Hey you guys. I'm so sorry that I haven't updated this in forever but I
dedicated all of my day today to updating all of my stories!!! I'm so
sorry.but I think I'm gonna end this story soon. I've kinda run out of
ideas.maybe in the next 3 chapters or so.I dunno. Maybe I'll end up
continuing it for forever but hey! We'll see. Anyways.I'm sorry, but
here's the next chapter. Enjoy!!
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"Anne! But Anne! I need to talk to you!" Gilbert pleaded with the stony- faced girl who sat beside him. She refused to even look at him. He growled slightly and thrusted her notebook under her nose. She gasped and looked at him with wide eyes.
"Give it back!" She hissed.
"Not until you talk to me!" Gilbert then proceeded to wave her notebook around just out of her reach.
"Mr. Blythe! Please return that notebook to Miss Shirley and move over two desks." Miss Stacey interrupted what looked to be a vicious squabble.
Gilbert's face fell, but he nonetheless handed Anne her notebook and dejectedly picked his things up. As he was walking away, he thought he heard Anne give a victorious 'humph' before focusing all of her attention on Miss Stacey.
Gilbert sat there doodling on his own notebook while Miss Stacey continued to teach basic arithmetic to the rest of the class. He was supposed to be working on his Queen's Preparatory Workbook that he had received in order to prepare him for his examination in five months. He sat there looking blankly at the page. It held some of the toughest algebra problems that he'd yet encountered, and yet, he couldn't care less.
He stole a glance at Anne, and found her to be madly scribbling away in her workbook. Gilbert smiled to himself and muttered a silent "Figures." Anne turned around and glared at him for what seemed like the thousandth time that day. He then proceeded to give her a charming smile back and watched in satisfaction as she turned around in her seat almost immediately.
Finally, it was time for lunch. Surely he could corner her then and talk to her. He smirked to himself at the thought of her reaction when he told her what he wanted to tell her. He raced out of class as soon as Miss Stacey announced that they were free to go. He was planning on waiting for Anne outside and as soon as she came out, he would ambush her with apologies and demand that they be on speaking terms again.
Besides, if that didn't work, he could always remind her that they had to get together tonight to work on their history. By the looks of things, he hoped that they were going to be studying at her house. If they were at her house, she'd be forced to act welcoming and polite. He smiled at the memory of her taking to the oranges so well. He'd been just about to offer to get some most when she'd stormed out. That was one of the more disastrous memories of the evening.
Anne walked out and watched with wide eyes as Gilbert dashed for her and began demanding that she accept his apologies. She fumed, and waited for him to finish with his nervous breakdown. She smirked at him as he watched her with a vulnerability in his eyes that was so foreign to her. Frowning, she nodded mutely and watched as his expression tuned disbelieving. She watched as he leaned forward to embrace her. She watched as he released her with a happy expression on his face. She watched as Josie Pye came up to him and demanded that he eat lunch with her. She watched as he took one last elated look at her before walking off with Josie. She just watched.
Finally, Diana came out and elbowed her sharply in the ribs. She jumped and glared at Diana. Diana looked at her knowingly and they walked off to eat lunch in the orchard. One of these days, she really had to set things straight for Diana! She seemed to think that she knew everything that was going on. Well, she had news for her! She herself didn't even know what was going on. Why had she just accepted Gilbert's apology. Hadn't she sworn that she'd never forgive him? Hadn't she been the one that had been so mad at him for lying? Hadn't she been the one that.let him hug her? She suddenly shook violently.
Diana looked at her concernedly. "What's wrong Anne?"
"Oh nothing. Diana, when did things change so drastically?" Anne asked desperately.
"Oh, I don't know. I'd say when you first fell in love with Gil." Diana answered in a superior voice.
Anne blanched. What was she supposed to say to that? How about, "Diana, are you completely off your rocker? My god! The things you come up with! I don't even like Gilbert."
Diana smirked. "So, we're back to calling him Gilbert now? No more 'Mr. Blythe'? Goodness Anne. Make up your mind. Either you hate him or you love him!"
Anne sputtered. "Diana! That's preposterous! I can't believe you would propose something that ridiculous!"
"Speaking of proposals, here comes 'Mr. Blythe' now." Diana teased and looked up as a dark shadow formed over the two of them.
"Diana! Don't tease!" Anne fumed, but turned as she saw a shadow fall over them.
"Hello Diana. Anne." Gilbert greeted.
"Gilbert. How are you? I haven't talked to you in quite a while!" Diana greeted enthusiastically.
"Gilbert." Anne said stiffly.
"I just came to ask Anne something." Diana made to move away but Gilbert held up a hand. "No don't leave Diana. It'll only take a minute." He turned to Anne. "So, we are meeting at your house tonight, are we not? It's only fair, since we met at my house last night!"
