Part 70

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"Have you gotten a note from Ryan saying how much he loves it ?"

"I have yeah, he's- he's texted me um a couple times and we've gone back and forth talking about how uh- how crazy everything has been. And I don't know it's great to talk to him I miss him a lot" Walker responds to the interview

"Tell me how lives changed with the show"

"Uh I mean I don't know I try not to think about how different it is but it is, like Walker sent me a video from like before we even started production and just seeing how much we've changed and grown"

"I mean for me personally it's just everything is new so I think everything has changed for me with the show just from having met so many people, getting to experience all this to getting recognised in public I mean it's just, everything is totally crazy" I say into the microphone while my eyes wander through the other guests a little

"Tell me about the first time you got recognised in public" he holds the mic to Aryan first so I just look around a little more until it's my turn

"My first time getting recognised was when I was at a cafe with my sister, Leena it was before the show was even released I think the first day I started school again after the filming was done and there was this legit 10 year old girl I would say and she just goes oh my god excuse me Claribel and I got so confused by someone using my- my full name because I usually just get called Belle by everyone but she was so sweet and and she asked for a picture and it felt really surreal" I can still recall that day like it was yesterday, it was such a magical experience, but Jason was there, i don't know how he managed to do it but he ruined some of the very best moments for me

"Which Star Wars project do you want to be in" I look at the interview, having completely missed what he was saying in my thoughts

"We should just start quoting like rise of the sith obi wan- no cause actually Belle just randomly did that in the car" Aryan laughs at that while Walker looks at me "we were just talking about Star Wars and she hadn't said anything yet and she just- wait what did you say ?" I laugh a little before answering

"I quoted the dialogue, I have brought peace, freedome, justice and safety to my new empire and the- the thing is I wasn't even thinking about it really it was like a reflex"

"Let's go, come on introduce you" Aryan shook Giancarlo Espositos hand first and it was so funny watching both Aryan and Walker fangirl over him

"You just, you look incredible" I heard Aryan say while shaking Giancarlos hand

"You look incredible"

"Thank you"

"That blue is beautiful, that black is beautiful and the lady here looks majestic" I grinned so wide at the compliment, never would I have thought to see someone from Star Wars in actual person

"You look awesome dude"

"Yeah man thought I'd wear a little, I knew you were coming I knew this bright, this bright man was coming" he put a hand in aryans shoulder saying that

"They were really excited when they saw you" the interviewer talked, Aryan and I shared a Quick Look, he was so wide it made me so happy seeing him like that "what do you love about mandelorian"

"Oh my god what isn't there to love about mandelorian"

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"Belle, Belle" I turned to find who was calling my name and found an interviewer

"Hello" I said approaching her as she smiled

"Hello Belle how are you today ?"

"I'm doing really good actually what about you ?"

"I am too thank you, I know we're here at a Disney Hulu event but can I ask you about something else ?"

"Absolutely, whatever you feel like asking"

"You dropped your first surprise single just days ago is that right ?"

"Oh, yeah I did" I smiled at her

"I mean I can only speak for myself but I wasn't expecting it at all and it is my current favourite song"

"Oh stop"

"No really, my daughter and I listen to it so much you might've gotten half the streams from us" I smile brightly adjusting my hands around my crutches "How did that happen ? I mean the song, how did you get into singing at all ?"

"Well I was doing the singing and writing for a while already, I think I wrote my first song which I would say was good at 11 or 12 because I always had that special interest in that and was fascinated by all of it so i used that as a coping mechanism somehow, I mean I don't know writing always felt great because it felt like I finally listened to myself through my writing and if feels truly freeing"

"That is so beautifully said, can we expect more in the future or maybe even the near future ?"

"We'll see, it hasn't even been a week since favorite crim came out I'll just wait a bit and then see where I'll be going with it"

"Thank you I really hoped you would come today my daughter will go insane when she finds out that I met you"

"Isn't she here ? I would love to meet her"

"Sadly no, but maybe the next time, can you maybe sign this for her ? She's really a huge fan of yours"

"Of course can you maybe-"

"Oh sorry of course" she held one of my crutches as I grabbed the pen and card

"Belle ?" I heard aryans voice behind me, then felt his hand on my waist

"We're done here in a minute I just need to- wait hold this I don't have a table" I gave Aryan the card, he didn't even question it and hold it with his free hand for me to sign "there you go, I really hope I get to meet your daughter she seems adorable" we walked away from her, Aryan guiding me somewhere away from the crowd "where's Walker ?"

"Taking pictures" he led me somewhere away from the event, we stopped at a playground sitting down on the swings

"God I really needed to sit down"

"I'd like to remind you the last time your foot hurt at an event you had an infection and were quite literally in a coma"

"But I met Darcy" he gave me a serious look but I just smiled "I'm fine Aryan, my other foot hurts from keeping all the weight the whole time and my hands from the crutches" he kept his eyes on me smiling

"You're absolutely gorgeous Belle, I feel like I don't tell you that enough"

"You say it multiple times a day Aryan"

"Still, I could say it every damn second and it would still not capture the way I see you" I didn't even know how to respond to him at this point, I wasn't sure how I had deserved someone like Aryan "I love you Belle"

Authors note:
OMG THE FIRST I LOVE YOU ?! HOWS BELLE GONNA REACT WHAT ?
You know leaving yall on a cliffhanger might be my fav thing 😋 I might do it more often now, but honestly girl is traumatised how will she react to an I love you 🤨 (I felt threatened the last time I left yall on a cliffhanger so I thought why not do it again  😝)
Anyways first time in a while that I'm done with a part before 12 am 😋

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