Edward decided to go visit Gracia and Elysia, plus Winry mentioned she was going there, so he'd probably see all 3 girls.

When Ed knocked on the door, Gracia Hughes answered and gave a soft smile when she saw him. "Hello Edward. Winry's here, come in…" she opened the door wider and allowed Ed to step inside.

"It's been a while, Gracia," he greeted, returning the hug light brown haired woman gave him. Now, compared to Edward, Gracia was tiny. Ed was 4 inches taller than her and had the broad shoulders of a grown man, which, technically, he was. "So, how've you and Elysia been?"

"We've been just fine, the more important question is how you've been. You were sent to Drachma weren't you?"

His eyes hardened as a flood of memories he'd rather forget flowed into his head. He shook his head a little to snap out of it. "…Yeah, I was…" Gracia could see it was a hard subject for him to talk about and her green eyes softened; she couldn't imagine what he must have gone through in that terrible war. She decided to get his mind off of it and changed the subject.

"Elysia and Winry are in the living room if you wanted to see them," Ed looked up and smiled, his dulled golden eyes silently thanking her for not prying about what had happened in the past 2 years. He walked into the living room to see Elysia sitting on Winry's lap. Apparently the two were having an excited conversation about unicorns. Winry had always been great with kids. Gracia and Ed couldn't help but chuckle at how cute they looked.

When they heard chuckling, Winry and Elysia looked up. When Elysia saw Ed, she hopped off Winry's lap and ran to him as fast as her short legs would move.

"Big Brother!" she exclaimed reaching Ed and grabbing his pant leg. Ed laughed, picked her up, and set her on his right shoulder.

"Hey there Elysia. What're you and Winry doin'?"

"I told her about the unicorn that lives in my closet. Her name is Sparkle and she loves macaroni…" the energetic 6 year old continued to ramble on while Ed stole a glance at Winry. She was smiling at him lovingly and he smiled back at her.

Ed and Winry both stayed for an hour before they started back to their hotel. They were down the street from the hotel and Winry was wearing Ed's coat. They held hands and were smiling happily as they walked. That was when Ed remembered about their little "vacation".

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot…" Ed started, pulling the invitation from his pocket and handing it to Winry. "It's an invitation to a military ball for the war veterans. Even though it's an invitation, we're required to go and in full uniform," Ed moaned and Winry giggled. "Mustang suggested we just stay in Central since it's only next week. You know, have a little vacation…"

"Sounds like fun!" Winry said excitedly.

"We can always call Al or anyone else who'd wanna come too.

"Ooh, yeah. I'm sure Al and Granny will come and Gray has to come too, so everyone will be there!" she exclaimed. Ed chuckled at how childish she seemed. It was cute. Once they reached the hotel, Winry called Al to inform him about their plans.

Al's POV

Al got up to answer the phone, which had starting ringing a few seconds ago.

"Hello?" he said when he answered.

"Hey Al!" a cheery voice answered.

"Oh, hey Winry. Are you and Brother on your way home? "

"Well…there's been a change of plans…" Al groaned.

"What did Brother do this time?" Winry laughed.

"No, as far as I know Ed's been good, but apparently there's gonna be some kind of military ball for the war veterans goin on in Central this Saturday. We decided to stay here until then, you know, take a little vacation. I also wanted to invite Granny and you to come if you guys wanted to."

"So that's what Lt. Thomas's letter was about…Yeah that sounds like fun. Granny and I'll come on Saturday morning. I'd come earlier, but I think Granny'll need my help down here. She's been acting' kinda funny lately,"

"Is she sick…?" Winry asked mildly alarmed.

"I hope not…"

"I'll come home, then and look after her…"

"No stay in Central, Winry. I'm sure Granny's alright. Besides, you could use a vacation,"

"Are you sure Al?"

"Yes, yes! I'll see you on Friday, okay?"

"Alright, Al. See you soon, bye." They hung up.

"Well, looks like I'm goin to Central…" He ran to pack

….

"Hey, Granny!" Alphonse ran into the basement, where the old woman was currently working on an automail leg.

"Hm, Alphonse? What do ya need, son?" She stopped her work and turned to look at him, wiping the grease off her fingers with a dirty rag. Her bespectacled eyes leered at him with curiosity.

"Winry just called. There's some kind of military ball for the veteran's happening in Central. Ed and she were going to stay in Central until then and they invited us to come,"

She did want to go. After all, her unofficial grandson had spent 2 years in a freezing hellhole to help protect this country. She was proud of him and the fact that he stayed strong, even after Gods knows what happened to him.

"That sounds ni—" she was cut off when she started having a coughing fit. Al quickly ran over to her with a cry of 'Granny!' "—nice, Alphonse. We should go." She finished when her coughs ceased, her voice was now a little hoarse.

"Are you alright?" Alphonse exclaimed. "Maybe we should get you to a doctor…"

"Oh, hush up. I'm fine, just a little tickle in my throat."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, now get out of here, boy. I'm tryin' to work!" She waved a wrench menacingly and Al ran out of the room.

….

Winry hung up the phone and walked into the hotel's bedroom where she saw Ed sitting on the bed reading. There was something wrong with this picture.

"Ed? Why is there only one bed?" she walked to her bag and took off her jacket, placing it on the bag. Ed blushed slightly at the question.

"Y-yeah. The lady at the front desk made a mistake and gave us a room with a single bed. I tried to change the room but they're booked now…" He put down his book and sat up a little.

"…Oh…Well, that's fine. We'll just sleep in the same bed then…" She didn't know why the thought made her so uneasy, but she changed in the bathroom, came back to the bedroom and slid between the sheets next to her boyfriend nonetheless. He turned off the lights and they both lay down.

They lay awkwardly next to each other and Ed could tell she was uncomfortable. His previous girlfriend had been the same way. He smiled, though she couldn't see it in the dark. He moved his hand to intertwine with hers. She flinched at his touch and he let out a small chuckle. He sat up slightly and kissed her forehead.

"Goodnight," he said and laid back down turning toward the edge of the bed.

And just like that, all her uneasiness was gone. She turned towards him, still laying down and squeezed his hand.

"Good night," and they fell asleep, both with a smile on their face.

A/N: This was more of a filler I guess ^^; and a sweet EdWin moment :3 As if you couldn't already tell, they're my favorite couple. BTW I colored a picture of Betheny if you wanna see it here: .com/gallery/29218255#/d3gt3nt her appearance has changed a little. Feel free to comment! I wanna know your opinion!