Ta-da! Sequel is up! Have the first few chapters planned out so updates should be fairly frequent. Hope you guys enjoy this one!

If you're new, this is a sequel to my story titled 'The Past Comes Home' and I strongly recommend reading that before this so you can understand what is going on.

Thanks again to Riain who beta'd this and who will be helping me out a ton with planning out this story!

Beth pulled up to her parent's farm again, this time with all her belongings in tow. Her mother appeared looking quite confused as she was hopping down from her large rental truck. Beth pulled a suitcase from the back and walked over to her mom, a huge grin plastered on her face.

"Back so soon Bethy?"

"I'm home mama." Annette's small smile widened as she began to understand the true meaning of Beth's words. She wasn't just visiting this time, she had come back for good. Annette wrapped an arm around Beth's shoulders and ushered her into the house. She took the suitcase and set it next to the door.

"I just made a fresh batch of sweet tea, come have some with me." Beth nodded, knowing her mother really just wanted to talk with her. She did have some explaining to do.

Once they were seated at the dining table with their ice cold drinks, Annette began the conversation. "You know I'm so happy to have you back here Bethy, but I am a little bit confused. Last I heard from your father you were on a plane back to New York. I was a little hurt you didn't bother saying goodbye."

Beth nodded, knowing she would be a little angry if she were in her mother's shoes. "I did go back to New York. I didn't say goodbye because the plan always was to come back here. I broke things off with Zach."

Annette gasped. "Oh dear! Did something happen? He seemed like such a gentleman."

"It wasn't anything Zach did…it was me. I can't marry someone I don't love." The wounds in her heart from her breakup were still fresh, making her feel guilty all over again.

Annette hummed, "Yes, that wouldn't be a very nice thing to do. May I ask what changed? It just seemed like everything was fine between you two."

Beth started picking at her cuticles again, letting her mother know she was nervous. "Daryl…"

Annette smiled again at hearing his name. "What about Daryl?"

"Being back here was so hard for me, for many reasons, but I realized one of those reasons was that…I still loved him, and I guess that I just can't run away from him again."

"You know, that boy was a wreck when you left, tore him up something awful." Annette knew just the words to cement her daughter's decision. Annette had seen the pain Daryl went through without Beth around, it tore at the mother's heartstrings.

Beth's ears perked up at this. She knew Daryl must have been a mess when she abandoned him, but her mother seemed to know a bit more than she let on. She raised an eyebrow as she looked her mother in the eye.

Annette chuckled. "You didn't think I would just disown that sweet young man because you guys were having some trouble, did you?"

"No, I suppose not…I guess I just didn't think about it at all." It was true, Beth really didn't ever think about how her parents would react to Daryl after she had left. They didn't know the full story of what had happened.

"He comes over usually every week for dinner, helps your father out with some things on the farm. It really only stopped when you came back with Zach. Can't blame him though, I imagine it must have been pretty painful."

Beth bit her lip and nodded once again. "I imagine so too." Her mother just looked at her and sighed. "How do I fix this? I want to be with him, but do you really think he could forgive me?"

"You won't know until you talk to him," the corners of her mother's mouth turned up into a tiny smirk "but something tells me that Daryl has a soft spot for you."

They sat together and finished their drinks while talking about lighter things, such as what Beth was thinking of doing now that she was back down here or if she would get her own place to stay. Her parents weren't going to force her to go out and get a job, as long as she helped around the farm, but they both knew that Beth couldn't just sit at home all day for long.

On her way up to her bedroom, she passed by her father's 'office' and he had a smug smile on his face and just nodded at her as she passed. Beth couldn't help but giggle at her dad – he was all knowing.

Much like last time she returned home, Beth flopped down onto her bed and pulled out her phone to text Maggie.

You free tonight?

Beth fiddled her thumbs for the couple minutes it took Maggie to text her back. She laughed as she read the reply.

You're back AGAIN?! And here I thought you just ditched us. ;) Come over later, we can have a sleepover, with junk food….lots of junk food.

