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Chapter 12!

It had taken Lorna over a week to get better, the medicine that Doctor Jaeger had given her had worked very quickly. He had returned three days later to check up on her, he was pleased with her progress and told her to keep taking the medicine until she had finished the bottle just to make sure that the illness was completely gone. She couldn't help but be impressed by his knowledge in medicine, she was even told that he had saved hundreds of lives from a plague over fifteen years ago.

But that was over four months ago now, Lorna had seen Doctor Jaeger once with his Son and a brown haired woman in the Shiganshina District's main market place. She must have been his wife because Eren looked so much like her, there was also a little dark haired girl with them. Lorna wasn't sure who she was though because she knew Eren didn't have any siblings, she seemed very close with Eren's family. She couldn't help but watched them whilst she hid behind a market stall, they seemed so happy and care free.

Lorna did envy them in a way though, she would love the freedom they had and a loving family surrounding her. She loved living with the Landlord's family, but sometimes she felt like she didn't belong with them. They were all related by blood and she was an outsider, she felt like an outcast at times. She planned to move out one day and open her own business. She wasnt sure what kind of business she would like to own though, but she knew it will be something great.

Today was a sunny day and Lorna had some shopping errands to complete, the Landlord's wife wanted another basket full of apples so she could continue making some more of her cinnamon apple filled pies again for today's lunch rush. Rose had started to experiment with different food menu's in the Tavern lately, she had told Lorna that she wanted the Tavern to be known for it's home cooked meals and it's new rich apple cider ales. The Landlord thought his wife had gone apple mad, but he let her carry on regardless with her food experiments while he focused on the running of the Tavern.

" Good morning!" Lorna said, she entered the kitchen and walked over to where the hand basket was kept. " How are your cinnamon apple filled pies today?"

" Good morning Lorna, they're cooking nicely right now." Rose replied with a smile whilst she rolled out her sweet pastry on the table. " But be quick with my shopping list though, I need all of my pies to be cooked by 12pm. The lunch rush beginnings at 11:30am, so all of my pies need to ready in three hours time!"

" I know, I'll be less than an hour." Lorna sighed.

" Good girl, the money for the apples are in the basket!" Rose said.

" Okay." Lorna nodded.

Lorna picked the hand basket up from the kitchen's floor and said goodbye to the Landlord's wife while she walked towards the kitchen's open doorway, she then told Lorna to remember to get her some cinnamon sticks before she left the kitchen. She said goodbye to the Landlord before she hurried out of the Tavern and made her way down the street towards the main market place. It was the season of Summer and that only meant one thing, the Summer harvest was ready to be sold.

The hustle and bustle of the market place still amazed Lorna after all of these years, it was nice seeing people selling their crops and handmade clothes. There was so many different market stalls selling their goods, there was even a bazaar market stall which sold items from distance lands. But it made Lorna wonder if the items were real, the bazaar owner could be lying. The Survey Corps were the only ones who had left the safety of Wall Maria, the owner must be selling old or used items and passing them off has something from distance lands.

Lorna made her way to the fruit stall she always purchased the Tarven's fruits and vegetables from each week, the owner of the stall was an old friend of the Landlord'. She gave him five gold coins for a basket full of apples and three cinnamon sticks, he even gave her a free apple to eat on the way back to the Tavern. She said goodbye to him and walked back through the market place towards the street that led to the Tavern, but before she could get to the end of the street she heard church bells ringing from the other side of the district.

Lorna stopped and looked over her shoulder, the church bells signaled that the Survey Corps were leaving the safety of Wall Maria. She took a bite of her apple and walked back through the market place, she wanted to see if Levi was part of the garrison who would be leaving on the expedition today. He was normally part of the expedition anyway, it would be strange if he wasn't with them because she had heard that he was humanity's strongest soldier from many of the Scouts who drank in the Tavern. It seemed that he was getting quite the reputation for his strength and combat skills amongst his fellow soldiers, she had even heard that he had killed over a hundred Titans which was very impressive to the townsfolk.

