Author: Herb3!

Story: Where the heart is.

Pairing: Edward Elric and Winry Rockbelle. Its Edwin fluff time^^

Word Count: 1264

Disclaimer: It I owned Fma and all of its wonderfully greatness I'd be the happiest girl in the world. Sadly I don't, nor do I own the song, that's all the warren brothers and Sarah Evans. Was a great movie too, where the heart is.

Cheers! Herb3

Where the heart its…

The road before them was long, and narrow. The broken yellow lines painted on the road seemed to go off into forever. That shade of yellow was the exact same shade of the person who'd been on my mind for the last two weeks. It was light, yet dark and bright in one swift go, exactly like Winry's hair. But the last thing I want to do right now is think of her, it just reminded me of how long I'd been without her, of how much time has lapsed between us. Al has the radio cranked on, some weird cheesy song was starting, sounded like a slow one to me. I wish I could change it to something else, something with more of an up beat. What I wouldn't give to be home right now, even though by the time that the night will come we will be. I wish I could go back in time and change everything, change how everything had gone. The trip back to Resembool from Central was a long one, but the time seemed to just melt away the closer we got. Everything is over now, Mustang was the new Fuhrer, the Homunculi were gone, everything was done. Mustang had sent Al and I back in a flashy new car. He liked the attention he got by giving it to me, though I know he secretly did it to impress Hawkeye, not that she couldn't see through it. Al was back to normal and happier then ever now, gotten himself a pet cat too. He's eaten about twice his weight since he'd gotten his body back, and to my amazement, he was an excellent cook.

"Sometimes its hard, you don't want to look over your shoulder. Cause you don't want to remember where you've been. There'll come a time you'd die, if you could only hold her. And I know that's where I am."

Large rain clouds were heading over Resembool in the distance, threatening a large storm. I cant wait to get back home to Winry… Winry. I missed her so much over the last five years, and now we can come home like she's always wanted and actually stay for a while. I miss her beautiful long blonde hair that spilled down her back as if she were a perfect work of art; her beautiful blue eyes that I could gaze into for the rest of my life. Though I know I'm in due for a few clobbers of her wrench… its all worth it just to see her again, even if I have to deal with the physical pain.

"Listen with all your heart, hold it inside forever. You can find all your dreams have already come true. Look inside and find the part, that's leading you. That's the beat of the heart."

"What kind of crap are you listening to Al?" I asked eyeing him out of my peripheral vision. "Didn't think you were that much of a mush."

"It's a pretty song brother. It reminds me of two of my favorite people."

"If you say Mustang and Hawkeye I'm going to throttle you…"

"No brother, not the Fuhrer and Riza-chan. It reminds me of you and Winry-chan."

"Don't be ludicrous!" I sputtered at him as I turned off the highway onto the road that led to Resembool.

"I'm not brother. Why cant you just admit that you love her. I know you do, you know you do, brother even Fuhrer Mustang knows that you love her."

"I just… I've denied it for so long that I cant bring myself to say it."

Al rolled his eyes at me.

xoxo

"Sometimes you'll drown it out, with all your raging thunder. And sometimes you'll drown it out, with all of your tears."

The rain clouds up above thundered, threatening rain and lightning. Large groans of thunder above echoed across the valley, making they're all consuming presence apparent. The rain by now, was inevitable, there was no stopping it from coming; no stopping it from pouring its heavy torrents out upon Resembool. In a weird way the rain and my pain were in matching strides, both inevitable and both… monstrous in size. I mean really, there was nothing I could do. I would never be able to make the feelings I have inside go away, they're… like I said, inevitable. He didn't call, only occasionally did he send a letter and its been… five years since he was home, since he was safe here with me.

I stood up as the rain let out and started to make my way back to the house on the other side of the wooded area I'd been in.

xoxo

"There will come a time when you hear it and you'll wonder. Where in the world have I been."

"See! How does that not remind you of her? Of everything!" Al said heatedly. "You've missed her, I've seen it in your eyes. You carry her earrings brother."

"I know Alphonse! I know."

"So listen with all your heart, hold it inside forever. You may find all your dreams have already come true. Look inside and find the part that's leading you. That's the beat of the heart."

The rest of the ride was quiet, all I wanted to do was get there already. If she would have me, then I'd be hers. The rain clouds above opened and began to pour over Resembool and its outskirts. We arrived ten minutes later at her old yellow house where her shop was. I turned off the ignition and climbed out of the car with Alphonse who was grinning from ear to ear.

"Ed!? Alphonse?!" I heard her gentle and familiar voice from behind us.

"No one, can tell you how to get there, it's a road you take all by yourself. All by yourself."

"Winry!" Alphonse grinned and ran over to her sweeping her up into a hug. "I've missed you!"

"You… you've gotten your body back Al. I'm so proud of you guys." she grinned at him before leaving a big sloppy kiss on his cheek to which he turned a violent shade of pink. "All of the girls are going to eat you up."

"They already are back in Central." I told her with a smile.

She'd grown, or rather, filled out in specific area's. she was beautiful..

"So listen with all your heart, hold it inside forever. You may find all your dreams have already come true. Look inside and find the part that's leading you. That's the beat of the heart."

"Ed." she said softly, her eyes boring into mine. "Oh Ed." she pulled me into a tight embrace.

Everything is ok now, no more danger from my enemies because they've all be defeated, no more running, and right now I'm going to tell her just how I fell.

"Hello Winry." I told her softly, whispering it into her ear. "No wrench?"

"Oh you." she pulled back slightly and thumped me on the shoulder. "I'm glad that your home."

"So am I." I told her letting my arms rest comfortably around her waist. "So am I."

We just stared at each other. I could faintly tell that Alphonse had left to find Granny Pinako leaving Winry and I alone.

"I've missed you." she told her letting her head fall slightly to the side. "I've missed you a lot."

"Winry I…" I felt my words choke up inside me. "I love you."

Her eyes went wide, shock registering upon her.

I felt fear well up inside of me, I'd faced death every other day, but I'd never faced this…

"I love you to Ed." she grinned. "It took you long enough." her eyes rolled as her grin got larger.

"Well I…"

"Shut up Ed, and just kiss me."

And I found that that, was the easiest thing.

"Cause that's the beat of…"

"Oh it's the sweetest sound."

"Cause that's the beat of the heart."

There was some edwin for ya'll^^ Cheers.

Stay tuned for Love remains the same, a royai fiction one shot.

Cheers!

herb3