(Chapter 3/ A Needed Shelter)

Sara could only wonder if she had a fever or not from all the blood going to her cheeks and face as she raised back home trying to forget the man. Sara ignored sally's questioning-look as she came into her apartment where sally was knitting and dropped her shopping basket onto the kitchen table to organized the food from the market that was inside it.

Sara could not believe he was there again today and she worried if he went their for her. she could not have that. it would only hurt both of them if he had feelings for her. Sally silently watched Sara as she put the food in its places in the kitchen before she smirked devilishly and teased Sara. "So~ how's the lucky guy?"

"Sally!"Sara hissed spinning around with a fears blush covering her cheeks and a loaf of bread gripped tightly in her hand at sally who burst out laughing to Sara's disdain before starting her interrogation to find out how the so called man was doing that Sara had met, causing Sara to remember him but only when sally asked about his looks did she realize to her horror that the man was a solder from the servay corp.

What if Erwin smith found out where she shopped!

Sara did not want to start bumping into him at the market every-time she went to get food so she decided to go back tomorrow to ask the man to not tell his commander about her. what if he asked why? Sara had to at least try.

Sally of course was hearing Sara babble on an on about what she should do as she had told sally everything about her fathers demand but not her big secret as far as sally knows is that Mr. Boo was as mean as her parents and thats saying something.

"so what are you going to do about this guy? your meeting him again right!"sally said smiling knowingly as Sara groaned but nodded before sally ended up squealing and rolling around on the floor like a kid to Sara's annoyance.

Sara ended up staying up as sally went to bed early that night and looked out her bedroom window towards the rose wall sadly wishing their to be more but then she shakes her head erasing the stupid thought. Sara did not have a lot but what ever she did have she considered it to be the best thing ever.

The next day as Sara got ready to leave for the market sally stood at the front door holding it open happily for Sara who looked at her annoyingly before leaving. why did she have to do this?

'to keep Erwin smith from finding out where i shopped' she told herself before seeing the shop come into view and then the bench with the same man or solder from yesterday sat upon it as if he had been waiting for her. The solder was looking at the channel again before he heard her approach him and snapped his gaze to Sara who swallowed nervously as I look back confidently.

"Sir, I would like to get straight to the point"Sara spoke out confidently to the man who stood up from his seat. "I would like it if you would forget even meeting and not tell anyone about me, please don't ask why."

The man was now standing in front of Sara a foot away from her and his gaze got harder as he looked at her before nodding. he handed her some money. "for the apple ma'am"

"Oh! no its okay you don't have to" Sara stuttered blushing as she pushed the apple back to him and walked past him but he followed her as she walked threw town silently. she did not comment about it but did ask why he was always staring at the water.

"It helps me think about things..." he said tensely as Sara looked at him who refused to look at her for a moment before they gazes connected and Sara had to look away as his eyes where of those of a tiger's.

'it's probably his memory's of being a solder...' Sara thought frowning sadly and Levi catches Sara's expression before smiling sadly, silently thanking her for not asking about it. they walk by Sara's school and she stares at it in disgust before remembering Levi was right beside her and looking at her.

"I don't have many fond memory's of this school..." Sara said in disdain as they walked past the academy before Levi nodded taking her hand which surprised her but she recognized it as a sighed of comfort before squeezing his hand. she felt happy to have someone other then sally to comfort her but knew it was not going to last as everything that was ever good in her life seemed to disappear.

A memory of a fathers warm hand holding a young girls hand popped into her head as they walked and Sara smiled sadly looking up to the sky remembering her real family from the past.

"why did you walk me home today?" Sara asked as she came to her apartment's front door with Levi behind her and he smirked at her before saying "so I know where to go when I want to meet you"

Sara just blushed as Levi turned around making his way home but stopped when Sara remembered she did not know his name and shouted out to him for it before he said. "It's Levi, captain Levi" And just like that he was gone with out a word and Sara sighed happily as she went inside her apartment to be torpedoed by a million questions from sally.

Sara wondered if her life was changing for the better as she started to laugh startling sally before they both went on to talk about Sara's day until they both fell asleep leaning on each other but little did Sara know was that soon her life would change and not in they way she would have ever have thought...