I fell in love with you because you loved me when I couldn't love myself.
Chapter 10: The Ugly Sight
The snow storm had passed, breaking parts of the exterior of the castle. Adam didn't care about the broken parts of the castle because there was minor damage overall.
About four inches of snow fell, but Adam knew that it wouldn't stop him from going to get Belle. Her village was about ten minute ride by horse, and twenty minute walk. Adam was going to ride the horse that was resting in the stables of his castle.
Not surprisingly, Adam didn't sleep well that night. All he thought about was Belle and Gaston together. Belle and Gaston. Gaston and Belle. Belle loves Gaston. Gaston loves Belle. All those terms hurt him like a cut by a knife. He did not enjoy hearing them, and he didn't believe them.
He just stared at the ceiling all night, thinking and dreaming about Belle being with Gaston. He feared that Belle would not take him back, or Gaston proposing to Belle.
As he stared at the ceiling that night, he thought, there is no way she would love him. She told me a million times that she loves me, and she even had sex with me. There's no way.
He even dreamed of Belle not taking him back, and her accepting a marriage proposal from Gaston. He loved her too much let her go; she was his, and he wanted to make sure of it.
That afternoon, his servants were getting the dining room ready for the wedding that was the next day. It was the dining room that they worried about because… well, there was no reason.
Adam had put on his other nicer suit, and stared at himself in the small mirror that was in his hand. He wanted to look handsome when winning Belle back. He smiled at his reflection in the mirror, and he sighed deeply.
He said, "I am going to get Belle back. Gaston is not going to get her. She's mine." It was a little odd; he thought, how is it this easy to fall in love? Maybe it's because Belle is the only woman I would ever try to love.
Then, like every other time, Lumiere walked in his room, causing Adam to jump in surprise. He cried, "Oh my God, Lumiere! You scared me!"
Lumiere stood by the door, and he said, "I'm sorry, Master."
"What do you need? Can't you see that I am about to leave?" Adam asked, rolling his eyes.
Lumiere said, "Well, I was just, uh… coming up here to see when you were planning to help us get ready for your wedding tomorrow. Where are you going, Master?"
Adam fixed his shirt, and he claimed, "I am going to get Belle. I will marry her tomorrow."
"What about Alexis?" Lumiere asked, his eyebrows shooting up in surprise.
Adam walked past his servant, saying, "Well, she is staying single. I am not going to marry her, Lumiere, and you better not have a problem with that."
Lumiere watched his Master walked down the stairs, without saying another word. He's going to have to marry Alexis, Lumiere thought. There's going to be a reason why he's going to marry Alexis instead of Belle tomorrow.
He walked down the stairs quickly, anxious to see Belle again. Even though he had seen her twenty-four hours ago, he was nervous but excited to see her. He wondered, I wonder what she's doing. I wonder if she is mad at me. I hope Gaston didn't propose to her or anything.
That was the only thing he feared throughout those twenty-four hours; he hoped that she didn't make love with Gaston or fall in love with him. She probably didn't, but she kissed him… who knows? Only Belle because it's her feelings.
He continued to walk towards the back of the castle; he was going to ride one of his horses that were in the stalls. He knew that he would not walk all the way to Belle's village, so he had to use a horse.
Adam walked towards the horse stalls, hoping that none of the other servants noticed him leaving. He was wrong; Chip walked right in front of him, and they both froze, staring right at each other.
He asked, "Where are you going, Master?"
Adam smiled at the small boy, and he said, "I am going to the village."
"For what, may I ask?'
Jesus, he is hard to get by, Adam thought. He said, "I am going to get Belle."
"Why? Didn't you yell at her to get out?" Chip was very much confused, and that's why he continued to ask questions.
"Yes, I did, but… I am in love with her, Chip. I don't really love Alexis. Not at all, actually. I am completely in love with Belle, and I want to marry her tomorrow. I am going to bring her to my wedding, but marry her instead."
Chip gave him a frown, and he said, "Okay." Then, he walked past him. He was frowning because he knew it was wrong for him to not marry a woman whom he had said he would marry. He was still a young boy, but he had a brain.
Adam watched Chip walk past him, and he shrugged. He mumbled, "Weird boy." Then, he continued to walk towards the horse stalls.
