"What are you doing, Rumple?" Belle asked as her husband put the globs of red meat into a pan on the weird box.
"I'm making us dinner."
"What is that?" Belle reached towards it, but Gold grabbed her hand and spun her away from the stove.
"This is a stove and it is very hot. You need to be careful. I don't want you to get burned, darling." Belle still didn't understand, but she could see the worry and concern in Rumplestiltskin's eyes. She slowly backed away and watched him cook the weird red meat.
"If you want to start peeling the potatoes we can have fries with our burgers," Gold said with a smile in his eyes.
"Burgers? As in HAMBURGERS? Are we really having hamburgers, Rumple?" Belle was ecstatic, and Gold couldn't been happier at her reaction.
"Yes we are. Granny was kind enough to teach me how she makes hers."
Gold turned back around. Belle, delighted, flew toward him and tried to fling her arms around him, but he moved at the last second and her hand fell on the hot stove top. "OUCH!" She leapt back in surprise and pain.
"Belle!" Rumplestiltskin grabbed Belle's wrist, dragged her quickly to the kitchen sink, and turned on the cold water, letting it run over her hand. "Now don't move an inch. Keep it like that." He filled an available bowl part way with ice and let the water run over that as well, then stuck Belle's hand inside. "Leave it in there, darling. It will help it."
Belle was quivering with fear. "Rumple…What just happened?"
Gold wrapped her into a hug, making sure her hand was still soaking in the ice water. "Darling, I tried to warn you. The stove gets extremely hot. You just burned your hand, but don't worry; the ice water will certainly help it. Oh, darling, I'm so so very sorry. I can't believe I allowed this to happen. I should have explained more carefully. I should have kept you far away from the stove."
Belle placed her free hand on Rumple's shoulder. "You did nothing wrong. I should have known better, dear. It was silly and impulsive of me."
"I don't deserve you. At all. But I've somehow been blessed with you. How is this possible?" Gold looked at her with astonishment.
"I'm not going anywhere, so get used to it, dearie" Belle grinned up at him and gave him a quick peck on the cheek.
