All right everybody out there this is chapter 2. Sorry that you had to wait for so long. I only have access to a computer once a week.

Ed could not believe what had just happened and he was just walking aimlessly around his hometown. Every so often someone would recognize him and say their hellos but Ed would just keep walking after a few minutes of conversation. Then Ed had noticed that he had just walked past the local cemetery in which his mother was buried. With a quick turn on his heel he was on his way to the place where he had made the vow to bring his mother back with the power of alchemy.

"Hey mom. How have you been? I've been doing horrible. I know that you probably follow me around to make sure that I do what I'm supposed to but it's still good to talk to you every so often. I think that I made the biggest mistake of my life an hour ago. I kissed my best friend! I love her so much and since I'm bad with words I thought that if I showed her it would be easier but it wasn't. She doesn't feel for me the way I feel for her." Ed was overtaken by emotion and started to cry. He missed his mother more than anyone could imagine. He had kept so much bottled up inside of him that he had to just cry. His mother's death, his brother's body, his father's disappearance, and now Winry were just too much for him to keep inside.

Then Ed felt a hand on his shoulder. He quickly spun around to see who had invaded his private moment with his mother. It was Winry. "It's alright Ed. It's just me. I know that you probably feel awkward being around me but I figured that you'd be here so I came to talk to you."

"I'm sorry but I don't know what came over me. It was just the moment."

"Hey slow down. It was a good kiss but I don't know how my feelings are yet." By now Winry had sat down next to Ed and put her knees up to her chest.

"I understand. It is just that I know how I feel about you. So many things that go on it's just not possible that I can keep these kind of things bottled up inside of me."

Winry couldn't look into Ed's eyes any longer. She focused her gaze onto the ground. Winry did feel for him yet she didn't think that it was the right time to tell him. She knew that she would tell him when the moment was right. "Alright I can except that but until I realize my true feelings for you can we stay friends for maybe just a little bit longer?"

"Yeah." Ed looked up into her sapphire eyes and smiled gently. Winry stood up and stretched. Ed stood up after her and pulled his arms to his chest and then up into the air.

"So are you ready to go home or would you like a little more time with your mom?"

"I think that I'm done here for now. Ed placed the flower that he had plucked earlier onto his mother's grave and started to walk behind Winry. When he caught up to her he gave a gentle smile and sauntered their way up the road to home.

20 MINUTES LATER

"Aunt Pinako! We're home!" There was no reply so Winry walked to the Kitchen to find a note on the table that read:

Edward and Winry,

I went to the market with a friend before it got dark. Her and I will probably not be back until late. Fix yourselves something to eat and then to bed with you both. There is to be no horseplay or any ruckus. Winry, you are to make sure that the house is clean.

With Love,

Auntie Pinako

"Yeah right," Winry hollered from the kitchen.

Ed walked into the kitchen to find Winry burning a piece of paper. He snatched it from her and threw it on the ground to stomp out the flame. "What is wrong with you? Are you trying to burn the house down?" Ed looked up at Winry to see that tears had started to form in her eyes. She had her head bent so all Ed could see of her were her eyes. "What? Was it something that I said?" Ed slowly took Winry and sat her down into a chair at the table. Ed tipped her head up so that her eyes met his. "Now would you like to tell me what's wrong or do I have to force it out of you?"

Winry wiped her eyes and started to giggle at his small comment. "Aunt Pinako left a letter that said she was going to the Market with a friend but I know what she's doing. She did this to me two years ago."

"What's she doing that's so bad you had to cry about it?"

"Ed she's gone off to drink again! I knew that she wouldn't be able to give it up! She's nothing but a stupid old LUSH!" Ed took Winry into his arms as she started to cry again. Ed knew of Pinako's drinking problem. The doctors had told her a few years ago that if she didn't stop that she would die within three years. Ed had thought that Pinako had the situation under control by now but guess not. Winry slowly pulled away from Ed and wiped her tears away with the edge of her sleeve.