No one in the castle wanted Adam to be hanged for not marrying Alexis. That's why they had a problem with him getting Belle back. They wanted him to marry Alexis, fall in love with her, and… just have a happy life with her.
Yes, he could go see Belle every once in a while, but they don't know how long that would last with Alexis.
He finally reached the horse stall, and, of course, Cogsworth was out there brushing the horse that Adam was going to take.
He sighed angrily, thinking, oh my God, why is everyone where I am going? I need to get to Belle now!
Cogsworth looked up from his brushing, and he said, "Oh, Master. I didn't see you there."
"I need to use the horse, Cogsworth." Cogsworth scanned Adam's body with his eyes, thinking, he's looking handsome for some reason… I wonder where he's going.
Cogsworth backed away from the horse, and he said, "Okay. Here you go, but may I ask where you are going?"
Adam smirked, and he got on the horse. He explained, "I am going to the village to get Belle. I am going to marry her, and that's it. Do not ask anymore questions, please."
Cogsworth gave him a nod, and he said, "Well, even though I don't agree with this, I wish you luck in getting her back. Honestly, I am on your side. I don't really want you to marry Alexis, but I don't want you to be hanged. I wish you luck, Master."
Adam gave his old servant a smile, and he said, "I knew I could always rely on you, Cogsworth. That's why you're the head of the household."
Then, Cogsworth opened the gate in front of the horse, and Adam said, "Go. Go to Villeneuve."
Then, the horse started galloping it's way to the village. Cogsworth smiled at his Master, and he said, "Stay safe."
During their way to the village, Adam and his horse got caught in huge piles of snow. Some piles were high enough to where Adam had to get off the horse, and brush the snow out of the way.
They also ran into some wolves, but they were pretty lucky to get away from them without being injured. They had jumped on the horse, or attempted to jump on the horse, but Adam was able to get them off.
He thought, maybe I should've went yesterday, but oh well. This is worth it.
Instead of ten minutes to get to Villeneuve, it took fifteen, including an extra five with fighting the snow and wolves.
He hadn't been in the village for a long time, but it was still beautiful, like he remembered. He smiled at the sights of people doing their everyday activities. His horse continued to walk slowly in the village.
The village was very beautiful, and Adam couldn't believe that Belle lived here. He thought, I haven't been here in five years, but it still remains the same.
Then, he realized that he had to figure out where Belle lived in the village. He looked around for his brunette beauty, but he didn't find her at all.
He then said, "Stop here." Then, the horse stopped, and he hopped off the horse.
Adam saw a building that said, "Gaston's Bar". He smiled, and he said, "Perfect. There should be people in there."
He walked towards the building, hoping to find Belle on his way or in the building. The bar was big, he thought, this must be a new building because I do not remember this building being here when I last came here.
He walked into the bar, down a flight of stairs, and there was thirty people or so in there drinking. It was loud in there, so he had to stand in the middle of the stairs to see above the people.
But then, one person spotted Adam standing on the stairs, and he yelled, "Quiet! Quiet! It's the Prince!"
He had a loud voice, and his voice echoed the whole building. Everybody glanced at him, but then their eyes landed on Adam when they saw the man pointing at Adam.
Adam smiled at all the people who were staring at him, and the same man asked, "Can we help you, sire?"
He continued to search for Belle, but then he asked, "Thank you for being quiet, but do any of you know where Belle lives? Or where she is?"
The villagers continued to whisper and mumble to each other, thinking, why does he want to see the odd girl? What could he possibly want her for?
The town librarian, named Pere Robert, came up to Adam, and he said, "She is at home, I am pretty sure. She was found by Gaston yesterday after she went missing. I can show you where she lives."
Adam smiled, and he said, "I would appreciate that, thank you. And Belle did not go missing. She was my servant for a few weeks, and I made a mistake yesterday, causing her to go home with Gaston. Granted, he did find her, but I released her from the castle."
A voice from the crowd asked, "Why do you want to see her? Don't you think she is a funny girl?"
Adam's smile faded, and he said, "I do not think Belle is a funny girl. She is a wonderful girl, perhaps. I don't know why you people think she is a funny girl."
Another voice from the crowd said, "She reads so many books! She doesn't fit in!"
"She isn't like us! She doesn't do what most people do in this village!" said another voice.
Adam frowned at the crowd, and he asked, "So you think she is odd because she is smarter than all of you? That she is trying to do something with her life instead of being a connard stupide like the rest of you?"
