I might update this later today if I have time. Thanks to the reviewers!

Winry walked into the coffee shop. She already liked Central better than Resembool; Central's weather suited her better. Winry surveyed the shop, not seeing Ed anywhere.

Typical

Winry went to the counter and bought herself a hot chocolate, deciding to wait for a while. The minutes ticked by slowly, soon it was 11:45. Sighing, Winry threw away her cup and started for the door, only to run into none other than Edward.

"Where have you been?"

"Errands."

"You said to meet you here at 11. It's 11:45."

Edward grinned.

"I know."

"What the hell, then?"

"Hey, you wanted to know my story, right?"

Winry nodded.

"Then you'd have waited for me. It's as simple as that." Edward said matter-of-factly.

Winry frowned.

"Well, that's a nice thing to do," she remarked sarcastically.

"Well, I never said I was a nice guy," Edward countered. "Come on, I'm here now, might as well get on with it."

"My dad left my brother, my mom, and I when we were little. We picked up on his chemistry research. Al and I liked it mainly because it made Mom smile; she rarely did that after he left. Not long after, my mom got sick. Really sick. Apparently she had this disease; decided not to tell anybody." Edward's voice cracked. "There was nothing we could do."

"I-"

"That's not really the worst part. Al and I, we had this crazy6 idea that we could bring Mom back with science. We thought science was the answer to everything back then. We were wrong. The basement became an all out lab. We had loads of experiments. Little did we know, the components to the human body, our blood, and the little mixture we prepared didn't mix." Edward rolled up his sleeve, revealing a shiny metal arm.

"This blew off in the explosion, so did my leg. As for Al, he had to be in a full body cast for a really long time. He just got out in eighth grade."

Winry studied Ed's arm in awe.

"So there's my story. What about yours? Why'd you move here?"

"Well, first of all, you really need maintenance."

"How would you now?"

"My grandmother's an auto mail engineer. So am I."

"No way!" Edward stared in disbelief.

"Yup. Anyway, that's one of the reasons we moved here. Granny moved her shop from Resembool to here."

"So what's the other reason?" Edward questioned.

"Granny wanted to get away. She said living at home brought back so many painful memories, she couldn't take it anymore. My parents died in the civil war."

"Kinda in the same situation, then, huh?"

Winry shrugged. "I guess you could say that."

"So you have any brothers or sisters?"

Winry shook her head.

"Just me."

"So are you going to go to Central high?" Edward asked.

"Where else would I go?" Winry asked.

"Well, there's Central prep, and then Central Academy, you know."

"Oh. So where do you go?"

"Good ol' Central high."

"Oh geez,"

Edward frowned, 'She think I'm a cocky-

"Well, there goes my looking forward to Central high…"

"And what the hell's that supposed to mean?"

"Well I was excited, "Winry began.

"Then…."

"I found out you went there." Winry stared at Edward with a blank expression. Edward furrowed his eyebrows together and blushed. Winry laughed aloud.

"You thought I was serious?"

"Well," Ed admitted, "Yeah. You seemed pretty serious to me."

"Why, were you disappointed?"

Edward fumbled his fingers around avoiding Winry's gaze.

"N-no…well, yeah, I guess. Sort of."

"Well, Granny will kill me if I'm not back soon. I'm already half an hour over on break. See you at school tomorrow?"

Edward nodded slightly.

"Yeah, see you."

Mustang, Hawkeye and all those good people will come in the next chapter!