A/N: I am so sorry i forgot to put up the disclaimer! Well i don't own FMA nor will I ever. If I ever did I doubt that Ed would own that much clothing. Anyway i am putting this chapter up real early so enjoy!

Chapter two: Fighting and Fixing

Winry woke up that morning unbelievably happy and jumpy. As she looked in the mirror she felt like the most beautiful girl in the world. Only one phrase kept repeating in her mind 'Ed loves me! Ed loves me!' Winry quickly dressed in her white top and black skirt, put her hair up and ran downstairs.

She walked into the kitchen to see Pinako at the stove and Jim, Ed, and Al at the table. Edand Jimwere swetdropping as they stared at al as he Al was stuffing his face.

"Ohhh, hi Winry!" Al said as he swallowed half a egg whole.

"Al at least chew your food!" Winry said as she took her seat at the table.

"Ok" was all that she got as he started to stuff his face again. She just sighed and started to pile food on her plate.

"You know that if you eat all that you're going to get fat." Ed stated, as he looked at all the food on her plate.

"Look who's talking alchemy geek" Winry countered as she eyed Ed's plate, which had more food then hers.

"Oh shut up, automail junky" Ed said as he lifted a fork full of hash-browns to his mouth.

"What was that Ed?" she had a death glare in her eyes, one that Ed knew all to well. But of course that didn't stop him.

"Oh nothing, automail freak." That was it, Winry snapped. Al just sat there staring at them with a piece of bacon sticking out of his mouth. Jim just sat there confused and a little scared.

Winry stood up and started to yell "Well at least I'm not the nerd with his nose in a book all the time!"

Ed jumped up and started to retaliate "Your one to talk tom boy!"

"Nerd"

"Wrench obsessed"

"Bookworm"

"Tool junky"

"Idiot"

"Whose the idiot"

"Why don't you look in the mirror? Idiot"

"That's it!" Ed rolled up his sleeves and clenched his fists

"What are you going to do? Use alchemy on me?" she placed her hands on her hips taunting him.

"Why don't we take this outside?"

"You wouldn't hit a girl?"

"I don't see any girls in here do you?" everyone gasped. Even Pinako turned around at that one. One look at Winry's face told him that he went to far on that one. "Shit" Ed said to himself "Look Win, I'm sorry I didn't mean that."

He was expecting a slap of something but nothing came. "Win..?" he asked a little nervously.

"Just shut up…" she said as she took a deep breath trying to hide the tears that were about to come. Turning around she walked to the stairs and said three little words. She then ran upstairs, the only thing that they heard was the slamming of a door that made all of them cringe.

To tell the truth Ed would rather have had he yell and hit him then that. Those words just kept playing over and over again in his mind that day. Who would have thought that those words would have reduced him to sulking outside for the rest of the day? Those words so clearly directed at him. The three words 'I hate you.'

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Winry sat in her room for the rest of the morning and afternoon think about what Ed said that morning and the night before. Shure he would call her a tom boy, but that just whent over the edge for her. After how many years of trying to show that even though she liked automail she was still a girl. Then he had to go and say that to her.

Jim was going to try to comfort her, but Pinako told him to just leave her be. Al decided to keep his nose out of this one. He knew that they would get over this; well he hoped that they would. It was a little beforesundown Winry came out of her room and walked downstairs.

"Well look who has come back to us." Pinako said as she sat on the couch with Al listening to the radio.

"Where's Jim?" Winry asked as she walked over to the coat closet.

"I told him to go home. You know he is really worried about you?"

"That's nice of him." Winry said quietly as she put her jacket on.

"Where are you going?" Al asked as Winry headed to the door.

"Just for a walk."

"Do you want me to go with you?" Al asked as he stood up.

"No, I just need to think for a while."

"Winry, don't stay out for to long." Pinako warned.

"Ok grandma." Winry walked out and closed the door behind her.

Al sat back down and turned to Pinako. "Is she going to be ok?"

"Yes, she just took what Ed said to latterly. Poor girl, it is so obvious that she is in love with him. Same with him for her, but if neither admits it then nothing will ever happen between them. That's why I think that Jim being here is so good. It will spark Ed's jealousy so he might get the never to tell her. The best part of it is that Jim is to dense to notice this either."

"Wow, you really thought this threw."

"What did you expect!"

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It was sunset by the time Winry walked over a hill that hid a beautiful lake. She walked over to the edge and sat down. This was the place were she would go for comfort. Only good things happened to her here. Well minus the occasional cut of scrape. She just sat there, her keens tucked up to her face, staring out at the lake.

"Uh…hi" a familiar voice said behind her. "Mind if I sit here?" Winry said nothing so he just sat down next to her. "The lakes beautiful, don't you think?" her only response was turning her head away from him. "Win I…"

"Ed…I need to know the truth. Do you love me?" Winry turned to look at him in the eyes. He just stared at her a little taken aback. "And not as only a friend." She added.

"Winry I…" she once again she cut him off.

