Author's Note: I do not own anything.
Belle curled up on her bed and sobbed. Why was she acting like this? She knew she wasn't like most of the women in town. What could he possibly see in her? She felt sadness and anger. Her thoughts were interrupted as Mr. Gold knocked on her door. "Belle?"
He came in anyway. "Can't you see it?" he was on the verge of tears.
"I can't see anything."
"Belle, please. Search your feelings. Look into your heart. Tell me do you feel anything."
"No," lied an angry Belle, "I don't feel a thing."
"I'm not giving up until you remember who you are. You've lost yourself and I won't stand by and lose you."
"You may have already."
"Belle this isn't you!"
Suddenly Belle woke up and jolted upright. She looked around the room and realized she was at Mr. Gold's house and the whole thing had been a dream. Her heart slowly sunk as she got out of bed. She went to put her outfit on for the day and walked downstairs into the kitchen. Mr. Gold had already left for the day. Belle cleaned the house rather quickly and decided to go for a walk. She went outside and smiled. She came across the shop and walked in. "Rumple?"
He emerged and gasped, "What are you doing here?"
Feeling a quick jolt of courage Belle walked up to Mr. Gold and threw her arms around him and kissed him. He returned her kiss but was rather surprised. "I realized something Rumple, I love you."
Mr. Gold's heart was pounding frantically. He had waited for this day, but it wasn't quite the same. She still didn't know who she was. "I had an odd dream last night and I found out I was a fairy tale character trapped in this world, isn't that crazy? Oh and you and I were from a different land and we fell in love with each other," Belle declared.
"You would be surprised," teased Mr. Gold.
"Oh who would we be?"
"Beauty and the Beast."
Belle smiled as she walked around the shop but gasped when she saw a red rose. "What do we have here?"
Belle took the rose in her hands and smelled it. Something was triggered within her as she set down the rose. It fell to the ground. "Belle?"
"It's true…isn't it?"
Mr. Gold froze.