Belle was at the front door of the town hall shaking everyone's hands nervously with a big smile, Red was standing next to her in glee.

"Wow I can't believe people are that excited about this," Belle said to Ruby over her shoulder. Belle continued to shake hands and hugging close friends and children.

"Well, yeah everyone loves you. You saved the town when everyone went to Neverland, stop the Darling brothers from destroying Pandora's box, heck, found Pandora's box to defeat Pan, helped reunite the Darlings, figured out what Zelena was cooking up, and helped bring back the Dark One. Plus you tamed the beast, Rumpelstiltskin, and married him!" Ruby squealed on the last three words and jumped up and down while holding onto Belle's shoulders.

No one was coming out the door for a while so Belle joined her jumps of joy while holding onto Ruby's arms. Then Ruby stopped. She spotted Mr. Gold and giggled, "Speak of the devil. I'll see you at Granny's for the celebration party tonight."

Ruby dashed off waving back at Belle. Belle turned around and saw her handsome husband slowly walking towards her. Belle couldn't wait anymore longer so she ran up to him and hugged him tightly for a long time. She swayed both of them side to side. Mr. Gold couldn't do anything but chuckle and hug her back.

"Oh," she moaned into his ear, whispering softly, "This is so fantastic. I am mayor. I had a wonderful, perfect honeymoon. I have great friends that support me. And…" She let go of the embrace and rested her hands on his shoulders. "I married the love of my life." She gave him a sweet kiss trying not to smile.

Mr. Gold kissed her back but let go too early. Belle questioned him and he asked, "So when were you going to tell me this?"

"Well, everything was last minute and a spur of the moment. I didn't have the time to tell you," she confessed, letting her hands slide down the sides of his arms.

"But you had the time to tell the dashing prince," added Mr. Gold.

Belle didn't like the frustration in his voice. "I called him because Mary Margaret doesn't have your number and when I tried to punch in your number it disconnected. This is what happens when you block everyone's numbers," explained Belle. Then Belle smiled seeing the adorableness on his face. "If I didn't know any better I'd say you were jealous."

Mr. Gold couldn't help but feel weak and show his sweet side. He chuckled and admitted, "I suppose I was. Oh, how did you get rid of the mark I gave you this morning?"

Belle blushed and began doing the nervous jazz square. She gawked at the ground with a bashful grin and answered, "Well I put on a little make up to conceal it. I didn't want the whole town to see the love mark as I present myself in front of them as the new mayor."

"No, we wouldn't want that, would we?" He pulled her closer to make her stop and escorted her to his car. "So why mayor? What happened to being my co-pawn shop owner or at least the cute librarian I can visit on my lunch breaks."

Belle naturally wrapped her arm around his as she said, "You can still visit me on your lunch breaks and join lunch with me. I just needed to do more good in this town."

"Well, yes you are smarter than Regina and Snow White combined and you have handled this town before when we were gone. However, I don't think you are ready."

"What?" Belle stopped him and looked him straight in the eye. "What do you mean?"

Mr. Gold took a deep breath and sighed, "Are you sure you can handle the responsibilities of the mayor. Of course, Regina put up a façade and yelled at people and Snow hasn't been mayor for a week. However, it was still stressful for them. I don't want you going through what they went through."

"Did you forget I was born to run a kingdom?" Belle straightened her posture and places her hands on her hips.

"I would hardly call it a kingdom, dearie. I remember I saved that little town from the ogres. It was common and quiet. Storybrooke is not like that."

"Neither a less, I can handle it. It's all the same no matter where I go. A town is a town."

"Storybrooke doesn't have simple bakers, barbers, and mothers washing their sheets in the middle of the town's fountain. Storybrooke has villains, monsters, troublesome 'heroes', and let's not forget that most of the citizens here are very needy and whine about the simplest things. These people made Snow White snap because of a black out and they have been living their lives way before anyone invented electricity. Someone is soon to ask you to help him brush their teeth. It's a big job Belle and I can't watch you sink with the rest of them."