It wasn't long until Lorna reached the main street that lead through the Shiganshina District, there was crowds of people already gathering. She stopped behind two young boys and listened to them talking about how they would love to ride along side Commander Erwin Smith, they said it would be none stop adventures outside of Wall Maria. She couldn't help but roll her eyes at them over their conversation, there was too many children in this district who thought joining the Survey Corps would be nothing but one big adventure.

Lorna sighed to herself and took another bite of her apple, there was no sign of Levi yet. He could have already passed for all she knew, he sometimes took the lead of the garrison or he would linger at the back. She listened to everyone around her and heard the normal insults the Scout would receive before they left the safety of Wall Maria, it was normally aimed at the higher ranking officers over missing family members or partners.

After a while Lorna noticed Hange Zoe riding next to Commander Erwin Smith, they were in deep conversation whilst they rode their horses down the main street. She saw Mike Zacharius following behind them with two other Scouts, she then saw Levi close behind Mike Zacharius with three male Scouts and one female Scout.

The female Scout rode up to Levi's side and spoke with him, Lorna had never seen her before on any of the leaving expeditions. She was a pretty woman with light ginger hair and amber coloured eyes, she didn't seem very tall neither. She watched them ride passed while she placed her apple in the basket, surely Levi hasn't replaced her with someone else already. The boys in front of her began to shout, they were excited to see the Scouts riding passed them.

" It's him!" Said one of the boys who pointed towards one of the Scouts has he grabbed hold of the other boy's arm. " It's Commander Erwin Smith!"

" Let's catch up with him, I want to see Captain Levi up close!" Said the other boy. " He's my favorite solider, but he's not very tall though!"

" That's why Commander Erwin Smith is the best, he's bigger than the Titans!" Said the boy. " Let's be quick before they leave the district!"

Lorna watched the two boys run off together down the street until the disappeared into the crowd, but her thoughts quickly turned to that female Scouts she had seen with Levi. Maybe that's why he told her not to meet with him this month, he could be having secret relations with her for all she knew. Maybe Lorna was over exaggerating things and it was all innocent, but she couldn't help feeling a little bit jealous over seeing them together. He didn't even acknowledge her like he would normally do when she came to see him leave the safety of Wall Maria, it was very strange indeed.

Lorna looked across the street when she heard someone yelling at one of the Scouts, she then noticed Eren with the dark haired girl she had seen with his parents. He had a happy expression on his face whilst he watched the Survey Corps leaving the safety of Wall Maria, she remembered April telling her that Eren wanted to join them when he became old enough to enroll in the Survey Corps. If only he knew what dangers lurked outside of the walls, it's nothing but doom and gloom beyond those walls.

Turning her attention away from Eren she watched the rest of the Scouts leaving the safety of the walls, they all looked so brave. She sighed to hetself while she walked away from the crowd of people, she should return to the Tavern before the Landlord's wife sent a search party out for her.

A Year Later.

It was now the year 845, it was coming up to the Summer and the townsfolk of the Shiganshina District were full of life. They carried on with their daily lives has normal, the main market place was bustling with it's trading from the different districts. The Summer season had become Lorna's favorite time of the year, it was nice watching plants grown and children playing in the fields. It was magical, she wouldn't change it for anything in the world.

The Tavern she worked at was thriving and they had even attracted customers from the Trost District, it seems that word had spread about the Landlord's wife's different food menu. Rose would service meats in the Winter months and fruits in the harvest season, she had really thought her business ideas through. Everything was really good with the Tavern's business, but the only problem was Lorna hadn''t seen Levi for over a year.

Lorna had been told by Erwin that Levi was very busy with his duties and that the visits were going to be rare from now. But when she had last seen him the visit was kept short, he had even arranged for the visiting location to be changed to a different office in the building. It was a smaller office with a wooden desk facing an arched window and a bed in the corner of the room, it turned out to be Levi's private quarters.

Levi had told Lorna that this office was secure, he had check each and every corner of his room. There was no peepholes in the walls or behind his bookcase, but he insisted that they spoke quietly to each other near the room's window just in case they were being watched from an unknown location in his office. He told her that he hadn't figured out who this documenter was yet and that he had brought it up with Erwin Smith, he said that his Commander was clueless to the culprit's identity.

