Family History

Chapter 1 and 2

If you want my full rambling commentary ANs, check this out on fanfiction.net! I'm posting it there at the same time as here.

This came about because I had been hearing a lot about doing family history/genealogy work, which I know I should do, but haven't been able to do much in because I know literally nothing about my ancestors. :I Also, I'd been seeing modern AUs. You know, where someone plopped Ed and Al into the real world? Suddenly, this baby was born. (I'm referring to this story, not some random baby in the world. XD)

The chapters were originally half the size I'm posting, but then my final chapter ended up waaaaaay too long in comparison. So, chapter one is technically chapter one and two, chapter two is technically chapter three and four, and so on.

I feel like everything probably happens way too fast, but oh well. Also, if pure dialogue annoys you, leave now. I like to reveal everything through people talking.

-_-_-_

John Edward Elric and Matt Alphonse Elric sat together during lunch every day. It was just a week or two since the new school year had started. They ate in a comfortable silence until a girl with long, dark hair walked up to them, somehow looking shy yet like an over-excitable puppy at the same time.

"Hi!"

"Hi..." they both responded, a little caught off-guard.

"Your name is Al, right?" She pointed to the younger brother.

"Yeah."

"I'm in the same Chemistry class as you."

"Oh yeah! ...Lily?" She nodded to confirm that he got her name right. "This is my older brother Ed." He pointed his sandwich to the boy sitting across from him, who raised a hand and mumbled "Sup" in-between bites.

"How may I help you?" Al asked the girl politely.

"Um, I noticed that you had some anime stickers and such on your things." Now her shyness was starting to show again.

"Oh yeah, I'm a big fan." He grinned. She grinned back, then looked over to Ed.

"Eh, I watch some with him if I'm bored," he shrugged.

"What's your favorite manga or anime?" Lily questioned as she pushed her glasses up on her nose.

"I like too many to pick a favorite!" Al giggled.

"My favorite of all time is Fullmetal Alchemist!" she boasted.

"I've heard of that one, but haven't watched it yet."

"You need to!"

The brothers glanced to each other, both feeling a bit wary of the girl.

"...Alright, I will when I can."

"It's on Netflix!" she called over her shoulder as she started to walk away quickly.

"So, that girl came over here just to tell you to watch a certain show?" Ed asked once Lily was gone.

"Yup."

"People of your generation are so weird." He shook his head.

Al raised a brow. "Can you really say that, Brother? You are only a year older than me."

"One and a half," he corrected, as if that really made a difference.

-_-_-_

The brothers sat down to watch the first episode about an hour after they got home that day. Once they connected the family laptop to the living room TV, Al searched for the show on Netflix.