Full Metal Alchemist

If it's meant to be

Coly456

Chapter 3

Waking up startled at hearing a loud crack of thunder Winry put a hand on her heart. She slowly walked out of her room then down the steps. Getting to the bottom of the steps she realized the study light was on. Looking at the clock she saw it was 6am, she walked towards the study only to see Mrs. Elric come out with a sad look on her face.

"Oh Winry you startled me!"

"Sorry, may I ask what you were doing?"

"I was trying to get Edward to go to sleep but he says he's too busy I can tell he's in pain because of his automail you know what the rain does." She sighed and looked sadly at the door.

"I'll see what I can do you should get some sleep you had a long train ride."

She walked up the stairs thanking Winry.

"Ed? Why are you still up?" Winry asked walking in with a mug of tea that she made after talking to Mrs. Elric.

"Have to finish these books for research and then decode this message."

"You can do that tomorrow your mind will work better once you've slept."

Setting the tea down in front of him Winry placed a hand on his back.

"I'm fine, I'm almost done" he blinked his eyes to get rid of the relaxed feeling at her rubbing his back.

"You're worrying your mother and if you sleep the pain in your limbs will go away."

Ed put down his pen and took a sip of his tea.

"Fine but only cause these limbs are hurting like hell."

Standing Ed limped out of the office only making it to the living room before having to sit down.

"Here this should help but it needs to be where the metal meets the skin." Winry held out two towels soaked in hot water.

Ed stripped until he was just in his boxers, causing Winry to blush and watched as he place the towels on himself.

"Is there a reason your parents moved to Rushvalley?"

Winry sat down next to him.

"When the war started the soldiers who were injured were sent to Rushvalley. My parents are doctors and know some things about Automail so they moved there when I was three."

"Which would explain why I never knew who you were we moved in when I was four."

Yawning Winry stretched and leaned back into the couch.

"You should go to sleep, I'll be fine"

"No. I can't trust you'll go to sleep if I leave."

"I will go to sleep but if you want to stay here fine."

Ed leaned his head back onto the couch closeing his eyes.

They sat there in silence until Ed looked over and realized Winry was sound asleep. Rolling his eyes Ed easily picked her up and carried her up the steps and to her room, tucking her safely into her bed.

Soon he himself was laying in his bed sound asleep and dreaming about a certain blue eyed girl.

Getting up and stretching Winry walked down the steps and followed where the sound of voices were coming from in the back yard. Walking out onto the patio Winry sat next to Trisha as she watched the boys spar.

"Wow, so beautiful." She felt herself saying as she watched Ed.

Trisha laughed "It's like Dancing only deadly"

"His Automail doesn't bother him when he moves like that?"

"If it does he doesn't show or tell anyone."

They watched the boy's until Ed finally got Al on his back.

Breathing heavily Al looked at his brother "Again, this time with Alchemy."

"Fine, but I'll still kick your ass!"

"Edward!"

"Sorry Mom!"

And they were sparring again. Both of them with spears created from alchemy. They trapped each other in stone hands and cages. Ed however won again and had Al on his back.

"I'll admit Al you've gotten better"

"Thanks Brother."

They walked towards Winry and Trisha both of them sweating.

"Boy's go get in the shower while Winry and I make brunch."

The boy's walked straight into the house to get cleaned up.

Half an hour later food was on the table and both boys were sitting down with Winry and their mother.

"Ed I was wondering… How are you able to fight like that with the Automail?" Winry asked excited to talk about it.

"A lot of training when I was recovering our teacher Izumi helped me with my fighting. Sometimes there's pain depending on how hard or long I've been fighting but really it's just an annoying ache."

"Ed, drink your milk" his mother said out of the blue eying his full glass of milk.

Ed's face suddenly turned sour.

"I'm not drinking that! It tastes like liquid vomit! Or poison!

"Ed milk is good for you! If you drank it more you wouldn't be shorter me!" Al said smirking at his comment.

"Who are you calling someone so short that they have to stand on their toes to reach the door handle!"

"No one said that Ed!" Al yelled at his brother for over exaggerating.

"Hey Al, I may be smaller then you but I still kick your ass while sparring." Ed smiled triumphantly.

"Edward! I swear this military has you using language so much that you would think you were raised by savages!"

"Sorry mom, its habit and it's not from the military."

Edward looked down at his plate not making eye contact with anyone.

"Well then who did you hear it from certainly not me or your father" She saw her sons fist clench at mentioning their dad "No your father never swore!"

"Well obviously he did considering that's the only thing I ever learned from him."

"He taught you alchemy."

"No teacher taught us that he was long gone before then."

There was an awkward silence and all that could be heard was the clattering of utensils against plates.

"Umm… I'll be leaving today. My parents are going to need the supplies I picked up and my help with Automail."

"I'll drop you off at the station on my way to work."

Winry nodded her head at Edward.

"Oh, and I'm going to leave my address so you can write and so Ed knows where to find me for Automail repairs."

"Sounds good but if I go into war you might not get to many letters from me."

"At least send me one every now and again so I know your okay, or send some type signal or something."

"I'll try."

Ed looked over at Winry and smiled slightly causing her to smile back. Al and his mom shared a knowing look with each other then went back to eating.

Later that day Ed and Winry were sitting on a bench waiting for the train to blow the whistle to be allowed to board the train.

"This was fun, and thank you for letting me stay in your home it was nice to be around a family instead of staying in the motel alone."

Edward looked at Winry and smiled "Hey it's no problem we had plenty of room and I can't let my new automail mechanic stay in a motel."

"You're serious? I can be your new Automail mechanic?"

"Hey if you learned under Aunty Pinako you must be good at what you do besides I trust you more than a stranger."

Winry smiled and they sat there in silence until the whistle blew. Walking her to the train Winry turned to head and wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Thank you again and I'll write you as soon as I get home."

"I'll be looking forward to the letter."

Winry climbed onto the train and found a seat and waved her hand out the window. Ed waved until she couldn't be seen then sighed and started to head to work with a smile on his face.