Good evening everyone! Ladies, Gentlemen etc. and welcome to the new chapter which thanks to "Angel Protectress" is now up a little earlier after her convincing me to do a quicker update, so I hope this cheers you up! It should...I think a lot of people may indeed love me for this chapter..

Anyway! I hope you all enjoy... loads of music inspiration for this one, but for the show the two songs featured are "Two Worlds" by "Phil Collins" from Disney's Tarzan...and "Once Upon a December" from Anastacia...

I hope you all enjoy, technically a double chapter based on the length, but I just could not cut this one in half!

Enjoy and review! Thankyou!

Morning…the crisp, bright sunlight shining in through slightly frosted windows and lighting the rooms where Hellboy and Liz slept, and also, the library where Abe floated peacefully in the tank, Belle still being curled up on the now warm leather of the sofa. Though with this light, the younger of the two clairvoyants was the first to shift slightly, her eyes opening weakly only to close at the sight of the new days light, only to close again with her body urging her to get more sleep...

Though Abe was not far behind her that morning, as he quietly opened his eyes, feeling the cool water passing through his gills, though he knew the open air would be much colder than this. Noting how low the sun in the sky, Abe guessed it was still early, though as he glanced down to the still sleeping Belle he was aware of how well she had slept, It was a sight he couldn't help but smile at really, she seemed so peaceful when she slept, though as he watched her quietly, his mind not on his books that needed their pages turning, the merman became somewhat nostalgic as he looked around the room and thought back to a time when he had spoken to the professor about love…

It had been a quite night in the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defence, many of the agents had gone home, but one Professor remained diligent at his work, sitting behind his desk writing carefully. Hearing the pen delicately scratch the paper he wrote upon, Abe looked up with some interest, his curiosity in everything the Professor did and showed him being endless. Professor Broom had naturally taught Abe many things in the years he had come to be there, bringing the merman to be a competent and reliable source in missions. He had also commented, despite his complete abhorrence of violence that Abe made an excellent marksman and had told Abe that whilst it was something he did not believe in, he knew it could possibly save Abe's life, as the use of a gun had done for Hellboy many times.

Though that night, the Professor seemed to be aware of the merman's gaze and glanced up, his eyes sparkling slightly behind his glasses as a slight smile came to his aged features. 'You are distracted tonight Abraham…'

'Mm…just thinking Professor,' Abe returned, his voice being slightly echoed through the speaker on the outside of his tank that made him more clearly heard,

'…and what may I ask, are you thinking of on this quiet night?' he asked in evident interest, Professor Broom rising from his seat and walking a little uneasily towards the tank.

'I have been reading a new book, but it quite frequently talks about love, yet how the protagonist falls in love isn't quite clearly explained…I'm afraid I don't understand it really…' he admitted, the older of the two men smiling slightly as he came to sit opposite Abe.

'Ah, love is something that is very difficult to explain…I have seldom had experience of it, other than a fatherly love. Though from what I know of it, it is quite simply an unexplainable feeling…'

'Professor?'

'You will know how love truly feels only when you experience it Abraham…no book will tell you, though many have tried to describe it. But love for every person is different, though I know you will find it one day. You are a gentleman Abraham, and you are destined to find your soul mate...'

'Soul mate?'

'The one person that makes us complete…that equals us like no other…and the one who feels the emotions that we feel in a way no other could understand. You will find her one day Abraham...Remember that…now tell me what book is it you are reading?"

Abe's POV

As I watched Belle that morning, remembering what Professor Broom had told me, I thought back to the night before last, it becoming something that played on my mind I found…Yet it was hard to understand what I saw in her. Friendship? Companionship? Or perhaps…no. I couldn't think of it like that. Belle would never look at me that way…though could it be that I…

'Mm…what time is it?' a voice began sleepily, drawing me from my thoughts as I glanced down to see Belle slowly awakening, a hand slowly rising to her forehead as she looked up at me with that same kind smile she always offered.

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'Good morning,' he smiled, Belle looked up with tired eyes as she sighed a little.

'Oh…so it is morning…I'm sorry Abe…I was so tired last night…'

'It's quite alright, though as for the time I believe it is eight am,' he remarked, Belle sitting up as she stifled a yawn.

'Oh god…I have one hour to get to school and so much to get ready…' she sighed standing up, 'I can't believe it's tonight…'

'You'll be perfectly fine,' he returned, Belle smiling at him slightly when she stood up, though glancing back to the large duvet, Belle looked back to Abe in questioning.

