Fullmetal Rock chap. 13

As Edward took the stage he looked out at the crowd "Sorry about that but there was some trash that had to go out." The crowd roared as he grabbed his guitar "Alright you guys came for a show not a brawl so let's get it ON!" he began strumming his guitar and wiped the blood from his face as he continued talking "I have a song I want to do for the most beautiful person I've ever laid eyes on" He leaned back then looked into the front row "Baby this one's for you" He said to Winry as he started singing Bruno Mars 'Just the way you are.' She smiled as he began singing the song and she figured out that everything he was singing was what he felt about her as tears formed in her eyes and that made her happy. How did she ever get lucky enough to find a guy like this? There were girls standing around her telling her how lucky she was. As she watched the emotion on his face and saw the love in his eyes while he sang to her it was like he didn't even see the imperfection of her innocence that was lost. He thought she was beautiful and that's all that mattered to her. He walked over, bent down in front of her and put his hand out and as she took it he pulled her up onstage as he continued singing to her. She didn't even notice anyone else around as she stared at him. It seemed like they were the only ones standing there and she felt her whole world had been completed as she shyly stood there. When he finished singing the song she threw her arms around his neck and he whispered in her ear "I meant every word of that because you are amazing."

As the crowd went wild and girls in the audience slapped their boyfriends asking them why they couldn't be like that as Edward began to talk again "I think tonight the girls might have to do most of the singing due to the fact we boys are seriously hurting right now. So-" He looked back at Rhea and Winry "Take it away girls" Rhea stepped forward and began playing as she broke out into Heart's 'Crazy on You' with Winry singing backup. Then Ling jumped in before his lip swelled too much to sing with some Supertramp 'The Logical Song' and 'Goodbye Stranger'. Ed threw in a Nickleback song 'Lullaby' and Al got to sing Daughtry 'Open up you're Eyes'. After that Rhea realized the guys all had swollen lips and Edward's eye was very purple so she broke out with 'October' by Evanescence. Winry walked over to Ed "I'm ready to do that song Ed." He smiled and nodded as she listened to Rhea start the song out and she sang 'Bitch' by Meredith Brooks. As he watched her sing he fell more in love with her that she could rip a song like this from her gut after what happen at the party. He figured her encounter with Greed pissed her off enough to give her that strength and that's what he loved about her was that new found strength she was showing now.

After the party Edward drove Winry home and as he walked her to the door Mr. Rockbell opened it and seeing Edward's face he smiled "Well I'd hate to see what the other guy looks like." Edward chuckled "He's more messed up than I am that's for sure." Winry looked past her dad and saw her mother standing there with a painful look on her face she held her arms out to her daughter and Winry ran to her and she embraced her little girl with a motherly hug "I'm so sorry Winry that we didn't listen. I'm sorry this happened to you and I had my head so far up my ass I couldn't see something was wrong." Winry was sobbing as her mother held her and Edward felt that this was what was needed for her to heal even more. Mr. Rockbell stepped to the side and motioned his hand for Ed to come in "Come in and meet the wife Ed." Edward walked in and stared at Mrs. Rockbell and now he remembered her. A memory of a time when he skinned his knee and she cleaned it and bandaged it for him flashed through his mind as he walked over to her.

She looked at him with soft eyes and the color of his eyes and hair made her think back to Resembool. It was a unique eye and hair color that only two little boys she knew had. But here stood this fine looking young man in front of her as she smiled "I'm sorry for staring but you remind me of two young boys I used to know back home, one of them was named Edward."

Edward thought he might as well let the cat out of the bag "Did this boy have a younger brother named Al?" she looked at him shocked "Why yes." He walked to the door "HEY AL! GET IN HERE!" Al walked through the door and smiled as best he could with his swollen lip. "Meet Mr. and Mrs. Rockbell I don't know if you remember them? I think you were too young." Mrs. Rockbell walked over to them "Edward is that you?" she smiled at Al "And Alphonse."

Al smiled as his hand went to his lip "I remember you knew our mom. I also remember going to your house to eat after she died."

Mrs. Rockbell lowered her head "Yes that was very tragic, such a young woman struck down in her prime." She looked up and smiled "But you two? You're here living in Central. You're not dead like we thought." She gave Edward a puzzled look "Why did you burn your house down Ed?"

