AMYBELLA PUT ON HER BEST DRESS. She parted her hair and decorated it with a bow, leaving a few strands out playfully so it didn't look too severe.
Then she put on Gilbert's bracelet and ran her fingers over it. She sighed and set off.

The bells rang and everyone gathered in the church for Prissy's wedding. Bella sat down next to Anne.

"Anne, you look beautiful!" She smiled. The redhead grinned. Times had passed. Her hair was now shoulder length and she had a confident grin on her face.

"Not as breathtaking as you. Gilbert's been staring at you the whole time." She giggled. Amybella turned her head to Gilbert, who was indeed looking at her and then got nudged in the side by Bash.

The people in the room all stood up as the doors opened and Prissy entered with her arm hooked to her father's. She walked elegantly past them, towards the altar, a bridal veil covering her face. Amybella looked at her before her eyes met his.
Green on brown. Gilbert looked at her and smiled.
Bella returned it before she averted her eyes, looking back at Prissy and then at Mr. Phillips, who she looked at in disgust.
Prissy deserved way better than an old and narrow minded teacher.

They arrived at the front and Mr. Phillips threw her veil over her head. Amybella wrinkled her nose in disgust. Prissy smiled happily at her soon to be husband, but Mr. Phillips gaze remained cold. The bride then looked around.

"Prissy." Mr. Phillips called her back. She looked at him, then suddenly dropped her bouquet and ran out.

"Prissy?" Bella heard Anne say. The people in the room jumped to their feet and a murmur went through the crowd.
Bella nodded to Anne and then Diana, before they followed Prissy and ran after her, out of the church.

Out in the snow, they caught up with the blonde. She was kneeling in the snow, breathing heavily, before she suddenly laughed. Prissy stood up and jumped around like a child. But in Bella's perspective, she still was a child. All of them were.
They were all still so incredibly young, while the world was wide. Why worry about a stupid boy?
A wild snowball fight ensued and we enjoyed the moment.

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"Amy." The girl heard behind her as she arrived at her house. She opened the door.

"Amybella." Gilbert caught up with her and was now standing before her.
He looked at the girl and had to catch his breath.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt you." He started.

"You didn't." Amybella said confused.

„I'm sorry I got distracted recently. I was so consumed by the worry of my future that I forgot about you or bash. I was idiot!" he explained himself.

"Yes you were. But it's okay." Amybella said smiling.

„So we're still friends right?" He asked.

„Yeah.. friends." the girl said, with a feeling of dissatisfaction, where she couldn't quite describe why she felt it.

„I mean in case you're not already tired of
me." Gilbert shrugged his shoulders.

"We'll see about that! Have a good day Blythe." She smiled, before she went into the house and closed the door.

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"And Mother was talking to Mrs. Pye! And she said the PMSC felt that Mrs. Stacy is probably unsuitable." Josie Pye was talking about the new teacher. After Mr. Phillips was being left standing on the altar, he went away and a new teacher had to educate Amybella and her classmates.

"But she rides a motorbike!" Anne almost shouted with excitement for their new teacher.

"And she wears pants. I want to try that out too," Amybella said, shrugging her shoulders. As a reaction she caught the concerned looks, the bother girls where giving her.

"Bella!" Diana hissed.

„It was a joke!" Amybella said laughing. Though the really thought those pants suited the woman perfectly.

"Mrs. Stacy seems modern and thrilling."
Anne smiled. Her excitement was almost palpable. We walked in the door and hung up our coats.

"I hear she's a spinster!" Tillie said.

"I heard she's from the mainland," Ruby told them.

"Why would an unmarried woman from the big city come here?" Josie asked.

"Don't talk so disparagingly," Bella told her, rolling her eyes.

"There's a scandal somewhere you'll see." The girl said in response, walking past them into the classroom and they followed her.

"Mother hated Mrs. Stacy on sight." the blonde girl said.

"I think your mother hates everyone who isn't like her." Bella poked a little and caught a nasty look from Josie.

"So did mine. Here's a recipe for disaster. Show up an hour late.." said Prissy.

"Dressed like a man." Jane added and laughed.

"...To tea with the Progressive Mothers. She may as well have hung a noose around her neck."

"Don't disparage her, when you don't even know her. I think she sounds spectacular." Anne said now.

"I'm going to help pave the way for Miss Stacy. I know just how it is to be new and judged harshly." she said.

"But please don't be impetuous Anne." Bella put a hand on her shoulder, then looked at Gilbert, who was staring at his books as usual. She looked at Billy coming in with a rifle.

