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Promise me Chapter 6

A reaffirmed promise

Winry's eyes were heavy; she slowly opened them and had a momentary freak out until she remembered where she was; the hospital. It was dark outside she guessed it was about three o'clock in the morning, Winry attempted to pull her blanket up when she realized there was something warm in her hand. Winry looked down at her hand to find a young blond alchemist sitting on a chair next to her bed, his head was resting on the bed as he slept; his hand entwined with hers. Winry's cheeks began to burn and a smile crept onto her face, she wondered how long he had been in the hospital with her for.

"Brother always slept funny." Winry hadn't noticed the big suit of armor standing on the other side of the room.

"Haha yes he has hasn't he Al." Winry smirked at Al and tried to sit up when a sharp pain shot through her spine. Winry gasped in pain and sharply pulled her hand away from Ed's grabbing her stomach where she had been stabbed. She instantly missed the comfort of having Ed's hands in hers, but this pain was too much to bare.

"Winry, you shouldn't try to move! Hang on I'll go get the nurse." Al ran out of the room in search of any nurses on staff. This proved to be harder than he had anticipated with it being three o'clock in the morning.

The sudden movement had woken up Edward, he slowly lifted his head to see Winry holding her stomach and fighting back tears. As soon as Ed had registered what was going on he jumped up out of his chair and put his hand on Winry's head slowly rubbing her hair.

"Shh Winry, it's okay; the nurse is on her way. Shhhhh."

"Ed….Ed…I….I can't move my legs." Winry burst into tears of fear, this couldn't be happening to her.

"It's okay Winry I know, Doctor Marko said that you…. you might not be able to…to walk again." Ed felt terrible telling her, his heart practically broke in half, but he couldn't stand to lie to her.

Winry froze staring at her legs that were covered by blankets; tears streamed down her face, but she remained frozen.

"Please…Please tell me this is all just a bad dream and I'm going to wake up soon and be back in my home, in my own bed with legs that work… Please Ed tell me this is all just a bad dream." Winry looked at Ed expectantly, but didn't get the response she thought she would.

Ed said nothing; he just climbed on the bed and put his arm around Winry's shoulder. He slowly pulled her back until she was leaning on him crying.

"Shh Winry… I'm sorry … I'll never leave you on your own again… I promise…. I'm sorry … Shhh… shhh… you'll be okay." Winry fell asleep in Ed's arms.

"It will be okay Winry, I love you."

By the time Al had come back with the nurse Winry had fallen asleep leaning against his sleeping brother.

"Ah it's about time." Al smirked and decided he would go and wait the rest of the night in the waiting room giving his brother and best friend some time alone.

Two Weeks Later

" ah….AHHHH…Ouch."

Ed heard Winry yelp from outside, he instantly dropped the fire wood and ran straight to her room swinging her door open with such force it almost swung back at him. Ed looked at Winry's bed to find it empty when he heard a voice that drew his attention to the blonde girl lying on the floor rubbing her head.

"Ah Winry you idiot what were you trying to do." Ed slowly walked over to Winry's side putting one arm under her legs and the other around her back; he stood up so he was holding her bridal style.

"I didn't want to sit in that bed anymore, I've read those books a thousand times, I'm so bored…. Wait Ed where are we going?"

"You need to eat something to keep your strength up."

Winry blushed a little realizing how much this silly Elric boy really cared for her.

"It's still humiliating to be carried by someone who's smaller than me."

"Hey I'm taller than you now so shut up otherwise you can starve."

"But then how will I keep my strength up? You don't want to have to carry me around for the rest of your life do you?" Winry giggled, but actually enjoyed the idea of having Ed carry her around. His arms wrapped around her legs and back sent a tingling sensation all through her body and butterflies in her stomach. Yep she never wanted him to put her down.

"Ed… thanks for looking after me."

"It's okay Winry, Al and I will always be here to protect you, if you ever need us were only a phone call away."

The thought of the boys leaving her now scared Winry, her eyes started to burn she didn't want to be left alone again.

Ed put her down on the couch and went to walk away.

"What do you feel like for lunch, we have-"

As Ed went to leave he felt a hand grip his shirt, he looked at Winry to see tears falling down her pale cheeks.

"Winry what are you crying for?"

"I know it's really selfish of me but… but… I don't… I.." Winry started to choke on her words.

" I don't want you to leave again." That was it, her complete breaking point. Winry started sobbing the thought of being alone terrified her. What if she could never walk again? What if Envy came back? What if something happened to Ed? What if she never saw him again? What if she never worked up the courage to tell him she loved him?

Ed sat on the side of the couch next to Winry, but she couldn't bare to look at him, she hated him seeing her this weak.

"Winry, I'm going to have to leave eventually, I'm a part of the military and I still have to get Al his real body back. I promised him I would." This wasn't helping the water works were still going.

"But Mustang has promised me I don't have to leave until I'm sure your okay." Ed placed his hand on her chin and pushed her face forcing her to look him in the eyes.

"Winry I'm not going to leave you until I know your safe."

Winry pulled her head away raising her voice at Ed. "But how will I know that you're going to be safe?" Winry's voice was a mix between a sob and a scream. Ed struggled to hold himself together, but knew he had to.

"If you get hurt how am I supposed to carry on? What about me Ed? What am I going to do if you die?"

Winry was crying so much that her words began to blur.

"Come on Winry you know nothing can hurt Al and I, besides you gave me the best auto mail so I'm practically invincible."

Winry felt like Ed was mocking her, he didn't understand that she needed him to be safe, these stupid excuses about auto mail protecting him was doing nothing. He couldn't see that she depended on him; she needed him to be okay.

"I LOVE YOU YOU IDIOT!" Winry grabbed his shirt and sobbed into his chest, she didn't care that she had just blurted out the most important and potentially damaging thing ever.

"You try to act all tough all the time, but I need you to be safe Ed."

Ed froze, he couldn't think of anything to say the girl now sobbing into his chest. He slowly lifted her head to face him again.

"Winry, stop crying; please….Winry… I…I love you too." Ed's face turned a dark red, well there was no turning back now.

Ed lifted Winry's head to face him; he wiped away the tears streaming down her face. Ever so slowly he leant in towards her and gently placed his lips on hers. To Ed's surprise Winry didn't fight him of, she didn't through a wrench at his head. No, she kissed him back. The soft gentle kiss quickly turned into a passionate desperate one. They kissed as if the world was going to end, like they were making up for lost time, like two best friends who had fallen in love.

A noise came from the door and the two reluctantly stopped kissing as they realized that noise was Alphonse returning from his walk to the cemetery. Winry rested her forehead on Ed's and let out a deep breath, she could feel her cheeks burning, but no longer felt embarrassed.

"I love you Ed." Winry smirked she liked the way it felt to say that phrase and to know she wouldn't be rejected, embarrassed or hurt. Yep she could get used to saying that.

"I will always love you Winry and that's a promise."

The End.

Naww so that's the end of this story

Should I write an Epilogue?

Please review and let me know what you think, I will go through and edit chapters soon

Thanks for reading this story and I hope you enjoyed it!