pursuing her [gaston legume] [on pause]

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Marie stared deeply into the blue eyed man in front of her. A tear rolled down her left cheek as she was processing the information.

Her father was alive. How could that even be possible? She saw how all of her house burned and how the bookshelf fell on top of her dad, making it almost impossible for him to leave the building on time.

Gaston looked between Marie and the hooded man who was standing in front of them. He then placed a hand on Marie's shoulder and asked her, "Do you want me to leave you two alone?" A nervous chuckled escaped his mouth.

Marie blinked for second, going back to reality. She turned her head towards Gaston, grabbing his forearm, "No, stay." Gaston scratched the back of his head and gave her a small smile before the two of them looked back at Bernard.

Marie walked towards her father. She tilted her head to the side, wanting abetter view of him. He had burn marks on his cheeks, making her extend her arm and touching them, earning a wince from him.

She pulled her arm away and said in a whisper, "How?" Her father saw tears forming into her eyes. He held her hand and said, "I don't know, i blacked out."

He saw a look of confusion in his daughters face. He then said, "But I can't come back to you just yet, I need to find out how did i survived."

Gaston stood there as he saw the look of disbelief in Marie's face. She yanked her arm and started to sob quietly, she then started to run back into the outsides of the forest.

He looked at Bernard with slight anger, she shook his head and started to trot after her. Bernard just stood there for a couple of minutes before he walked slowly, deeper into the woods.

"Marie!" Gaston called out with his firm voice. He then saw her delicate frame, sitting down with her hands covering her face.

He kneeled down, cracking some of the leaves in the ground, she looked up at him, seeing the look of concern in his face.

She wrapped her arms around him and sobbed into his shoulder. He then wrapped his arms around her waist and rubbed circle into her back.

The two of them stayed there for a while until she finally calmed down and pulled away from his embrace. A final tear came out.

Gaston cupped her face, wiping her tear with his thumb. "Come on, lets go back to the village," he said reassuringly and she nodded quietly. He stood up and took her hand, helping her.

They walked back to LeFou and saw him grinning. His smile turned upside down as he saw Marie with an upset look on her face.

He stood up and wrapped his chubby arms around her, making her to sadly chuckle. "What did he do to you?" he said. "I'm okay LeFou, I just want to go back."

She smiled sadly and got on top of Augustus. The men followed behind and began to trot back to the village.

When they finally made it back, Marie went directly to the stable, not saying a word to the men. They still followed her and got off their horses.

They both asked themselves the same question. What was Marie going to do next after seeing her father?

LeFou awkwardly cleared his throat, making Gaston and Marie to look at him. "Well, I think I am going to go back to sleep. See you guys tomorrow." And with that he walked away. Leaving Gaston and the girl alone.

"Would you like me to walk you back to the inn?" He asked politely, expecting a no, of course. He got surprised when Marie said yes as they walked out of the stable.

The silence between them was comfortable, which made Marie feel a bit better. She really saw the change in him.

They finally made it to the lonely door of the inn. She turned around to face Gaston and said, "I wanted to say thank you for helping me through my father's situation."

Gaston chuckled slightly, "No need to thank me, I did it because I wanted to." She smiled and said good bye to him.

"Gaston?" She called out for the war hero.

He turned in his heel so that he was facing in her direction. "Yes, Marie?"

She kept quiet for five seconds before she spoke up and said, "Thanks for being a good friend."

He felt destroyed in the inside. Friend? He thought they were mush more than that!

He kept his facade on since she had gone through a lot that day and answered,

"You're welcome."
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A/N

Sorry for the long wait on this part is just that I have had writer's block lately. Also sorry for the short part but I still hope you enjoy it. 😌

I have been thinking that I may be writing a Prince Adam fan fic so tell he how you feel about it. 😀