Full Metal Alchemist

If it's meant to be

Coly456

Chapter 6

After three days both Edward and winry were ready for travel. Winry slept pretty much the whole way as Ed watched her. Not in the creepy way but he couldn't look away from her.
She groaned and sat up from her position where her head was Laying on a rolled up jacket.
"You okay?" Ed asked
"No, I can't seem to get comfortable and my headache is coming back." She pulled out her tight ponytail shaking her hair free.
Ed stood and sat next to her laying the rolled jacket on his lap and slipping off his red one.
"Lay down."
She did as he said and he covered her with the jacket.
"My mom would always do this for me when I couldn't sleep."
He started stroking her hair "the last night she had done this was when the fire happened, I had this feeling something bad was going to happen, next thing you know I was dragging Al's limp body from the fire, my leg already gone and my arm barely attached." He said glumly and heard winry sigh.
"Your a great brother, and friend." She yawned widely "just a good person all around risking your life for others."
"I'm not that good." Ed sighed
"Shh I'm so tired."
Winry fell asleep easily and Ed leaned his head on the window letting the train lull him to sleep like he was used to after many times of riding the train.

"Winry!" Al yelled and hugged her she smiled hugging him back.
"Hello Alphonse." She said happily
"We are happy to have you, my mother said she was going to stay here as well so you wouldn't be alone."
"Sounds good."
We all said hellos but almost as soon as that was done Ed was on the phone talking to his Colonel.
"I won't go, I have other things to deal with here."
There was a voice coming from the other end of the phone.
"No Bastard, I'm not going to the war, at least not this week."
The voice over the phone started shouting.
"I'll talk to you when I come in later tomorrow." Ed said before hanging up.
"Edward?" Winry said going into the room.
"Hey... Everything okay?" Ed frowned at the sad look on her face.
She walked over and sat on the couch.
"They want you in the war? I thought everything was getting better?"
"It was but they need someone to go and negotiate. The Colonel wants both Al and me to go."
Edward sat next to her leaning his head back on the cushion.
"Why Al?"
"Well he isn't military but he has gone on a few missions with me, we work best as a team and the Furher feels it would be best if we both went."
Winry chewed on her lower lip and frowned.
"Well will they send you if you tell them what has happened these past few days?"
"I don't know I'm going in tomorrow to discuss it." He shrugged "how are you feeling?"
"Tired, it's hard to sleep." She sighed pulling her knees up to her chest resting her chin on them "I keep having dreams." Her voice came out as a whisper.
"I told you Win if you needed me to come at any time, even at night, I'm normally in my study late anyway so you wouldn't be a bother."
"I know Ed, thank you." She stood up after kissing his cheek "I'm going to go help Alphonse with dinner.

"Edward what are you doing out her you'll catch your death!" Trisha Elric said as she saw her son sitting on the back patio. It was cold out that night.
"Just thinking." He shrugged as she sat next to him.
"You know I've been meaning to ask, you and Winry are very close, you have only known each other for a little and your brother is always friendly to strangers but you, well with her your different." His mother sighed
"I wish I could explain it, for some reason I feel like we were meant to be close together." Ed sighed "I feel like I've known her a very long time. And it's frustrating."
His mother laughed and put her arm around his shoulder causing him to tense. Every since getting the auto mail he wasn't a fan of human contact, his mother seemed to be used to it and did seem to care.
"She is a lovely girl. And what you are doing for her, how your helping her threw all this, makes me so proud of you." She smiled
"Thanks mom." He whispered.
Since the accident Trisha rarely had moments like this with her son. Everything used to turn into fights and then after he joined the army it had gotten worse. But when the moments did come she was happy and cherished them even if he did deny they happened later she knew the truth.