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Belle studies. She really doesn't get as lonely as Beast - and maybe he and Chelise can fall in love if she stays out of their way, and then the curse will break and Belle can ransack the library and go home, that would be fine. She works.
beheld_beauty
It takes twenty minutes.
But she does.
And she turns around and storms into the burnt woods again.
And she's back fifteen minutes later.
And she drags herself towards the Beast and throws herself onto him and weeps openly.
But she does.
And she turns around and storms into the burnt woods again.
And she's back fifteen minutes later.
And she drags herself towards the Beast and throws herself onto him and weeps openly.
beheld_beauty
"All I want is to be around people who want me around, and I like you but there is only one of you," sobs Chelise.
beheld_beauty
Chelise sniffs and has nothing more to say.
It's a week later when, from wherever he may be in the castle, Beast hears a shriek and a series of thumping sounds.
It's a week later when, from wherever he may be in the castle, Beast hears a shriek and a series of thumping sounds.
beheld_beauty
Chelise is hurrying down the double flight of stairs down to the entryway, hands clapped to her face in an expression of horror.
Belle is collapsed at the bottom of the steps, and she's not moving.
"She fell!" exclaims Chelise.
Belle is collapsed at the bottom of the steps, and she's not moving.
"She fell!" exclaims Chelise.
deslandes
He skids to a halt, claws scraping over the stone floor, and crouches at Belle's side to see how badly she is hurt.
He ignores Chelise.
He ignores Chelise.
beheld_beauty
Belle is breathing; her heart beats on. She has certainly broken an arm, and possibly some other things; her head struck the stone and she's bleeding a slow trickle from one ear.
"I was just - she - is she dead?" Chelise asks.
"I was just - she - is she dead?" Chelise asks.
deslandes
The Beast inspects Belle very, very carefully, nosing gently at this injury or that.
He continues to ignore Chelise.
He continues to ignore Chelise.
beheld_beauty
The ear is the only bleeding injury. One of her legs is bent in a way that looks uncomfortable; the bones might be intact but it's almost certainly sprained. Given the distance she fell, it's unlikely her ribs are all intact.
"Is she?" asks Chelise.
"Is she?" asks Chelise.
beheld_beauty
Belle makes a small whimpering noise.
The leg doesn't seem broken, but her knee is starting to swell.
"Beast?" asks Chelise in a small voice.
The leg doesn't seem broken, but her knee is starting to swell.
"Beast?" asks Chelise in a small voice.
beheld_beauty
"Please don't be angry, that won't help, I was only at the top of the stairs when she came round the corner and she didn't expect me and she fell, she's so clumsy. Was? Is she alive?"
