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Simone’s Notes:

Next to lust and wrath, pride is the worst sin of all. It can destroy love in a heartbeat. Too much pride can destroy the bonds that hold human relationships together. If a person lives by pride alone, they will suffer from lack of love in their lives. Pride will starve us all in the end.

Havoc and Jacilyn walked together to Central Headquarters on the same morning. They were close hand in hand. The lieutenant was in total bliss. His bad luck with the ladies had finally turned around for the better. Jaks was always in his bed every night. She gave him the kinkiest mind-blowing sex that any man ever had. (Havoc had the hickeys and bite marks on his neck as proof.) He had witnessed her turn Colonel Mustang down harshly. She even stroked the lieutenant’s ego some from time to time in bed after sex. And when Jaks wasn’t in with him, she became the star in all of Havoc’s wet dreams. He was positive that he had found the one this time! Jacilyn herself was enjoying her new boy toy/boyfriend as well. She used to fake her orgasms until she met the lieutenant. The nurse didn’t know what it was, but Havoc seemed to hit the right button at the perfect moment during sex. And when it was met, the nurse just released into new levels of ecstasy. She found herself not as cranky during work as she usually was during work. Jacilyn moved in closer to Havoc. She lightly brushed up his strong male body. The lieutenant hand around hers tightened in aroused desire. “Even the scent of her hair is sexy!” he thought in joy. Thousands of dirty thoughts ran through his head at lighting speed. He knew he was getting more tonight, buddy!

The other guys were watching from inside. “This is the woman that turned the colonel down for Havoc?” Breda asked in shock. “Yep!” Jim said. “She even told Mustang that if she went on a date with him, she be arrested for murdering him.” “Colonel French has been rubbing this fact in Mustang’s face ever since!” Falman pointed out. All of them watched in stunned silence. “But why?” Fuery asked. “Why did Nurse Ray reject Mustang? It’s usually the other way around, the girl dumps Havoc for the colonel.” “Dunno,” Jim replied. “Havoc’s really scored this time!” Breda exclaimed. “Sure he has,” Jim went on. “Did you not see the forever-present love-bites on his neck?” Silence returned back to the group. “So how long do you think it will long?” Fuery asked. “10,000 says it lasts for two weeks,” Breda announced with cash in his hand. “I say they break up within ten days.” Falman challenged. “My money’s on her leaving him by tomorrow.” Fuery betted on. The men all turned to Jim. “Well,” Falman challenged. “What say you?” Jim stood up straighter smiling. “I say it lasts for a long time!” he said with a grin. The other three men just laughed. “Come on, seriously,” Breda said. “How long do you really think Nurse Ray will stay with Havoc?” The lieutenant just smiled and nodded. “I told you,” he said. “A really long time!” The other guys kept staring at him as if he had lost his mind. They knew no girl stayed with Havoc for long. Did this guy even know what the bet was about?

Jim just kept his smile. “As a matter of fact,” he said boldly. “Let’s double it. 20,000 says they stay together.” Breda, Falman, and Fuery were uneasy at first. They even almost felt bad for even starting the bet. But then, Breda stepped forward and said, “All right, fine! But you will lose!” “You’re on!” Jim said back. Then, the men shook on it. Falman and Fuery couldn’t help but grin. They were sure Lieutenant Wright was going to lose this bet big time! Oh, the irony of this certain bet!

Ai-Oni made it back to her house in the skies around eleven o’clock in the morning. She was still grinning at her morning with Edward. They had slept together for most of the morning. “That should speed things up some!” she thought to herself. Ai-Oni went down to Clover Inn to copulate with Ed in order to make the lusty poison in his blood spread faster and drag him down in the deep depths of sexual desire. The she-devil couldn’t wait to watch and manipulate the whole process. But soon, the game would have another spectator with her. A strange surprise greeted her. She found her front door way open. The she-devil froze and stared at her lavish house for a long while. “Huh?” she thought. She slowly approached the open building. This was bizarre at this hour. Ai-Oni’s brother went off to battle and wasn’t going to return until months later. She had had visitors this early in the morning. The she-devil knew she had closed and locked the door when she left. So, how and why was it wide open?

