Okay, I just thought of this. Amazing I could, with my writer's block. I'm basically re-writing most of chapter 6. I was thinking about it, and if it was in a real-life situation, this is probably what would happen.

Just to give an idea of what has happened so far: Homecoming's over, Ed and Winry are hanging out at Ed's house. This takes place BEFORE Ed finds out Winry's secret.

Edward and Winry lay on the couch, watching SNL, Edward's favorite show. A month had passed since homecoming, and on many an occasion, Winry's trusty wrench came into contact with Edward's head. Alphonse and his new girlfriend, Mei were in the study, getting ready for an upcoming test.

"I don't see how Janet Jackson's so popular. She can't sing or act. Michael's just creepy." Winry said, pointing at the screen. (Sorry if you're a fan of the Jacksons…I'm not. And I'm not trying to be insensitive, I know MJ's dead. But he just creeps me out.)

"The Jacksons were a musical dynasty!"

"So? Ed, you hate pop." Winry sat up.

"No denying the facts of life though, Win. Get me a coke?"

"Get it yourself, I'm no slave."

Edward latched his arms around Winry's waist and pulled her to the floor laughing. She was lying on her stomach; Ed was on top of her.

"Come on, pleeeaaassseee?"

Winry's eyes were sealed. She gritted her teeth and was breathing heavily.

"What? I'm not that heavy!"

"No, not again!" Winry shrieked. She started to sob; Edward rolled off and sat her up.

"Winry? Winry, what's wrong?" She was screaming; Edward was worried. He'd never seen her like this.

Alphonse and Mei ran downstairs.

"Brother! What's wrong?"

"I don't know!" Edward stared at Winry frantically. "Win…"

"Get away from me! Not…not again!"

"Win! It's me, it's Ed." Edward tried soothing her. He cupped his hand on her cheek and rubbed his hand over her back in soothing circles.

Winry looked into his eyes and flung into a hug.

"Hey, it's okay, just calm down." Edward looked to his brother for help, but Al only shrugged.

"Ed, don't let it happen again…"

"Don't let what happen again, Win?"

"Ed, she may seem happy on the outside, but she could be dying in the inside, you remember that."

"But Teacher, how the hell am I supposed to be able to tell?"

"Believe me, Ed. You'll know."

"Come on, Win. You can tell me, you should know that."

Tears rolled down Winry's face as she shook her head. Ed pulled her into another hug, rubbing her back in attempt to soothe her.

"Never keep secrets Ed, they eat away at you."

So now she can't keep secrets from me? I guess that's a good thing…

Edward patiently waited for Winry to continue. He'd only known her a few months, but he'd never seen her so distraught. He hated it. (That's a first.)

"When I was five, my parents went out with one of their friends. She had a 10 year old son, his dad walked out or she adopted him. Something like that. Anyway, he was supposed to babysit me, but," Winry hesitated. "That's not all he did. He was like my brother. I trusted him."

"Oh God, Winry,"

"I didn't know what he was doing; what I was doing! You think I wanted that to happen? To be haunted by this?"

"I didn't mean it like that. What happened to him? Did you tell your parents?"

"No. I wanted to, when I was 18… and as you can well see, that isn't happening."

"Did you tell Granny?"

Winry shook her head.

"Granny's old. She couldn't take it, Ed."

"13 years… this secret's been killing me. So, still want to date me?"

"Yeah. More than ever. What that bastard of a kid did, he took away a little girl's innocence. I'm here for you."

Winry mumbled something Ed couldn't understand.

"What?"

"I don't know if he got to me, if that's what you're wondering."

"Winry, I wasn't thinking that. And in that sense, I wouldn't care. Sure, I wanna go find him with an AK-47, but for the first time in my life, I'm going to keep my cool. I used to have nothing to lose, now I have everything to lose, you know?"

"Yeah. I know what you mean."

"Good. We should go check with Al and Mei. They're worried."

Edward stood, helping Winry up with him.

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Oh shit…this kinda messes up the 'talented ass' thing… oh well…tell me what you think of this version of Chapter 6! Or most of it, anyway…