The people continued to mumble and murmur, but then someone yelled, "We are not stupid!"
"Oh, yes you all are! You people are all dumb, and what you all are is sexist! Belle is the smartest and prettiest girl I have ever met! She is the kindest and funniest person you'll ever meet! In fact, I am here to get her because I am in love with her! I fell in love with her because she is the greatest woman I have ever met!"
Adam was pissed off at the villagers, and they looked at him with worried looks on their faces. He said, "And if you want to make fun of her again, let me know so I can give you a consequence for being connards to her. Don't judge a book by its cover."
They villagers watched him walk out of the bar, and Pere Robert followed him. None of them have been in this much shock before. Most of them had seen the Prince, but they have never seen him this angry before.
Adam stormed out of the bar, and Pere Robert asked, "So is that really why you want to see Belle?"
Adam turned to face him, and he said, "Yes. I love Belle, and I want to take her back to my castle."
Pere Robert smiled, and he said, "Suis-moi s'il te plait." Adam gave him a nod, and Pere Robert led the way to Belle's house.
There was still a lot of snow on the ground, so Adam said, "Wait, let me fetch my horse."
Pere Robert stopped, and he watched Adam run to the white horse he rode on earlier. Pere Robert glanced at the clock that read one o'clock, and he thought, I hope Gaston isn't with Belle right now.
Adam hopped on his horse, but when he got on, he looked up. What he saw made him smirk; there's Gaston, he said. Gaston was walking towards the way that Pere Robert was going to lead him. He said, "Perfect. I need to follow him."
Adam rode his horse to Pere Robert, and he said, "Thanks for your help, but I think I got it from here."
Pere Robert gave him a confused look, and he asked, "Êtes-vous sûr?"
Adam smiled at the librarian, and he nodded. "Merci beaucoup. Je l'ai eu d'ici." Adam noticed that he mainly spoke French, so he decided to speak French back to him.
Pere Robert gave him a smile, and he saluted to Adam. Then, he walked back to the bar.
Adam was lucky enough to be able to see Gaston still, and he told his horse, "Go follow the man in the red suit, but quietly."
The horse neighed, and he started to follow Gaston. Adam continued to smile because he knew that Gaston would be going to Belle's house or somewhere close to her house. Hoping that he was not going to Belle's house.
Gaston didn't do anything special on the way; he just continued to walk. Adam was more than happy that he didn't notice him or the horse. He knew this was his ticket to getting Belle back.
After following Gaston for about two minutes, he finally stopped in front of a house that was in the middle of the village. Adam whispered, "Stop, stop!" His horse listened as he stopped walking.
Adam said, "Wait here." He hopped off his horse, and he walked behind a tall tree that was near the house. He smiled, and he whispered, "I got you now, Gaston."
What surprised him the most was that Belle came out of the house. Adam gasped happily, and he whispered, "Belle!"
He was about to come out from the tree, but what stopped him was the fact that she said, "Gaston!"
His smile faded, and Gaston walked up to Belle. She was smiling when she saw him, and Gaston wrapped his arms around Belle. Adam thought, what the hell? Why is she letting him touch her like that?
Gaston said, smiling, "Hi Belle." Then, he leaned in and kissed her passionately. Adam felt tears coming up his eyes, and he thought, oh my God, Belle! What are you doing?
Belle wrapped his arms around his neck, and then their lips separated. She asked, smiling, "How are you doing?"
"I am great. I couldn't be better," he replied.
Adam then felt tears running down his eyes, and he whispered, "Is she in love with him? Did she immediately forget about me?"
She asked, still smiling at him, "What are you doing here?"
He chuckled, and then he claimed, "I have something to ask you, and tell you."
Belle felt chills coming up her body when he said that, and she asked, "What is it?"
He took her hands, and he kissed her cheek. She giggled softly, and he explained, "Belle, ever since I laid eyes on you, I knew I was in love with you. There was no doubt in my mind that I would never stop loving you. You are… just beautiful, inside and out. I know before that I was crazy about you, and you probably thought I was greatly annoying. But I feel like I have changed because I want you to love me back. I want you to be mine forever."
She smiled at him, and then he bent down on one knee. Her hands covered her mouth in surprise, and she gasped.
