The melody filling the air touched their hearts...It was Chip practising his first attempt at playing the song 'Tale as old as time - Beauty and the Beast' with his very own lovely flute at the music hall balcony...
Belle was utterly not expecting such a 'laso porp'? She realised it now what was hinted by the enchanted petals...that Prince Adam, her charming knight was about to propose to her...Clasping her hands, she wondered, was nervous, confused, feeling all of this dream like a magical transformation overnight...What did he just say to her?
Adam's heart raced and pounded, with fingers holding up his promise of a lifetime beginning to quiver and appear somewhat shaky...She seemed to be seriously considering whether he was worth to be accepted...with quite a hint of a doubt...His enthusiastic smile now wavered upon his catching her faltering gaze of indecision on taking the the kingdom's most sought-after wedding ring dedicated and meticulously carved for her alone...He spent the day's time in secret solitude working on and shaping out every cut and highly-detailed curve of this diamond rose with his own bare hands...
Over a moment which persisted like eternity, Belle's heart almost fell when she silently considered all that she had been through - she was only an obscure and funny peasant girl who did not seem to fit in anywhere...Ultimately, her mind flashed back in time to the thought of her unsightly scars left on her shoulder, now covered under the collar of her shimmering gown...She got down on her knees and gently held Adam's hands, about to whisper her saddest reluctant answer when...
The edges of his fingers that had laboured hard for those long hours were sore and swollen when she caught sight of them, with traces of blood showing through and trickling from his bruised and broken skin unto her fingers as she touched them, startling Belle...The diamond rose turned a tad pink-red from his hurt...
"Why Adam...is it because of this ring you sacrificed for? There's no worth of it...only to cause you so much pain now..." Her eyes welled with tears again...
He managed a bittersweet smile and shook his head, "No, it's not for the ring that's worth it, Belle...It's for you...just to be happy..."
She shook her head and kissed his fingers holding them close to her heart, "I love you...I do, Adam..." Sweeping aside his flowing golden brown locks, she brought her lips to kiss his passionately, as the second half-arch rainbow appeared on the east side of the sky when the setting sun in the west cast its fullest glow and radiant rays...
The music continued and Chip's performance was joined by Fife's piano strings resounding throughout the castle grounds and beyond...There came the land's first winter shower before Christmas...witnessing the deep heartfelt bond of our royal couple-to-be...
