A/N: I have a longer one for you guys this time! LOL. Just to let you know, so you won't get confused, this is told in Winry's point of view, post movie. Her grandmother already passed away, and she now lives alone. I also have a question that my reviews might help me with. Does anyone know how old Riza was before Hughes died? Thanks!
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Disclaimer: I do not own the characters in this story.
Have you ever stared at something for a long time and then when you blink, you feel as if the thing you were staring at has moved? I've been staring at pictures of the three of us, and I feel as if they move. I look at them everyday, enjoying memories we had over and over again. Some days, it was like you guys never left.
Have you ever listened to the scilence for so long, and felt like you can hear voices after awhile? Every night I lay down in my bed, and listen closely for your voices walking through my front door, arguing about something stupid.
"Sorry for coming back so late," you'd say, Al, and I'd just laugh and say it was ok.
Have you ever believed in someting for so long, and then after finding out the truth, you'd fall into pieces? For about 3 years I used to believe that you two would come back home and we can live like one big family. That we could live in peace and happiness, like you never left. But one morning as I was eating breakfast, it hit me.
I was fooling myself the entire time. You weren't coming back. You weren't gonna come through the door. I was alone. I was never going to see your faces, except in pictures, and I was never going to hear your voices, only in memories. Every night after that, I cried, to thepoint where thought I could never stop. But slowly I learned to except this and even today I am still learning to except it. It's hard to except, but it is the truth and I must.
Still, every night I pray. One day, I hope you will come back, and we can live like we used to, and I can yell at you two about how you left me. That one day, I can question why I gave up believing you wouldn't come back. After all, a little hope never killed anyone.