How long has it been? More than 2 months since I've updated? Crimany, that's a long time!!! I'm sorry to those who have waited for the update, and to be honest, I wasn't planning on updating… But then I read the reviews and was like, "I guess I could finish it up…" So...yay? Yay!

Love me. Don't leave me. Chapter 13

"This would be a lot easier if you'd just hold still and keep your mouth shut!" The man said, grabbing Winry's hips, his nails sinking into her skin. He had already thrusted into her many times,

And it hurt…horribly.

His lips came crashing down, bruisingly hard, onto her's as he came.

Winry collapsed on the bed, sobbing and gasping for air.

"Hey, is it my turn yet?" She heard the other man's voice say.

"No!" Winry sat up quickly, covered in sweat and tears.

"Winry! What's wrong?" She heard Al's voice ask, concerned.

"Wh-where's Edward?" She choked.

"He's at a check-up. Don't worry, he'll be back soon." He assured her, watching as she lay back down.

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Edward walked down the hall that led to his dorm. It had been three days since he had found her in that God-awful dorm. When Ed demanded to know whose dorm it was, they'd told him it had been vacant for months. If Ed ever found them, he'd smash their god-damned faces into the ground.

Winry never told him what happened to her, but she didn't need to.

"I wanted you to be my first."

Damnit! Those bastards were running free while Winry was suffering. She was showing no signs of improvement, physically and emotionally, and he couldn't send her back home to Pinako. It would break her heart. Edward just wished there was something he could do to make her feel better.

It was at that thought when he noticed that he was about to pass his dorm.

"So, what'd the doctor say?" Al asked upon seeing Ed enter.

Ed shut the door behind him with his foot. "Said I was improving, but nothing big." He looked at Winry, and she looked back.

"Guess that means you're leaving soon…" She said softly. A silence fell into the room.

Ed sighed "No…We're not."

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"Ed?"

"Nnnn…"

"Edward? Wake up…"

"Nnnn…What?" Ed groaned, opening his eyes and realizing Winry was waking him up while it was still night time.

Winry looked to the bed sheets. "…Could I…um…"

Ed sat up on his elbows. "What?" He asked, realizing the embarrassment on her face.

"C-could I, maybe…sleep here tonight?" She asked, her eyes meeting his.

Ed blushed. "But you-uh…Why?"

"Because…I feel better with you…" She sounded so desperate.

…And she was. It was tonight, for some reason, that she didn't feel safe on the couch and somehow the thought of Ed only a few feet away from her wasn't enough. She used to be such a strong girl, able to get over anything, almost, but that night changed her whole life around. Her skin didn't feel clean…she felt so dirty. For the past few weeks, she felt like she had the worst life anyone could ever have…that is…besides Edward. Winry felt like she could connect with him more in a way than she could ever do before…she wanted to be closer to him.

Ed seemed to hesitate for the longest time and Winry began to grow uncomfortable at the thought of him rejecting. Finally, he scooted over in the bed, allowing her space. Relief welcomed her as she crawled close to him…closer than Ed expected. She buried herself under the covers, lying as close to Ed as she thought he'd let her go, and wrapped an arm around his torso.

Ed gulped. Hard. He felt so stiff. No…No!! I can't be thinking like this after all that's happened to her! Damnit! Why did I say yes?

His thoughts were interrupted when she sighed, and it almost sounded like she did…happily.

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Winry seemed to be so lonely. It was strange not to see her spot a mechanical object and try to take it apart and then put it back together. She wasn't the same…And Ed couldn't stand it.

He wanted her to feel better, and from what he observed last night…

She liked being with him.

He had no time to be flattered, though. He had to come up with a game plan.

It was probably around 7:00 at night, and suddenly something popped into his head. I t was something so unusual for him to think of, that he surprised himself.

Winry was sitting on the couch, looking out the window at the night sky. She jumped when she heard a firm, but soft, voice say her name.

