Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ CHILDHOOD FRIENDS ❯ RUSSEL ( Chapter 2 )

one month later.

“Midnight and Star are back!” yelled Winry, running to meet the carriage, her fat stomach delaying her a little.

“HEY YOU GUYS!” yelled Midnight “I missed you all!”

Midnight stared at Winry “You’ve gotten a bit fat, haven’t you?”

Winry smiled.

“Hey, guess what you guys! I have great news! I-”

“I should be fat, I’m pregnant with Ed’s baby.”

The smile on Midnight’s face completely disappeared. “What?” she said.

“I’m pregnant, with Ed’s baby...what was your good news?”

Midnight was silent, Ed and the rest waited in silence for her to answer. Star realized that her sister wasn’t going to answer, so she stepped in.

“We’re staying,” she said “Permanently!”

Every one except Midnight cheered.

Midnight grabbed Ed’s hand and led him off to the side of the house.

“YOU GOT WINRY PREGNANT?!”

“Yeah,” said Ed calmly “I did, and now I’m with her.”

“What about us?” said Midnight.

“We’re over. I’m staying with the one I got pregnant.”

Midnight was silent for a moment. “I still love you.”

“And?”

Midnight slapped Ed right across his face. “Why the hell are you being so damn cold?!”

Ed looked incredibly pissed. “I. DON’T. LOVE. YOU. AND. I. NEVER. WILL.” he said “So leave me the hell alone.”

Midnight looked totally taken back, then without warning, she burst out crying “Fine! See how I care!”

Ed stared at Midnight as she ran into the house and slammed the door behind herself. His stomach was making him feel like he was going to die.

“I thought that would make me feel better,” said Ed, doubling over in pain “But now, I feel worse.”

“Ed!” yelled Alphonse, picking his brother up from the ground. “What’s wrong?!”

Ed pushed his brother away “I’m fine,” he said “just leave me alone.”

“You told her off didn’t you?” said Star, suddenly appearing next to Al. “I heard.”

Ed nodded.

“Do you feel any better?”

Ed began to shake his head, but he thought better of it. “Yeah,” he said forcing his brother to put him down “Just a bit of stomach pain.”

Star smiled “Good.” she said, patting him on the back “Cuz’ your staying with Winry wether you like it or not, after all, it’s your fault she’s pregnant.” with that she walked away.

 Nothing interesting could possibly happen after that, so lets just go to:

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two weeks later(Note: this is before Ed and Russel became enemies)

“Hey Auntie Pinako!” Yelled Al “ That guy you were talking about...uh...Russel is here for the night walk!”

A handsome young man with blonde hair and blue eyes walked into the living room, the first person he noticed was the sulking Midnight. He almost instantly walked over to her(note the ALMOST), had Auntie Pinako and the others not stopped him, Crowding around him like some people would a new born baby, it was practically impossible for him to get to her. They made eye contact several times, every time, she would look up at him, notice he was looking back, blush, and start looking at the floor. Russel thought it was cute, and made her girlish looks even more adorable than they already were.

When it came time to choose who you were going to walk with on the night walk .

Every girl besides the ones who were pregnant or something like that, chose Russell. Every man who wasn’t the father of the baby or married or something, wanted to be with Midnight. They’d all walk up to her as if they new her, Russel stayed to the side and watched her reactions, he took his time asking her to go with him. In the end, Midnight chose to walk withRussel. Every one was put in a specific order: Auntie Pinako then Russel and Midnight then Edward and Winry then Star and Colonel Mustang then a bunch of other people that I’m not going to name b’cuz’ it would take to long.

Russel tried desperately to get Midnight’s attention for the first 30 minuets of the walk. Eventually Midnight gave in, and they began to engage in small talk, which led to laughing and the telling of events of their childhood and jokes. Midnight seemed to warm up toRussel easily, even easier then she had warmed up to Ed when she first met him when they were 3. Ed was feeling quite disturbed by this, but didn’t have enough gut to say anything.

By the time the first 3 hours of the walk had passed(the walk is five hours long and is held during the night.) Midnight was leaning her head in Russel’s shoulder and talking in a tone Ed had only heard once before.

