Chapter 8 "Trip called off"
:Winry POV:
I was secretly packing for a trip I thought I'd never make.
"What are you doing, Winry?" came a voice on the other side of her door. I quickly shoved the bag under my bed.
"Nothing, Pinako!"
"HAH!" Pinako said, opening the door. "Caught in the act!"
I screamed and tripped on the corner of my bag which stuck out half way.
"I'm just going to a sleepover!"
"Yeah, sure, uh-huh. Come on, I know this has something to do with that radio show."
"Okay, you win." I sighed, picking myself up. We sat down on my bed.
After discussing the matter Pinako got up and paced the room.
"Now that was when people knew how to be in love. They knew it! Time, distance...nothing could separate them because they knew. It was right. It was real. It was..." I said.
"A radio show! That's your problem! You don't want to be in love. You want to be in love on a radio show!"
:Later at work:
"You know, when a man is a widower why do we say he was widowed? Why don't we say he was widowered?" I asked out of the blue in the middle of a discussion about the radio show. When no one answered I blushed and said, "Just a thought..."
:Upon returning home:
I grabbed my bag and walked over the house, to see if there was anything else I might need in case I found him and could stay for a while. While doing so, Pinako had the livingroom radio turned on the usual station listening to Dr. Nina Tucker again. I rolled my eyes, but I listened in case Edward called in again. Or Alphonse.
Upon reaching the bathroom, I heard Pinako exclaim something rather loudly. I caught only a few words because I was in the closet getting a pair of pajamas. It was something like this:
"Winry! The boy's on again! Dog on it, Winry! you've got me hooked on this garbage!"
I went out to the livingroom and sure enough, Alphonse, Edward's brother was on the radio again. I wondered what was up, but I didn't have long to wonder. He was in a panic about something, so I just listened.
"Holy cow, he's kissing her!" Alphonse exclaimed.
"Now, Alphonse, are you sure your brother's okay with you being on the phone?" Dr. Nina Tucker said.
"Now he's kissing her on the lips! What am I gonna do!"
"Just hold on Alphonse, there's nothing to worry about."
"Yes there is! She isn't the one I like! And on top of that, her laugh is really annoying!"
There was a click as the line went dead and all was quiet everywhere.
Pinako lit her pipe and turned off the radio.
"Well, Winry, I guess that calls off your trip." she sighed. I felt let down. Alphonse was clearly talking about his brother. Why would he be kissing someone who made Alphonse panic like that? More importantly, if Edward had been getting letters from all over the country, was there a favorite that Alphonse likedthat wasn't the one he was kissing? I asked myself so many questions I got dizzy and had to sit down.
"No..." I said slowly. "I'm still going to Central, but not tonight as I planned."
"Alright...have it your way. I'm going to bed." Pinako went to bed, leaving me alone. I slept on the couch that night.
A/N: This was written in a rush. I couldn't remember what I was originally going to put in this chapter, in addition to all that I left out before. Questions like, "Who would Walter be?" and "Who is Ed going to kiss and hang out with before he gets it through his head that Winry's the one after all?" and stuff like that. So anyway, I was thinking about having Havoc as Walter, but it's too late to do that now, unless I rewrite the whole story. lol Anyway, Please R&R I need at least 5 reviews (in addition to the ones I have already!) to get the next chapter up!