Curiosity Killed the Cat

"How do you know when you're in love?"

The young man turned his gaze to look at the questioner and gave her a confused look. "Why are you asking that?"

Violet eyes shifted to look into golden orbs, "Because I know the feeling of a broken heart, but I don't know what it feels like to be in love."

"How do you know your heart is broken if you're not sure if you've been in love; I mean I know you don't remember much, but-" her voice cut through his before he could finish his question.

"My heart aches every day for someone I don't have….I know I must've been in love at some point and I'm sure he's moved on by now, but I can't remember what it felt like to be in love." The young girl rested her chin on her arms that were wrapped around her black pant covered legs.

"Well, why do you think I would know?"

She gave the blonde man a smirk before answering, "A majority of people our age has been in love at one point so I'm sure you have."

The young man stretched his arms and laid back on the grassy hill, "I was too busy for love when I was younger."

The response earned another smirk from the raven-haired beauty.

"I know you're lying," she unwrapped herself so she could look at the stretched out man.

"How do you know I'm lying huh?" This time it was the young blonde's turn to smirk as he kept his eyes closed to block the bright sun.

A devilish grin grew on her pink lips, "because Winry told me."

Golden orbs opened wide in surprise to meet a clear sky along with the face of the woman enjoying the embarrassed look on his face.

"Why would she talk about my personal life?!"

"Oh please Edward, it's just girl talk...all she said is that she hopes that you'll love someone that much again." Now trying to calm a fuming Edward Elric.

"It's none of her business to share!" he yelled embarrassed of being caught in his lie.

"Well too bad it's been done; so tell me about it."

Edward sat up with a serious expression painted on his 23 year old face, "I don't talk about her and I'm not going to start, Cathryn."

She knew he wasn't joking since he used her full name.

"I'm sorry Edward, I shouldn't have pried into your personal life I just feel more comfortable talking about things with you than the others." Cathryn twisted her body forward to look at the rolling hills again.

Ed's chest hurt for yelling at Cat the way he did; he knew she was curious about the past, but some subjects he still wasn't ready to discuss.

"Don't worry about it Cat, you know I'm not the best when it comes to sharing feelings; especially when it comes to that form of emotion."

She turned her head back to look at Ed with a small grin. "I don't want you to explain what you felt like or why, but how did you know, what made you know that you were in love."

Ed began scratching the back of his head not sure of what to say, "Well….I don't know…..I just realized it one day."

"Then tell me how you met her and what led up to you realizing you loved her. I don't care about her name or what she looked like so that way you'll never have to share who she is, just your story," Cat's expression was eager to understand what Ed had shared with his past love in hopes of understanding her own feelings.

"It's too long and complicated," he stated to use as an excuse.

"We have plenty of time before everyone gets here to see the shooting stars."

Ed looked into those pleading amethyst eyes and let out a sigh, "Fine…...I'll tell you." Cat danced inwardly with excitement. Ed turned to look towards the rolling hills of Resembol as he remembered the first day he had met the girl that changed his life. "It all started when I was leaving here to become a state alchemist…."

Hello,

This is my first time writing a story, but am an avid reader. I hope this story will catch your interest and you'll want to continue reading. I'm open to criticism; especially since I'm not much of a writer. Also, I will be using a combination of the first series and Brotherhood for this story along with some imagination. I hope to hear from some of you with positive and negative comments.

Thanks,

Kay