Chapter 2...

Mr Gold sat in his home, just thinking. Thinking of Belle, Hook and now the baby, THEIR baby.

How was he going to fix this? He tried true loves kiss, but she totally freaked out on him and true loves kiss only works of both people love each other, and at this point in time, she didn't love him. She didn't even remember him.

He poured himself a glass of whisky and sat with his chin leaned against his wrist.

Sigh.

He then got up and went down into his basement and sat by his spinning wheel, he wanted to forget too. He wanted to forget everything, just like Belle. At least then it would be like when they first met and maybe...just maybe they could fall in love again?

He spun and spun straw into gold, way much more than he could ever need or spend.

He had to figure something out.

He opened his potion box. Filled with purple potions, green potions, blue potions, black potions.

He flicked his hand over each one, making them change colour, pouring some into other bottles mixing with different substances and chemicals. But he just knew none of them would work.

"Arrrggghhhhhhh" he yelled and launched one of the potions across the room until it smashed into the wall and shattered into a thousand pieces.

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Belle lay on her hospital bed. Her head tilted to the side against her pillow as she stared out of the window at the beautiful sunshine.

She was still too afraid to allow anyone in, and especially Whale or the nurses because whenever they would visit her, they would always bring those stupid gloomy needles.

She needed to figure something out. When she's finally allowed to leave, she's going to need a place to stay, a job, a home, clothes and lots of other things. She closed her eyes blocking any tears from rolling down her cheeks at the impossible thoughts that spiraled through her mind.

As she stared out the window, the thought of her carrying a baby...her baby, frightened her.

She put her palms splayed out across her torso and sighed.

"I guess it's just you and me baby" she whispered in a muffled tone.

-Knock Knock-

Belle was alarmed by the knock and quickly removed her hands from her belly and sat up against the back of the bed.

"Who are you?"

"Don't you remember love?"

She glared at him for a while.

"You were there...that night...but I don't know you...do I?"

"No , not really, we've had our...conversations here and there..."

"So we were friends?"

"Well I wouldn't quite say that Love"

She glared at him with even more confuse-ment as he walked closer to her bed. She shifted a little at the strange man.

"So where's the crocodile?"

"Crocodile? I don't...?" Her expression was disconcerted

"Mr Gold...Rumplestiltskin?" He rolled his eyes.

"Oh...well we...uhhhh"

"I'm surprised he hasn't ripped your heart out yet, It's only a matter of time before he rips it from your chest and crushes it right in front of you, just like he did with Milah!"

"Milah? Who's Milah?"

"His ex wife... You were his true love...apparently, but before you he had Milah, and she left him for me"

"What happened to them?" she wondered.

"Tell me something Love, If a woman comes to you and begs you to take her away..." he began to say until Belle looked awkward as he gaze fell to the floor.

"Why would she leave him?" She mumbled.

"Because he was a coward, A monster, A beast, and because she loved me" he said as he ever so closely stood next to her bed, His eyes intent on hers, making her feel flustered.

"Where is she now?"

"She's gone, your beloved true love ripped out her heart and crushed it...right in front of me". Belle's eyes widened in horror.

"But wait? How can he rip someones heart out? A normal human being can't do that" she giggled nervously.

"That's because he's not human, he's a beast, a sorcerer, The Dark One..."

Belle bit her lip nervously.

"What happened to your hand?" she asked sheepishly, but she couldn't help but be intrigued by the metal hook that had replaced his hand.

"He cut it off" he gritted.

"And now I've come to take my revenge on that beastly crocodile"

Belle glared at him with slit eyes, she wasn't quite sure what he was talking about.

"Let me spell it out for you Love, I'm the reason you can't remember" he snickered.

"I wanted him to feel what I felt when he took Milah away from me, I wanted him to lose the love of his life, I wanted him to feel pain".

Belle suddenly became agitated and frustrated. She couldn't remember him, but that would certainly explain why she could remember him the night everything changed.

"Get out!" she yelled.

He laughed at her. "With pleasure Love" He got up and sauntered over to the door. "Ohhh..." he held a finger up, "Keep that beast of yours tamed, otherwise I will not hesitate to kill him".

Belle became frantic and she started screaming at him, telling him to leave. Within seconds the nurses were there with their needles.

"Please No, I'm calm please nooooooo!" she yelled until the metal pierced her skin and she fell right to sleep.

She woke up a few hours later, with the memories of that ghastly man in her room. She was afraid. Anyone can walk into her hospital room and no one even cared.

-Mr Gold might care?- she thought to herself.

She shook her head, -After everything I said to him earlier, he'll never some by here again- the thoughts spiraling through her over acting mind.

But she was afraid, She needed someone. She picked up her bag that was next to her bed and searched through it looking for any details, until she found a cell phone.

She rummaged through the phonebook, but there was only three numbers, The Library, Mr Gold's Shop and Mr Gold.

She took a deep breath in.

"Hello?"

"Mr Gold?"

"Belle?"

" Uhhh... well...That's who I used to be I guess" she stuttered.

"Is everything okay?"

"I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry" she sobbed on the end of the phone.

"It's okay, what's wrong? Is everything okay?"

"I'm afraid"

"What's happened?" he said anxiously.

"Yeah, there was a man here" Gold gripped his cell at the words.

"Who?"

"I don't know, he wore a black coat, and had a hook for a hand, kind of like a pirate?"

"HOOK!" he seethed. "Are you okay? Did he hurt you?"

"I'm fine, but I'm scared, I didn't know who else to call" she sniffled. "I'm sorry about what I said earlier"

"SshhhShhhh sweetheart it's okay, Do you want me to come back?"

She desperately wanted to say yes, she was so afraid and nervous.

"I don't want to mess you around, I'm just afraid he'll come back" she sobbed.

"I'll be right there ok?"

"Thankyou" she muffled.

She let out a sigh of relief. For some reason she felt safe when Mr Gold was there.

He was there in no time at all.

Gently knocked on the door requesting entrance which she allowed immediately.

She doesn't know why she did it, she guessed it must have been because she was so frightened, but she jumped up from the bed and wrapped her arms around his neck and she immediately felt protected for some strange reason. She really did have a sense about people. And something in her knew he had a good heart deep down, even if the things hook had said were true. She wanted to understand his past and she desperately wanted to understand her own past but maybe he was right earlier, when she remembers everything will become clear, but for now she just had to let it go.

"I'm here sweetheart" he whispered into her ear as she wrapped her arms around him.

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