"No Anne you don't mean that do you." Tears rolled down his face and he was released from everyone's grips. She ran up and hugged him. "Of course I don't mean that stupid" he had lifted her up and she had her legs wrapped around his waist, and he had his hands on hers. "What the fuck was that Anne??? Don't ever scare the shit out of me again!!!" He was so worried he held her even closer. It was thought they had just been reunited from not seeing each other for 10 years. Diana and charlie took a quick photo of this moment to send to their best friends.
"I don't know what it is and im sorry. I'm so sorry I didn't mean to, these have been happening for my hole life but they have been getting worse." She has never been more terrified and shakey in her life than right now. Gilbert could feel her shaking. And he didn't like her being scared. He hated it.
"It's okay I'm just glad your okay" he said instantly kissing her. Diana and charlie took another quick photo. They didn't care that everyone was there, thy couldn't care one bit. They just lived in the moment.
"Anne......" he started but said it quietly so no one else wouldn't hear, they were still gobsmacked at what had just happened. Billy didn't even say anything he just stood their worried about Anne actually. "What did you mean when you said "The Way It Should Be"?" Anne looked at him, she dismounted her position from his waist and stood up. She was very wobbly this always occurred when that happened. He grabbed her so she wouldn't fall and held her waist and pulled her into him so that they could talk.
"I meant with Billy not saying stuff about me. He didn't use to on my first day but on my second day he has and ever since then. I just wanted it to be like that." Gilbert looked furious bur she gave him a look so that he wouldn't do anything to Billy.
Everyone heard what she said and gave Billy a death stare, including Josie. He bolted out of the door before he got beat up by Gilbert.....again.
"That's one way to get rid of him" Diana said now smirking at Anne.
Everyone was cautious around Anne making sure that she didn't have another 'episode' "guys I'm okay now, just press play I missed quiet a lot." Diana pressed play and they acted as if nothing had happened, which Diana texted them to do, except for Gilbert. He was now officially ill, but didn't care because he was ill with his girlfriend. He cuddled up with her on the couch and watched Friends. They all loved that show and was going to start watching it every Friday night and probably Saturday and Sunday if they were all free.
"Okay guys I want to ask you all if you can do something for me?" Anne said after asking Diana to pause the TV. Gilbert was confused aswell as everything else. Everyone agreed and listened to Anne.
"Okay so please don't tell people about my 'thing' is just that I don't know what people will think if they found out I had these 'episodes' and I don't want Marilla and Matthew to find out, Jerry already knows."
Everyone laughed as it was going to be kept a secret anyway. She thanked them and they watched friends. Diana had ordered them a pizza again, the exact same order without them knowing.
"DING DONG!"
A/n: that's having me dead writing that I can't stop laughing.
Everyone jumped but carried on watching the TV. Anne had known what Diana did and stood up and helped her cary the boxes. Without everyone knowing Anne payed when they thought Diana did, as a thankyou, and opened the boxes to see whose was whose and the two girls disputed the boxes of pizza to their correct owners and they all were surprised of what they had done.
"Oh my god Thankyou I was getting hungry" everyone said except for Gilbert. Ummm well he said something FAR more different.
"Oh god I love you" the words just slipped out of his mouth everyone turned around in surprise and shock. "What wait did you just say?" She didn't know what to say or do.
"Oh god I love you pizza." He said trying to cover up what he said before. 'FUCK WHY DID I JUST DO THAT?' he thought. 'Smooth dude smooth' he heard charlies voice in his head.
"Uhhh okay........" Anne was confused but sat down next to her boyfriend and ate the pizza with him.
"Guys I feel so fat I've had two pizzas today" Tillie said but she honestly didn't care, she just wanted to break the silence. Everyone laughed.
Everyone had finished their pizza and because it was Sunday and they had school tomorrow they had checked the time. To all of their surprise it was 8pm. "Oh my god guys it's 8pm wow I don't even realise." Ruby had broken the silence.
Everyone was already falling asleep on the couches watching Friends, well Anne and Gilbert were already asleep, and they finished another episode and went home. Diana went upstairs to get into her pyjamas and left Anne and Gilbert because she knew Anne was in her pyjamas already.
Anne had fell in her dream which made her wake with a jump, which woke Gilbert up too, he was worried about her and she held him tight. She didn't really have dreams where she fell in them because they had turned into nightmares and that's what was happening. "It's okay I got you" he began looking around to see that everyone had gone and the TV was off and that Diana was gone too. Pizza boxes were still on the floor cups and glasses were everywhere. Diana was coming downstairs to clean up. Anne couldnt get back to sleep so she cleaned up for her.
"Oh Anne you didn't have to do that I was just about to come and do it" Diana explained to her best friend.
Anne insisted and explained that she couldn't get back to sleep yet. Diana helped her and explained what time it was and that everyone had gone home.
It was now 9pm and Gilbert had ran upstairs to get changed, seen as though the girls were gossiping and he wanted them to have their time to gossip, the girls had finished cleaning and walked up the stairs to go to bed.
"By the way you are all wrong" Gilbert started as Anne cuddled up to him in bed. "Huh?" Both the girls said. They had all brushed their teeth ready for bed and was too tired to be focused.
"I was talking to the pizza tonight," he started which caused the two girls to laugh, Anne only a little bit as it made her feel a bit upset. "Okay" Anne said yawning "I'm so tired." She pulled the blanket to over her shoulders and just by her ears.
Anne falls asleep quite quickly so Gilbert and Diana had a chance to talk they normally talked about life and school. They had known each other since they were born, so he has stayed at hers so many times before and they didn't have feelings for each other because they were brother and sister.
"Do you mean it?" Diana asked
"Yeah obviously why wouldn't I" he replied
"Why did you say that you were talking to the pizza then?"
Gilbert let out a big breath and began "because it slipped out and we have been together for 3 days and I loved her the day I met her but it's way to soon. I wanted to say it ever since she said something to me today, private conversation Diana sorry."
"It's okay but Aww, so are you gonna ask her out on a date yet?" Diana was desperate to know, even though she knew she wouldn't spend as much time with her best friend but she didn't care because she was happy and she realised when she helped Anne out of her 'episode'
"It's don't know yet I might just keep it like this for a bit then I might take her out." He said not even thinking about it. Why didn't he think about this before? He knew what he felt for this girl, but he knew he just wanted things to be exactly as they are now.
"Good night diana"
"Goodnight Gilbert."
Before they shut their eyes, "goodnight guys now shut up please I'm tryna sleep" Anne said happily as she heard Gilbert's and Diana's conversation.
Diana and Gilbert looked at each other in the dark room on lit up by Diana's little bed side lamp, and he looked happy and embarrassed as did Diana but they laughed and went to sleep.
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The Distance Between
RandomAnne Shirley Cuthbert and Gilbert Blythe live in a modern society filled with the people they love but everything changes when Gilbert tells Anne a life long secret that she would treasure forever. Contains swearing, drinking teenagers being teenage...
