Hi Folks,

I'll be honest with you, this week there's only an update to this story, so I've given you two chapters!

sorry, It's been busy 2 birthdays in the last week 2 swimming lessons 2 visits to the in-laws house one school trip... phew! Normal services will resume next week

love

Carrots x

There was no question on whether or not Gilbert would sign up for the football team. He had the scholarship through them of course he would sign up. He went to the table, he noticed was one of the biggest there.

"Gilbert Blythe." Gilbert smiled as he reached the front of the line. The lad no more than a couple of years Gilbert's senior looked to him.

"I was told to look out for you." He said with a smile. "James Lee." He said with a smile shaking his hand. "You don't need to sign up you're already on the team." He said with a smile. "But…" he said bringing out a kit with Gilbert's name attached.

"How did you manage that?" Phil asked them.

"He has a scholarship through football." Anne said quietly to her.

Phil almost swooned, "You mean he has brains and looks like that?" she asked Anne before she turned to Gilbert "are you rich too?" she asked him.

Anne simply giggled slightly before Gilbert said "I wouldn't need a scholarship if I were rich now would I?" he asked her.

"Your jersey and pads." He said with a smile to him. "I was told by coach you were something really special on the field." He said by way of conversation.

"Oh, Um, well…"

"Oh he is!" Anne chirped in. "You don't want to listen to Gilbert about this he's far too humble of his own abilities." Anne told him.

The boy looked to her as of amazed. Gilbert simply smiled Anne seemed to have that effect on everyone.

The trio looked at many clubs and societies, Anne signing up to debate and drama, Gilbert the football team and debate and Phil the 'high society club' though both Anne and Gilbert had a private laugh at the name, the group attended highbrow events which seemed to interest Phil and the college conservatives. The three seemed happy with signing up for two at first, they all agreeing they probably shouldn't sign up for much more as they didn't want to overload their workload. Phil stopped them at the cheerleading stall and said to Anne. "Oh, we should sign up just for the laughs." She said signing her own name for it.

Anne looked at her a little disgusted at the idea. "No thank you." She said her nose turning up slightly as she turned to look for Gilbert who had fallen behind the, to see someone give Gilbert, what looked like a business card before the boy slipped away into the crowds. Gilbert looked half intrigued at the card before Anne came and asked him "What's that you got there?" she asked.

"Oh, it's a card for a fraternity." He said.

"I didn't know you were going for the fraternities?" she asked him.

"I didn't they approached me." He said looking at the card again, by which time Phil had joined them again.

"Oh, which Fraternity?" Phil asked "Oh the lambs!" she exclaimed. "Oh, Gilbert you must!" she exclaimed.

Gilbert looked up surprised and challenged her "Must I?" he asked. "Why?"

"The lambs are the utmost elite of fraternities, no one is approached and in their first year too!"

"How did they even know who I was?" Gilbert exclaimed. "I didn't make myself known to anyone?"

"Because they are the best." Phil told him. "My cousin tried desperately to get into the lambs for three years!"

"I'm not in, so to speak but they want me to audition for a spot." Gilbert said putting the card in his wallet. "I have until next week to decide, nothing to worry about for now." Gilbert smiled. "Can I have your fine companies for a burger? I believe we have some money off vouchers in here." He said picking up his orientation pack from the fair. "I intend on cashing in on each one." He said with a smile.

"Here here!" Anne exclaimed taking the offer of his arm.

Gilbert had gone to the bathroom while Phil and Anne sat and talked.

"You know I'm quite taken with your Gilbert." Phil said offhandedly, it was true she was, he was the handsomest man by far in the whole building had heaps of brains but she was looking for a reaction from Anne.. "I'm sure we'd make a beautiful couple." She said as she saw Anne shift uncomfortably in her chair. "and all the truly talented doctors turn out rich." She proclaimed. "What say you Queen Anne?" she asked her.

"I wouldn't mention the money if I were you, I don't think money grabbers are Gilbert's type." Anne remarked.

Phil's mouth nearly dropped to the floor. Was Anne just not interested in him at all? How could he not be her type?! 'Well' she resolved in her own mind 'if Anne doesn't want him…' she thought as he came back.

It was a week later when Gilbert was knocking frantically on Anne's door. Anne opened it to find Gilbert there "what on earth is wrong with…" she started.

"Lemme in!" he exclaimed holding his laptop. "Quick quick!" he said almost pushing past her. "Shut the door!" he whispered. She let go of the door letting it close.

