Leah walked quickly along the path into town. It was surprising that she had as much energy as she did considering that she hadn't had much sleep. Thoughts of Zelda kept entering her head making her feel confused, leaving the feeling of butterflies in her stomach. Leah new where she could probably find the person she was looking for, heading in a direct path to a nearby tree she could already see the red haired girl she was looking for. Striding over to under the tree she stood above the young woman. Looking up from the book she had been reading, she smiled at Leah. Penny was the Stardew Valley's local book worm and the closest thing to a teacher the town had. She had red hair that was usually done into two small buns in the back. She was quiet and timid but volunteered to tutor the young kids for school credit. The nearest school was very far away and it was difficult for families to send their kids their everyday, so Penny took up the role of keeping them educated until they were old enough to attend the closer middle school.

"I need your help." Leah said quickly.

"Uh… ok." Penny said with a smile. "What's wrong?" She said closing her book as she got up.

"I… uh… not here." Leah said grabbing her by the wrist. "Let's talk at my place."

Penny didn't have anytime to respond because she was suddenly being pulled along towards Leah's. The two walked in relative silence, Penny's curiosity only growing as time went on. Only till they were both inside Leah's cottage did Leah start to talk again.

"I need to vent to somebody about something, and there's no way I'm talking to drama queen about it." Leah said.

Penny understood who she meant, Elliot was a good friend but at times he could be a tad… over dramatic about certain things. Penny thought it was probably due to him being an a writer although she never found it too annoying, she thought it was nice to see a man with a sensitive side.

"Okay, what is it?" Penny asked giving Leah her undivided attention.

"Alright…" Leah said taking a deep breath. "I think I have feelings towards Zelda."

There was a long pause before Penny spoke which only made Leah feel more anxious.

"Are you sure?" Penny asked calmly.

"Pretty sure."

"I didn't realize you were gay." Penny said, amazing Leah at how well she was taking this.

"I'm not! Well at least I don't think I am…" Leah said as she started to pace back and forth across the room. "I mean I've had boy friends before but… thinking about it I do remember a few times I thought a girl was really pretty, but I thought those were just normal thoughts that all girls had, you know some kind of envy thing built into us I didn't realize that meant I was attracted to them and…"

"Slow down." Penny said gently, guiding her friend to a nearby chair. "Let's just take this one step at a time, Okay?"

"Yea. Sorry."

"Now." Penny said grabbing another chair and placing it across from her friend. "How does Zelda make you feel?"

Leah thought about it for a few seconds trying to find the write words. "Scared… but amazing at the same time. She has this energy around her that makes me feel so… joyous, like I'm remembering why it's so wonderful to be alive. She's so strong… she's always smiling and happy and… It's like she glows. At the fair yesterday I couldn't stop thinking of… how beautiful she looked."

"Awwww" Penny said making Leah snap back to reality, blushing heavily at the realization of what she just said. "That's so romantic." Penny said as she began to drift off into her own world.

"But what do I do?" Leah asked.

"Well you have to tell her!"

"No way! This isn't one of your romance novels Penny, this is real life. Zelda no doubt doesn't feel the same way about me and I don't want to ruin our friendship."

"How do you know she doesn't feel the same way? Do you even know if she's straight?"

"She…" Leah began before remembering fully the conversation they had. "She said no guys had ever been her… type."

"Then perhaps there's hope."

"Just because she's never had a boyfriend doesn't mean she's into girls, Penny."

"It certainly doesn't say she's not. I guess you'll just have to do some detective work." Penny said happily. "Find out if she's gay without her realising."

"How on earth am I supposed to do that?" Leah cried. "And what if I accidentally screw something up?"

"You're just going to have to try, Leah" Penny said gently. "Otherwise you'll never know and you'll always regret it."

Leah was worried, she wasn't that clever so trying to trick Zelda into giving her answers was probably a bad idea. The best thing she could do was act like nothing had changed, that way she could at least still make their friendship work. The last thing she wanted to do was lose Zelda…

"I guess I'll just see what happens."

Notes From Author:

Sorry about taking so long to post the latest chapter, I've been really busy in life recently. To make up for the time I'll be posting a few chapters today. Anyways thanks for all the support I've been receiving, it really get me motivated to write more.

-Mattunknown