Another take on the wedding night…
*this story is in 3 parts, each part has a segment, with a title. The first part is Gil's view, second is 3erd person, and last is Anne. The second part might be hard to handle as I will give a brief glimpse at Anne's pre- green-gables life, just a warning. Oh and some of the segment titles are taken from real titles, have fun spotting them. Oh and this is not set in the past, nor the present, nor the future, I'm leaving it up to you to decide when this story takes place. And finally please respond, be nice when you do so(*
Part One:
"Married…with Children"
I watched her as she walked towards a stump; she had a book in one hand and an apple in the other. The sun made her red hair glisten like rubies; she was breathtaking, even in her simple green dress. I watched as she carefully sat herself on the stump, open her book, and take a small bite from her apple.
I walked towards her and sat down at her feet, she smiled sweetly at me,
"Hi, how are you?" she asked,
"Better now that I'm with you" I said, making her blush, I loved doing that.
We were finally engaged, she was finally mine, in 48 hours we would be husband and wife. I was finally a doctor; I had achieved my biggest dream. And soon my second biggest dream would come true, having Anne as my wife.
"I really should finish this book, I've been meaning to complete it for days now" she said, I nodded,
"Okay, I'll just sit here awhile" Anne smiled and went on reading; I got up and sat beside her on the stump.
I lifted a few strands of loose hair off of her neck and leaned in to kiss her when I noticed something peculiar, behind her ear she had a small beauty mark, and right under it there was a scar, it stretched to the start of her earlobe, and was barley noticeable. Had it not been for the beauty mark I might not have noticed the scar.
"Anne, why do you have a scar, behind your ear?" I asked, she suddenly sprang up as if I had bitten her,
"I don't know, I have to go" with that she rushed away, forgetting her book and apple. She had lied to me, I could tell, when she lies her voice changes, its less sweet, less confident.
I knew better then to push her; she would tell me when she was ready.
"The Bridegroom"
the wedding had arrived, me and Anne hadn't seen each other for awhile, to others it seemed like everything was fine, but I could tell something was bothering Anne. As I watched her come down the aisle my heart stopped for a brief second, my father was walking her down the aisle as her real father was dead, as was Mathew who had been like a second father to her. He looked as happy as I was that she was marrying me, I smiled as he placed her hand in mine.
He leaned over to me,
"Take care of her son, she's very special" I nodded, I could feel tears burning in the corners of my eyes,
"I will" I whispered. The reverend smiled as my dad went back to his seat.
The wedding vows went off without a hitch, when I lifted the Vail to kiss Anne, I almost wanted to jump for joy, and I leaned in and kissed her, tasting her sweetness and goodness.
After the kiss our family and friends cheered.
***
After the vows we went to have the reception it was really beautiful. After the wine was poured, my best man stood up,
"May I have you attention please?" he asked, everyone stilled there talking and looked towards him, and he smiled
"Thank you, as the best man it is my duty to do a toast. So please raise your glasses" we raised are glasses, Anne took my hand and smiled at me, and I smiled back.
"Gilbert and Anne are perfect for each other, it was only a matter of time before Anne realized that..." he paused as a few people laughed, I could see Anne blushing out of the corner of my eye, he continued,
"I asked a few people about there views on Anne's and Gil's courtship, I wont revile my sources but let's just say I know it all!" he grinned smugly, and continued,
"Here's a summery. Anne moved here when she was about 11 or 12, being the adorable imp that she was, when Gilbert tried to introduce himself to her by calling her a radish she thumped him on the head with her slate. There romance went downhill from there, after saving her countless of times she continued too see him as her worst enemy, then her best friend. He asked her to marry him 20ish times, till finally she must have gotten tiered of saying no. so here we are..." he paused, enjoying the attention of the laughing guests,
"Really though these guys are great, strange but great. There both stubborn, prideful, workaholics, brainy..." he paused and looked at me and Anne,
"Beautiful, compassionate, passionate, kind, sensitive..." I interrupted him,
"Get to the point please, we don't have all night" I joked, he glared at me,
"Fine, to Anne and Gilbert Blythe, may you be happy and healthy for all the years of you life"
"To Anne and Gil" everyone said
Anne's maid of honour stood up after he sat down, the maid of honour should have been Anne's best friend Diana, but Diana was pregnant and wasn't completely up to doing the duty as she was suffering from sever morning sickness. So instead another friend was doing the honour.
