The next morning, she woke up with a heavy heart. She didn't ready know why, but then it hit her as she washed her face.

The last night's events: the guns, Jeremy, and SHELLY. Oh my gods. Honestly?!

I have to pretend to, what, marry HIM?!

But I had military training to look forward to. That was going to be nice, hopefully. At least then I can judo flip the percy guys who try to hit on me, I reasoned as I brushed my hair into a ponytail, and used a white ribbon.

I kept my nightgown on as I walked down the stairs and said my morning greetings to my "aunt" and "uncle".
Aunt Shelly kept winking at me as she prepared breakfast, and soon had a small fruit parfait set in front of me, and Shelly and Dimitrius ate waffles and bacon. We ate silently, and I ate as fast as possible with out being called out as unlady-like.

"Shelly. What's going on." Dimitrius finally asked, as he caught her once again looking at me.

"Dimitrius honey. You wouldn't guess what I saw last night."

"What did you see?" He said, looking at me with a disgusting smile. I think he wanted to punish me.

"Keira. She snuck out last night to meet Jeremy!"

"Really." Dimitrius said, nodding his head in approval as he took another bite of his waffle."You have a older man fetish?" He said, addressing me.

"No. He seems like a guy who will treat me well." I said, not looking at him as I used the polished silverware and scraped the last of the fruit from the tall glass, and asked for permission to be excused.

"Doesn't matter how he treats you as long as he pays us!"

"Honey." Shelley scolded, but I knew how true the statement was.

"I'm going to work." I stated, and picked up my glass and set it on the counter top to be washed. One of my chores after I returned from work.

"Alright. Maybe Jeremy will see you at work!" Shelley suggested.

"Maybe." I said, dashing upstairs and changing.

I wore brown tights I had stitched to a spare scrap of leather to create pants. The tights were EXTREMELY slutty. A boy had bought me them.
As a cat of defiance after we broke up, I wore them all the time, but changed. They sat low on my waist, and if they slipped a bit, you could see the top of a scar I had. It was around my missing leg. Apparently they were alchemy scars, but I have never done alchemy, so I didn't know what they were. The scars that stretched from my missing arms were much larger. It looked like fire.

I got stares, I mean, more than normal, so I wore the jacket to cover them up, pushing the sleeves to show my automail arms.

My top was off-site bandages I had wrapped into a crop top.

I put my curly hair into a French braid down the back of my head, and when it reached the base of my head, it fell into a ponytail.

I picked up my wallet and popped in the knife attachments (I removed it when I slept) into my arms, and waved goodbye, and left.

I walked quickly, ducking and weaving through the crowds, and opened the door, full of energy to leave yesterday behind and work on automail.

"I'm here!" I called to the store, and Dominic looked up from his work slightly, and his lips turned up slightly as I entered, and in followed the trail of boys.

Paninya ran out, and said hello. The boys tried to flirt with me, but Dominic and Paninya helped me shoo them out as always.

Turns out one of the men was a honest customer, and he needed a finger nerve wire replaced.

Paninya took over that job, so I continued to work or repairing my arm.

Soon, the man left, and we were alone. Paninya asked me to come in the back to help her get one of the large part boxes from the shelves.

She shut the door, which was unusual.

What happened yesterday?! You were totally badass!"

"Huh? I-I don't know!"

"Don't freak. Please!"

"It's fine."

"Okay. Are you like, undercover military? That was-"

"No. I really don't know."

"Okay. You going to the military?"

"No." I said quickly. She would tell Dominic, and I am not letting that get out. I needed my "Marriage" to be flawless.

I was going to disappear and be a military woman.

"I would never be a military dog."

"Hey. A few of my friends are in the military. They aren't all that bad."

"Sorry. I didn't know. I'm okay with them, but I didn't know how you felt."

"Hey. It's okay. The person in the military- He is just like you."

"What?"

"Alchemy. Human transmutation."

"I TOLD you I don't even know alchemy."

"I really think you do."

"I don't."

"Just like you don't know how to shoot a gun?" She said, giving me a look.

"Ye-NO!" I said indignantly.

"Fine. Let's go!"

We hefted the large box off the shelf, and when we exited, Dominic glanced at us, and continued his work.

I opened the shop doors, letting light in again.

I turned the radio on, and Dominic requested we turn the news on. We refused jokingly, and belted out the chorus of the song that was playing.

Dominic actually smiled at the two at us singing, and she wrapped an arm around me, and I did as well, raising our automail arms in the air and waving them to the beat.

Dominic shook his head, and cursed as he cut a wire too short.

A tall figure cut off the sunlight into the shop, and we stopped singing immediately.

"How are you Jeremy?" I said, and Paninya looked at me with a look I couldn't decipher.

"Who is this?"

"Jeremy. He was my latest suitor."

"He's in the military." She stated, and I looked at her. Didn't she just say she liked military people?! Why was she being rude?

"Paninya." I said, and Jeremy smiled. He was in his uniform, and he had a few badges, but nothing major.

"It's fine. I heard from your aunt and uncle you worked here. It was on my patrol route, so I came to say hello."

"MY AUNT AND UNCLE?" I choked.

Dominic and Paninya looked at me in shock. I WASN'T YELLING AT HIM.

HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE SHOCKER.

"Yes. I pass their home on my way to the station."

"That's-nice."

"Well, I see everything is in order. Hello sir." Jeremy said, shaking the Dominic's hand. "Hello, Paninya I assume?"

"Yes. Don't try anything on Keira. Or I'll kick your ass."

"I could arrest you for threating a officer."

"I would kick and scream the whole way there, if you managed to catch me. The Fullmetal Alchemist couldn't catch me."

"The Fullmetal Alchemist?" He looked nervous.

"Yes."

"Understood. Keira and I went on a date last night. She seems fond of me."

I didn't make it to him in time. He exited, and waved to Dominic before I got a hold of him.

"YOU DID WHAT?!" Paninya said, and I looked at her. Her face was unreadable.

"It wasn't planned, after I left, he brought me in and we sat together and he bought me a drink that's it! I don't like him! He is like, way to old." I said quickly, and I don't know who looked more shocked, Paninya or DOMINIC.

"WHOA."

"You guys are the greatest. Wait. Who is the Fullmetal alchemist?"