Again, I might be able to update early friday afternoon, but I'm not. If not, I'll update in mid-december!
"Oh, Ed's like that. It takes him a while, but he comes around." Riza said after hearing Winry's tale.
"Eventually," Roy added.
The group sat at their lunch table, engaging in their usual, useless chatter.
"I swear, Gracia's gotta be the hottest girl at this school!" Maes chirped happily.
"So why's Ed even like that?" Winry questioned.
"Thinks he's got commitment issues."
"Well…Does he?"
Riza shook her head.
"He's better than this lazy bum," Riza said, jabbing her thumb in Roy's direction. Roy, who had been making his mashed potatoes into a volcano, looked up lazily.
"Me, really? I thought we knew each other better than that!"
"Hey, Winry, could you go talk to Ed?" al asked.
"Speaking of the little guy, where is he?" Breda asked.
"Found him," Havoc answered. "Big shock, wee wittle Elric's sulking."
Eight heads turned to the direction in which Havoc was pointing. Winry noticed that Ed looked like he did in the coffee shop, only more…distressed?
"Why me? You're his brother. He hardly knows me, anyway."
"Ed's been out of it. I have him in chemistry and he wasn't paying attention. Chem.'s his favorite class, too." Roy said.
"Well, I- what's that got to do with me? "
"It was after he talked to you."
"Well, I guess I could."
Winry approached Edward, who was looking more down than ever.
"If you're trying to be emo, your hair kinda cancels it out, you know."
"I thought I said to stay away." Edward mumbled.
"Too bad, I'm not that great of a listener."
"Yay," Edward said sarcastically.
"What's up with you?"
"What the hell are you talking about?" Edward asked.
"Roy said you were out of it."
"Oh," Edward snorted, "Getting chummy with that bastard, huh?"
"No. But seriously Ed, what's up?"
"I thought you said you weren't a good listener."
Winry smiled.
"Oh, the art of selective hearing. When someone tells me to do something, I usually won't do it."
Edward rubbed his eyes tiredly.
"You come off as a cheery therapist type person to me. Kinda bad ass."
"Is that good?"
"I think so. Too many people care what people think of them. You're different that way."
An awkward silence spanned a few moments, until Ed broke it.
"You have a date for homecoming?"
"First day here, smart one."
"SO? Some guy could've asked you. Surprised Havoc hasn't."
"Well, no one has."
"Wanna go? With me?"
"Funny, I thought you said to stay away."
"Funny," Edward repeated, "I thought you didn't listen to what people tell you to do."
"Well, you don't seem like the type to go to dances."
"Damn, woman! You're making up excuses. And why not? It's senior year, might as well make the most of it. Besides, now this school has a legit girl to go with."
Winry's cheeks flushed.
"So what do you say? Gonna go or not?"
"I don't see why not."
Edward pumped his fist.
"Advantage Elric!"
"So? What happened?" Riza questioned.
The group sat in a nearby diner. For her first day, Winry felt she'd done well.
"Ed asked me to homecoming."
"Seriously? Ed's never asked a girl out, much less gone on a date." Havoc said, lighting a cigarette.
"Really?"
"Yeah. Speaking of which, we're going, right, Riza?"
Riza sipped her coke.
"What makes you think I haven't already been asked?"
Roy's face turned a deep shade of red as he stood.
"Who asked, 'cause I swear, I'll-"
"Relax," Riza smiled, "I was only joking."
oh, the joys of adding Royai at last! Reviews are loved! They make me wanna type more, which is hard to make me do... not exactly sure how much more I'll add, i"ve got another 3 chapters at least that are written, so that's good. (Right?)