'The nights have been somewhat cold,' he explained quietly, not knowing why he felt such heat in his cheeks at that moment. Such nervousness as she approached.

'Thankyou Abe,' Belle smiled, resting a hand on the glass that separated them, Abe trying to act no less than normal. Though as Belle turned away she walked to the book stands and carefully flipped the pages, 'it's the least I can do,' she remarked softly, leaving Abe to go and get ready, the merman looking after her with some hint of fondness, the dark colour remaining in his cheeks.

Though Abe was not alone in feeling these strange emotions as Belle found herself to be somewhat flustered, despite her exchange with Abe being entirely innocent… Yet as she took our one of her one of her dresses for that night, Belle was all too aware of the familiarity of these feelings, though the affect they seemed to have on her was different than before…it ran deeper…yet she tried to shake it off, she had to focus today. Though even as she joined Hellboy and Liz that morning, she found that her distant thoughts didn't go unnoticed, yet with a rushed meal she was soon back in school rehearsing, with little else to think about, yet Abe still remained on her mind throughout the morning.

'Hey Belle; daydreaming again?' Scarlet smiled, her friend coming to sit beside her as they took a break following another run of the opening number for that night.

'I suppose so,' she returned softly, looking at her friend as a group of the girls came and sat with them.

'She's been like it all morning,' another girl called Charlene commented, running a hand through her brunette hair as she sat listening to the conversation.

'I have not,' Belle returned with a laugh, 'I've been completely focused on the routines…'

'I never said that, I just said you've been daydreaming all morning,'

'I've got a lot on my mind,' Belle answered, keeping the conversation light as the girls talked conversationally about the show.

'So how's it going with Richard?' Charlene asked, the girl sat beside her blushing slightly,

'Fine...though I don't think he wants to go to the senior prom…'

'Seriously! Everyone's going to senior Prom…will you go again Belle seen as you did last year?'

'I don't know really,' Belle returned, 'I might, and it's a good excuse to get dressed up a little,'

'Oh come off it Belle, when aren't you dressed up?' Charlene grinned, 'though come on, have you got no gossip with any boys? The last I heard Liam was pretty interested…'

'Well he shouldn't be anymore,' Belle said with a weak laugh, 'I wouldn't want to be with someone like him, though he's with Serena…'

'Oh yeah, can you really see that lasting? Serena's had more guys than anyone in the year…though honestly Belle is there really no one you like?'

'Well,' Belle began, wondering whether she could afford to indulge in such a moment, despite not knowing whether her feelings were really worth considering in not knowing how it would be returned. Though at that moment, Dale distracted the conversation.

'Afternoon ladies,' he smirked, the girls looking up appreciatively at the former senior, him having been considered quite popular amongst the girls in both his year and some below. Though he hadn't dated many girls in his time at the school, though a few were aware of his and Belle's friendship…

'Hey,' Belle smiled,

'You coming to get some lunch?'

'Sure, I'll see you all later,' Belle remarked standing up when Charlene suddenly called after her,

'Is it who I think it is!' she said in an excitable tone, Belle catching the drift of her thoughts as she laughed shaking her head,

'Not even close,' she answered, Dale looking at her in questioning as they left the hall.

'What was that about?' he started, Belle shaking her head, still smiling to herself,

'You don't wanna know, though I'd forgotten just how into gossip some of them were,' she said with a light smile, Dale putting an arm around her shoulders with a grin.

'Too used to being surrounded by guys eh?' He grinned, Belle nodding with a laugh,

'You could say that,' she returned, Dale considering how he carefully worded his next question. He knew that seeing who Belle was staying with had bothered him, to the point where he had worried extensively over the weekend that he hadn't heard from her, though she had ensured she was fine. Yet the mere thought of it still concerned him.

'Belle, how can you know those people that you're with…that they're safe?' he remarked, Belle looking at him, having somehow expected this, knowing it wouldn't be that last she'd heard of the subject.

'Well there's an easy way to know, for me anyway,' she remarked lifting her palm to gesture what she meant, 'though I trust them anyway, one of them has saved my life twice…you remember when I got locked in the English block and no one could get in? It wasn't an accident Dale…but Abe…he saved me,'

'Abe?'

