Hey, all. This is the continuation of last chapter. This one is in Ed's POV.

A note to batdiva101 (the only one who seems to be reviewing this story), I got your requests and I would be honored to do them, but my music website doesn't have the songs on it. If you tell me where I can find them, then I will do them.

I heard this song at work so I guess that I'll dedicate this chapter to my managers: Bill, Sam, Jesse, and Emily (well, mostly Sam and Emily) for picking the radio station that played this song several times.

Somebody's Me-Ed's Answer (to Winry)

It was a couple weeks since Ed had sacrificed himself across the Gate to redeem his brother's life. His father had disappeared about a week ago. A couple of days after his father had left, Ed had met up with this world's Al. Alphons Heidrich was fifteen and Ed was sure that if his brother had grown up, he would look exactly like Alphons did. Since Edward and Alphons were both alone, they'd decided to become roommates

He wanted to believe that there was a way that he could meet up with his brother again, but the idea was in vain. He couldn't use alchemy on this side of the gate, so he was stuck. The thing, though, was that Ed didn't even know if Alphonse was alive. He hoped that his brother was alive, but he couldn't prove it.

As weird as it seemed, there was one person that Ed wanted to see even more than Alphonse. Ed wanted to see Winry Rockbell again.

He didn't realize how much he actually missed her. His grief was starting to take over, so he decided to do something that he hadn't done since he'd sacrificed himself. Edward Elric decided to sing a song.

He'd heard a song recently. It was from America. After reworking some of the words in his mind, he'd noticed how much the lyrics fit with his life.

Heidrich had to stay late at the factory that night, so Ed was left alone. It was the perfect opportunity to sing his new song and get his feelings out.

Ed found an acoustic guitar in the apartment where he stayed with Heidrich. He sat on his bed and strummed out the melody to the best of his memory.

When Ed began to sing, his voice was very emotional and sadness could easily be heard in it.

You...
Do you remember me
like I remember you?
Do you spend your life
going back in your mind to that time.

Cause I…
I walk the streets alone.
I hate being on my own
and everyone can see that I really fell
and I'm going through hell,
thinking about you with somebody else.

Somebody wants you.
Somebody needs you.
Somebody dreams about you every single night.

Somebody can't breathe.
Without you it's lonely.
Somebody hopes that one day you will see

That somebody's me.
That somebody's me
yea

How…
How did we go wrong?
It was so good and now it's gone,
and I pray at night,
that our paths soon will cross,
and what we had isn't lost,
cuz you're always right here in my thoughts

Somebody wants you.
Somebody needs you.
Somebody dreams about you every single night.

Ed heard a slight echo in his words when he sang "Somebody needs you" , but he brushed that off as he pictured Winry's beautiful face and crystal-blue eyes in his mind again.

Somebody can't breathe.
Without you, it's lonely.
Somebody hopes that someday you will see
that somebody's me
oh yeah

Again, he thought he heard the echo when he sang "Without you it's lonely", but he knew that Heidrich was going to be late today, and who else would want to visit him? He was just an outsider, a stranger in this world.

Ed paused to remember how the song went. When he came back in with the next verse, he voice held strong emotions of sorrow and pain. Silent tears rolled down his face as he sang one of the verses in the song that hit home the most.

You will always be in my life,
even if I'm not in your life.
cause you're in my memory.

Ed slowed the song back down as it was supposed to. The tears that flowed from his eyes could now be heard in his voice.

You…
when you remember me
and before you've set me free,

oh listen please.

Somebody wants you.
Somebody needs you.
Somebody dreams about you every single night.

Somebody can't breathe.
Without you it's lonely.
Somebody hopes that someday you will see
that somebody's me
that somebody's me
that somebody's me
that somebody's me
oh yeah.

A knock echoed on Ed's bedroom door. He quickly hid the guitar and acknowledged the knock with a hoarse "Come in."

The door opened and Heidrich walked in. Ed couldn't believe that he was here. "Alphons, I thought that you had to stay late tonight."

Alphons smiled. "We finished early. Ed, I heard that song you sang. You heard me listening to it before, didn't you?"

Ed smiled sheepishly back. "Yeah." Then, he remembered the echo that he thought that he'd heard throughout parts of the song. "Did you echo some of the words?" he asked his roommate, curiously.

Heidrich nodded. "Yeah. You wouldn't believe that this song tends to hit home a little for me too."

Ed was confused. He'd been singing it because he missed his girlfriend, but what was Alphons's reason? Did he break up with his girlfriend? Had he even had a girlfriend? Was he even interested in girls?

Ed's confusion must have shown on his face, because Al replied, "I had a brother. He looked…almost like you. He meant the world to me. He was my idol. One day, though, he died."

"How?" Ed asked. He figured that he already knew, but Alphons didn't know that.

"He…he was crushed…by a zeppelin. Die Polizei recovered his body a couple days after it happened, but there was nothing they could do. He was already dead."

"I'm sorry," Ed apologized without thinking.

Heidrich smiled a weak smile. "It's okay. It wasn't your fault. So, why did you choose to sing that song, Ed?"

Ed wished that the loss of Edward Heidrich hadn't been his fault, but he knew that wasn't the case. "Well, I've told you before that I'm from another world. Well, in this…other world, I had a…childhood friend. I've missed her so much lately. All I want is just to see her and my little brother, if he's alive, again."

Alphons wrapped his arms around Ed gently, in an effort to comfort the slightly smaller boy. "We've both lost things, people close to us. Maybe, together, we can help to heal each other's wounds."

Ed silently thanked the other boy as he returned the embrace. "Thank you, Alphons. Maybe you're right."

I think that I got writer's block about three times while I tried to write this. So, that little Ed/Hei scene at the end was not originally in my plan, but I liked it.

I kind of like this post series/pre movie time for this story, so I might continue with it. Depends on the suggestions that I get.

This story has inspired me to write another version in another category. I was listening to a song from a Disney movie. I thought it sounded like a character from another anime, and the plotline is stuck in my head, so I will probably have to write it.

Okay, just so you know, I may be 17 going on 18, but I'm still a five year old at heart. So, this story will be written for (Don't laugh!) Pokémon. Yeah, I know, who knew right.

I actually like the original and the Advance series. Everything before the dub change. So, I kind of want to write stories for those couples. Ash/Misty, May/Drew, maybe Dawn/Paul, but I don't watch that version much.

Anyway, back on topic, next chapter will be soon, but I don't know what it will be about yet.