Chapter 14...
Mr Gold awoke quite early, feeling awfully stiff and awkward from sleeping on the very uncomfortable chair again.
He needed something to wake him up, as he looked to Bae and Belle still asleep cuddled together on the bed he went to grab some coffee.
When he returned, he found Belle murmuring in pain.
" You're awake, are you okay? How do you feel?" He was right by her side and she smiled at his concern.
" I'm okay" she reassured him with a little smile. She tried lifting herself to sit up against the back of the bed, but she was in an awful lot of pain.
" Take it easy, wait... Here let me help" He put his coffee on the desk and tried helping her to sit up.
She pulled faces as the pain shot little electric pulses through her body.
" Thankyou" her voice barely a whisper.
He sat in the chair, when he was sure she was comfortable. He looked into her eyes, but she could tell something was wrong.
" Is everything okay?"
" What happened?"
She looked at him confused.
" In the accident. Do you remember?"
She nodded, but shied her face away from his gaze.
" Gaston was driving down the road, pretty wrecklessly, and i shouted at him to slow down, and then... Nothing" her eyes finally met his.
" Why were you in the car with Gaston?"
" I asked him to drive her" Moe's voice suddenly overpowered the conversation.
Belle noticed Mr Gold's face suddenly drop and begin to fill up with anger.
" I was sick, I needed to go to the doctors, Papa didn't know who else to turn to, so he told Gaston to take me" She put her hand on top of his.
" It was so nice of him to take her" Moe said.
" So nice? " Mr Gold spat, " He nearly killed her with his wreckless driving! And the other things he could have tried to do to her again!" Mr Gold's anger grew and grew.
" Do to her? What the hell are you talking about Gold"
And that's when Belle wished the pain wasn't so bad so she could just get up from the bed and walk out of the room. -Shit- she thought. She looked straight to Mr Gold with pleading eyes.
" Nothing" Mr Gold hissed and slumped back in the chair, pulling his hand away from the bed.
She bit her lip nervously, trying to hold back tears.
" Papa, there's something I need to tell you... About Gaston, I was too afraid to tell you before because if I told you that part of the story, I would have had to tell you everything and I didn't want Mr Gold to get into trouble" She sighed.
Mr Gold's head shot to the side with amazement. She was finally going to tell her father.
" What is it Belle? You know you can tell me anything" Moe took her hand into his reassuringly.
" Gaston was the one that gave me alcohol at Homecoming, he poured it into my drink and encouraged me to drink it, I hadn't realized how much I had actually had until I began to feel dizzy...that's when he started to..." She looked to Mr Gold and he nodded edging her on to continue." taking advantage of me" She then looked at her Father with teary eyes, and she could see the anger build.
" What did he do Belle?"
" He took me outside, started kissing me, my neck, and then I could feel him... Feel it against my leg, he said he was going to take me...that's when I tried to push him away but he just held me tighter against the wall"
" Gaston? But how? He was always such a lovely boy"
" He is far from a lovely boy" Mr Gold sarcastically chuckled.
" He acts different when he's in front of you papa, like he needs your constant approval. He's not a nice man at all, you always told me to never judge a book by it's cover, please believe me, I'm not making this up." She took his hand tighter and gave him a little squeeze.
" I was thankful when Mr Gold came around the corner and pulled him away from me" She looked to Mr Gold and smiled at him and he smiled back.
" Anything could have happened if he hadn't shown up."
" I'm so sorry Belle, I wish you had told me sooner, I took that boy into my home, treated him like my own son" The anger burned up inside him, his heart pounding with fury he thought it could possibly beat out of his chest.
" It's okay Father, she stroked him arm, Thanks to Mr Gold I'm okay" she smiled.
Moe looked to the other side of the bed and seen the way Gold looked at his daughter. The way he really looked at her like she was the only girl in the world.
" I guess I owe you my gratitude Mr Gold, Thankyou for what you did, I guess you saved my girl, In more than one way" He smiled at Belle when he said that and Mr Gold was shocked at his statement and could just about manage to nod at him.
" I'm going to give you two some...space, I guess you could use some time alone, Plus I need to figure out what to do with the shop until you get better" Moe got up from his seat and kissed Belle forehead.
" I'll be back later, my girl"
" Thankyou Papa, I love you"
" I love you too" He smiled, turned his eyes to Mr Gold and they both nodded to each other and he made his exit.
After the door closed, Belle immediately turned to Mr Gold. He leaned over and place a small gentle kiss to her cheek, being extremely careful of her injuries across her face.
" I Love you Belle."
She giggles and her grin grew and grew. " I love you too".
