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In an hour, Belle was free, but as Gold expected, she doesn't remember him. Here, her name is Annabelle French but she is still the same Belle he knew. She's brave enough to come with him despite having no memory off him what so ever.

"Have a seat by the fire, dearie. It'll warm you up,"he said once they reached his home.

She's a bit wary of him, but she smiles at the gesture."Thank you."

She shrugs off his suit jacket and heads to the den. He is about to hang it up when he hears a shriek. Worried, he heads to the den as fast as possible. The sight in the room makes him smile. Happy to see his mistress again, Draco had pounced on Belle and was licking her face. For the first time in a while, he hears her laugh again and begins laughing himself.

Belle manages to wrangle Draco away and freezes at the sound. She hears that same high pitched laugh and it all comes flooding back. Memories of the war, their deal, getting Draco, their time together all return. After a moment of enjoying his laughter, she smiles.

"Some help you turned out to be."

He catches his breath but is still smiling."You seemed to have it under control."

"You're an ass, Rum."

It's his turn to freeze."What did you say?"

She manages to move to the couch but is still followed by Draco."That you're an ass."

"No. At the end. What did you call me?"

"Rum. Your name. Did you get hit on the head when they captured you?"

He falls onto the couch, dazed."You remember? How?"

"You're kind of hard to forget, love."She reached up and took his face in her hands."But this is going to take some getting used to. I think I liked you better before."

"Really?"

Belle nods and brings her arms to circle his neck, pulling him closer."Yes, but there is one good thing."

"And what would that be, dearie?"

"I can kiss you for as long as I want now."

His eyes widened seconds before she pulled him in for a kiss. Gold is shocked at first but quickly returned the kiss. It seems like hours before they come up for air, gasping for breath. When Belle pulled away, he immediately went after her throat, but she pushes him off before he can leave a lasting mark. There's time for that later.

"Lets head upstairs."

This makes him freeze again."Are you sure, love? Do really want me to be your first?"

"Rum, we've waited years for this. If you're not going to be my first, who is?"

He smiles at the sentiment sweetly before grinning evilly at her."You realize that I'm not going to let you come down for hours."

"I wouldn't have it any other way."

TBC