Okay… due to a super-creative mood these past few days, I can tell you that this will be longer than ten chapters. I know exactly what I'm getting for Christmas this year, and I'm super excited for it and all, but you guys may not be. I'm getting a guitar, and thanks to , I'm going to mainly self-teach and be watching those vids a ton, which means not many updates. But between now and Christmas, I'll update as often as possible. Hurt and Compassion is done, as is Equivalent Exchange. This on the other hand…not so much. I'm also working on some Ben 10 and Tower Prep fics! Since the link to my Facebook page keeps messing up, you can find it on my profile!

And now, without further ado…chapter 8!

Winry watched her breath escape in a fog. Central was cold in the winter. It was way colder than she was used to, coming from Resembool. The freshly fallen snow crunched under her boots. Winry smelled cookies baking as she walked into her house. She hung her scarf and coat before heading into the kitchen.

"You're a great cook, Ms. Rockbell!"

"Thank you, Alphonse."

Edward sat stuffing his face with cookies, ignoring the glass of milk that had been placed in front of him.

"Honestly, Brother. Could you be any ruder?"

"I'm not being rude. I'm eating, aren't I?" Edward asked, crumbs spewing everywhere.

"Well, save some for Winry!" Alphonse yelled.

"No way! She can eat them whenever! We, on the other hand, rarely come over."

"Ed, you come over all the time." Winry pointed out, entering the kitchen. "Al's the one who rarely visits."

"Same difference." Edward stood. "Come on, we gotta talk."

Pinako smiled as the two headed out into the hall. She cursed when she burned her hand on the cookie sheet. Alphonse happily gulped his milk and helped himself to another delicious cookie.

"Winry, we've only been together since the beginning of October, but I uh," Edward blushed.

"What? Come on, tell me."

Edward closed his eyes and thrust a key into Winry's hand.

"What's this?"

"A key."

"Really? It looked like a banana to me." Winry said. "Really, what's it for?"

"My apartment. Well, our apartment."

"O-our? Ed, we're still in school."

"And? Half the time, I'm either over here, or you're at Teacher's house." Edward reasoned.

"But Granny…"

"Don't worry, I okay-ed it with the old bat. Now I just have to okay it with you."

Winry shrugged.

"Why not?"

"Hey Ed, do you have any-" Winry smiled to herself at the sight of Edward fast asleep. She got up and grabbed a blue blanket from the back of the couch and draped it over his peaceful body.

Winry took the remote from Edward and flipped it to TBS.

"You'll shoot your eye out!"

"Winry? Win!"

"So you're finally awake?"

Edward turned his head to the other end of the couch, spotting Winry with a bowl of popcorn. He threw the blanket off and tackled her, spilling the snack in the process.

"Ed!"

"Hey, I was trying to get some. It's not my fault you spilled it!" Edward smiled and reached for the blanket, draping it over his and Winry's body.

When Winry tried to stand, Edward latched his arms around her waist.

"Ed, let go!"

"No!"

He underestimated her strength. She got to her feet and Edward fell to the floor, pulling Winry with him.

Winry, who was on top of Edward, lost herself in his golden eyes, Edward got lost in Winry's ocean blue ones.

"Make me hot cocoa?"

"You are the laziest guy I've ever met!"

"Am not! You've met Mustang!"

"Come on, Winry! What the hell's wrong?"

"Nothing."

Winry threw the sheets off and grabbed her laptop on her way to the living room. She logged onto facebook, knowing that the person she needed to talk to would be the only one on at three A.M.

'Becca, Ed has no idea how much I love him.'

'Then tell him, problem solved. Is that really what's wrong?'

'No, it isn't.'

'Then what is it? It isn't anything stupid, is it?'

'Define stupid.'

'I don't know! Something like thinking he's shallow enough to leave over you not wanting to have sex or something.'

Damn…Becca was good…

'Well, we're living together now…'

'All the more reason for him to not leave! Really Win, that's stupid. I've known Ed for as long as I can remember. He wouldn't leave over something like that! Sure, he's stubborn, but he's not shallow.'

'I don't know…'

'God, Winry! I thought you were smart! He is NOT going to leave over something so…trivial! Especially you!'

'I just don't know, Becca.'

'Trust me! He's totally in love with you! He wouldn't ask a girl out; much less have a girl move in with him before he met you!'

'I know, I just…don't, okay?' Even as Winry typed it, she couldn't make sense of it.

'I'm going to act like that made the tiniest bit of sense, okay? But just so you know, he's probably going to be coming in there soon.'

'Why do you say that?'

'How do you know?'

'He's been texting me. He asked what was wrong, so I told him.'

Damn Becca! She always had to pull crap like that!

'WHAT?'

'He was desperate!'

'Like that's a first?'

'Look, I'm not saying it is. I AM saying that he filled half my inbox asking if I knew what was wrong. Same with Riza. Now, either you go in there and talk to him, or I'll come over and make you.'

'It's 3A.M.'

'So? I'm the only one on anybody's friend list that's on besides you. Coming over wouldn't make a difference to me.'

'Fine.'

Winry logged off and closed her laptop. She sighed, setting it aside and headed back to the bedroom. She knew Rebecca was dead serious.

"Ed?"

"Careful what you say, I might leave." Edward said bitterly.

"Do you know why I thought that?"

"'Cause you think I'm shallow?"

"No. I dated a guy freshman year back at Resembool. He left because I wouldn't have sex with him."

"You never told me that." Edward said.

"I'm telling you now."

And there's chapter 8! There's another 3 chaps at least on the way. I have to go to the dentist, so I probably won't update for the rest of today. Look forward to tomorrow!