Hey guys! Only two chapters left! I'm so excited! I hope you guys love this story as much as I do. As always please let me know what you think. BTW BumpleRumple I think you will be particularly happy with this edition. Enjoy!
Belle was finally in Storybrooke Maine. It was a miracle. She was so close to home. Every bone in her body told her that this was right. She turned back to Olivia and Isaac. "I'm here. I'm almost home."
"I knew you would get here," Isaac laughed. "What are you waiting for? Go get them."
"You're not coming?" she asked.
"No sweetheart. This is something you need to do yourself," he told her. "You've helped a lot of people out on your journey. It's time you got your happily ever after."
She hugged him and Olivia tightly. "Thank you both so much," she said letting them go. She pulled out a piece of paper and a pencil and quickly scribbled down almost the exact same thing she had for Elena. "For when you find your son and her father."
"Will do, Miss Prescott," he told her. "Now go, Run."
"I am. Bye Isaac! Bye Olivia!" she called as she dashed out the door of the dreadful bus. She ran. Her bones aching, everything hurt from top to bottom. She was three blocks away from Russell's house. It was still mid afternoon and a weekday so he could've been working but she didn't care. It was the only place she could go. If he wasn't there, she would wait for him to get home.
She was now on the street of his house. A car was pulling into the driveway. Two people got out of it. A young man and a little girl. It was them. Russell and Faith. They went inside the house. She ran faster. Faster than she'd ever run in her life. There was her family. Almost in reach.
She reached the doorway and pulled the hidden key out from the ladybug planter and fumbled with it. Desperate to get inside. Finally it opened. She dashed in and called out, "Faith! Russell!"
Russell heard a voice that made he and Faith both stop. It was impossible. There was no possible way for it to be who he thought it was. The accent he would never forget. He quickly grabbed the vase off the table and put Faith behind him. "Whoever you are, you are not allowed in my house," he said as he rounded the corner.
He dropped the vase and it broke into a million pieces. There standing before him was the love of his life. Belle French was standing right in front of him. Her eyes were full of love and joy as she gazed upon them with tears starting to form in them. Her long brown hair was gnarled and knotted from what looked to be like a couple of days worth of not brushing. Her clothes were cheap, worn and had holes in them, but not the same ones she had been taken in. Her smile was the same as it had been all those years ago. Enduring, alluring and loving of everyone, no matter who they were.
"Belle!" Faith shouted. She ran into her sister's arms. They both started crying. "Belle, you're alive! You're okay!"
"I'm here," Belle told her as she began to cry. "And I'm never leaving you again," she promised.
Russell was still frozen from the shock. There was no way to explain this. Then Belle turned to him. She gently moved Faith out of her arms so she could get to him. She slowly walked up to him. "Russell?" she asked nervously.
He reached out to cup her cheek. He needed to feel her. Know that she was indeed his lost love from three years ago. "Are you really here?" he asked. He was so afraid that this was a dream or some illusion. A cruel joke of some kind. She reached up and took his cheek as well.
"Yes," she said. In an instant they were wrapped in each other's arms, clinging as if their life depended on it. Their bodies welding together in familiar yet lost heat of each other. Feeling a way they hadn't felt in years. They cried tears of joy as they were finally reunited. True love finally giving them their happy ending.
After a minute or two, he pulled her away just enough to see her face. He leaned down and kissed her. Every emotion went off like a gun as they collided. Passion burned throughout them and the magic they thought was lost was returned after all this time.
The kiss ended and they pulled away for air. "It is you," he said.
"I'm home," she said. Faith ran back to her, no longer able to contain herself, and hugged Belle at the waist. Belle hoisted Faith up and held them both close. "I'm finally home," she whispered.
Faith had been finally put to bed and Belle and Russell headed downstairs to the living room. It was finally their time to be together alone. Russell had so many things he wanted to ask and say. But first, he pulled her into his arms and held her tight to which she quickly followed.
"Sweetheart," he said. "I've missed you so much."
"I held on everyday knowing that I would one day I would finally be in your arms again and that Faith would be there too," she told him.
He kissed her cheek. "Belle there were so many things that I wished I could've told you. I wanted to tell you that I love you. I didn't have the courage to tell you then but when you were taken I promised myself that I would tell you. I love Belle with all my heart. I never want a day to go by again where you aren't in my life."
"Russell, I've loved you from the first day I met you and I never want that to happen again either," she told him.
He kissed her. The passion between them could've fueled the entire town. It was electric. It was the kind of kiss that told you that this was true love.
They had to pull away for air but the sparks still sprung from them. "Tomorrow I'm taking the day off," he told her. "And we'll catch each other up. But for now it think it's best you get some rest. You don't look well darling."
"Really Russel, I'm fine. I've just been crammed into a lot of uncomfortable places. I promise I will tell you all about it tomorrow," Belle told him. She gave him a small kiss before saying, "I'm okay."
"Take my bed tonight," he told her. "It's far more comfortable than the couch."
"Thank you," she said.
He kissed her forehead one last time. "Good night, Sweetheart."
"Good night Russell," she said. And with that, she disappeared up the steps.
Well gang, we finally got her home. As I said earlier this is NOT the end. two chapters left guys! :D I'm so excited. Please let me know what you think.