Ai-Oni slowly peeked inside her house. “Hello?” she asked. “Is there anybody here?” No answer came to her. Something clearly wasn’t right in this picture. The she-devil slowly walked inside her house. Everything seemed to be in their usual place. There were no traces of any intruders. Ai-Oni looked around quickly. This wasn’t a dense harlot; she knew too well that attackers would sneak up behind their victim were they weren’t looking. As a matter of fact, she drew out her dagger from her dark red garter belt. The she-devil slowly processed forward. So far, she had no attacks came her way. Ai-Oni made it to her garden study.

So far, everything looked normal. That was until she came to the main window. A slender figure stood in front of it. They seemed about a teenager’s age and their hair was long and dark green. It seemed to be wearing a skirt. Ai-Oni clenched her dagger even tighter. “Who the hell are you?” the she-devil turned to her. The intruder turned to the harlot quickly. The woman stared hard at him. He just grinned at her. “Well, well,” the intruder addressed. “If isn’t the owner herself!” Ai-Oni stepped a little closer. “Who the hell are you and why are you in my house?” she demanded. The intruder shook his head at her. “My, aren’t you a little touchy?” he asked. “Is that anyway you greet a house guest?” Ai-Oni still kept her guard up. “Why are you in my house?” she asked again. The intruder kept smiling as he shrugged. “I am Envy,” he said. “I came in your house for no reason at all.” Ai-Oni said nothing and kept glaring at the intruder. “Don’t give me that crap!” she snapped. “Why are you really in my house?” Envy just smiled and shook his head again. “Why can’t you just accept my answer?” he asked harmlessly. He then threw a poisonous dagger at her to try and kill his host but Ai-Oni held out her other and began chanting fiercely. She managed to throw it off course with a minor wind spell. Envy smirked at her. “Not bad,” he said. “Not bad at all!” Ai-Oni continued glaring at him.

“How do you get in my house?” the harlot hissed coldly. Envy again just shrugged. “Well, if you hadn’t left the door unlocked…” “Hold up!” Ai-Oni cut in. “Say that again.” “The door was unlocked and I left myself in!” the homunculus said slowly. “No way!” the she-devil called out in shock. “No one can get into these houses without a key like this!” Ai-Oni then reached into her corset and pulled the golden G key that hung around her lovely neck. Envy just eyed the shiny piece of metal closely. “So?” he asked. A great silence past between them. Then, something hit the she-devil! “You must be one of those… those… homunculi creatures!” she gasped out. Envy smirked at her. “Yes, sweet cheeks!” he called out. “I am a homunculus!” The she-devil slowly covered her mouth as her dagger hit the ground with a loud clank. “Oh my lord!” she said at last. Envy looked at her as she was insane. “Is… something wrong?” he asked. “We never knew you guys were real!” the she-devil called out. Then she took Envy by the arm and led him down the hall. “Come,” she said. “I will tell you all!” “What the hell is with her?” the homunculus thought in confusion.

Havoc made to the hospital by the afternoon with a bouquet of gardenias in his hand. He wanted to see Jacilyn before lunch was over. The lieutenant knew he would see her again tonight but he just couldn’t wait that long. Havoc made it to the main nurse’s station and looked around for a bit. He found Jaks with a group of subordinate nurses talking. The lieutenant had his plan to approach his lady ready to go. He walked over to her causal-like. “Hey pretty lady!” he called out to the head nurse. “How’s my favorite girl?” Jaks turned to him smiling. She seemed to be glad to see him. But, the response that followed was just as cold as ice.

“What the hell are you doing here pig?” Jacilyn snapped. Havoc froze in shock. “What?!?” asked he almost speechless. The head nurse acted angry to see him. “I can’t stand your type!” she barked. “You pathetic dogs of the military! Baby-killers! Virgin-crushers!” Havoc was completely lost. Where did this come from all of a sudden? That’s certainly not what she was saying to him last night! So why the sudden change?