Chapter 2 - Just a little secret
It was very early that morning, Anne and Diana, accompanied by Ruby, Tillie, Jane and Josie, their old comrades from the Avonlea school, had all left for Queens.
They were all dressed elegantly for their first day.
Anne and her best friend Diana, led the way, they both whispered, as for the four other girls behind, they wondered what they could well plot.
Josie, the tall blonde with long hair, decided to speak to stop these low masses, "Hum!", The two girls continued their gossip in low voices, nothing existed around, "I said Hum! ".
The two friends turned, Anne spoke, "You were talking to us girls?".
The blonde girl ends up answering, "Well ... we wouldn't want to bother you too much, but what is it that you couldn't tell us?".
Ruby, the little blonde who was by Josie's side, nodded, she too wanted to know.
As for Jane and Tillie, they seemed more detached from the situation, especially Jane who often had this blase look on her face, well, maybe that was her normal expression.
Tillie had that expression in her eyes that spoke volumes, she had a laughing look, it looked like she knew what was going on, her eyes were full of innuendo.
Anne began her sentence, not really knowing how she was going to finish it, as usual when she was embarrassed, she missed the words, "Uh that means Diana ... well we intended to ... ".
Diana cut her friend to come to her aid, seeing her having trouble finding words, "This is none of your business, girls, you will be told all the time. Is that Anne?".
The young redhead jumped up and replied without really thinking, "Yes ... yes of course! It's delicate to talk about it now."
Josie was watching the two friends, "Mhhh, if you say it!", Ruby also made the same expression.
Diana nudged Anne, she whispered, "psssstt ... it's time."
The freckled girl then spoke up, "We have to take a little detour, we have an errand to run before we go to Queens, we'll join you later girls!"
Tillie intervened "Oh! you will surely post the ...", she stopped, realizing his blunder.
Josie and Ruby stared at the girl with generous curves, and spoke in unison, "You were saying ...? Tillie?".
At the same time, Anne and Diana took off, the other four girls who had stayed behind paid no attention.
The two friends were already far from the girl group, when Diana expressed her annoyance towards Josie Pye, "This Josie ... always wanting to know everything!"
Anne nodded at her friend's intervention and said to her in a slightly worried tone, "Do you think Ruby suspects something? Oh Diana! It's too early for her to know, I'm just starting to get used to it, I don't want to undergo the questions or even worse the judgments of some ... ".
Diana put a hand on her friend's shoulder, "Don't worry about me, your secret is well kept, I would like to tell you that the girls would not allow themselves to comment, but for some I have some Anyway, don't worry, Ruby is one of your best friends, she would no doubt be happy for you, and then you probably noticed the closeness between Moody and Ruby. It is rather Ruby who approached him, as usual she should not have said anything to the concerned. "
The young redhead nodded, "You're right, I should trust Ruby, she has probably forgotten Gilbert since all this time, it is true that I do not hear from him anymore. It is also probably for that, that it annoys me less than before. " She concluded thoughtfully.
The two friends arrived in front of the post office, Anne took her envelope from her purse. She held the envelope in front of her face and placed a kiss on the envelope.
Diana smiled when she saw the gesture of her friend, "Didn't you already do it last night?".
Anne looked at the young brunette, smiling, "But don't you understand Diana, it is to bring luck to this envelope, that it finds its way to Toronto!"
Her friend laughed when she heard this, "there is no longer any doubt, no risk that this letter will get lost, you have no doubt kissed it more than Gilbert himself!"
The young redhead blushes after the remark of her bubbly friend, "Diana Barry ! You shock me enormously ! This kind of remarks is not worthy of the young woman of your rank!" she exclaimed, laughing loudly.
Following these words, she went to the counter to prepare the sending of her letter. The two friends had accomplished their first task of the day, it was probably the simplest.
On the way back on the way to Queens, Anne chatted with her friend Diana, she broached the delicate subject of Tillie's awkwardness, "I hope we will arrive before Tillie has given the girls a break, it's really no luck she saw my envelope this morning, but hey they will find out anyway ... "
They finally arrived in front of the Queens school, it was a very elegant establishment of the English type and very flowery, the two students took a deep breath, and advanced together hand in hand.