My Heart is Heavy chap.11

Later that night after putting her boys to bed Winry walked into the room where she and Ed had been sleeping to find him sitting cross legged on the bed writing things down for Steven. As she entered he looked up and smiled at her as she walked over and sat on the edge of the bed. He could tell something was weighing on her mind so he put his pencil down. "Winry what's bothering you?" She looked over and smiled at him "I'm just wondering where we go from here and how the kids are going to handle this Ed." He laid the paper aside and leaned upon his knees and got behind her and reaching his hand up he moved her hair to the side to expose her neck as he leaned down and began to kiss it. "Where ever you want to go Winry and I'm sure the kids will be fine." He said in between kisses as she started to enjoy his kisses leaning her head back as he found her mouth with his lips. He leaned to the side and let her lay backwards as he positioned himself over her face "Winry whatever you want is what I want." She stared up at him and not in her wildest dreams did she ever think he would be here with her. Motioning his eyes for her to bring her whole body on the bed he stood up and laid over her as he caressed her body with his hand and she got lost in his touch. Arching her back as he kissed her neck she let out a slight breathy moan as he took her to another place. That night Edward made love to her so passionately that she found herself thinking if he loved his wife like this. But she quickly shook the thought from her mind because it didn't matter he was with her now. Even if he had she could tell how they had been married sixteen years he was an awesome lover so much that he brought her to climax multiple times. Never before had anyone loved her quite like this and she didn't want it to end.

As they finished he looked at her with such love in his eyes and smiled "You weren't so loud this time didn't you enjoy it?" She giggled at him and blushed as she said softly "That's what I was doing was enjoying it and you Edward." As he reached his hand up and moved her bangs that were covered in sweat to the side he leaned his forehead down to hers "This is the way I promise it will be all the time. I will always make you feel like the most beautiful sexist woman in the world." 'OH MY GOD WHERE HAS HE BEEN ALL MY LIFE!? Oh yeah here and on the other side' she thought as she snickered and he sat up "Edward as long as you just love me that's all that matters." He leaned back down and kissed her forehead "I'll love you till there's no breath left in my body." Then getting out of bed he stood up as she checked out his butt and smiled to herself as he put his sweats on. She felt like this whole thing was a dream and if it was she didn't want to wake up. Reaching down she grabbed her nightgown and put it on as she got out of bed and ran around and hugged him tightly as a stunned look crossed his face somewhat "What's this?" She looked up and smiled "I'm just making sure your truly here Ed. I don't want to wake up tomorrow and you're gone." Putting his finger under her chin he raised he head "I'm not going anywhere Winry. I'm not opening anymore portals and the only alchemy I'm going to do is teaching Steven unless the occasional problem arises and I have to use it so don't worry I'm here to stay."

Just then there was a knock at the door so she let him go and he went to answer it. Upon opening the door he was met by six faces staring at him "Hmmm" slightly smiling he stared at each one "You guys have something on your mind?" Winry's eyes widened as they asked to come in. So Edward turned and they followed him in the room as he sat on the bed while Winry stood next to it thinking maybe they were going to disapprove of her and Edward.

Steven scratched his head then stood up straight "We've all been talking." Edward looked at him "Have you now?" Nina started fidgeting with her fingers as she then looked up at both of them "Yeah dad we have." Wondering what they were up to because he knew his kids well he sighed "So what's on your minds?"

Little Al blurted out "We want you to be our dad!" Edward's eyes widened as Winry gasp then tried to explain "Uh, Al honey-" But Edward stopped her "I see little man so is that how your brother feels too?" Ed shook his head yes as Edward smiled "Well that's up to your mother." Edward said looking at Winry but Caroline butted in at that point "We also want Winry as our mother dad." Melissa then cheered and clapped "YAY! Mommy, mommy."

Steven looked at his father again "Yeah we were all thinking that since you guys loved each other once maybe you could love each other again? Not trying to replace mom but Winry would be a great mom." Tears formed in Winry's eyes as she looked at all these faces staring at her. These beautiful children who had lost their mother and had to live with her looking just like her had accepted her and her boys had accepted Edward. She wondered if that was because Edward had been more to a father to them in a month than their father had been in eleven years.