'Yes, trust me Dale they're lovely people, and I would prefer it if you weren't judgemental,' Belle encouraged, 'they're my friends…' she remarked softly, Dale looking into her bright amethyst eyes, being unable to avert her gaze, knowing that she would probably know best given her newfound ability that he had learnt of. So sighing as he pulled her closer to him he finally nodded.

'Okay, if you say so,' he remarked, Belle being content with this when he decided to change the subject in order to lighten the mood. 'By the way, I'll be back stage tonight,'

'Backstage?' Belle returned looking up at him as they crossed the road to the small precinct of shops nearby,

'Yeah, I'm doing some security work tonight and doing general work with any heavy lifting, so I can watch from backstage tonight…'

'That's great…' Belle mused, 'you can see me being petrified before going out onto the stage…'

'You'll be fine, I know you, and I heard that decorating and such is going on after hours later today, are you staying till the show tonight?'

'I was thinking of going home…' Belle began, 'I'd like to stay but…'

'Then why don't you? It would be nice if you did, I'm gonna be around all day, and you're barely around…'

'Dale…'

'Oh come on Belle, you just said you wanted to stay,'

'I know but…'

'Then why not? Come on your never around, what happened to the Belle I used to know…the one who never let her friends down.'

'I'm not letting you down Dale,'

'Then stay,' he told her with pleading eyes that Belle just couldn't avoid, even in his thoughts she could hear the hope that occupied his mind along with images that hurt her to see from his perspective…the secrets which she had seemed to hide from him…it was too much.

'Okay,' she breathed with a slight smile as she nodded, Dale beaming at her as he took her in his arms,

'Thanks Bells, you'll enjoy it,'

'Yeah,' she agreed. Though what she didn't anticipate was the events that would take place that night, and that something more severe than a bad performance could occur…

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'Red are you sure about this?' Abe said with uncertainty in his voice, 'the FBI is here…' he remarked, looking down the darkened corridor where they had just entered, though it was thankfully empty.

'Ah lighten up Abe, it's a night out, and we'll get to see just what Belle's up too. Besides we can also keep watch on her in case anything was to happen.'

'I guess,' he replied in defeat, Liz coming in between them.

'If you two are settled then I think this is the side entrance,' she breathed taking the door handle and opening it slightly, hearing soft music drift through... 'Come on,' she encouraged, the pair following her, Abe setting his eyes upon the stage. He could sense Belle's presence, but it was only as they stood in the darkness of the back corner that they realised the curtains were opening.

'Ladies and Gentlemen,' a voice began over the audience, 'please remember to switch all cell phones and pagers off, and please…enjoy the show…' the voice concluded, a small round of applause beginning as the curtains remained open.

With a staging being lit with various earthy colours and tones of greenery, false vines hung from the stage beams as a quiet drum beat began, followed by the natural sounds of the forest. Though with the a sudden strike of light, the stage was suddenly engulfed in flashing spotlights, strong male dancers swinging across the vines and grasping a pole each that was supported by the false vines that wound around strong wire. With dancers dressed in earthen coloured outfits that wrapped around them in a primitive style, there was but one who was lowered amongst carefully, her attire being a loose white dress that draped over her delicate frame, a white and red ribbon being intertwined around one foot and up her calf with her hair being somewhat untamed. Her violet eyes shone brightly that night as she wove around the two long drapes of white voile like material. Though as the music reached the chorus, it being the theme from Tarzan, "Two Worlds…" the other dancers had an edge to their routine, it being not quite as graceful in the attempt to create the atmosphere of the song.

Though with Belle representing the uniting of the two worlds as the music became a more dangerous beat, she almost seem to fall through the wraps of material, eliciting a reaction from the audience when she expertly caught herself just as she came between the two groups of dancers that appeared to rival one another. Though with the symbol of reuniting being the child that one of the women bore in the form of a bundle of blankets, Belle slid onto a seat that the voile like material wound around. Though as the dancer propelling herself forward and being caught by the two men who were still supporting themselves up, Hellboy's mouth gaped slightly at the sight whilst Abe silently watched, hoping that the men holding her were careful, when she was lowered amongst the other dancers, Belle seeming to take it in her stride as they all moved forward, Belle rising to her toes as she spun forwards when on the final climatic drum beat, they all lowered to the floor, some of them jumping before the audience as a flash of light broke out brightening the room to a vivid shade of white.

As applause then broke out, the dancers rose and exited the stage in the same manner they had entered Belle being scooped up by the seat again and swinging back lightly as the curtains closed.

