Fullmetal Rock chap.10

After his song to Winry Edward went upstairs to get dressed he was putting his shirt on when he heard a commotion downstairs. When he left his room he heard a man yelling. Riza was yelling back as he walked in on a screaming match between Mr. Rockbell and Riza. Winry was next to him trying to explain things but he was ignoring her which only infuriated Edward more as he walked over and stood next to his foster mom. Roy came out of the den "What the hell's all this noise?"

Winry was yelling "DAD I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING!" he ignored her still "IT'S IMPORTANT" Mr. Rockbell was yelling at Riza as he looked at the condition of his daughter "YOUR SON KEPT MY DAUGHTER OUT ALL NIGHT AND WHO KNOWS WHAT HE DID TO HER!" Edward's mouth hit the ground as he yelled "I WOULD NEVER HURT HER!"

Winry had had enough as she screamed "I WAS RAPED YOU ASSHOLE! DON'T YOU EVEN CARE!" she broke into tears and began to fall to her knees as Edward went to move forward to catch her but Mr. Rockbell misunderstood as he lunged at Edward "YOU RAPED MY DAUGHTER?" Just then a pistol went against his temple "I wouldn't touch him if I were you." Riza said coldly as Mr. Rockbell froze and that was it for Roy as he walked over with his fingers together "Touch my son and I'll fry your tongue into bubbling grease for even saying that." Edward looked at Winry crying on the floor and turned to her dad "I didn't rape your daughter sir but she was raped last year." He said through gritted teeth "If you were any kind of father you would listen to her." Mr. Rockbell turned and grabbed Winry's arm and pushed her out the door to the car. He was so furious at this point he didn't register what he was doing or how he was treating her.

Edward went to go after them but Roy put his hand up "NO! It's up to her now Ed." Edward felt helpless as he stood there and stared at Winry in the car crying uncontrollably. All he wanted to do was go to her and pull her close and tell her it would be alright but he couldn't and that's what ate him up inside. He turned and walked by the wall and punched it "AH DAAAAMN ITTTT!" then he kept walking as Riza turned to Roy "Should one of us go after him?" Roy shook his head "No right now he needs to be alone." Hearing the commotion Al and Rhea came downstairs "What's all the noise?" Riza explained to them what happened and Al went after Edward. He found him in the studio just sitting in front of the board "Brother, are you alright?" Edward snapped at him "NO AL! I'M NOT!" then turning to his younger sibling he shook his head and lowered it "I never should have told her to tell her parents. He didn't even listen to her and he treated her badly." Furry rose in Edwards gut as he looked up at Al "I can't do a damn thing Al and I feel so useless right now."

"You can be strong for Winry brother. She'll need you after this more than ever." Al always knew how to make Edward feel better "Your right Al" he said straightening up in his chair.

Rhea walked into the studio "Hey guys" she looked at Edward "Are you okay?" He sighed "Yeah I guess as okay as I can be." AS the three of them sat there no words were exchanged til Ling and Envy walked in. Ling looked at all of them "Hey why all the long faces?" Edward explained what had taken place and Envy and Ling joined in worrying about Winry.

It was about a half hour later when there was a knock at the door and Roy got it. He opened the door and it was Mr. Rockbell standing there horrified and shaking. Roy smirked "Did you come back so I could fry your ass?" Mr. Rockbell looked up "Your son. I need his help. Winry she ran off hysterical and I don't know where to start looking." Roy's eyes widened as he turned and Yelled "EDWARD! GET IN HERE AND HURRY!" Edward, Al and their friends ran through the door and taking one look at Mr. Rockbell Edward's brow narrowed "What happened?" he asked him. He went on to tell Edward that Winry had gotten hysterical and began to tell him what happened to her. Then she told him Edward had been helping her and what happened to her last night and that Edward was just taking care of her.

Riza stepped forward "That's true my son slept on the couch last night while your daughter slept in his bed." She then added one more thing "And before you ask how I know I checked on him all night. Not because I didn't trust him but because he was so worried about your daughter."

"I honestly think she's going to try to hurt herself. The last thing she said before she jumped out of the car at the stop sign was "If I've lost Edward there's no reason to live." He walked over to Edward "Please help me find her I don't know where to start." Edward pushed him back some "Tell me one thing? Are you so blind you never noticed your daughter withdraw from everything? Don't you even pay attention to her? She said she tried to tell you but neither you nor your wife would listen."

Mr. Rockbell straightened himself "Please Edward if you can find her I promise I will make more time to talk to her and know what's going on in her life. She's my baby and I haven't been there for her but you have. So I thank you for that but right now her life is in a very dangerous situation." The pleading in his voice made Edward think he was sincere in his promise.

