Gosh, It's been so long, right? Long story, please don't make me explain the reason but I DO apologize for the long wait. It took me forever, I'm really sorry.

All I really wanna say is thank you thank you thank you thank youuu for all the reviews, the story alerts, the author alerts and all the favorites. I never thought so many people would like this story and it just makes me happy. You don't know how much it means to me but all I can do is thank you and upload another chapter.

I'm really grateful and I hope all of you enjoy this new chapter. Here we go…

Counter-attack

Winry let the water rain over her body. The bet she had made with Ed not many days ago, which when said sounded like a terrific idea, was now starting to feel like a really bad plan.

She didn't know how much longer she could control herself, gosh just seeing him made her self-control slip all over the edge. But, she also knew Edward and knew he wouldn't last much longer either… or at least that's what she hoped so.

She turned off the water, stepped out of the shower and wrapped her body around a towel, still lost in thought.

Actually, the dangerous part was… that Edward had not made a "counter-strike" yet, and that scared her. Either he was too weak and, or we was planning something mean. And she knew better than anyone that Ed could be a lot of things, but never weak. So, that only left the second option over the table. It has been like this for the last couple of days, it was like a cat and mouse game, where no one got fully caught, but got really close to it. For the first time, she was actually afraid that she was more close to being the mouse than the cat right now.

She looked at her reflection on the mirror in front of her and shook her head.

"What am I thinking, he'll crack any moment" she said, trying to gain confidence. Stepping out of the bathroom from downstairs – Edward was taking a shower in the one closer to their bedroom – and walking into the living room, near the stairs, she raised her gaze from the floor to meet a couple of gold, mesmerizing eyes.

The sight of him, with his hair loose and wet, and his bare body covered in water, was almost too much for her to handle. The only item he had on at the moment was a towel around his waist. Really low on his waist. So low that it should be illegal.

She tried to walk past him by his right, but he soon blocked her way. She sighed and tried with his left side, but failed again. She locked her eyes on his to prevent staring at his body.

"Move"

He grinned mischievously.

"No". She sighed, damn him. He took a step closer to her, and Winry took a step back in response.

"I thought you were taking a shower"

He took another step forward.

"I was"

She took another step back and suddenly she found her back hitting the wall, but Edward did not stop walking towards her.

"E-ed" she stuttered and moved trying to separate herself from the wall. But he pulled her to the wall again and, with his forearms pressed on said wall on each side of her head, pressed his lips against hers. His lips moved against her in a sweet, loving kiss. She eventually kissed him back and Ed responded eagerly, turning the kiss into a passionate, demanding one.

She placed her hands on his waist, trying to contain sanity as Edward kissed her non-stop. He then moved his right hand to her chin and parted her lips, allowing hot, open-mouthed kisses.

His tongue slipped into her mouth making her gasp in surprise. Mere second after, his tongue met hers and Winry moved her tongue against his, joining the dance. With their tongues intertwined and arms wrapped around each other, it was soon difficult to tell where one mouth ended and the other began.

He pressed her against the wall with his body as his hands grabbed her hips and then began going upwards at a slow pace. He squeezed her waist when reached and then- she shook when his hand touched each side of her breast trough the fabric. She moved her hands to his head and she intertwined her fingers in his hair.

His lips moved to her neck nibbled the soft skin there, earning a deep moan from the woman in front of him.

Ed pulled away slowly, then detached himself from Winry completely; and with a deep, husky voice he stated "I'll see you upstairs" and made his way to their room.

Winry stood there, now alone, against the wall they had been making out not ten seconds before.

Whoa. What had just happened.

She moved to the end of the stairs and she practically run upstairs.

It was like a cat and mouse game, where no one got fully caught; and she had to admit that tonight, she felt definitely like a tiny, little mouse.

She kind of hope, actually, that her cat would finally catch her tonight.

The next chapter, as you can assume, will be explaining what happens once she reached the bedroom... there will be no lemons in this story though, so don't wait for them, alright? cool.

Review, please? Thank you for all your support.

~ Athenafrodite