chapter 29
One week and 5 days later
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After waving goodbye to her new friends, Sami climbed onto the train.
The mission in the folder she had gotten was to walk around and make sure everything was fine.
Everything was fire. Boring, and fine. Therefore, mission accomplished.
An hour into the train ride, Sami sighed. She couldn’t get James off her mind, and for good reason. He had come into the room she had been using during her stay early that morning before she had woken up. He watched her sleep until she did awake. When she had asked him what he was doing, he had said “ Just watching you sleep, since you’re leaving in a few hours, I wanted to say bye the right way.” And leaned down to kiss her lips.
Shifting on the bench she took up, she grumbled to herself. “He stole my first kiss,bastard..” But she smiled anyway. “Ahaha, wait til I tell Elysia!”
When the train pulled into the station, she looked at the clock.
“Thursday September 1, only 0800 hours?” She cried out.
“Ah well! It’s still central! Oh my god, look…grass.” She mused to herself as she walked back towards her home.
Inserting the key into the keyhole, she turned the knob and pushed the door open.
“Hello? Daddy? Papa? Anyone hoopoe? It’s me! Sami!” She called through the house.
“Sami?” Ed’s voice responded. “In the living room.”
She walked down the hall and turned to the left, walking through the door to the living area.
“Hey Papa!” She grinned running into his arms. “Daddy at work?”
“Hey sweetheart,” Ed said pulling his daughter as close to him as he could. “Yeah.”
Sami broke the hug up and backed up. She smiled yet again at the sight of Ed. You could now tell pretty well that he was pregnant. He didn’t look seven months, but they were working on that.
“Sami, you’re school started up again last week.” Ed told her, walking over to the coffee table and grabbing some papers, then walking back to her and handing them to her. “Here’s your schedule, if you want to go in today or not is up to you.”
“Aw,Papa, you rule.” She peered at the paper. “Ewwwww…all advanced? How the hell did this happen? I’m defiantly going in today. I’m so not falling behind in this crap already!”
She leaned over and kissed Ed’s cheek while running up the stairs.
“We had your uniform washed!” Ed called after her.
“Thanks!” She cried running into her room. She dropped her travel stuff at the foot of her bed and dashed to her closet.
Minutes later, Ed watched as she ran down the stairs again, clad in a white shirt, with the green, white and black tie, pleated matching patterned skirt, long white socks and black shoes.
“Sami?” He called.
“Yeah?” She stopped.
“Can I at least see you in the uniform before you leave?”
“I, I wanna get there as soon as I can… I… Oh , of course.” She walked back into the living room.
“You really are so grown up..” Ed sighed. “I’m so sorry I missed almost your whole life.”
“It wasn’t your fault.”
“Now it really is weird to see those uniforms all over the place again.” Came a voice from the door.
“Daddy!” Sami cried running into Roy’s arms.
“Hey! Welcome back!”
“Thanks! Are you on lunch break or something?”
“Yeah..”
Sami looked at the clock. It was noon.
“I’ve got to get to school, I’m not falling behind! Falling behind to early in advanced classes is veeerrry bad!” She called running to the door. “See you after school!”
“Bye.” Both men replied.
“It’s like a blast from the past..” Roy sighed dropping himself into an armchair.
“What?”
“Those uniforms everywhere…”
“Hmm..” Ed nodded. “It feels like forever I wore those colors.”
“Even more so for me…” Roy said getting up and moving over by a bookshelf against the back wall. He pulled out a photo album. When he sat down on the couch again, he motioned for Ed to join him. When he did, Roy opened the book.
“Never shown you these…” He said. “It’s basically pictures of Me, Maes, Riza and Jean when we were in High school…”
Ed laughed a little. “Why wouldn’t you show me these until now?”
“I, I uh.. Just didn’t.”
“Roy,” Ed fake pouted, sticking out his bottom lip.
“Edward, don’t.”
“Please?”
“It’s just…me…..Riza…”
“What about you and Hawkeye?”
“We….we were dating.”
“So?”
“You don’t care?”
“Why would I? It’s not like you’re still with her behind my back or anything. just shut up and turn the page…I’m not to into a picture of Maes with milk coming out of his nose…”
Roy nodded and turned the page.
