I long to go home Chap.9

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Back in the basement Winry looked at Robert "I'm sorry you had to walk in on that Robert. I was going to tell you he was back but you left for your mothers." She said straightening her hair up.

"Are you happy Winry?" he asked walking closer.

"Uh, Yeah I'm glad that Crystal can now get to know her father." Winry smiled slightly.

"That's not what I asked, look Winry we had some long talks about him and the fear you had if he ever came back. So I'll ask you again are you happy?" He looked at her sincerely.

Winry sighed deeply "Deep down Robert I'm ecstatic he's back but I'm not letting my guard down just yet. I just keep waiting for the other shoe to drop waiting for him to tell me he's leaving to go save something or someone." Her voice began to crack slightly "We have a lot to work out between us."

Robert smiled "Well Winry from what I saw he's either hornier than hell or deeply in love with you." she gave him a confused look and he laughed slightly " Just forget the last part I can tell by the look in his eyes he's majorly head over heels in love with you."

She got a little giddy " Do you really think so Robert? I've waited since we were twelve for him to feel that way."

"As a guy trust me I know that look and he's hooked." Robert turned to walk upstairs "I'll call you guys later."

"Robert" she said softly "You've been a good guy to me" her eyes dropped "Thank you."

He smiled a soft smile because he knew that deep down she would figure out that she was truly in love with Edward. He knew by the way she had always talked about him and he knew she needed someone at that time just to listen to her. He never really wanted a sexual relationship with her although that would have been a bonus. She just looked so lost when they met he wanted to help her be happy and now that Edward was back he hoped that would do it.

"Your welcome Winry and I meant what I said to Edward I'd like to pick his brain on alchemy. "He's one of the most well known alchemists around." He started up the stairs.

"I'll ask him but it shouldn't be a problem Edward loves to talk alchemy." Winry smiled a big smile.

Robert left the house and as he did he passed Edward in the yard with the hose in his pants "Bye Edward it was an honor to meet you I hope to see you again." he stopped and smiled "Try not to put so much cold water on it at once."

Edward looked up a little confused "What?" he looked down "Oh right." pulling the hose out of his pants he noticed it had gone down some. He decided it would be a good idea to avoid Winry for a while so he decided to walk down to the river where they used to swim.

The cool water looked so inviting that he stripped down and dove in. He spent about a half hour swimming and floating. Just relaxing trying to forget what had happened in the basement. As he noticed his skin was pruned he decided to get out and lay on a rock and dry off. 'Wow that cleared my mind and took care of the problem I had' he thought.

Winry had wandered down by the river and she caught sight of Edward swimming so she watched him from the bushes. She felt like a pepping tom spying on him but she just couldn't take her eyes off of him. He was a beautiful sight to her she envisioned him with her and them making love. 'Oh my' she thought to herself as she felt the sheer pleasure of wetness between her legs. She had to go before he saw her as she turned to walk away she stepped on a twig and snapped it.

Edward's head shot up "WHO'S THERE?" He asked pulling his pants on.

"Oh no!" she started running as fast as she could as he reached the bushes and saw the broken twig. He got to the edge of the bushes and saw her running towards the house.

"Ah damn, she must think I've completely lost my mind being out here naked." he face palmed and started towards the house.

Back at Central Hawkeye explained to Mustang she had to get Edward his medication. Somehow.

"Well Major General let's say you and I take them to him. I have to return his state alchemist watch anyway." he said holding it up.

"Alright Sir pick me up at my apartment at three o'clock because the train leaves at four-thirty." she turned to walk out the door then stopped " Oh yeah and if your on time Roy I'll have a surprise for you."

He got excited " I LOVE SURPRISES!"

"I know Sir" she shut the door and left.

Through out the day he sat there with his boring paperwork trying to figure out what she was going to surprise him with. Then he noticed the clock it was two-thirty "OH SHIT!" he started rushing signing his paperwork to the point you couldn't make out his signature.

Then he jumped up and walked to his car. As he drove to her house he whistled a happy tune. As he pulled up in front of the apartment building his mind raced with excitement. He started up the stairs still whistling his happy tune with his hands in his pockets. He got to her door and starred at the note pinned on it that read….

Come in Roy and take your shoes and jacket off.

Riza

So he slipped his shoes off and walked through the door then took his jacket off and dropped it to the floor.

There was another note….. Drop your shirt here! so he did.

He then looked up to see her standing in the door of the bedroom in a black teddy and his one eye bulged with excitement.