Belle was silent. She was expressionless. Mr. Gold gulped knowing he was going to get his head chewed off, get stabbed in the head with her high pointy heels and most likely have to sleep on the couch tonight. Then she chewed on the inside of her mouth and gradually grew a smile on her face. "You may be right. There are a lot things that can bring me to my knees and give up. Especially if I had to actually brush someone's teeth." She laughed and continued, "and there are fearsome villains running around Storybrooke. Yes, Regina and Snow did have a lot on their plate. But, do you know the one thing I have that they didn't to run this town smoothly?"

Mr. Gold thought for a moment trying to pick which of her qualities that will not offend her then guessed, "Optimism?"

She stepped closer, toe to toe, and looked him straight in the eye and whispered, "You." Then kissed him gently. "With you by my side, I can do anything."

Mr. Gold couldn't help but smile and forget all his worries. "You're right. I don't need to worry."

Mr. Gold leaned in for another kiss until Snow grabbed Belle's arm and pulled her away from Mr. Gold's grasp.

"Belle, Belle, let me go show you your new office! Come on!" says Snow pulling Belle towards her car.

Belle stumbles trying to keep up with Snow. She turns her head towards Mr. Gold, "I'll meet you there?"

"Of course," he said and waved.

"Bye!" She hopped into the passenger's seat and shut the door.

"See you soon, sweetheart," Mr. Gold said under his breath. He watched his beautiful wife buckle up in Snow's car. He could see Neal in the back seat and frowned thinking of his Baelfire. As he watched her leave, he felt a new presence taking her place. A cold one. "You can come out now, dearie."

From behind the town hall, the Snow Queen appeared in a regular blue t-shirt with and white khakis. Her blonde hair was tied in a high pony tail. "Hello, Rumpelstiltskin."

"Cut to the chase, what do you want?" Mr. Gold was not in the mood to be playful.

"Hmm, how ...cold." the Snow Queen laughed at her own humor. "I just came to congratulate our little town's new mayor. I just know she will make a fine mayor. Hopefully she doesn't stand in my way."

"Stay away from Belle!" Mr. Gold shot a fireball without warning but the Snow Queen blocked it easily with an ice shield. The Snow Queen smirked at his disappointment.

"Oh I'm not going after your one true love, Rumpelstiltskin," said the Snow Queen walking around. "I am just reminding you on our little deal. Make sure no one gets in my way. Even her."

Mr. Gold glared. "Our deal was to erase everyone's memories from you so you can be able to do what needs to be done. Don't twist my deals."

"Oh then I am making a new deal with you. I won't tell Belle about the dagger situation and you do as I say."

Mr. Gold stood still for a moment, taking in the fact that she knows and could possibly tell Belle, then he returned to his normal self and lied, "No idea what you are talking about, dearie." The Snow Queen summoned a mirror and it displayed a flashback of Mr. Gold switching the daggers. He paused and said, "Go on."

The Snow Queen smirked and she vanished the mirror back to wherever she summoned it from. "In exchange for staying out of your marriage, just keep Belle out of my way."

"And what threat does Belle have against you?"

"None, unless you let her find a way to stop me. She knew too much before we erased her memories, if she ever finds out on her own, she will ruin everything. So keep her away and I'll keep your precious secret. Deal?"

Mr. Gold laughed and asked, "Why don't I just kill you? No one remembers you and no one will blame me for defeating you once and for all."

"You can't kill me even if you wanted to. You made a deal long ago to never harm me." The Snow Queen was pleased with herself, making Mr. Gold remember a tragic vow he made once before. "So, do we have a deal?"

Mr. Gold was infuriated with the clever Snow Queen. If magic didn't come with a price, he would immediately destroy her on the spot. But it did, therefore he had to mutter the word he didn't want to say:

"Deal."