A/N: This takes place later in the series. There may be small spoilers for an event in episodes around the late 20’s. Rush Valley is a town filled with many automail shops. It is known for its many mechanics and automail shops and so on. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Now for the story:
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Chapter one: THE QUEST FOR THE SCREWS BEGINS!
Winry and Ed were on a journey to find some screws in Rush Valley. It seemed that Ed had once again broken his automail and needed it to be repaired, thankfully it was just his arm. He was also missing a very important item: screws. The pieces of metal that held his automail together. It didn’t take them long to reach a block full of regular looking automail shops.
“Is this place OK?” Ed asked this while pointing to a nearby shop.
“Mmmmm hmmm,” replied Winry. She wasn’t really looking though. She knew most all of the shops were good. This WAS Rush Valley after all.
They walked into the shop Ed had been pointing to and found a large line of customers.
“Maybe we should go somewh--,” Ed started but Winry interrupted him.
“YOU wait right here Mr. I-just-LOVE-to-break-the-automail-Winry-works-so-damn-hard-on!” And at that as routine would have it she pulled out her trusty wrench and smacked him in the head with it. Ed rubbed his head (with his left hand, DUH XD) while mumbling all the words in his foul vocabulary. He decided it was better to not take the chance of being hit again by her wrench. And thus he waited in line while Winry found the screws.
*** (one hour later)
“Eeeeeeddd, let’s go!” It was one hour later and Ed had been waiting in line for what seemed like forever. He was the next in line when Winry unexpectedly pulled him out. The person behind him quickly took over his place in line.
“Ugh, Winry! I’ve been waiting in that line FOREVER! WHY THE HELL DID YOU PULL ME OUT?!?!”
“Well, it was taking WAY too long. Besides, I bet I could find screws better than these,” was her reply. She dragged him out of the shop with him screaming and yelling complaints all the way. As this extremely loud battle took place between the two the customers just stared in silence.
Winry managed to pull Ed a total of three blocks (a new record!) before dropping him.
“Ouch Win! What the hell were you--,” Ed stopped his ranting when she gave him the puppy dog eyes.
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What does this mean? What does Winry want? What is so wonderful that she dropped Ed in the middle of the street? The answers to these questions and more will be revealed in the next chapter!!!
-Phyco girl
Full Version: Just Screw It!
Hahhaha that story made me laugh. Good one Phyco Girl.
Winry has crap excuses, but why does she? I want to know. NOW
A/N: Chiyo’s remark gave me an excellent chapter name idea:
CHAPTER 2: THE REASON BEHIND THE CRAP REASONS
Winry gave Ed the puppy dog eyes. Oh crap what could she possibly want?
Winry pointed to something outside the shop window and said, “Ed, THIS is the automail model I’ve been wanting for SOOOOOOO long! Can I PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GET IT?!?!?!?!” So that was her reason. It wasn’t very surprising know she was a machine geek.
“Winry, shouldn’t we be getting scr--,” but once more he was interrupted by Winry pulling him somewhere. And this time he was being dragged into an extremely fancy automail store. It seemed as they got farther into the town the shops became more, how do you put it? Fancy shmancy??? Anyways after he had been dragged into this overly decorated store by Winry.
“Ed would you pleeeeeaaaaasssseeeeee buy me this!” she shoved him toward the model she had been pointing to from outside earlier. Unfortunately for Ed it was VERY (and when I say very I mean VERY) expensive piece of automail.
“Winry, we really need to quit fooling around and get to fixing my automail. I can’t be buying you whatever you want!” Then she once again turned on the puppy dog eyes. Ohhhhhh great. He somehow managed to protest, “Well, why should I if I know you’re just going to take it apart!” Ed was starting to lose his patience. And, um, he didn’t have a lot in case you haven’t noticed.
Winry’s eyes sparkled as she began to RANT and RAVE about its craftsmanship and yada, yada, yada. Ed was familiar with the routine. “Come on Ed! Just LOOK at the craftsmanship! Obviously a true artist sculpted this! I wanna take it apart! I wanna put it back together!!!”
Ed sighed. He decided to give in, but NOT before striking up a deal. They were only wasting time anyways. “Fine. BUT you have to give me this repair for FREE and promise not to hit me with that stupid wrench of yours next time I break my auto-.”
“OK ED!!!” She gave out a girlish squeal as Ed gave her the money. He figured he could forget about that last part. When Winry was finished as the register she handed Ed the heavy box which held the “art” and they walked out the door.
