Most Prized Possesion (Rumbelle)

Chapter 4 Secret

Belles POV

Rumples house. He hates it when I say that.

"It's our house Belle," he would always say.

It's so big, but cosy at the same time.

The lights are on. He's already back. A smile creeps across my face, I know we met up for lunch again today but, I guess I missed him.

"Hey Rumple, I'm home!" I say happily, closing the door and hanging up my coat.

I walked in to see a flickr of white disappear behind his back.

"Hey," he smiled uneasily, he wasn't sure wether I'd seen.I had.

"Good day?"

"Fine...yours?" I say putting my bag down on the counter.

"Fine, fine...so what do you feel like having for dinner, Chinese, Indian? Chips? Anything you want," he smiled at me.

"Uh, I don't mind, I'm going to take a shower..."I say giving him a fake smile.

"Take as much time as you need, - Belle?"

I turn around taking a deep breath, is he going to tell me? Come on rumple. Just tell me.

"I love you,"

"I...I love you too," I say half heartedly.

I knew he was hiding something behind his back. I saw it. Was it paper?

Rumples POV

*10 minutes earlier*

6:37. I wonder if Belles home.

I walk up the drive, our drive. I love calling it that.

What?

As soon as I reached the front door I see a another one. Another note stuck to the door. There were no lights on, Belle wasn't home.

What if she was home first? What if she found this, she'd know I was keeping something from her....

Am I alone?

I look over to my left at the bushes, no-one, over to my right, no-one.

Taking a deep breath, I open it.

THE POLICE

THATS NOT YOUR STYLE

NO POLICE

OTHERWISE YOU'LL FIND OUT WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO LOOSE

I will not stand for this.

Seething, I ripped open the front door. Who did Emma speak to?! I told her not to tell Belle, so she shouldn't have told anyone.

I will find out who this joker is,

and I will kill him.

"Hey Rumple I'm home!" A happy voice comes through the door.

I stare at the letter in my hand, to surprised to do anything.

"Hey," I span around, leaving my arm behind me, giving her my biggest smile.

Did she see anything?

"Good day," I ask trying to distract her if she had.

"Fine, yours?" she replied,

No she hadn't noticed.

"Fine, fine...so what do you feel like having for dinner?" I suggest some foods I think she'll like.

"Uh, I don't mind, I'm going to take a shower..." She replied.

No. She knows something's up.

"I love you," I say stopping her.

I mean it Belle, I really do.

"I...I love you too," she says before, heading to the shower.

I hate hiding this from her. I can't do it. I need to stop this. I can't keep secrets like this from her, not when I just got her back...

After waiting a couple of minutes to here the trickle of the shower, I ring Emma.

"Who did you tell?!" I hissed.

"Woah Gold calm down! Who did I tell? No-one? Why?!"

"Please Emma, if you told someone, then please, tell me," I tried to calm down.

"I'm serious, I didn't tell anyone! What's happened?!"

"Another note," I say, lowering my voice.

"What does it say?"

"That doesn't matter, just find out who is writing this Miss Swan, oh and be discrete ..." I begged.

"I will."

Belles POV

"Who did you tell?!"

Who is he on the phone too? Told someone what?!

I'd turned the shower on before sneakily, tiptoeing out onto the landing.

I can't hear anything... What is he saying....

I give up and quietly slipped into the shower.

The shower relaxed me a little, then I rubbed off the remains of my makeup and tied my sopping hair into a messy pony-tail.

When I got downstairs, he was sitting at his desk, his glasses by the end of his nose, going over some papers. I love watching him work. They way his glasses are perched on the end of nose, on the verge of falling off, but not quite. Biting his top lip, frowning with concentration. My Rumple.

"Good shower?" He looked up, sensing my presence.

"It was great," I say, perching on the sofa.

Smiling, he removed his glasses and came over. He sat down next to me, rubbing my leg softly he said, "Maybe we should have dinner then watch a film?"

"Only if you pick," I say kissing him on the cheek.

Yes, he maybe keeping something from me, but I can't stop loving him.

He order us a Chinese and the we sat cuddled up on the sofa watching some action movie Rumple picked out.

One of his arms tucked behind and round me, the other gently stroking my hair.

I love it when he does that. It makes me feel safe. Loved. I stroke his hand too, the one wrapped around me. Hugging my tightly.

How long as the movie been on? I'm so tired...

Rolling onto my side into Rumple, the soft sounds of his breathing was just what I needed to send me right off......

Rumple POV

I think she's asleep. Her breathing has become slower and her head was flopped against my chest.

Careful not to wake her, I slide her legs over my arm and gently lift her up and carry her up the stairs.

I placed her on her favourite side of the bed, pulling up the covers to her chin.

Kissing her on the forehead I sit beside her and tuck her hair behind her ear.

So beautiful. I still don't understand how she fell in love with a man like me... But all that matters is she did, and I love her too, so very much.

Her eyes flicker and slowly her hands rise up and pulled me into the bed beside her.

Her arms wrapped around me, her head rested on my shoulder, I felt this feeling, which I haven't for a very long time.

Happy.