Romantical

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Gilbert

*two week after Mathew's death*

I told Anne in my letter I would be back to school in a week, but I couldn't bring myself to it this past Monday and so I extended my time away. 

I so desperately wanted to go to Green Gables and see Anne but she may think of this as rude..did she  want to see me anyway or was she mad at me for that night 2 weeks ago. Had it really only been two weeks? It felt like years ago. All of my days have sort of muddled into one long day only separated by the three or four hours I sat in my bed, sleepless. When I did finally black out from exhaustion every other day or so, nightmares haunted my subconscious. Mostly consisting of Anne or myself dying right in front of each other. They were terrible and each time I woke up in a pool of my own sweat and muttering nonsense to myself. Once, on a particularly horrid dream I awoke so someone screaming "ANNE NO! ANNE!" They kept screaming her name and after a few seconds I noticed my mouth open. I was the one screaming and I quickly shut myself up, lucky for me Bash and Delphine were on the other side of the house, plus Bash had a very hard day that day and was probably sleeping like a rock. On one night like this I decided I'd make better use of my time and go for a walk. And so, I stepped out of the house with the moon lighting my way and swerved through the trees over to The White Way of Delight. I walked and walked trying to clear my head, normally I would be uncomfortable being alone but the moon was so bright it was almost having another person there with you.

I sat in the dewy grass at the base of a tree and sighed closing my eyes and positioning my head to the sky, after a few seconds I decided to lie down and look at the stars. Then a wave of heat came to my face, I sat up and looked around, that's when I saw it. Ruby Gillis's house with a blister of red across it. Fire. AGAIN?! I darted back to the house and shook Bash awake. 

"Fire! At the Gillis's!" I reported before grabbing our two pails and running as fast as I could to the blonde girl's home. Bash hadn't gotten a word in and I ran so fast I was almost there by the time I looked back to see a dot rushing out of the door holding an even smaller figure in his arms  

When I reached the burning house there were a few maybe 7 men attacking the flames with a bucket brigade. The Berrys, The Gillis's, and The Cuthbert Girls were all standing next Qto Ruby, Shannon, and Mrs Gillis, while Mr. Gillis was on the fire. Mrs Gillis was screaming and crying. As I got closer I made out the words. I was standing next to the gaggle of girls when Mrs. Gillis said "THE BABY! THE BABY IS STILL DOWNSTAIRS IN THE HOUSE!" Anne and I met each other's eyes and I gave her a "don't you dare" look. She suddenly look off her jacket that hung over her pajamas and dunked it in a bucket of water, I quickly did it too with my vest and at the same time we raced off into the house. The families behind us were a choir of screeching and I yelled to Anne "I'm getting the baby Anne what are you doing!?" She screamed back "Cutting off oxygen Gilbert!" "Oh.." I said as she reached for the handle of the door and turned it, both of us pushed through the door at the same time. Me going downstairs her up. 

I pressed the wet vest harder to my face trying not to breathe and smoky air in and making my way around this maze of a house and eventually heard cries similar to Delly's and so I followed them. Eventually I reached the the nursery, fire was on one side of the room and the baby's crib was lucky on the other and so I scooped up the baby and ran back through the house and ran until I reached Marilla, handing her the small human apwhioe she also held Delphine. I searched the house for any open windows and there were none. Anne was done, so..where was she? I looked around and didn't see her. She was still in the house.

I pushed my vest under the water and ran faster than ever towards the house. "ANNE" I screamed as flames licked the walls, but were dying down. "ANNE!" I saw her, on the floor her hair as red as the fire surrounding us, she had a burn up her leg starting at her knee and making its way up to her lower thigh. I picked her up bridal style and put my own vest on her mouth and nose, toxic smoke filling my lungs. But I used the burning to power my legs and swung myself out the door with the girl in my arms. As soon as we were safe distance from the house I collapsed to the ground and cradled her to my chest "Anne.." I said trying to shake her awake, her fiery hair lay limp and soot-covered at her shoulders. I felt her breath on my arm so at least she was alive. I put the vest on her burn to try and soothe it for now. "Anne...please Anne answer me please!" I pleaded to her unconscious body.

*time skip* 

Anne

My eyes fluttered open and I coughed up a lung. Where was I..bed..mirror, window, Snow Queen! I was home in my bed. How had I gotten here? Last I remembered I was half dead in the Gillis's burning home. I tried to stand, but my legs gave way. Ever-persistent I stood again and hobbled out of the room, clinging onto the wall as I went. "M-Marilla?" My unused voice croaked and I coughed again. I heard rummaging down the stairs "ANNE? Are you awake?!" Marilla yelled from the kitchen. I laughed lightly and said "Yes!" Before carefully making my way down to the kitchen. 

Marilla had set out a plate of breakfast for me and I sat down gratefully and sucked down my food. "Marilla? My memory may be weak but how did I get out of the Gillis's house?" Marilla just smiled and stated with a twinkle in her eye "Well Gilbert Blythe went back in the house after saving the baby and carried you out." I could feel heat come to my cheeks and I was suddenly VERY interested in the different color yellows that my scrambled eggs were. "O-oh well I'll have to thank him..I'll bake him something perhaps a blueberry muffin will suffice." I quickly got up and started cleaning the plates and Marilla got up to feed the animals. That was our New Normal. 

I reached the construction for the Gillis's new house, apparently I had been out for two days and rebuilding began the morning after the fire so they were almost done with the bare bones of the house. "Gilbert? Gilbert Blythe!?" I called when I got in earshot of the volunteers. "Hey Gil you're girlfriend is here" Billy sang I rolled my eyes. "Billy we are NOT a couple!" Gilbert wandered from the side of the house and when he saw me his face lit up. "Anne! You're up! How is your burn?" I chuckled "Ah it's fine apparently Marilla and the doctor from Charlotte Town treated it so it doesn't hurt that much."

"Im glad to hear that you gave us all quite a big fright during the fire.."

"Hey I'm fine now thanks to you. I made you something" Gilbert's cheeks got pink "oh? What is it?" He asked

"Just a muffin" I smiled and handed him the pastry I had wrapped up with a cloth. "Thank you Anne. I just wanted to tell you that I'll be to school tomorrow I promised myself, but Bash will always be at the house if you need someone to talk to." I held my hands to my face as if he'd caught me doing something "No need Gil Marilla has made it clear she will be sending me to school tomorrow  even if she has to drag me by the hair!" 

"Ah we  wouldn't want that now would we." He said smirking. "I suppose not" I said smiling. My first REAL smile since Mathew's death. The funeral would be in a week but I was finally getting used to the new normal. Gilbert smiled back I could tell he was happy I was happy. "I'll see you soon then" I said before turning around. 

Suddenly something inside me compelled me to turn around and hug Gilbert quickly "Thank you." I said one last time, then I turned around and started running off to Green Gables before he could even get a word in.

A/N

Word Count:1526

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