Disclaimer: I don't own FMA But, I do own the imagination behind this storyline.
AN: I always thought what would have happened to Edward and Al when they went back after shamballa and stayed on the other side of the portal. Who would Edward end up with? What would they have become? And what would happen if he and his family were sucked back through the portal to Amestris? What would happen between him and Winry? So this is just a little something I thought up. Envy also makes an appearance in this one. This story was inspired by the song 'Someday' by Nickelback. There will be some Edward /Winry/ Noah in later chapters and yes if you have a warped mind like mine it's what you think. ENJOY!
I couldn't wait for you
Edward and Al had been traveling with Noah for a year now after closing the gate that lead to Amestis and saving it from the crazy Nazis trying to invade it. They had tried to go after the Uranium bomb that was sent through but they had no luck finding it. But the world of science was headed in a new direction a direction of wars and greater weapons.
Edward was happy to have his brother with him now and the past year had been a traveling experience for them and Noah. She got to see parts of the world she thought she never would not to mention she had grown quite fond of Edward and Alphonse but mostly Edward. He had taught her so much about science and just the things in life that mean the most. They filled her head with all kinds of stories about their adventures trying to get their bodies back. They had met all sorts of gypsy clans and lived with them for a while but Edward was the type that liked to keep up with the science community.
Al noticed that his brother always looked like he was looking for something or someone. They had been half way around the world and back and Edward never seemed settled in any place they stayed in then they'd start moving again. The day Edward broke was a day in the summer when his search finally came to an end by opening the paper and the headline read 'Prominent family The Rockbell's killed in boating accident. All three perished at sea no bodies have been recovered.' His eye's widened as he looked at the picture which showed Winry and her parents and he felt like he had just been hit by a wave of such emotion as he threw the paper down and got up and walked off. Al and Noah stared at each other then Al picked the paper up and read the headline 'Oh no is Winry who he's been looking for this whole time.'
He showed Noah the paper and she read it and knowing how Edward felt she got up and walked out to go find him. She found him sitting by the lake that was across from where they were eating. "Edward I'm sorry I know how much you wanted to find her." Noah said sitting next to him as he stared out across the lake.
She sat with him for about twenty minutes before he began to speak "You know I didn't realize how much she meant to me till I came back to this side. I mean it's not like I ever really experienced love before." He sighed then looked at her "Hell I don't even know if it was love or just being homesick Noah."
"Well Edward I think you had feeling's you didn't even know you had buried inside of you." Noah reached her hand out and took his "From what I've seen in my visions of when you and Al were on that side I see her also and I see how close you all were."
As a single tear rolled down his cheek he looked at her and smiled a slight smile "Yeah I guess your right I did keep a lot of things buried inside me." As they sat there both in silence for about a half hour Edward took this news in and processed it. He sat there and looked at the automail arm Winry had attached to him a year ago when he went through the portal. The arm and leg had held up good for this long without all the fighting he used to do. Noah just sat there for support she knew he had been through a lot and now he'd found out a dear friend he was looking for was dead.
She remembered that one of the gypsy clans was getting together for a celebration tonight and she knew how much Edward enjoyed their celebrations so she turned to him "Edward one of the clans is having a celebration tonight and I would like to go." He knew how much she liked to attend gypsy celebrations to celebrate her culture and he didn't want her to miss it. So pushing everything he felt down he stood up and pulled her up by the hand and smiled "Well then I guess we should get going then." Standing up she smiled "You really mean it Ed we can go?"
"Why not? It's not like we have anything else to do." He said as they both walked back over to meet Al as he finished his lunch.
Al finished his lunch and looked up at Edward "Are you okay brother?" Edward smiled "Yeah Al I guess it was just wishful thinking that I could make everything the way it was in Amestris." Edward knew nothing was the same in this world and now he had to face it head on. As they all walked to the celebration that evening he felt empty inside like nothing in this world could fill the void he had in his heart he was to the point that all the searching had taken a toll on him and he just wanted to let loose and forget everything.