"Winry."

She looked at Ed. He seemed to have one of those I-can't-believe-I'm-doing-this looks smothered on his face.

"Get dressed." He said.

"…Why?" Asked Winry.

"Because…because I'm taking you out to dinner."

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Oh, how surprised she was to hear those words from Edward Elric's mouth. Happy, too. This is just what she wanted but she never knew he'd go along with it.

Winry looked up, across the table at the back of the menu that was covering Ed's face.

"Go ahead and order anything. Price doesn't matter." Ed said as if he knew she was looking at him.

The place was nice, she had to admit. Round tables that were covered by white table cloths, napkins, plates and utensils were neatly placed in all the right places, chandeliers hung from the wall giving the restaurant a perfect lighting. It was certainly not a place for two teenagers to be eating at, but it was perfect for the great Full Metal Alchemist and his lovely date.

"Are you two ready to order?" The waiter asked, holding his note pad in his hand.

Ed sat down the menu and glanced over at Winry and she glanced back. She wasn't quite read to order but Ed was and she didn't want him to wait on her. She looked down at her menu and said the first thing that her eye caught.

"Um, spaghetti and meatballs, please." She said timidly.

The waiter jotted their orders down onto his note pad and walked off. About a minute after, Winry laid her head down into her arms.

"Why'd you take me out to dinner?"

Ed looked up. "What?"

She looked up at him. Just say it, Ed. I just want to hear you say it, again…

A faint blush grew on Ed's cheeks.

"Why?" She asked again.

"Because…I just uh want-Well, I lov-"

Winry picked up her head.

Ed looked away from her. "Because I wanted to, okay?"

She laid her head back down and paused before speaking. "Okay…"

Dammit! Ed thought, picking at a thread on his trench coat. This isn't turning out as well as I thought it would…

Sparking a conversation wasn't exactly something that Winry was good at but the silence between them was growing uncomfortably.

"Alchemy doesn't work for everyone, does it?"

Ed looked up, a sudden spark in his eyes. "What? What are you talking about?"

"I mean, you know. People have been working really hard for all of their lives and never reach what you and your brother have. You are naturally great at it." She propped her chin on her palm and looked at Ed, who had a flattered grin growing on his face.

"Really?" he said,"…what about you, Winry?"

She raised an eyebrow. "What about me?"

"You have a natural talent, too."

Winry ran her finger across the table top and followed it with her eyes. "Really?"

"Yeah, of course! Everything about you comes naturally! You have a great talent with auto-mail, mechanics, and-"He blushed and looked as if he was thinking about saying something next.

"What?" She asked.

He looked up at her, and then looked at the table top.

"You're beautiful. That's not something that you can just make up. You have natural beauty, Winry. Nothing will ever change that."

A compliment.

It changed the way Winry looked at Edward Elric.

Now it changed something that she thought would never be the same: her life.

"Ed-"All the bad thoughts erased from her mind. All she could think of was that one compliment. She loved Edward Elric, and nothing could ever change that.

"Spaghetti and meatballs?" A voice that seemed to come out of nowhere said.

Winry looked up and saw the waiter. "Oh, yeah. That's me."

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Ed and Winry walked down the hall, hand-in-hand, Winry laughing happily. Thanks to Ed, things seemed to go back to normal.

And they were, until…

Winry stopped, causing Ed to stop and look back at her, sticking a hand in his pocket. "What's wrong?" She seemed to be looking past him, looking farther down the hall. Ed turned. On the other side of the hall, two men were walking toward them.

Tears fell from her eyes as she turned and pulled from Ed's grasp and started to run, as fast as she could, in the other direction.

She couldn't forget their faces. She wished she could, but she could never forget anything about that night…

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Omg, Cliffy! Ugh, no lemon so sorry, but I didn't want this chapter to get too long. I guess you guys will have to wait for another chapter! I'm horrible, ah ha. Sorry. But please review!!