ALEX'S POV
I watched his back fade until I could no longer see him, the jerk who left me. "Damnit I shouted at nothing in particular. What had just happened? He had kissed me all of a sudden and then just left…
I looked down at my mother's grave and placed my hand lightly on the headstone. "Why did you have to leave me?" I whispered in a voice that would be in audible to anyone around me. I could feel the salty tears coming down my cheeks. The thing is, I don't even know what I'm crying for. For my mother's death? Or for the fact that Edward just left me here? I leaned back and laid on my back, closing my eyes. What had driven him to do that? It wasn't what I had expected but…I felt a smile come across my face as I remembered his musky cinnamon scent. It felt right, when he had his arms around me. I know what I want from him, but I doubt that he thinks the same way.
"Alexandra?" a voice behind me said, bringing me out of my thoughts, "Are you in here?" So Al came to look for me…so far he's my favorite of the two brothers. I sat up, knowing the moon would illuminate my hair and make it easier for him to see me.
"Yeah, I'm over here," I answered, wiping away the last of tears, before he could see them. There's no way, I'm going to let anyone see me in such a weak state. I could hear his armor body clanking as he made his way to where he heard my voice. "What are you doing here?" I asked him.
"Well, when I noticed that you and Brother were gone, I guessed that the two of you came back to the house, but when I got here, there was only Winry and Granny. We were waiting up for the two of you, but neither of you came back, so we decided to just go and look for you." By this time, Alphonse was looking around, noticing that Edward wasn't with me. "By the way, where is Brother?"
I tried to think quickly, I couldn't let Al know what had happened between us. "He left, he said he had to go do something," I said.
"Oh," the young boy obviously didn't believe me, "Well come on, everyone's waiting, maybe they even found Edward." I could tell by the way, he was glancing around and the tone of his voice that he was obviously worried about his brother, which just made me feel guilty. Maybe I should just tell him what had happened…I gladly took Al's hand, which he had held out to help me up. We walked in silence until we arrived at the small country home.
When we walked through the door, it seemed that we were the only ones there. I started heading upstairs to get ready for bed, but was stopped short when Alphonse took hold of my arm and led me down the hall to where Winry's workshop was. I knew there was no point in squirming, so I let him take me down there. We stopped outside of one door, and I looked up at Al with a questioning look. Before I could say anything, he opened the door and shoved me inside, closing the door behind him. "Sorry about that," I heard him say from the other side of the door.
I looked over at the blonde haired girl sitting in from of a work table with various steel pieces surrounding her. I didn't know what to do, afraid I would take her concentration away from her work, I stood at the door waiting for her to acknowledge me. I looked down and began twiddling my fingers. After a few minutes had passed, I looked up to see a pair of sea blue eyes locked on me.
"So…" Winry began, it was obvious that she wasn't sure what to say and I immediately knew this was going to turn into one of those girl talk sessions. "How are things with Edward?" I can tell she hasn't had much practice with this kind of conversation, which is good, because neither have I.
"It's….fine," I said vaguely, wandering over to a shelf, showcasing a few different automail limbs. Amazing how these things are so intricately crafted. I ran my fingers lightly across an arm, feeling Winry tense behind me.
"That's good." I could tell she was nervous that I was going to do something to mess up the arm. "Did you like the tour Ed and Al gave you?"
This caught my attention. The tour…the toy shop…the train I got… I swore to myself as I remembered the fact, that Edward had been holding the bag containing the train. What did he do with it? "Is something wrong, Alex?" Winry stood up, crossing the room to me, so she sensed my discomfort. She placed a hand lightly on my shoulder, "You know you can talk to me, right?"
Damnit, why do people always do this? They lure me in, and then tear my heart out. I tried not to look Winry in the eyes, so that I wouldn't give in, but it was impossible not to, since she was basically forcing me to look her in the eye.
I finally gave up, and took a deep breath. I began my story about the toy shop, the walk, and what happened in the cemetery. When I got to the part where he kissed me, a change of emotion flickered across Winry's face.
"He kissed you?" Winry asked me, "and then what?"
I sighed heavily and recited his exact words from memory, "Well he pushed me away, and then started to walk away, but he stopped to listen to what I had to say and then he said, 'Listen, I'm sorry! I shouldn't have done that! What else do you want from me?' and then he left me there."
"He said that? Oh, sometimes he can be such a jerk. He really shouldn't have done that!" Winry cried.
At that exact moment, the door flew open, and there stood none other than Edward, "Hey Win, I was wondering if-" he never got finish his sentence though. As soon as Winry caught sight of Edward, she grabbed the nearest wrench near her and threw it right at his head. The girl has quite an arm and aim. The wrench hit Edward right smack in the forehead, leaving a large red lump.
Edward was now sprawled out on the floor, holding his hands up over his head, "What the hell was that for Winry?" he yelled. That's when he caught sight of me still standing in the corner behind Winry. The blue eyed girl loomed over Edward.
"You little jerk! How could you do that to her?" she thrust her finger towards me, "What kind of person does that? You're going to apologize to her, and you're not leaving this room until you do!" Through her whole lecture Winry was waving her wrench around, causing me to keep a distance from her, Edward on the other hand, kept his eyes trained on me the whole entire time. After a few moments of silence, Winry slipped out of the workshop quietly leaving me alone with Ed.
