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Al walks through the front door and goes up to the bar for a set of fresh slides. Amy and Anne's invitation pops up next to his order, and Al's level of cheer increases a bit as he picks it up and reads it. Yay, party!

He walks cheerfully over to his table and begins doodling on a slide, thoughtfully but not purposefully.

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Bubbles eyes widen as Al walks in, a large smile glowing on her face. In a flash of blue, she is instantly hugging his side in the booth with all of her might. But still careful not to crush his armor. "Alphonse! You're back!"

Al flails!

"Bubbles! Hi! Was I gone for very long?"

"Seems like forever!" Bubbles giggles, pulling away from her hug with a smiles, "I missed you."

"Well, then I'm sorry I stayed away so long. Are you well?" asks Al, putting aside his slides.

She nods, "Very. And you?" Bubbles glances at the slides in curiousity. "You working on something?"

"Not really. I thought I'd try breaking the Chemical X down again, but I'd rather have company." Al hunches his shoulders so that he can talk to Bubbles on her level. "Since I've been gone, what has happened?"

Bubbles shrugs her shoulders, "Nothing much. Mostly I've been upstairs in my room." she looks away slightly, "Haven't had much of a reason to be down here in the bar..."

"That sounds boring. Maybe we should go for a walk later, so you can get some fresh air?"

Bubbles smiles as she looks back at Al, nodding, "That sounds great."

Al looks at a slide in his hand, and etches a small mark into the glass with a sharp silver pin.

"I've been thinking about you a lot," he says, suddenly serious, "and I still don't understand why you did what you did - skipping over your childhood - but I guess if you really felt that you had to do it, then it must be right for you."

He alchemizes the slide, and the pen, and they become a necklace - a multifaceted glass star on a silver chain, thin and delicate and beautiful.

Bubbles' eyes widen as he gently hands her the necklace. The star in the middle of her palm. "It's beautiful..." she says softly.

She smiles in thought, after a short moment looking to Alphonse, "Thank you for understanding, Al... It really... means a lot to me..."

"I trust you to choose the right path for yourself," says Al. "Just because I don't understand, that doesn't mean that I don't trust you. And I'm happy you've found a way to be happy.

It's like he and his brother always say to themselves. The path they've chosen is their own to choose. Bubbles should have the same right of choice - because not everyone, in Ed and Al's circumstances, would do what they've done, would take the risks they have. Al would never do what Bubbles has done. But he knows that sometimes, nobody else understands the thing that feels most right.

"I wish I could smile at you," he says, suddenly.

Bubbles smiles as looks to the table, in thought of the right words to say, "I am happy. And I'm happy that you are happy too, Al..."

Right then. Bubbles makes a decision. Alphonse has only been her friend since the very beginning. Regardless of her choice, he will stand by her. And now, she'll stand by him.

She slowly reaches around her pale neck, clasping the necklace around it. "I want to help you, Al, in any way possible. To get back to your body again. I want you to be happy."

Bubbles smiles up into his glowing orbs, placing a hand over her star. "I'll help you smile."

"This body doesn't let me show emotion, so sometimes I have to tell people what I'm feeling out loud, or else they don't notice at all. It means a lot to me that you want to help me. When I get my body back, I'm going to smile for you all the time."

Bubbles looks at him thoughtfully for a moment, before speaking, "I do notice." Quite a bit.

Her grin widens, "And I look forward to your smiles. I think you will have great smiles." Bubbles says openly.

"I couldn't say.

But I'm glad that you notice."

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