Putting her finger up and calling him to her he did as asked dropping his shirt to the floor. He reached her and put his arms around her waist as she reached down and unbuttoned his pants and let them drop to the ground then he stepped out of them. She backed slowly towards the bed and sitting on it pulling him gently over her. He began kissing her neck then found her lips. That began the most furious release of sexual tension that led to sexual bliss in the next hour.

Mustang stood on Hawkeye's balcony he looked over and noticed her neighbor "HELLO MRS. LORDEN NICE DAY HUH?"

The eighty year old woman grabbed her opera glasses and put them to her face and her eyes bulged out. Then she smiled a huge smile "It is now General Mustang."

Hawkeye looked out to see him standing naked on her balcony "ROY WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" She yelled wanting to shoot him.

"Taking the dog out and saying hi to your neighbor.' he turned smiling at her.

"I don't have a yard Roy DEAR. Now get in here." She glared at him.

"You have this plant out here for him right?" He asked enjoying his feeling of hanging free in the wind.

"ROY!" she yelled again.

"Ok" he dropped his head then looked up and smiled "BYE MRS. LORDEN NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN."

"You can say hi anytime as long as you wear the same thing General." the older woman blushed.

The two got in the shower and ravished each other again before getting out and making it to the station late. Thankfully the train was ten minutes behind schedule .

They sat on the train not saying a word till Hawkeye had to ask "Sir what if Edward doesn't want to come back?"

Mustang raised his eyebrow "What do you mean Riza?"

She remembered all the long talks her and Edward had at her apartment. She knew Roy missed him and all the trouble he caused while working. She also knew she didn't want Roy to get his hopes up "I just mean he hasn't even called to find out if he can come back."

"That's madness, the military is all he knows and anyway he loves the adrenaline rush of a good fight." Mustang said confidently.

"I know you think you know him Sir but he has other priorities now and I think the military's the last thing on his mind." She said softly as she looked out the window.

Mustang began to wonder if maybe Riza was right. Edward hadn't even mentioned coming back. SHIT! He hadn't even called to bug the crap out of him for something to do. He sat back and thought about the arrogant, obnoxious, bossy, piss-ant kid wearing a red coat that would pop up at any situation and make it worse. Him and his brother had a knack for finding trouble. Then he also remembered how vulnerable they were especially if Edward's arm got broken and it happened more than a few times. He sat back and closed his eyes and dosed off hoping there was some way he could get Edward to come back.

For the next couple of day's it was like Edward and Winry were avoiding each other and when they did see each other he would get frustrated or she would say something that made him feel stupid.

Then one morning Jade told her father she wanted to spar. Because they hadn't done it since they'd been back. Jade was the martial arts part of Edward. He had taught her everything he knew so that she could protect herself from her mothers clan if they ever came after her. She had gotten quite good better than Edward ever imagined so that morning he agreed.

"So are you ready?" she asked taking a stance.

Edward took a stance "Now remember focus and be aware of your opponent."

"I know dad." She ran towards him "LET"S GO!" Then she lunged at him.

Al stopped to watch on the porch and was joined by Pinako. As Edward and Jade continued their sparring. Winry awoke to strange noises "Ha…ha ….HA!" she got up and looked out the window the only thing she saw was Edward fighting someone. She ran down the stairs and outside to the porch where she joined everyone watching.

"Is that Jade fighting him?" she surprisingly asked.

Al smiled "Yes" as they watched Jade hit the ground.

Winry got upset "He's going to hurt her." She went to walk forward but Al stuck his arm in front of her.

"Just watch Winry" he looked back to them.

As Winry watched then she couldn't believe what she was seeing. Every thing Edward threw at her she blocked and everything she threw at him he blocked. Watching them spar was like watching a dance they had rehearsed many times it was like they were performing. But that thought left when Edward caught her in the face with a left.

"She's quite good" Pinako said puffing her pipe.

"Yes she is, Ed did a great job training her. She's a force to be reckoned with." Al said confidently "I wouldn't fight her."

Winry looked beyond Edward and Jade at the two figures walking up the road and then she noticed the uniforms. Then she realized it was Mustang as they got closer. 'oh great' she thought ' I knew It wouldn't take that long for him to come looking for Ed.' She got a scared sick feeling in her stomach.

Then as they waked up to the walkway she watched Jade pull an awesome move on Edward that sent him flying through the air and he landed with a THUD at Mustang's feet.

"Well Fullmetal isn't that bad for your stitches?" He asked sarcastically.

Edward wheezed as he got up "It's ok I've already popped four I think."

Hawkeye put her hand out "Here Edward I brought your medicine.

He took them "Thanks" then turned to Jade.