"Wait I don't know if either answer will help. Never mind, it was a dump question." She laughed nervously and stared out at the lake again.

"No it wasn't"

"What?" Winry said as she turned to look at Ed. He to was staring out at the lake.

"It wasn't a dumb question." He turned to look at her in the eyes again. Winry felt her heat beating and her cheeks flush. "And the answer is…" Ed trailed off as he inched closer to her.

"The answer is what?" Winry's voice was barely above a whisper as she to moved closer.

There faces were hardly an inch away when he answered, "Yes, I love you." At the end of the last syllable he gently kissed her. It started out as a gentle kiss, but rapidly became more passionate. They were now showing each other their feelings, feelings that had been locked up for years.

Ed pulled Winry closer to him trying to deepen the kiss, while Winry put her arms around his neck trying to do the same. Before it could evolve into anything else they heard some one yell her name. Quickly breakingthey saw Jim standing on top of the hill.

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"Winry what…." was all Jim stuttered, but the confusion quickly turned to anger.

"Jim wait!" was all Winry said before Jim came running down the hill. Ed and Winry jumped up as Jim stood between them. He pushed Winry behind him and gave Ed a death glare.

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER!" Jim yelled at Ed. "SHE'S MINE!"

Ed looked at Winry and asked "Winry, is what you said earlier your true wish." Obviously trying to control his anger.

She looked between Ed and Jim then turned to Jim. He was panting in rage, and looked on the edge of a killing spree. "Jim…I am sorry."

"What?" he asked as he turned to look at her.

"I love Ed…" Winry looked down at the ground, hiding her expression from him.

"Ha! You heard her, now shove off!" Ed crossed his arms as he said this, a smirk plastered on his face.

"This can't be…" he practically whispered. His face filled with disbelief. "I WON'T LET THIS HAPPEN!" Ed's face lost the smirk as Jim hurled a punch at him. Winry's head shot up just as Jim's fist collided with Ed's Jaw.

"ED!" Winry yelled as she started to run towards him, but Jim pushed her back.

"I could handle the childhood buddy thing, but then you had to take her from me." Jim started to walk towards Ed, a look in his that could only be described as madness. "I don't like it when people take away my most precious things, and you just did. So if I get rid of you I will get her back." Ed moved out of the way fast enough to evade a kick by Jim.

As he quickly got on his feetand wondered'has he always been like this?'

"She's mine! You will go away! She's mine!" Jim kept repeating as Ed dogged his kicks and punches. It was just above a whisper so Winry couldn't hear it, but to Ed it was clear as crystal.

"SHE ISN'T YOURS!" Ed yelled as he dogged then hulled off with his human hand and landed a square hit on Jim's jaw. "And she never will be!" Ed hissed as he caught his breath.

"You will pay Edward Elric!" Jim said as he stood up and turned to Winry. "And you will be mine, whether you like it or not." The second part was so quiet that only Winry could hear it. But the look of horror on her face was enough to give Ed an idea of what Jim had said.

"GET AWAY FROM HER NOW! AND GET OUT OF HERE!" Ed yelled. Jim turned and started to walk away. Neither Ed nor Winry moved till he was gone. Once he was Winry ran into Ed's arms and started to cry.

"Ed, I didn't know that he was like that! I swear! If I knew I wouldn't have gone out with him." Winry said as she held onto him.

Ed wrapped his arms around her and held her there tightly. "Shhh…its ok. I'll always be here to protect you. And even if I'm not then I will come whenever you need me. I'll always be just a call away."

"What do you mean Ed?" Winry looked up at Ed a little confused.

"I have to go back to central in a couple of days, but don't worry! I will be back before you know it." Ed said quickly, trying to not make things worse.

"Ok, I understand." Winry said looking down.

"You do?" Ed was now a little shocked. He kind of expected her to yell or hit him.

"I mean you have a job. And they need you, but you will come right back. Won't you?" Winry was still looking up at him sadness lined her face.

"Of course I will! I mean it's just paper work so I should be back in less then a week."

"Ok" Winry snuggled closer as they just stood there.

"Win?"

"Hmm?"

"I don't think that it is a good idea to tell anyone about us. I mean there are some pretty bad people after me, and I just don't want them to hurt you."

Winry pushed back away from Ed again to look at him. "What about Al and Granny?"

Looking down Ed answered "No not even them."

"Why not?"

"What if they let it slip, or worse." Ed was slightly shacking his head no as he said this.

"But they won't"

"Winry do you really want to take that chance? They already try to get to me through Al; if they tried that with you I don't know what I would do. Just don't tell anyone Win, please," Ed begged her.

"Ok, it's our secret. But when everything is over we can tell, right?"

"Right." Ed hugged her close again. 'I will never let anyone harm you. I love you so much Winry.' Ed berried his face on the top of her hair and as he held herprotectively.

Little did they know they were being watched. 'Just wait Fullmetal you will suffer like you never suffered before. And now I know exactly how to do it.'