Ed set down the box and took Winry by the wrist to keep her from running away before he ever got to finish his sentence. “Ok Winry we’ve been fooling around for WAY too long. We’ve got to get those screws! EVEN IF IT’S THE LAST THING WE DO!!!”
“Ummm, Ed?”
“What?”
“Well, if buying screws is the last thing we do, how am I gonna fix you?” Winry jokingly stuck out her tongue and started to run away.
“WINRY!!!” Ed yelled and soon he was chasing after her. He had to carry the box though and at times like this he wished Al wasn’t visiting Izumi right now. But he chased after her until he caught up (he always was pretty fast). As they both slowed down panting and laughing they headed into the next store.
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What troubles will these two run into next? Will Ed burst into flames from all the frustration? Will I ever stop asking these questions at the end? You’ll find out in the next chapter XD
-Phyco girl
CHAPTER 2: THE REASON BEHIND THE CRAP REASONS
Winry gave Ed the puppy dog eyes. Oh crap what could she possibly want?
Winry pointed to something outside the shop window and said, “Ed, THIS is the automail model I’ve been wanting for SOOOOOOO long! Can I PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GET IT?!?!?!?!” So that was her reason. It wasn’t very surprising know she was a machine geek.
“Winry, shouldn’t we be getting scr--,” but once more he was interrupted by Winry pulling him somewhere. And this time he was being dragged into an extremely fancy automail store. It seemed as they got farther into the town the shops became more, how do you put it? Fancy shmancy??? Anyways after he had been dragged into this overly decorated store by Winry.
“Ed would you pleeeeeaaaaasssseeeeee buy me this!” she shoved him toward the model she had been pointing to from outside earlier. Unfortunately for Ed it was VERY (and when I say very I mean VERY) expensive piece of automail.
“Winry, we really need to quit fooling around and get to fixing my automail. I can’t be buying you whatever you want!” Then she once again turned on the puppy dog eyes. Ohhhhhh great. He somehow managed to protest, “Well, why should I if I know you’re just going to take it apart!” Ed was starting to lose his patience. And, um, he didn’t have a lot in case you haven’t noticed.
Winry’s eyes sparkled as she began to RANT and RAVE about its craftsmanship and yada, yada, yada. Ed was familiar with the routine. “Come on Ed! Just LOOK at the craftsmanship! Obviously a true artist sculpted this! I wanna take it apart! I wanna put it back together!!!”
Ed sighed. He decided to give in, but NOT before striking up a deal. They were only wasting time anyways. “Fine. BUT you have to give me this repair for FREE and promise not to hit me with that stupid wrench of yours next time I break my auto-.”
“OK ED!!!” She gave out a girlish squeal as Ed gave her the money. He figured he could forget about that last part. When Winry was finished as the register she handed Ed the heavy box which held the “art” and they walked out the door.
Ed set down the box and took Winry by the wrist to keep her from running away before he ever got to finish his sentence. “Ok Winry we’ve been fooling around for WAY too long. We’ve got to get those screws! EVEN IF IT’S THE LAST THING WE DO!!!”
“Ummm, Ed?”
“What?”
“Well, if buying screws is the last thing we do, how am I gonna fix you?” Winry jokingly stuck out her tongue and started to run away.
“WINRY!!!” Ed yelled and soon he was chasing after her. He had to carry the box though and at times like this he wished Al wasn’t visiting Izumi right now. But he chased after her until he caught up (he always was pretty fast). As they both slowed down panting and laughing they headed into the next store.
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What troubles will these two run into next? Will Ed burst into flames from all the frustration? Will I ever stop asking these questions at the end? You’ll find out in the next chapter XD
-Phyco girl
Heheh the peice of "art" lol. Man that was a fast update Phyco you must really really want to finish this.
Well I just ooze influence 
Another little comical chapter...love it.
Another little comical chapter...love it.
I'll post the next chapter in a few days or so. (That'll probably be tomarrow) It was pretty quick to post these because I wrote the story up a few weeks ago (with a pencil and paper XD) sadly I can't find the rest of the story but I know what basically takes place and how it ends. Hopefully more people will post by tomarrow so I won't have to wait longer to post the next chapter.
I also did another story. It's EdWin angst. I won't post it until I finish this one though.
@Chiyo: Thanks! Yes you do ooze influence. Thank god or I might have named that chapter something REALLY stupid and boring such as "Winry begs Ed for Automail" or "Ed is Forced to Buy Winry Stuff Once again thank god!
@Sonic-Teal: Thanks for the reviews! See? THAT is what gives me motivation!!! (@ you too Chiyo)
Yes Ed just HAS to give in when it comes to Winry and her "art".
