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chapter twenty six

|divinely beautiful|

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and gilbert blythe stared at the blue ocean and sky as they both think about their decision.

"what of you two? i like our change of plans, doc," bash told to the blythe brothers.

"you're daring, coming to this level of the deck," gilbert said to him as ben nods.

"i agree, once the fireman hears about you coming up here, you can expect trouble," ben said.

"i can live down trouble," bash said causing the both blythe let out a scoff.

"i want to see where i'm headed for once. feel the wind on my face. avonlea ahead of me. ten years of this ship humpin' coal, i earned this. besides, what are they going to do? sack me? toss me overboard?" bash said making both boys chuckled, "worst-case scenario, i get the latrine."

"if my choices were that or latrine duty, i might take my chances with the atlantic." ben joked causing them all laughed.

"choices. i like that word. things are going to change startin' right now," bash said.

"yeah," gilbert answered.

ben smiled at bash, "i'm sure there's life waiting for you in avonlea, bash."

"you too, blythe. i'm sure there's a lot of ladies waiting for your arrival there," bash teased.

"i hope so," ben joked as they all laugh.

and he's hoping to find his true love in the place where his heartbreaks started.

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"keep your hands off!" millie heard anne shouts as someone. she quickly ran off to them see what happened.

"anne? hey, girls. what happened here?" she asked.

"you mustn't mind them, anne. they're just boys being boys. they love to torment our lives out," millie heard diana said to anne.

"i do mind. i mind a great deal," anne said.

"what happened here, jane?" millie asked to jane.

"boys happened. they just pulled our skirts up," jane whispered, making millie furious.

she stepped up in front of the girls, "hey, doofus! a skirt is not an invitation!"

millie reached the boys and face them, specifically billy, and punch him right in the nose. "if you bully my sister or my friends again, you are not just having a broken nose, prick," she said as she walked back to the girls, who laughing at billy.

"are you alright, anne?" millie concerningly asked anne, she knew that her sister was having a flashback back in the orphanage.

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"that is a one of a kind ring, prissy," millie compliment to the girl. the girl was wearing a ribbon ring to her ring finger as if she was engaged.

"i am the one who made that, " jane proudly said as millie gives her a side hug.

"it's beautiful, you'll be a great designer someday," millie said to her best friend as making jane smiled widely.

"quiet, all of you," mister phillips said as he turned down to the students.

"settle down, ev... eryone," mister phillips stuttered as prissy took her hand off and showed mister phillips the ribbon ring that was on her ring finger, making jane, millie, and the other girl, clara giggled.

"all of you?" millie heard josie pye said as she, jane, prissy, and clara turned to the other girls.

they silent for a few moments as josie pye broke the silence, "parlor games? without boys? fine for you. i'm far too mature for such childish amusements," josie said as she sat down to her designated seat.

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"whomever the bottle points to... you are permitted to kiss. it needs to be boy, girl, boy, girl," josie pye explained as she's standing in the middle of a circle formed by the students.

the girls were rather looking at each other and giggling to what they will experience, except millie, who was very unsettled.

"where does that leave cole?" billy andrews asked as the students that are in the room laughed, except for millie, anne, diana, and josie.

josie rolled her eyes, "jane, go sit to your dumb brother. tillie, you're over there. anne, switch places with charlie. and, millie, sit next to moody," josie instructed to them. millie was now in between cole and moody.

josie sat next to cole as she spoke to him, "billy doesn't know anything about anything. i'm glad you're here."

"didn't have much of a choice," cole muttered.

millie put her hands over cole's shoulder as she reassured her friend, "it will be alright, cole."

cole smiled at millie and mumbled a 'thanks'. josie noticed the scenario as she rolled her eyes.

"who would like to spin first?" josie asked.

"diana!" charlie sloane said, who was in between diana and anne.

"uh..." diana muttered as she spins the bottle as the bottle points at moody.

"moody."

"me?" moody said.

"yes. you," millie said as she reassured him.

"now you have to kiss," josie said. "on the mouth," she added making them gasped and the others let out a giggle.

moody and diana stood up in the middle as they faced each other.

"good afternoon, moody."

"good afternoon, diana." moody greeted back, "i'm going to kiss you now," he said as he gives dina a peck on the lips. making them all cheer and laugh.

"your turn, anne," josie said to anne. anne attempt to spin the bottle as billy interrupts.

"i'm out," billy said, "no way. ugly orphan."

"what are you afraid of, anne?" josie pye mocks, "i seem to recall you knowing a lot about intimate relations. you're from unfortunate circumstances. this can't be your first kiss."

josie pye continued to mock anne as she just froze to her position. millie looked at her sister worriedly but lost for words.

"anne? ever been kissed... anne?"

"no," anne said as she took her coat basket as she walked out of the room.

"anne!" diana and millie called out to her.

millie furiously faced josie, "you know what, i pity you. you just form this ridiculous game to get cole and billy to kiss you. what about you go to billy and suck his face! and for your information, cole would never want you. maybe you do have a pretty face but a trashy attitude!" millie spat at josie as she followed after her sister.

"anne! millie! wait for me," diana called to anne as she and millie walked to her.

"why did you run, anne?" diana asked, making millie rolled her eyes.

"isn't it obvious? josie pye and billy andrews is a piece of a garbages!" millie exclaimed.

"that josie pye! for someone with such a lack of imagination, she certainly knows how to invent cruel and unusual forms of torture! why should i be forced to give an expression of tenderness to indifferent or, in some cases, repulsive persons?" anne exclaimed as she let out a huff.

"billy wasn't very nice at all, i'm sorry he hurt your feelings," diana stated.

"thanks for stating the obvious, diana!" millie sarcastically said.

"the whole thing hurts everyone's feeling. it's not conducive!"

"con... ducive?" diana asked.

"to understand anything about romance," millie answered.

"well at least, snow was romantical," anne said.

"the snow is very divine," millie said.

"just as i was leaving, moody pulled me aside and told me that my kiss was like fresh butter. you have to admit that's rather romantic," diana said.

"it's different for you, diana, because everyone wants to kiss you. and millie, you didn't notice but they wants to kiss you too," anne said as they heard a whistle, they looked up and saw jerry.

"hello, miss barry," jerry greeted to diana.

"bonjour, jerry, " diana greeted back causing millie to smiled at the two.

"et elle parle français! vous êtes le package complet, " jerry said in french.

"votre dialecte est trés différent du françaus classique. pouvez-vous me competence d'accord?" diana said.

"je comprends que tu es la plus belle fille que j'ai jamais vue," jerry said.

millie smiled at the conversation, they must both forgot that she can understand and speak french.

"leave my friend alone, jerry!" anne yelled at the boy.

"it's fine, anne. he said i'm the most beautiful girl he's ever seen," diana said at us, "thank you, but you're very bold."

"vous savez qui comprennent votre flirt, non?" millie asked to the both of them.

"tu parles français?" diana asked at her.

she smiled widely, "oui." and they walked furthermore.

"what does it feel like to be divinely beautiful, diana?" anne asked her.

"that's very kind, but i'm not div---"

"no, you are," anne said as millie nodded, agreeing to anne. "please answer the question. i-- we have to know."

"compliments are nice but... i'd rather be smart," diana answered.

"what about you, millie? you're very exquisite. i bet every boy at school thinks you're very pretty, even billy andrews," anne said.

"i'd just choose to be a cow than billy andrews compliments me and you know, anne, i would kill for that imagination of yours. you're beautifully unique in your own ways," millie said, making her sister smiled and hug her.