chapter 6

Rumple awoke as the sunlight was retreating from the window. He turned to look at Belle's sleeping form, her soft , steady breathing was like music to his ears. As he watched her a fleating bout of pain washed over his features, he had not counted on having feelings for his servant girl, isn't that after all what belle was to him?Thier circumstances had definatley changed. How was this going to effect his deal with the queen? He slipped out of the bed and quietly got dressed trying not to wake her, He still had work to do, he had made a deal and he always honored them, all but one. The pain of that broken deal haunted his very extisence. Rumple closed the door, hoping Belle didnt awake and slipped down to the hall to the double doors. Time to finish what he started.

Belle

Belle stretched her body and reached over. Empty. She sat straight up in the bed and scanned the room. She was alone. She pouted her lips,and rolled over to get out of bed."SSSSS" she hissed. She was alittle sore. A hot tub was just the thing she needed. Her muscles in her limbs were tight and achy.

the warm water helped her so much she could have stayed there forever, well not forever, she was starving. She quickly got out and dressed herself , and since for some insane reason Rumplestiltskin had all the mirrors covered up and forbid thier use, she would just have to look at her reflection in the window. she turned this way and that wondering if she LOOKED any different now that she was a woman. She looked down at her stomach,it was still alittle sore, but the good kind. she put her hand low on her belly reliving this mornings events, smiling to herself. Well she definatley FELT different.

Belle went down to the kitchen and fixed some tea and prepared dinner. Her mouth was watering before she could get it all back to the great hall. She wasn't exactly sure where Rumplestiltskin was and didn't want to go looking and risk his anger or accusations about her snooping around in the west wing. She sat the table and just then the doors opened and Rumple himself entered the great hall.

Belle's head snapped up and she met his intense gaze. "I-I made something, are you hungry?"His eyes looked down at the food spread out before him . then back to her to gage her reaction about this morning. He had practially took her against her wishes, he really should have stooped at her several requests for him to , but as thier eyes met, his heart jumped in his chest, his blood pounded in his ears and he had to fight the urge to NOT flip her over his shoulders and run like a maniac back up to his room, or perhaps just take her here on the table.A loopsided grin played across his features Belle looked away as she could see the want playing across his golden feautures. His long fingers rubbing his jaw as the image of Belle on her back danced though his mind. There would be plenty of time for that later, He held out Belle's chair, then sit in one himself. He was hungary.

They ate in silence, but occasionaly stealing glances at one another. Rumplestiltskin poured tea in both of thier cups, putting in the sugar he knew she liked. As he handed her the cup, she reached for it but her shakey hands betrayed her as thier fingers touched, it was like Belle had been stuck be electricity. A few drops of hot tea splashed her fingers as Belle dropped the cup. It hit the table, spilling it's contents and rolled off, striking the claw foot table leg."Oh gods, I'm sorry" she managed weakly as her injured fingers went to her mouth. Rumple jumped up and pulled her up out of her seat ,"let me see, darling" as he took her hand.A few angry patches of red on her delicate fingers"how could I have been So careless" he brought her fingers up to his lips and kissed them lightly and much to Belle's amazment the pain and redness were gone in an instant. She looked at him with wonder playing upon her features, "thank you" she breathed but that was all she had time to say as his mouth came crashing down on hers in a bruising kiss. His hands came up to cradle the back of her head holding her in place. One of his hands slid down her back so he could pull her close. As he pulled away he smiled, Belle's eyes were closed and her breathe was fast and shallow.

She slowly opened her eyes to his direct gaze as they smiled at each other. "Let me get this for you dearie" he said as he bent down to retrive her cup. "Oh, it's chipped" she moaned,her brows tight as she examined the cup. "Now the set is ruined"she said."Nonsence" he purred, "it's just a cup, it will be my favorite" he piped as he placed it back onto the tray,and from that moment on , everytime they took tea, that was the only one he would drink from.

Belle took the dishes down to the kitchen and decided to do alittle cleaning. she hummed as she put the cups into the soapy water and watched them sink one by one. Now one was chipped. She picked it up to examine it,"not too bad" she thought .

As she finished, she was returning to the great hall and she overheard voices. She stood outside the doors and listened. Rumple was talking to someone, a woman from the sounds of it, and neither sounded pleased.

"I NEED MORE TIME" rumplestiltskin said as he paced the floor with his fists cleanched. "WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF YOUR SO CALLED TIME. THAT LITTLE TRAMP SNOWWHITE IS HAVING HER HAPPY ENDING AND I'LL NOT STAND FOR IT! WE HAD A DEAL" the evil queen smiled from her mirror at Rumplestiltskin, "THE CHANCE TO FIND YOUR DARLING BOY, remember?" " WHATEVER the problem is then FIX-IT!" at that the mirror went black.

Belle decided she didn't want to risk disturbing Rumple and she knew he would be angry if he knew she had overheard thier conversation so she hid and waited for her first look at this mysterious woman to emerge from the room, but the only person she saw was Rumple himself with a bitter expression on his face and his fists still clenched bound up the stairs leading to the west wing.

When he was out of sight Belle waited for the woman to leave but no one else came out of the room.'' where did she go?" Belle wondered. Silently Belle leaned her head into the room, no one. But the mirror was uncovered. She glanced around the room, walked over to the special about it. she bent down and picked up the covering , it was the same kind on all the mirrors and suddenly a black cloud was whirrling inside the mirror itsself. Belle reached out and touched her hand to the glass, suddenly she gasped in wonder as the smoke cleared an a beautiful but sinister looking woman dressed in black was smiling back at her.

Belle's eyes widened as the woman spoke"How lovely" the compliment sliding off the queen's tongue like venom."LET me geuss, YOU are the hold up" the queen sneered. "Who are you?"belle whispered. The evil queen through her head back and laughed ,a cold merciless tone to it that chilled Belle to her very core, then she vanished leaving a horrified Belle staring only at herself in the mirror. Belle quickly with shaking hands covered the mirror and fled the room.

Hope your liking it so far! I'm having a pretty good time writing it so