Beauty and the Beast: The Tale Continues

Chapter 45 - A New Belle, Part 3

Author's Note: Disney is the rightful owner of this franchise. I just own the story... but before we get that, there are a few things I would like to say.

1) So happy that Emma Watson and the BATB film itself won awards in their nonimated categories at the MTV Movie and TV Awards.

2) Still having issues with the FF email system, so please continue checking the story every once in a while for an update, even though there might not always be a new chapter... and I apologize for the shortness of this chapter

3) Anyone interested in working on a collaboration with me? If you have the time, of course... I want to do a crossover with Descendants, but I need help in figuring out the plot, if the story can actually work, and who has a better understanding of those characters than I do since I've only recently saw Descendants last week... or maybe I'm getting ahead of myself XD but would you all want to read something like that?

With the "spooky" celebration party now over, Belle was now inside of the library, still wearing her enchantress outfit.

Up... up... up! thought the young woman, who wondered if it was possible for someone like her to make the books that were on the table, in front of her, fly up to the shelves that they belonged in.

Unfortunately, since Belle did not actually have any sort of magical power inside of herself, the books remained still and unmoving.

"Ugh, maybe I was wrong," she muttered, to herself. "I'd be the one who would make a terrible enchantress."

"Trust me, dear, you're better off just looking like one."

Now starting to feel a little sheepish, Belle turned around, and saw Agathe, who had an amused look on her face.

"Um, hello, Agathe... h-how have you been?"

"I have been quite well, my dear," replied the Enchantress. "And may I say how lovely your outfit is."

Belle began to rub the back of her neck as she replied, "Well, thank you for, um... your compliment... you aren't offended or anything like that, are you?"

To the young woman's relief, Agathe shook her head, and said, "Of course not... feel free to wear that however many times you would like."

Belle nodded her head, and then, the Enchantress' eyes moved towards her stomach. "How is the child?"

"Surprisingly non-troubling," replied Belle. "But I think he or she is waiting until my final month to actually cause trouble."

Agathe let out a chuckle, and as the two of them looked at each other, a sudden thought popped into her head.

"If you would like, madame, I could place my hand on your stomach, and tell you what the baby's gender is."

"Really?" said Belle, surprised at her protector's statement. "Wow... that would be-"

But then, she started to frown, and the young woman shook her head. "Sorry, Agathe, but... I think I would prefer to find out on the day that he or she comes into this world."

"Good answer, my dear," replied a smiling Agathe. "Good luck on your journey to one of life's greatest achievments."

Before Belle could respond back to her, Adam had appeared at the doorway, still in his knight armor, and he asked, "Belle? Who were you talking to?"

"It was-" Belle started to say, but to her surprise, Agathe was already gone. "Um... no one, Adam, I was just, er..."

"Oh, I see what you were trying to do," said Adam, who was now standing next to her. "You don't actually have magic inside of you, Belle... you're just going to have to return those books to their spots the old-fashioned way."

Belle rolled her eyes, and she pointed her self-made wand at him, saying, "You're lucky, then, because I probably would have turned you back into a beast... since you're refusing to grow a beard."

"I am not refusing to grow one," replied the young prince. "I just don't see any use of actually having one."

With a sly smile, Belle softly placed her hand on the side of his face, and said, "Well, maybe it's because I want you to have one... is that not enough to convince you?"

"Only just a little, I'm afraid," replied Adam, giving her a playful smirk. "Perhaps you could find another way to-"

"Oh, for God's sake, not in the library!"

The young prince groaned, and turned around to look at the newly-arrived Raphael, who added, "Take it easy there, Adam, I was just headin' out of here... see you whenever I feel like coming back."

He offered Adam a handshake, which was accepted, and then, the former antagonist politely bowed in front of Belle before leaving. "Au revior, princess."

Once Raphael was gone, Adam muttered some words underneath his breath, while Belle gave a small shrug, and she said, "Well, he did tell us ahead of time when he would possibly return."

[A few days later... at 1:20 am]

Adam could not recall the last time he had slept this well, and if things continued to go the way he had hoped, then he would wake up feeling relaxed and almost like brand new.

Unfortunately, he would have to wait for that to happen another night...

"Adam, wake up..."

"Zzz..."

"... wake up, Adam, please..."

"Zzz..."

WHAM!

"Adam, please, I'm being serious!" hissed Belle, as she put her pillow back down, and watched her husband lazily move his body around to the other side.

"Belle... if you woke me up just so we could-"

"Not now, Adam! I woke you up because I felt a kick in-"

"Well, it must have been in your dreams, my love... because I certainly... did not... zzzzz..."

WHAM!

Belle rolled her eyes, and she said, "Adam, I know it wasn't you who did it... I felt a kick from our child."

Oh, how exciting, thought Adam, and he was about to say the same to Belle when something clicked in his mind.

"Our child?" The young prince began to look at her while sitting up, and a smiling Belle nodded her head.

"Look, I'll show you..." She gently took ahold of his hand, and brought it over to place on top of her growing belly. "Just wait for it."

Adam nodded his head, and he patiently waited for the baby that was currently inside of his wife to deliver a-

"Oh, my God... that was our... our child?"

Belle nodded her head, and Adam's smile grew wider than how it usually was, with the young man feeling everything such as happiness, joy, love, and pleasure. "I love you, Belle..."

Suddenly, to her surprise, Adam began to kiss her on the lips, but he was gently pushed away. "Adam! I thought you said it was too early for this!"

While Belle started to blush, the young prince shook his head, and let out a chuckle. "No, I just didn't want it to be the reason why I woke up... but since I'm already awake..."

"You do know we probably won't wake up at the time we normally do, Adam."

"After finally feeling our son/daughter kick, my love, that is a risk I am willing to take."

Author's Note: Coming up next in this story - Nearing the halfway part of her pregnancy, Belle decides that she wants to have one night of dinner with all of the people that she cares about, while Adam begins to realize that a certain holiday is also approaching fast.