The Blade Alchemist

Deep Feelings

Jess POV

I chased Ed through the house until he went outside. I tried to follow him, but something grabbed my shirt collar. I turned around to see Izumi holding me back. "I see that Ed has you pissed off. Why." I growled slightly then explained what happened. "I see. Well, come with me. I would like to speak with you." I nodded and followed her to the table. "Tea?" I smiled. "Yes, please." She handed me a cup and sat down. "So tell me, what exactly happened to you?" She asked, pointing towards my ears. I covered them up with my hands. "I…..I really don't know. I was taken as a baby and turned into this."

"I see. And you and Drake are close are you?" I smiled and nodded. "Yes. We love each other. I know it's weird, considering what I am. But we do love each other." Izumi smiled. "So you've decided to not let your, 'condition' get in the way of your life, am I right?" I nodded. "I'm not letting anything get between us. We belong with each other." Izumi smiled more. "That's good. I can see the love between you two. Now let me ask you this." I looked at her. "How much do you love him? What would you do for him?" I looked down at the tea cup, a tear fell from my eye. "More than anything. I want to be with him forever. I would do anything for that, for him. I would do anything."

"I see. I'm not making fun of you, but do you intend to marry him?" I had to think hard on that one. Marry? Marry him? I want to be with him. I love him so much. But do I want to marry him? I think I do…...no. I do want to. I want to marry him. "I want to. I really do. When he fell yesterday, my heart sank. I thought my world was over. I thought I had lost him. I really want to marry him. But it's much too soon. We've only known each other for a little over a week. I know I want to, but I don't know about him. I don't want to say anything, he might run off." Tears started pouring form my eyes. "He might leave me. Leave me alone. I don't want to be alone. I can't ask him. I don't know what he'll do."

"You never will unless you ask him. If you ask him and he decides to leave you, then he is not good enough for you. If he is not ready for it, he will tell you. And if that's the case, all you need to do is wait until he is ready for you. That's all there is too it. I'm not gonna force you to talk to him. But if this is how you truly feel about him, don't hide it from him. Even I will admit that a week is nothing when it comes to knowing someone, but I can see how you two interact with each other. My husband and I didn't know each other for long before he asked me. All I'm saying is do want your heart tells you Jessica."

Izumi stood up and left the room, leaving me at the table crying. Just then, I saw Ed trying to sneak by me. "Found you!" I continued chase after Ed. I'll worry about what me and Izumi talked about later. But right now, it's time Ed dies for calling me and Drake freaks. "YOUR MINE ED!"

Drake POV

I was laying on the bed resting, after Jess took off after Ed. Al was sitting by the bed. "Drake, can I ask you something personal?" I turned to him. "Uh, sure." Al looked at me. "May I ask, how much do you care for Jess." I looked at him confused. "What do you mean, Al?" Al looked back at the floor. "Me and brother can see you love her, but, how much do you really care for her?" I looked back at the ceiling and sighed. "I really don't know Al. I love her, but….I feel that I love her much more than that. We just….bond together. I really can't explain it. I don't know what it means. I just…..I just want to be with her forever." Silence fell for a while. "Drake." I turned to him. "Yeah?" Al looked at me. "Would you ever marry her?" I blushed.

Marry her? Do I want to? It's only been a little over a week since we met. She loves me, and I her. But, marry her? Sigh. Yes….I do want to marry her. "I don't know Al. I only just met her. I know she loves me, but does she love me enough to marry me? She's been through so much, Al. I don't want to scare her and leave her with no one. I don't want her to leave and be all alone." A tear fell from my face. "I can't do that to her Al. I just can't, not after what she's been through. I would do anything for her, anything. I really do want to marry her. But I don't think she wants to marry me."

"How do you know, Drake? You can't know what she'll say. For all you know, she might feel the same way." I sighed. "Maybe so, Al. Maybe so. But is that a risk worth taking?" Al stood up. "I can't answer that one, Drake. Only your heart can. You do what you feel you have to do." With that, Al left the room. I stared at the ceiling. What I feel I need to do. He is right, but do I need to to. Should I ask her? I heard the door open and watched Jess walk in, blood on her fingers. "I see you caught him." She was panting hard. "He's…...a little…..faster….than I…...thought." She said between breaths. I chuckled. "Well, I hope you didn't really kill him…...did you?" She just grinned. "Maybe, then again, maybe not. You'll just have to see for yourself, if you can find the body."

