Okay girls, I swear to god I'm not making this up! Men find us more attractive when we're ovulating! Crazy right? "Evidence shows that estrogen, which surges just before ovulation, plumps skin and lips and promotes a healthy glow; your body is signaling it's baby-making time." Like I said, it's all about the babies! Jeez…

Oh, by the way, ovulating is when you're eggs are released, blah, blah, blah…. There's more depth to it but I don't really feel like explaining. It happens (If you have a regular cycle) just about two weeks before your period.

Well whatever. I thought that was so weird but an interesting theme to write on.

Five Times Winry's Sexy to Ed
When She's…Ovulating?

Edward was acting…strange. He had been watching quietly on Winry's bed as she busied herself with a special order for her automail. She was hunched over her desk and was completely zoned into her work. So much so she paid Edward absolutely no attention at all.

Or at least that's what it seemed…

And yet he just sat there silently. It was odd having his eyes on her back and when Winry finally had to ask why he was staring she found herself blushing when she met his gaze.

"Ed do you need something?" She asked thoughtfully. She gave a small smile and Edward gave her a smirk in return and shook his head.

"Nah, I'm fine." Great, she was still confused, so confused she couldn't even focus on her work anymore. Pushing herself away from her desk she walked over towards her bed and sat down besides Edward. He just gawked at her with an almost wanting kind of look.

Forget about being confused; now she was just lost. She had grease smudges on her face, not to mention she was sweaty as hell. She wasn't even wearing her black-work top. She never pulled her coveralls down! She was probably the most unattractive woman in the world right now.

But she wasn't being treated like it…

Edward reached up and pulled her green bandana off her head and let the top her hair fall lose. Winry gave an awkward smile and Edward just couldn't pull his eyes away. She didn't understand why he seemed so attracted to her…today…right now.

Placing a hand on her face he leaned in a let his lips touch her neck gently. The act took Winry by surprise and a small gasp escaped from her throat. Edward smiled as his lips moved lower. His hand that rested on her cheek slowly slipped from its original spot to the collar on her coveralls. Slowly he began to pull it off from the top down.

It was then, when something came crashing into the forefront of her mind, Winry decided to pull away before she got lost, and things got too far.

"Hey…" Edward moped and his shoulders drooped slightly. "I was kind of in the middle of something." He dumbly pointed out. He deeply frowned as he looked Winry up and down, and then asked: "What's up?"

"I don't think fooling around right now is such a good idea." She said the words slowly; like she wasn't sure she was right or not. Reaching up, she pulled her coveralls back in place.

"Why not?" He asked, he wasn't rude or mean when he asked this question…just simply wondering.

"Well…" She paused; her cheeks bright pink "I've been to see the Doctor." She explained, trying to sound casual…but the experience was embarrassing as hell and having to tell her worked-up boyfriend was only making it worse.

"Doctor? What the hell for?" Edward wondered aloud, moving over towards her. But with his move Winry got up from the bed and sat across from him in the chair near her vanity. She hunched her shoulders slightly and sighed.

"Granny overheard us talking the other day…about IT." She explained, exchanging the actual word she wanted to use for a pronoun instead, hoping to save face. Edward's eyes widen and his mouth fell open.

"Oh no way…" He replied to her statement quietly, his eyes locked to his hands in his lap.

"Yep." Winry nodded solemnly, "And then she hauled my butt to the doctor…She was worried…you know?" She was quiet for a moment and tried to let the fact that Granny knew he and she were active sink into Edward a little bit more.

"Well anyway, he says…" She started again after a while, "That since my cycle is regular…"

"Cycle?" Edward interrupted, obliviously curious.

Winry gave Edward a serious glance but when that did no good she rolled her eyes and said her meaning aloud, "My period you idiot, now let me finish..." She sighed and looked away, her face felt hot.

Edward made a slightly disturbed face and nodded. "Uh, yeah…right go on."

"I'm regular so I should be able to track the days when I'm ovulating…and I just remembered that today is one of the days." She explained. A hand went to her lower abdomen for a moment as she sighed.

"Ovulating…that's when…?"

"Umm…let's just say I have a better chance of getting pregnant if we made love right now…" Her face grew bright red. She still wasn't used to the fact that she and Edward were so intimate with each other. It was a thrilling and scary feeling. Yet even though Winry personally felt ready for more, their progress rested mainly with Edward.

All the while, Edward sat there silently to himself, thinking over her words.