After that they had spoken for a while about many random things, it was normally Lorna telling him about everything she had been doing in her day to day life. She had spoken to him has well about the woman she had seen him with on that one expedition last year, he had told her she was one of his hand-picked Scouts for his special operations squad.

Lorna was kind of relieved to learn that she was part of his squad, she then felt stupid for over exaggerating and getting jealous over this woman. She must be brave and have extraordinary abilities to be hand-picked by Levi for his squad, he was not the easiest of people to impress. But before shd left his office on her last visit with him she had asked him about the kiss he had given her, he told her he had been suffering from a mild fever. He wanted to infect her so she wouldn't be able to attendant their visit because of the unknown documenter.

Lorna actually felt a ping of sadness in the pit of her stomach after he told her he wanted to infect her so she wouldn't be able to attend their monthly visit, she had thought he may have started feeling something for her after all of these years. She had left his office without even saying goodbye to him the last time she had seen him, but a few days later she did feel some guilt about it. He was a very hard person to read and he wasn't the same person from The Underground City anymore, they were worlds apart from each other now.

Today was like any other day, the Tavern was full of customers and the Landlord's wife was busy in the kitchen. Rose had been making plum puddings since this morning for the lunch time rush, Lorna couldn't wait for her lunch break so she could try one of those delicious desserts. But for now she was serving meals to the customers whilst April took their orders, it was going to be another tiring day for all of them.

Lorna hurried back over to the bar area with her tray, she placed a plate of cheese and bread with a side order of pickles on the tray. The Landlord then placed a tankard of ale down on the tray with some wooden cutlery, he then told her it was for the gentleman in the corner of the room near the window. She gave him a nod of her head and picked the tray up from the bar, she then told him she would be back for the next order in a few minutes.

" Take your time Lorna, you'll end up dropping the orders if you don't slow down!" Bill said with a smile has he handed April a plate of food. " Another three orders and the lunch time rush will be done with until the evening, then we're closing up for three hours for our lunch break."

" Yes sir, I'll be careful." Lorna smiled.

" But Dad, we could make a lot more money if we kept serving until 2pm!" April said while she turned around to face them. " Tell him Lorna, you know how well the Tavern has been doing since Mum began her new food venture. Just tell my Dad that he could triple his trading profits in one afternoon if we stayed open until 2pm, we wouldn't even have to open in the evenings anymore."

" I'm sorry April, it's not my Tavern." Lorna said, she turned her gaze towards the Landlord. " Your Dad knows what he's doing, he's got a head for business after all."

" I knew you would take his side!" April sighed.

" No sulking my dear girl, we need to eat so we can keep our strength up. But take this meal over to the lady near the door before it gets cold!" Bill said to his daughter while he crossed his arms. " Then I would like you to go and fetch your Brother from the canal, he needs to be back in time for his lunch."

" But Dad!" April whined.

" No whining my girl, do has your told!" Bill said.

" Fine, I'll fetch him then!" April said.

Lorna smiled at the Landlord while he rolled his eyes at his Daughter, she was enjoying the benefits of helping him run a successful business because her pocket money had grown in the last few months. Lorna carried the tray over to the table where her next customer was waiting for his food order, he looked a very tall and he wore a bowler hat on his head. He was wearing a simple white shirt with a black tie that wasn't fully done up and a large black overcoat that reached down to the floor, he looked like he was deep in thought.

" Good afternoon sir, how are you keeping?" Lorna asked, she stopped in front of the table and picked his plate of food up from the tray. " It's a lovely day, hopefully you are enjoying your visit to our Tavern."

" Aye my girl, not bad." The man replied.

" That's good sir, if you would like some dessert after your lunch then I would recommend the plum pudding." Lorna smiled.

Lorna placed his plate of food and his tankard of ale down in front of him on the table, he then push three gold across the table towards her. She thanked him and picked the three gold coins up from the table, but without any warning he grabbed hold of her arm while he looked up at her from underneath his bowler hat. Lorna froze when she saw his face, she recognized him straight away. It was him, the man who had taken her parents away from her long ago when she lived in The Underground City.