AN: AHHHH! Can you believe these two they're so damn complicated. Listen to the Rascal flats song 'What hurt's the most' if you don't know it. Edward got a rude awaking with it. The words are awesoooome. Also Mark Hammit's 'All Of Me' Now that is a beautiful song.
May I have this Dance? Chap.10
Winry arrived in Resembool and she was very unhappy when her grandmother asked her what had happened she told her "I'm sure he'll get over it dear he's just hurt right now." She tried to reassure Winry "Give him a second chance."
Winry broke down to her grandmother "No granny I don't think he'll ever forgive me. I hurt him by leaving and I didn't mean to." Tears were flowing down her face as Pinako walked over and gave her a hug "It's alright dear everything will be fine."
Edward walked downstairs that morning and everyone just stared at him "WHAT?" he said pouring coffee and as he turned around he saw all their eyes boring holes into him "Hey this is not my fault she left me."
"SHE DIDN'T LEAVE YOU, YOU DUMBASS!" Uri yelled slamming her hands on the table and standing up "Good God Ed you're so blind sometimes." She had tears forming in her eyes because she could tell he was hurting and it was over nothing, he could have had something special with Winry "That girl loves you more than anything. But I don't know why when you act like a spoiled child sometimes."
"Loves me then why'd she leave?" he stared at Uri waiting for an answer when Al stood up "She didn't leave she went to visit her grandmother for two months. The same way we used to go visit our grandmother for a couple of months when school was out. Geez Ed other people's lives go on even though ours have been completely fucked up."
Edward didn't want to hear this right now so he walked back upstairs and as he looked over to her room he didn't see her. He sat in his room most of the day thinking about what Al had said that other people's lives go on 'Okay yeah she's got a grandmother that likes her to spend the summer. She's got parents that love her.' He got up and started straightening his room from his tantrum he threw yesterday. Later that night he couldn't sleep so he sat there and stared at her window remembering everything from the first day she moved in 'WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING?' He slammed himself down on his bed and just got mad.
It had been three weeks since she had left and Edward was a complete asshole the whole time. He was worse than he was after Rose, he was snappy, he didn't smile at all, he was downright mean when he talked to people and not even Uri could reach him this time. They had all given up on trying to help him and he sensed it so he walked out into the living room one day and just screamed and yelled and then he broke down and just admitted to everyone that he was hurting without her and that she was the only one that made him feel like living as he fell to his knees and sobbed like a baby.
Uri walked over and bent down and pulled him into a hug "Edward my baby boy what are we going to do with you?" she leaned back and looked into his half dead amber eyes that had lost that spark they had weeks earlier "You can fix this Ed." Edward shook his head "No, no I can't I treated her like she meant nothing. I told her I never should have trusted her. Why would she listen to me now?"
He stood up and grabbed his CD player and ran upstairs when he got to his room and sat on the bed he held the CD player in front of him and as he wiped the tears away he looked at it and realized that it wasn't his it was Winry's CD player. She must have picked his up by mistake. 'I'll never know what could have been with you because I let you walk away.' He thought as he put the headphones on and pressed play 'Let's see if you have anything to say to me Winry?' A song started he'd heard before but never really paid attention to till now it was Rascal Flatts 'What hurts the most' and as he sat there and listened to it he realized that the song was everything he wanted to say to her. When it got to the lyric ' What hurt's the most was being so close and having so much to say and watching you walk away.' It hit him right between the eyes he knew what he had to do now, he made up his mind. After the song he got dressed and he walked downstairs and everyone noticed his attitude was different and his eyes had determination in them.
"I'll be right back." He said walking out the door and Uri noticed he was dressed really nice 'What the hell is he up too? He better not try to kill himself again' he had on his black leather pants and a light blue long sleeved dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up.
Walking next door he wondered what he was going to say except the truth and that's all he had to offer. He walked up to the door and knocked on it and Mr. Rockbell answered it and he was surprised to see Edward "Ed, what do you want?"
