"Edward Elric, congratulations, these are the symptoms of pregnancy." the doctor announced to a shocked girl.
She couldn't be pregnant. At sixteen years old, she wasn't ready to be a mother. Never planned on becoming one, either. If she had, she would have planned it for when she was older, married, revealed gender, but she didn't want one now!
Especially since she still was apart of the military. She couldn't raise a child in the line of work she was in, but she needed some way to get money. Of course, being her age, no one really wanted to give her a job, especially since she was military personnel.
Hughes didn't look too shocked. This sparked Ella's curiosity.
"Hughes?" she asked. She was confused as to why he wasn't asking her so many questions. Why was she pregnant? Why was she female?
"I've known since I first laid eyes on you. When we first met, you were so.." Hughes paused, looking for another word besides small. "Delicate. Your characteristics are definitely female. I'm just curious as to how you hid it for so long from everyone else."
"I'll explain later." she told him. He nodded with understanding. She was under a lot of stress and trying to deal with being pregnant, and hiding your gender wasn't to calming.
The doctor still stood. When Ella read the name tag, it said Dr. Luce. He then gave them all the information needed.
"Edward, I've noticed that you're not very..comfortable with your sexuality. Your breasts are bound down by some sort of material. I will let you know that could possibly hurt you or the fetus later on." he explained.
"So, I have to stop hiding my breasts?" Ella asked.
"I'm afraid that is a possibility later on."
Ella looked down at her lap as she sat on the hospital bed. There was nothing she could do. She could make everything go away by getting an abortion, but she could never do that. For some reason, Ella felt as if that was the equivalent of killing someone. Something she couldn't do, even though she was in the military. Ella knew she would have to live with that for the rest of her life, and didn't know if she could do it.
"What's the plan now, Ed?" Hughes asked.
Ella paused, thinking before she spoke. "I'm hate to ask, but I might need to stay with you for a little while. I'll have to think it over again while I'm there. I just don't know how I'm going to tell the father." she said.
"We'll think of something. Don't worry, I'll take care of you." Hughes said. Ella zoned out after that, trying to think with all the thoughts rambling through her head. Hughes spoke to the doctor once more before he walked with Ella to the car.
He took her to his house and told her to sit on the sofa. He wanted to speak with her.
"Look, I'm sorry about everything. The lies, sleeping with some guy, and everything. I'll leave if you want me to." Ella started out. Her speaking was very fast, Hughes almost didn't understand her.
He chuckled.
"Edward, everything is fine. I just wanted to know why you lied. And why you slept with someone you hardly knew. And who the Father is." Hughes told her.
"Well..I do know him. Very...well.."
"How well?" Hughes asked her.
"The Colonel.." Ella told him, looking down at her lap. She was already embarrassed and ashamed that she stooped so low as to sleep with him. He used her, just like he used pretty much every other woman in Central.
"Oh, Ed.." Hughes sighed.
"It was an accident. I had too much to drink, and he just happened to be at the same bar I was at, and I wasn't thinking right. I wouldn't have done it if I was thinking clearly." Ella admitted.
"I thought you saw through all of Roy's tricks. I thought that you were better than to drink late at night. I thought that you knew better to never drink alone." Hughes sighed. "I have to think about this. Gracia, will you talk to her?" Hughes asked.
He didn't even wait for an answer before he left the room. Gracia stood in her night gown, and sat on the bed.
"You know?" Ella asked, her voice cracking.
"I've known for as long as Maes has. When I first saw you, I knew that you were just a little girl that was trying to help her brother. I wouldn't be surprised if Riza Hawkeye knows as well." she told her.
Ella broke into tears. She held onto Gracia and cried. Usually, she wouldn't have done such. She was stronger than that. Though, for some reason, she just couldn't stop herself. More hormones, she assumed.
"Don't worry, Edward. You'll figure something out. Trust me, everything will be fine." Gracia soothed.
The next morning, Ella woke and sat down to eat breakfast with the Hughes`. She was quiet through breakfast until Hughes started talking to her.
"Alright, Ed. You're going to ride to work with me and at noon you have an appointment at the gynecologist. They want to check up with the baby because of your age and the fact that there may be some issues with the baby because of your..predicament." Hughes explained.
"Yessir." Ella slurred out. She was exhausted, having stayed up half the night trying to think of something.
"And you should tell Roy sometime." Hughes told her before leaving the room to find his keys.
"Don't worry, Ed. It'll be fine. The doctor you're going to was the same one I had when I was pregnant with Elysia. Trust me, everything will be alright. Colonel Mustang will make an excellent Father, should you choose to have the baby." Gracia told Ella. She nodded quietly to the older woman.
When Hughes was ready, Ella got into the car and went to work with him. She knew that it was about time that she told Roy, but she just didn't know if she could. The bindings on her breast weren't as hard as they usually were. Since she was pregnant, Ella didn't want to hurt the baby by tightening them too tight.
When Ella saw her reflection, she did notice that since her bindings weren't as tight as usual, it did make her look like she had gained a pound or too. Something she wasn't fond of. Even if she didn't care too much about looks, she didn't want to look fat. She was still female.
Ella walked into Central HQ, though Hughes went to the investigations department. It sort of made sense that Hughes knew she was female since he was in investigations. She chuckled softly to herself as she walked into the Roy's office.
This time, she didn't kick down the door, though. Something that was unusual. When she saw Roy at his desk, her heart beat faster. Even though she was pregnant with his child, she didn't want to talk with this man.
His arrogant smile as he watched her.
"Fullmetal, what is it?" he asked.
"I wanted to ask you a questions," she said. "In private." and with that, Hawkeye left the room. Now that the gun control lady was gone, Ed decided that it would be safe to sit on the couch and talk with the man.
"What is so private that my body guard had to leave the room. Are you planning on finally killing me or is it..is it a boy problem?" Mustang teased.
I wish I could rip that smirk off his face! She yelled to herself.
"I wanted to ask you..about that girl that you said you hooked up with." Ella started.
"I thought you said you weren't interested in my leftovers." he smirked with a chuckle.
"Shut up! I'm not..I just..you said that if she ended up pregnant, she would just get an abortion." Ella told him.
"Ah, I knew this would be a sensitive subject for you. I guess that I shouldn't of told you about the girl at all. You're just a kid after all." Roy said.
"I thought I told you to shut up! Jeez, all I wanted to know is what you would do if she didn't get one." Ella stood from the desk in a flurry.
"Calm down, Ed. Alright, I would..tell her to give the kid up for adoption or something. Besides, that would never happen. She's just a kid, she couldn't have a baby." the Colonel said.
"You're an idiot, Mustang. I don't know why I bothered to ask." Ed glared.
"I don't know why either. Why are you asking anyway? Did you get some girl pregnant? No, you couldn't have, you're just a shrimp." when Roy began to laugh, Ed lunged.
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