I'm not sure what exactly inspired this chapter. All I know is I was waiting for a burger when I wrote it. It's 1:41 on Thursday, which means Christmas break is ending soon. Tuesday I've got to go back to school, which will mean less updates, but it'll hopefully be worth it if I ace algebra this quarter…

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"Hey, Winry?"

"Yeah?"

"I've got an important question for you. I've wanted to ask you for a long time, and it's a little hard for me. I really wished I would have asked you this a really long time ago…"

"What is it, Ed?"

"Are you-"

"Yeah…?"

"Let me finish!"

"Okay, fine. Tell me."

"Are you prepared to be the Godfocker?"

"Ed! You saw that without me?"

"Nah, we're seeing it tonight. The Bastard and Riza invited us, and I knew you wanted to see it, so I said yeah. To Riza, not the Bastard."

"Yeah, let me go grab my jacket." Winry said, heading down the hall.

"Just as a warning, Bastard lives next door now."

"Roy and Riza moved here?" Winry asked, poking her head around the corner.

"Yeah. Terrible, isn't it?"

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"Winry! Hurry up! The movie's gonna start soon!" Edward yelled. Riza sat it the car, waiting for Roy. Edward, in his impatience, had gotten out.

"Winry! Are you rea…dy…?"

Edward walked into the apartment complex's lounge to see Winry pull away from Roy.

"What the hell's going on here?" He asked in a frighteningly low, calm tone.

"Ed! Roy-" Edward held up a hand to silence Winry. He focused on Roy and walked up to him, inches from his face.

"What the hell's going on, you bastard?" He growled.

"Chill, Pipsqueak. I found her iPod and she hugged me. End of story."

"Then why don't I believe you? Oh yeah, 'cause you had your hands all over my girlfriend!"

"Ed-" Winry began.

"Look, believe me or not, Edward. But at least have faith in Winry. If I cheated…no telling what Riza would do. Probably something along the lines of chopping off my balls and putting them in a blender…anyway, we need to go. Movie starts at seven and it's a quarter till. Afterward, I wanna make a snowman. Supposed to heat up tomorrow. Gotta get at least one good snowman in."

"Thanks again, Roy."

"Sure thing."

"Winry, I-"

"We'll talk after the movie." Winry said bitterly.

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"Winry, come on! You said we'd talk after the movie! I waited through the most awkward carried I've ever been on so we could talk!" Edward leaned across the table. After dropping Roy and Riza off, Edward drove to Starbucks before Winry could get out of the car.

Winry snapped her head to face Edward.

"You seriously think I'd cheat on you?"

"You were God knows how close to that bastard and when I came in, you pulled away! What was I supposed to think?" Edward whisper-yelled defensively.

"Oh, I don't know, that I could say no?"

"But-"

"Yeah, I've had bad luck with that kind of thing. I don't need you to remind me." Winry said quietly, shoving past Edward. Edward sighed and hung his head for a split second.

"She's going to be the death of me…"

Knowing it wouldn't be best for his personal safety to follow Winry, he called her, following at a safe distance.

You take the breath right out of me, you left a hole where my heart should be, You've gotta fight just to make it through, 'cause I will be the death of you

"What?"

"When did you change the ringtone I set?"

"After my phone rang during church and Sexy Back played!"

"That was your own fault for not putting it on silent!"

"Whatever. Did you need something?"

"Yeah. To talk to you."

"We can talk at home."

Edward rushed up and grabbed Winry's arm, knowing he was now in mortal danger.

"Let go. I said we could talk at home."

"No, Winry. I'm tired of being a lazy asshole. We're talking now."

"You thought I'd cheat on you."

"For the millionth time, I'm sorry! I wouldn't put it past that bastard." Edward said.

"I know. Can we go home?"

"Yeah." Edward studied Winry. She wasn't hitting him or screaming her head off. She was hurt, and Ed wanted to die. It was because of him. He'd have to fix this. And fast.

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Right in the middle of writing this, my computer crashed. Thank God for auto save, am I right? I'm not going to do anymore today 'cause the K-State vs. Syracuse game's on. GO WILDCATS! And KMC Crusaders…and RCS Ravens… XD