Edward took a deep breath and stared coldly at the floor "So that bastard of a father of ours couldn't enjoy it when he finally decided to come back."

"Your very mad at him aren't you Ed?" She asked as she walked over to her bag and got some solution and gauze and came back. Taking the top off she poured some on the gauze and handed it to Al "Put this on your lip it'll clean it." Al placed it on his lip and flinched from the sting it caused. Edward looked up at her "I really don't want to talk about him." She walked up and placed both of her hands on his cheeks and turned his head up as she examined his eye "When you get home ice this or it will swell shut." He stared at her loving face and thought 'How come she wasn't like this with her daughter?' Walking back over and putting her arm around Winry she answered his inner most thought "When we moved here we got so wrapped up in working that it seemed that's all we did." Turning her head and staring at her daughter "I guess some things just slipped through the cracks. But from this day forward Winry I promise you I will listen to anything you have to say. I've been such a fool working all the time and you've grow into a fine young woman. I just never thought something like this would happen" She hugged her tightly "I'm so sorry baby."

Edward smiled as he watched her mother figure out that her child was more important than working and giving her a better life "Hey I got an idea." He said looking at them both "Why don't you come to dinner at our place tomorrow and you can meet our adoptive parents. I mean if Winry and I are going to be dating I think you should meet."

The Rockbell's looked at each other and Mr. Rockbell shrugged his shoulders as Mrs. Rockbell smiled "I think that's a brilliant idea Edward and anyway I want to meet these parents of yours. Uri tells me your mother carries a gun?"

Al laughed "Only on hormonal days" he said jokingly "And with her being pregnant that's about every day now."

Being sarcastic Edward smiled "When she's not beating our foster father for doing something stupid." He looked up and saw the looks on their faces and threw his hand out in front of him "Hey I'm just kidding. Seriously they're the best." Both the Rockbell's sighed with relief. Al went to go back to the van "Thank you for the cleaning stuff" he said before heading for the door because his lip hurt. Edward smiled and walked over to Winry and kissed her cheek then looking at the Rockbell's "We'll see you at Five then tomorrow?" They both nodded and as he walked towards the door Winry got this strange feeling in her stomach as she ran after him "ED!" he stopped and turned as she ran up and wrapped her arms around his neck "Please Ed I want to go with you." He leaned back and smiled at her as he stroked the top of her head "Winry it's alright you can call me later." Tears formed in her eyes as she stared at him. She didn't want to stay with her parents "Pleeease Ed I'll stay tomorrow night I promise but I feel really uncomfortable staying with them." Both her parents looked at each other and they knew their daughter had become very attached to him because of his closeness to her.

So Mrs. Rockbell walked over and put her hand on her daughters head "I understand you don't feel comfortable yet with us after everything we put you through. It's going to take time." She looked at Edward with a small tear forming in her eye "You won't hurt my baby?" Edward gave her a stern look and the tone of his voice assured her "Never."

She looked back at Winry "You go with him and we'll pick you up when we come for dinner tomorrow." Winry smiled a huge smile at her mother then looked at Edward "Well I guess you better get some clothes then. I'll wait here." She let him go and ran up the stairs. Mrs. Rockbell turned to him "Edward I want to ask you something personal and don't get upset with me please." He raised an eyebrow at her "Alright." She bit her lower lip as she tried to figure out a way to ask this boy about his intentions towards her daughter. Finding out Winry had been sexually assaulted had frightened her and she hoped Edward was the gentleman he seemed to be "Alright here goes. You wouldn't? You know." She couldn't find the words but he knew what she was asking as he turned to her "I would never make her do anything she didn't want to. I love her and that is the last thing on my mind at this point. I'm not like most guys who just think only of that my mother raised me to respect women and their choices." He smiled a slight smile at her "So you have absolutely nothing to worry about." Sara turned to him and smiled "Your mother sounds like a smart women Edward I can't wait to meet her."

Winry came running out with her bag of clothes as Edward turned to her parents "I want to show you tomorrow what your daughter can do. She has the voice of an angel and I am in love with that part of her too." Mr. Rockbell put his arm around his wife's shoulder as they drove away "I think our daughter has found the only boy on this planet that is actually a gentleman." Mrs. Rockbell smiled at her husband "Trisha would be so proud of them they have grown into fine men."