Disclaimer: I don't own any of the chacters Lurene McDaniel does.


Chapter 3

After the night in the field Ethan has been avoiding me in every possible way. When we have to work together side by side he will avert his gaze somewhere else. He won't talk to me about anything and if he needs to talk to me he sends the message with Charity. Okay, so I do need these people bothering me but only because it's boring when no one talks all day.

So, me being me I went straight over to Ethan the next day when everyone was too busy to even listen to a converstation and started talking to him.

"What else is there to do once I'm done with my chores," I asked trying to get his attention.

"Leah, I'm trying to work," he said not even looking up.

"I can see that, but can't you work and talk at the same time?"

"Leah...," he said with a moan.

"What did I do now?"

"I'm trying to work and this isn't easy," he said pointing to what he was doing.

"Oh, sorry I bothered you," I said with sarcasim even though my mother always told me rudeness doesn't get you anywhere in this world. Then I started walking away.

"Leah..."

"What," I asked not even turning around.

"I'm sorry if I came off rude, but I have had a long day and I just want to get some rest."

"And like I haven't."

"Well, you don't have as much work as I do."

"Oops," I said and smaked myself on my forehead like I forgot something.

"Leah, I didn't mean it like that," he said with a frown on his face.

"Sure," I said with so much sarcasim that if sarcasim could kill it would have gotten Ethan. I started to walk away again when Ethan grabbed my hand and spun me around.

"Are you mad?"

"We're always suppose to forgive those who have done something wrong and I have forgiven you."

"What's that suppose to mean?"

"I'm forgiving for not talking to me for the last couple of days and I'm forgiving for being rude," I said with a fake smile to get my point across.

"I was afraid that I had shamed you," he said averting his gaze to look at the ground.

"Don't worry you didn't."

"I know you come from a less strict Amish community, but I wasn't sure if what I did was considered shameful," he said looking at me with his piercing blue eyes. He kept doing this and I couldn't look any more and I averted my gaze to look at the dirt beneath me. Something in Ethan changed just a hint because next he put his hand on my cheek so I was looking into his eyes.

"Leah there is more we need to talk about, meet me after supper in the barn, but don't go right away, help Ma with the dishes so it won't look suspicous," he said. He then grabbed my hand and gave it a squeeze and slowly dropped it so it was at my side once more. He walked away and went back to his farm chores leaving me to stand there looking quite silly.

I went back to work and all I could think about the whole time I was doing my work was about the conversation we would have. I guess you could say I was in a daze and I was using a shovel which equals getting no where. I didn't know I wasn't getting anywhere with my chores until Charity came over and in my ear whispered

"Leah, you have been digging at that hole for an hour," she said and walked away giggling.