Edward sat there and stared at all these children and knew each one had had a hard time with a parent at some point but they were all willing to come together as one to be loved. So he stood up and turned to Winry "Well Miss Rockbell what do you say? We have six people here who think we should be together." She looked at them all again trying to not scream out YES but these were kids that had been raised differently by their mother and it would be a tall order for her. But then she thought 'What the hell I love them all.' Edward was getting sort of nervous for a moment because she was taking her time to answer and he knew that taking on four other children would be hard but just as he thought 'Maybe it's too much' she blurted out "YES!" and he breathed a sigh of relief as the children exploded into cheers of "YAAAAAY!" and rushed forward and grabbed onto them.

Taking on the role of father for two boys who had been treated harshly by there's was something Edward really didn't mind. He would show these boys that a father loves you and can also be your friend. Winry had always wanted a girl too now she was getting three and she thought that was awesome because now she could do their hair and be a friend to them. She didn't want to replace their mother she just wanted to be a mother that was there for them in all their time of need. After the hugging stampede Edward looked at them all "Alright time for bed everyone." Looking at the boys "We have work to do tomorrow boys so you need your sleep." They all smiled and said "Yes dad."

Nina turned to Winry "Can we hang out tomorrow and maybe you can show us how to make apple pie." Caroline laughed "Yeah we're not that great in the kitchen but we'd like to learn" She hesitated a moment then smiled "Mom." Winry grabbed all the girls and pulled them in for a hug "I would love to show you girls how to bake apple pie." She said with tears flowing form her eyes. Letting the girls go all the children turned and exited the room. As the door closed after Steven gave his father a thumbs-up and a cocky smile Edward turned and walked over to Winry. Standing behind her he wrapped his arms around her waist and whispered in her ear "And you were worried." Leaning her head back against his chest she realized that this family had grown quite large in just a little time. "With six mouths to feed I guess I better find a job." Edward said taking her hand and he heart stopped at him saying he needed to find a job all he ever knew was the military and she didn't want him joining back up. He turned and got on the bed and patted the place next to him "Not to mention the ones we'll have together" he smiled raising his eyebrows.

'Oh, my gosh' she hadn't thought about that she was still at the child bearing age. Was he planning on having more kids? Her question was answered as she leaned back and he lay over her and began to raise her nightgown with his hand. 'His stamina is incredible!' she thought as she realized she had never made love more than once in a night. As she stared at him she smiled and giggled "Again Ed?" He leaned up from kissing her neck "I can't seem to get enough of you."

The next morning she woke up in a great mood whistling as she caught herself 'I have never felt this great in the morning' shethought looking down at the golden haired man lying next to her still peacefully sleeping with his hand on his stomach and a little drool coming from the corner of his open mouth. Smiling to herself she got up and got dressed and started downstairs to make breakfast.

Getting everything ready she reached into the potato box and realized they were out of potatoes so she had to go get some from the basement. So putting the pan down then turned and walked to the door opening it and got halfway down the stairs when she realized that Greg was down there. Hoping she could get the potatoes and leave without any confrontation she hurried to the box holding them. Grabbing one after another and setting them in her arms.

"Well aren't you just Holly homemaker now?" An angry voice came from behind her as she stood up and walked forward some "I'm sorry about this Greg but you gave Ed no choice. I can't believe you did that to Al, Your own son. How could you?" She wanted him to answer but all he did was spout more shit at her "I heard you and him yesterday in the kitchen. God you sounded like two wild cats going at it." 'He heard that?' she thought as she dropped her head in embarrassment and he knew when her head went down he had the upper hand "Just couldn't wait could you? To get those long skinny legs wrapped around him. You never could get him out of your mind. Why I bet when we first got together you probably imagined me as him while we made love." When he said that he blood began to boil and before she knew it she blurted "Yeah your right I did. I mean Edward was always the one I loved so I thought if I imagined you were him I could get through that slobbering drunk molestation you called SEX!" Greg's eyes filled with hate as he tried to lunge at her "YOU NEVER COULD FORGET HIM! What did he ever do for you except leave you pitiful ass here when he left?"

