The night had passed without any more sleep for Winry, on the other hand, when she would look at Ed, he had his hand on his exposed stomach and was sleeping like a rock, snoring away. Well, at least one of us can sleep soundly, she thought with irritation. The possibility of her being pregnant was still wracking her brain; therefore, she had no sleep.
When Ed had finally gotten up, she feigned her unawareness, letting him get dressed and go to work as usual. Even though Ed didn't have his alchemy anymore, his knowledge hadn't disappeared. After he had gotten back from his trip to the west, the current Fuhrer of Amestris, Roy Mustang, had asked him to come back to the military and share what he had learned with the rest of the alchemists, as well as Alphonse. Reluctantly Ed had agreed, knowing that he would have to make a living somehow and he now boarded a train for Central four days out of the week.
So, she kept her eyes closed, hoping he wouldn't notice her consciousness, but couldn't resist smiling a tiny bit when she felt his lips brush against her forehead.
"I'll be back soon. Love you Win." He whispered the words into the crown of her head, leaving a tickling sensation there as he left the room.
She peeked into the room out of one eye, listening intently for the sound of the front door shutting, and flew out of bed to the phone when it did. Hastily, she dialed the number to granny's house, knowing that she would have some sort of answer after talking to her.
After a few rings it picked up, "Good God, who is it calling this early?! We don't open up shop until twelve o'clock!"
Winry sighed, "Calm down granny, it's just me."
"Oh!" Surprise colored Pinako's voice, "What are you calling so early for child?"
Suddenly Winry's nerves began to escalate, for some reason this felt extremely embarrassing to her now. "U-umm, well, I think u-uh, that maybe I might, m-might"
"For goodness sakes child, what is wrong?" Pinako's patience was beginning to grow thin.
Damnit! "Um, ok, ok, ok, um I think I might, that maybe I might, possibly, maybe be…..p-p-p-p-pregnant!" She shouted the last word unintentionally, making her look around for ears that might've heard her, though she knew no one was in the house but her.
Silence covered the phone line, making Winry's nervousness climb to the highest that it's ever been.
"Umm, granny? You still there? Please say something."
There were a few more moments of gut wrenching silence before Pinako spoke again, "Are you sure dear?" You could hear the small smile inside her voice, "This is a very serious matter you know!"
"I know that." Geez, I know that pregnancy is a serious thing granny. "The only reason I think this way is because I've been really hot and moody lately, I've been craving weird things, and my period is really late!"
"Alright then Ms. Adult, come over here straight away," there was some paper rustling over the phone, "I'm going to accompany you to the doctor's, and no complaints! I know how you hate going to the doctors."
"I don't hate it!" she said with stubbornness, "It's just that I will away my sickness! Why go to the doctor's when you'll get over what you have soon enough?"
"Well dear, if what you think is true, then you won't get over this for nine months. Now hurry and come over here." Granny spoke one last time and hung up.
Winry sighed, She's right. A small defeated pout covered her face as she went upstairs to get herself ready. Nine months huh?
Winry walked up the dirt road to the house where she had spent most of her life until just recently, she smiled at that thought. The morning was dewy and there were water drops dripping off of leaves, it seemed like it had rained overnight. Rain? She mentally slapped herself. God! Ed must've been feeling horrible! And there I was sleeping the day away. Is this what happens to people who get pregnant? Winry was completely oblivious to the fact that she already had the mind set of being pregnant.
"Well, I'll have to apologize later." She mumbled to herself as she neared the house.
"Apologize for what?" Granny questioned Winry, having just walked out of the house and catching Winry's statement.
"Oh, it's nothing. I'll just have to apologize to Ed for something later." It was only eight in the morning and her spirits had been dampened considerably. So much that she felt like crying, which she soon did.
Tears began springing from her eyes reluctantly, she didn't know why; she just couldn't help but cry. It was the strangest feeling.
