Ellen's eyes widened in shock. "How did you know?" Winry smiled sadly and ruffled Nathaniel's fuzzy hair.

"Only Elrics have eyes like that…" Nathaniel golden eyes looked at her curiously before he attempted to reach and grab a piece of Winry's hair. She giggled as he lightly tugged on her pale golden locks. Ellen reached over to unlatch his hand from her hair. "So…why are you really here…?" Ellen stared absentmindedly into her cup as she remembered how it started…

It was over two years ago when Ellen met Edward. She was working as a waitress at her uncle's restaurant when He walked in with a few of his buddies and sat down at a table. They were obviously soldiers as they were wearing the Amestrian blue uniform. They probably stay here in North City when they're off duty for a few days.

She walked over to the group to take their orders. Edward was the one she noticed first. His blonde hair and tanned skin was uncommon in her town, but what really made him stand out were his golden eyes, something she'd never seen before. They were mesmerizing. She immediately blushed and took their orders.

He came more often, if he was off, over the next 2 months. Eventually, they got to talking, and she got to the point to where she anticipated his visits. She finally mustered up the courage to ask him out, and they started dating. Their relationship blossomed over the next 6 months, but each time he was sent back to fight she worried and missed him terribly.

They shared a night together and then he was off to fight again. They had both thought a lot during that time and when he came back they broke up. Having a relationship together was too hard with him being in the middle of a war. Ed had also told her that he had a girl he truly loved back at home. That hurt her, but she felt that their relationship hadn't been real love. She had just broken up with her last boyfriend and felt lonely. The constant fighting and killing was really getting to Ed and he needed a distraction.

She hadn't seen him since then, and a month later she found out she was pregnant. At first she wanted to send Edward a letter about it, but she didn't want him to have that on his mind while he fought. She would only be a burden.

Her parents were furious when they found out about her pregnancy. She was part of a high class family and things like this were shunned upon. They disowned her and she was forced to move out. 7 months later little Nathaniel was born and soon after the soldiers came home for good. Even though Ed was home now she didn't want to tell him about Nathaniel.

She began thinking she could be independent and raise her son on her own. Needless to say, it was harder than she'd thought. She had been a spoiled brat growing up and was a bit naïve on how others lived.

The whole experience was very humbling. She already had 2 jobs but she still didn't have enough money to raise her son. She finally decided she needed help.

Though she was also scared of what Edward would think. She now knew that she should've told him about his son from the start. The least she could do was tell him now. Better late than never. Though now it'll probably look like the only reason she came to see him was for money. Oh well; whatever anger was directed at her she figured she deserved it.

Winry had to admit she felt sorry for the young woman; Edward as well. How would he react to such news? Then the phone decided to ring. "Winry? Could you get that?" her grandmother's voice echoed.

"Sure, Gran!" she called and jogged to the phone in the kitchen. She talked with the person the other end for less than a minute before hanging up and rushing to tell Ellen the news.

"Winry? What's wrong?" Ellen asked.

"Ed's back!"

The pair immediately took a train to Central, where he was currently staying in their hospital. Ellen fidgeted in her seat. She was nervous about seeing Ed, and her stomach was in knots. Winry noticed this and grasped the woman's hand. "It'll be alright," she reassured her.

After a while they arrived in Central and immediately went to the hospital. Winry was worried because the soldier that called hadn't told her the extent of his injuries. She wanted to get there as soon as possible and make sure he was okay.

When they arrived Winry sprinted to the room the man on the phone told her Ed was in; Ellen trailed slowly behind, trying to calm a crying Nathaniel. She disregarded knocking and slammed his door open. It nearly scared Ed half to death and he almost fell out of his bed. "Oh…hey Winry…" he greeted when he calmed down. Winry couldn't stop the single, happy tear running down her cheek. She hugged him tight and he hissed in discomfort.

"Oh sorry…" she said as she wiped her eyes.

"It's okay. My arm's just a little sprained…" he chuckled. She sighed in relief.

"I'm just glad you're okay…" He leaned over and lightly kissed her.

"Of course. I brought Beth and everyone else back home. Everything's okay." He smiled.

"Well actually…" she got up and left a confused Ed to see Ellen just about to reach his room. When the girl walked in, Ed muttered, "Ellen…" Winry closed the door after that to give them privacy and decided to go get some coffee. She came back fifteen minutes later.

Winry knocked on the door this time to see Edward holding his son with a parental smile on his face. Ellen smiled the same way and Winry was happy it had gone well.

"Hey, Winry…" Ed called, "Wanna hold him?"

"Me? Are you sure?" Ellen and Edward both nodded, and Winry took the now smiling child into her arms.

Yep, everything's okay.

A/N: Well looks like this story will probably end next chapter ;( but do not fear! I will also be posting a side story here after the last chapter so don't un-alert yet! see you guys soon and hope you liked they chapter!