Cherry and Atticus's Magical World

chapter 11

"It has to be around here somewhere." Atticus said.

Mo and Drell walked with Atticus until they heard the yipping from Sultan.

"Oh, no, please don't tell me that they are already using it." Mo begged.

"I'm afraid so." Drell said.

"Aw, man, now what're we going to do?!" Atticus panicked. "This could only end in disaster."

"You'll have to save them from falling." Drell said.

Atticus took a deep breath and stretched. "I'm ready."

"Great." Drell said.

"But first, let's let Lumiere be sincere and tell Babette his feelings towards her." Mo said.

"If you insist." Atticus replied.

"Of course I insist," Mo smirked playfully. "I'm a woman."

"Let's just hope he does it soon." Drell said.

Atticus cracked his knuckles as he got ready as Sultan pulled the sled as Lumiere and Babette rode.

"Now be ready when the ribbon snaps." Mo said.

"I was born ready." Atticus nodded firmly as he got into position.

Things looked perfect until Sultan started to turn a corner.

"Look at my nervous little dear fluttery as a sparrow." Lumiere said to his beloved as they rode along the snowy castle grounds.

"Okay, now." Mo said as she noticed the ribbon about to break.

Atticus then rushed to save the feather duster and candelabra from the incoming malfunctioning sled. And where after the ribbon snapped Atticus acted as the reindeer for the sleigh ride. Lumiere and Babette leaned against each other and giggled as the wind blew with snowflakes around them.

'Come on, Lumiere, tell Babette your feelings towards her.' Atticus thought to himself.

"Oh, Lumiere, vhat a fool I've been..." Babette sighed.

"But a fool for love!" Lumiere beamed. "Zhere is no better kind," He then knew that now was the time to tell Babette his feelings for her. "And now my Babette," he finally said with his arm still around her. "Zhere's somezhing I wish to tell you."

'Here it comes.' Atticus thought to himself with a smile.

"Yes, Lumiere?~" Babette fluttered her eyes to her beloved.

"On zhis most perfect of evenings, zhis vonderful night vith you, and zhe moon, and zhe moon, did I say zhe moon?" Lumiere swooned as he then took out his paper that he wrote out his feelings for the maid feather duster he had the strongest feelings for even if he was a ladies man among the castle, especially with Angelique.

'Really? He wrote the words down on paper and not just say the words from his heart?' Atticus thought to himself.

At least the sled was going to crash this time as Sultan had gotten loose after the ribbon snapped and Atticus acted like Rudolph, only without the flying or foggy Christmas Eve.

'Come on, Lumiere, just say that you love her.' Atticus thought to himself.

"Oh, you must know zhat I love you from zhe bottom of my heart, mon cher." Babette cooed to her boyfriend.

Lumiere stammered as he took out the paper again, but the wind then blew it away which meant that he was on his own with expressing himself to the woman he had loved.

'Now he'll have to speak from the heart.' Atticus thought to himself.

"Zhe words, zhey escape me..." Lumiere stammered nervously.

"Tell me, Lumiere!" Babette urged.

"You are my one, my only, you are Heaven sent," Lumiere tried the best he could on his own. "You are a beautiful angel. Oh, Babette, plainly and simply, I love you."

"Finally." Atticus sighed with a smile.

"You do?" Babette asked as tears formed in her eyes.

"I do." Lumiere confirmed sweetly.

This was now a truly romantic moment as this wouldn't be a night to forget. Atticus smiled as he was happy that he could make it all good in the end. Who knows what could've happened if he hadn't saved their anniversary evening? Babette then gave Lumiere a kiss which made his flames flare up from excitement and lust.

"Do you suppose things will be all right then?" Mrs. Potts smiled.

Mo nodded with a smile.

"I mean, she seems happy..." Mrs. Potts then said as Babette was with Lumiere at last and had no reason to be jealous.

"Sometimes, things are just as they seem." Belle also smiled.

"Couldn't agree more." Mo smiled.

The story then ended.

"Man, that was quite the story!" Akito had to admit as that one finished. "Good thing Dad was there."

"Yeah." Estelle smiled in agreement.

"Poor Babette..." Jenny frowned. "That must've been so much for her."

"Indeed." Mrs. Potts nodded.

"Mama, remember when we planned a surprise party for you?" Chip asked.

"Oh, indeed," Mrs. Potts smiled fondly in memory. "That was very sweet of you all, especially since you all did it together."

"Surprise party?" the others asked.

"Mama was so sad by the winter weather that we wanted to make it up to her." Chip explained.

"Story time!" Estelle smiled.

Mrs. Potts chuckled and she then sat down. "Yes, that was quite the time."

"Yay!" Estelle smiled.

"It was a very dark and gloomy day..." Mrs. Potts began to narrate for the next story.