Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ A Long Way To Go ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )
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Woo! Here's another chapter! Sorry. It took longer than I thought it would. My friends kidnapped me so I couldn't write it... X . x
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It had been 3 months since Al had passed away, and everything was almost back to normal. Although he did still get depressed sometimes, Ed was still his short, angry self with his 'full-of-it' attitude. Him and Roy Mustang still fought, Maes Hughes still showered him with pictures of his little Elicia, Alex Armstrong still took off his shirt a lot, nobody acted different after Al's death. After mourning, everyone went back to normal, which made Ed want to feel better about it too.
Ed didn't have many friends. Winry still came to see him sometimes, but mostly whenever he got into another fight and broke his automail arm. Ed was kind of 'anti-social' around the office and didn't go out much. So the last time that Winry was in Central, she made sure to talk to the guys.
"Please, just take him with you guys one night. Just where ever you guys go... I don't even wanna know." Winry was begging Havoc, Hughes, and Mustang.
"Last time I invited him with us, he just smiled, waved and said he wasn't up for it. Sometimes I think that he just isn't ready to go out." Hughes said, stoking his chin.
"He has to get over this. It's been 3 months!! I don't care what you have to do. You better take him out. Kidnap him if you have to!!" Winry shouted before turning and walking out of Mustang's office.
"Man, sometimes, I get scared when she's around. I think she's gonna end up killing one of us if we aren't careful..." Mustang and Hughes nodded in unison, agreeing with Havoc.
"Alright, to get her off our backs, what are we going to do about Fullmetal?" Mustang said, leaning foreward on his desk.
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Later that night, Edward Elric was sitting on his couch, reading a book whenever he heard a knock on his door.
"Who is it?"
"Fullmetal? Open the door, I have something I need to talk to you about." The Colonel's voice came through the door. Ed sighed an annoyed sigh and opened the door, only to have Havoc and Hughes quickly and roughly grab him by the arms and drag him back into his living room.
"What the fuck? What is this all about Mustang?!" Ed started kicking trying to get Maes and Jean to let go of him.
"We have decided that it is time that you get out of your home, and start having a life! So, you are coming with us. But first... get dressed... please." Roy said as he noticed the younger boy wasn't wearing a shirt. Ed blushed and started yelling again, but quickly stopped whenever Roy's hand found it's way to Ed's mouth and covered it. The Fullmetal alchemist was giving Roy the death glare, while Maes and Jean just laughed.
Just as quickly as Roy put his hand on Ed's mouth, he had pulled it off. With a digusted look on his face, and wiping his hand on his black pants he started screaming.
"EWW! HE LICKED ME! GROSS!" Ed just winked and stuck out his tongue. Havoc and Hughes let go of Ed as they fell to the ground laughing.
"HA! That's what you get!" Ed yelled at Roy as he walked over to the couch and grabbed his shirt that was lying there. Putting it on and kicking Hughes and Havoc (not with his automail foot) he walked up to Mustang and said, "What do mean 'start having a life'?" Ed said, sending the Colonel another death glare. Havoc stood up and lite a cigarette.
"Come on. You're coming with us." Havoc said, taking a long drag from his cigarette.
"And where exactly are you going?" Ed asked, lifting an eyebrow at the Second Lieutenant.
"Well..." Roy hesitated and looked at Maes and Jean, who just looked at him with wide eyes, "Just shut up, and get your shoes on, and let's go." Ed just stood there. Arms crossed, galring at Mustang.
"Do it, or we'll have to restrain you again." Sighing, Ed sat down and began to put his black boots on. He grabbed his red coat and followed Roy outside, with Maes and Jean behind him.
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"A bar. I'm not old enough to drink!" Edward tried to turn around and walk away, but Maes grabbed hold on the back of his shirt.
"Oh, well. You are now." Jean said as he and Roy walked into the bar, Maes still held onto the back of his shirt.
"Edward. Have some fun. And just because you don't like being around Mustang doesn't mean you can't do that." Ed blushed and looked at the ground. Maes tried to look at Ed's face, but then again didn't try to hard to do so. "Come on." he said.
Ed had just then remembered the night of the funeral. When he stayed at the Colonel's house. Just thinking about it made him blush scarlet. He remembered that in despair, he had clung onto Roy Mustang like a child that just lost everything.