"Oh dear," Pinako had a knowing look on her face when Winry began crying, "Now isn't this a familiar sight."
"Familiar?" Winry's features were construed into confusion, "What's familiar?"
Pinako laughed, "Well Winry, you're mother had done the exact same thing when she came to tell me she was pregnant with you. She was standing in that exact spot and all of a sudden, she began crying buckets!"
Winry's face turned back into that of a crying person, and tears began to fall again.
"Come on now dear," Pinako walked over to her granddaughter and took hold of her hand, "Let's get you to the doctor and confirm what we already know."
With the still crying Winry rubbing her eyes, and the knowing Pinako taking her steps slowly, they both began their walk into town.
Winry stepped across the kitchen floor, humming to herself while attempting to make dinner even though her mind was completely elsewhere. She was thinking back to earlier that day, when she and granny had gone to the doctors.
They had arrived there just on time for the appointment that granny had made earlier, and Winry was thankful that no patients were inside yet.
"Ah, Miss Winry!" The doctor, who she had seen since she was little, though no that often because she rarely came here, greeted her when she walked out of her private office.
"What're you in for today? It seems unlikely that you're sick since I hardly see you here."
"Umm, I uh, I'm here for a uh-"
"She's here for a pregnancy test if you don't mind helping us out ma'am." Pinako cut off her stuttering granddaughter, knowing that it was embarrassing for her.
Surprise colored her face, "Really?" The doctor got lost in thought for a moment, "Oh hahahaha, that's right! You were just married to Edward Elric not to long ago! Well, come on then." She ushered Winry and Pinako into a large room with a bed built into the wall and two stools right next to it.
"Don't you worry now dear! This happens all the time; there is nothing to be embarrassed about." She took a seat on the one of the stools and motioned for the other two to take a seat as well.
"Now then, before we get to an actual pregnancy test, I'm going to have to ask you some questions okay?" She looked to Winry for an answer.
This is why I hate going to the doctor, she thought, I always end up feeling like a little kid. "Alright"
"Now then, how late is your period this month?"
"A little over a week."
The doctor began writing things down on her clip board in silence, making Winry feel increasingly uncomfortable. "Alright. How active have you been?"
"WH-what?!" Winry's entire face had turned a deep scarlet. How the hell did she not flinch when asking that?
"I meant, how often you have had se-"
"I know what you meant!" Winry cut her off before she could say the word and make her pass out from embarrassment.
"Pfft." Pinako couldn't help but laugh a little.
"G-GRANNY!" This was beginning to be too much for Winry to take.
"Umm, uh, ac-active enough I g-guess." Her voice was barely above a whisper when answering the horrid question.
Again the doctor scribbled something on her clip board before asking more questions, "Okay, next. Have you been experiencing anything out of the ordinary? Strange things such as cravings, mood swings or vomiting?"
Winry tugged at the bottom of her shirt, feeling like a little kid not wanting to tell the doctor what was wrong in fear of getting a shot, "Uh, yeah. All three of those."
The doctor tossed her clipboard onto the desk when Winry spoke those words, "Well, I doubt that it would make a difference in what we already know now, but let's go ahead and have you fill up a cup!" She got up, went over to a built in cupboard above her desk, and pulled out a small plastic container.
"There's a restroom just outside of this door and to the left."
Winry got up and hastily made her way out of the room, needing to go cool down her face with some water. Damnit, I hate this place even more now.
As she reached the restroom, she quickly went in and locked the door behind her, letting herself be able to fully understand the situation at hand. Okay, she thought, from what granny and the doctor were saying, they think that I am pregnant. A smile lit up her face. What if I really am? She put her hand over her abdomen and thought about having something growing inside of her. It was scary at first, but then another feeling took over, a feeling close to attachment.
