Healing the Heart chap.3

Winry came to work the next afternoon and Sally ran up to her "OMG! Do you know what your patient did to Brenda?" Winry turned and stared at her "Uh. No I wasn't here remember?" Sally got close to her ear "He peed on her when she asked for a urine specimen." Winry had to hold the laughter in as she put her hand to her mouth and snickered. She could just see Ed whipping it out and peeing on her. But then she thought that wasn't very nice but it was hysterical. "He also said to send his regular nurse in next time they wanted something." Her face straightened when she heard that 'Regular nurse? Does he mean me?' she thought as she started walking towards his room and the entire nurse's station stared at her as she went in the door.

Entering the room she heard him screaming at someone on the phone "WELL FINE THEN I'LL JUST FIND ANOTHER MECHANIC YOU FUCKING LUSH!" then he slammed the phone down.

She stared at him for a moment then her rage took over "JUST WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING PISSING ON BRENDA YOU ASSHOLE!" Edward turned thinking maybe some else had walked into his room to yell at him but upon turning and seeing her his eyes glared at her as he casually told her "They wanted a urine sample so I gave her one." Winry stepped forward "You didn't have to pee on her!"

Edward grinned slightly "Hey I tried to make it in the cup." Winry shook her head "Ugh, what am I going to do with you?" With a sarcastic reply and a raise of his eyebrow he flirtatiously said "I'm sure you can think of something." She stopped surprised at his tone. Was he flirting with her now? She couldn't believe him after what he just did to poor Brenda. Did he always have to give the staff a hard time but why wasn't he giving her a hard time anymore?

She slowly turned not knowing if he'd snap at her for asking "It sounds like you just fired your mechanic?" He turned his head slowly towards her and she thought he was going to bite hers off but a semi smile crossed his face "Your very perceptive Mrs. Rockbell. Yes I did and I'm going to have to get a new one if I want to get out of here."

She walked over towards him as she fidgeted with her fingers some "I don't mean to pry but if he did that bad of a job on your arm then you need a new one." Edward raised his head from the lowered position it was in "I heard you earlier talking to yourself while checking my arm out. You seem to know your stuff."

Feeling a little more at ease she quit fidgeting "Yes I do." She walked over and pointed to his arm "Your arms way to heavy and it needs a lot more work. My granny could probably fix it up for you or I could design a newer lighter one for you?"

He waved his hand "Slow down some. Are you saying you could design me one better than this one." She reached out to touch it but stopped and looked at him "May I?" He shrugged his shoulders as she started examining it closer and turning it in different directions "Your gears are too big that's why the rotation is off and you definitely need some sort of covering on it to protect the wires." He stared at her face as she described things to him and the look on her face was sheer delight as he watched her eyes gaze down his arm he thought he almost saw her eyes shining as she looked at his automail. He began to realize that maybe Al was right she was nice and her smile was a sight for sore eyes. The smile he didn't trust in the beginning was now a comfort to see every day.

He shook the thought out of his head and now back to business. "If that's what's wrong with my arm you should take a look at my leg."

She looked up stunned "Your leg is automail too?" grinning slightly he had a feeling she wanted to see it so he pulled the cover off it "Yeah I have a real problem walking on it and using it because it's so heavy. My kicks when I fight are really off too and it hurts sometimes when I land on it."

She moved down and examined his leg from top to bottom then stood up putting her hand to her chin "Your skin is disconnecting from the port because it's so heavy, the hydraulics have hardly any fluid in them and you don't even have a shock absorber in the ankle part." Looking at him she gave him a confused look not understanding how he could even fight like this "How can you even move with automail like this? It's all jacked up. You need a new arm and leg lighter in weight with better inner workings."

Staring at her surprised but not that surprised he sighed "I have to make due with what I have or I'll get killed."

She got an idea and she pitched it to him not knowing if he would agree or not "What if I had my grandmother come check it out for you?"

Thinking maybe if her grandmother could fix it he could catch the guy that did this he nodded "That would be great."

