I am still crying a few minutes later, but Ed is still with me. His hand is on my back and his coat is around me. "Take her somewhere she'll be safe." Ed tells a nearby officer. Ed gently turns my body so that I can see his face. "Winry, Al is still fighting so I have to go okay?" He tells me. I don't want him to go. "I'm sorry." He says as he slowly gets to his feet. "When this is all over I'll explain everything." I place my hand on his hand that is on my shoulder. His hand leaves my shoulder, but I continue to hold onto it. He slowly walks away and my hand slips from his. I stare at him walking away and think: "Why is waiting the only thing I can do." I clutch onto Ed's coat.
An hour or so later, Ed walks into the room at the centre where the guard has taken me. I smile at him, pleased that he has come back for me. I really missed him even though he has only been gone for a little while. I was so worried that he and Al had been badly hurt, but they look fine. "Hey Winry." Ed calls to me, but then he looks over at the table I am sitting at and sees Fuhrer Bradley. "Oh, hello there Fullmetal Alchemist." He greets Ed. "Fuhrer Bradley, this is a surprise." Ed says. "What brings you here?" Al asks. "I heard that a childhood friend of yours was under our protection here at the command centre. As a friend of such an important alchemist, she deserves our every courtesy." He replies. He rises from his chair. "I should be on my way now if you'll please excuse me miss." He addresses me "Oh." I quietly rise from my chair. "Of course Sir." And give him a little bow. He leaves out the door and then stops and tells Ed: "That's a nice honest friend you have there make sure you both take care of her." Then he leaves. I walk up to Ed and Al. "Ed." He turns around and looks at me. "You promised, what happened… tell me everything about my parents." I say. Ed looks at me with a serious expression.
Later, on the ride back to the hotel, I think about what Ed told me. I think that about what my parents did to help but wish that they could have come back to me. I wonder If that's selfish. When we arrive back at the hotel, the man behind the desk tells me that there is a phone call for me. It's the people in Rash Valley, telling me to get back there to help them. I know that I must go back, they need me I realize.
At the train station, I thank Ed and Al for stopping me form shooting that man. I remind Ed to take care of his automail. "Yep." He says. I also tell Al that I'll send him some polishing oil for his armour. I think about how worried I was for them when they were fighting that man. "And no dying okay?" I tell them. Al nods. "Right." Ed says. "Oh and…" the train whistle interrupts Ed and I just hear him mumumbling.
"Huh what I can't hear you." I reply. Ed starts to walk away. "Brother wait up!" Al calls to Ed and starts walking after him. "See you Winry." He waves to me. "Okay." I tell him. "Geez" I say to myself. "Come back, Edward what were you saying?" I yell to Ed and look out the train window. They stop walking and Ed turns around. He raises his hand and points his finger towards me. "The next time I hope they'll be tears of joy, and Al and I will be back in our normal bodies and I'll make you cry out of sheer happiness that's a promise." He shouts at me. I smile to myself. I laugh and wave to them.
The train starts to take off. So I put my head back inside. I think about Ed, and all the times I have watched Ed and Al's backs when they have left me and Granny. I think about when Ed asked me why I was crying. I realize that he asked that because he truly cared about my well being, not because he thought I was stupid. I stare out the train window and realize something else, it's crazy. "All this time, have I been falling for him?" I ask myself. I think about it the whole train ride and come to the conclusion that, yes I have fallen in love with Ed. I can't believe it, and I find myself wondering if he too has fallen in love with me.