

"Does it say were he lives?" Winry asked excitedly as she leaned over Ed to get a better view of the paper.

"No." Ed said as his finger tapped next to the scribbled unknown.

"Oh…"

Winry stayed there. Staring at the sheet of paper, re-reading it several times over until she was sure she could memorize it.

"So what are you gonna do?"

"Huh?" Ed asked, caught off-guard.

"What are you going to do? Are you going to try and find him?"

"Well…I've been debating about that since I found out. I was going to look for him on the computers during study hall today but I couldn't get the chance."

"Well what are you going to do once you've found were he is?"

"I don't know. Go off probably, as long as it's not too far away."

"I thought so. But just remember, Finals are starting tomorrow so don't go running off-."

"FINALS ARE TOMORROW?! WHEN THE HELL DID THE TEACHERS TELL US THAT?!"

Winry stared at her best friend. How could anyone be so blind and distracted as to forget their Finals? The Final schedule had been posted for nearly a month. She let out a small sigh as Ed continued to talk.

"Ed, how could you forget that there were Finals?"

"I've been distracted lately." Ed said defensively. "The other night I doubt I could even tell you what month it was."

Ed let out a loud groan, let his head fall back against the couch, and began rubbing his face with his left hand.

"What Finals are tomorrow?" he asked in a weary tone.

"Uh…First, fourth and sixth period."

Ed let out, if possible, an even louder and more desperate groan as he let his head fall back into its normal position.

"Winry…" Ed said in a slightly pleading voice as he stared into her blue eyes.

"Yes?" Winry asked even though she already knew what was coming.

"Would you please help me study?"

"Hmm, why on Earth would you Mister 'I have an I.Q. of 160' ask meto help you study?" Winry said in a mocking voice.

"Come on Win, don't make me beg. I just need to go over the material a bit for a refresher."

"Well I guess I could possibly help you." Winry said with a smile as she got up and got her book bag. "Okay, what do you want to study first?"

Ed peaked into the living room through the dusty window; he wasn't sitting on his ass watching the television, but that didn't automatically mean he wasn't home. After taking a deep breath, Ed opened the front door and tip-toed inside.

Once he deemed the living room Kimblee-free, Ed ran as quietly as possible to the stairs and up to his room.

"Hiya Ed!" Kyle exclaimed when he saw it was Ed at the door.

"Hey Kye." Ed muttered with a tired smile before he dumped his bag onto the floor and sat on his bed, next to Sammy, who greeted him with a tight hug around the waist.

"Where ya been Ed?" Terry asked.

"Was out at Winrys'."

"Winry? Ooooooooh" Terry and Kyle said together, earning a pillow to be tossed at the two.

"But what were you doing if you don't mind me asking?" Sammy asked.

"She was helping me study for Finals tomorrow."

"Did you forget again?" Sammy asked in an exasperated tone.

"I didn't forget." Ed said as he lay back on his bed. "I just chose to not make a big deal about them. Come on, last year I walked into school and didn't even realize it was Finals until I got to my first period and I still was on the top of the class."

"But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't do that every time!"

"Yeah, yeah…I studied don't worry."

"Alright, I'm just making sure that you don't flunk out."

"Uh huh…so what are we playing?" Ed asked as he stared at the playing cards that were splayed out before each child.

"Tens and Twos." Terry answered with a devious grin. "Wanna play?"

"Oh you know it! Deal me in."

Ed dragged his feet as he walked away from his school desk. His first exam of the day was over and he had a pounding headache. He had ten minutes to recuperate before his next exam.

"That was brutal." Roy groaned as he caught up to Ed.

"Yeah…I'm glad I went to Winrys' last night."

This bit of information perked Roy up immediately.

"So you were at Winrys' house huh?" Roy asked with an evil smirk.

"Nothing happened." Ed growled as he turned to glare at his friend.

"Uh huh. Sure." Roy said in a skeptical tone.

"We just studied. That's all."

"Right. But I'll just let you know that one day you and Winry will stop being so damn blind and give in to each other." Roy said with a wide grin as he threw his arm around Eds' shoulder. "And when that day comes-."

"You and every one else in this damn school will stop trying to put us together?"

"Well yeah but I was going to say that when that day comes, I will be there to give you amazing relationship advice."

"Uh, you would want me and Win to stay together right?"

"Yeah."

"Well then I won't be taking any of your crappy advice thank you very much."

"What are you talking about!? I'm the dating extraordinaire Roy Mustang! I have oodles of relationship advice and experience! Why wouldn't you want my advice?"

"Because none of your relationships have lasted more than three weeks."

"No! Tiffany was a total month-er!"

"Yeah but you two hated each other by the second week. You only stayed together because you already paid for her dance ticket."

"Yeah well…if you use that sort of logic, most of my girlfriends wouldn't even make it to the two week point!"

"My point exactly. Now if I ever need to find a ridiculous reason to stay in a relation-shit, I'll give you a call."

"Hey! And I'm only going out with all of these girls until Riza realizes that we're perfect for each other."

"And you're doing a great job at that." Ed said in a deeply sarcastic voice.

"Hey, she was totally checking me out on Friday. You should have seen her, couldn't keep her eyes off me!"

"You're right on that one but I don't think she was staring at you because she likes you. I think she was glaring at you like she wanted to bit your face off."

"Whatever you say Ed. But just wait, one day me and Riza will be together."

"Yeah…and when that day comes I'll be there to slap you awake because that would obviously only happen in a dream."

"You never know. Maybe Riza's dreaming about it too and is only hiding her love for me behind all of her glares."

"You are such an arrogant fuck." Ed muttered as he shook his head.

"And proud of it!"

"Ed, are you coming over to my house for lunch?" Winry asked as the two walked down the crowded stairwell.

Their second Final was over and it was now their hour lunch period. Ed had planned on going over one of his friends places for lunch, having no desire at all to go to his own house or sit alone in the near-empty cafeteria, he just wasn't sure which.

"Yeah, sure. Anyone else coming over?"

"Not that I know."

"Alright. Hey can I use your computer while I'm there?"

"Sure, why do you need it?"

"I just need to look up… something really quickly."

Winry understood by 'something' Ed probably mean his brother, but she was too tactful to say it out loud. Instead she nodded with a small smile on her face as the two walked outside and to the parking lot.

I always love writing Roy and Ed's conversations. They're just so fun to write.

So...I'm sorry if this seemed kinda fillery but I had to leave it here.

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