I don't own FMA, but I'm a HUGE fan. X3 especially that of Ed..
I'm still new to writing fanfiction, so let me know what you think about the story and review please..!
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From Friendship to Love

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
Winry punches down the alarm clock on her bedside table. She opens her eyes a little, trying to adjust to the dark room.
The sun was just beginning to rise as she sat up and stared out her window. Today was her first day in high school.

She can handle it, of course. She's strong, independent, tough, and smart, but she just didn't feel like it today.
No matter, she forced herself to her bathroom and took a shower. The water was so cold and freezing it made her fully awake this time.
She pulled on some denim pants and a white sweater without completely drying herself; her long, pale blonde hair, still a bit wet on her shoulders.

She made her way downstairs and saw her grandmother, Pinako, making breakfast.
The smell of freshly cooked pancakes and toasted bread in the air fills her nose. "Morning granny" she greeted while placing a toast in her mouth.
"Good morning Winry." Pinako greeted back. Winry was just about to take a sip of hot chocolate when the doorbell rang.

"That must be Ed" She said, walking to the door. Edward (Ed) is Winry's long time childhood friend.
They knew each other since she could remember. They're both starting and will be walking to school together.
Ed just lives across the street and came to pick her up.

"Hey Winry, g'morning" Ed said. "You ready for school?"
"Yeah" She replied, slinging her rucksack on.
"Hello Ed, my my have you grown… For a shrimp" Granny Pinako said, muttering the last comment.
But even Ed could hear it from afar, as long as it's about his height.
"What's that supposed to mean?! Who're you calling a-"
Winry grabbed Ed's arm and pulled him outside before he could say anything else, a big vain throbbing on his forehead.
She called out goodbye to Pinako as they left.

The sun is high in the sky now, but the air is cool and fresh.
They exchanged small conversations while walking, and Winry teased Ed a little more about his height which he ranted about afterwards
(Winry's a bit taller than him, and she likes to tease him too). Shortly after, they arrived to their new school without even knowing it.

They made their way inside and went to their classroom.
Thank god we're classmates Winry thought. Then she blushed all of a sudden.
She hadn't realized she doesn't want to be separated with Ed.

She shook her head to forget about what she just thought. It meant nothing. I'm sure of it. Where'd that thought even come from?

They chose two seats and sat together; Ed by the window, Winry to his left.

"Yo!" Winry was startled and stared at the guy cross-sitting on the desk next to hers.
He had black, long hair which he wore in a ponytail and squinty eyes

"I'm Ling, Ling Yao." He reached out his hand to shake, and Winry took it.
(Do people do that in high school? XD shaking hands? lol.. Anyway...)
"I'm Winry" She replied with a smile.

Ed was looking at him now, but not in a mean way. He's just weirded out by this guy.
Then Ling noticed Ed looking at him. "Yo!" Ling repeated, but to Ed this time.
"Hey.." Ed said, still staring at him. "I'm Ed"
"Nice to meet'ya" Ling replied. Ed gave a faint smile.

"I don't think your boyfriend likes me." Ling said to Winry, cupping his left hand to cover his mouth from Ed to see. It was useless though cause Ling
didn't even bother to whisper and both Ed and Winry heard it loud and clear.

If Ed was drinking water while Ling said that, then what he was doing would be logical. But Ed wasn't drinking anything, and he looked like
he was spitting water out of his mouth. Meanwhile, Winry was blushing furiously.

"We're not together..!" They both said in unison.

"Really?" Ling said. "But you two look like you are"
The two blushed even more. Ed was stuttering, trying to come up with something to say.
Winry was just staring at Ling, her cheeks as red as a tomato.
"We're just really close friends." Winry said.
"Y-yeah.." Ed added. "Just friends, and that's all we'll ever be"

BAM! Winry felt a pang in her chest. A horrible, aching feeling inside her. What just happened?
Why'd that hurt all of a sudden? It's not like, I want to be more than friends with Ed.
So why did that affect me so much?

"Okay okay.. Seesh, calm down you guys. I was just saying." Ling said, getting off the table still smiling at them.
The teacher just got in the classroom, and the whole class settled down.

End of Chapter