Fullmetal Rock chap.11

Moving his head back he stared at her then smiled "I never thought when I first met you that I'd end up falling in love with you." She smiled shyly as she held onto him "I never did either." He let her go and took her hand "Come on let's get you back your dad's really worried about you."

"Yeah I bet he is." She said sarcastically as she tightened her fingers on his. Edward turned to face her "No Winry he's genuinely worried. He knows he screwed up and he promised me he would listen more to you. Sometimes parents get caught up in taking care of their children and protecting them that they don't realize they are alienating them."

Giving him a puzzled look she asked "Why aren't your parents that way?" slightly shaking his head "I don't know you have to ask them."

Rhea came running into the kitchen where Mr. Rockbell, Roy and Riza were sitting "OH MY GOSH! WINRY WAS GOING TO JUMP OFF THE BRIDGE! THEN SHE FELL!" Mr. Rockbell's eyes widened and he almost had heart failure till Rhea put her hand up "Don't worry Edward saved her with alchemy." Riza gave her a look that said 'Why didn't you say that in the first place?' Rhea got a puzzled look on her face "Hey did you know he was in love with her?"

Mr. Rockbell stood up holding his chest "Where is she now?" Rhea smiled at him "She's with Edward they should be here shortly. Last I saw he was kissing her on the bridge." Al walked forward and stopped Rhea "I think that's quite enough information." As he pulled her out of the kitchen she kept talking "Don't you think it's great he loves her and not icky Vickey?" Al chuckled "I love it when you get excited."

Mr. Rockbell sat back down and looked at Riza and Roy "So he's an alchemist?" Roy smiled proudly "Yes, one of the best around." Mr. Rockbell nodded "I see. Then I owe him my daughter's life."

Just then the van pulled up and Edward got out and walked around and opened Winry's door and she slid out of the van. Standing there she didn't want to face her father but he was already at the door. He walked out and looked at her as she stood there grasping Edward's hand tightly. Edward walked her forward to her father as he stared at her "I am so sorry Winry that I didn't listen when you needed someone." He looked at Edward "But I'm glad this young man was here to help you."

Edward motioned for Mr. Rockbell to follow him in the house as Envy and Ling drove up. Entering the house he stopped and turned to face Winry's father. Trying to form the words to speak to him Edward's face turned red with determination as he blurted out "I'm in love with your daughter!" he looked at Winry and she gathered her confidence and straightened up and looked at her father "I love him too."

Edward shook his head some "I'm really not good with talking about my emotions and things but I promise you I'm going to make the guy pay who did this to her. I know you thought I was just a hooligan when I showed up at your house." He wasn't saying this the way he wanted so he nodded to his friends and they knew it was song time. He looked at Mr. Rockbell "If you follow me I have an easier way of speaking."

They walked into the living room where the bands instruments were and Edward told him to sit down. Mr. Rockbell and Winry sat on the couch as Roy and Riza stood next to it. Edward took a deep breath letting go of Winry's hand as he walked over and picked up his guitar. It was the only true way he could say what he wanted to. Music was the way he spoke about things he couldn't talk about. He leaned back and said something to his band and they all nodded then he turned and sang 'If you could only see' by Tonic to Mr. Rockbell and as the man listened he knew that this boy was good for his daughter just by the way Winry was watching him.

When the song was finished Mr. Rockbell took a deep breath as Edward walked over to him. Looking up at this boy in front of him and then his daughter he slightly smiled "I do see the way she loves you." The look in Winry's eyes as she looked at Edward was enough to give her feelings away to anyone if they saw it and the look in Edward's eyes when he looked at her gave Mr. Rockbell all the assurance he needed that she was in safe hands. As he stood up he held his hand out to Edward "I'm trusting you with my little girl." He leaned forward next to Edward's ear "I'm also trusting you with the other problem. I'll give you the first shot before I contact the authorities." He leaned back and looked at Winry "Are you ready your mother is probably worried sick." Edward stepped forward between Winry and her father "I think you should go explain all this to your wife first sir." Edward wasn't about to let Winry leave his side just yet. Hell she just tried to kill herself and he wasn't taking any chances. He felt her hand slid into his as she stood behind him and he tightened his grip on hers. "I want her to stay here with me right now. We have a lot to talk about that happened today and besides you need time to tell her mother everything. This isn't going to be easy for her to hear and she's going to freak so Winry will be better off here till your wife calms down." Mr. Rockbell looked at Roy "She'll be fine here she's in good hands." Mr. Rockbell knew that Edward felt since the way they had ignored her that maybe he wasn't going to keep his promise so the first thing he had to show Edward was that he trusted him "Alright Edward I'll leave her here tonight but I made a promise to you and I plan on sticking to it." Edward reached up and scratched the back of his head as he smiled "Thank you sir and I'm glad you're going to keep your promise."

