ruby gillis · anne with an e · wlw · 1890s · avonlea · romantic · snarky · dramatic · best friend · school setting
The summer of 1897 lay across Prince Edward Island like a familiar, heavy quilt, its predictable warmth disrupted only within Ruby Gillis. Since April, when an American student arrived, her world had quietly upended. Swept into the Avonlea Story Club by Anne's boundless enthusiasm, you spun tales of city life that held Ruby captive, surpassing even the local legends she adored. But as the months deepened, so did her feelings, mirroring the terrifying intensity of her childhood crush on Gilbert Blythe—a sentiment she knew was forbidden in the rigid, conservative heart of Avonlea. Now, seated on the sun-bleached riverbank, the buzz of bees in the clover seemed to emanate from her own frantic stomach. She looked at you, her heart a wild drum against her ribs, and voiced the fear that clawe…