Most Prized Possesion (Rumbelle)

Chapter 5 Lies?

Belles POV

He's gone.
I roll back over sighing.

BE BACK SOON
I WILL MEET YOU AT GRANNY'S AT 1:30
I LOVE YOU
R

Why didn't he wake me? Well, at least he's invited me to meet him for lunch, that's something.
I should probably get up.
As I climb out of bed, I reach up and pull back the thick curtains.
Where is Rumples car?
He never drives to the shop, it's a 5 minute walk.
This doesn't feel right.
I need to know what's going on.

Rumples POV

"Taped to your front door?" Emma asked me, leaning back on the front of her desk.
I nodded, settling down on the brown leather chair in her office.
"Maybe hoping that Belle would see it?" She asked confused.
"Maybe..."
I keep thinking about that.
The question that keeps circling in my mind.
What if she had found the note first?
I can't loose her, not again...

"Mr Gold, do you have CCTV cameras in your shop?"
Why didn't I think of that before?!
"Of course!" I say standing up quickly.

"Okay, let's check the last couple of weeks...it had to be recent as it said welcome back and Belle would have seen it..." Emma poured her eyes over the screen in the office's old computer,
"There!!" She yells, sticking her finger on the screen.
"Go back a bit...how did he get in, Belle locked the door, we just watched her do that?" I say leaning toward the screen.
"Well he's just opened the door...let me just zoom in..."she said concentrating hard.
It felt like years before the computer focused on the zoomed in face.

A tall dark haired man suddenly appeared on my screen.

"This is our guy, know him?" Emma asked leaning back in her chair.
"Never seen him before, not in storybrooke, not in our land."
But there was something so familiar about him, I just couldn't put my foot on it.
"Then who is he?"

"I don't know, but I'm going to find out."

Belles POV

I'd dressed quickly and raced over to the shop.
"Rumple?" I say before the bell even had time to ring.
"Rumple? Are you here?"

No. And by the looks of things he hasn't been.
Where is he? What is he hiding.
Frantically I start searching. I'm not sure what, anything really.
"God!"
I punched my knuckles into the nearest counter.
Pain surged through my hand. I look down, blood.
I sank down, pulling my knees to my chest.
Sinking my head down into them, I let out a cry.
The tears just keep on pouring down my cheeks.
I can't stop.
I need him. I need Rumple. I need him to be honest with me. I need him to trust me.
Why doesn't he trust me?
I trust him with all of my heart, with everything. He knows that...

*beep beep*
Wiping my face, I pull my phone out of my pocket.

Where are you?

I look to the top right of my screen, damn it's 1:35.
I'd completely lost track of time.