"Hello Gilbert, how's your classes been?" she said her face and body now talking to the shut door. "Well thank you, how gentlemanly of you to ask yes it has been fun, won't you come in?" she said then turned and looked at him as he sat on the sofa she sat next to him.

"Thank the stars above she didn't see!" Gilbert exclaimed.

"Is that?..." she started looking. "Is that the CCTV camera's outside the rooms?"

"Yes." He said quietly "and try to whisper so she can't hear us." He told her.

"Who?" Anne said looking again seeing Phil heading up towards his room and seeing the knock on the screen just after faintly hearing it outside. "Are you avoiding Phil?" she asked him.

"I think…" he started then amended himself "…I mean it's going to sound cocky, but I think she's hitting on me." He whispered. "I figured out I have twenty seconds from her getting to the end of this corridor." He said pointing at one of the now blank corridors but was the only one which lead down their part of the building. "Before my bedroom is in sight and your bedroom is right next to mine, I have nowhere else to go!" he exclaimed. Before they heard a knock at Anne's door. He looked to the camera which showed Phil was now standing at Anne's door. "Anne please?!" he whispered. Anne rolled her eyes and whispered.

"In the kitchen, she can't see if from my door." She said he smiled then kissed her on her forehead before he jumped up and hid there. On her way past she opened her laptop and the screen lit up and she opened the book next to it before she answered it. "Oh hi Phil!" she exclaimed as if it were a surprise to see her.

"Hello Queen Anne." She said casually. "I don't suppose you know where Gilbert is, do you?" she asked her.

"Gilbert?" Anne questioned. "Well he's timetabled into study time, I've never known Gilbert to stray from it."

"I know." Phil said holding up her phone, "I took pictures of his timetable in order to know when he's home."

Anne looked at her in disbelief. "That's a little creepy Phil."

Phil sighed "it's a stratagem Anne, you might learn from sweetie," she said with a smile so Anne knew she wasn't being mean, "You know where he is and then you accidentally 'bump' into him 'Oh!'" she faked. "'Fancy meeting you here! I didn't know you came here… Oh its your favourite? Mine too. it must be fate!'"

Anne rolled her eyes and almost felt Gilbert's roll from behind her. "That can't work?!" Anne exclaimed.

"Oh your Gilbert is such a sweetheart, I swear I saw him come in only fifteen minutes ago?!" Anne looked at her again wondering how she could know that "Oh my window points out to the courtyard I see everyone coming and going, unless they use the doors in the common room to come in."

"The common room doors." Anne said with a smile. "Well he is prone to libraries when it's not bedroom study."

"A library?" Phil asked.

"Yes." Anne said looking at her confused. "You know the big old buildings with lots of books, tables and computers…" Anne continued.

"And if he went out a common room door I wouldn't have seen him leave, it would make sense if he was going around in a circle." She said.

"It's logical." Anne said nodding.

"I was hoping he'd take me to the Victorian dance next week." She said deflated. "I've been dropping hint left right and centre for him to pick up on and he simply won't pick up on me."

Anne sighed for Phil and then said "He's not one for picking up on hints very easily." Anne smiled.

"No man is." Phil agreed. "What are you up to?" she asked her.

"I was just about to get started on my studying." Anne said to her. "As you see." She said pointing to her own computer.
"Ah well, I can do with less of that." Phil sighed. "I'll see you later Queen Anne." Phil said offhandedly.

"Bye!" Anne said as she saw Phil part way down the corridor then closed her door.

Anne laughed as Gilbert peered around the corner. "Is she gone?" He asked.

"She's gone." Anne said rolling her eyes.

He sighed sitting himself on her sofa again. "Thanks." He said to Anne.

"I don't understand why you don't just tell her you're not interested." Anne told him.

"I don't want to hurt her feelings." Gilbert told her as she settled beside him her legs over his legs.

"Bwok, bwak bwak bwak!" She mocked her arms flapping like a chicken.

He laughed himself. "I'm not being ridiculous, right? She is coming onto me?" he asked her.

"Yeah she is." Anne confirmed.

"Oh man!" he exclaimed his head going back resting on the sofa behind him.

"I told you it would happen here." She said to him.

"Come with me to the dance?" he asked her, Anne opened her mouth to object before he asked again. "Come on Anne please?!" he asked her.

