" Come inside," Leah said finally pulling away from him.
"Why are you here Ethan? I missed you so much, I thought I was never going to see you again," Leah said trying not to cry.
"My Leah, I missed you. When I read your last letter to Charity it broke my heart. I couldn't stay away," he said and touched her cheek tenderly with his hand. A single tear ran down her face.
"I love you," she said. " I don't know whether I should move on and date others but I can't bring myself to do that," she said softly.
" I want to be with you Leah, but I don't know how. That's all I know is that I want to be with you. After you left and my life went back to normal. I felt like I didn't belong there. I belong with you," he said and kissed her gently on the lips. The sparks were still there. Ethan is here, she thought and smiled. She grabbed his hand and they went inside together.
"Where are you staying? Do you want to stay here. My mom isn't here tonight,"
"May I stay here?" he asked.
"Yes. We can even bundle like we did on New Years Eve," she said and got blankets and pillows out while Ethan started a fire. She layed down in the blankets and Ethan did the same. She snuggled up close to him. Feeling instant comfort.
"Ethan, what's going to happen to us?" she asked.
" I do not know, all I know is that I want to be with you," he said and he kissed her on the cheek. She listened to Ethan breath and she finally knew that he drifted off to sleep. Thank you god, she whispered. And fell happily to sleep.
That night Leah had many dreams about Ethan. When she woke up she opened up her eyes to see Ethan lying next to her watching her. She ran her hands through her hair self-consciously.
" You're beautiful," Ethan said. And Leah realized that Dave had said the same thing to her. She had spent time with Dave just hours before Ethan got here. Leah thought, automatically feeling guilty.
Leah smiled and said " Let's get up, I don't want my mom to come and freak out,"
" Where is she?"
" Out with her new boyfriend,"
" Is this the same guy that hurt you," he asked. And reached out for her hand looking concerned.
" No, he's in jail, where he belongs," she said and gave him a small smile.
" I'm glad your okay," he said and squeezed her hand.
" Ethan, what are we going to do? How long are you going to stay? Are you going to leave me again?" she asked quickly letting all her anxiety go.
" Leah, I do not know, I do not want this to be goodbye. I will leave tomorrow morning,"
" Tomorrow?" she gasped.
" Papa, and I have talked Leah, it's different. He knows how much I care for you, when I told him what happened he told me I should come,"
"He did?" Leah asked shocked. Ethan's dad always seemed stern with here, she could tell he didn't believe in there relationship.
" We get along Leah, better than ever. Its like he realizes all these things I'm going through. Maybe someday he'll even let me leave, and not be like Eli,"
What Ethan was saying shocked Leah. He was talking about leaving the Amish world to be with her?
" You're not going to leave the Amish world are you?"
" I am not sure yet,"
" Don't decide yet, okay? I think we should live in our separate worlds knowing that we still love each other. It wouldn't be done like last time. We can write each other, but it wouldn't be like we are breaking up, it wouldn't make me as sad," Leah said and her eyes watered up.
" I agree Leah, this last month was awful, but I'm glad I'm with you " he said and Leah nodded.
A/N this is not the end!! Please review!