Chapter 4...
Mr Gold had figured out what was really going on now and there was no way he could leave Belle alone with that monster. He needed to do something and fast!
He overheard Belle say she was working tonight and he decided that's where he'll be heading.
He wasn't quite sure what time she started but he decided he would leave early anyway.
7pm stroke the clock and he was immediately out of the door.
He strolled down the street realizing that he was just about to pass Belle's house, and suddenly he found himself not being able to breath. He was nervous to see her. But to his surprise it wasn't her he had seen, It was a different girl.
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"Jeffers I can't take it anymore!" Gaston whispered down the phone as Belle showered.
"Well tell her she's your fiance, and that's what people in Love do" Jefferson suggested.
"I've tried that...but she won't...she's too good for her own good" Gaston sneered.
"I need to have her...or at least something...she won't even...touch me, you know..." he suggested.
"Well that's what you get for choosing the book worm, Out of all the girl's you could have chosen, you chose her"
"That's because she wasn't like the rest"
"Yeah exactly...and that's your problem...any of the other girls would have jumped into bed with you willingly, but it's because she's different she won't..." Jefferson almost giggled down the phone.
"It's not funny" Gaston mumbled, ashamed that his own fiance wouldn't have sex with him.
"Look...why don't you call that girl you used to see? What's her name...ummm...Jasmine? I heard she's up for anything and Belle would be none the wiser about it".
"That's actually not a bad idea...I'll call you later Jeffer's, might see you down at the Rabbit hole, but not until later" Gaston chuckled evilly.
...
"Hello?"
"Hey, Jasmine? Remember me?" He said seductively.
"Ohh my goodness... Gaston?"
"Indeed it is baby...do you have plans tonight?"
"Well I did...but I'm sure I can be persuaded to change plans"
"Well in that case come by mine around 7pm..."
"I'll see you then" she said smirking on the end of the phone.
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Mr Gold witnessed Gaston grab the unknown woman by the waist and began to devour and capture her mouth with his.
He pulled her into the house forcefully and closed the door shut but he could still see the shadows from their front room. He saw him rip off her dress, and he could barely make out that she was pulling his shirt of his shoulders.
"Bastard" he grunted.
He had already seen enough and he began to head over to 'The Rabbit Hole'.
This is just what he needed to get Belle away from Gaston and back into his arms.
Belle catching Gaston in the act would surely send her packing and leaving Gaston for good.
Mr Gold entered into the pub and immediately scanned the room in search for Belle and as always she pouring drinks behind the bar.
He had noticed that she wore quite a lot of make up tonight but he figured it was only to cover up the horrible marks that the bastard had left on her face.
He strolled up to the bar stool and climbed up resting his elbows onto the counter.
As soon as Belle seen him she desperately wanted to ignore him, knowing full well that he's probably figured out what was going on between Gaston and herself. But he was a paying customer and she had to do her job.
"What can I get for you?" She said shyly.
"I'll get a Budweiser, and one for yourself too, you'll probably need it after what I'm about to tell you"
She looked at him in puzzlement. "What do you mean?" She didn't move from her spot.
"Well I just seen your beloved fiance taking some girl into your house, practically eating her face off".
"What!?" Belle almost yelled, "You must be mistaken... He wouldn't...I mean...we're engaged..." she stumbled over her words.
"I wouldn't lie to you Belle" He said as he placed his hand over hers on the counter but she suddenly pulled away from him. "I seen it with my own eyes".
"I'm sorry Mr Gold but I don't know what this is..." she gestured between them. "Gaston already thinks that you're after me and causing us to argue with stupid little lies like that is just going to make things worse!" She snapped at him.
"Me and Gaston are happy and we are soon to be married".
Mr Gold laughed at that, "You mean you are going to marry the man who beats you...taunts you in public...leaves horrible bruises all over your body...the man who lets you lie to other people to cover his actions...you know yourself that he's not your true love".
"And what you know about True Love? I don't see you with any women..."
"That's because my true love is standing right in front of me, she just doesn't know it yet"
"I don't even know you!" her tone of voice growing and growing.
Belle shook her head and walked away from him to go and serve another customer.
Some time had passed and when Belle had looked to the clock it was not 9.30pm.