Bae started stirring at Belle's side and he stretches out and his eyes fluttered open.
" Ello" He smiled up at the adults sitting above him.
" Morning sleepy head" Belle joked.
" Belle feel betta' t'day? Bae innocently asked.
" The cuddles off you last definitely made me feel better" as she gently stroked a finger down his cheek with a smile.
" There we go Bae, Your favourite"
"Juice Juice Juice!" Bae said with excitement as he gulped down his orange juice and Belle giggled.
" Can I get you anything?" Mr Gold turned to Belle as he brushed his knuckles across her cheek in a similar way she had done to Bae. She closed her eyes and sighed, embracing his touch.
" A glass of water would be lovely, thankyou"
" Bae..." Mr Gold handed him a medium size black box, and when Bae opened it his eyes widened with amazement.
" Tankew Papa" Bae grinned up at his father.
" Look Belle!" Bae lifted up the bunch of Toy Story figurines that had been placed inside the box.
" Well you are lucky very boy " Belle smiled at him and ruffled his hair.
Mr Gold picked Bae up and placed him on his feet to the floor.
" Do you want to go and play with them over there?" and Mr Gold gestured to the other side of the room, where there was a big table, filled with 'Get well soon' cards, flowers and chocolates for Belle.
" Yaaay ok" Bae happily skipped over and he climbed up onto the chair.
" Nick, Is everything okay?" Belle turned to him.
" Well, I, Uhh..." He stuttered.
" Nick, you... You can tell me anything" she smiled.
" Please don't be angry, but when you were still unconscious the nurse visited, and she told me something."
Belle started to worry then, all sorts of things started rushing through her mind.
"What is it? Is everything okay?" She stumbled over her words.
" I hope it is, Oh Belle... " as she watched a tear run down the side of his cheek. He pulled the piece of paper out of his pocket just like the nurse did with him.
" They had to run tests on you, for internal bleeding or any damage, but the nurse she... Well she found something else" He handed the picture to her.
" What's this?" She questioned with a confused look on her face.
He pointed to the small black dot in the centre, " See that?" and she nodded, " That is your son and daughter" Her head shot up and a shocked, unbelieving expression plastered across her face. " Our son or daughter" He emphasized.
" You mean?" As her gaze dropped from his and she placed a hand across her torso.
" Yes Belle," He sobbed with happiness. " You are having our baby"
He watched her for a moment. Watched for her expression, was she happy? Afraid? Sad? Angry? Annoyed? Pleased? Nervous? Worried? Filled with regret?
When he suddenly noticed the corners of her lips start to curl upwards. she smiled, just a little smile at first, but as it grew it pressed her rosy cheeks up and slowly revealed her teeth, like a perfect Pearl necklace. Finally the smile reached her eyes, lighting them, causing them to crinkle at the the corners. in that moment she was everything he had ever hoped for, she was everything he would ever need. Belle, Bae and their new soon to be addition to their family. He knew she was happy.
" I can imagine her now, a petite beautiful little girl, with long brown hair and sparkling blue eyes just like her mother, running around the house. Oh Belle I hope you are not mad, because I... at the moment I truly feel on top of the world"
She slowly gazed up at him with a smile from ear to ear. " Of course I am not mad, This explains... A lot" she giggled. " My sickness before the accident, The smells of certain foods turning me sick" She giggled " It all fits together, I guess I should have known. Oh Nick, I am Happy, Of course I am!" She reached over and intertwined her fingers into his and squeezed.
" Kiss me?" She requested.
" But.. Your inju..." He began to argue, but she stopped him.
" Just shut up and kiss me " she laughed, and he couldn't say no any longer, He waited for this moment for 2 weeks, waiting patiently for her to wake so he could kiss and taste, her beautiful cherry coloured lips.
He sat on the side of her bed and leaned in close to her. She closed the distance between them and pulled him into a desperate and passionate kiss.
The pain rushed through her body but at this point in time, she didn't care, as she stuck it out, she completely forgot she was even in any pain, It was like he was taking it all away from her she thought to herself. Their tongued danced together in each others mouths. It was longing, something they had both been waiting for. And they knew, this was the perfect time for it to happen. They were going to have a baby. 8 Months from now. And they were both so happy. Neither of them could believe it was true.
They finally broke apart when they heard an innocent little voice echo through the room.
"Eeeeewwwwwwwwww" Bae laughed, They both pulled away from each other to find Bae covering his eyes, so he couldn't see them kissing anymore.
They both looked at each other and burst into a pit of laughter.
" I Love you Nicholas Gold" she whispered.
" I love you Isabelle French"
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