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12. Insta-stalking

Green gables
Annes bedroom

4:15 pm

Anne flopped down on her bed as out of breath giggles escaped her lips. Her walk home with Gilbert was way more fun then Anne would care to admit.

They had had an apple throwing fight and played a small game of hide and seek in the woods. Gilbert also tripped over a log which Anne found particularly amusing.

She couldn't believe that just a day ago Gilbert Blythe had been someone she had only heard about or seen on a tv screen but now she was hiding in cleaning closets with him, partnering up with him in English's and even walking home with him!

She couldn't really quite comprehend it.

Anne walked towards her mirror and began picking stray leaves out of her -now ratty looking- plaits.

She was disrupted by the sound of her phone pinging. She picked it up and her eyes widened.

Gilbertblythe has sent you a follow request

She hastily unlocked her phone and clicked onto Instagram. She surely must be dreaming.

Looking at her follow requests, it was confirmed. ThE Gilbert Blythe had requested to follow her. She immediately clicked accept, which she then regretted as she thought it made her seem far to eager.

She couldn't help but quickly check out his page. It was verified- of course- and had 16.8 million followers!!!

She scrolled through his Instagram, looking through all his pictures, lingering a bit too long on the pictures of him and him alone.

She scrolled all the way down to his first picture- which was a lOng way down since he had 578 posts!

She would be mortified if Gilbert knew she had just insta-stalked him.

His first picture was a picture of him, with shaggy curls, holding a guitar as two boys sat next to him. Anne immediately recognised them as Charlie and Moody- she smiled lightly. Gilbert had not tagged them- probably to save them from being overwhelmed with his fan accounts. The post was all the way back in 2015. He looked so much younger than his 2019 self.

Anne face palmed. Well obviously he's younger Anne, it was four bloody years ago. He was only 13!!

Anne went to click the follow back button on the top bar of the screen. But horror faded into her eyes as she completely missed the follow button and instead double tapped.

His first picture ever! Anne had liked his first picture ever!

She let out a scream and quickly unliked- but the damage was done. She quickly followed him and proceeded to throw her phone on her bed as she tried not to die of embarrassment.

Blythe house
Gilbert's room

4:20 pm

Gilbert lay on his bed chuckling at the memory of the walk home. Never in his life would he have ever thought he'd meet a girl like Anne. She was such an amazing person and he couldn't wait to get to know her more. She was like a light, he never realised how lifeless and dark his life had been before he had met her this morning. He felt like he was meant to meet her. Like it was fate.

Speaking of her. He quickly flicked onto Instagram and searched her name. It immediately came up.

AnneSCuthbert

Bio: Isn't it lovely to live in a world where there are Octobers?

Gilbert couldn't help but agree. He clicked the follow button and clicked off of Instagram. He couldn't wait til she accepted then he could see who Anne Shirley Cuthbert really was.

He began to move off his bed when loud diNg came from his phone. He grabbed it quickly and a large grin protruded his face. She had accepted his follow request!! It had only been 3 minutes!!!

He immediately scanned through all her pictures. There were only 20 sadly.

He devoured each and every picture. Whether it was Anne smiling amongst nature, or her and her friends posing in the schools sports field. He gazed dreamily at the redheads bright smile and and shining eyes in every single one.

He was suddenly snapped out of a trance when the notification of Anne liking his post quickly popped up. He immediately clicked on it and it took him straight to his first ever Instagram picture.

His eyebrows creased in confusion. Anne had liked his first ever picture.

Wait a minute...

A huge smirk adorned his face as realisation hit. Anne had been insta-stalking him.

I guess great minds think alike.