Beth got up and pulled her suitcase up onto her bed, thinking about how she'd need help getting her other belongings from the truck, and began to unpack. It was weird for her because it made it feel even more real. Unpacking meant you were planning on staying a while, and while that may be Beth's plan, it didn't make her any less anxious about the things to come.

It was seven in the evening after Beth had showered, changed, and began the short journey to Maggie's house. She pulled up in front of her sister's modest two bedroom home that she shared with her husband, Glenn.

She didn't bother knocking, instead opting to just walk right in since the door was unlocked. Maggie was sitting on the couch, flipping through the channels on television, and didn't seem to notice that her sister was now present. Beth quietly closed the door before creeping up behind the couch.

"Boo!" Maggie jumped about three feet up into the air, the remote control flying across the room in the process. Beth fell to floor because she ended up laughing so hard. Clutching her stomach, she looked up at her sister who was breathing heavily and glaring at Beth.

"Good lord Beth! That was just plain mean!"

Beth just continued to laugh at her sister and soon Maggie was chuckling along as well.

Once they were calmed down enough, they sat next to each other on the couch, both of them getting comfortable and pulling their legs up underneath them.

"So where's Glenn off to tonight?" Beth tugged a throw pillow from behind her and hugged it to her chest.

"He's working down at that new pizza place 'bout twenty minutes from here. Trying to save up some more money." Beth raised her eyebrows at her sister's words.

"Are you guys having money problems or something?"

Maggie shook her head, eyes sparkling. "We're going to try and have a baby."

Beth was silent for a few seconds as she processed what Maggie had said, and then she squealed, reaching over to pull her sister into a hug. "Oh Maggie that's so wonderful!"

Maggie tried to reply but she was currently being smothered by Beth's hair in her face. Realizing this, Beth released her death grip. "Thanks Beth…I guess I was kinda nervous about tellin' you. Didn't know how you'd react after everything with Andy."

Beth's face dropped but she quickly plastered another grin on her face. "Nonsense! This is great news. I'm really happy for you guys." She put her hand on her sister's shoulder and squeezed.

"It might take a while apparently…'cause I've been on my birth control for so long, but I've been off it for two months now, so it could happen anytime."

Beth just nodded, trying to keep the smile on her face. She was happy for her sister, truly, but it did hurt thinking about her sister having a baby when Beth herself had one and had lost him. She was thankful when Maggie changed the topic.

"So, tell me all about what happened with Zach. Your text didn't exactly explain much when you were at the airport."

Beth explained to her sister how the meeting with her now ex-fiancé' had gone, every heart wrenching detail. Maggie nodded along and listened carefully, feeling her sister's pain as she talked about the break up. Maggie was glad that Beth hadn't decided to marry Zach as anyone could see she was obviously very much still in love with Daryl. As the thought of him came into her mind, she questioned Beth about him.

"What are you going to do about Daryl?" Maggie prodded her sister carefully, knowing her emotions were raw.

Beth shrugged, "Honestly, I haven't thought that far ahead yet. He probably hates me after all I've done, especially the other day with the divorce papers. He still doesn't know I didn't sign them."

"Maybe you should just pretend like you're starting all over. Go track him down at the bar and send him a drink or something…it sounds very romantic comedy." Maggie was always the one to plot and plan, sometimes getting Beth into trouble.

Beth giggled at her sister's suggestion but the more she thought about it, the more she realized that it wasn't such a horrible idea.

"Would I just look stupid doin' that though? Seems kinda desperate…" Beth huffed at the sheer insanity of her sister's evil plan, would it work?

"Beth you are desperate." Maggie rolled her eyes, pinning Beth with her gaze.

Maggie's words were true and Beth knew it. They spent the rest of the night planning out what Beth would do to win Daryl back, all while stuffing their faces with pizza (delivered by Glenn) and cookies. Beth fell asleep on the couch, not even bothering to move to the bed in their guest room, and quickly fell into what had to be the most peaceful sleep she had in months. Perhaps it was because now that she had a plan, she felt like she was closer to getting Daryl back.

Chapter 2 to come soon…with everyone's favorite Dixon in it.