Anne stared straight ahead, as if forcing herself not to look at Gilbert. "Yes of course. We are indeed meeting at my house. Shall we say around 7?" He nodded and she smiled slightly. "Alright. I'll see you at my house at 7 then Gilbert. Have a good day."
Gilbert smiled once more at Anne and walked away.
Diana squealed and turned to Anne. "He fancies you Anne! It's so obvious and everyone except you can see it! Even Josie sees it! That's why she's trying to pull Gil away from you!"
"I sincerely doubt that. But if in fact it were true, do you not think that Gilbert would have told me by now? He's not exactly shy." Anne hissed forcefully.
"Anne, who are you trying to convince? Me or yourself?" Diana asked quietly and solemnly.
Anne turned to her and look at her in what she hoped was an angry manner. Little did she know that she had a pensive look on her face. Almost as though she were thinking of what the answer to Diana's question might be.
Diana smiled to herself and went back to eating her lunch.
When lunch was over, they all returned to class, and Miss Stacey instructed them to get into their groups and work on their plays. Anne groaned out loud and Diana looked over at her with a startled look on her face. Anne never looked disappointed publicly; especially not in school where everyone could see her, including Miss Stacey.
"Anne, Gilbert. Would you please come up here?" Miss Stacey's voice rang out over the excited chatter around them.
Anne grumbled and grudgingly allowed herself to be pushed to the front of the room by Diana. Gilbert arrived at her side within seconds and Miss Stacey looked at the two of them expectantly.
"Well? How did last night go? Did the two of you get any work done? Last night was your first night working together, no? Alright, I expect that nothing went wrong and that you'll be getting together tonight too. Where are you meeting tonight?" She looked at the happily, as though the arrangement was going according to plan.
"We're meeting at my house, Miss Stacey." Anne said in a dull voice, as though she were trying to hide what she really felt.
Miss Stacey smiled inwardly, and said, "Alright. I expect to see some progress tomorrow. You two will stay after school tomorrow and work on your English Literature so that you will be free for performance night tomorrow."
Anne paled. That's right! Performance night was Friday night. Tomorrow night! They'd only had the play for a week, and already they were performing it! She felt quite sick!
Gilbert jumped for joy mentally. Tomorrow night, he was going to get to kiss Anne. He was on top of the world! Indeed he was! He was ever so grateful to Miss Stacey for making them do this play. After all, hadn't Anne just forgiven him? Things were moving up! Maybe he might even get her to forgive him fully and then they could be friends.or more! He laughed gleefully inwardly. Outwardly, he smiled at Miss Stacey and said, "Yes, tomorrow's the big night. I can't believe it's here already. I hope everyone's prepared."
Miss Stacey looked at Gilbert fleetingly and gave him a quick smile, but turned back to Anne. "Gilbert, would you mind returning to your group? I just need a moment with Anne."
After Gilbert had walked off, Miss Stacey turned to Anne. "Now Anne, what have you decided? Are you indeed going to be in the play?"
Anne turned her big, green/gray eyes on Miss Stacey. "I-I-I'm not sure. I thought I could do it. But now I'm not sure."
"Anne, I'm sure your group would be ever so grateful if you did indeed do this!" Miss Stacey tried to get Anne to agree.
Anne nodded slightly to indicate that she knew this. Then, she walked back to her group after Miss Stacey said that she could go.
Diana ran frantically up to Anne. "Anne, oh Anne! You simply must be Juliet! I surely cannot be expected to do it! I have such extreme stage fright! Anne you're the only one who's prepared enough to do it!"
Anne waved her off, and said, "Let's start practicing shall we?"
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Anne felt as though she would be sick at any moment. Tonight was Performance Night and she still hadn't decided how she felt about Gilbert. She still hadn't decided if she would go through with the play or not. She had no clue whether or not she hated him.or something else.
Marilla walked into her room to wake her up and found Anne already up. "Oh good, child you must get ready for school. I hear tonight's the night. Matthew and me will be there! We're so proud of you."
Marilla made Anne's bed on this special day and hurried her to the washroom to wash up.
Anne looked at her tired eyes in the mirror. She looked horrible. How could she possibly do this? She couldn't! That was the problem.
She got dressed and went downstairs, where Matthew had made her a full breakfast so that she could keep her energy up. She smiled and ate a little bit of everything. Matthew looked at her concernedly and she smiled reassuringly at him. She kissed him goodbye and headed out to meet Diana.
Diana was waiting for her at Lover's Lane, and as soon as she arrived, she ambushed her with questions as to whether or not she was going to go on tonight.
Anne held up a hand to steady the flow of questions and responded with a very quiet "I'm not sure."
Diana backed off, and they walked to school in silence for the first time.
As soon as Anne walked in and saw Gilbert, her stomach gave a flutter and she immediately thought, I can't do this!
