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"Why do you have to be so infuriating?"
The words pierced through Gilbert like a knife. He hadn't meant to get chalk dust all over Anne's dress but it had happened, and she was mad; very mad. He took a few steps towards her, but she backed away.
"No, stay back! You might just knock me over the head with something hard!" Anne hissed.
"But Anne, I just want to help you clean your dress up. Besides, there are no hard objects around." Gilbert smiled kindly, but Anne mistook it for a smirk.
"You'd find something to vex me with! Just stay back and I'll clean it up myself!" Anne said venomously, and with that she marched up to the teacher's desk.
Gilbert watched her walk away with troubled eyes. Then, he turned back to Moody and said, "I honestly didn't mean to knock the chalk dust onto her.that time!"
Moody peered into his friend's eyes. He realized something then! Gilbert was in love with Anne! How could it have happened though? They seemed to hate each other! Well, at least, Anne hated him. But, Gilbert had also appeared to hate Anne.no! Hadn't he been the one who had tried to apologize to her profusely? Hadn't he been the one who had wanted to mend things? Hadn't it been Anne who had snubbed him because of her fierce pride? Yes! They were obviously in love!
Moody looked down at his feet, trying to hide his amusement. Diana nudged him in the side.
"What's so funny?" She asked.
"I just realized that those two are in love!" Moody said triumphantly.
"You just figured that out? They've been so obvious about it! Or should I say 'oblivious'! Anne wouldn't admit that she liked Gilbert even if her life depended on it!" Diana said sadly.
"We've got to find another way to bring them together! Our plan seemed to have backfired. I mean, they're madder than ever.at least, Anne is!" Moody said, clearly discouraged.
"Don't be so sure." Diana said mysteriously, as she dreamily watched a scene happening about two feet in front of her. Anne and Gilbert were at it again.
"What are you talking about? I was here first!" Gilbert was heard shouting.
"I was CLEARLY here first! Besides, it's my seat! Go find somewhere else to sit!" Anne yelled back.
"How typical of a girl!" Gilbert hissed. At this, all of the girls nearby stopped what they were doing and turned to look at him.
"Do tell us Gil, what is so typical of us?" Jane asked sarcastically.
"W-w-well, I mean, typical of ANNE.not any other girl." Gilbert stuttered.
"Well then, what's so typical of me?" Anne asked sweetly.
Gilbert gave her a look. "It's typical of you to have to have things your way!"
"It is not! I just stand up for what I believe! And what I believe right now is that, should you not move, I will be forced to rip-"
"Miss Shirley! I do not wish to know what you will rip but I should ask you both, Anne and Gilbert, to stay after school so that I may have a word with the two of you!" Miss Stacey intervened sternly.
Anne and Gilbert walked back to their table slowly, hissing insults as they went.
"You're too stubborn for your own good Anne!" Gilbert hissed under his breath.
"Oh yeah? Well, you're too annoying for your own good!" Anne hissed back.
"Both of you, stop! We need to work on our scene! We don't want to let Miss Stacey down, do we?" Diana interrupted.
Anne and Gilbert nodded mutely and went back to rehearsing.
"-Thus, with a kiss, I die!" Gilbert ended and began leaning in towards Anne.
Anne jumped up and said, "I think we should save it for the night of the performance!"
"But we need to practice!" Gilbert whined.
"I'll just ask Miss Stacey if it is absolutely imperative that we end with a-a-a kiss." Anne shuddered, as she nimbly hopped up to the front of the room to talk to Miss Stacey.
"Yes Anne, your group must end with a kiss! It sets the whole mood of the play! Besides, it will give you a chance to get closer to the Blythe boy. He's quite a charmer and he seems absolutely smitten with you! Well, that's not something I should be discussing in school. Run along, back to your group, Anne." Miss Stacey made a motion with her hand.
"But do we have to practice the kiss in class? Can't we save it for the show night?" Anne pleaded. It was clear that she had accepted her fate, but the disgust on her face betrayed her cool exterior.
"Anne, you may do as you wish." Miss Stacey said wearily.
"Thank you, dear Miss Stacey!" Anne slumped back to her group.
Everyone crowded around her.
"Well?" Gilbert said expectantly.
