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Everywhere I turn I hurt someone

But there's I can say to change

The things I've done

Of all the things I hid from you

I cannot hide the shame

And I pray someone, something will come

To take away the pain

Ed felt bad about what he had done to the Colonel and Lt. Hawkeye as he walked the darkened streets of East City as his guilt started to eat away at him, he could feel the pain that the Mustang was feeling as he knew that he was sitting in his room, pondering what could have been done to stop Ed. Lt. Hawkeye would be sitting in her home listening to music to calm her nerves and to help her forget Colonel Mustang and the hurt that was brought upon her that night.

"I need to get my thoughts together," Ed said as he walked down the darkened streets of the gloomy city.

There's no way out of this dark place

No hope, no future

I know I can't be free

But I can't see another way

I can't face another day

The streets seemed to mock Ed as he walked the darkened streets, every corner of the dark city seemed to be screaming out to him as he saw the faces of his friends pointing at him and mocking him. Telling him how horrible a person he had been, that he was nothing more then a monster bent on destroying the lives of those closest to him by bringing pain and misery. The wind seemed to nip at him as the wind seemed to blow him down the street as he tried to grab the lamp posts, the wind stabbed at him like a thousand daggers of angry words as they pierced his soul. The streets were dark and damp as were the street lamps as they seemed to dim as Ed walked the sidewalks of the darkened city.

Tell me where, did I go wrong

Everyone I loved, they're all gone

I'd do everything so differently

But I can't turn back the time

There's no shelter from the storm

Inside of me

The words of his friends stabbed at him as did the images of the chaos he had rained down on Mustang and Lt. Hawkeye, the painful words drove him into a nearby alleyway as he tried to wrapped his mind around what happened. Ed found unbearable to even look at himself as he started to pound the wall of the alleyway as he fell to his knees and pounded the ground, over and over, his hands beat the alleyway ground as the corners of his eyes begun to sting with the hot searing tears of guilt and hurt that he had caused.

Lt. Ross sat in the living room of Lt. Colonel Hughes as Gracia walked up to her and Lt. Bloch and handed them cups of hot coffee; Al sat in the corner staring out a window as he pondered where Ed was and if he had found the ability to seek the Colonel and Lieutenant's forgiveness.

"I'm home," Hughes said as he walked through the front door.

"Lt. Colonel, where is Edward?" Lt. Ross asked as she got up as she placed her coffee down and saluted the Lt. Colonel.

"Ed needed sometime alone to ponder what he did before he decided what to do next," Hughes said as he kissed his wife.

"So my brother is still wondering the streets?" Al asked surprised.

"I guess, but you know Ed, he'll come strolling in anytime, probably later tonight," Hughes said as he noticed the Lt. Ross was missing from the room.

"Where did Lt. Ross go?" Lt. Bloch said as he searched the room.

"Wherever she went, I know that she will find my brother," Al said as he kept a vigilant look out the window.

"DAMN IT! What can I do to change what I've done?" Ed said as he remained leaned over on his knees as he looked at his hands.

"There is always the option of swallowing your pride and apologizing to Lt. Hawkeye and Colonel Mustang," said the nurturing voice of Lt. Ross as she helped Ed to his feet.

"How did you find me Lt. Ross?" Ed asked as he realized the pain in his left hand.

"Let's just say, that the pain of a guilty conscious tends to spread to the four corners of the city when someone is feeling extremely guilty."
"I've done the Colonel wrong and I've made my brother angry at me…..I owe it to Lt. Hawkeye to apologize."

I can't believe the words I hear

It's like an answer to a prayer

When I look around I see

This place, this time, this friend of mine

With that said, Edward gathered his courage and walked towards the lightly lit home of Lt. Hawkeye as it stood as a lightly lit beacon that stood out in the fog of the dark city that was starting to lift as Ed made his way towards the house. The home was lightly lit to avoid visitors in the night as Black Hayate kept watch outside, but when Black Hayate saw Ed walking up he started to bark at Ed, but Lt. Hawkeye couldn't hear him as she tried to block out all sounds of the outdoors.

"Whatever it is Colonel, I'm not speaking to you for the rest of the night," Lt. Hawkeye started to say as she opened her door to find out who was at her gate only to find Ed.

"Evening Lt. Hawkeye," Edward said as Lt. Hawkeye came to the gate and let him into her house and silently closed the front door behind her.

"Edward Elric, you have some explaining to do," Lt. Hawkeye said with a sob in her voice.

Ed could not find the words to apologize to Lt. Hawkeye as he stood in her living room as he watched the Lieutenant pace the room as she waited for Ed's apology, but couldn't find the words, where to start on his apology to Lt. Hawkeye for ruining her date, but no matter what Ed tried to say he was sorry, he couldn't bring himself to say the words as they escaped him.

"If you don't have anything to say Edward then please leave," Lt. Hawkeye started to say as she moved towards the door.

"Lt. Hawkeye, what I did was uncalled for on my part and I have realized that, please don't give up on Mustang so easily….he truly loves you and wants nothing more than to be with you," Ed said as he grabbed the ring box out of his pocket and got down on one knee, "Lt. Hawkeye, please, give him another chance."

I know it's hard but you

Found somehow

To look into your heart and

To forgive me now

You've given me the strength to see

Just where my journey ends

You've given me the strength

To carry on

Lt. Hawkeye turned around with tears in her eyes and as she did, she found Ed on bended knee with an open ring box exposing the engagement ring that Mustang meant to show to Lt. Hawkeye at dinner that evening, but he had lost that chance and now Ed was trying to fill in for Mustang to make sure that Mustang's dream did come true.

"Edward, what are you doing?" Lt. Hawkeye said as she tried to fight back the tears as she found the young alchemist on one knee.

It was too much for Lt. Hawkeye to handle as she tried to keep herself together as she tried to figure out Ed was doing as he kept on his right knee to avoid breaking his automail left leg and he was getting sore as he stayed on the one knee.

"Lt. Hawkeye, will you marry Colonel Roy Mustang?" Ed asked as he got up with the ring in his hand.

Lt. Hawkeye was taken back by the mere question coming from Ed, she didn't know what to say as Ed waited for an answer from the Lieutenant that would have been asked by the Colonel if the evening had gone as planned.

"Did Mustang put you up to this?"
"No, this is my way of apologizing and trying to make sure that his special night with the woman who means the most to him accepts this ring along with his hand in marriage."

Hawkeye was dumbfounded, but as she stood and the saw the pleading look in his eyes, she knew there was no use refusing the proposal that was meant to come from the Colonel, but it was coming from someone that was attempting to regain the Lieutenant's trust.

"Yes, yes I will!" Lt. Hawkeye said as she embraced Ed and whispered in his ear, "Thank you Edward."

"There's a special man waiting to hear those exact words as if he had tonight, go find him," Ed said as he let go of the Lieutenant as she raced towards the military dorms where she knew she would find the heartbroken Colonel.

I see the path from this dark place

I see my future

Your forgiveness has set me free

Oh and I can see another way

I can face another day!

I see the path, I can see the path

I see the future

I see the path from this dark place

I see my future

I see the path, I can see the path

I see the future….

No Way Out (Theme from Brother Bear) (Single Version) by Phil Collins

Love will find a way no matter what obstacles may lay ahead for those seeking the love that has been lost…..find out what happens next now that Ed has redeemed himself to the Lieutenant, but will the Lieutenant be able to get to the Colonel in order for Ed to redeem himself to Mustang? Find out in the next chapter! Read and Review!