"Your evil." She smiled. "Well you said 'kill'." I face palmed. "What am I going to do with you?" She laughed. "Love me." She walked over and sat down in the chair next to me. Neither of us said anything for a while. "Drake." "Jessica." we spoke at the same time. "Sorry, wolves first." I offered and she sighed. "Drake, yesterday...when you fell….I lost it." I watched her closely. "I thought I had lost you. I felt my world tear apart. I didn't want to go on." She started crying. "I'm sorry, Jess. It's my fault. I was careless, and now I've hurt you. I'm sorry." She stood up and slapped me across the face. "Stop it. Just stop. I can't do it Drake. I love you too much. I just can't go on like this. I love you, but I feel that it's just not enough."

I grabbed her hand. "Shut up!" She looked at me shocked. "You think your the only one that's hurting, Jess!? I almost died back there. I almost died and I was hurting inside, and I can't feel pain! I was hurting because I was going to die and leave you here alone! You say that you love me? I call bullshit Jess! You may…." I stopped a minuet and took a long breath to calm down. "You may love me, Jess. But you will never love me anywhere close in comparison to me loving you."

She fell to her knees and cried into the bed sheets. Silence followed. "Your wrong." I looked at her. "You are wrong Drake. I don't love you." I looked at her shocked. "Wha...what?" She stood up, climbed on the bed, and straddled me. I blushed. She grabbed my shirt and pulled me to her face. "I. Don't. Love. You! The word 'love' is an understatement to how I truly feel towards you, you idiot! I just simply CAN'T live without you!" She finished by pressing her lips into mine. I was completely shocked at the whole situation. I finally came to my senses and wrapped my arms around her. We separated, and clutched each other in a tight hug.

"I only wish….I could feel you, Jess. I can see you, hear you, smell you. But I can't feel you." Tears flowed from my face. "But I'll make do without that, as long as I have you." She continued to cry into my shoulder as silence fell on us. "Drake." I just layed there, holding her. "Yeah?" The crying got worse. "I want to ask you something, but I'm…..I'm afraid to lose you. I just can't do it." I pushed her back and looked her in the eyes. "Shut up, wolf. I'm not ever going to leave you unless you tell me to. Ask what you wanted to." She sniffed and her crying just kept getting worse. She fell on me and wispered in my ear. "Marry me." What! Did she just….. "What?" She clutched me tighter. "Please…..marry me."

I didn't answer. I pushed her off of me, got off the bed and slowly stood up. I pulled her next to me. "No." Her eyes grew wide with shock. I turned to her. "I will not marry you, Jess." Her eyes were filled with shock and sorrow. I knelt down in from of her and took her hand. "I will not marry you, Jessica. But," I looked up at her. "Will 'you' marry 'me'?" The sorrow left her eyes as she knelt down next to me and kissed me. After the long kiss, she pulled me into a tight hug. "No, I wont Drake. But how about we marry each other?" I chuckled. "Yeah. That will work."

"Suddenly, the door opened to reveal Ed, Al, and Izumi standing in the doorway, smiling. "Ah, young love." Al said. "Yup. Kids soon follow, huh Al?" Jess stared at the ground. "Shut up Ed!" Al followed. "Yeah. I wonder what they'll name them brother." I glared at Al. "Shut up Al!" Ed and Al kept on teasing us and we have had enough. "Edward! Alphonse! Shut the hell up!" me and Jess spoke In unison. They both started laughing. Jess looked at Izumi. "Izumi!" I turned to Jess. "Jess!" Both looked at me. I pointed at Al, Jess at Ed, and they both froze. "KILL!" Ed and Al took off, Izumi after Ed, Jess after Al. I could hear the both of them yelling for their lives out the window.

"Get back here Ed!"

"Your mine Alphonse!"

"NO! PLEASE! SPARE UUUUSSSSSS!"

I laughed then layed back down in bed and went over what just happened. She'll marry me! She wants to marry me! I can't believe it! We're going to be married! Sigh. Fate just likes to play the weirdest games, huh? I continued to lay there as tears fell from my eyes. "I'm going to be married."