"She said that the kiss is a must on show night, but we may do as we wish upon practicing it." Anne said triumphantly.
"Well, I think we should practice it! Right now, in fact!" Gilbert said grandly.
Anne shrank back. "No! There is absolutely no way that I will let your-your-your.lips touch mine before they have to! I'm not kissing you Gilbert Blythe unless it's a matter of life or death, or until show night! And that's final!" Anne announced stubbornly.
"See? I told you that you were too stubborn for your own good! You're putting your own personal comfort before your group's grade in school! How selfish of you Anne!" Gilbert knew that would hit close to home for Anne. She considered herself a generous person and usually put others' needs before her own.
Anne hesitated. She knew that she was being a little selfish, but there was absolutely no chance that she would kiss Gilbert Blythe, on the lips no less, before she absolutely had to!
"No! And that's final! I refuse to kiss you Gilbert Blythe! Diana, you may take the role of Juliet if you please, because I am NOT coming anywhere near those 'lips' of his!" Anne announced, and ran out of the schoolhouse and to the forest behind the school.
Miss Stacey, watching the whole scenario, abruptly stood up as she saw Anne head for the door. She called to one of the senior students to take charge of the class for a few minutes and hurried out after Anne.
Once outside, she proceeded towards the forest, only to find Anne crumpled in a heap at the bottom of a oak tree. She advanced on the girl with slow, quiet steps.
Anne didn't notice someone outside with her until that someone sat down beside her. She looked up, startled.
"Oh Miss Stacey! I'm awfully sorry for running out like that, but I couldn't take it! I couldn't believe that I had to KISS Gilbert.since I hate him so!" Anne looked up at Miss Stacey with red, puffy eyes which showed that she had started to cry.
"There, there child! You don't have to kiss anyone, but think of how your group feels now? Think about how disappointed they'll be? After all, you were their Juliet. Now, they'll have to find a substitute, and it is two days before the performance! I'm sure Diana will be able to manage, but she won't have the experience you have Anne. And what are you going to do for your literature mark? You need to be in that play in order to have a complete report!" Miss Stacey put an arm around Anne's shoulders, and Anne snuggled into her.
"Oh Miss Stacey, I couldn't have done it! I would have backed out of it at the last moment! I wouldn't have gone through with it! I would have disappointed my group at the last moment! I would have made up an excuse to get out of it and I'd have put them on the spot! It's better this way!" Anne sniffled.
"If that's how you feel, Anne. Maybe you should take a break. You know, sleep and then think about it. Don't let your group down so easily. Think about it and tell me your decision tomorrow. School hours are almost done, so we'll pack up for the day, and you can have the rest of the day to yourself, with no Gilbert or anyone. But, promise me you'll think it over, Anne!" Miss Stacey stood up and helped Anne up.
Anne smiled gratefully, and nodded. "I promise." She said solemnly. Then, the two of them went inside to find Diana looking around desperately.
"Anne! Oh Anne! You mustn't make me do this Anne! I can't play Juliet! I-I-I'll just die! Please don't make me do it Anne!" Diana ran towards her, as Miss Stacey slipped back to the front of the room.
"Diana, I'll think it over tonight, but I must say, I don't think I shall be able to do it! I'm sorry Diana. Maybe Moody could play Juliet!" Anne suggested and both girls broke out laughing.
"Anne, you're so silly!" Diana giggled.
Anne frowned at her bosom friend's lack of vocabulary, but let it slide. Diana looked at Anne pleadingly again.
"Diana, I shall think it over! That is all I will say!" Anne stated with finality.
"Hey, look who decided to join us again!" A biting voice said from behind them.
The two turned and say Gilbert standing there. Anne bit her lip and turned away to go back to her seat.
"Okay class. That's all the time we have today. Be prepared tomorrow to practice some more. And then, it will be show night. That's it. Oh, Anne and Gilbert, I still want to see you after class. Class dismissed." Miss Stacey turned back to her desk.
Anne looked at Diana and mouthed, "Wait for me." Then, she and Gilbert proceeded to see Miss Stacey. Their visit would take a long time!
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"Why do you have to be so infuriating?"