They were 7, Midnight had just announced that she and Star were leaving in a week, every one was sad, especially Ed and Al. Ed started crying on the day that she left, she had used the tone when she said: “Don’t worry Eddy-bear, I love you! We’re gonna meet again, and then we’re gonna get married! And have a son for you, a little girl for me...we can bear the world...AS A FAMILY.”

Ed had stopped crying when he heard her say that in that tone. Midnight had kissed him goodbye, slightly the same way she would kiss him goodnight which was a little peck on the lips, only this time, she put her arms around his neck and gave him a full, open mouthed kiss. Ed had gladly excepted the kiss, it was a little thing the two of them had. If one of them was leaving for a really long time and gave the other a full-blown kiss, they were most definantly going to meet again when they were older, and get married. Midnight left without another word. That was the last time Ed saw her as a child. That was how he had pictured she would look, even after 8 years.

“Ed?” said Winry, just realizing how spacey he looked “Are you okay?”

Ed shook his head violently and stared at Winry “What?” he said.

“You looked kind of...Spacey.” said Winry “Are you feeling okay?”

“Yeah, I’m fine.” said Ed, looking away from Winry.

“It’s just, you had the same look on your face for like, 30 minuets.”

Midnight giggled ahead of them. Ed lifted his head to see Midnight smiling like a little 5 year old, and Russel holding onto one of her hands, smiling in the same way, trying to plant a kiss on Midnight. When Auntie Pinako stopped walking to make sure she had all the people she had begun with, Russel pinned Midnight against a tree and french kissed her, Midnight tried to push him away at first, but then she got in “the mood” and kissed him back, snaking her arms around his neck. Ed doubled over and screamed in pain, his stomach felt like it was going to explode. Every one except Midnight and Russel crowded around Ed, all trying to find out what was going on. Ed watched as Russel and Midnight separated, and Russel whispered something in Midnights’ ear, Midnight giggled and watched as Russel disappeared into the darkness. She turned smiling like a love stricken little girl, not realizing what was happening until she heard Ed scream louder, the pain in his stomach was threatening to kill him. Star saw it all, the way Ed stared at Russel and Midnight while they kissed, the way he watched her until she saw him on the floor, and how when she did look at him, he screamed louder. Star looked at Ed suspiciously. Oh boy.

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next morning.

“Hey! Midni!” yelled Al and Winry at the same time “Come on out! Breakfast is ready!”

Midnight poked half her body out of her room, she looked as if she had just died about 3 times and been brought back to life. Her cheeks were sunken in, her eyes had bags under them, her hair looked like a wild bush and she had multicolored stains on her white T-shirt. “I’m not eating.” she said, her voice made her sound like she was dying “I’m not feeling well.”

Winry walked up to Midnight and lifted Midnights head with her hand, she turned her head left and right, trying to find out what was wrong with her.

“Are you okay?” said Al.

Midnight whipped her head around “DO I LOOK OKAY TO YOU?!” she yelled, clearly pissed off “I THINK I JUST THREW UP ALL MY INSIDES! I’M SICK AS A DOG! I’M HAVING HOT-FLASHES LIKE HELL ITSELF! AND I’M AS IRRITABLE AS A MOTHER BOAR...OR ELEPHANT! I’M READY TO CHARGE DAMMIT! I’LL KILL IF I HAVE TO! DO YOU STILL WANT TO KNOW IF I’M FEELING OKAY? HUH? HUH? Well, I DON’T GIVE A DAMN! SCREW OFF YOU METAL FREAK!” she turned back to Winry “YOU TOO YOU FAT WHORE!” with that she slammed the door leaving poor Al and Winry standing there, confused, insulted and upset.

“We have to get Star and Auntie Pinako up here.” said Al “Maybe Ed can help too.”

“Help with what?” said Ed, just appearing beside them along with Star and Pinako.

“Wow.” said Winry “Your good.”

“Help with what?” repeated Ed, this time with a little more base in his voice.

“Did you here the outburst Midni just had?” said Winry, frowning.

“Yes, we did.” said Pinako “At least me and Star did.”

“Can you talk to her?” said Winry.

