Chapter 10: Chaos
"Ed, get your ass up!" Winry yelled shaking Ed furiously.
Her only reply was a grumble and a sleepy wave of the hand.
"That does it!" She screeched, taking her wrench and bludgeoning Ed over the head with it.
"What was that for?" Ed yelped.
"You're supposed to be helping me with setting up for tomorrow. And take a shower you smell of liquor and smoke."
"Yes dear." Ed grumbled, getting up out of bed.
"Since when did you start calling me dear?"
"Since about five seconds ago." Ed said with a smirk.
"What ever, just take a shower and come help me when you're done."
Ed moved over to Winry and took her by the waist and whispered ever so gently, "yes dear." Winry's lips brushed Ed's, sending chills down his back. Ed took the invitation and locked his lips with her. To Winry, Ed didn't taste the same, he tasted of Whisky, but to Ed Winry tasted just as she always did, perfectly sweet.
Ed walked down the stairs, drying his hair with the towel he had strung across his solders. Ed looked into the living room to notice a very bothersome black haired man, who was accompanied by Riza Hawkeye, sitting on the couch.
"Hey Fullmetal, how'd you sleep?" Roy asked.
"Don't call me that. I gave that up remember. Any way to answer your question, pretty good. Now I have a question for you. Where's Winry?"
"She's talking to Bill on the phone." Riza replied.
"Thanks." Ed said walking across the room, and into the kitchen.
"Yes Bill I'll tell him. Yes, see you tomorrow." Winry chimed into the phone and hung it up.
"What did Bill want?" Ed asked.
"He said that he and his family will be here tomorrow and that you don't have to worry about going into work today."
"Wow, I total forgot about work." Ed laughed.
"Oh Ed, your horrible." Winry laughed back.
"So what do you need help with?"
"Well you can help Roy choose flowers while Riza and I work on the cake."
"Ok Winry." Ed said and left the kitchen and went back to the living room to help Roy.
"Ok Roy what do we have here?" Ed asked.
"Well we're defiantly going with roses."
"Yeah defiantly, I think we should go with white."
As the two men exchange ideas, Riza popped into the kitchen to help Winry with the cake. Winry had made it five tiers. The cake was covered with white icing. Winry had finished with the icing and she had to put it some where that it wouldn't be messed with. Winry picked up the cake and walked to the basement door.
"Riza, could you get the door?" Winry asked.
"Sure Winry."
When Winry took her first step, a tier from the cake wobbled, Winry readjusted so it wouldn't fall, but it caused her to slip. Reacting with impressive speed Ed dove over the back of the couch and caught Winry before she fell down the stairs. Riza tried to catch the falling cake, but failed, smearing cake all along her front and covering Ed and Winry. Roy couldn't contain himself and busted out laughing. Ed helped Winry to her feet while Riza pointed her gun at Roy, who quickly shut his mouth. Winry's eyes welled up with tears.
"Don't cry Winry, it'll be ok. I promise." Ed hummed soothingly, wiping some icing from her face.
Ed's kind words of comfort were not enough to keep her tears at bay. The tears streamed down her soft rosy cheeks and were followed by slight sobs.
"Aww geez, Win don't cry, please, don't dry." Ed murmured bringing her in closer to him, "We look a mess. Don't we?"
"Mmhm." Winry weakly replied.
Ed dried her tears and let her go.
"You should go take a shower." Ed then chimed.
Ed started for the stairs with Winry close behind.
"Riza, aren't you going to get cleaned up, you're a mess too." Winry chimed.
"Oh, right." Riza replied, following her friend up the stairs.
Ed threw his sullied shirt on the floor and grabbed a new one from his dresser drawer.
"I think it just got on my shirt." Ed said inspecting himself.
"Yeah I think your right, but it got all in my hair." Winry complained.
"It'll come out." Ed said walking out of the room.
Winry stripped off her cloths and slung a bath robe over her shoulders. Her clothes joined with Ed's shirt.