"You know they say a girl looks her prettiest during her ovulation period…guess it makes sense…" She tried to fill the silence with worthless chit-chat but still it seemed he wouldn't speak.

Finally Edward made some sort of an action. He looked her up and down for a quick moment, took a deep breath in and then asked, "So what?"

"What?" Winry snapped. The red in her face turned from embarrassment to anger. "How can you ask such a stupid question?" She rose to her feet and stormed about her bedroom, "Are you even thinking of me at all? Ed, I thought I was more important then that?"

"Then what?" He barked back, the feeling of yelling at her was like an instinct. "I'm saying I wouldn't mind having a family with you and you throw a fit! Damn…" He mumbled a few curses beneath his breath. "I love you, you know?" He said aloud, finding that the only right thing to say.

Winry searched his face, her mind flabbergasted. "But…" She tried to think of some reason to still be angry, "We aren't married…I mean I know some people have children out of wedlock but it wouldn't feel right to me Ed I mean, my parents were married and I always wanted to be married before I had children…and…and…" She felt her mind ramble on words she wasn't sure she wanted to say.

"So then let's get married." Edward offered, breaking into her stream of nonsense. He gave a shrug of his shoulders and Winry's mouth dropped.

"Are you kidding? Have you even thought about proposing to me Ed?" She shook her head and sank to the floor. "You're only saying this because you want something out of me."

Edward gave gruff sigh and moved off the bed to sit in front of her. She refused to meet his eyes. "How the hell can you ask that?" He asked her now, "You think I'm that selfish?"

She knew he wasn't…

She just couldn't believe this was happening…

"But it's so unromantic…you asking like that." She admitted with a slight blush of her cheeks. "You didn't even get down on your knee or anything like that…" She explained.

"Well…" He ran a hand through his hair and sighed, "I've been thinkin' about it for a while now and no time ever seemed right…" He tried to clarify. After a pause he smiled, "Now just felt right."

"I don't believe you," She lied, "You just thought of it now…"

Edward shook his head slowly and reached into his pocket. Fishing around for a second he pulled out a small, gray box. He handed it off to her and looked away as she opened it.

Inside was a diamond ring on a band of white gold. It was simple, nothing elegant or grand…but it was beautiful.

And perfect…

Carefully Winry pulled it out of the box and slipped it on the ring finger of her left hand. Edward still refused to meet her gaze, finding this entire situation a little too much to take.

"Edward…" Winry felt her voice break with his name. He always seemed to make her cry…

When he heard her sob he quickly turned to her. There he saw the giant smile on her face, her pink cheeks, and what seemed like a never ending flow of tears. He had only seen her this happy once before…and that was when he and Al came home they way they were supposed to be.

Grabbing on to her shoulder Edward brought Winry into a tight embrace. He felt her tears soak into his shirt but he didn't care…actually all he could do was laugh because he suddenly found himself rather happy too.

Looking up with bright eyes Winry grinned, "I rubbed the grease that was on my face on your shirt." She admitted with a laugh. Edward rolled his eyes and pushed her back a bit.

"Serves you right…" He joked.

"Oh does it?" Winry asked as she pouched on her fiancé and let her fingers tickle his sides. He broke out into fits of unconformable laughter, begging her to stop. When she didn't comply he found enough strength to find her sides and tickle her back. And thus for a few moments the two of them played on floor, laughing and tickling and enjoying each other.

When they grew out of breath Winry collapsed on Edward with a sigh. He faked a groan of pain and she lightly slapped his forehead. "Don't do that…" She told him sternly and then giggled as she rested her head on his chest.

"Yeah, yeah…" He agreed as he let his hands run through her hair. They were both silent for a moment, simply listening to each other's breathing…feeling very aware of one another's presence there on her bedroom floor.

Suddenly, Winry let out a soft sigh as she outstretched her left arm to gaze loving at the perfect ring on her finger. "I can't believe it…" She mused to herself. "Somebody loves me…"

Edward nodded to himself then spoke, "I only love you 'cause you look extra sexy when you're ovulating." He teased with a rather loud laugh.

Winry moved her head to look up into Edward's eyes and glared for a moment, but found herself too happy to hold the stare. "I only love you," She retorted, "Because you look sexy without a shirt on." She laughed.

"Oh yeah?" He asked with mock seriousness.

Winry looked at him for a moment then shook her head. "No…" She smiled. "I love you because you're Edward…and that's enough."

Edward gave a small smile as he brought his lips to hers.

And just before he kissed her, he told her in return…

"I love you because you're Winry…and it is enough."

Part Four END