After a few hours Ben, Bree and Evie had to leave and head back to Auradon but she had given the three of them her mobile number so they could call and arrange another day to visit her. But she had some decisions to make about her and Belle's future. But she needed to talk to her daughter first. Sure her daughter was only three years old but she wasn't going to move to Auradon if Belle was against it.
Mal had managed to convince the three royals not to tell anyone about Belle until she made her mind up about moving. The purplette had loved the sight of Belle bonding with Ben, Bree and Evie, it had warmed her heart. So as she tucked her daughter in Mal sat on the edge of her bed. "Belle honey, can I ask you something?" She asked her daughter. Belle nodded to her mom and Mal smiled down at her little girl. "Do you remember today when Ben and Bree told you about Auradon?"
"Yeah, mommy. It's sounds great." Belle told her mother.
The purplette couldn't help but smile at that. She was pretty sure she knew what her daughter's reaction would be. "Well before I had you I lived there with them. How would you feel about moving there? Permenantly." She asked.
Belle immediately sat up in her bed, a large smile spreading across her face. "Really!? We could!?" She exclaimed and the excitement in her voice made Mal smile as well.
Smiling the young woman leant forward and kissed her daughter on the forehead. "Maybe, I haven't decided yet." She admitted. She still had to work some things out. Like could she go back and see him everyday? Would things be the same? Would Malice hate her for leaving the way she did? "I wanted to know what you thought of the idea." The purple haired woman said, smiling down at her daughter.
"I really want to go. Please mommy." She begged with the purplette. Mal could see her daughter really wanted to go, it was written all over her face. The purplette had to admit that she was swaying towards going back to Auradon with Belle, but before she could tuck her daughter back in her questions weren't over yet. "Mommy?" The toddler said, gaining her mothers attention immediately.
As the purplette helped Belle to lay back down she responded with, "What baby?" But nothing could have prepared Mal for her next question.
"Why doesn't daddy live with us? Why have I never met him?" Belle asked her mother.
Mal didn't know how to respond to that. What on earth could she say? The purplette wasn't even sure who her daughter's father was and now here was her daughter asking about him. She had expected the questions eventually, but she had been expecting them when Belle was older and she would be able to understand why she hadn't told belle about her father. How could she explain this to a three year old child? "How about you go to sleep and we talk about this tomorrow?" Mal suggested to her daughter.
Slowly Belle nodded to her mother as her eyes began to get heavy. "Okay. Night mommy."
"Night sweetie." Mal responded trying to keep the pain and hurt from her voice as she spoke. It was then she kissed her daughter's cheek and left the room.
Closing her daughters bedroom door, Mal finally allowed her tears to fall. She hated that Belle had grown up not knowing about her father, she didn't even know his name, and that hurt Mal. She had never wanted her daughter to grow up like that, she had wanted Belle to know both parents. It was that which tipped the scales for her. If they moved to Auradon, which Belle wanted anyway, she would be able to find out who Belle's father was once and for all. Mal knew she couldn't delude herself anymore. She wanted it Belle to be Ben's daughter but she knew it was a fifty-fifty chance between Ben and him. But her feelings didn't matter, all that mattered was that Belle found out the truth.
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