Nyago: This chapter might bring back that little bit of laughter in all of us :D I hope you all enjoy!

Ai: Yeah. xD We have brought in another major OC! Last one, I swear! She's funny, believe me. :D

Disclaimer: Nothing changed.

Chapter 7: "Expect the unexpected"

By Nyago and Fullmetal Ai AKA Cherry Studios

Days in Germany went horribly slow for Winry. Ever since that fateful day when Trisha had denied her to be near her, Winry had been feeling depressed and low in spirit in every way possible. Having the daughter of your best friend hate you just wasn't in Winry's priority list. If she could, she would leave…Al and Ed were doing fine here anyway. Taking a deep breath and letting out a long sigh, Winry stared out the window from the downstairs curtains, watching as many people ran for shelter as the upcoming rain came pouring down.

"You know, they say that if you sigh, a bit of your soul leaves your body." Winry turned around to face the source of the voice. "But…it's a bit silly, don't you think?" Al smiled. Winry could only chuckle a bit before returning to looking outside again.

"You know she doesn't mean it," He began taking a seat next to her. "She just…doesn't know any better."

"Let's not start this again Al…I don't want her to be angry with you as well."

"She only gets angry when you don't agree.."

"Similar to her father I presume."

"Heh…well yeah." He laughed as she sighed.

There was a moment of silence between the two before Winry, who was still staring out the window, felt Al pat her shoulder gently, offering a comforting gesture.

"Don't worry. It takes a little bit for Trisha to like just about anyone," He said. Winry didn't have to see his face to know he was smiling a tiny smile. Winry looked over to Al sadly.

"Not everyone looks like her mother, do they?" Winry asked, watching as Al's expression softened.

"Point taken." There was another moment of silence before Winry spoke again.

"So, how did your date with Rebecka go?" She felt her lips curling up into a grin. "That was last night, wasn't it?" Al's cheeks were tinted with pink.

"Well, it wasn't exactly a date .."

"Oh, right. You two were 'getting to know each other,'" Winry said, crossing her arms. Al's cheeks became a darker shade of pink.

"Yeah, something like that .." He said in a tiny voice.

"So, how was it? I remember you coming in last night, looking as if you were floating. What was that about? Huh? Huh?" Winry nudged Al in the ribs as she prodded him for an answer.

"I .. uh .. well .. uh .." Al was getting a bit uncomfortable, and it was plain for Winry to see.

"Wow, interesting," Winry laughed, causing Al to chuckle a little bit.

"Well .. we're .. uhh .. going on a "date"," Al made quotation marks with his fingers, "In about a week." Winry would have squealed, had she not been so depressed. She enveloped Al in a tight hug instead.

"That's wonderful! Congratulations, Al!" Winry said with a smile, knowing that Al's face was hot with the blush that was quite plainly on his face.

"T-Thanks," Al laughed, scratching the back of his head.

"Uncle Aru, Uncle Aru, Daddy wants-" Trisha ran into the room, then froze upon seeing Winry. She almost ran out of the room, but instead, she stayed where she was and talked to Al.

"Uncle Aru, daddy wants you to go get groceries for him, can you do that?" Al looked up to see the small girl before him.

"Sure," He replied, standing up from his position and moving next to Trisha. "Shall we?" He smiled at her as she nodded back.

Upon the two leaving the room, Winry stared outside the window once again. If Trisha wasn't going to like her, well…she had to do something about that right? She WAS Winry Rockbell. Not some poor, cheat ass, small girl that was easily pushed around..especially not by a small child. Winry sank more into her seat and sweatdropped. She referred to Ed's child as…small, cute, and sometimes adorable when she wants to. She WAS almost a replica of Ed so…it shouldn't be so hard to get along with her, should it?

Feeling lightheaded, Winry began to lay down when a sudden crash came from the outside of the house. Her senses coming back, she noticed the source of the noise, standing inside the house, a broken door behind her. She was smaller than Ed probably, with red eyes, long pink hair and its place in neat pony tail and a huge angry, scary face to give it away.