"You know what? I'm tired of dealing with that old woman. If she wants to drink herself to death, well than more power to her. All right! Well I'm hungry. How about you? I'm going to fix us something to eat."

"Okay. I guess I could stomach something to eat." Winry fixed Ed and herself some rice with Tai noodles and water to drink. After they were finished eating Winry took her shower and then Ed. After Ed was finished he was walking past Winry's room and saw her sitting on the edge of her bed staring blankly at the floor.

She must not have noticed that he was standing there because she started to talk to herself. Ed moved into the hallway and out of sight in order to hear what she was saying.

"Why do you have to make things so difficult Ed? Why do you love me? Why couldn't we just stay friends? Things were so much simpler then. Why did I have to realize that I love you too? Dammit!"

Winry then heard someone in the hallway and knowing that it could only be one person she got up and poked her head out of her door. She saw Ed walking down the stairs. Winry thought to herself; Oh no! Did he hear me? What if he did? Great! What am I going to do now?

Winry walked out of her room and down the stairs to talk to Ed. She had just barely seen him walk out of the front door as she finished descending the stairs. She followed him. He was seated in a chair looking up at the night sky, stargazing. He once again gave no mind to her and allowed her to sit down next to him. "Ed."

Ed took his eyes off of the sky to acknowledge her and said, "Yeah."

"Can I ask you a question?"

"If it's about if I heard you or not then yes I did."

"Oh okay. Then you know that I'm ready, right?"

"Ready for what?" Ed was staring at her deeply. Almost to the point that she could look at him no longer but she kept her eyes fixed on him to show that she was serious.

"I'm ready to tell you how I feel."

"Well how do you feel?"

"Edward! You're making this very difficult you know!"

"Sorry. Go on."

Winry lowered her voice to a mild undertone so that Ed could barely hear her and said, "I love you. In fact I love you with all my heart."

Ed did not expect a declaration that strong but he gladly accepted it. "I love you too Winry."

He then gently kissed her and this time she did not withdraw but encouraged him by placing her hand on his knee. She then stood up, grabbed his hand and led him into the house, and up to her room. They sat down on her bed and began to kiss again. Winry removed Ed's tank top and looked at his fit body while he removed her shirt. Winry laid down on the bed and pulled Ed on top of her. They continued to kiss one another until they heard a knock at the door. They untangled themselves, returned their shirts to each other and began to walk downstairs. When Winry opened the door she saw a policeman at the door.

"Can I help you," Winry asked the policeman.

"Are you Miss Winry Rockbell ma'am?"

Ed stepped in front of Winry. "Yeah maybe she is. What do you want with her?"

"I need to speak with Miss Rockbell please. This is important government business."

"Well if it's got anything to do with the government then I have a right to know. I am the 'Full metal' State Alchemist so if you got something to say then you can say it to the both of us."

The policeman was saluting Ed to show that he understood and that he knew who he was. "This is about Miss Pinako Rockbell. I'm sorry to say but she has been killed in a terrible accident only hours ago."

Ed felt Winry's hand disappear from his shoulder where she had placed it to show that she was still standing there. He then heard a thud on the ground and turned around to find Winry unconscious on the ground. "WINRY! Oh my god Winry. Wake up." By now the policeman and Ed were both on the ground trying to get Winry to wake up. They carried her over to the couch and put a cold cloth on her forehead to cool her down. Apparently someone using dangerous weapons had gone around firing aimlessly at innocent people. By the time that any officials had gotten there many people had already been slaughtered.

Ed was shocked by this news. He told the policeman that he would help the force capture the person who did all of this. He swore to get the person who murdered Winry's last bit of living family. HE looked at Winry with great sorrow knowing that when she awoke that she would like for it all to be all just a dream. Too bad that it was real.

Well, what did you think of this chapter. It took me almost all week to do. I'm an amateur. Don't pick on me. Also, make sure that you only do supportive criticism and don't review just to be mean pleezz! Well until next week LATER!