"Fate's Wishes" 2
By Rita Widmer
Author's Note: Disclaimers and ratings, etc. are in the first part. Thanks goes to RubyGillis for correcting me on the wedding, and I hope you enjoy the next part. I had given up hope that anyone liked this story until you wrote.
Diana Wright smiled a little at her friend's departure. All those years she clung onto the belief that Anne had been in love with Gilbert had come to this point. A point many had questioned would ever come true. Anne had held on tight to her childhood fantasies of what the perfect man for her, and it wasn't until she was faced with that man that she realized he was wrong for her.
She had never met Royal Gardner, and from what Anne had told her about him thought she might have liked him. Maybe it was her friendship with both Anne and Gilbert that made her want to hate Royal instead. She wanted Anne to be happy, but part of her knew it wasn't with Royal she would find it.
Now Royal had been out of Anne's life for over three years, and Anne had found happiness with the man fate had assigned her with the day she was mistakenly brought home for Marilla and Matthew. In the end nobody believed it was a mistake, but a fortune found.
With surprising detail Diana could remember the day that she and Anne had vowed eternal friendship to each other. There were times when their friendship had been a small part of each other's lives, because they were too far apart to build a friendship on, but their friendship never ended.
Her imagination never was able to reach the level of Anne's, and part of her knew that disappointed Anne at times. No matter how hard she tried sometimes she couldn't understand what Anne was saying or what was Anne's imagination and what she knew as reality.
The one time she had allowed her imagination go wild was with the Haunted Wood, and even today she walked with a quick step through it if she were alone. The images Anne and her pictured still were engrained in her mind.
With a start, she realized people were heading back inside, and she went in with them. There was still celebrating to do in that little house with her own dear friends that were still there to spend it with. She was going to miss not seeing Anne on a regular basis. Even with Anne away at school she could come home and visit regularly, but now she would rarely be coming back. Life had moved on in Avonlea, and she had a wonderful life of her own.
After all the cleaning up was done, Diana headed upstairs to the little east gable room. There were recent and very old memories that lied there. The walls resounded with old echoes of laughter the two of them had shared.
Diana felt the prickle of tears in her eyes as she stood there. She already missed her friend dearly. Those dear old memories of childhood coming back, and she wanted to relive them once again. She may not have an imagination, but she had a good memory for remembering even the littlest details.
She never heard the second person enter the room, but she felt the arm around her shoulder.
"It won't be the same place anymore. I will cherish all the memories this room has of her, and she will forever live in it."
Diana turned around to look at the speaker, it was Marilla. "I think a part of her will live in everything in Avonlea, Marilla. Avonlea will never be the same place, because of her."
"At least not until the Hall is painted a new color." That brought laughter for the two women, and that only started story telling between them. Before they knew it all the sadness of Anne's leaving was gone and replaced with laughter.
Mrs. Lynde walked by on her way up to her bedroom, and was surprised to hear laughter spouting from the East Gable. She walked in, and neither woman could explain what was so funny, but soon she was part of the story telling.
Diana left Green Gables that night with happiness for her friend, and knew that life would go on without her in Avonlea. She had memories of her own to live on, and plus her family waiting for her. She made one last vow to visit Green Gables as often as she could.
The End (?)
By Rita Widmer
Author's Note: Disclaimers and ratings, etc. are in the first part. Thanks goes to RubyGillis for correcting me on the wedding, and I hope you enjoy the next part. I had given up hope that anyone liked this story until you wrote.
Diana Wright smiled a little at her friend's departure. All those years she clung onto the belief that Anne had been in love with Gilbert had come to this point. A point many had questioned would ever come true. Anne had held on tight to her childhood fantasies of what the perfect man for her, and it wasn't until she was faced with that man that she realized he was wrong for her.
She had never met Royal Gardner, and from what Anne had told her about him thought she might have liked him. Maybe it was her friendship with both Anne and Gilbert that made her want to hate Royal instead. She wanted Anne to be happy, but part of her knew it wasn't with Royal she would find it.
Now Royal had been out of Anne's life for over three years, and Anne had found happiness with the man fate had assigned her with the day she was mistakenly brought home for Marilla and Matthew. In the end nobody believed it was a mistake, but a fortune found.
With surprising detail Diana could remember the day that she and Anne had vowed eternal friendship to each other. There were times when their friendship had been a small part of each other's lives, because they were too far apart to build a friendship on, but their friendship never ended.
Her imagination never was able to reach the level of Anne's, and part of her knew that disappointed Anne at times. No matter how hard she tried sometimes she couldn't understand what Anne was saying or what was Anne's imagination and what she knew as reality.
The one time she had allowed her imagination go wild was with the Haunted Wood, and even today she walked with a quick step through it if she were alone. The images Anne and her pictured still were engrained in her mind.
With a start, she realized people were heading back inside, and she went in with them. There was still celebrating to do in that little house with her own dear friends that were still there to spend it with. She was going to miss not seeing Anne on a regular basis. Even with Anne away at school she could come home and visit regularly, but now she would rarely be coming back. Life had moved on in Avonlea, and she had a wonderful life of her own.
After all the cleaning up was done, Diana headed upstairs to the little east gable room. There were recent and very old memories that lied there. The walls resounded with old echoes of laughter the two of them had shared.
Diana felt the prickle of tears in her eyes as she stood there. She already missed her friend dearly. Those dear old memories of childhood coming back, and she wanted to relive them once again. She may not have an imagination, but she had a good memory for remembering even the littlest details.
She never heard the second person enter the room, but she felt the arm around her shoulder.
"It won't be the same place anymore. I will cherish all the memories this room has of her, and she will forever live in it."
Diana turned around to look at the speaker, it was Marilla. "I think a part of her will live in everything in Avonlea, Marilla. Avonlea will never be the same place, because of her."
"At least not until the Hall is painted a new color." That brought laughter for the two women, and that only started story telling between them. Before they knew it all the sadness of Anne's leaving was gone and replaced with laughter.
Mrs. Lynde walked by on her way up to her bedroom, and was surprised to hear laughter spouting from the East Gable. She walked in, and neither woman could explain what was so funny, but soon she was part of the story telling.
Diana left Green Gables that night with happiness for her friend, and knew that life would go on without her in Avonlea. She had memories of her own to live on, and plus her family waiting for her. She made one last vow to visit Green Gables as often as she could.
The End (?)