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After waving goodbye to her new friends, Sami climbed onto the train.
The mission in the folder she had gotten was to walk around and make sure everything was fine.
Everything was fire. Boring, and fine. Therefore, mission accomplished.
An hour into the train ride, Sami sighed. She couldn’t get James off her mind, and for good reason. He had come into the room she had been using during her stay early that morning before she had woken up. He watched her sleep until she did awake. When she had asked him what he was doing, he had said “ Just watching you sleep, since you’re leaving in a few hours, I wanted to say bye the right way.” And leaned down to kiss her lips.
Shifting on the bench she took up, she grumbled to herself. “He stole my first kiss,bastard..” But she smiled anyway. “Ahaha, wait til I tell Elysia!”
When the train pulled into the station, she looked at the clock.
“Thursday September 1, only 0800 hours?” She cried out.
“Ah well! It’s still central! Oh my god, look…grass.” She mused to herself as she walked back towards her home.
Inserting the key into the keyhole, she turned the knob and pushed the door open.
“Hello? Daddy? Papa? Anyone hoopoe? It’s me! Sami!” She called through the house.
“Sami?” Ed’s voice responded. “In the living room.”
She walked down the hall and turned to the left, walking through the door to the living area.
“Hey Papa!” She grinned running into his arms. “Daddy at work?”
“Hey sweetheart,” Ed said pulling his daughter as close to him as he could. “Yeah.”
Sami broke the hug up and backed up. She smiled yet again at the sight of Ed. You could now tell pretty well that he was pregnant. He didn’t look seven months, but they were working on that.
“Sami, you’re school started up again last week.” Ed told her, walking over to the coffee table and grabbing some papers, then walking back to her and handing them to her. “Here’s your schedule, if you want to go in today or not is up to you.”
“Aw,Papa, you rule.” She peered at the paper. “Ewwwww…all advanced? How the hell did this happen? I’m defiantly going in today. I’m so not falling behind in this crap already!”
She leaned over and kissed Ed’s cheek while running up the stairs.
“We had your uniform washed!” Ed called after her.
“Thanks!” She cried running into her room. She dropped her travel stuff at the foot of her bed and dashed to her closet.
Minutes later, Ed watched as she ran down the stairs again, clad in a white shirt, with the green, white and black tie, pleated matching patterned skirt, long white socks and black shoes.
“Sami?” He called.
“Yeah?” She stopped.
“Can I at least see you in the uniform before you leave?”
“I, I wanna get there as soon as I can… I… Oh , of course.” She walked back into the living room.
“You really are so grown up..” Ed sighed. “I’m so sorry I missed almost your whole life.”
“It wasn’t your fault.”
“Now it really is weird to see those uniforms all over the place again.” Came a voice from the door.
“Daddy!” Sami cried running into Roy’s arms.
“Hey! Welcome back!”
“Thanks! Are you on lunch break or something?”
“Yeah..”
Sami looked at the clock. It was noon.
“I’ve got to get to school, I’m not falling behind! Falling behind to early in advanced classes is veeerrry bad!” She called running to the door. “See you after school!”
“Bye.” Both men replied.
“It’s like a blast from the past..” Roy sighed dropping himself into an armchair.
“What?”
“Those uniforms everywhere…”
“Hmm..” Ed nodded. “It feels like forever I wore those colors.”
“Even more so for me…” Roy said getting up and moving over by a bookshelf against the back wall. He pulled out a photo album. When he sat down on the couch again, he motioned for Ed to join him. When he did, Roy opened the book.
“Never shown you these…” He said. “It’s basically pictures of Me, Maes, Riza and Jean when we were in High school…”
Ed laughed a little. “Why wouldn’t you show me these until now?”
“I, I uh.. Just didn’t.”
“Roy,” Ed fake pouted, sticking out his bottom lip.
“Edward, don’t.”
“Please?”
“It’s just…me…..Riza…”
“What about you and Hawkeye?”
“We….we were dating.”
“So?”
“You don’t care?”
“Why would I? It’s not like you’re still with her behind my back or anything. just shut up and turn the page…I’m not to into a picture of Maes with milk coming out of his nose…”
Roy nodded and turned the page.