AWAE Oneshots !

With Every Beat of my Heart

Author's Note:
So this is another spin the bottle AU, you've probably seen a lot of these but I had some inspiration and I thought it would be fun and this was the result! Please keep in mind that in this AU the kids are a few years older than in the show!

I want to dedicate this to @stars_are_bright_ and my irl, Alayna, for proofreading this and hyping me up! I love you girlies <3

Enjoy!!

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It was a beautiful spring day in Avonlea when Josie Pye and Billy Andrews decided to host another game of spin the bottle. Many of the other kids were eager and excited to play again.

Anne was not.

She had been humiliated last time and absolutely despised the very idea of the game. Cole wouldn't be there to help her this time and, she didn't know what to do. Anne didn't want to abandon Diana and be made a fool of again but she also didn't want to be called out for not playing.

So she worked up her courage and walked over to the circle.

"Anne, you don't have to do this," whispered Diana.

"I will not be called a coward because of a silly game! I can do this" Anne replied, head held high.

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Anne sat down in between Charlie Sloane and Moody Spurgeon. She longed to sit next to her bosom friend, but Josie made them sit like this for the game, which Anne believed quite pointless.

'How could the seating arrangements influence where the bottle points if its merely chance?' Anne thought to herself.

As she scanned the room Anne noticed almost everyone looking at certain people with a hopeful glint in their eye.

Ruby had recently moved on from her crush on Gilbert Blythe and was fawning over Charlie.

Charlie ogled over Diana, along with many of the other boys.

Diana looked for no in particular, Anne knew she liked Jerry who was sadly never able to attend school.

As Anne finished her observations, she looked straight across from her to see Gilbert...eyeing her. Her heart skipped a beat. She quickly looked away as she suddenly felt the fluttering of butterflies in her stomach and a light pink appear on her freckled cheeks.

A year ago Anne would've claimed she hated Gilbert Blythe with a burning passion, but ever since he came back from his travels it seems her feeling have changed completely.

The two had become great friends and study partners but Anne felt herself wanting more, oblivious to the fact that Gilbert felt the exact same way...

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The game started and all was well, and then came Anne's turn. The crude comments started and her friends tried to silence everyone but it was no use. Anne was determined to get through it this time. So she spun the bottle, it turned and turned until it landed on...