Gaston had told her that he would be in tonight with the others too, but none of them had shown up.
Another half an hour had passed and it was now 10pm.
Finally Gaston, Jefferson, Ruby, Ashley, Victor and Killian had all entered the bar.
Belle's eyes lit up with relief when she finally noticed them wander in.
"Gaston!" Her smile gleamed and she made her way from behind the bar and quickly went up to him giving him a kiss, but she thought he was distant.
"Is everything ok?" she questioned as she gazed up at him.
"Of course it is baby... Why wouldn't it be?" He smirked down at her and gave her a small kiss on her cheek then made his way over to the bar, leaving Belle standing there and her smile had suddenly dropped.
"Belle honey...could I have a word?" Ruby asked pulling on her wrist to take her over to the corner of the room.
"You and Gaston are you umm...you know...doing..it?" Ruby asked but Belle bit her lip nervously and shook her head.
Ruby sighed.
"Why?"
"I think he's going to cheat on you...if he hasn't already done it..." Ruby said shyly trying not to hurt her friends feeling.
"Well there's a surprise..." Mr Gold mumbled from the bar only a few feet away from them.
"Uhhh excuse me...private conversation..." Belle snapped.
He laughed and took another sip of his Budweiser.
Belle moved them into the back room of the bar so no one could hear them.
"Belle honey, you're my best friend but you are Gaston fiance...and I over heard Jefferson talking with him earlier...I think he had one of his ex girlfriend's of your house earlier".
Belle's eyes began to tear up.
"I already know" she sobbed.
"How?"
"Mr Gold he seen him and then he came in here to tell me, I didn't want to believe it but I knew he was telling the truth".
"Oh Belle...He's an asshole...always has been...the only one that thinks differently is your father".
"If I broke off the engagement, my father would be so displeased"
"It's your life Belle..." Ruby said pulling her friend into a hug.
Belle wandered round the other side of the bar and immediately walked up behind Gaston and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Can we talk?"
"I'm having a drink..can't it wait.?" He snapped.
"No it can't" she snapped right back.
"OooooOooooo" All of his friends began to laugh and his anger grew in his face.
But reluctantly he got up and followed Belle out the back.
"Embarrassing me in front of my friends again?" He glared at her.
"Who's the girl Gaston?" She glared right back.
"What girl?" He laughed.
"The one you had at the house earlier?" she sneered.
"I don't know what you are talking about!"
Belle shook her head and let out a sarcastic chuckle.
Her head had turned to the side slightly and her eyes widened when she noticed that all of his friends were eavesdropping in on their conversation from the other side of the bar.
She also saw that Mr Gold was watching them too.
"Can we continue this at home?!" She requested.
"You started this Belle...I want to finish it!" He growled.
"I'm not giving you the pleasure of acting big in front of your friends" She began to walk away, until he gripped her wrist and Mr Gold was just about to jump up from his seat until Belle pulled away from him.
"Danny!" Gaston yelled through the bar, "Belle did you a favor yesterday, now it's her turn...cover for her...we need to talk"
Danny didn't dare refuse.
Gaston practically dragged Belle from the bar and all the way home.
"You wanna talk so talk..." He threw he onto the sofa.
-Do the brave thing and bravery will follow-
"Why are you cheating on me?! I'm your fiance!" She got up and practically yelled in his face.
"Why am I cheating on you?" he laughed sarcastically..."Maybe because my so called fiance won't even has sex with me!"
She lifted her hand and slapped it right clean across his face, she hit him so hard that the palm of her hand stung.
Belle could see the anger and rage rise up through his whole body. She looked down and watched him as he clenched his fists together.
"I'm sorry...I didn't mean...I'm sorry" she begged him.
"Bad Idea!" He gritted his teeth together and gripped at her wrists.
"You are my fiance and I will have you!...I will have all of you" He said as he began to bite at the skin on her neck.
"Gaston! Stop!" she tried to release her hands and push at his chest but he just held her tightly in place, sprawled right up against his own body. He rubbed his lower region against her and she could already feel his want. His need. Feeling his hardened length rub up against her torso.
"STOP IT!" She yelled.
