EdWin - Due Date (Complete)

Part 9

The question had been on Winry's mind for quite some time now, rolling and jumping around the inside of her head. It was a big question, one that would affect their lives considerably. Will the baby be a boy or a girl?

Again, she found herself thinking about this question and becoming overbearingly excited. She couldn't wait to know the answer, and tomorrow morning she would finally know. Finally her fifth month had rolled around the corner.

With the sun almost completely set, she now sat on her comfy couch, curled up in a warm blanket and reading up on some new automail procedures. Autumn was almost over, and the days were growing colder and windier. It was a rare sight to see Winry without a jacket on, or a blanket wrapped around her.

Deciding sitting up was becoming too uncomfortable, she threw the pillows that were in her way on the floor, kept a few for herself, and moved her body to lay down on her back, her stomach being too big to lay on anymore.

Once she was settled, she looked over to the fire she had going, and felt a small twinge of loneliness. Ed was staying over in Central for the night, and unfortunately, Al and Mei were also required to stay. Why Mei had to stay was unknown to her, but she could understand why the boys had to stay, it was they're job after all.

I wish I didn't have to be alone though. She had thought of calling granny, but she didn't want to worry her. A guilty feeling washed over her at the thought of granny's name. The only reason Ed had let her stay alone was because she had promised him that she would get granny to stay with her.

She covered her face with the blanket, ashamed, Ugh, I'm a dirty liar.... I should call Ed. She was about to get up when suddenly there was a loud bang from outside, and in a split second all the power in the house shut off. Luckily, she had started a fire about an hour before.

"Holy shit." The words escaped her mouth on instinct, and her body curled up into the fetal position, goose bumps rising on her skin.

A few minutes passed and she recovered herself, sitting up on the couch and examining her living room. "It's alright Winry," she put her hand on top of her stomach, "It's alright baby. We're okay."

Thankfully, the phone was lit up by the fire and it made it easy for her to spot it. She walked across the dark room and picked up the phone, there was no sound coming from the line. "Damn it." That's right, she mentally kicked herself, the power went out. Is it only our house though, or the whole town? There was no way for her to tell.

"What now?" Suddenly she remembered that Ed had stuffed a flashlight in one of the side table's drawers, and went rummaging through them, taking about a minutes time before she found one.

"Yes!" She let out a small triumphant shout, for some reason feeling the need to be quiet.

She turned it on, and walked out of the living room and into the front doors hall. There was a small click on the lock, and then she slowly opened it, wanting to feel what the weather was like.

As she opened it, a huge gust of extremely cold air washed past her legs, and almost forced the door completely open. "What the heck?!" she quickly shut the door, "Why is it so cold out there?" It felt like the dead of winter!

Her feet carried her back into the living room and to the window. She pulled the curtain back, and from what little sunlight was left, she saw that there were storm clouds brewing. Oh no.

Her mind was beginning to scramble from panic. The loud bang back then must've been lightning, which meant that the power wasn't going to come back on anytime soon. Also, the rain combined with the sudden drop in temperature meant that more than likely there was going to be snow tonight, and a lot of it.