Ed's POV

The first thing I wake up to is the peaceful sound of birds chirping happily. I groggily sit up in my bed; my head throbbing a bit. Awesome, I look over at my alarm, only to notice I woke up 5 minutes early. I slowly lay back down into bed.

"Brother time to wake up! We have to get ready for school" Al, my younger brother, cheerfully sang.

I was not a morning person; Al on the other hand, was the complete opposite. Just by looking at us, you'd know we were related. But once you really got to know us, we were like a cat and a dog. No, we don't fight. I love my brother; Al is my best friend, well really my only friend besides Winry. Anyways, Al is calm and collected. I, on the other hand, am dubbed "short tempered and hot-headed". But you can't blame me, I'm just easily annoyed. Plus, I hate practically everyone at the school. You see, I'm what the kids call a "rebel". I get into fights, occasionally skip class, talk back with the teachers, use foul language, etc. That's the just kind of person I am, no one can change that. No one. People, mainly adults, have tried, but there's no way in hell I'd open up to a complete stranger. They always have the same conclusion for my "unruly behavior", the death of my mother and my father leaving us. I apparently act this way for "attention" which is a load of bullshit. I don't need attention to fill this empty hole in my heart.

On the subject of friends, I only have two, Winry and my brother. I'm not ashamed, but also secretly, not proud either. Word has it that a bunch of girls at the school dig my "bad boy act" but they don't try to connect with me. I've been asked out plenty of times, but all the girls are the same. Winry's different though, she's been me and Al's neighbor since the beginning of time. I love her, like a sister. Don't get the wrong idea; I don't think I could ever date Winry. That'd be like me dating Al, totally wrong.

All this thinking nearly made me late for the bus. Don't worry though, I made it in time. Winry shot a worried glance at me, "Ed, I seriously don't know how you manage to always make the bus at the last minute." She said whilst smiling.

"Luck I guess" not really in a mood for conversation.

As I awkwardly hopped off the bus, I bumped into an unfamiliar girl, toppling over her in the process. Now mind you all, I'm a teenage guy, and it's not everyday a teenage guy gets on top of a cute girl. What was only seconds felt like hours, her plain brown eyes seemed to captivate me for some reason. Which was odd, since brown is obviously the most common eye color. But I guess that's why she stood out, her simple-ness made her different in an odd-way.

"A-are you okay? I'm totally sorry." I apologized, my stomach felt weird. I never really apologized anymore.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She didn't look me in the eye. I wanted her to, so I could get a better look at her face, but at the same time, I didn't want her to. I felt that if she did, I might do something stupid out of embarrassment. I put my hand out, not expecting her to take it. She stared for a while, like she was debating whether she should touch me or not. This surprised me, her cool clammy hands, felt nice against my hot, sweaty ones.

We made awkward eye contact, not saying a word for about two minutes. Other kids getting off the bus started at us, like 'what the hell', but for a moment, I didn't care. I opened my mouth to ask her name, but she beat me to it

"I should go" she quickly ran off.

That's not exactly what I wanted to hear, but whatever. Winry and Al were waiting for me at the school entrance.

"Who was that brother?" Al curiously asked.

"Damn" I said under my breath, "I dunno, I didn't ask"

I don't know if I was imagining things, but for a slight second, Winry looked a bit jealous.

"Well we'd better get to class" she said, while faking a smile. Although most people don't know it, I know when a person fakes a smile.

The only class I never skipped was Science. I was captivated by science, it was so intriguing. For now, we were learning about alchemy, which was rather exciting. I'm always the first kid in this class, every other class I'm either late, or I just don't show up. The rest of the class, slowly but surely, filed into their seats. Chattering about the latest drama, I was spacing out until I heard someone drop my name. I pretended not to show any interest and listened in..

"So I heard that Rockbell chick has the hots for the rebel asshole, Ed." Havoc whispered loudly.

"Duhh, that's old news! She's liked him for like ever."

"Too bad he don't like her back, she'd do him some good."

This was new, I'd never really thought of Winry that way. Now being interested continued to keep quiet.

"Well did you see him this morning, the whole incident at the bus stop with the new chick? He was practically drooling over her on the spot"

Was not! Was I?

"Winry looked as if she was 'bout to cry, poor thing. She needs to get over him; there are better guys out there. She's too tall for that shortie anyway"

Oh hell no, I was not holding back.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A SHORTIE?" I angrily barked

The gossipers had no clue I was sitting right behind them, they all yelped in fear and moved to the back of the class.

Mrs. Izumi walked in just as the bell rang, she was the science teacher. She looked rather smug, "Good morning class. I have a pleasant surprise for you all this morning. Can anyone guess what it is?"

Students began screaming out the most random things from frogs to cupcakes,

"All of you are wrong, we have a new student" the class groaned, I was actually surprised. What could be more exciting then a new student?

"Why don't you come on in?" She said turning her head to the door.

A/N: This is my first story in a really long time, and my first FMA one at that too! Please be gentle for reviews =)

I hope you liked!