Hello again! I can't believe I got such a reaction. Three reviews, all good mind you, in one day! I'm so happy (spins in chair). Some of you probably silently cursed me for being evil; I congratulate those of you who had the guts to call me evil to my face. Hello toughest critic! But that's good, cause now someone won't just pat me on the back. That is appreciated but it can get annoying. Well anyway…

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Brickwall847

Part Two:

Missing You, Understanding You
"Winry!" Ed's voice rang out in pure horror. A young man looked up at the house as he wondered Why couldn't life stay simple for once?

He ran into the house and up the stairs. Al came to the doorway and stopped dead in his tracks. Ed was carefully picking up a very limp Winry. "Brother?"

Ed turned around and with a look of strange calm on his face and said, "She's out cold. We should find her a doctor."

About twenty minuets later, Ed, having been thrown out of the examination room, was pacing back and forth. He hastily remembered why he wasn't 'allowed' to watch over his Winry.

Ed had been fine with the examination until the doctor began the physical part of it. As he tried to concentrate on the man's questions Ed's eyes kept darting back to where the doctors hands lay, this caused him to silently fume. Luckily for the doctor, Al noticed and ushered Ed out of the room.

"Brother?" Al asked wondering what, or who, he was thinking about. Leaving his thoughts, Ed smiled. "How's she doing?" he asked.

"Better," Al replied. "The doctor wants to talk to us, about taking care of Winry when she comes home…"

The brothers went to listen to the 'proper treatment' of their friend.

"You know Winry, I'm beginning to think that 'one last spin' wasn't as uplifting as you thought it would be." Ed said, gently pushing the unconscious girl's bangs from her face. "Maybe I just shouldn't have let go of your hand. Then this wouldn't have happened. Yeah, maybe."

"What do you mean 'letting go of her hand'?" a voice asked.

"Oh, hi Al." Ed said, outing his hand behind his head. "What ya got there?" he asked looking at a tray the younger brother's hands.

"Your lunch. So, what were you saying to her brother?" Al asked.

"Nothing… That you would find interesting," Ed said after seeing his brother's skeptical look.

"Ahh!" Al said as if he had just made a huge discovery. "So you told her then?"

Ed's face turned crimson as he pushed Al out the door. "Thanks for lunch, goodbye."

"Took you long enough," the younger boy muttered as he was shoved through the door, which slammed behind him.

Al chuckled to himself as he walked downstairs, leaving his brother to silently fume.

Dear Colonel Mustang,

"Too familiar," Ed muttered, crossing out the 'Dear'. "Hmm…"

Winry was hurt while dancing and I will be staying

There's no way that Mustang could get past dancing without assuming… "Damnit!"

Ed sighed. He just couldn't find a way to write that he wouldn't be coming back until Winry woke up because it sounded so eternal. Every time he tried to reword the letter it ended up sounding more and more like he wasn't coming back. Ed just didn't believe that. She'll get better soon, she has to…

He hit his head against the bedpost repeatedly. Sighing, Ed looked down at the unconscious form on the bed. "I'm sorry… I… I… I didn't know how hard this is…. You're stronger than I've ever been, than I ever will be."

Pausing to think over what he was saying, Ed rammed his head into the bedpost one last time. Resting his head on it he said, "Why didn't you ever tell me? Why didn't you tell someone? Anyone! Why didn't you?"

"I made a promise," a voice said. "I promised myself that I would stand by you two, no matter what. That I would help you guys, it seems that you're the ones doing the helping though…"

Gently stroking her hair, Ed asked, "When did you decide that? Where'd you get the idea?"

"Riza, actually." Winry smiled at the memory. "She was waiting when Mustang came to recruit you two, so I started talking to her. During the conversation she said that she hated the military, too, but that she joined so that she could protect someone and that she would keep protecting them until they reached their goals. It sounded like something I could do to help you two, so I did. I still do…"

"I'm sorry. I made you worry so much, I never thought-"

"Ed?" Winry interrupted. He looked over at her slightly green face in surprise. "I don't feel so good."

"Right!" he said picking Winry up and carrying her bridal-style to the bathroom.

About an hour later Ed carried an extremely tiered girl back to her bedroom. He laid her down and attempted to leave when she grabbed his hand.

"Please, stay with me?" Winry asked pleadingly. Ed looked down at her and nodded.

Picking Winry back up, Ed sat down on the bed and put her on his lap so that they almost became one person. The two began trading old memories until Winry began to doze off.

"I love you," she said before sleep carried her away.

"I love you too," Ed whispered and he shortly fallowed her to the Land of Sleep.

God am I sorry! The reason that this took so long was that I kept going places, and my ideas kept leaving my head. It was rather annoying! Well here's where you lovely reviewers/readers come in. You must decide if I should keep writing this story or if I should leave it as it is. If I did continue it I would add Roy, Riza, and embarrassing situations. I'll probably write the next chapter anyway, but it is up to YOU whether or not I post it. Choose wisely! If this is the end, then I'll write a sequel.

If you didn't understand how Ed and Winry were sitting check out this picture:

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4th row 3rd picture from the left.

No, this is not an Ed/Winry picture. This is a Kenshin and Kaoru picture, thank you very much! They happen to be one of my three favorite anime couples. The other two are Inuyasha/Kagome, and, of course, Ed/Winry. They don't come with an order because that would be so totally hard! I don't like hard!

Love Ya!

Brickwall847