'God that woman's flexible,' Hellboy remarked,

'Well she certainly knows how to dance,' Liz replied, the three of them watching the show in enjoyment, Liz and Abe thinking Hellboy had been right in convincing them to come that night. Though after getting hearing some people muttering in the audience, they soon knew that Belle would soon be performing by herself, the clairvoyant panicking about it backstage…

'Belle will you relax? You will be fine,' Dale remarked,

'Relax? Dale, I have never sung in front of an audience, I think the right word right now is not "relax,"' she replied in exasperation. Her hair had been put into a loose ponytail for the performance, her hair being made to look loose in its hold, with only a gold ribbon in place. Her attire was a floor length golden dress, that had voile like sleeves that were tinted in gold with light glitter accenting it, the skirt gathering at one side, with a large old looking coat to hide it for the former half of her performance.

'Anyway, did you see all the dancers go through?'

'Yes, your dance teacher is here as well, he said something about dancing with you for the role of your father?'

'Oh gosh,' she remarked putting a hand to her cheek, 'it's been so long…do you really think I can do this?'

'Of course you can, and your parents are outside, so you have to-'

'Hey Belle, you gotta get up to the stage you're on in a minute,' one of the dancers said coming up to her, Belle going even paler that she already appeared, though Dale promptly led her to the stage, holding her shoulders in reassurance.

Though out in the audience Abe could feel Belle's aura, her emotions particularly strong, though as he went to mention it to Hellboy and Liz, the audience went silent…As the stage had a single spot light on it, Belle appeared to be sat alone, the spot light on her with an otherwise darkened stage as a soft melody began that sounded something like a lullaby.

"Dancing bears
Painted wings
Things I almost remember,
And a song someone sings
once upon a December"

Rising to her feet, Belle began to walk across the stage, barely seeming to acknowledge the audience as she continued to sing…her hands trailing down to a locket around her neck that she gazed upon, seeming completely unaware of how she captured the audience. Even Manning and the other agents that watched had to admit that her voice seemed so gracious, so gentle…

"Someone holds me safe and warm,
horses prance through a silver storm,
Figures dancing gracefully,
across my memory,"

As the song broke into an instrumental chorus, golden lights suddenly flooded the stage, showing ghostly looking figures that danced around her, Belle losing her old fashioned coat to reveal a golden coloured dress, adored with white pearls around her neck and a chain holding a pendant she had worn before. Though as she danced with some of the figures, her own dance teacher took the role of Anastasia's father, leading her around the floor with a formal grace…

"Someone holds me safe and warm,
horses prance through a silver storm,
Figures dancing gracefully,
across my memory…"

Continuing to dance with Adam, Belle felt the confidence rising in her voice, her parents looking on with considerable pride…

"Far away, long ago
things I yearn to remember
and a song someone sings
Once upon a December"

With the music slowing to a gentle lullaby form once again, the lights faded to a spotlight, Belle reaching out for Adam as he disappeared, Belle finally looking out into the audience when she thought something caught her eye, her parent's

"And a song someone sings…
Once upon a December"

As the song finished and the music continued to play distantly, Belle sat again, the dress flowing around her delicate form as she looked over into the back corner, the curtains closing as Belle was hidden from view once again…

Though it was a couple of minutes later that the three friends turned noting the door open, and tensing…However seeing Belle's glittering amethyst eyes, they relaxed as she pulled them outside.

'You came? But I never…' she began

'Yeah we know, but we weren't gonna let you get off that easy,' Hellboy grinned,

'You have a beautiful voice,' Abe complimented, Belle grateful that it was quite dimly lit in the back corridor, the darkness masking her blush.

'Thankyou…'

'You were incredible; I mean you were so confident,'

'Don't count on it,' Belle admitted with a weak smile. 'I was shaking terribly as the curtains opened.'

'Now you see that's what worries me, you see monsters and you don't flinch, yet singing in front of a few people scares you…'

'I seem confident, but I'm quite good at covering up my fears,' Belle remarked, 'though sometimes you have to do the things that scare you,' she remarked, Abe considering what she said when a voice called her name. 'I'll see you all after the finale,' she said about to leave when Hellboy brought her into a bone crushing hug, 'Red…Thankyou for the support…but I really can't breathe,' she gasped, Hellboy chuckling as he let her go.

'Good luck Belle, I'll make sure these two are well behaved,' Liz remarked, Belle laughing as she disappeared down the corridor.

