"Diana, do you suppose Gilbert misses me?" Anne asked.

Diana looked surprised. "Why of course!"

"Well, what I mean is, do you think he misses me as much as I miss him?"

"I'm sure he does." Diana said confidently, "Why don't we go head down to the post office to see if there's a letter?"

Anne hesitated. She knew she'd be extremely happy if there was a letter for her, but she'd be crushed if there wasn't. It had been nearly two weeks, so if Gilbert had written a letter as soon as he got to Toronto, the letter should be there. But what if it wasn't? What if Diana was wrong, and he didn't miss Anne at all?

"Anne?" Diana asked, concerned.

"Uh, yeah, let's go." Anne blurted out before even thinking.

Diana smiled, she had secretly been dying to see what Gilbert had written to Anne. Diana took Anne's hand as she practically dragged the redhead out of the little house they were staying in.

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"Hi, er, is there a letter here for Anne Shirley-Cuthbert?" asked Anne as she approached the small desk of the post office.

"Ah, yes." The man said "I believe so."

Anne's heart soared as Diana nudged her in the side as if to say "I told you so."

The man returned with an envelope and handed it to Anne, but when Anne reached out for it, it was not one letter, but two!

"Thank you." Anne said hurriedly as she and Diana rushed outside to read it.

"Gilbert wrote you two letters?" Diana giggled "I told you he missed you!"

"No, no," laughed Anne, "One of them is from Matthew and Marilla!"

Diana's smile faltered for a moment, but brightened back up. "Oh!" "Well, open it up!"

Anne's fingers fumbled to open Gilbert's letter. Finally, she unfolded the piece of paper and Diana looked over her shoulder to read it.

(This is the same letter from an earlier chapter, but I've put it in anyway in case you don't remember what was in it)

Dear Anne,

I've just gotten onto the train and I miss you so much already. I do hope you can come visit me sometime. I'm sure you'll love Toronto. It hasn't got heaps of trees, but it's a huge city! It's like Charlottetown, but so much bigger. I, of course, haven't seen it myself yet. I shall report back to you once I experienced it for myself.

How has Queen's been? Is it everything you've ever dreamed? I'm sure you'll love rooming with Diana. Remember to study hard! We may not be attending the same school, but we're still (friendly) rivals! I miss you dearly, and do write back soon.

Love,

Gilbert

As the two girls hurried home, Anne's smile got bigger and bigger. Gilbert had written to her! And he said he'd written the letter as soon as he got on the train! Oh, how romantic! Anne noticed Diana looking at her, and tried to hide her smile, but Anne felt her face flush, and there was no way to hide that.

Anne cleared her throat. "I wonder what Marilla's written."

"Why didn't you open it back at the post office?" Diana smiled.

"Well, I might have forgotten about it while reading Gilbert's letter." Anne blushed once again.

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When Anne and Diana had returned to the cozy abode, Anne plopped down onto the bed to read Marilla's letter.

Dear Anne,

How is Queen's? I meant to write you earlier, but Mrs. Lynde caught a cold. She's better now, so no need for you to worry. Just focus on your studies. Green Gables is very quiet without you and we miss you dearly. Matthew hasn't been himself, but he'll come around. He wanted me to ask you if you could come visit over the weekend soon. I told him that you should stay and study, but he insisted. I hate to ask this, but did everything work out with Gilbert? I thought I saw him on our way to show you the book, but it could be my old eyes. I thought he was in Toronto!

Anyways, I hope you are doing well, and that you haven't been staying up all night reading that book, although I wouldn't blame you if you had.

Love from,

Matthew and Marilla

I feel like this chapter was kind of rushed, but I wanted to post something. Things have been very busy recently so sorry for the irregular updates. Drop a review if you enjoyed it!