Edward looked up at him "Mr. Rockbell I have something to talk to you about and I'm not leaving until I do." Mrs. Rockbell came to the door and she saw the look on Edward's face and she knew he meant business "Certainly Edward please come in." As Edward entered their house he could smell Winry's perfume and he knew then he had to make this right. As he followed both of them to the kitchen they all sat down.
Edward started to say something but he stopped, they stared at him wondering what was wrong as a tear formed in his eye as he looked at them "Listen I hurt Winry really badly before she left and I was wrong. I love her sooo much and I just didn't know how to handle her leaving. It was my fault and I'd like to make it right if you could tell me where she is." He had a pleading look "Please Mr. Rockbell I want to make her happy and to do that I need to make this right." Mrs. Rockbell moved her hand over her husbands and smiled at him as he looked at Edward "Are you going to be the one for her son? Are you one that she wants and the one that will protect her and love her for the rest of her life?"
Edward took a deep breath and looked at both of them "I promise if you tell me where she is I will make her happy and I will never hurt her again. I would give my life to protect her and I just want to love her more that life itself."
Mr. Rockbell put his hand on Edward's shoulder "I believe you son because I don't think anyone who didn't love someone would do what you just did." Edward breathed a sigh of relief and when Mr. Rockbell told him where she was and he tried to figure out a way to get there faster than taking the train. Mrs. Rockbell smiled and handed Edward the keys to her car "If you and your friends leave now and take turns driving the trip should take two days instead of four like the train."
Edward was surprised as he looked at her "You trust me with your car?" she smiled at him "Why not I'm trusting you with my daughter too Edward." He felt like the world had just been lifted off his shoulders as he smiled at her and took the keys. Walking back to his house he knew that she was the most important thing in his life and he wasn't going to lose her.
As he opened the door and walked through the house to the kitchen he held up the keys "Come on everybody time for a road trip." Uri looked at him puzzled "Just where the hell are we going Edward? This is no time to take off."
He turned to leave then smiled back over his shoulder "I'm going to get the woman I love if she'll still have me." They all looked at each other then smiled and stood up and began to gather their stuff. Uri looked at Roy and he shook his head as if to say 'About damn time he wises up.'
Winry had spent the time at her grandmothers watching the old woman intensely. She knew that someday she would probably have to fix Edward's arm. 'Edward' she thought about him and got a sad look on her face remembering his little cocky smile. She was helping a gentleman with his automail leg when he noticed the far off stare she had on her face.
He leaned down next to her ear "You're thinking of a boy aren't you my dear." She was jolted back to reality by that statement "Huh?" she smiled at the man "Oh, Yes" her cheeks turned a shade of pink.
"Where's this boy at now?" he asked smiling at her as she began to explain to him about Edward and what had taken place. The old man listened to her then when she finished with tears in her eyes he smiled at her "Boys who have been hurt so badly tend to sabotage everything in their lives" he put his hand on her shoulder "But if their smart they figure out the error of their ways." She gave him a soft smile and finished working on his leg when she had finished he stood up and walked to the door and opened it but he turned before he walked through it "I'm sure he'll figure out just how precious you are to him. I know I did when my wife and I went through the same thing over forty years ago." Winry felt a sense of comfort from the man knowing he came to his senses but then again this man wasn't Edward.
Edward was very quiet as he drove down the road his hair blowing in the wind but it was his blank stare that was upsetting to Uri "Whatcha thinking about Ed?" He turned and slightly smiling at her "I'm hoping Winry will find it in her heart to forgive me." Then he sighed "I really screwed the pooch on this one Uri."
Uri put her hand on his shoulder "I'm sure everything will be fine Ed." He slightly smiled "Yeah" but he knew he had hurt Winry really badly. He remembered the look in her eyes when he told her he never should have trusted her. It was like he had just stopped her heart and he wondered if he had done it on purpose so that she would feel real pain. He didn't care at this point his main focus was to get to her and convince her that he was wrong and she was everything to him.
