Two hearts fighting like one.

Getting Caught, Here It Goes

Gilbert's POV

"Ummm... Gilbert is sleep talking and when he sleep talks he says a bunch of lies." said Anne.

Is she kidding me?

"Gilbert, huh. I am pretty sure you said that his name was Bryce."

"Just a slip. My cousin's name is Gilbert."

"What about while praying? You think I didn't hear him" she said pointing at Gilbert. "Calling you Anne. And you calling him Gilbert?"

"I hadn't realized." I whispered.

"Me neither." Anne whispered back.

"You have two choices... One, tell me the truth. Two, I'm calling a police." said Marilla, furious.

"Okay. We will." said Anne. I gave Anne an 'are you crazy' look. She just shrugged. That's not an answer, Anne.

"My name is Anne Shirley and this is Gilbert Blythe." Well, I guess she spilled the beans after all.

"Okay... Why did you lie about your names."

"Because, we sort of ran away." I said.

"From what?" questioned Marilla.

"The asylum." said me and Anne in sync.

"The asylum?" asked Marilla.

"Yeah, our parents died when we were very young so we were forced to live at the asylum." I said.

"I have to take you back." said Marilla.

"No. Please don't take us back. I promise that we will get our stuff and you will never see us again." said Anne, getting up.

"Why did you ran away?" asked Marilla, crossing her arms.

"Because I was tired of getting bullied all the time." said Anne.

"And why did you?"

"Anne needed somebody with her, to take care of her." I answered.

"You are only seventeen. Why didn't you say anything to an adult?"

"I was just getting in more trouble. I did try to tell them but they never believed me. They thought that I was lying in order to get out of trouble." said Anne.

"Did you get bullied?" asked Marilla, looking at me.

"No, they loved me." I said.

"So, you could've easily stayed." said Marilla, whilst observing the situation.

"Yes."

"What is going o-on here?" asked Matthew as he walked in the room.

"Well, why don't you meet Anne and Gilbert?" asked Marilla, sarcastically.

"Sure. Where are they?" asked Matthew, not really bothering to ask for an explanation.

"Right in front of you." said Marilla whilst pointing at me and Anne.

"Marilla, this is Cordelia and Bryce." said Matthew.

"I can see why you got confused." said Anne with an innocent smile.

"Y-you lied to us..." said Matthew, catching on.

"It wasn't so much as lying as protecting ourselves... Which now that I say outloud, sounds kind of selfish." said Anne.