“If Star don’t came out in 2 minuets, I’m going in.” said Pinako

“It’s about 11 seconds till 9.” said Ed, checking his pocket watch. “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, now.”

Star opened the door just as Midnight stepped out, her hair was fixed, her eyes no longer had bags under them, she was wearing a different shirt and a different pair of pants and her cheeks were full again(not to say that she’s fat).

“What-what?” Winry couldn’t find any words to describe what she was thinking.

“Oh, good mornin’” said Midnight, smiling “I’m going over to Russel’s shop, I’m not gonna be back until about tomorrow morning.”

“Okay,” said Star “Have fun!”

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at Russel’s clock shop

“I thought you said your shop was huge.” said Midnight “It’s teeny.”

“That’s cuz’ you came in from the back,” saidRussel, leading Midnight through a door “This is my shop.”

Russel had told the truth, his shop was huge, it was the size of a small palace. Everything around was huge even some of the clocks were huge.

“WWWOOOOOWWW.” said Midnight, looking around at all the clocks.

“Aren’t they great?” said Russel, wrapping his arms around Midnight’s waist and kissing her neck “But that’s not the part of the shop I want to show you.” Russel led Midnight up the stairs to his room.

“This is what I wanted to show you,” he said, pushing her down onto his bed and opening her button-up shirt “I want to show you what I can do.”

They mad love till late at night. Eventually, Midnight fell asleep, soRussel had to stop.

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a month after

“Sweetie?” said Russel shaking his lover awake “are you okay? Your sweating.”

Midnight got up “I’m fine.” she said picking up her clothes and starting to put them on “I think I should go now.”

“I guess.” said Russel, the sorrow in his voice was quite clear “It’s only 8 though.”

Midnight turned and looked Russel like she was going to kill him.”Shut up.” she said flatly.

“Sorry, Sorry.” said Russel, throwing his hands up in defense.

“No,” said Midnight, kissing Russel on the cheek and starting to walk towards the door “I’m just kinda irritable right now is all. It’s not your fault.”

“Uh, babe?” said Russel, stopping Midnight in her tracks “Have you been gaining weight?”

Midnight turned around slowly “WHAT?!” she yelled “ARE YOU CALLING ME FAT?!”

“No, yes, NO! Well, you just seem a bit...I don’t know, packed around the waist and hips.”

Midnight was silent.

“Honey?”

“I-I’m not sure what you mean.” said Midnight, looking as if she was going to cry.

Felix noticed that instantly “Um, don’t- don’t cry!”

“I’m not going to.” said Midnight flatly.

“Love,” said Russel, blushing “are you pregnant?”

Midnight froze. “What makes you think that?” she said.

“Well, you have all the symptoms,” said Russel, sitting down on his bed “Your easily pissed off, you act like you detest me sometimes, you like to have garlic flakes in your ice cream, your really self-conscious, you have morning sickness, that, I learned the hard way. And, your getting a little plump around the middle. Your pregnant, aren’t you?”

Midnight wasn’t sure if Russel was happy or not, so she stayed silent and expressionless.

“Honey? Love? Sweetie? Babe?”

Midnight looked away from Russel, her face said everything.

“Hey, pet,” said Russel, standing up and hugging Midnight “Don’t be upset, I love you. I don’t care if your pregnant, we’ll find some way to take care of it.”

Midnight started crying.

“Ducky?”

Midnight sobbed louder.

“You don’t know who the father is, do you?”

Midnight shook her head, still sobbing into Russel’s shoulder.

Russel smiled and hugged her closer to him.

“I don’t care,” he said “I love you. I’ll be the father. I don’t care if I’m the real father or not, this baby is a blessing, and I want us to raise it. Plus, you act like you Hate me, mothers instinct, I’m most likely the father.”

Midnight smiled and looked up at Russel “You love me that much?” she said, wiping the tears away from her face.

Russel nodded. “Lets go tell every body the good news!” he said. “Right after we shower and I get you some new clothes.”

“Why would I need new clothes?” said Midnight “I’m feeling fine-” as soon as she said that, she doubled over, her hand over her mouth, and ran to the bathroom.

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