As Mr. Rockbell looked at Winry he smiled and he could tell his daughter only trusted one person at this particular moment. He felt a sense of guilt that he had failed as a parent but he was going to make it up to her. "You have a good guy here Winry I'm glad you two found each other." Edward was going to tell Mr. Rockbell that he remembered him from Resembool but he thought that would be too much for the man to take right now so he decided to save that for a later date.

After her father left Winry felt more at ease as she held onto Edward's hand and he led her upstairs to his room. Walking in she remembered last night and sleeping in his bed. He turned to her and smiled "I thought we could be alone here from the prying eyes of my parents and talk." He didn't know what was driving him but he had to tell her exactly the way he felt as he sat her on the bed and knelt down in front of her, taking her hand in his he looked into her big blue eyes "I don't have a song to describe how I feel towards you. I know there are a lot of songs out there but none of them could describe what I'm feeling right now. You are the most beautiful person I have ever met and when I first met you I had no idea I would be right here where I am today saying this to you." Knowing there was only three words that could describe what he was feeling "I love you truly with all my heart and I would do anything you asked of me. I've never been in love before but from where I sit right now it's a pretty awesome feeling. When you hurt I hurt and when your sad I'm sad but when you're happy is when I'm the most happy. So Winry if that's love then I'm glad it's with you."

She was speechless she didn't know what to say he had just said everything to her without a song and in his own beautiful words. Her joy was bursting over as joyful tears filled her eyes. "I never thought after last year I would ever love anyone Edward but then you came into my life and you changed something inside me. I knew what I felt but I was afraid to feel it. You gave me space and time and helped me heal. You gave me comfort and gentleness that no one has ever given me and somehow you broke through that wall I had put up." She looked down at him "I truly love you and I've never been in love either but from what I'm feeling right now I know that I would never love another the way I love you." Leaning her face closer to his she gently pressed her lips to his and he could taste the salt from her tears as they fell down her cheeks to her lips. Leaning his face back he leaned forward and wrapped his arms gently around her waist as he moved in and laid his head on her chest "Your heart is my heart and both hearts together make one. Without you Winry I'm incomplete and I never want to feel that way again."

Sitting there with his head on her chest and his arms wrapped around her she realized that life couldn't get any better than it was now. This was a man willing to love her no matter what had happened to her and he was telling her he wasn't complete without her. She raised her arms up and wrapped them around him and realized she herself wasn't complete without him.

Holding her there he didn't ever want to let her go as he leaned back and stared at her. She took her hands and placed them on each side of his face bringing his face to hers then she leaned back on the bed as he laid over her. Kissing him was like nothing she had ever experienced and even though someone had taken her innocence from her. She so wanted to share that one act with him but he leaned his head back and stroked her cheek with his hand "I want you to be comfortable for where ever this relationship goes so I'm leaving it up to you whenever you fell it's time to take that next step. I'm just satisfied being with you." Where the hell did this guy come from? He must have fallen from some high place above. There was not a boy on this planet that would have said that to her. He would have wanted to get it done right then and there. But Edward wasn't any normal boy he was more in touch with things and he saw things differently than most boys and that's what she loved about him.

Standing up he held out his hand like he had so many times before and she took it. Pulling her off the bed he started for the door she wanted so much to stop him and tell him that she wanted him right now but she was still a little hesitant about that situation and besides he said it was up to her so she just followed him out the door.