The words pierced through Gilbert like a knife. He hadn't meant to get chalk dust all over Anne's dress but it had happened, and she was mad; very mad. He took a few steps towards her, but she backed away.
"No, stay back! You might just knock me over the head with something hard!" Anne hissed.
"But Anne, I just want to help you clean your dress up. Besides, there are no hard objects around." Gilbert smiled kindly, but Anne mistook it for a smirk.
"You'd find something to vex me with! Just stay back and I'll clean it up myself!" Anne said venomously, and with that she marched up to the teacher's desk.
Gilbert watched her walk away with troubled eyes. Then, he turned back to Moody and said, "I honestly didn't mean to knock the chalk dust onto her.that time!"
Moody peered into his friend's eyes. He realized something then! Gilbert was in love with Anne! How could it have happened though? They seemed to hate each other! Well, at least, Anne hated him. But, Gilbert had also appeared to hate Anne.no! Hadn't he been the one who had tried to apologize to her profusely? Hadn't he been the one who had wanted to mend things? Hadn't it been Anne who had snubbed him because of her fierce pride? Yes! They were obviously in love!
Moody looked down at his feet, trying to hide his amusement. Diana nudged him in the side.
"What's so funny?" She asked.
"I just realized that those two are in love!" Moody said triumphantly.
"You just figured that out? They've been so obvious about it! Or should I say 'oblivious'! Anne wouldn't admit that she liked Gilbert even if her life depended on it!" Diana said sadly.
"We've got to find another way to bring them together! Our plan seemed to have backfired. I mean, they're madder than ever.at least, Anne is!" Moody said, clearly discouraged.
"Don't be so sure." Diana said mysteriously, as she dreamily watched a scene happening about two feet in front of her. Anne and Gilbert were at it again.
"What are you talking about? I was here first!" Gilbert was heard shouting.
"I was CLEARLY here first! Besides, it's my seat! Go find somewhere else to sit!" Anne yelled back.
"How typical of a girl!" Gilbert hissed. At this, all of the girls nearby stopped what they were doing and turned to look at him.
"Do tell us Gil, what is so typical of us?" Jane asked sarcastically.
"W-w-well, I mean, typical of ANNE.not any other girl." Gilbert stuttered.
"Well then, what's so typical of me?" Anne asked sweetly.
Gilbert gave her a look. "It's typical of you to have to have things your way!"
"It is not! I just stand up for what I believe! And what I believe right now is that, should you not move, I will be forced to rip-"
"Miss Shirley! I do not wish to know what you will rip but I should ask you both, Anne and Gilbert, to stay after school so that I may have a word with the two of you!" Miss Stacey intervened sternly.
Anne and Gilbert walked back to their table slowly, hissing insults as they went.
"You're too stubborn for your own good Anne!" Gilbert hissed under his breath.
"Oh yeah? Well, you're too annoying for your own good!" Anne hissed back.
"Both of you, stop! We need to work on our scene! We don't want to let Miss Stacey down, do we?" Diana interrupted.
Anne and Gilbert nodded mutely and went back to rehearsing.
"-Thus, with a kiss, I die!" Gilbert ended and began leaning in towards Anne.
Anne jumped up and said, "I think we should save it for the night of the performance!"
"But we need to practice!" Gilbert whined.
"I'll just ask Miss Stacey if it is absolutely imperative that we end with a-a-a kiss." Anne shuddered, as she nimbly hopped up to the front of the room to talk to Miss Stacey.
"Yes Anne, your group must end with a kiss! It sets the whole mood of the play! Besides, it will give you a chance to get closer to the Blythe boy. He's quite a charmer and he seems absolutely smitten with you! Well, that's not something I should be discussing in school. Run along, back to your group, Anne." Miss Stacey made a motion with her hand.
"But do we have to practice the kiss in class? Can't we save it for the show night?" Anne pleaded. It was clear that she had accepted her fate, but the disgust on her face betrayed her cool exterior.
"Anne, you may do as you wish." Miss Stacey said wearily.
"Thank you, dear Miss Stacey!" Anne slumped back to her group.
Everyone crowded around her.
"Well?" Gilbert said expectantly.
"She said that the kiss is a must on show night, but we may do as we wish upon practicing it." Anne said triumphantly.
