Kristy's not Okay

Chapter Six

When Kristy was released from the hospital, Edward and Winry immediately took her to see Doctor Warren. Winry believed that Ed seemed a little too set on his views that Doctor Warren could truly fix anything, but she would allow her husband to believe what he needed to in order to get through the visit.

Kristy went through several tests before Doctor Warren walked back into the room with her clipboard in hand.

"So, Kristina, are you going to finally start working on your health?" Doctor Warren asked. The young girl looked to her parents, who appeared so hopeful that she would get better. Kristy nodded to the doctor. "Your tests were inconclusive for now. We're going to need you to wear a heart monitor to get more accurate results. If you stop putting your body through starvation, there's a good chance whatever is going on won't get worse."

"I'll take care of myself," Kristy said. "I don't…I don't want to get any worse than I am now." It took a lot for Kristy to finally believe that she was really sick – that she really had an issue. She finally had, though. It was her father's talk that really helped her through it.

"Thank you, Kristy," Winry thanked. Ed gave his daughter a smile. He would thank her privately after he had dealt with the boys' questions.

When Kristy was fitted with her heart monitor, the Elric family returned home, where Kristy was finally glad to be in her own bedroom. Anthony and Ethan had done their best to try and scrub Kristy's blood out of her bedroom carpet, but there was only so much they could do. Ed and Winry were already planning on getting someone to replace the entire carpet in Kristy's room so there would be no trace of evidence that their daughter had attempted to commit suicide.

"What's wrong, Winry?" Ed asked when Kristy was finally back in her bedroom. Ethan and Anthony were keeping her company by playing a board game with her. It was partly to keep an eye on her and partly to spend some time with her.

Winry looked to Edward from where she was sitting in her work-room. She was sitting at her work bench with a pensive expression. "I'm just worried about Kristina. What if there really is something wrong with her heart?"

"There's nothing wrong with her heart," Edward said as he sat on his wife's bench beside her. "Winry…I had Bulimia for years. Kristina only just developed Anorexia. If I never had a heart problem, she probably doesn't have one."

"But the amount of time doesn't matter," Winry said. "She's still done serious damage to her body. She's lost so much weight and now this…Ed, our daughter has to wear a heart monitor."

"I know," Ed responded. "I'm worried; I really am. I'm just trying to look on the positive side of things."

"I hope that you're right that nothing is wrong," Winry said. "I don't know what I'd do if I lost Kristy, Edward. I love her and the boys more than life itself. They're my children."

"I know, honey. I know."

I know that I didn't post last week's update. I actually wasn't done with the chapter and I finished it in a hurry just now. In trying to get it done so quickly, I have to push some things off that I meant to include in this chapter, so they'll just have to be in the next chapter(s)!

I'm updating next on the 12th, but it probably will be late because my sister and I are performing a duet together at our music store.

Next Update: Dec. 12th, 2015