When Belle finally went back to her apartment Ruby practically jumped on her and pulled her into the bright red bedroom that already held Victor and Jefferson. Victor had his arm wrapped around the brunette. Ruby pushed her down on the bed next to the boys and said with a grin.

"Details. Now."

Belle took a deep breath and fell back against the charcoal pillows while Ruby pushed Victor up the bed so she could squeeze on.

"What are we getting details on?" Jefferson asked curiously, his soulful eyes sparkling.

"Yeah, I have a test to prep for so I want to know why I'm here rather than doing that."

Victor was a biology student with aspirations of becoming a doctor, he and the slightly odd fashion student had been together for as long as anyone could remember and where the other two thirds of Belle's friends. Ruby often said that Belle was the smart one, Victor was the protective one and Jefferson was the funny one. When asked which one Ruby was she would just smile and say 'epic'.

"You didn't tell them?"

"I said I wouldn't."

Victor shuffled and moved to rest his head on Belle chest looking up at her beyond blue eyes, she couldn't help but be reminded of Bae for a few seconds.

"Tell us what's going on or I promise I will tickle you to death." He chuckled poising his hands to carry out his threat.

"Fine, but tell no one."

"Consider it top secret." Jefferson saluted her from somewhere behind Victor.

Belle took a deep breath, trying to decided where to begin. The blonde shuffled again getting comfortable for Belle's story and Jefferson dropped down to rest his chin on the blonde's hip while Ruby had somehow snaked up Belles right side to get a view of Belle's face. Four people should not have fitted on Ruby's double bed quite so well.

"The...the boyfriend that you have never met, his name is Cameron Gold. As in Professor Gold."

"Oh my God!" Jefferson and Victor screamed together, eyes widening in shock.

"I was on a ladder in the library a while back and I fell, he caught me and...and then he gave me a lift home because it was raining and Papa's apartment is on the other side of town. I...em...we..." Belle was cut off by Ruby.

"No way!" The two men and Belle looked over to her, eyebrows raised. "You had sex with him in the car."

It wasn't a question. All eyes went back to Belle as if asking for conformation. She nodded shyly.

"Yeah, and it was amazing."

"Wait, so you've been having sex with your English professor since before you and Ruby moved in here?" Victor gestured to the room.

"Six months." She admitted.

"Six months?! And you are only just telling Ruby and your gay best friends?"

"Sorry Jefferson, but I didn't know how you would react. I don't want him to lose his job and any way we only have to wait six more months and I finish college my English course."

"What about your Library Science course? That's three years long."

"I don't know."

"I've been dreaming of being able to sleep until noon again." Said Ruby randomly. Ruby was not a morning person. "So what happened last night?"

"That call, it was about his ex-wife. She died. I offered to go with him to get his son and...and I don't know what happened. I think I started playing house, I know I shouldn't have but I couldn't bare to let go of Bae."

"Hang on, how old is this kid? I mean what's Gold, fifty?"

"Victor, don't exaggerate. He's forty-four and Bae is two. I..." Tears started to build in her eyes, emotion hitting her from nowhere. "I feel like everything has suddenly gone too fast, like...like I've skipped a chapter. In one night I've gone from being in love with my professor to playing happy families with him and his son. Bae's mother has just died and I'm trying to replace her. It's too fast and I don't know what's happening." Belle started to cry full force and Victor cuddled closer to her as comfort, the blonde was always the one Belle turned to for comfort.

"Belle." Jefferson began. "He let you into his home and never once told you to stop anything you did with the kid, right?"

"Yeah." She said between tears that Ruby was wiping from her eyes.

"Do you ever think he wants you to be a family? I mean look at you, if I was straight I'd want to play happy families with you." Victor teasingly slapped Jefferson's arm.

"He said he wanted to tell everyone he loved me. You know, in six months when he can." Her sobs slowed at the memory.

"Then how can this be too fast? It's as simple as this, you love him, he loves you. The kid, Ben?"

"Bae."

"Right, Bae would have let you know if he didn't like you. And in the last six months I haven't seen you happier. Now I know why." Victor explained.

"I don't know why, it just seems rushed."

"Some things are meant to be rushed, you can't just go at a snails pace like those two." Ruby gestured to the boys making Belle laugh.

"Excuse me, but I will have you know that with the speed this one goes at I have never had to scream faster in my life." Jefferson said proudly.

"Jeff!"

"Yeah, yeah. It can never just be, 'speaking of faster, Jeff go take your clothes off' can it Victor?"

The blonde silenced him with a soft kiss while Ruby let out a little 'aww' that couldn't help but cheer up Belle. Ruby suddenly snapped out of it.

"Guys, can we get back to Belle?"

There were two small sorry's cast in Belle and Ruby's direction and then the conversation carried on.

"Still it feels like something has been missed out." Belle sighed. "I guess I'm just scared that I'll get happy and then he won't want me anymore."

"Belle, I refer you to my previous 'if I was straight' statement."

The four friends talked for a long time and Belle couldn't have been happier with how accepting of Cam they were and how quickly they tried to help. Belle wanted her and Cam to be together and with Bae now in the picture she wanted it even more.

That night she lay in bed imagining what the next six months would be like, 'do the brave thing and bravery will follow' she told herself. Belle saw a real future with Cam and now with Bae too, she knew she wasn't his mother but she hoped she would make the two-year old happy. She didn't understand half of what she was thinking, Belle thought that if her life was a story no one would understand it. Maybe that was for the best, what sort of story would it have been if everyone understood it straight away?

If you don't understand this chapter don't worry you are not really meant to, this chapter is meant to be confusing and bounce about. Belle doesn't understand her own thoughts completely so how can the reader? This chapter is more about Belle's connections to Victor, Jefferson and Ruby than the relationship between Belle and Cam.