"EDWARD ELRIC!" She yelled. Running to the doors, Al and Ed burst in, Ed carrying little Trisha in his arms.

"….You..." Ed points at her, trying to find his voice as he began to lose all senses while his face went completely pale. "…How..?" He asked.

She grinned. "Long time no see, stupid! How is my little Trisha doing?"

"Wai! Aunt Mary!" Trisha yells, jumping from Ed's arms and running towards the door.

"Can't you…make a normal entrance like the rest of us?" Al sighed as he looked at the completely destroyed front door behind her.

"Heh…Yeah well being normal is so overrated," she sweatdropped.

Winry blinked. She was definitely confused, that was certain. Al saw the confused look on Winry's face and decided to explain a little bit.

"Uhh .. Winry, this is Mary.. she's-"

"Why are you explaining to her who I am? I AM her best friend, after all .." Mary said, grinning from ear to ear as Trisha hugged her.

"That's not mommy, Aunt Mary," Trisha suddenly said. "Mommy went to heaven." Mary froze.

"H-How .. When .. did .." Edward slowly backed away as he saw Mary's temper start to build.

"EDWARD ELRIC," Mary said in an entirely evil voice. "GET. BACK. HERE. NOW." Edward froze, and then dashed out the back door, Mary placing Trisha down on the ground and chasing after him. Trisha giggled, Al sighed, and Winry blinked before looking toward Al.

" ... Al .. I want to know more about Edward's late wife. And you know that when I say "more," I mean "everything."" Al gulped. Winry could be just as scary as Mary was when she was motivated enough .. he knew better than to defy Winry when she got that way, yet he was torn by his brother's wishes, as well as the wishes of Winry. Al sighed again, placing a hand to his head.

"This ... Will be a long day ..."

"NOT LONG ENOUGH BEFORE I AM THROUGH WITH HIM!" Mary yelled as she enters the room, carrying in her arms a defeated and bloody Ed behind her.

Al face went place, "Bro-Brother!" he yelled as he ran towards his almost dead body, just as Ed's soul comically decides to leave his body.

Trisha giggled as she embraced Mary. "I missed you!"

"I missed you too pumpkin pie. Now…which one of you will explain what the bloody hell is going on?" She glared at them.

Taking a few moments to bring Ed back to the land of the living, they all sat in the small dinning room to discuss what had happened in the last few weeks. From the time Trisha's mother died, to Winry's unexpected arrival, little by little everything was beginning to make sense, or at least, for Mary.

"So let me get this straight, you had a small disagreement with her and she wanted to go home? So she TOOK the train and it crashed?" Ed nods as his arms are place in front of him and he pressed against it hard enough.

"…Well…that would explain why she never called me during her mother's birthday."

"Look, I am…"

"Ed, its ok," Mary takes a deep breath, "I know it wasn't your fault that the train got wrecked and then…destroyed...but I will NOT forgive you for taking away my BEST FRIEND WHEN YOU MARRIED HER!" Ed gulped

Al placed his hands on Mary's arms and held her back from giving Edward another pummeling.

"All right, All right ... I think Brother's had enough of a beating for one day ..." Al could feel a layer of sweat form on his brow, and he laughed nervously as Mary sent him a death glare before sighing and leaning back into the chair, crossing her arms.

"Bloody hell," She cursed under her breath, directing her death glare at Edward, who gulped once again.

"I ... I'm just ... going to go out here for ... a long time ... yeah ..." Winry said quietly, barely above a whisper, before standing from the table and walking outside, unnoticed by all except Ed and Al. Ed stared after her, a certain sadness in her eyes.

"We should have told her, brother ..." He heard Al whisper softly to him as he sat down. Ed nodded halfheartedly.

"You're damn right you should have told her! The poor girl was confused right from the start! I feel bad for her, with all that's happened ..." Mary frowned, still glaring daggers at Edward. Al laughed nervously.