The celebration was fun, there was music and dancing then the drinking. Edward had never drank at them before but tonight he had a few drinks as he sat and watched all the girls dancing and having fun. Noah was up dancing when Edward sat down by Al "Are you sure you're okay Ed?" Al asked watching the celebration and dancing "Yeah Al I'm fine" he said as his head dropped.
Noah noticing Edward was a little depressed danced over with another girl and the other girl pulled Alphonse up to dance and Noah put her hand out to Edward. As he stared at her for a minute he noticed how beautiful she looked with the firelight dancing off her golden skin and he reached up and took her hand. As she danced with him he didn't know if it was the alcohol or the celebration that was getting to him but he let go of everything he had been holding inside and he was actually having fun as they spun around with each other.
The next morning he stretched they opened his eyes to find Noah asleep next to him. He smiled till he realized they were both naked as he pulled the sheet up and looked underneath. 'Oh my god what have I done?' squeaked through his mind as he sat straight up. "Edwaaaard" she said in a sleepy voice "Where are you going?" He reached up and rubbed his brow wondering how the hell this could have happened "Uhhh Noah." She rolled over and smiled at him "Yes Edward."
He scratched the back of his head trying to figure out a way to ask her what happened without offending her but that didn't happen "What the hell happened last night?" she sat up as the cover fell from her breasts and he turned his head and blushed "You don't remember?" Smiling a cheesy smile at her he turned to face her trying not to look down at her bare breasts "Uh, in all honesty no I don't."
She leaned over and put her hand under his chin and pulled it up "Well, let me refresh your memory for you." And her lips met his and he started to protest but then he realized he was enjoying it as he reached his arms around her and pulled her closer. The feel of her body pressed against his, the feel of her lips on his and the way her skin felt was enough to ignite a passion he had no idea he had inside him as he pushed her down on the bed and made love to her again. As their bodies intertwined he let go of so much that he had kept deep inside him for so long that by the time they finished he felt like a whole different person and he realized that this was his life now and he wanted Noah in it.
Later they both exited the tent laughing with their hands clasped in each other's as Al walked up "Well brother it's good to see you in such a good mood." Then he noticed Edward was holding Noah's hand but that wasn't unusual because Ed sometimes held onto Noah's hand but it was the way he was acting around her now and Al knew something had changed in that tent last night.
Edward and Noah had been laughing all day and spending a lot of time together not to mention Al noticed they were hugging on each other and staring into each other's eyes like love sick puppies. Al finally got up the nerve to ask Edward what was going on "Hey brother are you and Noah seeing each other now."
Edward turned to his younger sibling "Uh…Yeah Al I guess that's what you would call it." He couldn't tell Al that Noah had completely blown his mind when they had sex this morning. Al was happy that Edward had found somebody but he thought maybe Edward was just compensating for the loss of Winry and when he confronted Edward about it his older sibling gave him an answer he never thought would come from Ed's mouth "I'll tell you like I told Noah Al I don't really know if it was love or that I was just homesick for the way things used to be. I miss Winry yes, but Noah makes me feel like a whole different person Al." He looked over at her making flower hair rings with some other girls "She's not like any girl I've ever met."
Al looked at him confused then laughed "Ed you've never really got to know very many girls." Then his eyes widened as he looked at Edward's face "OH MY GOSH DID YOU?"
Edward smiled a sly smile and shrugged his shoulders as he raised his eyebrows and gave Al a 'Yes I did' look and Al jumped up "You did didn't you?" He whispered to his brother who was pulling on his arm to sit him back down and when he turned to Edward "Al this is where we live now. I realized something this morning and that is I can't live in the past. I have to make a life here and that means I have to find someone I love here if not I'll be alone the rest of my life."
Al gave him a confused look "But what about Winry?" Edward reassured his brother "I'm sure Winry will find someone too Al. We can't go through life waiting for some miraculous miracle that might take us home. So from now on I'm making the best of my life here and you should too little brother."
Just then Noah walked up and sat down next to Edward and kissed his cheek "Did you tell him?" she asked Edward smiling as Al looked at her and realized Edward was right. They did live here now and it would probably be a snowballs chance in hell if they ever saw Amestris again and he wanted Ed to be happy "Yeah he told me and I'm happy for both of you." Al said smiling at them both "Now all we have to do is find me a woman." Edward and Noah laughed as Al looked at them "What you think I'm kidding." He wanted to be as happy as his brother was now.