Hoping that that thought didn't ruin his night with his friends, Ed walked into the bar before Maes. Ed saw that Roy and Jean had found a booth and were both smoking. They walked over and sat in the booth. Ed was trying to get the edge, so that he could make a quick escape when he felt like it, but Maes pushed him in so that Ed was sitting between Maes and Roy. Still annoyed that he was forced out of his house and dragged to a place where he didn't want to be, he tried to listen to what the three older men were talking about. But couldn't. He couldn't consentrate on anything, he was annoyed, and now nervous.
Ed slowly looked up at the Colonel. He thought that for some strange reason, he seemed more relaxed, and nicer, if you will. Ed was looking at Roy through the corner of hi eye whenever the waitress came up to them and asked what they wanted to drink. She was young and pretty, but she looked extremely tired and stressed out. She looked exactly how Ed felt.The waitress smiled and waited for them to answer her.
Ed opened his mouth as if to say he didn't want anything, but Maes quickly covered it.
"He'll have a rum 'n' coke, and I'll have a scotch." Maes said quickly, giving a side-glance and a wink. Ed just looked at him wide eyed and thought about licking his hand too, but thought better about it. Roy ordered a beer, while Jean ordered a bottle of whiskey, claiming he had a hard week at work.
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About a half hour later, they all had their drinks and most of it was gone, as well as Havoc (A/N: HE'S DRUNK! ACK!) but Ed had yet to touch his drink. He just glared at it.
Roy nudged Ed with his elbow. Ed turned the glare towards Roy, who laughed. "What did the drink do to deserve one of your death glares?"
"It existed." was all he said before they all started laughing (well, mostly Havoc who, at this stage, found everything hilarious).
"Come on, Ed. Just try it. You might end up liking it." Jean Havoc hic-uped.
Roy pushed the glass closer to the younger boy. "Just taste it, and get it over with it."
Ed pushed it away "I. Don't. Drink. Alcohol." He was starting to get angry.
"So what? You'll start someday. Why not now?" Ed sent Maes a glare, then closed his eyes and sighed.
"..No..."
Roy and Maes looked at each other and nodded. Maes turned Ed so that his back was facing him and grabbed hold of his arms. Ed was about scream and fight back, but Roy took his two fingers and pinched Ed's nose shut, and poured some rum 'n' coke down his throat. Jean just sat there watching this happen while he laughed his ass off. Ed swallowed the drink and it felt like his throat was on fire. When Mustang and Hughes let go of Ed, he went into a coughing fit. Roy patted Ed's back.
"Good stuff, huh?" Ed shot a glare at Roy. He had tears in his eyes from coughing so hard.
"What the fuck was that?!"
"Rum 'n' coke my dear boy." Maes said smiling. Ed hated the burning sensation but secretly liked the taste. But being as stubborn as he was, he still wouldn't drink the drink.
"Yeah, I gotta pee." was all Jean said before he got up and walked away.
"That was a little more information than I needed to know." Ed replied.
"Well, at least he isn't crying yet..." Roy sighed.
"Huh?"
"Yeah. Normally by now he's bawling his eyes out about something." Maes laughed, "He's hopeless." They all laughed. Without thinking Ed took the evil glass, that was filled with the burning liquid, and took a big swing. Ed almost spit out the drink when he had realized what he'd done, but decided against it. He painfully swallowed the drink and made a disgusted face.
"He likes it! He likes it!" Roy said in an abnoxious, childish tone. Ed went into another coughing fit.
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An hour later, Havoc, was crying and barely conscious. Roy had a slight buzz. Maes didn't feel anything (he only had one scotch). And Ed... Ed was, well.. drunk. Since he was so small (Ed:OI! Who you - who you callin' *hic* ah, forget it...) and never drank, it only took one drink and he was done for.
"Alright, I think it's time we took these two crazy kids home." Maes said. Ed giggled like a little girl and fell over onto Roy's lap. Roy was shocked at first, then became scared.
"Oi, oi! Edward! You can't fall asleep yet! Come on." Roy sat Ed up, who hic-uped and giggled again.
"Waffles..." Ed said before going into an all out laughing fit.
"Yeah, you're right. Let's get them home."
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Yay, alright. Tell me what you think. I already have half the third chapter writen so, honestly, this one shouldn't take me as long O.o so.. REVIEW! PLEEEAASSEE!! yay! Thanks for reading!
