"Don't you die!" People were yelling, though it was all blurred and muffled to Ed. "Ed! Don't die!" Ed's eyes shot open. That was Winry's voice. "You promised! You promised you wouldn't die!" She cried. He focused his vision and looked over. He was in the ballroom. Several people were around him, they were all yelling. He noticed he was still on the floor. Winry, Al, and Mustang were being pushed back while Mustang's underlings were standing back with their faces covered with their hands. Ed felt himself being electrified. Ed yelled out in pain. He head fell sideways toward Winry. She was crying. Ed smiled weakly. "Silly, Winry." He mumbled. Ed was thrown violently onto a gurney and pushed into an ambulance. Ed shut his eyes and tried to remember back.

"The wine...Damn...I forgot it." Ed muttered to himself. He started getting a migraine from all the yelling and it just got worse. Ed got more and more pissed. The sirens were plausible, but yelling? Was that really necessary in a car only four feet wide and six feet long? Ed held his head with one hand, but suddenly his head started throbbing.

"WOULD YOU ALL SHUT THE HELL UP?" He yelled. Everyone stopped talking and stared at him. "Thank you." He muttered irritably. The talking switched to regular normal talking instead of yelling. It was a long way to the hospital Ed noticed. Ed's gurney was thrown violently onto the ground with him still in it. He groaned. Was is necessary to be so violent? The paramedics rushed him into the hospital where some nurses rushed Ed into the E.R. Emergency Room...Ed thought. "Winry's going to kill me." Ed said to himself. He thought of Winry. Her smiling face and different expressions. Her hair a sandy kind of color, but felt as soft as cashmere. Her royal blue eyes gleaming in the ballroom as he danced with her. Her kiss as gentle and soft as her heart. Her body...that sexy body that curves in all the right places. It clicked and Ed realized if he died he wouldn't get to see her ever again. I must live on, so I can be with her...Ed thought devotedly. There was no way in hell he was dying anytime soon. A nurse set a plastic mask over Ed's face and told him to breath deeply. He did so and he fell asleep.

Ed opened his eyes slowly. He'd felt this feeling of soreness and inpatients before. Like when...no. He was to tired for a flashback. Ed looked around his room. Then at the clock: 6:58 a.m.

"Great..All alone." He said sarcastically. Ed shut his eyes. "I was kind of hoping to see Winry." He sighed to himself. Her smiling face flashed in his mind. The thought of what may have happened if he had gone left and Winry had gone right. She'd be dead. Ed gasped and his eyes shot open. The clock said: 10:02 a.m. "Holy shit...four hours." Ed mumbled. It was a nightmare. Winry being eaten by that chimera, Ed shuddered again. He had to see her now. To confirm she was alright. Ed got up and started searching for his clothes. He found them and got dressed into them. He grabbed his red coat from a local coat rack and pulled on his shoes. Ed noticed a nurse waiting outside the room in case he tried to leave. Ed sighed and opened the window. Two story. Kind of risky. Ed grinned as he thought of something. Ed clapped and transmuted several thin brick boards shot out of the side of the building one on top of the other. Ed snickered and jumped out the window. He broke them all on his way down, but his ass was the only thing hurt. Ed ran to the apartment. He started stumbling though. His side had opened back up. Ed lifted his shirt and glanced at it. It wasn't bad, he just couldn't run anymore. Ed grabbed a cab to his apartment. Ed hurried up the stairs and pulled the key out of his pocket. He opened his door. Winry, Al, Mustang, and Hawkeye were all sitting on the couch talking. They stopped and looked at Ed. He sighed, a wave of relief rushing over him. Winry stood suddenly.

"Ed!" She yelled irritably. Ed collapsed onto his knees and smiled. Damn my impulsiveness. Ed thought, but he didn't really care. He had to see Winry alive and he did. That was all that mattered. She ran over to him and crouched by him.

"Good..." Ed mumbled.

"What?" Winry asked.

"Sorry, Winry. Couldn't be helped, I had to see you." Ed said nervously and grinned. Winry glared at him. She hit him over the head with a wrench. Ed didn't say "ow", he just sat there smiling. He was over-flowing with joy knowing that Winry was safe.

