• My Anne with an e •

•The Artist at work•

Diana was still a little shocked by what Cole had just told her. She took a breath and smiled at Cole. She placed her hand over top of his.

"Cole , I had no idea" Diana smiled , trying to show that she was okay , a little shocked , but okay. Cole scoffed and stood up from where he was sitting. Diana looked up at Cole with confusion in her eyes .

"Cole? Are you okay?" Diana asked Cole. He shook his head and turned to face Diana.

"Diana! Don't you see. People won't accept me! You were even shocked that I like boys. How is the person that I like supposed to act?" Cole was all stressed , he never thought of anyone in a "love" way. Maybe it was time to start , College is soon and it's a whole new chapter of his life.

"Cole , I'm sorry that I was a little taken back by what you said. It's just I've never met someone who doesn't like girls. Plus it shouldn't matter what other people think of you , it matters what you think about yourself. And you should think a lot of yourself , you're an amazing friend , cheer me up whenever I'm down , funny and so much more" Diana stood up to stand beside her friend with a reassuring smile. He nodded his head and wiped the tears that was falling down his face.

"Diana , please don't tell anyone. I mean , I know I shouldn't but I do care what other people think of me. Maybe sometime in the future that'll change but I can't change who I am" Cole took a deep breath , he hadn't realized how much was weighing on his shoulders , he's been keeping so much in himself he just had to blow.

"I get that . You can't just change overnight . Besides I think your wonderful and very clumsy" Diana laughed at Coles face when she said the word 'clumsy' he went to speak but Diana quickly ran off . He ran quickly behind , trying to catch up with her.

"I'm not clumsy!" Cole yelled , proceeding to trip over a tree branch . He started to laugh so much that his stomach hurt. Diana came back and put her hands on her hips with a 'I told you so' look plastered across her face. The two started to laugh together and Diana help Cole up.

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Cole and Diana met up at the story club to work on the art project. Cole was in charge of getting all the letters and pens. They were going to rewrite all of the letters on a big piece of paper. Diana was running a bit late , she had to convince her mom that she was going to help Anne with something.

Cole heard footsteps coming from outside the clubhouse and stood up to greet Diana. "Diana! Final- Anne?" Cole said surprised. He quickly threw the paper and pens in the corner behind him so that way anne won't see any of it.

"Can I come in?" Anne Asked standing outside of the small house. Cole nodded his head and pushed the curtain away so Anne could get in.

"I have a question. Well really two" Anne looked at Cole very seriously. Cole sat up straight to listen , Coles a very good listener.

"Okay So first of all , why were you looking for Diana? She's at home practicing her piano" Anne Asked . Cole shrugged his shoulders trying to think of an answer. Anne nodded her head slowly obviously not convinced of Coles shrugging shoulders.

"And second , it's about Gilbert and I" Anne slumped down on her rock and sighed. Cole looked at Anne with a frown and said "Anne. What's wrong? You're not having doubts" Cole was so shocked by what Anne had said he started to blurt out all kinds of things. Anne finally stopped him.

"No! I'm not having doubts. It's about the future" Anne said with a tiny smile. Cole sat back on his rock with a grin , eager to hear what Anne had to say. Anne took a breath and smiled.

"I don't know , it's just. With us going to college so soon and him not going to queens-" Cole interrupted Anne with a confused expression.

"Wait , Gilbert's not going to queens?!" Cole was not very happy with this. He could see how upset Anne was just by him asking. She nodded her head with a small frown .