"Fine!" Anne exclaimed. "You better make it worth my while." She muttered playfully.

He looked at her and said "I feel like I've not seen you all week." He said looking at her.

"I know." She said. "Hey how did you hack into the CCTV?" she asked him

"I have a few contacts in the computer science department, they wanted to show off to the dumb jock, so I let them." He said with a chuckle to which she joined in "I don't think they quite caught on that I was memorising what they were doing."

Anne rolled her eyes "Oh, did you get back to that fraternity?" She asked him.

"I'm heading there at eight." Gilbert said with a smile. "They said there was an initiation." He said slightly nervous.

"Oh?" Anne said with a smile. "What do you think it'll be?" she asked.

"I have no idea!" he exclaimed.

It was ten by the time Anne heard a knock at her door. Already in her pyjamas she opened her door and to her surprise saw Gilbert standing there with another man next to him, but that wasn't what was strange, he stood there, in a full Victorian ball gown with puffed sleeves, the dress was several lengths too short for him and the bonnet was one of the old lace ones which sat on the head.

"Anne Shirley?" The other man asked.

"Yes?" she said.

"My name is Michael Ramsay." He said with a smile to her "I'm a member of the lambs." She smiled at him. "You know Gilbert?" he asked her.

"Um yeah?" she said looking at him quizzily.

"You might know he's going for a spot in the fraternity?" he asked.

"Sure he said he was." Anne said.

"We need your help." Michael told her. "In order to go to the next stage Gilbert needs to complete this task he says you're the only one who he could be around 24 hours." Michael looked at her "Are you his girlfriend?" he asked.

"Is that what you said?" Anne asked him.

"No, I said you'd vouch for me wear this…" Gilbert said gathering the dress which Anne now sat had petticoats on under to which she laughed. "Just don't leave me for 24 hours."

"What can I do?" Anne asked looking unbelievingly at them.

"Stay with him is all, he can leave you to use the bathroom and he's allowed a half hour without it on to shower." Michael said. "He must go around campus like this for at least three hours tomorrow and somewhere public so he'll be seen. The bonnet is optional, " Michael continued. "Once he has been in it 24 hours and completed the challenge you need to come with him and sign to say you have been with him the whole time."

"Um okay?" she said.

"His time started when he put the dress on at the Lambs Fraternity house. Here is the stop watch." He said handing it to her. "Any questions?" he asked.

"Um, no I don't think so." Anne replied.

"Good." Michael ended and he looked at the pair for a second, "you know most couples just have sex." He said shaking his head at them and walking down the corridor.

Anne stood to one side and beaconed him in with a smile playing on her lips.

"Thanks." He said as the door closed. She turned around and looked at his back where she burst out laughing. "what?" he asked.

"Oh my goodness I just saw the bow!" she exclaimed laughing still.

"Yeah yeah." He said sitting on her sofa the dress puffing out in front of him, he struggled with it for a moment before she stood in front of him and showed him how to arrange the skirt so it was semi comfortable for him. "How do you know all this stuff?" he asked her.

"you think I went to any high school dance before Avonlea with a 'modern day' dress on?" she asked him. She sat beside him on the sofa. He looked to her as she continued "You know those hideous ball gowns from like the eighties?" she asked him. "They were apparently 'perfectly fine', she said. I even got stuck with the fushia pink ones, I avoided cameras all the time!" she exclaimed.

"Its funny, I can't imagine you in anything but your… um… I mean you always look stunning. You did at prom and All your pretty clothes you…" he blushed "were very pretty."

"Thanks." She said with a smile to him. "You know I think you were right with the whole dressing with a kind of armour on." She said. "Like I would hide behind my clothes, if I didn't dress like me when people made fun they weren't insulting me." She told him. "There was already so much for them to make fun of, no family, no friends, this." She said tucking the end of her own hair.

Gilbert swallowed and looked down "Anne, I didn't mean to make fun that day."

"Forget about it, its in the past forgotten about. I forgave you a long time ago." She told him.

"I know," he said softly "but you seem to have misunderstood me completely." He said. "I wasn't making fun of you."

"You called me carrots!" she exclaimed. "How else was it I was meant to take it?!" she asked.

"Like a boy who was desperately trying to meet the most interesting looking girl he'd ever seen." He said. The sat silent for a moment before he said "You had a clash t shirt on that day." He said to her.