'Somehow I think the lady's too good for this kind of life…' Hellboy remarked as she left

'Yes, we are selfish in wanting her to stay...' Abe replied...

Though the rest of the show ran relatively well, it was upon the finale ending that as the full ensemble came to take their bows that they stood whilst a few of the teachers spoke in their pride about the success of the show. Though as they stood there, Belle couldn't shake an off feeling, a creak sounding slightly from above, though as Belle glanced up, seeing the beam above them, she was suddenly asked to speak as one of the main choreographers in the show. Though her action hadn't gone unnoticed by Hellboy as he muttered to Abe, 'Belle was lookin' at somethin' then…' he remarked quietly.

'It was a great pleasure to be such a part of this show…' Belle began, 'and so wonderful to see so many loved ones in the audience tonight, though I think it's fair to say from all of us, that we cannot appreciate this turnout tonight enough and we honestly hope you have enjoyed it as much as we have.' Though as Belle handed back the microphone after a brief applause that she heard the sound again, Belle looking up to see the beam above move slightly, when suddenly the lights cut out. Looking around her as someone reached to try and reconnect the power, the lights flashed back on again when everything happened in less than a few moments.

'Look out!' Belle screamed, the beam snapping from the ceilings braces and falling, though as Belle pushed a friend to the side that had frozen in fear, her dress caught on a loose nail in the staging. Yet as she looked round, she was suddenly gathered in strong arms and flung off the stage, the pair landing hard on the floor at the feet of the audience when a loud crash sounded behind them. Glancing up to who had caught her however, Dale looked at her with concern, asking her if she was alright, though before she was able to answer, they were surrounded by people, Belle hearing Manning's voice along with her parents as she was helped to her feet.

'I'm fine,' she tried to insist, looking frantically to the back of the room, but finding, Hellboy, Abe and Liz had gone the door seeming to just have closed, though she could sense they were still nearby. Yet as she looked back up to the stage, Belle felt a coldness wash over her…something or someone had been responsible for the beam falling, and while she had no idea who could have done it, she was quite certain it hadn't been aiming for anyone else but her…

'Belle?' Harold said gaining his daughters attention as she was drawn into his and Glenna's arms.

'Oh thank goodness you're safe,' Glenna breathed, the audience being instructed to evacuate the building while it was checked over, Belle and her parents being surrounded by agents as she was escorted outside, whilst Hellboy, Liz and Abe stood now just behind the curtains, Hellboy having grabbed the end of the beam as it fell and flung it back so it lost any chance of striking anyone on stage.

Getting outside into the cold night air, Belle seemed somewhat aimless as she glanced around, her focus not being on the FBI agents or her parents that were questioned. Though as she felt something warm against her hand, she looked down to see Chance by her side, the Samoyed getting closer to his mistress as Belle knelt down with a soft smile.

'Hey,' Dale remarked putting his jacket over her,

'Hmm?' she returned looking in questioning at his coat,

'You're shivering,' he said plainly, Belle having missed it until then as she got to her feet.

'Thankyou Dale,' she remarked, 'for doing that as well back there…'

'It's nothing,' he replied, 'though that was weird…everything was stable this afternoon…'

'I don't understand it,' Belle sighed, 'though I've got a feeling I'll have to leave soon,' she said admittedly, 'I was hoping to stay a while longer…'

Though her guess was unfortunately correct as she was ushered into a FBI car, given barely a chance to say goodbye to her parents…

'I'll be home soon,' she remarked, hugging them both tightly,

'Be safe Belle,' Glenna said taking her daughters hands,

'I'll assure it happens,' Harold added, 'we love you darling,'

'I love you too,' she returned, kneeling down and taking Chance in her arms, before leaving whilst Hellboy, Abe and Liz were caught out by Manning who seemed to have a greater interest in knowing what had happened.

'Damn it Hellboy I wanna know where the hell they got to!' Manning yelled,

'…and you think we don't?' he retorted angrily, 'Belle nearly got crushed and if we hadn't have been there to knock it back or her friend hadn't got her off the stage can you think what could have-'

'Alright both of you stop!' Liz yelled, her flames lighting up along her arms dangerously. 'Shouting is not getting us anywhere, Belle is safe, isn't that what matters?'

'…and the person who did it got away, we could have nailed it tonight,' Manning responded. 'Can you imagine how much credit the bureau would have gotten?'

