hyel (hyel) wrote in multi_fiction, @ 2009-01-17 10:29:00 |
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Entry tags: | anne green gables, au, gen, rated: general, weekly promotion challenge |
Wishes Are No Horses, part 7 (Anne of Green Gables)
Title: Wishes Are No Horses, part 7
Author's Name: Hyel
Disclaimer: Anne of Green Gables (c) L.M. Montgomery.
Warnings: AU, angst.
Ratings: general
Summary: Diana is to be a doctor. Fred objects. 300 words.
‘But, Fred,’ Diana sobbed, and then had to stop as emotion overwhelmed her.
‘No, Di!’ Fred shouted. His usually jolly face was flushed with anger. ‘I put up with your Redmond scheme, though it meant waiting even longer before we could be married, when I thought you’d just get a nurse’s degree. And then when you changed your mind, it was fine when I thought you’d grow tired of the hard studies, or the boys in your class drove you out, but it looks like they’ve just been driving you about.’
‘You know Roy is just a friend! And Gil is engaged – how could you –’
‘And no end in sight – all I hear about is how well you're doing or what parties your fancy wealthy friend has been taking you to, or which part of the body you've been closely studying last week! Do you realize what that's like to listen to – how it makes me look? And what about the children we would have? Who would take care of them when you were out taking care of other people's children? I didn’t propose to you to become Mrs Doctor Barry, at home drowning in nappies while you're off fulfilling some selfish dream!’
'Fred, I would never –'
'Diana,' he said with an air of finality. 'It's Redmond or me. Choose.'
'Fred, please, don't make me,' Diana cried, and then she was sobbing again, hard and uncontrollable. Fred was not a hard man underneath, and the sight of her made him relent a little against his better judgement. 'Well, well.' He petted Diana's lovely hair. 'I'm sorry I made you cry. We'll talk about this tomorrow.'
He left her sitting alone by the Barry pond, among the full heavy splendour of midsummer, to slowly tear out one half of her heart.