Lessons Learned (A PRIVATE FMA rp)

[Lierik]

Ed flinched. "H-ha...Yeah," He scratched the back of his head nervously. "See, the big one--on the floor over there by Al's foot--he said the 's'-word."

[Wolfborg007]

Winry nodded in understanding.
"So... both of you have a height complex, huh?" she said.
She nodded again... her countenance clearly said: The day has finally come...

[Lierik]

Ed jerked. He took a deep breath and started off calmly, "I do not have a height complex." He took another, shorter breath. "Al does not have a height complex." By this point he was screaming with rage, "IT IS NOT OUR FAULT THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE WATER THAT MUTATED OTHER PEOPLE'S DAMN DNA UNTIL THEY WERE FREAKISH GIANTS!!!!!!"

[Wolfborg007]

Winry looked at him as he yelled at her and her eyes instantly blazed.
"DON'T YELL AT ME!" She snapped, "You know it's true!! And you better not be calling me a freakish giant..."
She pulled her wrench from her pocket, grasping it tightly.

[Lierik]

"Of course not," Ed sniffed haughtily, "I'm taller than you, afterall. Whatever the contaminate was, it must not have made it into the Risembool water supply."

[Wolfborg007]

Winry lowered her wrench, but gave a sigh, rolling her eyes.
"WEll, since Al took care of them, I wonder when the train'll start moving again..." She glanced around, watching as the passangers looked around like meerkats and returned to their seats.

[Lierik]

Ed blinked. "Damnit. There's probably someone in the engine room." He turned, "Alpho-" He cut off and rolled his eyes. Al and Mei were staring again.

Turning back to Winry he said, "Take the those two back to the compartment. Try to make sure they don't walk into any walls on the way. I'll be back in a minute." With one last eye roll, Ed was gone.

[Wolfborg007]

Winry nodded, as she herded the younger couple into their compartment (*random* I just get a visual of the compartments like on the Hogwarts Express *random*).
"Come on, you two..." she urged, replacing it's wrench back on her pocket.

[Lierik]

Al blinked suddenly. He looked around slowly, eyes roving back and forth in confusion. It seemed that...he had somehow ended up back in their compartment. But wasn't he just standing over a bandits prone body? And wasn't Mei...

Al gasped. His hand. In his hand was Mei's hand. Right now. He was holding Mei's hand.

How had this happened?! Al didn't know but didn't think he was about to find out, because he was just about to pass out.

And then his brother ducked into the compartment and gave him something else to focus on. He knew there was a reason he loved his Nii-san so damned much.

"Taken care of," Ed pronounced happily. He plopped down in his seat next to Winry, leaned his head on the window, and was out like a light.

[Wolfborg007]

Winry looked at the younger couple for a few moments, smiled, and then looked at Ed.
He was so peaceful when he slept... to tell the truth... it was the only time she really saw him at peace these days. Usually he was antsy or tense... or just plain irritated.
With one last smile, she laid back against the wall of the compartment herself to sleep.
~~~~
Several hours later the whistle of the train sounded, and Winry woke up.
Looking over at Ed, she shook him slightly.
"Ed, we're here..." she whispered.

[Lierik]

"Hmm?" Ed groaned inquiringly. He rubbed at his eyes and looked to Winry. "Wha'd ya say?"

Al, over his little bout of insanity (though it had taken several hours), leaned forward and mussed his brother's hair teasingly. "She said we're at the station, Nii-san. Now hurry, before the train starts moving again."

[Wolfborg007]

Winry had grabbed her suitcase and moved aside to allow Al and Mei leave the compartment first.
She waited for Ed to get up, so she could walk beside him.

[Lierik]

Seeing that everyone else already had their bags together and were leaving the compartment, Ed rushed to grab his suitcase and meet Winry at the door.

As they made their way down the hall, he noticed other passengers watching them out of the corners of their eyes--in a few cases pointing and staring openly. Edward sighed. He might not mind helping in hostage situations, and even got a bit of a thrill from being recognized, but this was too much. He hurried his steps, the sooner they got out of here, the better.

However, a few seconds later he noticed Winry was falling behind, struggling with her heavy bags. He rolled his eyes and sighed, "Winry! How much scrap metal do you have squirreled away in your bag this time?"

He scratched the back of his head and looked to the side, "You want me to...help you with those?'

[Wolfborg007]

Winry looked at him and was rather thrown off guard by Ed's uncharacteristic chivalry.
"You really wouldn't mind?" she inquired, sounding almost like a young child.
Usually she wouldn't hesitate in throwing her things on the alchemist, but the way he asked... she almost felt bad for making her carry one of her suitcases.

[Lierik]

Ed's cheeks flushed a deeper red, and he snapped, "Only because you're lugging half your automail shop with you. Why do you need all that crap? I lived for four years out of one suitcase!"