Belle walked into the bedroom next morning holding a tray of sausages and eggs and gently cut and fed them to him, like a mother would feed a baby. "Belle I'm not a child!" he complained. But Belle ignored this knowing that as much as he was complaining he was not yet strong enough to eat on his own without the risk of choking or dropping every bite he ate. Belle would every so often put the plate down and pick up a cup of orange juice which she helped him sip on.

When She was sure that Rumple had finished eating every bite she grabbed a sponge and bucket and stripped all the blankets off the bed and started running the sponge over Rumple's body, over his arms, legs, shoulders, his face, and forehead. When she was sure he was as clean as the sponge would get him she covered him back up in the blanket and kissed his forehead.

"If there is anything else i can do to make you more comfortable you name it, and I'll do it, remember back in the enchanted forest when ever you needed something you just told me to do it, well until you get your strength back I'm Maid Belle at your service!" she told him gently. "If you need anything I'm just down stairs are where ever, as I'm cleaning the house and making sure everything is spotless and taken care of for you." she told him.

She then leaves the room closing the door but leaving it a crack so she could hear him if he called for her. She goes down to living room where she starts the pot to boil for lunch and then grabs the broom and starts sweeping every inch of the house would have been easier to use the vacuum but didn't' want to disturb Rumple with the noise so had decided on using the quieter method of the broom.

When she had finally swept ever corner and ever square inch of the house, she grabbed a mop and dragged the mop through every inch of the house. Next then she did was tackle the bathroom cleaning out Rumple's tub and sink. And even scrubbed out his toilet bowl for him.

"Belle?" the weak call came down to her. She quickly sets the pot on simmer to make sure it wouldn't burn and headed up to see what Rumple needed.

"Rumple is there something i can do for you?" she asked softly. Rumple was sitting up on the side of the bed as if trying to get up. And then sighs "i need to go to the bathroom but i can't get up!" he admitted softly looking very embarrassed.

Belle didn't pay any attention to the embarrassment and instead hooked and arm under Rumple's shoulder and helped up out of the bed, and gently lead him to the bathroom door. And even held him up and averted her eyes away from him as he did his thing. And waited for him to tell her that he was finished. She then helped him to the sink, and then back to his bed.

Once she had tucked him back in to bed she finally went back down stairs to finished fixing lunch. She tried hard not to think about anything but taking care of the man she loved and just plain being there for him.

Finally when it was finished she took the nice warm chili up to the bedroom and gently spoon fed it to him as she had done the breakfast. Feeding it to him small bits at a time.

"Belle, your a wonderful cook, have i ever told you that?" he offered as he swallowed each spoonful.

Belle blushed "it's not that great it's just enough that it might at least help you gain your strength back! and starting tomorrow I'm going to start you on an exercise regimen, meaning your going to have to start physical therapy so so you can start gaining the strength back into your body and so that your body can hold your weight again. You were in a coma for almost three months you have lost some of the strength in your legs your'll have to work to gain it back" she responded gently.

Rumple only smiled at this. "Belle, I want you to know i appreciate what you are doing for me right now, staying here and helping me even with the more embarrassing tasks, no woman should have to help an old man use the bathroom." he whispered softly.

Belle smiles and finally whispers "It's nothing really, for you I would do anything there is nothing I wouldn't do for you."

Rumple smiles and lays back down against the pillow where she tucked him in again and went back downstairs to do the dishes and clean up the lunch mess, and stuck a lid on the pot of leftover chili planning to feed more to him for super.

When this was finally finished she sat down on the couch and relaxed for a moment waiting for Rumple to need her again. She found that it was nice to be needed like this, even though she knew it was only temporary when he got better she was sure he would decide he no longer wanted or needed her after the way she had treated him over the last few years.