-Phyco girl
I also did another story. It's EdWin angst. I won't post it until I finish this one though.
@Chiyo: Thanks! Yes you do ooze influence. Thank god or I might have named that chapter something REALLY stupid and boring such as "Winry begs Ed for Automail" or "Ed is Forced to Buy Winry Stuff Once again thank god!
@Sonic-Teal: Thanks for the reviews! See? THAT is what gives me motivation!!! (@ you too Chiyo)
Yes Ed just HAS to give in when it comes to Winry and her "art".-Phyco girl
Then I look forward to it 
This will be the last chapter of Just Screw It! I hoped you guys have enjoyed it and I have loved reading your reviews. Thanks and as a warning try to avoid reading all the screw sizes in this chapter.
CHAPTER THREE: OVERWHELMED AND OVEREXCITED
Winry and Ed came to a stop as Ed dropped the automail down with a thunk and they both started to pant from all the running and chasing. Ed stuck his left hand on the side of a large building to support himself as he huffed and puffed.
After a while Winry started to giggle. She was soon followed by Ed’s laughter. As they reminisced of old times they began to laugh even harder. They eventually entered the building Ed had been leaning on. The automail model had been forgotten as they walked into the building to cool off.
A small bell hanging from the door rang as they entered. The man sitting at the counter greeted them by saying, “How may I help you two lovebirds?” Ed and Winry’s laughter was postponed as they both looked at each other. Sure enough Ed’s arm was slung around Winry’s neck and as they wondered how the hell this had happened and realized what the salesclerk had implied they both jumped back with an, “ACK!”
Suddenly the two started to protest defensively. Ed yelled while Winry threatened the salesclerk with her wrench saying things like, “DO WE LOOK LIKE A COUPLE!” and, “DO YOU SERIOUSLY THINK I WOULD BE WITH THIS SHORTY???” At that Ed started yelling at Winry and Winry started yelling at Ed. Winry struck Ed with her wrench while Ed continued to yell at Winry and—
The salesclerk pulled out a foghorn and blasted it right in their ears. The two stopped right in the middle of the argument and just stared at the salesclerk who replied, “I do that when the customers get out of control.” For awhile they just stared some more. Then both of them started to straighten themselves out.
They both started to glance around the store in amazement. Sure enough it was an automail store. They were surprised at how fancy (and expensive) everything was. The things in this store were even fancier than that of the store where they had gotten the automail Winry wanted…
Oh crap! Ed thought as he realized that they had left the model right outside of the store. He rushed outside to retrieve it, amazed nobody had taken it or trampled it. He brought it inside, set it down, and began to look around the store. They may as well shop while they were here. Besides Winry was paying, she had promised after all.
“Winry, why don’t we look for screws while we’re here,” he whispered to Winry since the store clerk was creeping him out for some reason.
“Fine,” was her reply and they started to look for screws in the gigantic building that was the store. It seemed even more gigantic since they were the only ones in the store. No wonder, everything was so damn expensive here. But when they found the section dedicated to screws he saw why. After all you had to pay for inventory. In fact the store clerk had even put up a LOOOOOONNNNNNGGGG list of screw sizes, colors, and designs. This is what Edward read:
SIZES
Xxxxxxxxxx large
Xxxxxxxxx large
Xxxxxxxx large
Xxxxxxx large
Xxxxxx large
Xxxxx large
Xxx large
Xx large
X large
Large
Large/Medium
Medium
Small/Medium
Small
X small
Xx small
Xxx small
Xxxx small
Xxxxx small
Xxxxxx small
Xxxxxxx small
Xxxxxxxx small
Xxxxxxxxx small
Xxxxxxxxxx small
COLORS
Red
Red/orange
Dark orange
Orange
Light orange
Orange/yellow
Dark yellow
Yellow
Light yellow
Yellow/green
Light green
Green
Dark green
Aqua
Light aqua
Light blue
Cerulean
Blue
Dark blue
Navy
Indigo
Dark purple
Dark violet
Violet
Light violet
Lavender
Light pink
Bubblegum
Pink
Dark pink
Salmon
Peach
Cream
White
Light gray
Gray
Wolf
Dark gray
Black
Dark brown
Brown
Light brown
DESIGNS…
Okay he wasn’t going to read this list anymore. Hell! It was ridiculous! No way was he going to wear pink screws didn’t they just have plain old metal? And what size was regular supposed to be anyways? He told Winry about it and after she got halfway through the list she agreed. Before leaving the store she asked the store clerk about what screws he had in the store. He replied by saying, “Well we have many colors, designs, and sizes in screws. We have Xxxxxxxxxx large, Xxxxxxxxx large, Xxxxxxxx lar--”
And at that they rushed out the door. They found themselves repeating the action several more times as the selection and prices increased.
