Chapter 4 "Letters!"

--Ed--

"I feel really bad that I went all that way then back again just because I couldn't talk to her." Ed groaned.

"Don't worry, Brother." Al said. "We can always go back if you feel like it."

"You do have a point, but I can't go back there!" Ed held his head in his hands.

"Why don't you call Doctor Tucker again? Talk to her, Brother, she is a Doctor."

"About what! Her first name could be Doctor!"

"It's Nina. But the point is, is that you need someone to talk to."

A loud rapping sound came from the door.

"Edward Elric? You have some mail! Can you get the door please?"

It was a struggling voice, but Ed knew it. It was none other than Colonel Roy Mustang. Ed came and got the door. He couldn't see the man's face, because it was hidden behind two arms full of letters.

"What the---?" Ed gasped. "Colonel, put them down!" Roy put them down.

"Thanks, FullMetal. I was about to topple over. Who said you were this popular!" he gasped, rubbing his arms.

"Nobody..." Ed said, his voice trailing off.

"Well, I'll be, Brother! Look at all these letters! All for you!" Al said, picking up a handfull of letters addressed to Edward Elric of Central City.

"Must be a lot of women out there who are desperate!" Roy laughed.

"Shut up!" Ed barked, he tossed the letters around and then he flopped onto his bed and took a nap.

---two days later---

"'...I think you're the cutest guy I've ever laid ears on.', '...you're the sweetest thing since sliced and buttered bread!' All these letters are crazy! Brother, what do you think we should do?"

"Let them sit there. We don't need them." Ed said, rolling over and mumbling to himself.

"Okay, Brother..."

---Winry's pov---

"I'm going to write him a letter." I told Pinako one morning while sitting down by the pens and paper.

"You're crazy. Every woman in the world is going to think that!" Pinako said.

"I know!" I said. And I knew it, too. I started to write. "'My name is Winry Rockbell, I'd really like to meet you...' Oh, what's the deal with me! Everyone's going to say that!"

"Like I said." Pinako said, staring at the maps she had of cities out East. Her eyes, I noticed, lingered on Central City. I continued to write.

"'...I'd really like to meet you on top of the Central City tower October 11.'" Pinako said. I wrote the words.

"What's with October 11th!" I asked. "Why not, February 14th?"

"Well, if this guy is really your true love, then wouldn't it be good to meet him on his birthday?"

"How do you know about the guy I'm writing to!"

"I look up things. I go out ever so often and I hear tourists talking about Central and it's people all the time. It's no wonder, I'd have never known other wise."

---3rd person, Winry---

Winry growled and crumpled the paper. She then stomped off to her room.

Pinako picked up the paper, smoothed it out and put it in an envolope. She walked to the post office and mailed it.

---another two days later, Central---

There was a tap on the door. It was Roy carrying more letters. Just one arm full this morning. As usual, Al was the first one to look at them. He found one that had no return address, but he read it and he smiled to himself.

"Brother! We found her! She's the one for you!"

"Yeah? She's probably just like the rest."

"No, Brother, here! Read it!" Al handed the letter to his brother.

"'My name is Winry Rockbell and I'd like to meet you on the top of Central City tower October 11th. Signed, Winry' what the heck! Is this the same Winry?"

"Yep!"

"I was planning a trip to Rizenbul around that time! She's just like the rest, Al!"

"No! This is the one I like!" Al yelled back. He left the room and the letter on the table. Ed read the letter again. There was something familliar about the writing and he took a walk around the building until he found a bench and sat down. He read the letter over and over again. He then walked back to his dorm without saying a word. He was thinking of going back. But first, he'd write a letter.

I wasn't sure if people in Amestres celebrate Valentine's Day, so I made it Ed's b-day...if I someday find out that they do, I'll let you guys know...--;; I can't figure out how to edit the chapters after their posted. Thanks! R&R please!