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Chapter 3 - Roy Arrives

Winry's eyes fluttered open. She rubbed her eyes, and looked at the sunny rays coming through the window and illuminating the room. Recalling everything that happened yesterday, she sighed and got dressed. Not only was Ed coming home, Roy and Riza would be coming, along with their smug and quiet attitudes, which often got on Winry's nerves. After dressing in jeans and a black tank top(attempting to be more conservative then her usual clothes) she headed downstairs where she smelled Pinako's cooking. Pinako most likely felt bad for making Winry have to share a room with Ed.

She ate the hearty breakfast, and then left to pick-up Ed. Winry couldn't trust Pinako to pick Ed up, one of them would end up dead before the left the hospital parking lot with the constant tossing of insults. The automatic doors slid open and Winry went down the bland halls until reaching Ed's door. Looking inside, he was already dressed and ready. From what it looked like, he was yelling at one of the nurses who wanted for him to be in a wheel chair. Taking a deep breath, she opened the door.

"A wheelchair? I don't need to be confined to a wheelchair! How about I dropkick you in the face, then we'll see who needs a wheelchair!" Ed yelled. The poor nurse backed away in a calm manner.

"Maybe we should get you a booster seat on it." Ed's eyes turned anime angry, Winry ran to hold him back as he began to kick and flail.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THAT THEY COULD BE TAKEN AS A 3 YEAR OLD CHILD!" After the usual "She didn't say that," Ed cooled off and limped out of the room.

"I'm sorry, he's just a little touchy about his height." The nurse giggled and left the room. Winry left to follow Ed, who was probably attacking another nurse at this point.

The car ride home was all an uncomfortable silence, the only thing being on their minds was Ed's job. Even Al was silent, who hadn't talked to Ed since he was in the hospital. Winry had said a thousand times to just quit, and he would be safer, but nothing would stop Ed from his goal. When the car pulled up to the familiar house, Ed looked uneasy knowing what would come. Al hurried up and ran into the house.

"Take cover!" A pan, followed by a pot came flying out of the house and Ed ducked just in time to avoid getting smacked. Pinako stood there with her hands on her hips, looking at Ed with a spoon in her hand.

"Same old Pinako." he said laughing. Winry smiled and leaned against the car. Ed tried to go to greet Pinako, only to be greeted with the spoon to his face.

"You stupid boy! I told you to be smart, I told you not to get hurt, and now look what happens! I can't believe you!" Ed curled up as Pinako continued to beat him with the spoon.

"Ow-Stop it you old hag!" Pinako's face lit up with anger. She went inside. Ed peeked his head up, thinking he hurt her feelings. Then out of no where, a pot came through the open doorway and Ed was soon on the ground. While he was gone, it seems he had forgotten the one rule of the house.

Pinako always wins.

"Does it hurt?" asked Winry, walking over to Ed's side. Ed smiled and stood up.

"Not as much as my pride." Just then a black car pulled up, and an angry Roy came out of the door, followed by a worried Riza.

'Uh-oh. I was never told they were going to be here.' Thought Ed. He tried to lighten the mood with a nervous smile and wave.

"Hey guys, I was just going to call you when-"

"Save it Edward. We'll talk about this later. You still have orders, the first one being get all my luggage out of the car and put it in the guest room." Roy left him, not awaiting a comeback or question, and went into the house. Riza just nodded to Ed, and followed Roy.

"Since when were they coming?" Ed asked Winry.

"Since they called us yesterday." They both went to the black car and took out a few suitcases to take into the house. Ed had already figured he'd be sharing rooms with Winry. Looking at the suitcase, he realized he was already doing miscellaneous chores for Roy, but what was new. At least he felt useful again.

It was going to be a long, long day.


So, I think that was pretty good. My computer is being stupid so it's going to be hard to keep adding chapters. This is my first FullMetal FanFic...well my first FanFic period, haha. Thanks for reading and thanks to the people who left reviews! Next update will be...in 2 reviews.

C'mon, just two.