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Continuation of last chapter!

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"Edward! Alphonse! Come here, now!" Trisha called a little more forcefully than she would have liked while she searched the house for her two troublemakers.

"Mom, we were helping Winry," Ed explained, jumping to his feet when she found them in Hohenhiem's study.

"Helping her beat up the Fredrick brothers?" she asked with her hands on her hips. It was rare for her to lecture them about fighting with people other than each other.

"Yes, no, they started it," Al answered.

Ed pinched his brother to quiet him. "What he means is they wouldn't giver her stupid doll back until she showed them her underwear," Ed elaborated.

Trisha's face twisted into one of displeasure. She didn't want to know what Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick were teaching their children, but they had no right to be angry at her for Ed's and Al's misconduct—it was nothing compared to their boys'.

Trisha got to her knees in front of Ed and Al and held out her arms to them. They both ran into her embrace without a second thought.

"I'm so proud of my little men defending their friends," she said into their golden hair.

"I told Dr. Rockbell I'd always protect her," Ed said when they pulled apart.

"I'm sure you will," Trisha replied, ruffling his hair.

Ed gave her a sheepish smile and opened his mouth again, "Mom, can you throw like Winry? I don't ever want her to throw something at me—it's scary."

Trisha laughed. She didn't know why he was asking, but imagined that Winry could protect herself if need be. "Just be nice to her, and she won't throw anything at you," she informed him and ushered the two off them off to their beds.

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A.N.-I hope you've enjoyed this little continuation. Hikusarjx from live journal was kind enough to draw some fanart to go with chapter 48-Smiling Faces here the ling , take out the spaces and use the space keeper where i've put shift-: http:// community. livejournal. com/ ed(shift-)winry/ 196949. html# cutid1

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