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hopeless look on her face.

Chapter 6
    The sun had already begun to set when Grace Kauffman, Elizabeth Springer and Jane Sommer knocked politely at the door of the Sutter residence. Emma was expecting them. They always turned up after one of Hannah’s medical appointments. Emma was grateful to the girls for stopping in to see her dochtah . It definitely helped to keep Hannah’s spirits up and it made her feel like at least one part of her life hadn’t changed just because she had gotten sick.
    They all filed into the kitchen and started helping Emma get supper ready. Each of them had brought a dish from home as none of them had wanted to make Emma work any harder to prepare a meal for so many people. They each tended to bring food that Hannah found particularly appealing especially on days when she had been through one of her treatments. They knew that she was usually nauseated and that it took something tempting to get her to eat.
    It wasn’t long before Hannah came downstairs. She saw her friends and smiled brightly at them. Emma was heartened to see how much more cheerful Hannah seemed with her friends around. One of the things her doctor had always told Emma was that Hannah had to keep her spirits up since it would be Hannah’s determination that would help pull her through this illness.
    The visits always followed the same routine. They would eat and chatter, exchanging news with both Hannah and Emma. They knew that Emma tended to stay closer to home than she used to before her dochtah got sick. The gossip was always upbeat and positive but it helped Emma stay connected to the community around her. Then, after supper was done, Emma would always claim to be tired and the girls would offer to clean up. Emma would accept their offer of help and would head upstairs for the evening. She could relax knowing that Hannah was in good hands and that the girls would let her know if anything bad happened or if Hannah’s health seemed to be taking a turn for the worse.
    This evening, as soon as Emma had excused herself, the topic of conversation immediately changed. They had been chatting about a girl that they had all gone to school with and whether or not she was going to come back after Rumspringa but that topic of conversation couldn’t compare to the subject that was on each of the girls’ minds. They had heard that Luke Smith, their long time friend, had called on Hannah. As none of the girls were courting, this was as close as any of them had come to having a young mann interested in them. They were all understandably excited.
    “What did you talk about? Did you sit in the kitchen or out in the main room? Did you hold hands?” The first three questions were from Jane Sommer. Hannah, Grace and Elizabeth had all thought Jane was the most boy-crazy of the bunch. She also tended to be the most forward of all of the girls and occasionally didn’t realize that some of her questions could be considered rude.
    Once Jane had started her round of questions the rest of the girls joined in. They all wanted to know what Hannah and Luke had talked about, what she thought about him and whether or not he had asked to see Hannah again. At first Hannah was reluctant to talk about what had gone on. She didn’t like the other girls focussing on her social life and she certainly didn’t want to discuss the feelings she had for Luke. She didn’t fully know what she felt for her childhood friend and so she didn’t know what to say to her friends about him.
    “I bet it’s no time at all before you go steady. I bet he’s liked you for a very long time,” said Grace Kauffman. Hannah shook her head violently and shushed her. Hannah felt herself blush and touched her cheek to see if it was as hot to the touch as it felt inside. She knew she had turned a deep red and that her friends could see that she had feelings developing for Luke.
    “It doesn’t matter to me one bit if he does like me as more than a friend, Grace Kauffman,” said