Three months later they were all walking down the road when Noah got dizzy and almost passed out. "Noah" Edward said grabbing for her and picking her up in his arms he carried her to a shady spot under a tree to sit down and rest "Are you okay?" Edward asked concerned.
She smiled up at him "Yes I'm just a little dizzy and hungry." He realized they hadn't ate in a while "Sure thing I'll find you something just sit here and rest." He and Al found an apple orchard and began picking apples Edward picked few green sour apples "I don't know why but Noah seems to like these better now." He stuffed a few in his pocket because lately she had a craving for them at the weirdest hours of the day and night.
Al turned to Edward as he picked some red apples "Uh, Brother have you noticed Noah's stomach is getting a little bigger?" Edward had but he just thought it was her filling out as a woman "And she's also getting weird craving's?" Sure Edward had noticed that too but he hadn't thought much about it till now and then it hit him like a ton of bricks 'Oh my gosh could she be pregnant?' Edward turned a yelled over his shoulder "I'll be right back Al." As he ran back to where Noah was and bent down next to her where she had fallen asleep against the tree. As he placed his hand on her stomach he gazed at her face 'We can't keep roaming around like this if you're pregnant. I have to make somewhere permanent for you and the baby.' He sat there a minute and thought about it and processed it 'A baby' Thenhe smiled 'We're going to have a baby.'
Noah opened her eyes and looked at his smiling face "Edward what are you doing?" He took his hand off her stomach and reached in his pocket and took out an apple and handed it to her "Noah I've been thinking I think it's time we stop all this traveling and I find a job." She smiled "Really" She said relieved "Because I think all this traveling is taking a toll on me Edward I'm just so tired all the time."
Placing his hand on her stomach again he chuckled "I think you might be pregnant Noah." She stared at him for a minute then placed her hand over his "A baby, Do you really think so Edward."
"I'm no doctor but from the way you feel it might be possible." He said turning to see Al running up to them "Hey brother I just talked to the guy who owns the apple orchard and he said if we pick apples for him today he'll feed us and pay us what he can. I told him about Noah and he said she could rest in his barn till we're done."
Edward agreed "Well then looks like we're picking apples" and turning to Noah "And your resting today in a safe place." As they walked her to the barn to rest Edward met with the owner and he told them if it got too late they could all just stay in the barn "I would like to thank you for that because I think my girlfriend is pregnant and she's really tired."
Al and Edward worked several hours and as they did Al looked at Edward "Well brother what are you going to do now that you're going to be a father?"
He hadn't thought that far ahead "I really don't know Al I guess the right thing to do would be to marry Noah." Al looked at Edward knowing that Edward could get a little ahead of himself sometimes "Ed do you love her?" Edward stopped picking apples and looked Al directly in the eyes "Yes Al I do love her. More than I thought I ever would." He said softly as Al walked over next to him "Well then brother I suggest you buy her a ring with this money." Edward smiled at his younger brother "Yeah I guess you're right."
Life on this side of the portal was so much simpler No homunculi, No fighting everyday, No one nagging him over his automail and no over bearing General breathing down his neck. There were the occasional things he missed like 'Yes I do miss Winry's nagging and granny.' But he also knew that if he was still in Amestris things would be in fast forward mode he'd always be on the road and the General would never let him slow down. 'How could I ever have a life like that? How could I truly find anyone to love let alone love me? How could I ever have a family?' These were the questions that had plagued him for a year and he thought as he searched for Winry that he really loved her and in his own way he did more than anything. But with her being dead on this side he had to face the reality that maybe it was never meant to be 'Maybe this is just some strange twist of fate that I still have no control over.' As he walked over and sat down on the bed of hay next to Noah he looked down at her 'She is my life now and the child that she's carrying. Our child. Something I never thought I would ever have.' He realized that it was time to make something of his life and to really start living it. It was time to put everything he was behind him, the fighting, the searching, and his title the Fullmetal alchemist that all meant nothing over here. Over here he was just Edward Elric a struggling person who was now about to get married and have a child.