Fullmetal Rock Chap.5

Waking up that morning Winry felt more in control than she had in a year. She stretched and threw the covers back and got out of bed. Grabbing her clothes from the closet she nearly ran to the bathroom to get dressed. She had to go tell Ed that the song he gave her was awesome and she loved it. Today was also the day of their church gig he invited her to so she wanted to get there early to help them pack up.

When she arrived at the house Ling and Envy were packing the van as she walked up. "Hi yah Winry" Ling smiled and Envy kind of grunted a hello as she noticed his hair was flat today. It must have been because they were playing a church function. "Are you looking for Edward?" Ling pointed to the house He's in the studio making out the song list." Envy looked up and from behind his bangs "Yeah he'll be happy to see you. He thought you might not come." He grinned a toothy grin at her "We're glad you decided to come." It was strange about Envy when he talked his voice was so high but when he sang his voice was really low. 'Odd' she thought as she shook the thought out of her head and headed for the house.

Ling turned to Envy "She's a nice girl that one." Envy shook his head "Yeah I just hope Ed don't screw it up I couldn't stand to have Vickey back around here. At least this one's got heart." Ling nodded in agreement as they continued packing the van.

Winry made her way to the studio where she found Edward typing away on the sound board and writing stuff on paper "Hey" she said walking in and he turned to her and smiled "Hey yourself I'm glad you showed up." She stopped behind him as she watched his fingers do their magic on the computer looking up songs. His cologne lifted to her nose 'God he smells good' she thought standing behind him. He stopped and picked the paper up and turned around "So how did you like the song?" She put her hands behind her back and swung from side to side "I loved it Ed. That's what I want to be….Unbreakable." He stood up "Good then did you learn the words?" She stopped swinging from side to side "Uh. Yeah. Why?" He slightly grinned "Well I thought maybe if you wanted you could sing it today. It is after all done by a Christian band." She gave him a puzzled look "Really. I didn't know that. But I'm not sure if I could sing it that well." Walking closer to her "Did you make the song yours?" he pointed to her heart "In there." She nodded a yes to him "Then you should be able to sing it as you own it. But if you don't want to then that's okay too."

He was trying to get her to sing in front of people, something she had wanted to do all her life but after last year she thought that dream was completely unreachable till this man walked into her life. "I'll think about it okay." He touched her hand gently "That's all I can ask from you." He then turned towards the door "So are you ready to go?" She nodded yes quickly. This was going to be fun she hadn't been out anywhere in over a year and now she was attending a function where Ed's band was playing. It would be cool to hear them play live in a public place. She had only heard then in the studio and she wondered what songs they were going to do? She hadn't heard any Christian rock and she wondered how it was going to sound? If it was anything like what he gave her a CD of last night she knew she would enjoy it.

Piling into the van Roy and Riza waved them off as they drove out of the driveway. Winry noticed Edward had his hair in a braid down the back, Envy's hair was down, and they were all dressed in everyday clothes. She sat back and enjoyed the ride to the church. Then when they got there everyone began to set up. She read the sign that said "Youth for God concert." As the band set up she watched intensely wondering if she could help? Walking over to Ed, "Can I help with something?" He turned and smiled as he handed her some wires "Sure can you take these and plug them into the holes that say audio on the black board over there." She eagerly took them "Yes" as she moved towards the board she realized she didn't actually know what she was doing. Looking at the board there were four holes that said audio then she looked at the cords in her hand. There were four, so common sense told her to plug one into each of the holes. Edward turned and yelled "WINRY CAN YOU FLIP THE SWITCH ON THAT BOARD THAT SAYS POWER PLEASE!" she looked down and flipped it and he stood in front of the microphone and said "Testing" he tapped it "Can anyone hear me?" The crowd turned and a roar of voices were heard as he smiled "Alright then are you guys ready for the SHOW!" the teenagers went crazy as he picked up his guitar "Alright then let's GO!" he turned and put it on turning back towards the microphone the words that left his lips stopped her in her tracks "I'm just the boy inside the man" He started with 'Be somebody' by Thousand Foot Krutch(AN: If any song is Ed's it's this one!) and the crowd went crazy. She had goose bumps on her arm as he sang the song she could tell he himself owned that song in his heart.

After he finished Rhea started strumming an acoustic guitar and broke out with 'Taken' by Plumb and as Winry watched her she wished that she could get up there like Rhea. That was what she wanted more than anything was to sing to people. After Rhea it was Envy's turn his low voice gave a beautiful rendition of 'Lift up your face' by Third Day. Next was Ling who did 'Breath into me' by Red. Last on the vocal list was Alphonse who pulled off 'You don't own me' by Disciple.