Edward's eyes widened as Riza turned to him "Do you know where she is?" Edward grabbed his coat and taking a lead from his foster father he also grabbed a pair of his white gloves with transmutation circles drawn on them in case he needed to use alchemy "I don't know if she's there but I hope she is." He turned to all his friends "Go look everywhere and take your phones. Call me if you find her." He then turned and ran out the door getting into the van and speeding off. All the other kids jumped in their cars and took off.

Roy looked at Mr. Rockbell "Do you want to sit down?" Sitting down he sighed "I've screwed the pooch on this one haven't I? My daughter had something terrible done to her and I never noticed. What kind of parent am I?" He looked at Riza and Roy "I'm sorry I judged your son without even knowing him by the way he looked. The long hair and the leather pants but he seems to genuinely care for Winry."

Riza chuckled "He cares more than you think. He's in love with her and I don't mean just kids love. It's deep down true love." She looked at Roy "Our boys are growing up." Roy nodded to her as a tear fell from her eye and she looked at Mr. Rockbell "Edward has never truly been in love and he's only had one girlfriend and she treated him like shit. But if you could see the way he looks at your daughter and he's so gentle with her. He hangs on everything she says and he truly listens to her. She has changed so much since she's been around here."

Roy smiled "Yeah she's happier than the girl I met that first day." He looked at Mr. Rockbell "It seems my son is good for her and he help's her a lot dealing with this. Edward would never hurt her if anything he'd protect her with his life."

Mr. Rockbell sighed "I guess I've been a fool. Trying to keep her safe but something terrible happened anyway."

"Something terrible almost happened again last night but Edward stopped it before it did and brought her to the only place he knew he could protect her." Roy told him then he turned to Roy "I hope he finds her."

Edward had gotten to the park and he searched everywhere and walking to the swings he looked down and saw the hair tie she had been wearing last night on the ground 'She was here but where else would she go?' he strained his brain think damn it think.

Just then his phone rang and he answered it. It was Ling "ED you need to get to the bridge right NOW!" Edward freaked as he hung his phone up and jumped in the van. When he got to the bridge Ling, Envy, Rhea and AL were standing at the end of it as he ran up.

"Did you find her?" Ling pointed to the middle and Edward's eyes widened when he saw her standing on the rail 'No, No, NO! NO!' he screamed in his head as he put his gloves on and started to run towards her "STAY BACK ED!" she yelled and he could tell she was hysterical and not thinking straight. He stopped about ten feet from her "Winry you don't want to do this." She looked at him with tear filled eyes "Why not? I have nothing left in this life and I feel so dirty Ed."

Edward stepped forward with his hand out "Winry you not dirty, You're beautiful to me. You have everything left in this life. What am I going to do without you?" He stepped a little closer "You know I have a confession to make to you."

She stared at him waiting to hear what he had to say but she didn't know if she wanted to hear it or not. Was he just saying these things to stop her? That's what she thought "What's your confession Edward?" He stepped closer "Please come off the rail so I can tell you Winry. I want to hold you while I tell you." She wasn't buying it he was trying to get her down as she climbed over the rail to the other side "What are you doing? PLEASE WINRY COME BACK OVER!"

She stared at him "No Ed I feel cheap and used and the only time I ever truly felt comfort or love was when I was with you. But now that's even out of reach I truly believe I love you."

Edward's heart skipped a beat as he smiled "REALLY? BECAUSE THAT WAS MY CONFESSION TO YOU. I LOVE YOU WINRY!" He walked a little closer "So please come back over the rail so we can talk about this." She was stunned at his words 'He just said he loved me' she thought and there was hope in her heart at that moment as she looked at him "Alright Ed but you better not be lying to me to get me to come back over there." She looked at him and saw the tears in his eyes "Baby I wouldn't lie to you about something like this." He just called her baby she tried to get her foot over the rail but her other foot slipped as she fell.

"NOOOOOO!" Edward screamed clapping his hands together and touching the bridge as a huge hand came out from the bridge and caught her. He got to the rail and looked down at her "YOU IDIOT YOU SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME!" Now that sounded like the obnoxious boy she used to know as she looked up at him standing there. He clapped his hands again and touched the bridge and the hand brought her right to him and she sat cross-legged with a disgruntled look on her face "You could have saved me anytime huh?"

As he put his hand out "If I would have you'd of never found out I loved you." He said smiling at her "Sometimes I'm not very good at expressing my emotions so I thought if I let you think you were in control I could actually tell you how I really felt."

She took his hand and stood up "Honestly Edward can you just write a note next time." He put his hands under her arms to help her down but instead he brought her close to him and let her body slide down his till her feet hit the ground. Then he hugged her tightly "Promise me you will never do anything like that again because if you do you might as well cut my heart out." She looked into his eyes and knew he meant what he said "I can't ho-"she was cut off by his lips slamming into hers and then she just melted into his arms as he ravished her mouth with his tongue. It was the most passionate kiss anyone had ever given her. Then again there wasn't that many to compare it to but yeah it was passionate enough to make her weak in the knees and she had to catch her breath afterwards.