Hey all! This is my very first FMA fanfiction, so I doubt I'll be very good at it. But I promise to try my best! :D

Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist! So sad! :( However, I do own my OCs! :D

Homecoming

"It's great to be back," sighed the blonde State Alchemist as he stepped off the train that had just arrived in Resembool, his little brother following in his wake.

"Yes it is, Brother!" said Alphonse Elric, breathing in the pleasant scent of their hometown as they exited the train station and started down the all too familiar roads of the country side where they'd lived out their childhood.

"Man! Is Winry going to be surprised or what!" exclaimed Edward, happily.

"This place hasn't changed one bit," said Al as they neared the yellow house perched on a small hilltop.

"Tell me about it!" chuckled Ed. "Good old Resembool!" They started up the path that led to the front porch.

"I wonder if Winry is in…"

"Heh! Where else would she be?" scoffed Ed.

"That's not fair, Brother! She has a life too!" exclaimed the younger Elric.

"Pft! That girl's life only revolves around automail and machines."

"Well she could be at the town's hardware store or someplace like that, you know!" argued Al giving his brother a look.

"Hm… maybe," muttered the golden eyed prodigy indifferently before grinning at his sibling and running towards the house screaming, "Old lady Pinako! Guess who…"

"Ah!" muttered the short old woman walking out the front door, her pipe between her lips. "If it isn't the pipsqueak-!"

A vein popped in Ed's forehead. "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CALLING A VERTICALLY CHALLENGED, MICROSCOPIC, LITTLE SPECK?!" hollered the furious blonde shaking his fist at the woman.

"Brother, she never said anything like that," said Al in attempt to calm his seething brother.

"Nice to see you, Al! Looks like your enjoying having your body back," smiled Pinako. Al grinned and blushed.

Ed's efforts to restore his younger brother back to his original body had paid off. He, however, had had to remain with the automail arm and leg. He didn't mind at all. What were a few automail limbs if Al was able feel and breathe again?

Once Al had returned to his body he'd grown like a weed, successfully surpassing his brother's height. Ed, on the other hand, had only grown to reach 5'8'', much to his chagrin. He hated that he was the older brother, but the shorter one. The boy was still sensitive about it, to some extent.

"Al!" squealed a yellow blur, before the said boy was tackled to the ground.

"Winry," choked the seventeen year old, laughing softly at his old friend's antics. "It's great to see you too!"

The girl released Al before turning to Ed and attacking him with a bone crushing hug as well. Ed chuckled and embraced his mechanic with similar enthusiasm, a blush dusting over his pale cheeks, but taking care not to put too much force into it so as to not hurt the girl with his automail arm.

"What are you guys doing here?" asked Winry after releasing Ed. "The last time you wrote to me you said that you had a lot of work back at Central." Her eyes darkened as she looked at the blonde prodigy. "You didn't destroy my automail again, right?" She whipped out her wrench from her back pocket, her expression ominous.

"What? No, not at all!" yelled Ed waving his hands around in front of him. "We're here on holiday, Winry. The military finally decided to give me break from all that work."

"Oh!" said the blonde, smiling and lowering her wrench. "Then, cool!"

Ed let out a breath in relief.

-x-o-x-o-x-o-

"Hey, Winry?" Ed was lounging on the girl's bed flipping idly through a magazine.

"Hmm?" Said girl was perched in front of the dressing table in her room, brushing her long blonde hair.

"Let's go into town. It's been a while since Al and I've been there…"

"Sure, Ed. But not today," she said, clipping back her hair from the right side of her face with a pretty, blue, butterfly shaped hair clip. Feeling satisfied with her work, Winry stood up and turned to Ed. "How do I look?" she asked.

The eighteen year old looked up from the magazine. He raised his eyebrows at her. The girl was dressed in a bright blue tank top with a white, pleated skirt that came two inches above her knees. "Um… okay…?" he answered unsurely. "What are you getting so dressed up for anyway?"

"I have a date," she said simply.

"Huh?" sputtered Ed. "Wait, what?"

"I have a date," she repeated smiling but soon scowled as he cracked up, falling off the bed and rolling on the floor.

Winry crossed her arms over her chest and huffed. "What's so funny?" she grimaced.

Ed slowly managed to calm himself and wiped a tear from his eye. "You, Winry Rockbell, on a date?" he snickered. "Wow! That's a first!"

"Humph!"

"I never thought I'd see the day when a dumb grease monkey like you actually got a date!" scoffed Ed. Winry's mouth dropped open at his words. "So? Who's the unlucky guy?" he teased when she didn't say anything, still laughing. Fuming, she immediately turned on her heel and stormed out of the door and down the stairs.

