Remember Me

❉ Devotion ❉

As the clock ticked, the hours, minutes and seconds flew across Mr Gold's eyes. He missed Lacey even if she was not her true self; as hard as he tried, he couldn't take her out of his mind. However, he was glad that now she would be happier than before when she worked at Granny's dinner. The Pawnshop was silent most of the time, he spent his time fixing old objects and other stuff. People didn't usually went to his shop often so he was most of the time alone, yet last night he had two unexpected guests at his shop. Emma Swan and Regina Mills had come in a hurry at the middle of the night to find a cure for their half dead son from a poisoned apple that he happened to have eaten when it was meant to be for Emma.

They had indeed found a cure but due to Gold's treason, they now had to find another solution and it was just matter of time for the curse to be broken. At morning before the dawn, he came back to his shop with the last bit of magic that came from true love. In his hands he was now holding the antidote that would bring magic back to him, and to this land without magic. He had always thought he needed it, after all he was the dark one, but magic had become so important to him, such as a drug that he was now unable to let go of it so easily. Once he had brought back magic, he would regain his power and his strength. Now, he was to keep this valuable item somewhere safe, his shop. Half hour had at least pass during the time he spent analyzing the only bit of magic he had in that world, he found himself so obsessed with this that he could barely hear the sound that would probably change everything at that moment. As the bell of his shop rang, Mr Gold hid the object quickly from whoever had walked into his shop and with the most demanding voice he said:

"I'm sorry dearie but you must leave now, we're-" and then suddenly, his eyes glanced up at the one person he knew was the only one who he truly loved. Gold, Rumplestiltskin, the great powerful dark one, was afraid. Afraid of either what Belle, or Lacey in this case, would be about to say or do but despite that, his eyes shinned with a slight glimpse of hope. God he had missed his Belle terribly and even more when he knew that the person she had been, was still absent in her and yet, his love for her had never been gone. It lived there those 28 years.

"Mr Gold?" the woman walked in the Pawnshop looking for him as the Gold walked on front, his smile growing bigger just for seeing her. The bells rang as Lacey had shot the door closed walking deeper into the shop where she hadn't realized... she had fallen into someone.

"Lacey... what-" before he could go any further...

SMACK

The sound of her lips smashing into hims was the only sound audible to his ears. Eyes wide, arms moving at a slow pace to wrap around her waist, lips taking hers into his was all he could do or react to; not too long after, he began leaning towards the kiss as his eyes closed softly enjoying the taste of her cherry lips. Lacey herself had wrapped her arms around his neck as her hands got to feel for the very first time his soft fluffy hair roaming every inch of the skin from his neck. Their lips perfectly matched together and just then, a flash of light waved through their faces making both their hair fly through the air for a second. The curse was broken.

Lacey moved away but not enough for their bodies to be apart, their lips inches away from each other. She looked up at his eyes as her own began getting watery, not a bit of her could believe that she was with him, her Rumple. It was evident that he had no idea of what had just happened while for Lacey it had been like opening her eyes amidst her long term of being asleep. 

Gold reacted as his eyes found their way to hers, and god they were so beautiful, something in them sent his mind to spin and there was something else as well -he couldn't describe what- that was different about them, like if something new shined, or maybe something from the past. Rumple had always been the worst to read background faces, something that Belle had always been able to do in the Enchanted Forest, still anyone would've been able to know that Belle's eyes were only reflecting love. 

"Lacey..." Gold started 

"No..." she said. Eyes set on his as if she were scanning them "is not Lacey, Rumple..." 

By then Gold knew what he had missed and he could not believe it either. He had wished to be reunited with his Belle for so long it almost seemed like a dream, he feared it would only be that, a dream, and if it was he didn't wanted to ever wake up. But it wasn't, Belle was standing on front of him holding him never wanting to let go. 

Her lip trembled even though she was showing a smile along with some tears as Gold kept her close "I remember... I love you"

The 'long time no see' couple immediately embraced each other. Gold held her tight but carefully, her small shape of body made him think that he could've break her and so he treated her like a diamond as fragile as a crystal. Belle buried herself into the side of his neck hiding under his hair as she catched some of his scent into her nose.   

"I love you too" he said but even as he finally had Belle back, a question spun in his head as well ever since the very moment she walked in the door "Belle... why did you came back ?"

The bookworm slowly pulled away as the eyes of her lover were locked in hers as well 

"Curse or not... my heart knows you're the only one for me"

There was once a song that belonged to one old tale that had been told generations through generations... the one that taught many people that there was always a chance for anyone at love and that beauty was found within. Indeed just as the verse of this song told, for this story of the beauty and her beast there was nothing left to say. Both whom would be facing a great travel throughout their love, this had just begun, but that... that's another story. 

(Special thanks to those who pushed me  -in a good way ;)- to continue this fan fiction. I hope you liked the story and if you would like me to create kinda a sequel or something similar just let me know and I will gladly do so. I now have more responsibilities than before but I manage my time to write in another blog, now I'll be taking the time to write in this one too. Thanks for reading!)