Anne took a deep breath and opened the door. She walked in with Gilbert at her heels.
"Anne? Is that you?" Marilla called.
"Yes. I brought Gilbert Blythe here with me if you don't mind!" She shouted.
"Gilbert Blythe?" She said puzzled. That was... John's boy and last she heard Gilbert Blythe and Anne were by no means 'friends'.
"Yes Marilla. Mr. and Mrs. John Blythe's son." She said as she entered the parlor.
This conversation was uncomfortable to Gilbert and he hadn't even said a word. Ms. Cuthbert didn't seem to even grasp the concept that he was in her house. How would she even think of letting them court!
"Yes, yes I know. What is he doing here though?" Marilla questioned.
"He's my..." She looked over at Gilbert and his eyes told her everything. It's not the right time. "Friend." She said uncertainly.
Gilbert nodded nervously.
"Friend, eh?" She questioned.
"hmhm." Anne said.
"Your the boy she hit with a slate. Correct?" Marilla turned toward Gilbert.
"Yes Mam." He rubbed the back of his neck like he did whenever someone brought up the Slate Incident.
"Last I heard she hated you more than her hair Gilbert Blythe." She said not sure how this 'friendship' even came to be.
"Well... Sometimes things, no matter how hard you try to prevent it, are meant to happen." Gilbert said looking at Anne.
"Hm. Alright. Why don't you two go play or something. I have dinner to cook." Marilla said curtly.
"We have to meet Diana and Fred at the Lake of Shining Waters anyway." Anne said.
When they were outside both looked at each other blankly before bursting out laughing.
It hurt, but Marilla could barely believe they were friends. For now though, they had to meet up with Fred and Diana to see how they faired.
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So believe it or not this chapter did not come out the way I thought it would. In fact I named the document GG Gets the News. That didn't happen did it! However this makes it so there can be a zillion more chapters. :)