'Is that all you really care about?' Abe interrupted, 'we have been asked to look after a young lady and protect her, if we weren't here tonight and someone hadn't gotten to her, we would have failed her and after the last time I thought you would have learnt to value the lives of the people that need us…'

'Abe I didn't mean…'

'No because you don't think,' Abe countered, 'now if you're done patronising us, then I think it's time we returned home, after all, Belle's gone through yet ordeal…Or have you forgotten all of your principles?' Though with a silent response, the team walked away. Rain starting to fall in the bitterly cold evening, though someone looked on from a distance with a wry smile…

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Later that evening, Abe sat alone in his room, recalling Belle's grace and elegance when she danced. It amazed him to see something so unique…though seeing the way the metal beam nearly strike her had sent his heart racing so fast his chest ached as panic ensued. Though as he rested his face in his hands for a moment, he thought about how quiet Belle had been upon their return, Abe knowing how disappointed she must have been after so looking forward to seeing her family. Yet as he heard the door, he half expected Hellboy to walk in, having gone to get a beer and see that Liz was alright. Though instead Belle appeared in the doorway a weak smile on her face.

'Hey…'

'Belle,' he replied, standing up, 'are you alright?'

'I am,' she nodded, 'tired and probably going to be bruised after flying off the stage earlier…but I'm fine otherwise,' she remarked.

'I'm sorry that happened tonight,' he sighed, 'we tried to reach you in time and luckily Hellboy managed to catch the beam in time…but it wasn't really enough…'

'It doesn't matter…it actually meant a lot that you came tonight…Thankyou, it was very sweet,' she smiled.

Though seeing his expression, Belle walked forward and put a hand against his arm 'Don't think it was your fault Abe, it couldn't have been prevented…'

'We're you cold?' he asked, Belle remembering that she was wearing Dale's jacket…

'Ah, Dale, he noticed I was shaking earlier…even before I did,' she admitted weakly, 'though what is it that's bothering you?' she questioned. 'Was it tonight?'

'Belle…I- what you asked me the other night…what do I see in you, I-'

'Oh, that,' she returned with a slightly wistful expression, 'Abe I didn't mean to-'

'No Belle, I don't mind that you asked, you shouldn't feel like you can't talk if you need to, and I can understand why you would think that I would look at you and see Princess Nuala…' he remarked, Belle noting the difficulty in his voice as he spoke. 'But when I look at you Belle, that's what I see, you may look a little alike but looking at you in this light, you seem so different…I don't want you to think that anything I may say or do is because you are like Nuala, I have lost…so much, and I have experience pain I never felt before. So thinking that I was powerless in helping you…it pained me.'

'Abe…' she remarked softly, gazing into his eyes, never realising this as he spoke with such emotion.

'Belle…I'm sorry to trouble you with all of this…I don't even know what I'm saying sometimes…or what I'm feeling…it's so hard to explain…'

'I know it is,' she smiled, 'sometimes our feelings can be difficult, but if we never act on them…we will never know what can happen…'

'…you said earlier…sometimes you have to do the things that scare you,' he remarked, Belle looking at him for a moment as she recalled it before nodding…

'Yes?' she returned, not realising how close they had gotten before with mere inches being between them though he now noted how much shorter she appeared. Though she only laughed as he questioned it.

'I usually wear heels, so I'm usually taller,' she admitted, Abe unable to help but smile at her…at this height she was at about the height of his chest, though wondering whether it was best to say anymore, Abe felt himself clam up a little as he found it hard to know what to say.

'Well I…I suppose it is getting late…' he remarked, being about to turn from her

'Abe…' she replied, getting her to look at him when she rose up onto her tiptoes and placing a hand against his cheek, she kissed the other, lowering herself again though her hand remained in place. 'You never know what will happen unless you try…' she remarked softly, Abe tentatively putting his hand against hers as he gazed into her amethyst eyes, feeling a surge of emotion course through him. Though as Hellboy came in carrying a six pack of beers; the moment was broken as the pair quickly moved apart…

'Hey Blue, Tinkerbelle, how you feeling…?'

'Tired,' she nodded, 'I'd better get some sleep…goodnight…' she said glancing back to Abe and leaving promptly.

'Heh…Liz was tired too…can't get any pleasure anymore can ya Abe old buddy?' he remarked, Abe nodding without speaking when Hellboy took a look at him and frowned.

'Hey Abe…you feeling okay you look kinda…I dunno…bluer than usual?'

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