"Winry?" Al asked her as she stomped past him and out the front door. "Another fight?" he asked, this time from his brother who'd entered the room just as Winry ran out of the house. Ed shrugged, still chuckling, and settled himself next to the other Elric. "Brother, what did you do this time!?"

"What? What did I do?!" whined Ed.

"Winry just stormed out of the house! She looked pretty mad."

"Doesn't mean it's my fault!" he said. "She's probably just late for her date!"

"She has a date?!" Al blinked in astonishment.

Ed shrugged and leaned into the couch they were sitting on. "That's what she said," he muttered nonchalantly.

-x-o-x-o-x-o-

"Aw c'mon, Win!" whined Ed.

"No!" she exclaimed stalking off, outraged. Ed trailed after her frantically.

"Just hear me out!"

"Go away!" She walked into her room and slammed the door in the Elric's face. She lowered herself to the floor, her back against her door, and buried her face in her knees.

"Winry," he sighed softly, leaning his forehead against the solid wood. "I'm sorry! Really… I didn't mean what I said. I was only teasing…" A moment passed before the sound of bolts unlocking reached Ed's ears. The door opened to reveal Winry, her eyes cast downward and her expression unreadable.

"It's okay, Ed… I forgive you." She smiled softly, before…

BAM!

Winry had thrown her trusty wrench at the boy, knocking him to the ground. She snickered. Ed clutched the now growing bruise on his forehead and yelled, "What the hell was that for?!"

"Payback for saying what you did," she stated simply, walking past him with a big satisfied grin on her face.

Ed groaned, standing up slowly. "Women!" he muttered.

-x-o-x-o-x-o-

"So did she forgive you, Brother?"

Ed stretched out comfortably on his bed and placed his hands behind his head before he answered. "Yeah! But I got a nice smack on the head along with it."

Al chuckled which turned into peals of laughter when his brother glowered at him. "Well, at least she's not mad at you anymore," reasoned the younger Elric.

"Yeah, yeah! That's her hobby, isn't it? Whacking me…" Ed sighed.

"Well… you do provoke her." Al chuckled again when Ed chucked a pillow at him from across the room.

"Shut up and go to sleep, Al!"

"Good night, Brother!" said Al trying to keep in his giggles.

"Night!'" grumbled Ed, turning his back to his sibling and falling into a deep slumber.

-x-o-x-o-x-o-

The next morning Ed drifted into the Rockbell's kitchen guided by the delicious smell of waffles wafting around the yellow house.

"Good morning, Ed!" smiled Winry as he sat down at the table.

"Morning! Are those waffles I smell?" asked Ed, a dreamy look on his face. Winry giggled.

"Yep!" she said and laid a plate down in front of the drooling boy. Ed immediately began to devour the food.

"Good morning Winry, shrimp!" chanted Pinako meandering in, newspaper in hand.

"DON'T CALL ME SMALL, YOU MINISCULE OLD HAG!" bellowed Edward, standing up and shaking a fist at her.

"Edward!" snapped Winry before she walloped him with her wrench. "Don't yell at the table!"

"Ow!" he grumbled rubbing his sore head. "You didn't have to hit me…"

"Where's Al?" asked Winry, sitting down next to Ed.

"Still asleep. Ever since he got his body back he's been enjoying his sleep," said Ed, a soft smile lighting up his face at the thought of his beloved brother. Winry smiled at him.

"Do the two of you mind going into town and picking up a few things for me?" asked Pinako after a while.

"Not at all!" said Ed excitedly, gobbling down the rest of his food before reaching for seconds.

-x-o-x-o-x-o-

"The air here is so different from Central," stated Ed while walking down the dirt path that led towards the Resembool town, his hands stuffed in his trouser pockets. He breathed in deep.

Winry laughed. "Well, of course!" she said linking her arm with Ed's right. "It's not polluted with the use of cars and stuff."

"Yeah!" muttered the blonde, his eyes focused on something far away. "So… who's this guy you dated last night? Do I know him?" he asked suddenly, studying the girl beside him with his piercing eyes.

"Hmm?" Winry looked up at him, azure eyes meeting gold. "You do, actually. It's Andrew. You remember him, right?"

"Andrew?! Andrew Forest?!" asked Ed shocked, his eyes as big as saucers.

"Yes… What's wrong with him?" she asked, confused.

"Uhh… everything! He's a stuck up, good-for-nothing, little worm! What do you see in him?!" demanded Ed.

"Hey! He used to be all that. He changed, okay! He's quite nice now. You should meet him."

"Pft! Probably only nice to pretty girls!" said Ed, huffing indignantly.

Winry punched him lightly in the shoulder. "He's not like th-! Wait… you think I'm pretty?" she asked, surprised, a light pink hue finding its way onto her face.

