Previously: I was on the urge of tears. "An', aren't we enough? Am I enough to make you happy, too? We could do this together even if this isn't what the three of us wanted, but we are alive. And we need to be content while we can. Because we miss your smile, and your laugh. Now, it's gone and we miss that side of you. We miss you Ed, I... I miss you, too."

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A Lot Could Happen, Pain and Love

I looked down as my hands wrapped around my legs. I was ashamed of what I had said, it was none of my business to get into his. I had no idea of what kind of burden he had. But I had told myself I wanted to say what was on my mind, and that was exactly it. I bit my lip and waited for a response, possibly a lecture and a scolding for acting so rude. I squeezed my eyes shut, suddenly feelings a tear drop touch my cheek. I was crying, again; When Ed should be the one crying, not me. I got a loud sigh from him after a long silence as he turned on his back, eyes slightly open looking at the ceiling above us.

"Ahh, Winry. But it has nothing to do with you, or Al really. It was my fault for... For letting them open the portal to our world. I knew what they were about to do, and I let them. Those crazy people thinking they knew everything about our world, jus' because they knew my bastard of a father. Ha, Shamballa they called it... I'm at a loss of words for you. No, but seriously now; Equivalent Exchange, it's the way of the alchemist. You've heard of it, right? I still believe it's the way of life no matter how many people tell me other wise. Even my own brother has turned against it, he said he still thinks of it as a 'promise'. But it's real Win, and jus' like you said, you sacrificed your home, Risembool, everyone so we could be... So the three of us could stay together..."

He didn't like the way it had sounded, and neither did I, an' I was ready to punch him for that. I was truly holding back. He seriously thought the reason I came this far, left everything was so that we could just to stay together? Yeah, I think I actually did believe in Equivalent Exchange, but no. No! No way, I came for a different reason. Because the three of us were so much more then neighbors, more then best friends who knew everything there was to know about each other. We were there for each other through the good and bad times, we had both seen our share or sacrifice and death, happiness and health, pain and love. And I knew Al came through that gate for a reason, because he loved his brother, he missed him and worried about him. And the reason he asked me to join him was because he knew I did too. So that's why we came. Not just to so we could stay together, the two of them broke our trio a long time ago when they first left their home to get their bodies back to the way they should be years ago. I was over being physically separated from them, even though it hurt. But the real reason I crossed the gate was because...

"Ed, you really don't understand... Your such a jerk... I came here, to this horrible, fucking place for the same reason as Al." I sniffed wiping my tears holding back a sob as I felt a sharp pain in my throat from keeping myself from crying. "I came because I miss you, and I have always worried about you. Because I wanted us to be together again, but the real reason I came is because I really like you Ed, you mean so much more then just a friend to me. I thought you knew that! And I have been thinking about it for a while now, and that is if I really am in love with you or not. I haven't been able to get the thought off my mind for the last few weeks. And it's true, I really do love you, you bastard!"

Before I even knew what was happening, my hand appeared next to his cheek, and bam! I smacked him hard. Really hard.

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Author's Note: Yay! Chapter 25, we are 1/4 done of 100 chapters! Let's celebrate! ANYWAY this continues next chap.