-17: Lies and a little surprise part 1

The only sound that could be heard on the play ground that night, was the soft found of Winry's sobs. "How could he do that to me? I thought we were friends. I didn't know…. I didn't know….'' She trailed off, crying even harder when she remembered what had happened.

Flashback

Winry sat on a bench outside a store her best friends were in. She felt someone sit beside her so being her normal curious self, she looked up to see a girl with pink bangs staring at her. "Rose, what are you doing here?''

"Edward sent me to find you. He wanted me to tell you something.''

Winry's heart lept. "He did?''

Rose smiled softly, getting the girl's hopes up. "Yes, he did.''

Winry was squirming in excitement. "What did he tell you to tell me?''

"That….'' she paused for effect. "That he has these feelings for you, that you don't know about.''

Winry couldn't take the suspense any more. "What? Tell me! Tell me how he feels about me!'' Tell me he loves me.

"He hates you. Edward hates you. He's always hated you. And you love him. It was stupid for you to think he loves you back.''

Winry, even though deep down in her heart she knew she was lying, started crying. "I thought…..we were at least friends…''

"You thought? You thought he could love you back? How could he love you? You're ugly. You're annoying. You're into mechanics. There's nothing feminine about you. To him you're just like one of the guys' . Why would he want you when he could have me? I'm everything you're not. I'm beautiful. You're not. I'm not annoying. You are. I'm into shopping. You're into mechanics. Must I continue? The point is: I'm better than you. That's what Ed wanted me to tell you.''

Winry fell over sobbing. "I don't believe you…''

"Is it that you don't believe me? Or just that you don't want to believe me?''

Winry ignored her.

"Believe me when I say I'm telling you the truth.'' Rose got up and began walking away. "Goodbye, Winry Rockbell.''

Winry lay on the bench crying her heart out.

End of Flashback

"Tohru, where do you think Winry is at?''

"To tell you the truth, Sango, I don't know.'' Tohru frowned slowing her pace.

"The cucumbers have not forsaken me! Wait, two of the cucumbers have not forsaken me! Sango! Sango! Tohru! Sango! Sango!''

"Does that sound like….?''

"The pervert?'' Sango turned around to see Miroku charging at them.

"The void has been filled! The void has been filled!'' He picked her up and swung her around in his arms.

Tohru hesitantly stepped up. "Miroku, have you seen Winry or Kagome?''

"Niether, why?''

"It's a long story. Let's go get some breakfast; it's five in the morning.'' Sango said pulling Miroku towards a gas station.

"Shigure, what are you doing here?''

"Hey, Tohru. I ran into Miroku. He seems to have a thing for vegetables.'' Shigure grinned, "And palm trees.''

Miroku stared off into space. "What was that thing?''

"Oh,'' said Tohru. "I've seen that guy before. Is it a boy or a girl?''

Once again, the world may never know.

Flashback

Sango swung a bag of things she had purchased as she and Tohru exited the store. They looked around for their blond friend. Winry lay on a bench. They could tell by her trembling body that she had been crying. Scratch that; still was crying.

Sango's first thought was that she had been attacked. "Winry, who hurt you? Tell us!''

She lifted her head to look at them, tears rolling down her cheeks. "He hates me…''

Tohru sat beside her. "Who hates you?''

"Edward hates me. Rose told me so. He hates me. He's always hated me.'' She started sobbing again.

Tohru wrapped her arms around her, rubbing her back, trying to comfort the sobbing girl. "Do you really believe her? Rose is a lying bitch who would do anything to keep Ed all to her self.''

"Yeah, don't believe anything Rose says,'' Sango agreed, joining the conversation once again.

Winry's face scrunched up. Tohru could tell she was either trying to hold back tears or was going to admit something she didn't want to. Both would make since.

"Everything Rose said is right. I'm ugly. I'm annoying. And to top it all off, I'm into mechanics. Who would want a girl like me?''

"Edward.''

"Sango, why would you think that?''

"No seriously. Edward.''

And there stood Edward Elric.

I'm sorry it took me so long to update. I hope you all liked this chapter. Thanks for the reviews! Yuki will come in later. Here's a hint for the next chapter: One of the girls' finds out she's pregnant.