It was too late before she realized that she didn't want to not be pregnant. Just the thought of it was making her overbearingly sad. So, she closed her eyes and imagined a baby. She imagined a baby girl that had her face, but Ed's eyes, or a baby boy that had her eyes and Ed's face. She laughed at the thought of seeing a little boy who looked just like Ed running around the house and making a mess of things and spewing out phrases like, equivalent exchange or damn you milk! No, he's going to love his milk; I'll make sure of that! Though, if she had a daughter, surely she would drink all of her milk and walk around the house with a small wrench that was bought and engraved just for her.
Winry had to stop her thoughts for a moment, if she kept on thinking like that; she'd most likely be stuck in the restroom all day. So, she quickly did what she went in there to do and left, taking her day dreams with her.
"Alright, here you are." Winry spoke as she entered the room; all of her earlier nervousness had vanished thanks to her realization of wanting to be pregnant.
The doctor got up and took the cup wrapped in a paper towel from Winry, "Thank you very much! Now, it will probably be about four to five hours, so you're free to go and I can call to tell you the results later."
"Alright then, goodbye!" Winry was about to hastily exit before she thought of something else, "Oh, can you please call my granny's house with the results instead of mine?" Winry didn't want the chance of Ed finding out before she told him anything.
"No problem, have a nice day! I'll call you with the results soon enough!" The doctor smiled to the two of them as they exited the building and onto the empty dirt street.
"Geez, granny!" Winry began referring back to Pinako's laugh earlier, "You see why I hate the doctor's now! They always ask embarrassing questions like that!"
Pinako laughed again, "I thought you told me you didn't hate the doctors?"
"Hmph." The supreme stubborn look claimed her face as they began their walk back to granny's house.
"Are you going to stay here all day?" Pinako asked her granddaughter, who was pacing back and forth in front of the phone.
"Well the doctor said four or five hour's right?" It's already been five!" Winry stopped pacing and began chewing her nails instead, going to sit down next to her granny who was fixing an automail arm.
"You just have to be patient child!"
A few more minutes' silence, with the exception of granny tinkering with the arm, had passed when the phone finally rang. Winry shot straight up and ran to the phone, her heart beating rapidly.
She heard granny laugh as she pick up the phone, "Hello!" her breathing irregular, "Who is it?"
"Hello Miss Winry! I have your results for you!"
"Oh, thank you very much. W-what does it say?" Her nervousness began to get the better of her again.
"Well, congratulations! You're pregnant!"
The words rang in Winry's head, and her hand slowly went and covered her abdomen, tears beginning to fall for the third time today. "A-are you sure?"
"Quite sure." The doctor stated with a smile in her voice, "I have the results in my hand and they say that you're pregnant! Now, you'll have to schedule monthly to bi-weekly appointments with me but I'll go over the details of that with you later. Now, go and share the happy news with your family!"
"Alright!" Winry had a grin plastered on her face, nearing splitting it in half, "Thank you very much!"
She put the phone back on the receiver and stood there for a moment, letting it all sink in before she actually spoke the words she hadn't really ever thought about saying. Slowly, she turned to her granny who was waiting anxiously for Winry's statement.
"I'm pregnant granny." And when she said it, the news finally set in, "Haahahahha! I'm pregnant granny! I'm pregnant!" She ran over to her grandmother and hugged her with all her might, tears of happiness pouring down onto Pinako's apron.
"Well, it's about time I get a great grandchild." Pinako couldn't help but shed a few tears at the sight of Winry. To Pinako, it was like living out the moment of her daughter telling her she was pregnant with Winry all over again.
I'm really pregnant! Well baby, she thought as she put her hand over her stomach, looks like you're going to be bunking with me for the next nine months! Honestly, she could really wrap her head around having a little person growing inside of her, it all felt too surreal. I wonder what Ed will say?
She had a little mental gasp, that's right! I have to tell Ed! She sat up from her granny's embrace and looked her in the eye, "Granny, how do I tell Ed?"
Pinako laughed again, "I swear, I knew you were going to ask me that. your mother had asked me the same thing, and I'll tell you what I told her. Just say it."