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Hey..what's Anne gonna do? I'll tell that in the next update, which will be very soon! I promise!!! REVIEW!!! TAH for now!! ~lilypad
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"Anne! But Anne! I need to talk to you!" Gilbert pleaded with the stony- faced girl who sat beside him. She refused to even look at him. He growled slightly and thrusted her notebook under her nose. She gasped and looked at him with wide eyes.
"Give it back!" She hissed.
"Not until you talk to me!" Gilbert then proceeded to wave her notebook around just out of her reach.
"Mr. Blythe! Please return that notebook to Miss Shirley and move over two desks." Miss Stacey interrupted what looked to be a vicious squabble.
Gilbert's face fell, but he nonetheless handed Anne her notebook and dejectedly picked his things up. As he was walking away, he thought he heard Anne give a victorious 'humph' before focusing all of her attention on Miss Stacey.
Gilbert sat there doodling on his own notebook while Miss Stacey continued to teach basic arithmetic to the rest of the class. He was supposed to be working on his Queen's Preparatory Workbook that he had received in order to prepare him for his examination in five months. He sat there looking blankly at the page. It held some of the toughest algebra problems that he'd yet encountered, and yet, he couldn't care less.
He stole a glance at Anne, and found her to be madly scribbling away in her workbook. Gilbert smiled to himself and muttered a silent "Figures." Anne turned around and glared at him for what seemed like the thousandth time that day. He then proceeded to give her a charming smile back and watched in satisfaction as she turned around in her seat almost immediately.
Finally, it was time for lunch. Surely he could corner her then and talk to her. He smirked to himself at the thought of her reaction when he told her what he wanted to tell her. He raced out of class as soon as Miss Stacey announced that they were free to go. He was planning on waiting for Anne outside and as soon as she came out, he would ambush her with apologies and demand that they be on speaking terms again.
Besides, if that didn't work, he could always remind her that they had to get together tonight to work on their history. By the looks of things, he hoped that they were going to be studying at her house. If they were at her house, she'd be forced to act welcoming and polite. He smiled at the memory of her taking to the oranges so well. He'd been just about to offer to get some most when she'd stormed out. That was one of the more disastrous memories of the evening.
Anne walked out and watched with wide eyes as Gilbert dashed for her and began demanding that she accept his apologies. She fumed, and waited for him to finish with his nervous breakdown. She smirked at him as he watched her with a vulnerability in his eyes that was so foreign to her. Frowning, she nodded mutely and watched as his expression tuned disbelieving. She watched as he leaned forward to embrace her. She watched as he released her with a happy expression on his face. She watched as Josie Pye came up to him and demanded that he eat lunch with her. She watched as he took one last elated look at her before walking off with Josie. She just watched.
Finally, Diana came out and elbowed her sharply in the ribs. She jumped and glared at Diana. Diana looked at her knowingly and they walked off to eat lunch in the orchard. One of these days, she really had to set things straight for Diana! She seemed to think that she knew everything that was going on. Well, she had news for her! She herself didn't even know what was going on. Why had she just accepted Gilbert's apology. Hadn't she sworn that she'd never forgive him? Hadn't she been the one that had been so mad at him for lying? Hadn't she been the one that.let him hug her? She suddenly shook violently.
Diana looked at her concernedly. "What's wrong Anne?"
"Oh nothing. Diana, when did things change so drastically?" Anne asked desperately.
"Oh, I don't know. I'd say when you first fell in love with Gil." Diana answered in a superior voice.
Anne blanched. What was she supposed to say to that? How about, "Diana, are you completely off your rocker? My god! The things you come up with! I don't even like Gilbert."
Diana smirked. "So, we're back to calling him Gilbert now? No more 'Mr. Blythe'? Goodness Anne. Make up your mind. Either you hate him or you love him!"
Anne sputtered. "Diana! That's preposterous! I can't believe you would propose something that ridiculous!"
"Speaking of proposals, here comes 'Mr. Blythe' now." Diana teased and looked up as a dark shadow formed over the two of them.
"Diana! Don't tease!" Anne fumed, but turned as she saw a shadow fall over them.
"Hello Diana. Anne." Gilbert greeted.
"Gilbert. How are you? I haven't talked to you in quite a while!" Diana greeted enthusiastically.
"Gilbert." Anne said stiffly.
"I just came to ask Anne something." Diana made to move away but Gilbert held up a hand. "No don't leave Diana. It'll only take a minute." He turned to Anne. "So, we are meeting at your house tonight, are we not? It's only fair, since we met at my house last night!"
Anne stared straight ahead, as if forcing herself not to look at Gilbert. "Yes of course. We are indeed meeting at my house. Shall we say around 7?" He nodded and she smiled slightly. "Alright. I'll see you at my house at 7 then Gilbert. Have a good day."