"Put the gun down, are you mad?" The girl said in horror.

"The fox is gonna be dead meat. I think I'll make it into a hat!" he said with a proud grin.

„Fox? What fox?!" Anne asked concerned.

„The one with the dark tail that's been stealing chickens." Moody explained and Bella remembered, Anne telling her about a beautiful fox she met in the forest, when she sat in the story telling club.

"Well there's no fox here, so how's about you put the gun away. I'd like to live to meet the new teacher." Gilbert finally gave them his attention.

The door opened.
A woman with a lot of luggage came stumbling in and a globe fell out of her bag. It rolled across the floor, right in front of Billy.

"I just laid the world at your feet, didn't I?" she said with a grin. Amybella looked at her in amazement.

"Good morning everyone!" She then called out and came in. Billy handed the globe back to her.

"Here you go little lady." he said.
He was ridiculous. Bella thought.

"My name is Mrs. Stacy. Please take the gun outside. Guns don't belong in the classroom." She ran to the front of the desk.
She talked about how nice the classroom was, whereas Bella thought it was rather boring.

"Well, let's get to know each other. Please stand up." The students stood up as Mrs. Stacy took off her jacket.

"She's not wearing a corset." Josie whispered behind Bella.

"Oh my goodness," Tillie expressed, seriously concerned.

"Move the tables aside and sit on the floor." said the blonde woman.

"On the floor?!" Josie asked in horror.

"Don't be like that Josie." Bella pursed her lips to provoke her.
They all sat down in a circle.

"You say your name and two words that represent you, using the first letters of your given name and surname. I begin. Muriel Stacy. Mischievous. Scholastic."

"Okay, we'll start with Ruby Gillis." Ruby stood up.

"Romantic.. Girl?" she looked at Gilbert and Bella rolled my eyes.

Hadn't that stopped yet?

"Well done." Mrs. Stacy said, looking at her list again.

"Ruby has a crush on-.." Anne wanted to say.

"Gilbert Blythe." Amybella looked at Anne in confusion.
Gilbert stood up.

"Uhm.. Global..."

"He's traveled the world for a year." Anne whispered again.

"... and bookish." He sat down again.

"Everyone thinks he's the smartest student." Mrs. Stacy skillfully ignored Anne.

"Priscilla Andrews."

"But I won the spelling bee." Bella rolled her eyes at Anne's behavior and tried to meet her eyes to tell her to stop.

"Pragmatic. Actualized." she sat down again.

"She left our former teacher at the altar."

"Anne!" Amybella hissed out warningly.

"Amybella McCurthy." The girl stood up.

"Alone.." she dared a quick glance at Gilbert.

"Mindful." But then she smiled and felt his burning gaze on her.

"Her parents sadly passed away." Amybella looked at Anne in shock.

Of course she wanted to update Mrs Stacy about the students and the death of Bella's parents was a thing everyone knew. Even though the woman would have found out sooner or later, why did Anne have to tell her this sensitive information in this exact moment.

"Perhaps you'd like to share your comment with the class?" Mrs. Stacy said sternly, now giving Anne her attention.

"Oh, well, it's no secret that Amybella is an orphan just like me," Anne said. Her grin disappeared when she saw Bella's face.
Her eyes filled with tears as she looked at Gilbert, who was equally shocked by Anne.

Bella felt something stinging in her chest, her stomach tightening and her knees getting weak. A strange sound rang out in her ears and her surroundings started spinning.
She ran out, grabbed her coat and was out the door.
The girl kept running, ignoring the shouts behind her as she ran into the fields, lost her bearings and after what felt like miles, finally stopped. The wind ruffled her hair and she sank to her knees. She started sobbing.

It was strange to Bella to hear Anne say 'orphan'. It was a word that was rather deterrent for her.
She had never realized, that she was just like Anne now. She had no family left.
Amybella found her head on the floor. Eventually the tears stopped.

"You know, sometimes feelings are like a landslide. All of a sudden it comes crashing down on you and you can't stop it."

That's what her father had said to her when her aunt died and her mother had cried out of nowhere a few months later, even though she was fine before.
One don't have to grieve immediately after they lost a beloved. Sometimes it takes a while to realize it. And then it comes out of nowhere.

Like a landslide.

Author's note:
I was kinda sad when I saw how people were hating on Anne in this scene. I think after all Anne has a hard time to socially connect with people, because no one ever taught her how to do it. She never had friends before, it's a thing people often forget.

Of course it is really uncomfortable to watch this scene but after all, Anne is still a really broken girl and she makes mistakes.

Never forget compassion guys!

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