"I've know these two people for awhile now, there both wonderful people. Gil has loved Anne for as long as I've known him, and well it took her awhile to admit it, Anne felt the same. I remember taking a bet once, about whether Anne would marry Gil or not, if I lost I had to pay up $50, if I won I get $50 plus that persons promise that they would sing at Gil and Anne's wedding" she paused and glanced at Stella, one of Anne's friends, Stella blushed, Anne tried to look angry but ended up laughing,
"So who won" she asked,
"Not me" Stella said, a bit ruefully. Anne grinned at her friend, well her maid of honour continued,
"So anyway, I always knew Anne would come to her senses and get together with the only man that has ever truly loved her, even when she smacked him with her slate. To the happy couple, may you always be happy and in love"
"To the happy couple" everyone cheered, after she sat down, me and Anne stood up,
"Thank you everyone, I hope you all enjoy yourselves, thank you again" I said, Anne smiled
"yes thank you, also before Stella graces us with her beautiful song I'd like to make it clear that my wonderful husband called me carrots, and he only asked me to marry him 2 or 3 times" she flashed a smirk at my best man, who flashed one right back at her. I laughed. We sat down as the reverend rose up,
"Well I suppose now would be a good time for the new couple to have there first dance, with the musical talents of Stella {last name?}.
Stella stood up first and gracefully went to the small stage, Anne and I went to the dance floor, and had our first dance as husband and wife. Stella sang "let me call you Sweetheart" her voice was smooth and sweet, I wondered briefly if Stella had purposely chosen that song when she realized she had lost, or if she had just then decide on it. After she sang everyone clapped, she went over to us and put her hand on my and Anne's shoulder.
"I'm so happy for you both" she said,
"Even though, you lost the bet?" Anne teased, Stella blushed,
"I'll admit I do regret loosing $50, but I don't regret seeing you both so happy together, you guys make a great couple, it was worth loosing a few dollars"
"And singing" I said, she smiled,
"You too seemed to enjoy the song" me and Anne nodded, Stella grinned,
"Well I think I'm going to leave you both, I'll see you both soon" and with that she left I turned back to Anne and held her in my arms,
"She has a beautiful voice" I said, Anne nodded in agreement,
"Yes she does, she's very shy about it though, but yes her voice is very pretty" we danced in silence after that, every once in a while stopping to talk with a well wisher. After the reception Anne and I left, to go to our house of dreams.
*this story is in 3 parts, each part has a segment, with a title. The first part is Gil's view, second is 3erd person, and last is Anne. The second part might be hard to handle as I will give a brief glimpse at Anne's pre- green-gables life, just a warning. Oh and some of the segment titles are taken from real titles, have fun spotting them. Oh and this is not set in the past, nor the present, nor the future, I'm leaving it up to you to decide when this story takes place. And finally please respond, be nice when you do so(*
Part One:
"Married…with Children"
I watched her as she walked towards a stump; she had a book in one hand and an apple in the other. The sun made her red hair glisten like rubies; she was breathtaking, even in her simple green dress. I watched as she carefully sat herself on the stump, open her book, and take a small bite from her apple.
I walked towards her and sat down at her feet, she smiled sweetly at me,
"Hi, how are you?" she asked,
"Better now that I'm with you" I said, making her blush, I loved doing that.
We were finally engaged, she was finally mine, in 48 hours we would be husband and wife. I was finally a doctor; I had achieved my biggest dream. And soon my second biggest dream would come true, having Anne as my wife.
"I really should finish this book, I've been meaning to complete it for days now" she said, I nodded,
"Okay, I'll just sit here awhile" Anne smiled and went on reading; I got up and sat beside her on the stump.
I lifted a few strands of loose hair off of her neck and leaned in to kiss her when I noticed something peculiar, behind her ear she had a small beauty mark, and right under it there was a scar, it stretched to the start of her earlobe, and was barley noticeable. Had it not been for the beauty mark I might not have noticed the scar.
"Anne, why do you have a scar, behind your ear?" I asked, she suddenly sprang up as if I had bitten her,
"I don't know, I have to go" with that she rushed away, forgetting her book and apple. She had lied to me, I could tell, when she lies her voice changes, its less sweet, less confident.
I knew better then to push her; she would tell me when she was ready.
"The Bridegroom"
the wedding had arrived, me and Anne hadn't seen each other for awhile, to others it seemed like everything was fine, but I could tell something was bothering Anne. As I watched her come down the aisle my heart stopped for a brief second, my father was walking her down the aisle as her real father was dead, as was Mathew who had been like a second father to her. He looked as happy as I was that she was marrying me, I smiled as he placed her hand in mine.