Winry was having dinner with Pinako and she could tell her granddaughter was still hurting "Winry why don't you try calling him?" WInry looked up slowly from her plate "I don't think he would talk to me granny." Pinako reached for her pipe and lit it "You'll never know till you try dear." Winry got this sudden urge of bravery as she looked at the old woman "Your right granny." She slammed her hands on the table and stood up "I'm going to make him listen to me." She got up and marched to the phone and dialed the number and the phone on the other end rang, rang, rang, and rang and rang and rang again but no one answered it. Now she felt even worse than she did before 'Where the hell are they? Someone's always home usually it's Al or Lyle' she thought and feeling as depressed as she was she turned and told Pinako she was going to bed and as she walked up those stairs it was the longest walk she had ever made.
Uri turned her head to Edward as he slept in the passenger seat with his head up against the window. She just past a sigh that said Resembool twelve miles and she wanted to wake him up "Hey ED!" he was startled and he jumped "W-W-What!" she giggled then smiled "Twelve more miles baby." He focused on the road, stretched and yawned then sat back and tried to figure out what he was going to say to her when he saw her. The signs started telling him they were getting closer as his knee began to bounce up and down.
Al put his hand on his shoulder from the back seat "Calm down Ed just tell her what's in your heart." Uri smiled seeing the off ramp and she took it "Here we go."
Driving through the little town Edward noticed how peaceful it was here and the countryside was so green. He pulled out a paper and started looking at the directions but unfortunately none of them knew where they were going so they ended up driving around in circles for about an hour. Edward was getting frustrated and he made Uri pull over so he could drive getting out of the car he saw a young boy "Hey excuse me but do you know where Pinako Rockbell Lives?"
The boy smiled then pointed them in the right direction it was about a mile outside of town. 'No wonder I couldn't find it she doesn't even live in town' Edward thanked the boy and got in the car and turned it around as they drove out of town the butterflies in his stomach were making him sick. The pavement ended and turned to a dirt road he kept driving and realized that a small house was coming into view. Driving up in front of it he saw the sign 'ROCKBELL AUTOMAIL' and he stopped the car. Sitting in the car for a few minutes he gathered his thoughts then turned to everybody "Well here goes." He got out and as he walked up to the house the front door came open and she walked out looking backwards "BYE GRANNY!" she started down the stairs and one step from the bottom she looked up and saw him standing there "Edward?" she was shocked to see him.
He didn't say anything as he walked up to her she thought he was going to start spouting shit at her again but instead he stopped in front of her and reaching his hand up he caressed her cheek. She didn't know what to say so she closed her eyes at the feel of his hand then sliding his hand to the back of her neck he pulled her face to his letting his lips met hers. As he kissed her passionately she dropped the bag she was carrying as he slid his automail arm around her and pulled her body to his.
A few seconds later leaning back he looked her face over then he stared into those sapphire blue eyes of hers "I've been such a fool. Please forgive me." Staring her right in the eyes still he told her something he never thought would cross his lips again "I love you." Her knees got weak and her heart skipped a beat when those words left his lips. She looked into those amber eyes that glistened in the sun "I love you too Edward." He sighed in relief that she said that then he leaned down and kissed her again. Pinako was clearing the table when she happened to glance out the window and saw them she walked over to the window and grinned "Well I'll be damned." And putting the dish down she walked to the door and opened it as Edward looked up at her "See I knew you were a smart guy Edward."
Edward wanted to take her and be alone with her for a while "Hey Pinako can my friends stay here for a couple of hours while I take my girl and spend some time with her."
"Certainly dear take all the time you need." Pinako puffed her pipe as everybody walked into her house "Have you guys eaten?" They all said "NO!" at the same time "Well then I'll have to feed you then."
Edward took Winry's hand and picked up her bag smiling at her he motioned with his head for her to come with him and get in the car. As she sat in the car he walked around and got in, started it and drove off without saying a word to her. She wondered where they were going noticing he was driving into town. That's when she saw the motel and he pulled in "Ed what are we doing here?" he just parked the car and smiled at her as he got out and went into the office. When he came out he walked to her side of the car and opened the door. She was a little scared at what was going on as he put his hand out but she trusted him so she took it and he led her to the room.
