Chap 3:The Beauty Revealed

Ed hopped up on the wall behind them and saw that Winry was having a bit of trouble hiking herself onto the low brick wall. Ed laughed a little and grabbed her hand to help her up. A mild bush found its way across her face. With Ed's help, she was on the wall in no time.

"Wow, getting on this wall really wore me out." Winry said bluntly. "Well." Ed hesitated for a moment.

"My shoulder is always open." Ed smiled. Winry soon after Ed's response, took his offer and placed her head on his warm shoulder. Ed was a bit startled, although he loved the feeling of having her this close to him. He wanted to stay there forever and he didn't know why. He had never felt this feeling inside of him, but he liked it. The sun began to set and they were more than happy to watch it together,

for the first time.

It grew darker out and the stars sparkled in the night sky. Ed built a fire in one of the abandoned fire pits closest to their spot. He, once again just couldn't take his eyes off of Winry. The fire's gleam bounced off of her beautiful skin. They sat very close together, almost rubbing shoulders. Winry looked up at the sky in a daze. "It's beautiful isn't it?" "Not as beautiful as-"

Winry pointed at the sky not paying any attention to Ed, who was speaking. "Look Ed, a shooting star! Quick, make a wish." She put her head down and closed her eyes tight. She lifted her head and found Ed staring at her with a passionate look in his eyes. She blushed.

"So what did you wish for?" Ed asked. "Well, if I told you, it wouldn't come true."

She gave him a sincere smile. She wanted that wish to come true. She wished to be with Ed forever.

There was a silence between the girl and the alchemist, but it wasn't awkward like the silence on the way there, it was more like they had been thinking of each other, and were so deep in thinking about one another, that it was almost like they were talking.

They snapped back into reality and Ed brought up old memories. "Hey Winry, remember when we were kids and we always used to lay on that big hill next to each other at night?" "Yeah, those were great times. Hey, lets do it right now." "On the sand? We'll get all dirty." "No we won't. We'll just dust it off. We're all dry so it's not like it'll stick to us."

Ed thought about her common sense and decided they would go lay down in the sand and look at the sky.

Shoulder to shoulder, Ed and Winry lay in the sand peering at the stars. "It's just so amazing. All the different stars in the sky." Ed said intrigued. "I know. it's just so beautiful."

light bulb

Ed remembered what he wanted to tell Winry. He wanted to tell her earlier how beautiful she was. His mouth went dry as he tried to swallow his pride. "Winry, I just wanted to say that um...well." After several minutes of mumbling words that didn't even exist, Winry got fed up. "What Ed?!" "You look beautiful ok?!"

'Oh dammit. I really did it this time.'

Ed thought to himself. Winry sat up and Ed followed the same motion. Winry giggled. "Thanks you. You know, that's the first time you've ever told me that. As they sat up side by side, Winry called out 'Beach memory number six' and threw herself at Ed. He toppled over. They rolled around in the sand fighting playfully like little children. They stopped and sat up once again. They stared into each others eyes for quite some time. Ed leaned forward towards Winry's face and whispered softly. "Beach memory number what?"

As Winry began to leaned forward as well she responded in a soft whisper.

"Seven.."

They came closer until their lips met in a beautiful heart-felt kiss. That, was a memory that was surely to be remembered forever.

A/N: YES! Finally this fanfic is done i hope you liked it and once again, sorry about the short chapters. I had a bit of write's block during this fanfic but i was just itching to write something. please review if you liked it. :

-alistar07