Hi everyone sorry for the late update, the internet at my mom's place is really wonky but here's Chapter two. I'm South African so excuse the few mistakes regarding school subjects. I tried basing them on American school subjects, besides alchemy which replaces Chemistry. So again sorry haha enjoy it!
Winry's POV
"Winry! You're going to be late!" As much as I like to miss school I can't otherwise my Granny would kill me.
"That's the point granny, can't I stay and help out with customers?".
"On your first day of school? Don't be an idiot girl, you know better. And you wouldn't want your high school crush missing you if you don't show up today" Granny said with a smirk.
"Wh-what?" 'How could she have known?' I thought to myself. "I know u have a crush when you blast that racket Blinking something".
"You mean Blink 182… you're way to observant for your own good gran"
She admitted defeat and let out a hefty digh "Yeah Granny Riza told him I'd see him today."
"So what's the problem? You can't be shy forever girl, you have caught many fish before, just be sure he is a good catch" Granny said with a wink.
"Okay granny, I got to leave. See ya later!"
-EW-
As the blonde left the house she tried to be as invisible as possible. Sporting her favourite black hoodie and tucking her long bright locks into it, putting in her earphones listening to Imagine Dragon.
Good day for her to blend in with the clouds covering the sun and just about to rain. As she had reach school she had succeeded in not associating with new people and avoiding the people she had met not too long ago. The person she was truly hiding from was a certain Golden eyed boy with matching long hair.
She allusively snuck her way to the front office to collect her school schedule and found her way into Homeroom. Riza and she did meet up after homeroom
"So Win what are your subjects? I need to know if you're smart enough to sit at my table" Riza said sarcastically.
"Funny Riza, I take Advanced Biology, Automail engineering, Literature, Cretian (AN: French in the real world) and Calculus. So does that meet your standards" Winry played sarcastically back.
"Bye the looks of it you're over qualified compared to some of our bright sparks" Riza laughed, "but you will definitely come sit with us and not hide in the bathrooms okay"
"Only if you promise to bail me out of there if it gets awkward"
"Deal" Riza said with a smile
Lunch came too fast the weather had brightened up enough to sit outside. Winry had gotten her food from the cafeteria and went outside to the picnic tables spotting Riza, Roy and some others Winry was familiar with and some she wasn't. She slowly reaches the table and placed herself next to Riza. "Hello Rockbell, good to see you again" Roy said coolly.
"Always a pleasure to see you Roy" Winry smiled softly
"Guys you all remember Winry" Roy shouted to His football pals, they all greeted cheerfully in union until a boy next Roy caught interest in who the new girl was.
"Ooops how can I forget to introduce you to the real loud mouth here. Winry this is my best friend Maes, or you can call him by his nickname 'General Pain in the Ass'."
"Your nickname is better Colonel Jackass" Maes quickly insulted back.
"Sorry Winry about these two knuckleheads. Let me introduce you to the rest. This is Rose here, her twin sister Noa will be coming soon" Riza gestured to a girl with purple bangs (AN: Noa has dark skin and Rose has light, they're fraternal twins)
"Hi Winry, wow you're so pretty, oooh sorry sometimes I blurt out what's on my mind. But really it super nice to meet you!"
Rose is usually the very talkative one of the group, her bubbly personality did make Winry smile and feel at ease.
"This is Maes girlfriend and my best friend Gracia" Riza pointed out. Gracia was a quiet soul like Winry. The poor girl was trapped under Maes 'arms to get up and exchange hellos.
"And that's Paninya. You will like her Winry she has two automail legs" Riza pointed out.
"You like automail Winry?" Paninya asked excitedly. Winry nodded at the question.
"Well that's most of us except for Alphonse" Riza sighed
"And Fullmetal" Roy said blankly.
Unaware of Fullmetal's real name Winry shook it off and had started on her lunch and saw a brownish blonde haired boy and green gold eyes approach the table. "There you are Alphonse!" Rose yelled.
"Yeah sorry my Alchemy teacher and I were discussing test schedules" Alphonse explained
"Well anyway Alphonse this is Winry. She's new in Central" Riza introduced
"Hi it's really nice to meet you. What brings you to Central?" Alphonse asked
"My Granny is an automail mechanic and business was really slow in Resembool"
"Automail ey? In that case I should get her details" he said
"Why do you have automail?" Winry asked
"No, it's-" Alphonse was interrupted by a boy walking up to the table and was the same boy Winry had been avoiding the whole morning, Edward.
"There you are Al. I was-" When Edward reached the table he froze half way into his sentence and gawked at Winry.
"Close your mouth Fullmetal you don't want Noa to find you like this" Roy smirked
"She's his girlfriend not his patrol officer Roy" Rose said coldly.
"Gir-Girlfriend?" was all Winry could say. She did manage to move herself from her seat and to run off.
"Wait! Winry!" Edward ran after her and into the hallway.
"Did I miss something?" Alphonse confusingly asked.
Edward was much faster than Winry and grabbed her wrist before she could reach the bathroom. "Let me explain Winry"
"Let go you Jerk!" Winry cried out "How come you kiss me when you have a girlfriend?!" Luckily everyone was outside and not strolling around in the halls witnessing Winry's crying and shouting. Very out of character for her but she felt like a dirty person for kissing a taken man.
"Look Winry, we were both drunk and I didn't mean to take advantage. Can we start over?"
She looked at him skeotically and decided she doesn't want any drama between them and shook his right hand in agreement "Truce, but besides the kiss Ed I really enjoyed talking to you that night, so can we avoid the awkwardness and be friends?" she asked
He smiled back at her "Of course"
They walked back and explained that it was nothing to worry about. Noa had arrived and ran over and jumped onto Ed "Babe I missed you this summer! How are you?" she asked
"A bit lonely but I did make a new friend, Noa that's Winry" he pointed to Winry
"Hi nice to meet you. Oh did you guys meet at Roys?" Noa asked
All Edward could say is "Yeah" Noa was a very pretty girl, she was very nice too but she has a reputation for not being with one guy for long (AN: Gypsy incorporation) but Ed took on the challenge and him and Noa had been dating for 8 months. Winry did envy her and did not hate her for any reason. She knew why Ed didn't elaborate how they'd met.
But she did get a pang of guilt for kissing her boyfriend. So should she and Ed tell her the truth or stay quiet and let her find out the hard way?