She looked to him surprised, "I did, didn't I?" she said with a smile. "You know that was a hand me down in the orphanage but when I got it I looked up the band and it was really awesome." She smiled.

"So, you liked them by the time you wore it?" he asked.

"A total convert." She smiled. "You could have opened with that." She said.

"Duly noted for the next interesting girl I meet." He said with a grin to her.

"How did you get into them?" she asked.

"My dad." He said with a smile. "I told you when I was little he'd sing to me?" Gilbert rhetorically to which she gave a nod. "He sang Whitesnake and Queen." He said with a smile "The Who, Van Halen, Boston, The Clash…" he said. "I guess I picked up my taste of music from him."

"Well you know I think its cool." She said with a smile to him. She looked at him, "Gil can I ask, why the dress?" she asked him.

"Um, the initiation." He told her "Believe me I have no desire to turn this into a habit." To which she started giggling "I mean hey if it floats your boat there's nothing wrong with exploring that cross-dressing side of you…" he said with a laugh of his own.

"No!" Anne stated. "Come on you know what I mean." She told him "why do you want in the fraternity?" she asked him.

"It's…" he started and said thoughtfully "…amazing." He looked up at her. "The Lambs are the most exclusive club in the sciences in the country. The head surgeon, at the hospital, is an ex lamb president, at least two of his top surgeons were members with him. The connections, contacts, networking alone are incredible! And then there's the charity work they do for the community… I could make a real difference."

Anne smiled at him looking into his earnest eyes "We need to get you into that fraternity." She said biting down on her lip.

He smiled. "Yeah." He agreed. "Hence…" he said waving the skirt.

"Why did you not go to Charlie or Moody about this?"

"Charlie would have mocked and Moody would be far too serious." Gilbert said honestly. "And anyway spending 24 hours with either one of them none stop would drive me crazy!"

"So I'm the only one you could live with for 24 hours?" She giggled again and looked at him "Are you wearing anything under there?" she asked.

To which he blushed "a corset and knee length bloomers." He told her.

Anne burst into giggles and lifted the petticoats confirming what he said and started laughing all over again. She managed to straighten her face before she said. "well since we know everyone will see you like this tomorrow." She said still repressing the laugh. "let's embrace it!" Anne exclaimed.

"Wh-What?!" he stuttered as she stood up and pulled him up.

"Yes yes." She said with a smile taking out her phone. "Put your foot on the sofa and bring that skirt up I want to see those bloomers!" she teased. He blushed slightly before he burst into laughter and followed her command. He posed as an old Gibson Girl might as if he owned it. "Oh yeah baby!" Anne exclaimed taking a shot. "Bring it!" she laughed as he posed again. She turned her back to him and took a selfie with him in the background posing. "Oh!" she exclaimed bouncing over to her laptop. "How are we going to sleep?" she asked him as she accessed her music.

"I'll take the sofa." He told her.

"Don't be silly you're seven inches taller than me. You take my bed I'll sleep on the sofa." She objected.

He sighed "No, no way, I'm a gentleman there is no way you're sleeping on your own sofa."

"Is there no compromise?" she asked.

He looked seriously before he asked "I don't suppose My sofa would fit in here too?" he asked her.

"You know how to waltz don't you?" she asked him, bringing up the music to dance to. He held her to lead but she corrected him "no you don't! Not tonight at least, I lead!" Anne exclaimed.

He smiled but obeyed. "I only ever learnt to lead I'll warn you." He said playfully as they turned on the floor laughing. "I can barely do this!" he exclaimed finally taking her in hand and leading the dance. "Its Victorian themed you know, the dance next week."

"I know Phil just said." She said.

"Not a problem?" he asked her.

"No." she smiled. "I might even try a corset." She said with a smile. "But I'll pass on the bloomers." she teased.

"Its kind of nice actually." He said laughing "breezy!"

To which she couldn't help but laugh.

Their eyes glued to each other their lips constantly fighting a smile. They didn't know how late they stayed up dancing.

That's how pictures were taken of Gilbert Blythe lying fast asleep on two sofas in Anne's bedroom dressed in a Victorian ball gown came into being. How the pictures Anne took of both that night and the ones the following day got uploaded to twitter.

Mrs Lynde called it immoral.

Josie Pye thanked her lucky stars she had decided not to date Gilbert Blythe.

Charlie called it a ridiculous prank that only Gilbert could pull.

Anne called it a victory.

Because Gilbert got into the lambs.