“WINRY WHAT THE HELL IS WITH ALL THESE DAMN SHOPS!?!?!? DOES ANYONE AROUND HERE HAVE REGULAR SCREWS????? YOU SHOULD’VE NEVER PULLED ME OUT OF THAT LINE!!!!!”
When Ed stopped to take a breath Winry shot back, “WELL IT’S NOT MY FAULT YOU BROKE YOUR AUTOMAIL IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!”
“STOP USING THAT AS AN EXCUSE! DON’T YOU WORK FOR AN AUTOMAIL GUY AROUND HERE? DOSEN’T HE HAVE SCREWS!!!” They both stopped for a moment to realize that for once Ed was right.
“Wow I’m amazed Ed. I never thought a midget would figure it out.”
“Hey than—HEY! WINRY!!!! I AM NOT SHORT!!!!!!” They ended up FINALLY fixing Ed’s automail after they ran to Winry’s workplace. And they even ended up laughing about it later on. In fact Ed was glad to have spent time with her. He missed her and the rest of the people he had left behind. But on that day he made a promise to himself that no matter where his journey took him he would never forget them.
-Fin
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Thanks for the reviews guys! I’ll be taking a break from writing for a while. I hope you liked the last chapter. I never meant to make this too lengthy.
-Phyco girl
CHAPTER THREE: OVERWHELMED AND OVEREXCITED
Winry and Ed came to a stop as Ed dropped the automail down with a thunk and they both started to pant from all the running and chasing. Ed stuck his left hand on the side of a large building to support himself as he huffed and puffed.
After a while Winry started to giggle. She was soon followed by Ed’s laughter. As they reminisced of old times they began to laugh even harder. They eventually entered the building Ed had been leaning on. The automail model had been forgotten as they walked into the building to cool off.
A small bell hanging from the door rang as they entered. The man sitting at the counter greeted them by saying, “How may I help you two lovebirds?” Ed and Winry’s laughter was postponed as they both looked at each other. Sure enough Ed’s arm was slung around Winry’s neck and as they wondered how the hell this had happened and realized what the salesclerk had implied they both jumped back with an, “ACK!”
Suddenly the two started to protest defensively. Ed yelled while Winry threatened the salesclerk with her wrench saying things like, “DO WE LOOK LIKE A COUPLE!” and, “DO YOU SERIOUSLY THINK I WOULD BE WITH THIS SHORTY???” At that Ed started yelling at Winry and Winry started yelling at Ed. Winry struck Ed with her wrench while Ed continued to yell at Winry and—
The salesclerk pulled out a foghorn and blasted it right in their ears. The two stopped right in the middle of the argument and just stared at the salesclerk who replied, “I do that when the customers get out of control.” For awhile they just stared some more. Then both of them started to straighten themselves out.
They both started to glance around the store in amazement. Sure enough it was an automail store. They were surprised at how fancy (and expensive) everything was. The things in this store were even fancier than that of the store where they had gotten the automail Winry wanted…
Oh crap! Ed thought as he realized that they had left the model right outside of the store. He rushed outside to retrieve it, amazed nobody had taken it or trampled it. He brought it inside, set it down, and began to look around the store. They may as well shop while they were here. Besides Winry was paying, she had promised after all.
“Winry, why don’t we look for screws while we’re here,” he whispered to Winry since the store clerk was creeping him out for some reason.