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It had been 3 months since Al had passed away, and everything was almost back to normal. Although he did still get depressed sometimes, Ed was still his short, angry self with his 'full-of-it' attitude. Him and Roy Mustang still fought, Maes Hughes still showered him with pictures of his little Elicia, Alex Armstrong still took off his shirt a lot, nobody acted different after Al's death. After mourning, everyone went back to normal, which made Ed want to feel better about it too.
Ed didn't have many friends. Winry still came to see him sometimes, but mostly whenever he got into another fight and broke his automail arm. Ed was kind of 'anti-social' around the office and didn't go out much. So the last time that Winry was in Central, she made sure to talk to the guys.
"Please, just take him with you guys one night. Just where ever you guys go... I don't even wanna know." Winry was begging Havoc, Hughes, and Mustang.
"Last time I invited him with us, he just smiled, waved and said he wasn't up for it. Sometimes I think that he just isn't ready to go out." Hughes said, stoking his chin.
"He has to get over this. It's been 3 months!! I don't care what you have to do. You better take him out. Kidnap him if you have to!!" Winry shouted before turning and walking out of Mustang's office.
"Man, sometimes, I get scared when she's around. I think she's gonna end up killing one of us if we aren't careful..." Mustang and Hughes nodded in unison, agreeing with Havoc.
"Alright, to get her off our backs, what are we going to do about Fullmetal?" Mustang said, leaning foreward on his desk.
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Later that night, Edward Elric was sitting on his couch, reading a book whenever he heard a knock on his door.
"Who is it?"
"Fullmetal? Open the door, I have something I need to talk to you about." The Colonel's voice came through the door. Ed sighed an annoyed sigh and opened the door, only to have Havoc and Hughes quickly and roughly grab him by the arms and drag him back into his living room.
"What the fuck? What is this all about Mustang?!" Ed started kicking trying to get Maes and Jean to let go of him.
"We have decided that it is time that you get out of your home, and start having a life! So, you are coming with us. But first... get dressed... please." Roy said as he noticed the younger boy wasn't wearing a shirt. Ed blushed and started yelling again, but quickly stopped whenever Roy's hand found it's way to Ed's mouth and covered it. The Fullmetal alchemist was giving Roy the death glare, while Maes and Jean just laughed.
Just as quickly as Roy put his hand on Ed's mouth, he had pulled it off. With a digusted look on his face, and wiping his hand on his black pants he started screaming.
"EWW! HE LICKED ME! GROSS!" Ed just winked and stuck out his tongue. Havoc and Hughes let go of Ed as they fell to the ground laughing.
"HA! That's what you get!" Ed yelled at Roy as he walked over to the couch and grabbed his shirt that was lying there. Putting it on and kicking Hughes and Havoc (not with his automail foot) he walked up to Mustang and said, "What do mean 'start having a life'?" Ed said, sending the Colonel another death glare. Havoc stood up and lite a cigarette.
"Come on. You're coming with us." Havoc said, taking a long drag from his cigarette.
"And where exactly are you going?" Ed asked, lifting an eyebrow at the Second Lieutenant.
"Well..." Roy hesitated and looked at Maes and Jean, who just looked at him with wide eyes, "Just shut up, and get your shoes on, and let's go." Ed just stood there. Arms crossed, galring at Mustang.
"Do it, or we'll have to restrain you again." Sighing, Ed sat down and began to put his black boots on. He grabbed his red coat and followed Roy outside, with Maes and Jean behind him.
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"A bar. I'm not old enough to drink!" Edward tried to turn around and walk away, but Maes grabbed hold on the back of his shirt.
"Oh, well. You are now." Jean said as he and Roy walked into the bar, Maes still held onto the back of his shirt.
"Edward. Have some fun. And just because you don't like being around Mustang doesn't mean you can't do that." Ed blushed and looked at the ground. Maes tried to look at Ed's face, but then again didn't try to hard to do so. "Come on." he said.
Ed had just then remembered the night of the funeral. When he stayed at the Colonel's house. Just thinking about it made him blush scarlet. He remembered that in despair, he had clung onto Roy Mustang like a child that just lost everything.