"Ow." He managed to say so he didn't look weird.

"Well, that was delayed reaction." Hawkeye added. Winry smiled along with Al. Ed stood and held his side.

"I got to get back. I may bleed to death if not." Ed laughed. They all stared at him quizzically. Ed turned and hit the railing. He was pretty light-headed from all the bleeding due to running about a mile and then upstairs. Ed eased his way to the actual steps. He managed to get down them without falling though he skipped more than a lot of steps. Ed stepped out of the building. He called a taxi and headed back to the hospital. Once he got there he headed straight to his room. He hung up his coat and kicked his shoes off. He set his shirt on the end of the bed and stood in his sleeveless. Ed collapsed onto the bed. A nurse rushed in. She noticed blood trickling from his side. She yelled at Ed and did a little stitching. Ed didn't care though. He was just happy knowing Winry was safe. He turned to the nurse.

"When do you think I can leave?" Ed asked her. She glared at him.

"Not for about a week." She growled. Ed sighed.

The week went by slowly. Winry had to leave Central in the middle of it and said goodbye to Ed, but it was fast. She was only there for about five minutes. Al visited a lot and several other people did to. Finally the last day came. Ed smiled as he threw on his shirt. Ed pulled on his shoes and grabbed his coat. It was only 6a.m and nobody was really awake, but if Ed could leave he was going to. Ed ran out the front door happily after discharging himself. He ran to the apartment to fetch Al. He burst through the front door and ran into Al's room.

"Al! Come on, we're leaving!" Ed yelled. Al sat up and looked at him curiously. Al got dressed, encouraged by Ed, and they left. Ed dragged Al to H.Q where Ed had to tell Mustang he was leaving. Ed burst through the office doors happily. They all jumped and looked at Ed. They were surprised to see him. He was an hour early. "I'm leaving for Resembool, bye!" Ed said and shut the doors. They heard him laughing down the hall. Ed grabbed the sleeping Al and dragged him to the train station. Ed was about to see the woman he loved after not seeing her smiling face for three days. They caught the earliest train to Resembool.

Ed and Al walked to Winry's house. Ed was clearly more excited than Al who was still half asleep. It took three days. Ed hadn't seen Winry for six. Nor Winry had seen Ed, the truth was she was missing him just as much as Ed missed her. All she had done the whole time she was home was stare at a picture of them all together. It was really annoying Pinako, but she wouldn't ever mess with true love.

At Winry and Pinako's house,

Ed burst through the front door. Pinako jumped. Winry was still asleep.

"Hey, boys." She said. Ed smiled at her and Al did to.

"Winry asleep?" Ed asked as he pointed upstairs. Pinako nodded. Ed set his suitcase down and ran upstairs. Al put his next to Ed's and joined Pinako in setting the table.

Ed opened Winry's bedroom door silently. She was asleep. Ed noticed something in her hands. It was a picture of him. Tear drops stained it. Ed smiled weakly.

"I haven't seen you sleep since the first night." Ed sighed. "You cried last night, huh?" Ed sat next to her gently. He caressed her face with the back of his hand. Ed let his hand fall to the picture. He picked it up. It was the picture Pinako had took the day Ed had gotten his certification. It was Ed with his coat on and everything holding out his watch and smiling. Ed glanced at Winry's hands. They closed into fists. A tear ran down her cheek. "Don't cry, Winry. It's alright." He said softly as he set the picture next to her and put his hand on her head. No more tears ran down her cheeks and her fists unclenched. Ed smiled. His eyes full of love and kindness. He loved Winry more than anything. Nothing would stop him from pursuing her happiness, which was basically his own. Whatever the cost, he would get it. Ed leaned over to Winry and kissed her cheek gently. He stood and left the room. Ed shut the door behind him silently. Winry opened her eyes. She noticed the picture was beside her instead of in her hands. She had dreamt of Ed. She dreamt that he had died and she was alone, but he came back at the end of the dream in spirit. He'd patted her head and kissed her lightly on the cheek before he said goodbye. Winry sat up in her bed and cried. Tears streamed down her cheeks, but she really wasn't all that loud. Winry got up and wiped her face. She had a desperate idea. She would head back to Central to see Ed.