Adam's eyes shot open, and he thought, no! No! No! No!
Like before, Adam's eyes were spilling tears as he watched his lover getting proposed to.
Gaston pulled out a little container that held a shiny ring. Adam thought, I guess… I give up. She is in love with him, and she has totally forgotten about me. I knew it all along. I don't deserve her. It looks like I am stuck with Alexis. I might as well just leave now.
Gaston asked, "Will you marry me?"
Adam then started walking sadly towards his horse, and, surprisingly, he caught Belle's eye. She thought, oh my God… it's Adam! It's Adam! I knew he would come back!
She looked at Gaston, and she said, "Please let me think about it. I promise you I will have an answer soon. I promise you."
Gaston stood up, and he sighed. He said, "You definitely aren't simple." He chuckled along with Belle, and he said, "I'll be back tomorrow, Belle. Please let me know soon."
He walked away from her house, and her eyes landed on Adam. She yelled, "Adam!"
Adam stopped walking, and he turned around to find Belle running after him. She ran up to him, and he asked, "Can I help you, Belle?"
She asked, "What are you doing here?"
He looked at her with sad eyes, and he said, "I… came to apologize. I also came to ask you to marry me, but I was too late. It looks like you love Gaston, and not me anymore."
"What are you talking about?" she asked. She was also looking at him with sad eyes.
"Gaston literally just proposed to you. I saw him propose to you. I bet you said 'yes' though."
He sighed, and Belle said, "I… actually didn't say anything. I do not love him, Adam. You know that I am still in love with you. There's no one else in the world that I would love besides you."
Adam looked at her, and he said, "I'm so sorry, Belle. I truly did not mean to yell at you. I was… uh…"
"Jealous?" She asked, even though she finished his sentence.
He nodded sadly, and he said, "Yeah, I was jealous."
Belle chuckled, and she asked, "But why? Why were you jealous?"
Adam sighed, and he thought, this is going to piss her off. I can tell. He explained, "I was jealous when you were acting happy and smiley around Gaston when you told me that you hated him. It was weird, and then I come down to find you kissing him after we just had sex. It made me furious to see you kiss him. I got mad because I never knew that you would be so happy around him to kiss him. I thought you loved me."
Belle sighed, and she took his hands. She said, "Adam, there is something that Gaston did that made me kiss him. I was just surprised, that's all that he saved me."
Adam thought, what is she talking about? He saved her? From who? From what?
"What happened? What happened to make you kiss him?" Adam asked.
Belle then had a sad flashback of what Nathan did to her. It was a horrifying time, especially at that time of the day.
….Flashback to yesterday…
Belle continued to stare off into space, but then Nathan asked, "Are you okay?"
She gave him a frown, and she asked, "Why? Why did you abuse Adam?"
He asked angrily, "How did you know? Did he tell you?"
"Hell yeah he did!" she yelled. She was not going to let him abuse Adam again because, even though she was made at him, she still cared for him. She still loved him…
Nathan got a hold of her wrists, and he gripped them tightly. He growled, "Listen to me, little bitch. Adam was an insignificant fool. He was worthless! I don't even know why my mother bothered having him! He was a psychopath. He doesn't deserve to live. Now, don't go telling anyone else about this. Do you understand me?"
Belle's wrists were on fire; he had a really tight grip. She whimpered, "Yes. I was just wondering why you did because he didn't deserve it."
He let go of her wrists, and got right up in her face. He whispered, "Hell yeah he did."
Then, he walked right out of the castle, mumbling, "Little bitch."
Belle watched him walk out of the castle. His he sure he wasn't talking about himself? He's the one that's a psycho! Look at him! Grabbing me like that, calling Adam names! He's the bastard here, Belle thought.
Then, all of a sudden, Nathan stormed back into the castle, and plowed Belle to the ground. She groaned in pain, and she yelled, "What the hell?!"
He got on top of her; she knew exactly what was going to happen. He was going to sexually abuse her.
She could feel tears coming up her eyes, and she asked, "What are you doing?"
He chuckled evilly, thinking, she's not going to get away with talking to me like that. This is revenge.
He then started to rape her; Belle's screams were muffled by his hand covering her mouth. He kissed her body everywhere, including parts where she doesn't want to be kissed.
She sobbed as she was getting abused, and she thought, get this man off of me! He is dangerous!
