Anne walked into the parlour and saw Gilbert staring at the Christmas tree, deep in thought. Anne quietly went and sat beside him. she took his arm and placed it around her, shaking him out of his reverie. "What are you thinking about?" she asked quietly.

"Well," he began slowly. "it just occured to me that i finish medical school this spring. And, we agreed that we would get married when i finished."

"Yes, i believe we did,"Anne replied with a smile.

"Well, we haven't started planning, we haven't even set a date!"

"Then lets start planning. When do you want the wedding? it doesn't have to be in summer you know, it could be in autumn." Gilbert looked down and thought.

"Why not August 6th?"

"Okay wait." Anne said, and ran up the stairs to her bedroom. she grabbed a pencil and a notepad and brought it back down stairs. she sat back down next to Gilbert and began to write, softly whispering to herself. "Wedding date: August 6th." she lloked up at her fiancee and smiled. "What else?"

"Well, we should figure out who to invite, so we can send out invitations."

"Good point. well, your parents are coming, Marilla, Rachel and the twins will come, Dianna and her family, who else do you want to invite?" Anne asked with a sly smile. Gilbert caught her drift and started listing names of old chums.

"Well, Charlie would definetly want to come, Moody would come.....now how about Josie?" they both giggled. "How would she take it? she might think that we're only inviting her to show off our happiness."

"Well, thats what i was thinking." Anne said with a laugh. "Besides, she'll be with Moody anyway, and she seems pretty happy with him."

"Yes, i suppose you're right. Oh, what time is it?" he said pulling out a watch. "Its 8:30, i should probably make my way home now." he stood up and Anne followed him. they put their coats on and stood on the veranda. When they were out the door, Gilbert put his arms around Anne's waist. "Miss Shirley, i believe we should continue planning after we exchange our gifts."

"That would be wonderful! we could come back here, and Dianna was planning on coming over, so she can plan it with us."

"It seems that everything is going our way." he brought his lips to hers, and kissed her softly. Anne brought her arms around his neck, not wanting the kiss to end. it did eventually and Gilbert whispered into Anne's ear before he walked away, "I love you, Anne." and he made his way back to the Blythe Homestead.