He leaned over to me,
"Take care of her son, she's very special" I nodded, I could feel tears burning in the corners of my eyes,
"I will" I whispered. The reverend smiled as my dad went back to his seat.
The wedding vows went off without a hitch, when I lifted the Vail to kiss Anne, I almost wanted to jump for joy, and I leaned in and kissed her, tasting her sweetness and goodness.
After the kiss our family and friends cheered.
***
After the vows we went to have the reception it was really beautiful. After the wine was poured, my best man stood up,
"May I have you attention please?" he asked, everyone stilled there talking and looked towards him, and he smiled
"Thank you, as the best man it is my duty to do a toast. So please raise your glasses" we raised are glasses, Anne took my hand and smiled at me, and I smiled back.
"Gilbert and Anne are perfect for each other, it was only a matter of time before Anne realized that..." he paused as a few people laughed, I could see Anne blushing out of the corner of my eye, he continued,
"I asked a few people about there views on Anne's and Gil's courtship, I wont revile my sources but let's just say I know it all!" he grinned smugly, and continued,
"Here's a summery. Anne moved here when she was about 11 or 12, being the adorable imp that she was, when Gilbert tried to introduce himself to her by calling her a radish she thumped him on the head with her slate. There romance went downhill from there, after saving her countless of times she continued too see him as her worst enemy, then her best friend. He asked her to marry him 20ish times, till finally she must have gotten tiered of saying no. so here we are..." he paused, enjoying the attention of the laughing guests,
"Really though these guys are great, strange but great. There both stubborn, prideful, workaholics, brainy..." he paused and looked at me and Anne,
"Beautiful, compassionate, passionate, kind, sensitive..." I interrupted him,
"Get to the point please, we don't have all night" I joked, he glared at me,
"Fine, to Anne and Gilbert Blythe, may you be happy and healthy for all the years of you life"
"To Anne and Gil" everyone said
Anne's maid of honour stood up after he sat down, the maid of honour should have been Anne's best friend Diana, but Diana was pregnant and wasn't completely up to doing the duty as she was suffering from sever morning sickness. So instead another friend was doing the honour.
"I've know these two people for awhile now, there both wonderful people. Gil has loved Anne for as long as I've known him, and well it took her awhile to admit it, Anne felt the same. I remember taking a bet once, about whether Anne would marry Gil or not, if I lost I had to pay up $50, if I won I get $50 plus that persons promise that they would sing at Gil and Anne's wedding" she paused and glanced at Stella, one of Anne's friends, Stella blushed, Anne tried to look angry but ended up laughing,
"So who won" she asked,
"Not me" Stella said, a bit ruefully. Anne grinned at her friend, well her maid of honour continued,
"So anyway, I always knew Anne would come to her senses and get together with the only man that has ever truly loved her, even when she smacked him with her slate. To the happy couple, may you always be happy and in love"
"To the happy couple" everyone cheered, after she sat down, me and Anne stood up,
"Thank you everyone, I hope you all enjoy yourselves, thank you again" I said, Anne smiled
"yes thank you, also before Stella graces us with her beautiful song I'd like to make it clear that my wonderful husband called me carrots, and he only asked me to marry him 2 or 3 times" she flashed a smirk at my best man, who flashed one right back at her. I laughed. We sat down as the reverend rose up,
"Well I suppose now would be a good time for the new couple to have there first dance, with the musical talents of Stella {last name?}.
Stella stood up first and gracefully went to the small stage, Anne and I went to the dance floor, and had our first dance as husband and wife. Stella sang "let me call you Sweetheart" her voice was smooth and sweet, I wondered briefly if Stella had purposely chosen that song when she realized she had lost, or if she had just then decide on it. After she sang everyone clapped, she went over to us and put her hand on my and Anne's shoulder.
"I'm so happy for you both" she said,
"Even though, you lost the bet?" Anne teased, Stella blushed,
"I'll admit I do regret loosing $50, but I don't regret seeing you both so happy together, you guys make a great couple, it was worth loosing a few dollars"
"And singing" I said, she smiled,
"You too seemed to enjoy the song" me and Anne nodded, Stella grinned,
"Well I think I'm going to leave you both, I'll see you both soon" and with that she left I turned back to Anne and held her in my arms,
"She has a beautiful voice" I said, Anne nodded in agreement,
"Yes she does, she's very shy about it though, but yes her voice is very pretty" we danced in silence after that, every once in a while stopping to talk with a well wisher. After the reception Anne and I left, to go to our house of dreams.