“Fine,” was her reply and they started to look for screws in the gigantic building that was the store. It seemed even more gigantic since they were the only ones in the store. No wonder, everything was so damn expensive here. But when they found the section dedicated to screws he saw why. After all you had to pay for inventory. In fact the store clerk had even put up a LOOOOOONNNNNNGGGG list of screw sizes, colors, and designs. This is what Edward read:
SIZES
Xxxxxxxxxx large
Xxxxxxxxx large
Xxxxxxxx large
Xxxxxxx large
Xxxxxx large
Xxxxx large
Xxx large
Xx large
X large
Large
Large/Medium
Medium
Small/Medium
Small
X small
Xx small
Xxx small
Xxxx small
Xxxxx small
Xxxxxx small
Xxxxxxx small
Xxxxxxxx small
Xxxxxxxxx small
Xxxxxxxxxx small
COLORS
Red
Red/orange
Dark orange
Orange
Light orange
Orange/yellow
Dark yellow
Yellow
Light yellow
Yellow/green
Light green
Green
Dark green
Aqua
Light aqua
Light blue
Cerulean
Blue
Dark blue
Navy
Indigo
Dark purple
Dark violet
Violet
Light violet
Lavender
Light pink
Bubblegum
Pink
Dark pink
Salmon
Peach
Cream
White
Light gray
Gray
Wolf
Dark gray
Black
Dark brown
Brown
Light brown
DESIGNS…
Okay he wasn’t going to read this list anymore. Hell! It was ridiculous! No way was he going to wear pink screws didn’t they just have plain old metal? And what size was regular supposed to be anyways? He told Winry about it and after she got halfway through the list she agreed. Before leaving the store she asked the store clerk about what screws he had in the store. He replied by saying, “Well we have many colors, designs, and sizes in screws. We have Xxxxxxxxxx large, Xxxxxxxxx large, Xxxxxxxx lar--”
And at that they rushed out the door. They found themselves repeating the action several more times as the selection and prices increased.
“WINRY WHAT THE HELL IS WITH ALL THESE DAMN SHOPS!?!?!? DOES ANYONE AROUND HERE HAVE REGULAR SCREWS????? YOU SHOULD’VE NEVER PULLED ME OUT OF THAT LINE!!!!!”
When Ed stopped to take a breath Winry shot back, “WELL IT’S NOT MY FAULT YOU BROKE YOUR AUTOMAIL IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!”
“STOP USING THAT AS AN EXCUSE! DON’T YOU WORK FOR AN AUTOMAIL GUY AROUND HERE? DOSEN’T HE HAVE SCREWS!!!” They both stopped for a moment to realize that for once Ed was right.
“Wow I’m amazed Ed. I never thought a midget would figure it out.”
“Hey than—HEY! WINRY!!!! I AM NOT SHORT!!!!!!” They ended up FINALLY fixing Ed’s automail after they ran to Winry’s workplace. And they even ended up laughing about it later on. In fact Ed was glad to have spent time with her. He missed her and the rest of the people he had left behind. But on that day he made a promise to himself that no matter where his journey took him he would never forget them.
-Fin
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Thanks for the reviews guys! I’ll be taking a break from writing for a while. I hope you liked the last chapter. I never meant to make this too lengthy.
-Phyco girl
Heheh it was a cute little story. And if you tell anyone I said cute I will kill you! I can relate to Ed man more than once have I been dragged shoping by my sister/mother/somebody and just get pissed becuase nobody has anything plain and simple or they pull me out of line to come see something.
Thanks Sonic-Teal! I felt the ending was a bit rushed so I changed it and aother part to make it flow a bit better.
Here's the new ending paragraph: “Hey than—HEY! WINRY!!!! I AM NOT SHORT!!!!!!” When Ed finally got his repairs he left. And later on they even ended up laughing about the whole incident.Ed was glad to have spent time with her though. He missed her and the rest of the people he had left behind very much. Even though he couldn’t let them get in the way on that day he made a promise to himself that no matter where his journey took him he would never forget them.
-Fin
I just changed a sentence or two but I like it better overall. I'm glad you enjoyed the story
(Don't worry, I won't tell anybody you said "cute")
Here's the new ending paragraph: “Hey than—HEY! WINRY!!!! I AM NOT SHORT!!!!!!” When Ed finally got his repairs he left. And later on they even ended up laughing about the whole incident.Ed was glad to have spent time with her though. He missed her and the rest of the people he had left behind very much. Even though he couldn’t let them get in the way on that day he made a promise to himself that no matter where his journey took him he would never forget them.
-Fin
I just changed a sentence or two but I like it better overall. I'm glad you enjoyed the story
(Don't worry, I won't tell anybody you said "cute")
The idea of them jumping and saying 'ack' mademe laugh out loud, it just seems like something they would do.
Yay, I do love this fic Phyco, so fun and harmless. I do hope you plan to write more (new fics mainly) and make sure you PM me when you do
Yay, I do love this fic Phyco, so fun and harmless. I do hope you plan to write more (new fics mainly) and make sure you PM me when you do
I absolutely love it. I just about died when you listed all the sizes and colors. Xxxxxxx Large. So funny. Overall, a really great story. Keep up the writing!!
OMG, this is short and awesome x)
write a sequel, A SEQUEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLL *screams like a crazy fangirl
write a sequel, A SEQUEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLL *screams like a crazy fangirl
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