"I wanted to see their little faces smiling up at me again… But I failed…" Edwina fell silent, and it took Ed a minute to realize that she was asleep.
"Don't worry, she won't fall out." Ed looked down to see Izumi. "She used to sleep in trees all the time. Edwina stayed up all night staring out the window at you. She claimed to be worried that you would get down, but she blushed when she said that!" Izumi winked at him as he started to blush.
For almost an hour, Edwina dozed, using Ed as a pillow. He didn't really mind, but was worried that she would fall out.
"Ed." Her voice startled him.
"Yes!" he gasped.
"Who was it… that you wanted to bring back?"
"Our mom." he answered quietly.
"Mom…" she said softly. Out of the corner of his eye, Ed saw her reach one hand up to the sky. "Sometimes, I look up at the clouds and think how lucky they are. If they run into trouble, they can just fly away. I wish I could do that. Fly away from my sorrows and problems that make me weep. That's when I let the cat take over, so I'm alone in my own little world." She abruptly sat up. "Hold still."
"Gah!" Ed shouted in surprise as he fell to the ground. "But it isn't noon yet! Why're you letting me go?"
Looking up, he saw her point behind him. He turned around and saw Winry, standing with her hands over her mouth. "Winry…"
"Why didn't you tell me that she used to be a mother? Why, Edward?"
"Because…" Ed trailed off.
"The pain of children is more than I could bear. I don't like to have too many people know about my motherhood." Edwina sighed, jumping down from the tree. "Some in my town called me a 'recycled virgin.' I never bought that. I'm never going to have children again. Never." she said, walking into the house.
The rest of the day went off without incident. It was next morning the fire-works really started.
Ed woke up with his arms wrapped around something. It didn't take him long to realize he'd fallen asleep with Edwina. "Crap." he breathed, slowly and gently removing his arms. He tensed up when she groaned softly. Silently, he set one foot down on the floor. But as he got up, the blanket tangled his feet up, and he fell to the floor with a crash. And then he found himself with a gun pointed at his head.
Izumi and Al burst in. "What was that?" Al cried.
"Are we interrupting something?" Izumi asked, seeing the position the two were in.
"Oh, nothing, just me about to shoot the little pervert!" Edwina growled.
"It was an accident!"
"Is that your excuse for everything? I'm half in my mind to stick you in the tree again!"
"Edwina, why don't you calm down and tell us what happened?" Izumi said nervously.
"I think the little dick slept with me!" Edwina snarled. "Can I blow his brains out now?"
"I don't think so. Maybe you should just put him back in the tree."
"Please don't!" Ed and Al begged.
"I'd rather put a bullet between his eyes, but I'll let him go. But just this once!"
At breakfast, Ed got a double-hit. Edwina was reaching across him for something, and at the same time, he leant forward. Their lips collided. Edwina and Winry both let out shrieks and jumped up. Ed fell out of his chair as he was hit with a large wrench and a small sledge-hammer.
"Ow! Where the heck were you two keeping those?" he cried.
"Don't hit us with that 'accident' junk, you little twerp! You are so dead!" both of them yelled, running after him as he fled the house.
Ed gave them a good chase, but eventually Edwina hit him with her hammer, knocking him down. And as they approached, he knew he was dead meat.