She smiled at him and reached in her pocket pulling out a cherry Jell-O and sitting it on the table "I'll make the call for you then." She said turning to walk out as he stared at the Jell-O "Hey what's this for?" She turned and smiled a bright smile at him "You seem to like the Jell-O best so I brought you some." He felt a weird sensation in his stomach as he reached for it "Thanks." Yeah she wasn't that bad he thought as she turned and he found himself glancing at her back side as she walked out the door 'Not bad on the eyes either' he thought grabbing a spoon and opening the Jell-O and scooping some into his mouth. She was cocky, nice and she knew automail that was a bonus in his book.

Al turned as she walked out and the door shut "See Ed she's not that bad." Edward turned to Al and Al could tell she had intrigued his brother "I've figured that out Al." Breathing a sigh of relief Al walked over to Ed's bed side "Hey if she designs you a new arm and leg we can go after the guy that smashed yours brother and take him down for good."

With a gleam in his eye as he ate his Jell-O Edward had to agree with him "That's for sure Al and this time we'll be ready." That would be his first priority but what were these feelings he was feeling towards this nurse? He now liked talking to her. Her knowledge of automail intrigued him as he shoveled a spoonful of Jell-O into his mouth. He couldn't shake the fact that he was becoming happy to see her when she came to his room. Yesterday he was pleased when he heard her talking about his arm while she thought he was sleeping. But today she had blown his mind telling him all the stuff about his automail. She was indeed related to Pinako Rockbell.

As Winry walked down the hall she thought about the handsome boy in the room she had just left, yes she thought he was handsome. She hadn't really noticed till the day she walked in and saw him sleeping. After talking to Al she realized that Al was right about Edward once you got to know him he warmed up some. She really didn't know how to take his attitude sometimes though. He was a strange boy but very interesting in many ways and she had become his favorite nurse and that made her smile and she did it by talking automail and telling his he could kick her in the ass if she hurt him by taking blood. Maybe that's what it was maybe he liked people that were real and not people that blew smoke up his ass to make him think other things.

She stopped at the phone and placed a call to her grandmother in Resembool and after she explained the situation her grandmother agreed to take a look at Ed's arm and leg. She also told her that she wanted to design his new ones and Pinako agreed to that. But Edward would have to come to Resembool for her to check him out. Now she just had to figure out a way to take time off to take him to Resembool but she had vacation days stacked up and surely the hospital staff would be happy to be rid of him for good so that wouldn't be a problem. After she hung the phone up she thought she would wait till later to tell him.

After making her rounds she passed his room again and he was giving the doctor a hard time as she heard him yell "NO WAY! YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING FROM ME! I REFUSE! I'VE GIVIN YOU ENOUGH BLOOD! Winry stopped then turned and walked into the room where she saw Ed with a chair in his hand ready to throw it at the doctor "Come on Mr. Elric the military want's test done on you to make sure you can go through surgery again for that arm." Pleading with Edward the doctor was coward behind the closet door. "FUCK YOU VAMPIRES YOUR NOT GETTING IT!" he looked to the door and saw Winry wide eyed standing there and for some reason he didn't like her looking at him that way. Frightened of him as his eyes lowered and he sighed and put the chair down "FINE!" he said looking back at her "But only she can do it." He looked at her with a sincere look and she pointed to herself and he nodded. 'Well' she thought 'If it will calm him down I guess I'll do it.' The doctor walked over and handed her the syringe "Good luck Mrs. Rockbell" he said before bowing out the door.

Winry looked at Edward and sighed "Why do you give the staff such a hard time?" He looked up with a cocky smile "Because I like to see you and I know they'll send you if I'm an ass." Was that his way of saying he liked to be around her? She smiled and felt a sense of him opening up to her some as she walked forward and he sat on the bed. She smiled at him "You know all you have to do is ask for me Ed." He lowered his head "I know but it's not as much fun that way." Al just sat in the corner and watched the interaction between her and his brother and he knew Winry had gotten under Edward's skin somehow because he had been acting out more with the staff to get her to his room since yesterday. Al thought it was kind of funny because Ed had never been interested in a girl before and he really didn't know how to interact with them. But for some strange reason Winry knew how to interact with Ed and Al thought it was fun to watch a girl play the same game on his brother. She didn't take any shit off Ed and she was straight forward with her talking not to mention she didn't hold back yelling at him and she knew automail. Al figured maybe Ed had found the perfect girl for himself he just hoped Ed could handle the feelings that would come next.