Cruella got up from bed and after she had had breakfast with Isaac, she headed directly to the harbor. She desperately needed someone to talk to and the only person that could be described as being close to her (apart from Isaac) was Ursula. She took off her pocket a small sea shell, that Ursula had given her some time ago, in case she ever needed to summon her. She held it in her hand for a few moments before she finally blew in it. Nothing. Times had changed and it was time Ursula moved on, she thought to herself. Whatever happened to calling someone on their cell? She turned around disappointed only to saw the Sea Witch standing across her.
"Ursula, darling!" she exclaimed with astonishment "I was about to give up on you!"
Ursula smile. "Hello, Cru. Long time no see".
"How have things been in the ocean?", said Cruella, desperately trying to make small talk but it just didn't seem to be working for her. She took a step closer, smiling at her former ally.
"Things are great! But taking you called, I'm guessing the same doesn't apply to you, no? " she raised her eyebrow.
"I really need to talk to you, darling. But this is not the right place. How about a coffee at Granny's?"
"So now the grandma serves you? Things do change, after all!"
"She didn't have a choice" she chuckled and grabbed her friend by the arm.
They sat on the most secluded table so no one could hear them talking.
"So what's going on between you and the author?" Ursula finally asked as Ruby left their orders on the table and receded.
"H-How do you know about that?" Cruella's eyes grew wide open full of surprise.
"Come on! It wasn't that hard. People talk. Fish talk."
"I wanted to talk to you precisely about that subject" she admitted bending her head of embarrassment, "He asked me to marry him"
"Cru, that's great! But why don't you look happy?"
"You know that I'm not that type of girl..." her voice began to sound lower and lower. She didn't feel that comfortable talking about these things and Ursula sensed it right away. She wanted to see her friend happy and she knew that she was the only one who could help her.
"What did you say to him?"
"I didn't. I said that I needed some time. And it has been four days since he proposed to me and I still don't have an answer" She wanted to give him an answer soon. After all, he deserved it and she owed him at least that much.
"I will ask you one simple question. Do you love him?" Cruella remained silent and looked down for a second. She knew exactly what she was feeling for Isaac but admitting it to Ursula made her feel even more awkward.
"I do…" she finally admitted
"Look Cru, I don't want to tell you what to do in your life but I want you to be happy. I've found my happy ending and I want you to find yours. The question is, do you want him to be a part of that?" At that moment Cruella felt she knew the answer but she was still holding back. She had changed a lot since their first date with Isaac but she didn't know if that big of a change was good enough for her. Cruella was a psychopath, Isaac was completely aware of that and he still hadn't tried to change her. But his love was strong enough to change her perception about everything.
I love those #SeaDevil friendship moments! So here's chapter 11! Cruella had started changing, but is that change enough? What will she answer to Isaac? There is only one chapter left and you will get all this answers. See you next week! :)