"Really? Just say it plain and simple?"
"Yes child, just like how you said it to me! It wasn't that hard was it?"
Winry thought for a moment, "Well, no but, it seems like a completely different thing when telling Ed."
"Trust me dear," Pinako sighed, "It's not any different at all."
So, Winry danced around the kitchen, attempting to make dinner when she heard the front door open and close.
"Winry?!" Someone called her in a sing song voice, "Winry, are you here?"
"No way!" Winry ran to the front door and was surprised to see a small but now grown up figure standing in the door way, "Is that you Mei?!"
Mei put on her signature smile and ran to Winry, "Winry! I missed you!" Tackling her as she called out.
"I missed you too Mei! I haven't seen you since the wedding!"
"I know, that's way too long isn't it?" Mei noticed Winry's hand moving down to her stomach as she spoke, and suddenly felt another presence in the house.
"Is there someone else here Winry?" Mei inquired, feeling the presence growing stronger, and in reply, Xiao Mei hopped onto her shoulder saying the she felt something too.
"No, Ed's gone to work so it's just me." Winry stated the sentence before he realized she was wrong. No, it's not just me right now. But how the heck could Mei tell?
Winry gave a slight laugh; I'll never understand alchemists, "Actually no, there is someone else here!" A smile graced her face, "Guess what Mei?" She asked as she grabbed onto Mei's hands.
"What?" Mei's face lit up like a child about to be let in on a big secret.
Another face splitting smile covered Winry's face, "I'm pregnant!"
"Really?! That's wonderful!" Mei began jumping up and down in the hallway with Winry, the two rejoicing over the new addition coming to their small family.
"Yeah! I just went to the doctor today and I got my results not too long ago!"
The two began hugging again when Alphonse came in through the front door, "Oh!" Surprise colored his face when he saw the two of them hugging, "it looks like Mei already made it here!' He smiled at the both of them, wondering what made them look so happy.
"Guess what Alphonse, Winry's pregnant!" Mei blurted out the news to Al, making him stand there in shock for a second before he began laughing.
"Is it true?" Al asked Winry, a hoping smile on his face.
"Yup!" Winry exclaimed happily, "I went to the doctor's earlier and got positive results. I'm pregnant!" She went over and hugged Al, more tears falling from her eyes.
"Congratulations! Have you told brother yet?"
When Al asked that question, Winry's mood changed suddenly. It went from being overly joyous to being sad, "Noo." Her voice was beginning to crack, "I don't even know how I should tell him! What if he gets mad? What if he says he doesn't want a kid? What if he leaves?!" Winry began spewing unnecessary questions, knowing that Ed wouldn't get mad or leave, and knowing that he wouldn't say he didn't want a baby.
"D-damnit!" She was begging to frustrate herself, earning looks of worry from Al and Mei, "I don't even know why I'm saying these things!" She reached out to the tissue Mei had pulled out of nowhere and blew her nose.
"U-um well," Al really didn't know how to handle a crying Winry, just like his brother, so he tried to change the subject, "What's that smell? Were you cooking something Winry?"
"Oh yeah!" Her crying stopped immediately when she remembered her food, "I'm making some stew! Do you guys want some?" She through them a smile as she walked back to the kitchen.
"Nice one Alphonse!" Mei nudged Al's shoulder, which was far higher than hers and followed Winry into the kitchen.
"T-thanks." Al whispered, a small blush crossing his face.
Well, Winry thought to herself again while stirring the almost ready stew, now all that's left is to tell Ed.
And as if he had heard her thoughts, Ed walked through the front door yelling into the house, "I'm back Winry! You awake?!"
Winry looked to Al and Mei sitting at the table, "No one tells him before I do! Got it?!" A lethally serious look made the two nod their heads up and down.
Looking down, Winry breathed in a huge gulp of air, breathed it out, dusted off her apron and went to go and greet her husband.
"Of course I'm awake dummy!"
