Chapter 2: Returning
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"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" Roberta asked handing her daughter a bag.
"Yes. Nappanee is a good place for me. Good memories, not bad ones like here." Leah said.
"Did you call to make sure." Her mother asked.
"Yes. There is an apartment waiting for me. All I need is furniture, which I can buy. I have my inflatable mattress to sleep on and I have an interview set up. I should be going so I can miss the rush." Leah explained what she was to do.
"Are you sure you want to go back to that town after...?" Roberta asked.
"Yes, mother. That town is where I belong. I'm not a big town girl." Leah said. She stuffed her package of gum back into her purse and flung it over her shoulder. She picked up her cell phone and keys.
"Are you leaving so soon?" Her mother asked.
"Yeah, I want to get away from all this as soon as possible." Leah said looking around.
"Ok." Her mother said. They walked outside to her car. Arnie was gone, but Leah didn't know him that well to say a personal goodbye. He knew she was leaving and he told her goodbye this morning. Telling her she can always come back, although she knew that already.
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The drive to Nappanee brought back many memories. Leah tried not to think of the bad ones. Not the ones of driving back here when her beloved Ethan told her he wanted, needed to go home. Her Ethan. Ethan was the Amish boy that she had met six years ago and fell in love with him. She didn't want to think of him anymore, now that she might see him and possibly his wife, Martha, who was mean to Leah. But she will want to see Charity, Ethan's younger sister and Leah's friend. Charity will be happy to see her too.
As Leah entered the small town of Nappanee, the sun was going down. It was getting dark out, but Leah wasn't worried. She dug out the address as she waited at the stop light. She saw a buggy pass and it reminder her again, of the memories she didn't want to think about right now. All she wants to do is find her place and get settled. Tomorrow, she will go out and buy some food. She was tried and wanted to sleep from the long car ride.
That morning, Leah awoke from her restless slumber and stretched. She took a minute to realize that she's not at her mother's anymore. She went to her fridge, only to find that it is empty and she planned on buying groceries today. She went to take a shower. She dressed and her stomach rumbled. She grabbed her purse and keys, she remembered that she didn't need to drive since the store was just down the street. She pulled out her list that she made last night and checked over it. '
"Whoa!" She said as she ran into someone.
"Sorry, ma'am." He said. That voice sounded familiar to Leah.
"No, it was my fault." She said. She looked up. That face also looked familiar, but she's seen so many faces. But she knew it was she knew. Someone she knew from awhile ago, but she just couldn't place it.
"Leah?" He asked.
"Yes." She replied.
"Oh my gosh, it's been so long." He said happily.
"Who are you?" She asked. She was getting confused.
"It's me, Ethan." He said. Leah was shocked. He didn't look like the Amish boy she knew years ago.
"Ethan, you look different." She said. He looked more modern and more like an English person.
"I didn't get baptized if that's what you mean." He said acting proud about it.
"What? Why?" She asked.
"I don't belong among the Amish people. I just don't fit in." Ethan said lowing his head and asked "Why are you here?"
"I needed to get away from something." She said.
"Do you have an apartment here?" He asked.
"Yes." Leah answered.
"Can I have the address?" He asked.
"Why?" Leah asked.
"I might want to stop by later." He said. She nodded and wrote down her address. He said that he had to run somewhere and he would see her later. Leah walked into the grocery store and did her shopping.
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