"Awesome as ever my Jade, but watch that right of yours you drop it every once in a while. I could have taken you this time." Edward knew his daughter was good and he had rarely beaten her since she was seven.

"Yes dad, and I'm sorry I threw you so hard." She smiled at him as she walked off.

"Fullmetal I need to talk to you" Mustang said looking at everyone "Privately." Winry felt sick as they walked off.

They stopped by a grove of trees and Mustang hoped he could convince Edward to come back.

" Fullmetal I was hoping you would come back to work. I know you've been declared dead but I've already fixed that in your records you've been reinstated."

Edward scratched his head "Wow General I wish you would have asked me first."

"Don't you want to come back?" He asked not wanting to hear the answer.

" I do General, but I can't and I won't. I'm done with that part of my life for the last ten years my life has been problem free. Now that I'm back I plan on spending it with the woman I love and my kids."

Mustang pulled out the watch "Here I was going to give it back to you." he placed it in Edward's stretched out hand "But I guess you won't be wanting it."

Winry was watching from behind a tree but she couldn't hear what was being said. Then she saw Edward take the watch and she got so hurt and pissed. She realized the past few weeks had been hard. Hell! She was just trying to find out if he meant what he said. She knew she was riding his ass every chance she got but she wanted to see if he was still the same. Now looking at him with that watch she knew he would never change.

"No General I really don't I just wanted to hold-" He was cut off by a pissed off Winry.

" I KNEW IT! HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING FOR THIS TIME? I KNEW YOU COULDN'T CHANGE. YOU CARE ABOUT NOTHING EXCEPT WHAT EDWARD WANT'S. I KNEW YOU DIDN'T LOVE ME ENOUGH TO STAY OUT OF THE MILITARY. WELL IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT THEN I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT!" She took her engagement ring off and threw it at him by now everyone heard the yelling and came running.

Edward, Mustang and Hawkeye stood there gawking at her. Then Edward's head dropped and he bent down and picked the ring up "Are you done now? Cause if you are I have something to tell you."

Hawkeye tried to stop him "Edwar-" she was cut off by his arm going in the air as he turned to Winry.

He tightened his fist around the ring in his hand and looked her in the eyes "I can't do this anymore Winry for the past week you have treated me like an incompetent fool." Everyone was starring at him "Anything I do is not good enough, I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't. I have tried to realize your feelings hell, I've even shoved down my own instincts to run. I promised you I wouldn't leave and I meant that but right now I can't keep that promise because you don't trust me enough and truthfully I don't want to be here right now. I'm done trying to please everyone. I love you so much but you just tore the heart out of my chest. Hopefully when you figure out what you want they'll be someone for you. Because I guess I'm not it." He handed the watch back to Mustang and looked at everyone " I'm sorry" he paused for a minute " It seems like that's all I say lately." Then he turned and walked down the road.

Hawkeye turned and softy "Winry what have you done?"

Mustang turned to her "He was giving me the watch back because he said his life was here with you and then you went and said those things to him."

"Winry you have to go after him." Al said catching her as she fell against him. Winry felt like all the air had been sucked out of her lungs then her knees gave way and she found herself on the ground watching the man she loved disappear over the hill. She began to sob uncontrollably when Hawkeye walked over.

"Get on your feet and go after him." Hawkeye growled at her "What did I tell you before? I told you not to hurt him."

"I-I-I know I can't believe what a fool I've been trying to make him prove what I already knew was true." She buried her face in her hands "Now I've completely lost him."

Jade came forward " No Winry you haven't give him time to cool down. Right now he's just hurt he'll come back because I know he loves you."

"Come on let's get you home dear." Pinako said walking over to help Winry up. He'll be back you know Ed he needs time to clear his head sometimes."

Mustang looked at Haweye and in a whiney voice " I've lost my little buddy, my partner in crime, my little midget friend." Then he buried his face in her chest.

"There, there Sir." patting his head "I'll be okay" she looked at Al "Should we go after him?"

"No, I don't know what he'll do better to let him cool off." Al said walking over to help Pinako with Winry.

Winry got to the house and locked herself in her room. ' What have I done? I drove him away, I can't believe I threw his ring at him, he's never going to forgive me.' she thought to herself sobbing out loud. She laid across her bed for what seemed like hours.

Al knocked on the door "Winry are you hungry?"

"NO AL GO AWAY PLEASE!" she yelled into the pillow.

Meanwhile Edward had walked into Resembool and the first thing he came to was the bar so he went in.

He walked in and up to the bar "Can I have a bottle please?" He grabbed it and went to the table and began sucking down shot after shot.