Belle couldn't move her legs nor her arms. She was trapped; no one was going to hear her or see her.
Then, while her eyes were closed, she felt Nathan being grabbed off her body. She gasped, and when she opened her eyes, there stood Gaston, holding Nathan by his neck.
Nathan was struggling to breath, and he asked, "Wh-Who are you?"
Gaston gave Nathan a smirk, and he said, "I'm Gaston. Your worst nightmare."
"What d-do you want?" Nathan asked. He tried his best to get Gaston off of him, but he was a lot stronger.
Gaston's face was right up in Nathan's, and he said, "If I ever see you touch this woman or even look at this woman again, you are a dead man. I will promise you that because she does not deserve one bit of what you just did there."
"All she is is a rude little bitch! She deserves everything she got!"
Gaston then punched Nathan in the face, causing his nose to start bleeding. He said, "Don't back talk me. Get the hell out of here. I shall never see you around her again. Ever."
He opened the front door, and threw Nathan out. He watched him run away from the castle, and he sighed. "Connard," he mumbled.
Belle was panting as she stared at the war hero. He… saved me, she thought. Gaston faced her, and he said, "Belle… I am so sorry about that."
She stood up from the ground, and he said, "That bastard should not have touched you at all. I know I sounded violent there, but I was doing it for you. I was not going to let him abuse you like that because you don't deserve-."
Belle shook her head, and she ran up to Gaston. She immediately kissed him, and Gaston, obviously, returned the kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and he wrapped his arms around her waist.
Belle thought, thank you, Gaston. Thank you so much.
…..End of Flashback….
Belle could feel tears of horror fall down her eyes, and she sobbed, "Your brother attempted to rape me."
That's what made Adam angrier than ever. He thought, oh my God! That bastard! How dare he try to touch her like that?! I am going to kill him! He is nothing but a worthless connard!
Adam gasped, and he wrapped his arms around Belle. He said, "Oh my God. I am so sorry, Belle. I didn't know he did that to you."
Belle sobbed in his shoulder, and she sobbed, "He touched me all over the place, and I tried to scream for you, but his hand covered my mouth. I couldn't move at all. Then, Gaston came in, and scared him off. I kissed him because I was more than happy that he was off of me at that time. I just wished that Gaston was you."
Adam could feel more tears fall down his eyes, and he kissed her head. "I do, too. I wish I could've known that he did that to you."
Belle looked up at him with wet eyes, and she asked, "Why did you feel the nerve to yell at me? I tried to explain to you that he attempted that, but you interrupted me."
Adam separated from her, and he said, "I got angry, okay? I already told you. I didn't want to listen to you or look at you, but I realized that I was wrong. I love you too much to let you go."
Belle asked, "So what now? You can't marry me, Adam. You have to marry Alexis."
Adam then kissed her passionately, thinking, there's no way I want to let you go, Belle. I can't marry Alexis when I am in love with you.
He said, when they separated, "I want you to come to my wedding. It's tomorrow at two o'clock."
Belle gave him a confused look, and she asked, "Why is it tomorrow?"
Adam rolled his eyes, and he said, "Alexis changed the date because she fears that I will come looking for you, even though I already did."
"She's a bitch," Belle claimed.
Adam nodded in agreement, and he said, "But I want you to come tomorrow. I know I said that I don't want to see you, but I just said that out of anger. I really do want you to come."
Belle sighed, and she thought, I can't go. Alexis will kill Adam if she sees me there. I don't want him to start off with a bad marriage.
Belle backed away from him, and she said, tears falling down her eyes, "I'm sorry. I can't."
She continued to walk away from him, even though she still faced him. He asked, "What?"
He tried walking towards her, but she stopped him by saying, "Don't. I can't go to your wedding, Adam."
"Why?" He asked sadly. He thought, why can't she come? I really want to know why.
She sobbed, "I just can't! I'm sorry! I love you, but I can't! Goodbye!" Then, she ran up to her house, and locked herself in.
He watched her run inside her house, sobbing. He could even feel himself crying, thinking, she is angry with me. I knew it. My servants were right. She is never going to forgive me.
He sadly walked to his horse, and they rode off to the castle. He was upset for the rest of his life, and he knew it. He knew he wasn't going to be able to get over this. He knew he was never going to see Belle again.
He knew his life was going to be hell after the wedding.