"Well, I think we should practice it! Right now, in fact!" Gilbert said grandly.
Anne shrank back. "No! There is absolutely no way that I will let your-your-your.lips touch mine before they have to! I'm not kissing you Gilbert Blythe unless it's a matter of life or death, or until show night! And that's final!" Anne announced stubbornly.
"See? I told you that you were too stubborn for your own good! You're putting your own personal comfort before your group's grade in school! How selfish of you Anne!" Gilbert knew that would hit close to home for Anne. She considered herself a generous person and usually put others' needs before her own.
Anne hesitated. She knew that she was being a little selfish, but there was absolutely no chance that she would kiss Gilbert Blythe, on the lips no less, before she absolutely had to!
"No! And that's final! I refuse to kiss you Gilbert Blythe! Diana, you may take the role of Juliet if you please, because I am NOT coming anywhere near those 'lips' of his!" Anne announced, and ran out of the schoolhouse and to the forest behind the school.
Miss Stacey, watching the whole scenario, abruptly stood up as she saw Anne head for the door. She called to one of the senior students to take charge of the class for a few minutes and hurried out after Anne.
Once outside, she proceeded towards the forest, only to find Anne crumpled in a heap at the bottom of a oak tree. She advanced on the girl with slow, quiet steps.
Anne didn't notice someone outside with her until that someone sat down beside her. She looked up, startled.
"Oh Miss Stacey! I'm awfully sorry for running out like that, but I couldn't take it! I couldn't believe that I had to KISS Gilbert.since I hate him so!" Anne looked up at Miss Stacey with red, puffy eyes which showed that she had started to cry.
"There, there child! You don't have to kiss anyone, but think of how your group feels now? Think about how disappointed they'll be? After all, you were their Juliet. Now, they'll have to find a substitute, and it is two days before the performance! I'm sure Diana will be able to manage, but she won't have the experience you have Anne. And what are you going to do for your literature mark? You need to be in that play in order to have a complete report!" Miss Stacey put an arm around Anne's shoulders, and Anne snuggled into her.
"Oh Miss Stacey, I couldn't have done it! I would have backed out of it at the last moment! I wouldn't have gone through with it! I would have disappointed my group at the last moment! I would have made up an excuse to get out of it and I'd have put them on the spot! It's better this way!" Anne sniffled.
"If that's how you feel, Anne. Maybe you should take a break. You know, sleep and then think about it. Don't let your group down so easily. Think about it and tell me your decision tomorrow. School hours are almost done, so we'll pack up for the day, and you can have the rest of the day to yourself, with no Gilbert or anyone. But, promise me you'll think it over, Anne!" Miss Stacey stood up and helped Anne up.
Anne smiled gratefully, and nodded. "I promise." She said solemnly. Then, the two of them went inside to find Diana looking around desperately.
"Anne! Oh Anne! You mustn't make me do this Anne! I can't play Juliet! I-I-I'll just die! Please don't make me do it Anne!" Diana ran towards her, as Miss Stacey slipped back to the front of the room.
"Diana, I'll think it over tonight, but I must say, I don't think I shall be able to do it! I'm sorry Diana. Maybe Moody could play Juliet!" Anne suggested and both girls broke out laughing.
"Anne, you're so silly!" Diana giggled.
Anne frowned at her bosom friend's lack of vocabulary, but let it slide. Diana looked at Anne pleadingly again.
"Diana, I shall think it over! That is all I will say!" Anne stated with finality.
"Hey, look who decided to join us again!" A biting voice said from behind them.
The two turned and say Gilbert standing there. Anne bit her lip and turned away to go back to her seat.
"Okay class. That's all the time we have today. Be prepared tomorrow to practice some more. And then, it will be show night. That's it. Oh, Anne and Gilbert, I still want to see you after class. Class dismissed." Miss Stacey turned back to her desk.
Anne looked at Diana and mouthed, "Wait for me." Then, she and Gilbert proceeded to see Miss Stacey. Their visit would take a long time!
Hey..me again with my usual note! I want to say thanx to all who reviewed and keep up the great work..sooo...keep reviewing, y'all are awesome!!!!!!!!(