She stood up straight and took a deep breath and her eyes filled with such rage "You're the one who would never let me forget him. Every time I was over him you'd mention him again and yes I'd start thinking about him." Her head slumped forward "It was like you enjoyed seeing me in pain." She said softly as she then raised her head and her temper fumed again "So GO AHEAD GREG SAY ALL YOU WANT! EVERYTHING WE EVER HAD TOGETHER WAS A LIE ANYWAY! YOU'LL NEVER BREAK ME I WAS YOURS BUT I'M NOT YOURS ANYMORE. YOU'RE SUCH A FUCKING JERK FOR HURTING YOUR SON AND I HOPE YOU ROT IN HELL!" She gave him one last glare "YOU DON'T OWN ME ANY LONGER!" She then saw his eyes widen as she turned and slammed right into Edward's chest almost dropping the potatoes. Edward saw the fire in her eyes and his eyes softened as he kissed he forehead gently and took a deep breath then softly said "If you would have woke me I would have come and got those for you so you wouldn't have to come down here." Her eyes lowered and a saddened look crossed her face "I'm sorry Ed." He just smiled slightly "Take the potatoes and go back upstairs Winry." She nodded and then walked around him back up the stairs leaving him with Greg alone.

Edward walked slowly forward towards Greg "You know you had everything and I don't understand how you could have fucked it up so bad. Answer me this Greg did you enjoy causing her pain by mentioning me when she forgot about me? Or was it just your sick way of getting off secretly?" Sitting slightly on Winry's worktable Edward smiled "You know when I first came back I was envious of you that Winry had had children with someone else or even married them for that matter. Jealousy raged and I couldn't understand why but then I realized that my older brother had rubbed off on me some. That's why I guess I took her where you could hear it. You see my older brother was the devious one but I guess in that moment I heard his voice telling me to cause you pain and make you pay by letting you hear her screams of pleasure." He stopped and chuckled some "But you just couldn't deal with it could you the fact that she loved me and not you. But what I truly don't understand is why if it bugged you so damn bad did you marry her?"

Greg grinned a devious grin at Edward "Have you seen that body of hers. The only way I could screw her was to marry her."

Edward stood up and sighed than gave Greg a devious look "Ah yes I have seen and taken her body many times over the past twenty four hours. But if that was the whole reason you married her then why did you stay so long and even have children?" Greg got a confused look on his face then he lowered his head "Because I guess I liked inflicting pain on her. It was so easy to torture her just by mentioning your name." Edward laughed loudly as his head went backwards "Oh my gosh I have to thank you. You see when I got back she was very timid. That outburst a moment ago when she told you she was no longer yours. Was the first time she's lost it that bad and not burst into tears since I've been here and now I know she'll be okay. She'll be the same old wrench toting, cracking me upside the head with it Winry that she was when I left." Leaning closer to Greg Edward gave him a little bit of information "You see Greg with family come's strength and with strength come's me and with me comes Al and with Al comes Winry. That's what makes the circle complete between us. It always has and it always will be. So when Al and I came back Winry was no longer alone her circle completed again." Greg gave Edward a confusing look as Edward grinned "You had it all man and you threw it away. If you would have just tried you could have had the best thing ever." Edward turned and started to walk off then stopped at the bottom of the stairs "I don't expect you to understand alchemy and chemical attractions but once a chemical attracts to another and they blend into something powerful it's hard to get that chemical to bond with anything else unless it's equal to the first." Smiling and leaning his head forward "Do you hear what I'm saying?" Greg understood what Edward said perfectly what he meant was as soon as Winry was attracted to Edward no one else could take his place in her heart unless they were his equal and Greg realized at that point that he never even measured up to Edward for the bad ways he caused his wife pain and treated her.

As Edward walked up the stairs he came to the conclusion that Greg had inflicted emotional pain on Winry that doubled the physical pain he dealt her. So the emotional would be the one to concentrate on. So his first priority was to make sure she knew she was loved and supported to the best of his ability and knowledge. He was really starting to hate Gregory at this point and he really wasn't sure if he was going to live long enough for Armstrong to arrive.