Chapter 5: Please stay

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Taylor's eyes opened slowly. It was quiet in the room. Rumple still sat in the chair next to the closet. She began to move slowly, she sat up and looked straight ahead. Her long brown hair fell over her shoulders. She looked to her left arm, there was a bandage wrapped around it, it stung.

"Hello dearie." Rumple look at her, relaxed, from where he was sat in his chair.

Taylor turned her head and looked at Rumple, she didn't say anything to start off with until a small " Hi ... " made it's way out of her mouth.

Rumple stood up and walked over to the bed, he put his hand on the bandage. Taylor looked confused at her upper arm. Rumple took off the bandage and the pain was gone. It seemed as if nothing had happened. He put his hand on her shoulder and she put her head on his hand. He was like a real father to her.

"Would you tell me about Belle?" her large dark green eyes looked deep into Rumple 's.

"Several years ago, an ogre war broke out. Your kingdom asked for help. Of course I could stop the war, but only when Belle came with me. That was the deal."

"So Belle didn't run away, you took her!" Taylor interrupted him.

"Let me finish." Rumple continued. "Belle accepted the deal and came with me. First, I just saw her as the caretaker. But after a few months, things becomes different, however annoying I was, she was always so loving.

He took a short break and continued. "She kissed me, and broke my curse. I thought Regina and her worked together. I had never been so angry in my life before, my curse returned in less than a minute. I let her go. A few weeks after Belle left, Regina came here. She told me that Belle past away, her father had locked her in a tower because she had a sort of relationship with me, she jumped out of the tower." Rumple looked down. "She's gone, Because of me."

Tears rolled down Taylor's face. "I ran off to find her." she trembled and put her head in her hands, Belle was gone.

Some days had past, Taylor was alone in the castle. The thoughts of her dead sister were stuck in her head, but she had to go on with her life.

Rumple went out, he had to do something in the woods. The only thing Taylor could think about was the door into the kitchen. She filled a large glass jug with water in the kitchen, the vessels were almost empty. So she would have to fill them in the stream later on the day. Before she walked out of the kitchen she looked at the door, maybe it's time to open it.

She took a small iron key from a box and put it in the lock of the door. With a trembling and hesitant hand she pulled on the door and opened it carefully. It was a big dark blue dome with thousands of lights, a starry dome. Although it was light outside, you could still see the night sky from here. She looked admiringly at the top.

"What are you doing?!" Taylor looked up at the doorway where Rumple stood, he walked over to her and grabbed her by her arm. "What is your definition of don't open it!".

"It's just a planetarium Rumple, calm down!" Taylor tore herself loose and walked back against the wall. She had never seen Rumple so angry.

"I ask you for a little thing, do not open that door. And what do you do. You open that door!" Rumple was so close to her that she could see the evil in his dark eyes as the anger was directed at her.

"Rumple, why do you hide it, it is very beautiful and loving, just like you."

"No one can love me." He said it calmly, but the hatred engulfed Taylor.

Taylor looked annoyed at him. "You don't get it right? You were everything to Belle, everything. And for me, you are the father I never had. When are you going to see that?." Taylor walked past him, grabbed her cloak and walked out of the large wooden doors.

Rumple closed his eyes. "Taylor wait, please stay." He ran towards the doors.

Taylor looked back. "Why should I?"