Hoping that that thought didn't ruin his night with his friends, Ed walked into the bar before Maes. Ed saw that Roy and Jean had found a booth and were both smoking. They walked over and sat in the booth. Ed was trying to get the edge, so that he could make a quick escape when he felt like it, but Maes pushed him in so that Ed was sitting between Maes and Roy. Still annoyed that he was forced out of his house and dragged to a place where he didn't want to be, he tried to listen to what the three older men were talking about. But couldn't. He couldn't consentrate on anything, he was annoyed, and now nervous.
Ed slowly looked up at the Colonel. He thought that for some strange reason, he seemed more relaxed, and nicer, if you will. Ed was looking at Roy through the corner of hi eye whenever the waitress came up to them and asked what they wanted to drink. She was young and pretty, but she looked extremely tired and stressed out. She looked exactly how Ed felt.The waitress smiled and waited for them to answer her.
Ed opened his mouth as if to say he didn't want anything, but Maes quickly covered it.
"He'll have a rum 'n' coke, and I'll have a scotch." Maes said quickly, giving a side-glance and a wink. Ed just looked at him wide eyed and thought about licking his hand too, but thought better about it. Roy ordered a beer, while Jean ordered a bottle of whiskey, claiming he had a hard week at work.
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About a half hour later, they all had their drinks and most of it was gone, as well as Havoc (A/N: HE'S DRUNK! ACK!) but Ed had yet to touch his drink. He just glared at it.
Roy nudged Ed with his elbow. Ed turned the glare towards Roy, who laughed. "What did the drink do to deserve one of your death glares?"
"It existed." was all he said before they all started laughing (well, mostly Havoc who, at this stage, found everything hilarious).
"Come on, Ed. Just try it. You might end up liking it." Jean Havoc hic-uped.
Roy pushed the glass closer to the younger boy. "Just taste it, and get it over with it."
Ed pushed it away "I. Don't. Drink. Alcohol." He was starting to get angry.
"So what? You'll start someday. Why not now?" Ed sent Maes a glare, then closed his eyes and sighed.
"..No..."
Roy and Maes looked at each other and nodded. Maes turned Ed so that his back was facing him and grabbed hold of his arms. Ed was about scream and fight back, but Roy took his two fingers and pinched Ed's nose shut, and poured some rum 'n' coke down his throat. Jean just sat there watching this happen while he laughed his ass off. Ed swallowed the drink and it felt like his throat was on fire. When Mustang and Hughes let go of Ed, he went into a coughing fit. Roy patted Ed's back.
"Good stuff, huh?" Ed shot a glare at Roy. He had tears in his eyes from coughing so hard.
"What the fuck was that?!"
"Rum 'n' coke my dear boy." Maes said smiling. Ed hated the burning sensation but secretly liked the taste. But being as stubborn as he was, he still wouldn't drink the drink.
"Yeah, I gotta pee." was all Jean said before he got up and walked away.
"That was a little more information than I needed to know." Ed replied.
"Well, at least he isn't crying yet..." Roy sighed.
"Huh?"
"Yeah. Normally by now he's bawling his eyes out about something." Maes laughed, "He's hopeless." They all laughed. Without thinking Ed took the evil glass, that was filled with the burning liquid, and took a big swing. Ed almost spit out the drink when he had realized what he'd done, but decided against it. He painfully swallowed the drink and made a disgusted face.
"He likes it! He likes it!" Roy said in an abnoxious, childish tone. Ed went into another coughing fit.
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An hour later, Havoc, was crying and barely conscious. Roy had a slight buzz. Maes didn't feel anything (he only had one scotch). And Ed... Ed was, well.. drunk. Since he was so small (Ed:OI! Who you - who you callin' *hic* ah, forget it...) and never drank, it only took one drink and he was done for.
"Alright, I think it's time we took these two crazy kids home." Maes said. Ed giggled like a little girl and fell over onto Roy's lap. Roy was shocked at first, then became scared.
"Oi, oi! Edward! You can't fall asleep yet! Come on." Roy sat Ed up, who hic-uped and giggled again.
"Waffles..." Ed said before going into an all out laughing fit.
"Yeah, you're right. Let's get them home."
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Yay, alright. Tell me what you think. I already have half the third chapter writen so, honestly, this one shouldn't take me as long O.o so.. REVIEW! PLEEEAASSEE!! yay! Thanks for reading!