"Here." Winry chimed handing Riza a shirt and jeans, "get out of those dirty cloths. Will you need to hop in the shower when I'm done?"
"No, but thank you." Riza replied.
"No problem, anytime." Winry chimed back as she walked down the hall to the bathroom.
She turned the water on and waited for the shower to warm up. When the shower was ready she dropped the robe and stepped into the cascade of warm water droplets. She scrubbed the icing out of her hair.
Within 20 minutes Winry was out of the shower and was putting on clean cloths. She threw the dirty cloths into wash basket and carried it downstairs.
"Hey, Ed what should I do about the cake?" Winry asked.
"Ice it." Ed said nonchalantly.
"But Ed it's smashed to hell."
"No it ain't." Ed said pointing to the cake on the table.
"But, wha, huh?" Winry stuttered.
"Isn't alchemy a wonderful thing?" Ed laughed, "But Roy didn't know how you wanted it iced. Oh and Granny, Al and Mei are back from shopping. Al is out back with Roy. So I'll take that and you get icing that cake."
Ed took the basket to the basement to wash the cloths. Winry started icing the cake, the way she wanted it. When Ed finally finished the wash he came upstairs with the wet cloths and strung them on the line to dry.
"Hey Winry, come out here." Ed called for her from outside.
"Uh, Ok." Winry called back putting down her pastry bag.
Winry walked out the back door to see what Ed wanted.
"You ready?" Ed asked.
"I guess so."
"Good. Do it Al!" Ed shouted.
Al clapped his hands together and smacked them on the ground. A giant stone patio formed from the ground, two rows of ten pews emerged from the patio, two waist high pillars, with a stone vase on each, formed on either side of the isle, a stone alter formed at the front and an elaborate stone arbor materialized behind the alter. Roy then transmuted dozens of white roses from the grass and decorated the arbor and filed the vases with them. Al them transmuted a reception area in the same fashion.
"The miracles of alchemy. I hope it's to your liking Winry." Ed whispered.
"Oh yes, I love it." Winry cheered.
"Good and it's getting to be about noon and I'm starving." Ed wined.
"Ok how about I'll make lunch as soon as I'm done with the cake."
"Ok Winry."
Winry hopped back inside to finish the cake.
"Good job guys." Ed congratulated.
"Thanks brother." Al chimed.
"Great I think everything is ready for tomorrow." Winry yawned, sprawling over the couch and Ed.
"Does you're dress fit?" Riza asked, taking a sip of tea.
"I think so. Probably should go check." Winry laughed.
Winry jumped off the couch and walked with Riza up stairs. Winry pulled the suit bag, with her wedding dress in it, out of the closet and laid it on the bed. Winry undressed and slipped the dress on.
"Can you help me?" Winry asked fidgeting with the zipper.
"Sure." Riza replied pulling the zipper up.
Winry looked at herself in the full length mirror. The dress was strapless and made of a white silky fabric which shimmered in the light. The dress hugged Winry's perfect figure and flowed to the floor charismatically, it fit just as it did when she had first worn it.
"It looks wonderful on you Winry." Riza Chimed.
"Thanks Riza."
Winry removed the dress and put her day cloths back on, and then put the dress back in the closet.
"Ok let's go back down stairs." Winry sighed.
Back downstairs everyone was sitting around and socializing.
"Hey Riza, it's getting late we should probably get back to the hotel room." Roy said.
"Ok. See you tomorrow." Riza chimed.
"Bye." Roy muttered.
"Yeah see you guys tomorrow" Winry chimed.
"See ya." Ed mumbled as Roy and Riza exited out the front door.
"We've got a busy day tomorrow we should think about hittin' the hay soon." Ed yawned.
"Good idea." Winry yawned back.
Ed and Winry walked hand in hand up the stairs to bed. Ed plopped onto the bed and Winry snuggled up next to him. As Winry was about to fall asleep, Ed whispered in her ear, "What a beautiful chaotic day." Ed kissed her good night and they both fell asleep in each others arms.