He pushed her down onto the sofa so his body was over hers and he held her down with one hand and pulled her dress up with the other.
"Oh baby...you are so sexy...I can't wait to take you, you'll be so tight and aaaahhhhhh" he was breathless as he palmed her breast and sucked at the milky area of her neck, leaving another reddened mark on her skin.
"GASTON!" She sobbed..."STOP IT PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! STOP!I'm not ready!"
"Mmmm...My lovely fiance, I can't wait to make you my wife, and then I can have you whenever I bloody well wa..." He began to say until he suddenly fell limp on top of her.
Belle screamed with horror.
"Gaston?" She tried to push him up but he was too heavy, Her breathing was becoming more erratic. She gave him one more hard push and he went tumbling to the floor.
"Mr Gold?" Her voice was breathless and barely even a whisper.
He began repeatedly beating him senseless with his cane. Whacking him over his whole body. He was going to be sure that he had the painful bruises that he had left on Belle. He was certain that he was going to make him feel the pain that he had already caused 'his' Belle.
She sat on the edge of the sofa, holding her arms across her chest, and gazed up at him as he held his cane high in the air ready to take another blow to limp and lifeless man lying on the ground before them.
She looked afraid, nervous, scared, horrified and that's when he stopped beating Gaston, he had realized she was afraid..afraid of him?. His breathing became erratic too.
"Belle..." He said breathlessly and he took a step towards her but she moved backwards as if trying to get away from him.
"Sweetheart...I'm not going to hurt you...please?" He held his hand out requesting that she take it but giving her the choice to shy away from him.
Belle's gaze turned to her fiance sprawled out on the floor, blood dripping from his body. He was unconscious.
Belle bit her lip afraid but she looked back at Mr Gold's hand, then looked up to his eyes and he gave her a reassuring smile. That's when she decided to take his hand.
"Oh sweetheart" he said so softly and she began to sob and she melted into his arms. Her tears staining his purple shirt but he didn't care. He was finally holding Belle again. Finally holding HIS Belle in HIS arms again.
"I've got you...It's okay...Nothing can hurt you now".
He held her for a little while until she gently pushed him away against his chest. She wiped her eyes and gazed down at the ring that had on her finger. She glared at it and it made her feel sick.
She ripped it off of her finger and threw it to the ground and it landed right next to Gaston's head.
"I know I don't know you...But could I stay with you tonight? I don't know where else to go and I don't want to be here when he wakes up" She asked him shyly as more tears ran down her face.
He nodded and placed his hand on the small of her back and escorted her out of the house away from the horrific memories.
"My apartment is just on the corner above the Pawn Shop" He assured her and he wrapped his arm around her as she cried into his shoulder as he walked. He found it difficult to walk holding her and his cane while trying to limp but the pain was worth it.
They entered his shop and he guided her up the stairs.
"Stay here" he suggested towards the sofa, "I'll grab you something to wear for bed and then you can sleep in my room, and I'll stay on the sofa tonight"
She nodded, "Thankyou" she sobbed.
He went into his room and pulled out a pair of his sweats and shirt, something that he knew he was never going to wear.
He felt angry, he should have killed that son of a bitch there and then. He needed to pay.
"He will pay!" He whispered to himself.
He walked back out into his living, about to give Belle the clothes. But he couldn't see her.
"Belle?" He looked around the room, but she wasn't there, he made his way around the room and that's when he seen her. She was out cold, fast asleep on his sofa.
He sighed.
She looked so beautiful, she always looked so beautiful. He thought to himself as he stood over her and took in her beauty as she lay there helpless for herself.
Her dark curls surrounding her face perfectly, she looked a little different from when she was at his castle, he liked it, he liked the way she wore her hair here.
He leaned down and sat on the edge of the sofa ever so quietly and gently and he pushed back a stray curl behind her ear that had escaped and landed across her cheek.
He wanted to scoop her up into his arms and place her into a nice comfy bed but he didn't want to startle her or disturb her.
He leaned over and grabbed the blanket from near by chair and placed it gently over her.
"I Love you Belle" He whispered, got up took one more look at her and switched the light off and made his own way to bed.
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So this chapter is a longer than my other chapters...Hope my readers don't mind?!
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