Gilbert smiled once more at Anne and walked away.
Diana squealed and turned to Anne. "He fancies you Anne! It's so obvious and everyone except you can see it! Even Josie sees it! That's why she's trying to pull Gil away from you!"
"I sincerely doubt that. But if in fact it were true, do you not think that Gilbert would have told me by now? He's not exactly shy." Anne hissed forcefully.
"Anne, who are you trying to convince? Me or yourself?" Diana asked quietly and solemnly.
Anne turned to her and look at her in what she hoped was an angry manner. Little did she know that she had a pensive look on her face. Almost as though she were thinking of what the answer to Diana's question might be.
Diana smiled to herself and went back to eating her lunch.
When lunch was over, they all returned to class, and Miss Stacey instructed them to get into their groups and work on their plays. Anne groaned out loud and Diana looked over at her with a startled look on her face. Anne never looked disappointed publicly; especially not in school where everyone could see her, including Miss Stacey.
"Anne, Gilbert. Would you please come up here?" Miss Stacey's voice rang out over the excited chatter around them.
Anne grumbled and grudgingly allowed herself to be pushed to the front of the room by Diana. Gilbert arrived at her side within seconds and Miss Stacey looked at the two of them expectantly.
"Well? How did last night go? Did the two of you get any work done? Last night was your first night working together, no? Alright, I expect that nothing went wrong and that you'll be getting together tonight too. Where are you meeting tonight?" She looked at the happily, as though the arrangement was going according to plan.
"We're meeting at my house, Miss Stacey." Anne said in a dull voice, as though she were trying to hide what she really felt.
Miss Stacey smiled inwardly, and said, "Alright. I expect to see some progress tomorrow. You two will stay after school tomorrow and work on your English Literature so that you will be free for performance night tomorrow."
Anne paled. That's right! Performance night was Friday night. Tomorrow night! They'd only had the play for a week, and already they were performing it! She felt quite sick!
Gilbert jumped for joy mentally. Tomorrow night, he was going to get to kiss Anne. He was on top of the world! Indeed he was! He was ever so grateful to Miss Stacey for making them do this play. After all, hadn't Anne just forgiven him? Things were moving up! Maybe he might even get her to forgive him fully and then they could be friends.or more! He laughed gleefully inwardly. Outwardly, he smiled at Miss Stacey and said, "Yes, tomorrow's the big night. I can't believe it's here already. I hope everyone's prepared."
Miss Stacey looked at Gilbert fleetingly and gave him a quick smile, but turned back to Anne. "Gilbert, would you mind returning to your group? I just need a moment with Anne."
After Gilbert had walked off, Miss Stacey turned to Anne. "Now Anne, what have you decided? Are you indeed going to be in the play?"
Anne turned her big, green/gray eyes on Miss Stacey. "I-I-I'm not sure. I thought I could do it. But now I'm not sure."
"Anne, I'm sure your group would be ever so grateful if you did indeed do this!" Miss Stacey tried to get Anne to agree.
Anne nodded slightly to indicate that she knew this. Then, she walked back to her group after Miss Stacey said that she could go.
Diana ran frantically up to Anne. "Anne, oh Anne! You simply must be Juliet! I surely cannot be expected to do it! I have such extreme stage fright! Anne you're the only one who's prepared enough to do it!"
Anne waved her off, and said, "Let's start practicing shall we?"
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Anne felt as though she would be sick at any moment. Tonight was Performance Night and she still hadn't decided how she felt about Gilbert. She still hadn't decided if she would go through with the play or not. She had no clue whether or not she hated him.or something else.
Marilla walked into her room to wake her up and found Anne already up. "Oh good, child you must get ready for school. I hear tonight's the night. Matthew and me will be there! We're so proud of you."
Marilla made Anne's bed on this special day and hurried her to the washroom to wash up.
Anne looked at her tired eyes in the mirror. She looked horrible. How could she possibly do this? She couldn't! That was the problem.
She got dressed and went downstairs, where Matthew had made her a full breakfast so that she could keep her energy up. She smiled and ate a little bit of everything. Matthew looked at her concernedly and she smiled reassuringly at him. She kissed him goodbye and headed out to meet Diana.
Diana was waiting for her at Lover's Lane, and as soon as she arrived, she ambushed her with questions as to whether or not she was going to go on tonight.
Anne held up a hand to steady the flow of questions and responded with a very quiet "I'm not sure."
Diana backed off, and they walked to school in silence for the first time.
As soon as Anne walked in and saw Gilbert, her stomach gave a flutter and she immediately thought, I can't do this!
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Hey..what's Anne gonna do? I'll tell that in the next update, which will be very soon! I promise!!! REVIEW!!! TAH for now!! ~lilypad