Gilbert returned to school after he had signed the deed of the land that it belonged half to him and half to Sebastian. They were after all business partners.
"I heard from my father that you're sharing your land with that nigger", Billy said.
"Yes, there's nothing wrong with that. I did what family and business partners should do".
"You consider a nigger your family?", he laughed before being slapped in the back of his head.
He turned around and whimpered as he saw a furious Ana.
"Don't make me repeat that night in the woods", she threatened him and went to her seat.
"I don't get why she got so angry", he muttered.
"Maybe if you weren't such a prejudiced dick she would treat you more nicely", Gilbert said as he also had a disappointed look in him.
Billy of course didn't listen as he was admiring Ana despite her cold look.
Fool in love indeed, and Gilbert only shook his head.
'If she ends up marrying him I will become a monk', he promised as he looked up at the ceiling.
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Cole was becoming a very famous artist after Ana "accidentally" told Mrs. Barry he could paint their family's portrait after the hired artist became sick and couldn't come on that day that they decided to keep in memorial. With Diana's and Anne's support Cole was hired and the painting couldn't have turned more better than it was. Mr. Barry introduced him to some other elite people. After that he earned enough to buy his own place and land, not to mention that he met his lover this way too. Everyone knew that Cole became very friendly with and aristocrat named William Sinclaire but only those close to him knew of their true relationship. Because those close ones loved him they also accepted him for who he was.
Cole would travel the world with his lover who was eccentric and non-caring of peoples' looks. William himself was the only boy in his family and very beloved. That's why when his parents came to know that he wasn't "normal" they had no other reason but continue the same while accepting. His father distanced himself from him though, but he knew that his father was still trying to learn. His mother was more accepting as she herself knew from the beginning. Some of his sisters accepted it but the rest condemned him. When William met Cole he knew he was the one from when their hands first touched and the look in Cole's eyes. Cole was the other half of his soul and that's when nobody could stop him from pursuing him.
Anne was happy for Cole but jealous over the fact that he had been in China, Japan and Russia. His letters all talked about their amazing travels. That made her want to travel too. Her chance to travel to France came when Sebastian and Gilbert had a business deal to make with some french men. Since Jerry was the best guide in France he was also allowed to come with her.
Ana waved to Anne as they took ship, which she built with a little help from a few ship nerds. The ship looked more of a modern cruizer than the usual type of ships.
Everyone wished them a safe travel.
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It became a bit lonely in Green Gables but so much more peaceful.
Ana knew that there was some emotions between the seamstress and Matthew and encouraged Matthew to take the first step of asking her out to have dinner, with the excuse of them celebrating that Sebastian's and Gilbert's business deal went well. The dinner was successful and Marilla and Ana managed to get them alone enough to get them to kiss each other.
They were both so old and so unsure if the relationship would work but assured them that it was because they were old that they would be okay. She started planning their wedding and everyone was in on it. The wedding was gonna happen two days after Anne and the rest returned from France so there was only two weeks to prepare the wedding.
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She was burned out. The wedding, the farm, school it had all become such a pain. Billy stroked her face as she lied sleeping. The doctor had told them that she would be fine as long as she got the sleep and rest she needed.
When Billy had heard from Diana why she wouldn't come to school his heart dropped and he rushed immediately to Green Gables. Marilla was surprised when the boy suddenly barged in the house and asked to see Ana. The boy stayed over to take care of Ana which came as a surprise to everyone who came home after their journey to France. Everyone except for Gilbert and Cole.
Gilbert met Cole after his business deal had been signed and so they decided to travel back to Avonlea together.
Anne fell on her knees when she saw her usually strong sister lie so sick. She had never once in their lives been sick before. When she saw Billy she misunderstood and blamed him for her sister's sickness. Thankfully Gilbert was there to talk some sense into her.
Matthew wanted to cancel the wedding for Ana but Marilla told him not to even if Ana would miss it. They couldn't waste all her effort for nothing. Besides the guests were already coming it would be a pity to make such sudden changes to the plans and so he went along with it.
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When she opened her eyes the first face she saw was Billy's sleeping face.
When everyone else had gone to the wedding he was the only one who stayed behind, of course she didn't know this fact.
She got up from the bed and wondered how long she had been asleep.
Billy woke up at the tiny movement and looked up as he saw Ana strip naked in front of him. He thought it was a dream but when his finger hurt he realized it was a reality.
"Tell me what day it is".
When he said what day it was she suddenly felt the need to dress herself up but realized that the wedding party wasn't going to happen before the sun was down. Everyone had to be at the wedding ceremony. There was plenty of time and she liked how the boy couldn't keep his eyes of her body.
