Double whammy for you today! I'll be uploading the next chapter soon after this one, and I have to say, after being banned off the computer because my grades went down, I made good progress finishing Chapter 4.

3. Remembrance

After finally getting round to having breakfast, I noticed Ed grabbing his red coat and opening the front door.

"Kat, do you want to come with us?" He asked as Al appeared by his side.

I sighed,

"To see Trisha?" I averted my gaze,

"I-if you don't want to, t-then you don't have to come, I-I'm not gonna…" He stopped and looked at me as I smiled, hoping he wouldn't see through it,

"I'm fine Eddy, I'll come. You don't have to worry so much, okay?"

"Y- yeah."

I grabbed my own jacket and joined them as they walked out of the door and up towards the hill, and the remains of the Elric household.

We stopped where the front door used to be, and remembered when we all used to run home for tea, just as the sun was setting behind us.

I circled the house on my own, being careful of the few crumbling walls that were still standing. About half an hour later, I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"You coming to the hill?" Ed asked as I turned to face the two brothers stood behind me.

I nodded silently.

Walking away from Auntie's house again, we came to the top of the hill, where the now past members of the Elric, Penningham, Jelsy and Rockwell families were laid.

I stopped a few paces behind the boys and clapped my hands together, placing them on a nearby stone.

It glowed blue as I transmuted it into a white Narcissus.

I picked it up carefully and carried the stone flower to the most recent headstone.

Saying a silent prayer, I placed it with the countless others that had faded grey and grown lichen in bad weather.

Dark clouds started to form over head as I stood next to the two brothers.

After the night before, there was nothing for us to talk about, as we'd said everything we felt we could say, going into as much detail as we could remember.

They had told us about their fight with the Homunculus and about the other side of the gate, where Ed had been before that army of armoured dead people attacked here, our side of the gate, and they told us everything about why Al had gone missing, and about using the uranium bomb to get them both back after a year and a bit.

It had been the trip back that had taken the most out of them though, the little black people had taken Al's leg, and Ed's left arm.

As the silence deepened, it started to rain, and we all put our hoods up.

Ed and Al had the same jackets, I think Al had taken Ed's as his own when Ed crossed through the gate, and by the look of it, Ed had had to get a new one.

I smiled as I turned back to face the horizon.

"What's that for?" Ed asked.

"What's what for?" I asked innocently.

"The smile…" Al told me.

"Oh. That." I faced forward again and smiled wider, thinking about how much I missed this.

"Yes. That." Ed growled, getting a bit more than 'slightly' annoyed with my simple, question dodging answers.

"I was thinking…" I muttered, smiling slightly, "I was just thinking is all…" I trailed off, my smile fading as a warm rain drop trickled down my face, joining the river of cold ones as I turned my face to the clouds and closed my eyes.

More warm drops joined the rest as we stood in silence once more.

It was cold, and after a while I started shivering.

"Kat…" I looked back down to my height again, looking at Al who had moved to my right, "We should go back. Before it gets any worse." He put a hand on my arm for a moment and I nodded, then he headed down the lane again, back to Auntie's house.

I turned to Ed and tugged his sleeve, motioning for him to come with us as well.

When we got back we were shouted at by Auntie for trekking mud into the house.

After putting our shoes back out onto the porch, we were told to clean it up or sit outside in the freezing cold, without changing out of our clinging wet clothes.

I grumbled at how it was child labour as I mopped up the muddy footprints and pools of water, before racing Ed and Al upstairs once we'd finished as few minutes later.

My clothes lay in a wet heap beside my bed as I pulled on a clean top and some trousers.

The door opened as I was putting some thick socks on.

Al came over and plonked a basket next to my clothes, putting them in with his and Ed's wet stuff.

"Thanks." I smiled.

He just smiled back and quickly walked out of the room.

"You alright?" Ed asked, walking over as I turned to my bedside table to do my hair.

"Yeah, I'm just glad you got him back… I really missed that smile of his." I replied after a minute, turning to the older boy founding him a little closer than I expected.

I could feel the warmth of his breath on my face, and I surprised us both by leaning forward and resting my forehead on his shoulder.

I felt him smile after a moment and he rapped his arms round me as I hugged him as close as I could, breathing in his scent.

"Thank you, Edward…" I struggled to speak as I choked on my tears,

"Huh?" He looked down at me in surprise,

"Thank you…" I repeated, squeezing him, savouring the moment, "thank you for coming back. I… I don't care that you left me behind twice… J-just that you came back… s-so thanks. Thanks E… Ed-"

We stood in silence for so long I lost track of time, and I didn't want to let go just yet, not until he replied in some way.

I was also scared to see what his reaction was, thinking it would've been something other than the one I got.

"Yeah." He finally whispered, "I know, I'm sorry about that…" He tightened his grip slightly, "… I promise…" He leant forward and rested his head on my shoulder, "I promise… I'll never leave you like that ever again… Katlin, you don't realise how much I regret doing that"

I smiled at his words and we stood in silence once more, until the door opened slightly,

"Dinners ready guys…" Al said attentively, obviously aware he'd walked in on something.

He waited a moment, then shut the door again and ran down stairs. Fortunately we didn't hear anyone speaking when he got down there, so we were safe to stay like this for a few more seconds.

I sighed and wiped my tears away with Ed's shoulder.

"Oi! Don't wipe them on me!" He shouted, jumping away.

I just laughed at him, before sighing again,

"Come on, I'm hungry."

I yawned as we walked out of the room together.

"…And tired…" Ed laughed.

Okay, tis is when it starts getting complicated for me :P I have to try and figure out what to do for Chapter 5 now...