They had such an energy onstage that Winry was craving to be a part of. As they took a break Edward walked over "So have you thought about it?" She shyly looked up at him "I want to Ed but I can't pull that song off." He looked a little disappointed she thought "BUT!" she said quickly "I do know a song very well that I like." He smiled "And what's that?" giving her a raised eyebrow. "Well do you know of Mandisa?" He cracked a huge grin "OF COURSE! OVERCOMER!" she laughed "Yes!"

He turned and walked back on stage "HEY PEOPLE I HAVE SOMEONE HERE WHO'S NEW AT THIS SO LETS GIVE HER A BIG HAND AND OPEN ARMS FOR WINRY ROCKBELL!"

Winry was so nervous as she walked out, her knees were shaking, her hands were sweating and she couldn't believe she had agreed to this. Looking out at the crowd of kids about her age she turned to look at Edward as he smiled at her and leaned back to the band and told them what song to play. As the music started she was severely nervous now but Ed walked next to her "Sing it to me" her eyes widened as he nodded to her and she opened her mouth and began to sing to him as he and Rhea helped out on back vocals. Then something inside of her snapped half way through the song and she blew it away as Ed watched her and realized her escape was music also. She brought the crowd to their highest volume and the whole band smiled when she finished as she almost ran off stage from excitement. Edward thought something was wrong as he followed her. Finding her standing with her back to him "Are you okay Winry?"

She turned and with a huge smile "THAT WAS AWESOME ED!" she was so excited as she blurted out "I've always wanted to do that!" he looked at her and she was the most gorgeous person he had ever seen right now. Her eyes were bright and so full of life and she was smiling a huge smile. He had never seen anything more beautiful in his life. So he got an idea as he turned and raised an eyebrow at her "Do you want to help me bring this show to a close?" She stopped and stared at him "What do you mean?" He handed her a CD "Listen to this it's a song I've wanted to do for a long time but I haven't found anyone yet I wanted to do it with until now." He turned and handed her a portable CD player "Let's make this song our own" he pointed to his chest "In here."

Putting the headphones on she listened to the song and a single tear fell from her eye thinking he wanted to own this song with her in their hearts. Finishing she walked up to him and pointed to his heart "Let's own this song Edward." He smiled a huge smile as he went and told the band what song to play. As they walked on stage she and Edward both stood at separate microphones and the music started and he began to sing 'Right Beside You' by Building 429 featuring Dawn from Fireflight. As they sang the song they sang it to each other (You must listen to this song if you don't know it to realize what Edward and Winry said to each other.) and after that song they took a well-deserved break to enjoy the rest of the church function. The band members had all sorts of girls coming up to them and asking them questions.

Winry sort of wondered over to the table where food was being served and she met the pastor of the church. "You're a very good singer young lady." She smiled at him "Thank you." He turned to look at Edward and his friends "Your new in the group aren't you?" She sat her plate down "I'm not really in the group Edward just invited me to come." He smiled at her "No, you're in the group and from that song you just sang with him I'd say you made quite thee impression on him." She looked at him strangely "Why's that?" The pastor smiled "I've known Edward for years. He helps with the elderly around the church, going to their houses and cleaning yards and taking care of any other problems they have. He and all the band members volunteer for everything to do with our elderly. Those kids are pretty amazing at what they do but Edward has always held onto that particular song. He told me once it would take a pretty remarkable person for him to sing it with. So you see you are a very remarkable person young lady."

Winry's mouth hit the ground she couldn't believe he would pick her to sing such a song he cherished with and to top it off own it as their own in their hearts. She felt tears form in her eyes as she excused herself from the pastor and ran to where the restrooms were. She thought she was going to hyperventilate trying to catch her breath. Then she heard someone from behind her "Are you okay Winry?" She turned to him and he had a worried look on his face "Why? Why would you sing and own that song with me Edward?" He walked closer to her took a deep breath and sighed as he looked into those deep blue eyes of hers "I meant every word of that song Winry. I will always be right here beside you when you need me." Not being able to believe he had just said that she smiled slightly "Thank you Ed. It's nice to know that I have you around." Smiling at her he walked forward and leaned down "Hey you killed them out there. You were awesome. Tomorrow I want to work more with you on lowering your voice some. Your high voice is awesome but I want you to be able to go lower too." Forgetting her panic she smiled as he stood up and put his hand out to her because he didn't dare touch her without her permission "Come on then let's go enjoy the rest of the function." She reached out and gently took his hand as he led her back to the festivities. The rest of the day was spent playing games and eating all sorts of junk food. Then a last small set for the band in which she joined in happily this time.