Smiling devilishly she asked the boy to help her bathe.
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They arrived to the wedding pretty late in the evening. Luckily wedding partys lasted until next morning otherwise they would have missed all the fun.
It was inside a big tent at the field where Anne's favourite tree to climb was at. Ana had taken the opportunity to cut away everything unneccessary as well as make it easy to get there. For food there was a giant table of which the invited people could come and pick food. Only the closest to the Cuthberts were invited. That would say Jerry, Gilbert, Sebastian, Diana and her family as well as grandaunt Josephine, Cole and his lover William, Billy and his family, Ruby and her family and Rachel Lynde and her family.
Except for the Cuthbert's table all the other ones were round. The tables were placed so that the dance floor was surrounded by them. She knew Anne had done a great job with hosting the party while she was away.
The had, had games for the childrens and the parents as well as the wedding couple. Games like musical chairs and dance stop Another game was when you should get as much notes one your body and others very similar to "Twister" except your body parts have to touch the other person's body in order for the note not to drop. If you dropped the not you would lose. This was pretty much a children's game since the adults did not think it was appropiate for them to play. For the couples there had been a challenge that you should guess what the object your partner was describing. Both the parties would have their backs to each other so you could definetely not see what they were describing.
Another fun game which she had "created" was the resistance. Yes, if anyone else was from the same year as she was before she died they would know she cheated that off of the real creators.
The adults thought they were better liars than the children that's why they played something else like poker instead.
Ana had just arrived at the scene were Gilbert accused Diana for being the spy. Diana simply tried to defend herself and then Sebastian started accusing Gilbert since accusing another person to be the spy was suspicious behaviour too. All the while they were suspicious of others Cole and Prissy shared a brief glance as her mouth turned upward.
"Hello, having fun?", she greeted them.
Everyone turned to look at her as they wondered if she had gotten better while also complimenting her watermelon pink dress. The older women though, except for Marilla and grandaunt Josephin (who approved it) scoffed at her skin exposures. The top had a low cleavage, no corsette! Long bell sleeves like the medivial princesses and for the bottom it was a tight skirt that showed her curves. The skirt only reached to her knees. Her high-heels surprised everyone. How could she walk in such high shoes with such ease?
She hugged Anne and kissed her cheek as she then looked at Minnie May who was hugging her legs. Ana picked the younger child as she asked the rest of the children who had nothing to do but stare at the others having fun. Matthew burst out wildly as he had just won everyone else's money. For being such an honest man he sure as hell could use his innocent looks and lead people into his trap. Naturally the other adults were unhappy and so Ana picked up her violin and started playing while singing "Rather be" by clean bandits (of course nobody else would know that). Everyone got the rythm in their body as they started dancing after the groom and the bride got up. After that she played "Shut up and dance with me" with another violinst. She had gotten the music crew to train every score she had written for them and made sure that they absolutely got every song perfect.
Billy stood clapping like the rest of the folks that were sitting down but instead at clapping to the people on the dance floor he was gazing at Ana who met it and winked at him. He could still remember the way she had taken the sponge and start scrubbing him softly a few hours before they arrived to the party.
Gilbert hit his friend lightly to wake him up from his dream as he dragged the boy to the dance floor. On the dance floor everyone showed off their dance moves. Of course the youngster occupied most of it at this point as the music was much faster and the adults could barely keep up however they themselves enjoyed seeing their children having fun.
This dancing and playing lasted long into midnight with few interruptions. Then when the morning arrived and the sun got up behind the trees it started to rain. No wind blowing or any rain cloud. It simply started to rain. It was such a beautiful scene that everyone couldn't help but sit up and quietly watch the rain simply fall while being close to their family. Anne was cuddling in Gilbert's embrace while Sebastian sat close to him. Everyone had red eyes of course and were very tired but they thought it was a too pretty view to not see it. Cole took the oppurtunity to make this scene into his fifth master painting.
Billy helped Ana take away all the plates with the hired helpers. The sun shone on her back making her red hair glow and when she turned it hit her face lighting it up. His body responded before his thoughts and he kissed her. It was a simple kiss and he pulled away after he woke up from his shock. However just as he pulled away she grabbed his shoulders and french kissed him. His hands went to her back to pull her closer. He wanted to pull her so close and tight to him that they became one person. Of course everyone but the helpers noticed they were kissing.
It's a new dawn, it's a new life... and they all felt good.
AN: I wished that I had more reviews but I appreciate the one I already have. I know that a certain word may have been very offensive to certain people and I just want to clarify that I am trying to make you live in that life and in that moment. That's why I won't apologize because I deliberately used that word.
