Chapter 7: Be With Me Forevermore
The day after the doctor visited, everything was weird. Belle became tremendously sick, and I was taking care of her. I still don't really know if she will get her memory back, but I trust the doctor because he was on my side in this mess. I even started getting this really bad headache. Gosh, I don't know why Belle and I are getting sick. I was even getting hot, like Belle. Belle had gotten a fever that day… is it a side effect from the process? I think I should go ask the doctor… but I don't feel like moving. I had sent Lumiere and Cogsworth out to the doctor's office to ask why Belle and I are getting sick. I hope it is a side effect.
I was lying in my bed, coughing really bad. Mrs. Potts was in there trying to cure me. She asked, "Master, what exactly is hurting?" I groaned, "My head, my chest… almost everything. I bet Belle feels worse than me because she looks worse than me. Where is she?" Mrs. Potts said, "She's in the other bedroom. Do you want me-?" She was interrupted by the door opening. Lumiere and Cogsworth both walked in, and they closed the door. Mrs. Potts and I looked at them and I groaned, "What did the doctor say?" Lumiere said, "He said that it is a side effect. He said that the person who was in the process gets it-." I interrupted them, "Oh great." Cogsworth continued, "Master, he said it also effects the person that the person loves…" That's when my eyes widened.
I asked, "What?" Lumiere said, "Belle got the effect because she was in the process. You got it because Belle was in the process… and because she loves you, Adam. And maybe because you were there in the room, but I think it's the other reason." I was in shock, but part of me didn't believe it because she would've really remembered me by now, and she would have said "I love you" to me. So far, she has done none of that, so I'm going with the reason that I was in there during the process. I scoffed while groaning, "Yeah right. I bet it was because I was in there during the process. Belle would be in here right now and she would remember everything, including me. So, I don't believe it." Mrs. Potts said, "Oh come on, sir! You don't know that! What if Belle really does love you? Would you just let that go? Would you let your wife and the woman you love down? Huh? Would you, sir?" I said, "No! I am so deeply in love with Belle! More than anyone thinks! I dream about her, I think about her, she is always in my heart, everything! I will never stop loving her, but I just don't believe that she loves me right now. She has told me many times within twenty-four hours that she loves Gaston, and just likes me. That's all the proof I need right now."
All of them looked at me with frowns, and I asked, "What?" Mrs. Potts said, "Get some rest, Master. Just keep thinking that Belle will never love you, and you might as well divorce her. You might as well give up the girl you've loved for a long time." I rolled my eyes and said, "I'm not giving her up." They all walked to the door, and Cogsworth said, "It sounds like you are, sir." Then, they all left the room, and I laid my head on the pillow. I was thinking of Belle and I… just being together… as a married couple, or soon-to-be-married couple. I will never give her up… but maybe they're right… maybe I do sound like I'm giving her up. I will not let that happen.
I thought of a song I sang when I let Belle go for the first time. I sang, "I was the one who had it all… I was the master of my fate… I never needed anybody in my life, I learned the truth too late… I'll shake away the pain… I close my eyes, but she's still there… I let her steal into my melancholy heart… it's more than I can bare…" I got up from the bed and walked to the window slowly singing, "Now I know, she'll never leave me… even as she runs away… she will still torment me, calm me, hurt me, move me, come what may… wasting in my lonely tower… waiting by an open door… I'll fool myself she'll walk right in… and be with me, forevermore…" I smiled and ran out of the room and ran down the stairs. Singing loudly, "I rage against the trials of love… I curse the fating of the light… though she's already flown so far beyond my reach.. she's never out of sight…!" I started dancing through the castle, singing while smiling, "Now I know she'll never leave me… even as she fades from view… she will still inspire me, be a part, of everything I do… wasting in my lonely tower… waiting by an open door…" I ran back up the stairs to my room, and I saw Belle watching me from her door. She was giggling silently and smiling. I smiled and sang, "I'll fool myself, she'll walk right in…" We walked closer to each other, and I sang, "And as the long, long nights begin…" She held out her hand, and I took it and sang while smiling, "I'll think of all that might have been…" Then, she giggled and we sang together smiling, "Waiting here, forevermore…!"
When we finished the song, Belle hugged me for a long time. I hugged her back, and she said, "That was such a beautiful song. I can tell it was for me. I know you want me to remember, but I can't. I'm sorry." We stopped hugging, and I smiled and said, "Belle… of course I sang that song for you. It would be nice for you to remember, but just remember, I will always love you. No matter what. If you lose your memory, I'll still love you. If you leave me, I'll still love you. I will always love you. I just wished you loved me back…" Her smile faded and I walked back to my room. While I was walking, I felt a hand hold mine. I stopped before the door, and I realized that Belle was holding my hand! We smiled, and she said, "I want to be sick with you." I laughed with her, and then we walked in the room to go to sleep.
Boy, oh, boy! I'm getting closer to Belle recovering! I told you all reading this, I am the best husband ever!