Ed's step faltered slightly as he realized what he said. "L-like I'd find an automail junkie like you pretty!" he said loftily, trying to cover up his words. He turned his face away to hide his flushed cheeks. Winry pouted and ran ahead, leaving him behind.

-x-o-x-o-x-o-

"Edward?" called a voice from across the street. Ed turned to see who it was. "Oh my God!" exclaimed the girl running over to the blonde.

"Hey Lilly!" smiled Ed. "How've you been?"

"I've been great! How are you? It's been so long! I think, the last time I saw you was… um… like years and years ago!" she blabbered on. "How's AL? Is he still the cute, sweet, lovable Al we all used to know?"

Ed laughed. "Yeah! Al is good. He's back at home. He would have loved to have met you, though."

"Me too," giggled Lilly. "Have you met the others? Our old friends?"

"Ehehe… no, I haven't. Not yet. I got here just yesterday." He said, rubbing the back of his head and grinning.

"Oh… Gosh! Look at you! I still can't believe this is the same shrimpy Edward Elric I'm talki-!"

Edward cut her off by yelling, "DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME SMALL!"

The girl grinned awkwardly and sweat-dropped. "Hey Winry!" she greeted over Ed's shoulder as the blonde girl walked out of the shop they were standing in front of.

"Hey Lilly! Looks like you found Ed," laughed Winry.

"So…" she teased, nudging the other girl in the ribs. "How was your date with Andrew? " Her violet colored eyes twinkled as she squealed.

Winry blushed a bright shade of red. "Well, um… he t-took me out for a really nice dinner… and then we went for a walk in the park." She said, stuttering slightly out of embarrassment.

"Ooooooooooh…" squealed the brunette. "How romantic!"

Ed growled lightly, causing Lilly to raise her eye brows at him. He said nothing and walked to the next shop. The girl turned to Winry with a questioning look. Winry shrugged. "He's not too fond of me dating Andrew," said the girl.

"Oh…" nodded the brunette, a smile and knowing look on her face. She followed Winry to the next shop.

-x-o-x-o-x-o-

"Hey sugar!" said a voice before Winry felt two arms wrap around her waist. She looked over her shoulder and smiled as her boyfriend kissed her cheek softly.

"Hi Andrew," said Winry, blushing.

"Ahem!" coughed Ed, causing the couple in front of him to break apart. He raised an eyebrow at his childhood best friend, making her face resemble a tomato.

"Um… Andrew, y-you remember Edward right?" she said quickly trying to force down her blush.

"Oh yeah!" he exclaimed, a wide grin appearing on his face. He extended his right hand to Ed. "Nice to see you again, mate!"

"Yeah… it is," sneered Ed. He took the extended hand with his own, somewhat crushing the other boy's hand mercilessly with his automail one in the process.

"Hi Andrew!" said Lilly skipping over to them cheerily. Said boy grinned widely at the brunette and ruffled her hair, making her giggle.

"So… how're you and your little brother doing?" he asked turning back to Edward.

"Fine," muttered Ed before asking Winry whether she was done with her shopping.

"Almost," she answered with a smile. She dumped the bags into Edward's hands before she turned and walked to the next store. Ed groaned and followed her.

-x-o-x-o-x-o-

"Good morning, Granny!" said Al cheerily entering the kitchen. Pinako turned and smiled at the boy.

"Ah, you're finally up." She stated and piled Al's plate with waffles.

Al gave the old woman a silly grin before digging into his food. He chewed slowly, savouring the taste of Winry's cooking. "Granny, where's Brother and Winry?" he asked, looking around the room.

"They went in to town to run some errands for me," said Pinako. She seated herself across from Al and picked up the newspaper.

Al nodded and turned back to his late breakfast.

-x-o-x-o-x-o-

"Hey, Winry?" said Lilly.

"Hmm?" Winry turned to look at the brunette.

"Let's all go down to the lake tomorrow… I'll call the others! You can bring Ed and Al."

"That's a good idea. I don't know about Ed, but Al would definitely be thrilled."

Lilly laughed. "Yeah… Ed can be pretty stubborn at times," she said.

"More like all the time!" said Winry.

"Hey!" Ed came up to them, his hands laden with bags. "Don't talk about me when I'm not around to defend myself!" The girls giggled and Ed just rolled his eyes.

"Come on, my little pack mule!" said Winry grabbing Ed by the sleeve of his jacket and pulling him along. "Let's go now!"

"What!?" Ed growled. "I am NOT your pack mule!" Though his annoyance only made the girls giggle more. "And enough with the short jokes!"

"Let's go, Ed." Ed glared at Winry, burning holes into her head, but followed her anyway.

I hope you enjoyed it. Read and review please and tell me what you think! Is it good enough to continue?

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