Gemma Glarea

Staying Safe

"So what'd he say?" Edward's voice pipes up as you calmly walk past the brothers, and start walking down the stairs of the headquarters. "Where are you going?" He asked again at the sight of you not paying him any attention.

"It was a mix up." you respond, slightly taking your annoyance out on Edward.

"A mix up?" Edward asks loudly, getting annoyed at the idea himself, "You telling me that you don't know how to make a phone call now?"

"Don't start with me Edward!" You snap back at him, still not looking in his direction, "He didn't mean to tell me to come back, in fact he wasn't even sure that I called."

"What do you mean?" Edward asks, getting a little less annoyed at you, but still confused about the situation none the less.

"The Colonel was sleeping when I arrived.. And I saw something.." You start to remember the panties you saw on the floor in the Colonel's office, you start to get caught in a got of laughter, before you could tell the whole story to the two interested brothers.

"What did you see?" Alphonse asks, the two brothers stopping to stare at you as you stopped walking to let your laughter take over you .

"What the hell is so funny (Y/n)?" Edward asks, trying to silence your laughter long enough to at least get a straight answer from you.

"Its just that.." You manage to say before laughter starts to win over your sounds again, "I saw..." Laughter taking over again as you try to explain yourself once more.

"Goddammit tell us what you saw!" Edward shouts, not really being able to take the suspense of what was really going on here any more.

"Brother!" Alphonse looks down at his older brother, mad that he always acts so impatient and rude towards everyone, especially you.

"What? She's the one acting crazy!" Edward pipes back, looking up at his younger brother, crossing his arms as a none verbal gesture that Alphonse was right for being mad at him.

"I saw a pair.. Of panties.. They were on the floor.. And the Colonel.. He was blushing when I pointed.. Them out.." you manage to tell the story, your words sometimes being paused by your returning laughter.

"Panties?" Edward asks, his face looking even more confused than it was before.

"Who do you think they belong too" Alphonse asks, yet again a little more mature than his older brother concerning the subject.

"Well.." You think for a second, you finally turned, facing the brothers, "Riza's of course, I mean who else would like a guy like him?"

"I can't believe even she likes that womanizing bastard." Edward muttered in response, always more than ready to throw an insult the Colonel's way.

"So anyway, he said to show back up in the morning. That he will have something for us to do then." You finally get to the point when your amusement over the Colonel situation was lessened.

"So we don't have to go back to Resembool?" Alphonse asks, trying to make sure of the situation at hand.

"Nope." You reply, "but he said we shouldn't get separated." You say sounding more serious, your gaze turning lower and lower until you find yourself looking at the cracks on the ground.

"Why?" Alphonse asks again, beating Edward to the question, leaving his older brother with his mouth open, and his finger pointed up ward.

"apparently scar was sighted here, The Colonel said to be safe we should stick together." you say, glad you had the brothers to look out for, and them to look out for you.

"And why would we? Who ever said anything about splitting up?" Edward pipes up again, his way of showing he cares through his awkwardness.

You instantly lock your gaze with Edward's, a smile forms on your face, causing him to blush a bit, then you turned around and began to walk along again.

"So What are we going to do until tomorrow?" Alphonse asks as he and his brother follow along behind you for once.

"What do talk want to do?" You ask, looking around the street a little, as you keep walking along.

"I've been wanting to read, brother do you think I could check out a book?" Alphonse asks his brother, hoping he lets him have his way.

"Okay Al, but we can't split up because of Scar." Edward replies his eyes closed as he walks along, using the sounds Alphonse makes as a guide of where to go.

"Right." Alphonse responds happily, even though he can't go on his own.

"So after we go get your book, yall wanna get a hotel room?" You ask, further making plans for later on.

"Yeah I guess we could do that." Edward replies quickly,

glad you made a suggestion that was reasonable.

"You guess? Had a better idea?" you ask Edward, purposefully giving him some sass for your own amusement.

"Yes, lets go to the Inn. There, you happy (y/n)?" Edward throws the sass right back at you, being overly clear in his answer.

"I'm just teasing you cutie." You can't help but smile at how the blonde boy acts sometimes.

"I-I knew that.." Edward says as he crosses his arms with a pouting look on his face.