Yes I made a sequel to "Secrets That Kill". I left the story off with a part that could definitely be complete as it was, so reading this story isn't like a series or anything. This story is included in the 40 Weeks verse, but "Secrets That Kill" was not. This story is not about Edward mainly, but of course, he is in it as a big part because it's about his daughter, Kristy! :) As I said before, it's not a huge part of "Secrets That Kill", but I've planned a sweet moment that I wouldn't want to miss between Ed and his daughter. Anyway, enough of this chatter, if you like it, give it a read, but if not, just move on and remember "Secrets That Kill" as it was. Enjoy!

Kristy's not Okay

Chapter One

It had been years since Edward Elric had been hospitalized for the second time due to his Bulimia. Ed's eating disorder had haunted him for a large portion of his life, but after finally finishing the program and going through all the necessary steps to recover, Edward finally did it. The recovery didn't just stop after he was released from the hospital, though. Ed's recovery continued for years afterward, through his marriage and fatherhood. Recovery wasn't just a three month program for Edward Elric; it was for life.

After Ed was released from the hospital, he got married. To Winry, actually. Winry was his best friend, and the one woman he knew he was going to end up with since he was a child. No matter how many other women he met through his journeys as a State Alchemist, there was only one woman for Edward. Shortly after marriage – his honeymoon was actually when it all started – Ed and Winry had children together.

The couple ended up having three children. Their twins, Ethan and Anthony, and little Kristy. Ethan and Anthony were ten years older than Kristy, and were already finishing college when Kristy turned fourteen years old.

This story begins with Kristy.

"Is everything ready for our family vacation?" Ed asked. The Elric family went on a vacation every year – something Winry called Ed's thirst for an adventure needing to be filled – but this was the first year they were missing their oldest children. While they had all been sad – even Kristy, growing up to be close with her much older brothers – they had decided to go on the vacation anyway. They couldn't just throw away an entire tradition just because they were missing a few of the players. Besides, the boys couldn't have gone on the trip even if they wanted to; school and their fiancées kept them incredibly busy.

"Everything is packed," Winry said. "I have my automail gear ready for us," the wife joked.

"Please don't mess with me like that," Edward responded with a groan. "I get worried you might be serious because you bringing automail to a beach is something you would totally do." Winry laughed.

"All right, all right; no more jokes about automail," Winry said. "It's you me and Kristy this entire trip. No automail and no alchemy."

"Fine, fine; no alchemy." Ed rolled his eyes. "Kristy! Come on, we've got to get on the road if we want to be at that inn by sundown!"

"All right, all right," Kristy said as she came down the stairs of their home with a suitcase. Kristy definitely took after her mother, inheriting her blonde hair and blue eyes, though Kristy's hair had a light curl in it that Winry's did not. When they were all settled in the car and on their way, Winry decided to strike conversation.

"So, Kristy, did you pick out what bathing suit you're going to wear to swimming?" Winry asked. Kristy had so many bathing suits to choose from.

"Actually, I think I'm just going to wear a t-shirt and some shorts," Kristy said – something that wasn't like her at all. Kristy was usually concerned with how she looked, even if her mother and father had never been like that as teenagers. They did have different circumstances, though.

"A t-shirt and shorts?" Winry asked. "After all those bathing suits I just bought you?"

"Well, the bathing suits I tried on yesterday when we packed were a little tight," Kristy fibbed. "I don't want to look like a cow popping out of it, so I'll just cover up."

"They're tight?" Winry raised an eyebrow. "I thought we just bought them a few weeks ago."

"Guess I gained weight." This wasn't true. Winry had actually noticed her daughter become a bit thinner over the past few weeks, but thought Kristy was just working extra hard in school. They had just had exams over the past few weeks and Winry and Ed had contributed the weight loss to that.

"I don't think you gained weight, sweetheart," Winry said. "Maybe its stress," she suggested, despite knowing her daughter wasn't gaining weight.

"Maybe I'm bloated," Kristy shot out.

"Jeez, a guy has one daughter and can't escape the girl talk," Edward interjected with a laugh. "Seriously; I was one away from all boys and I hear more about you two talking about how you look than I hear the boys talking about girls they've been with."

"Well, it could have something to do with them moving out," Winry said, rolling her eyes. "And you got to hear all about what girls were 'hot' and 'not' at school when they were Kristy's age. Maybe it's my turn to have some girl time now that almost all the boys are out of my house."

"You can't get rid of me, babe. I'm like a pregnant spider," Ed said.

"I don't ever want to hear you say the word 'pregnant' and you in a sentence ever again," Winry responded.

"What if I was saying that I got you pregnant?" Edward asked. "It's true; I did it twice."

"And we got three kids out of it," Winry said. "But you couldn't have given me cute little twin girls, huh?"

"Hey, you loved the boys when they were younger," Ed said. "Dressed them up the same and everything." Kristy didn't hear the rest of the conversation after placing headphones in her ears.

Kristy leaned against the window, feeling the growling in her stomach. She hoped her parents' arguing – or whatever they were really doing – would drown out the sound. Her music drowned it out to her, but she could still feel it.

Kristy thought about food constantly. She thought about not eating it. She thought about eating it. But mostly, she thought about avoiding it.

One of the biggest things in writing this was whether or not to include Jordyn or not. He was originally going to be who I was going to focus the story on because he had the backstory of being transgender, but I ultimately decided to write Kristy as the main character and take Jordyn out. I did this because I just don't think I could write a transgender character that would appropriately represent a transgender person, and I really didn't want to offend anyone. Now, I could have written Jordyn in and kept her as someone who wasn't the main character, but Jordyn was originally a part of Ed's family when I created the kids, so I kept her out for this story. Maybe in the future I'll add her in other stories.

Next Update: October 31st, 2015