11-Belle's Hurt

Courtney's eyes were wide with fear, her head rested on her husband's shoulder as he tried to comfort her. It was useless. Courtney was now distraught. Belle had almost been killed! What had she been thinking?

"This is all my fault..." The mother mumbled. Her eyes were too dry to even cry at that moment. The emotion was too much.

"If it's anyone's fault, it's Celia's." Duncan replied, rubbing his hand up and down Courtney's arm gently. He didn't know what to do himself. His daughter was fighting for her life and her wife was in a state of shock. The only thing he could do was stay strong. But it was getting harder and harder with every tick of the clock.

"I'm her mother, Duncan..." Courtney told him. "I'm supposed to protect her..." Now the tears were starting to fall. "And I haven't even been able to do that..." She sobbed.

Duncan leaned in and kissed his wife of fifteen years' head, stroking her hair with his hand and still trying his absolute best to not break down himself.

"Court...It's not your fault. You have been the best mother to Belle ever! And to Marni and Thomas and Jenifer..."

"But now my little girl is dying in there..."

"Belle is just like you; strong!" Duncan replied, encouraging Courtney to keep the hope going. "She's a fighter."

Courtney didn't reply. She sniffled, wiping her eyes. All she could do was pray that Duncan was right, and she really was praying now...

"Is Belle gonna be alright?" Carmen asked, looking away from the TV screen and over to her father.

"Belle's gonna be fine." Alan told his daughter, though he didn't sound very confident about it himself.

"You shouldn't like to little kids."

There really was no telling if Belle was going to be okay or not, but everyone knew they had to stay strong together. No one wanted Belle to die; Belle was like family to everyone. It was just an unfortunate twist of fate and they all knew they had to hope and pray for Belle to make it through in the end.

Marni was sat on the window seat, staring out at the rain that was now pouring down. She had re-dyed the turquoise part of her hair red. She was also now wearing a black and red version of her t-shirt and a single lacy black glove on her left hand.

She and Belle may not have always seen eye-to-eye with things, but that was just what sisters did; they fought. Constantly! That didn't mean they didn't love each other, though. Marni was really hoping that Belle was going to make it through in the end. She really, really hoped she would.

"You shouldn't throw yourself into depression, Marni." Alan told her. "And I'm not lying, Belle will be fine."

"You don't know that..." Marni got up and left, her words lingering in the air. No one spoke for a little while. None of the younger children knew what to say. They didn't know what to believe themselves.

"Marni's right, isn't she?" Jenifer finally asked.

Arianna finally intervened with it all. She had been trying not to, keeping her thoughts to herself about the situation, but she couldn't any more. The Queen got down on the floor beside Jenifer and ran a hand through her hair.

"Marni's just scared, Jen." Arianna explained. "We all are."

"Belle will be fine!" Carmen snapped at everyone. She was really scared about it all herself. "Belle's stronger than this..."

Thomas had been sitting in the corner in silence for the past few hours, not knowing what to say anymore. All he wanted was for his older sister to be okay, though he knew it was going to be a slim chance anyway.

"That doesn't change the fact she's dying."

"Are you Isabella's mother?" A young nurse walked over and asked. Courtney recognized her straight away; she had been the one who had taken care of Courtney years ago, when she had been in the hospital.

"That's me." Courtney answered solemnly.

"She's lost a lot of blood..." Nurse Kelly began, peering down at her clipboard. "And you will need to donate her some if she is to make it."

Courtney nodded once more, but then it struck her, "Why me?"

Nurse Kelly brushed a few strands of brunette hair behind her ear and tucked her clipboard under her arm. She took a seat beside the worried parents.

"Transferring blood is a very tricky procedure." The nurse explained kindly. "And only a person's mother has the exact same blood type as them."

"Oh..." Courtney whispered, plucking up the courage to say what she hadn't in the last fifteen years. "In that case, I'm not her mother."

"But you just said you were."

Courtney shook her head, trying her best not to let the tears and the emotion get the best of her. She had never explained it out to anyone before, most people already knew. This was quite difficult.

"I adopted Belle when she was a baby." Courtney chocked out. "I'm not her birth mother."

"OH! I am so sorry..." Nurse Kelly apologized. "Is her birth mother still around? Is there any way we could contact her?"

Courtney nodded for the third time.

"I'll see what I can do..."

"I don't think I've ever told anyone this before...BUT! I am scared of needles!" Arianna hissed quietly as the two ex-Princess' sat in the doctor's office.

Courtney smiled slightly. In every bad situation they have ever been in, Arianna has always been the one who had put that smile back on her face. There was just something special that ran deep between them. They may have hated each other in the beginning, but now they had never been closer.

"Just remember, you're doing this for Belle."

"I know." Arianna sighed. "She is one of the very few people I would sit here and face my fears for."

Nurse Kelly walked in with a smile on her face, trying to keep up her cheery mood. She sat down on the stool and washed her hands in the sink before pulling herself across the floor and sitting beside the two.

"This might hurt a little..." The Nurse said, and it did not help Arianna at all.

"OW!" The blonde headed girl shouted out. "You said a little!"

"Brave up a bit." Courtney smirked, having caught the habit from being around Duncan for so many years.

"I'd like to dump you in a vat of green jelly and see how well that goes down..." Arianna muttered, making Courtney crack another smile.

"Okay..." Nurse Kelly placed the blood in a sealed container and placed inside a plastic bag, too. "You two should go wait in the waiting room."

The two girls smiled their thanks, but their faces turned to sorrow as they left the room. Belle was now playing on their minds, both hoping that the blood transfer was going to work and she would soon be back to her healthy self again.

"Do you think Belle will be okay?" Arianna asked. The hallways they were walking down was unbearably silent, which did not help either of the girls in their praying for Belle.

"I don't know, Arianna." Courtney replied, letting a silent tear fall down her cheek. "I really don't know..."

A/N: Poor Belle, Poor Belle, Poor Belle...

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