AN: sorry for the delay! Here is more, maybe a lemon in this chapter? Dunno, read and tell me what u think. Lemonade or limeness…
"So… it was James?" Anne asked, curled close to Gilbert as they sat on the grass by the beach, her petticoat wrapped around her shoulders. Still her chest pained her, but only ever so slightly. It had been four months since the incident, and after all the confusion at the hospital, the story was only now coming to light.
"Yes. He and Christine were involved, and he owed a great deal of money to a man from Guelph. He came to collect and used Christine as bait—took most of the Redmond Bank for all it's worth, not to mention taking me for all I am good for."
"Mm," Anne said drowsily, placing her head on Gilbert's shoulder.
"She was pregnant," Gilbert said as a side note. Anne's head shot up and she gripped his arm a little harder.
"It was James,'" he said in a soothing voice, "I am only sorry that he could not have lived to see it grow up."
"Yes," Anne sighed, resettling herself in the crook of his arm, "Poor Christine. What shall she do? She was hurt pretty badly from the shot; I don't suppose it hurt the little one?"
"No, it was not harmed," Gilbert assured her, "She is still a little shaken up, but her child is well. None of us were willing to let her baby die for James' sins—we made sure she would recover."
"Gil?" she asked abruptly, "Do you think we shall ever have a baby?"
"Are you asking me to marry you?" Gil laughed, pulling her into his lap, stroking her hair away from her face.
"I suppose I am," she smiled, "but not just yet, we need to finish school first."
"I agree," Gilbert nodded, nuzzling his nose into the indent at the base of her neck, "but darling, will you make me wait to do this?" he kissed her neck in a most improper fashion and…
AN: Good or bad? Pure or otherwise? It's up for vote. (kinda seems a little un-Annish though if they go much further…?)