"Mary, not in front of Trisha ..."

"She probably hears it enough from her father anyway," Mary replied hatefully.

"Hey! I control my language around my daughter!" Edward yelled as he stood, turning around and stomping outside to the front porch, where Winry was currently sitting on the swing.

Trisha looks at Mary. "What does that word mean?" She asked curiously.

"Well, Trisha-" She began, a grin appearing on her face.

"WE'LL TELL HER WHEN SHE'S OLDER," Alphonse interrupted loudly.

As Al, Mary and Trisha continued with their normal conversations, Ed looked around the outside as he sat next to Winry. Taking a deep breath, he looked down at the floor before speaking.

"Sorry…" He began.

"For?" She asked.

"Not telling you the truth…or, well..Anything, period." He tried to smile but found himself unable to. Winry frowned and looked at him.

"I don't expect much from you anymore."

"Hey…"

"It's true," She interrupted him. "Ever since your mother died, you guys never included me in anything. Even now, your own daughter is doing the same." She intertwined her fingers together. "I just..don't feel like understanding anything anymore. What's the use anyway?"

"There are plenty of uses for it, Winry. For one, the reasons are to understand where you stand."

"So this is a level up, Edward?"

He shook his head. "No, no, you've got it all wrong. I am just saying this because I want you to get used to this…"

"So I am really stuck here?"

"I don't know! I never tried to get back after what happened, neither did Al."

"It's always about you guys isn't it?"

"Hey, wait a minute..you KNOW that's not true."

Winry turned to face Ed, the unshed tears sparkling in her eyes.

"Every time you came home, it was because of repairs. Never to visit. You never even called to let us know that you were all right. You wouldn't talk to me about anything, though I know you wanted to do so desperately. You kept to yourself all the time, never letting anyone in. Al was better at showing his feelings, but it was you I was worried about, Ed!" Ed was taken aback by this statement.

"Hey now, Winry .. Calm Down .."

"Calm Down? Calm Down, Ed? How do you think all of that made me feel? I know it's selfish, but dammit Ed, we all have the right to be selfish at times!" Tears started rolling down Winry's cheeks as she stood and began walking down the steps of the porch, into the snow. Ed stood.

"Wait, Winry! Where are you going?" He asked as she continued walking.

"Somewhere where I feel more welcome!" Winry responded heatedly, beginning to run. Edward watched her go until she was out of sight, and was about to go back inside when it hit him.

This .. Edward thought to himself as his eyes widened. This is .. like last time .. He remembered the argument that he and his late wife had had before she left for the train, and his eyes widened even more. Again ..

Running towards the streets Winry had just ran to, he hurried to catch up to her. His breath became short, his lungs hurting because of the lack of clothing he was wearing. It was, after all, always cold in Germany. Finally seeing the flowing golden hair moving away on the next corner, Ed was determined to run faster. He needed to catch up to her, he needed to let her know that she was special to him even if he had a hard time showing it.

"Winry, wait!" He yelled as he came closer to catching up with her. Turning around slowly, Winry came to face him, still keeping her distance as she began to cross the street.

"What?" She responded hastily.

Before Winry had time to react, a loud noise came towards her; She looked to see a rather large truck moving towards her, beeping for her to move..but she wouldn't. She couldn't move. She stood there like a fool, and the last things she heard were Ed's screams and the truck horns beeping at her.

-To be continued-

Nyago: Yes…I am the one that wrote that evil cliffhanger because I am EVIL. Plus I wouldn't mind a bit of reviews to continue on my story…tehehehe.

Ai: BUWAHAHA. SUSPENSE. We kill you, ne? xD Okay, now to explain a little bit about Ed dying and coming back .. You know how in anime, they somehow manage to fit in those comical scenes where when someone is reeeeally mad, and they beat up on someone, and they just .. die temporarily? That's what happened here. :3 So! Review, please! Let us know how our most comical chapter yet has gone over with ya'll!