Monday Morning and everyone at school seemed so excited. It was when Winry saw the large banners and posters hanging in the halls that she understood all the Excitement. "Central High School Dance". Winry raised an eyebrow and came a little closer to the poster she was staring at. Suddenly someone poked her shoulder.
"Oh I see you're interested in the school dance." Mei said grinning. Winry rolled her eyes and laughed a little.
"Is this really why everyone is so flustered today?" Winry asked. It seemed like such a silly reason.
"Not completely." Mei said. "There's a rule that the guys have to ask the girls out, and not the other way. So now everyone is wondering if they get asked or not."
Winry laughed. "This is so stupid. Why can't girls ask someone if they want to?"
"Well that would be boring, Win." Mei laughed. "Also," she continued, "last time girls were the ones that had to ask already.. Are you going to go?"
Winry gave a shrug. "I don't know. I think it would be fun.." she said, looking at the poster again. "But.." she stoped, not knowing what to say now.
"I'm sure Ed's gonna ask you." Mei said grinning. Winry was about to protest, but then she saw their friends coming up to them, including Edward. She immediatly took a step back, covering the poster so nobody would know the two of them were looking at it and talking about the party. Mei turned around when Riza, Roy, Al, Havoc and Ed arrived and greeted them. They were standing in a cirqule, Ed directly facing Winry.
"Hey." Ed said, smiling toward Winry. "Hey." she returned, also smiling. He just looked at her and immediatly she felt her cheecks starting to blush and looked down.
"What's wrong Havoc?" Mei suddenly asked. Everyone looked at him now. Ed started to laugh. "He's just upset because of this school dance."
"Hey this is serious, okay?!" Havoc snapped, making Roy and Riza laugh now too.
"I'm never getting a date for this stupid dance!"
"Is there someone specific you wanna ask?" Winry asked him. Havoc suddenly turned really red.
"You know, for girls this is actually a lot harder." Mei started.
"How is that?!" Havoc asked.
"Well, we have to hope that the right guy asks us." Mei said.
"Some of us don't even get asked out and have to go alone or even not at all." Riza added.
"Yeah, you two are just lucky you already have dates." he said looking at Roy and Al grinning.
Then the bell rang.
"Alright, I gotta go." Riza said. "You have Physics with me now, right?" she asked Roy and he nodded.
"Yeah, we have to go too." Mei said.
"Maths." Havoc just said and hit Ed on the shoulder. Then they all left Edward and Winry standing there alone. Winry looked after them and then turned to Ed. She was actually expecting him to ask her out now. If he wanted to go with her, this was the perfect moment to ask her. She got kind of nervous and touched her elbow with her hand.
"Alright, I guess I should get going too." he just said. Winry nodded. "Okay, um.. see you." she said, giving her best to not sound disappointed. Then he left.
Winry turned around, looking at the poster she had been standing in front of.
"Central High School Dance."
Then she sighed.