Chapter 1 - The Dream

"Leah, my beautiful Leah," Ethan's husky voice said.

"I love you Ethan," Leah cried.

"I know Leah, but I don't love you." Ethan replied.

"NO!" Leah started to cry.

"Leah, it's for the best. Go Leah, go home. Leah, Leah, Leah."

"Leah! Wake up!" Kelly yelled while she shook Leah awake.

"Ethan, Ethan," Leah moaned.

"Leah, come on, it's just a bad dream." Kelly said again.

"Huh?" Leah said when she woke up. Her roommate Kelly was sitting beside her on Leah's pink bed looking worried.

"You were crying again and you woke me," Kelly said.

"Sorry, I was having a bad dream, a nightmare more like it," Leah replied.

"It was about you and that Amish boy Ethan, again wasn't it?" Kelly asked.

"Yes," Leah replied quietly.

"You left him remember?" Kelly stated.

"It's not like I had a choice. He wasn't going to give up his Amish ways. And besides, he asked me to leave." Leah said.

"Well all that doesn't matter anymore. In a few weeks we're going to graduate from this college and you're going to marry Jeremy Roberts. You will start teaching at the local elementary school. And in a few years have a baby," Kelly said. "Well at least that's what you've been saying."

"Ethan and I used to talk about starting a family together." Leah said quietly.

"Snap out of it girl! Stop thinking about that Amish boy, he's old news, and starting thinking about Jeremy, he's new news." Kelly stated.

"I know, but I still miss Ethan. He was my one true love." Leah said looking down at the humongous diamond on her left ring finger. Jeremy had given it to her exactly six months ago. They were at a small cosy restaurant when he asked her to marry him. At first she didn't want to, she was supposed to marry Ethan, but when she realised that would never happen, she agreed to marry Jeremy Roberts. They were to get married in two months.

"I'm going back to bed, try to get some sleep. Tomorrow we both have exams." Kelly said crawling into her large purple princess bed.

Soon Kelly's breathing slowed down as she fell asleep. Leah rolled onto her back and looked at the ceiling. Silently she whispered, "I miss you Ethan, I love you. Rebekah, take care of him, I love him. Goodnight." She quickly fell asleep holding the doll little Rebekah had given her when they had first met.