He unlocked the door and opened it holding it for her to go in and she did. As she stood in the dark room her knees began to shake at what was coming next as he walked to the radio and flipped it on turning the channels to a slow song he knew well Mark Hammit's 'All Of Me.' He turned and held his hand out "May I have this dance?" she shyly smiled and put her hand in his as he pulled her close "This song says everything that I want to." He leaned back and raised an eyebrow at her when the lyrics said "You're gonna have all of me, You're gonna know all my love."
She gazed into his eyes as he moved his mouth to hers and while they danced he kissed he so passionately she only wanted more but she knew he wasn't ready. Well he surprised her when he stopped and unbuttoned his shirt and pulled it off and let it drop to the floor. She looked at him a little confused "Edward what are –" he put his finger to her lips "Sssssh" then he began kissing her again 'Oh my gosh does this mean h-h-he's ready' placing his hands on her hips he moved them up and lifted her shirt 'Oh crap he is' she thought then she let him pull it over her head and drop it to the floor "Edward I've never done this before" she said shyly and he looked a little surprised "Oooo" he smiled a gentle smile at her and raised an eyebrow "Do you want to?" she shook her head yes slowly "Alright then we'll take it slow" he pulled her to him and wrapped his arms completely around her as they still danced to the song. He knew he had to be very careful with her, this being her first time. He had such passion and she wanted to experience all of it.
Then as he began kissing her neck and she realized she was shirtless as he reached down and cupped her breast with his hand bringing it to his awaiting mouth as he bent down 'So this is passion' she felt it building inside of her as she walked him backwards to the bed and they both fell to it. He flipped her over and moved over the top of her "You are now going to have all of me, baby" he said as their passion exploded that night in a seductive act of love making and as morning came she was no longer the virgin she was last night and she was more in love with him than ever.
Opening his eyes that morning he found her staring down at him and he smiled at her "Good morning" she said running her fingers through his hair. He leaned up and kissed her lips "It is isn't it?" he said smiling then leaning up on his elbow he gazed into her eyes that looked at him with so much love in them "Listen Winry about last night." She thought he was going to say it was a mistake or something as she dropped her head and he put his hand under her chin and lifted it "I meant every word I said to you when I made love to you." She thought back to their passionate love making and she remembered one thing in particular he said and that was 'Oh God Baby I want to spend the rest of my life with you' then he said in the middle of kissing her once ' I want to have children with you' he could tell she was trying to remember and he knew she was a smart girl and then he saw the look on her face 'I think she figured it out' he thought as she looked at him surprised "Edward you said-. Then you said-. What were you saying?"
Caressing her check he leaned forward and kissed her "I'm saying" he gave her another kiss "just what" he kissed her again "You heard" then he kissed her and parted his lips and passionately kissed her and she completely melted into him as he leaned back and smiled at her "I'm asking you to marry me you crazy insane woman." The look on her face was priceless he thought as she pushed him backwards and jumped on top of him and began to cover his face with kisses answering between each one "Yes." He started laughing and grabbed her and pulled her down on top of him and looking into her eyes again "I promise I will make you happy and I will never hurt you again."
She smiled a huge bright smile "And I promise to love you and never leave or hurt you. And I will have as many of your children as you want as long as you still find me sexy?"
He got a very serious look on his face "You know I want fifteen kids right?" He was wondering what she was going to say.
Getting a stunned look on her face "Uh…I….well….um" then she smiled "Well I guess we should get started then." He started laughing and she smacked him "Why you." Still busting a gut he grabbed his stomach "You should've seen the look on your face." He was happy finally he had found his soul mate and the women that knew him to the core. He wished his mother could have been here to see this but he was glad she got to know Winry and in some strange way he had a feeling that when she met Winry she knew she was the one for him.