Tonight couldn’t have gone better, Belle looked beautiful when she came out dressed in her yellow dress. Zan and Jane hit it off right away, but that didn’t surprise me. Tarzan is a good guy who can relax and have a good time any time. Where I can have trouble in that department. At first I didn’t know what to talk about and then every time I looked over at her I saw the hemline of her dress rise a little, driving me crazy. By the time we got to the restaurant I was so wound up that I couldn’t talk at all. I was shocked by how much food Belle had ordered. Usually I see girls ordering salads and some diet drink, but let me tell you a guy loves a girl who can eat. When she ran off to the bathroom I got worried but then Zan and Jane gave me a pep talk and left to go do something on their own. When we started walking things stayed quite until Lumiere called and gave me the idea to take her to the little book store. To be honest I don’t mind the quite, I think a lot of girls who go to my school are bubbly and don’t stop talking. Belle doesn’t needlessly talk, she’s smart and when she talks about something she’s interested in she really gets into it. She smiles and laughs and that makes you want to smile and laugh with her. Now here we are laying in the grass, looking up at the sky, watching the meteor shower. I could tell Belle loved it and I was glad I had brought her here, now I just wish it would never end.

A few days passed since I went out with Belle. Between school and football our schedules seemed to clash; so I didn’t get to see her much. We had our meals together but I felt like that wasn’t enough. Tonight I have a football game, I asked Belle to come but I’m not sure if she will. I headed to the locker room to get ready for the game when Gaston stopped me. He’s shorter than me with shoulder length greasy black hair and black brown eyes.

“Hey Beast, who’s the hottie you’ve been hanging out with lately?”

“Why?”

“I was wondering what she was doing with you?”

“Why do you care?”

“Because she’s way to pretty for you and I want her.” Not going to happen buddy. There is no way he’s going to take her from me. “Ah, look who’s here.” I looked behind me to find Belle standing there, waiting for me. Gaston walked over to her, “Hey there baby, what’s your name?” I watched as Belle looked him over, I almost laughed out loud when she rolled her eyes at him.

“Excuse me.” She said and went to step around him. That pissed Gaston off, so he tugged her by the arm and pulled her back to stand in front of him.

“Look I’m trying to talk to you here.”

“Well I’m not interested.”

“Well you should be. I’m the best.”

“Would you please let go.” Gaston pushed her up agents a wall and Belle’s eyes went wide. I pushed him away and grabbed for Belle, who came to me easily.

“Leave her alone Gaston, she told you no.” Belle was tucked into my side and twisting her hands into my shirt. Gaston, pissed stomped off to the locker room.

“Thank you.” She whispered to me and I smiled down at her.

“I will always protect you.” She smiled at me. “So where you waiting for me?”

“Yes. I wanted to wish you good luck before the game.” I hugged her tighter to me. “Good luck Adam, I’ll be rooting for you.” She went up on her tiptoes and pressed a soft kiss to my cheek.

The Game went off without a hitch. We beat the opposing team twenty four to seven. I was exiting the field when I saw Belle waving from the stands. She wore another dress today, this one was blue and the skirt puffed out a little bit. I waved to her and froze. I could see Gaston’s lackeys coming up to her, Belle noticed them and started to head for the exit. When they started to chase after her she broke out in a sprint, I dropped my helmet and shoulder pads and ran after them. If they caught up to her, they would do worse things than push her around. I chased after them, almost losing them in the crowd. When I caught up to them they had her pushed up against the school wall. I started pulling them off of her and then throwing punches to keep them off. They fought back, four agents one, but I fought them off until we heard someone coming around the corner. They took off in a fright, not wanting to get caught by a teacher. As soon as they were gone I dropped to my knees. My vision blurred and started to go black, I could see Belle rushing to me. She looked… worried.

“Adam! Adam wake up!” I cracked my eyes open to see Belle looking upset. “Adam?” her voice relaxed a little as she put her hand on my cheek. She turned her head away and spoke to someone. “Adam, how are you feeling?” she asked while gently pressing a wet cloth to my face.

“I’m okay. How are you doing?” she gave me a soft smile.

“Better, now that you’re awake.”

“What happened?”

“How much do you remember?”

“Up to the guys running away.”

“After they ran away you fell to your knees and passed out. I carried you as far as I could before I found Lumiere. He helped me carry you to your room and we have been here ever since. That was yesterday.” I can’t believe Gaston would stoop so low, that egotistical moron. I held Belle’s hand in mine, her hand is so dainty my hand almost engulfed it. I don’t want to lose her. Belle yawned and started to slump over. She must not have gotten much sleep last night. I carefully pulled her down and over me so she was laying on the inside of the bed. I tried to grab the soft blanket that I kept at the end of the bed but it hurt so much to move. Lumiere stepped out of the shadows and helped me cover her up.

“She was up with you all night. It really upset her to see you like that. She was crying the whole time she half carried, half dragged you to the front of the school. I had seen her and went over to say hi, that’s when I saw you. She was crying so much I was surprised she could see where she was going.” I brushed a hair off her face. “She is very special, take good care of her.”

“I will.” With that Lumiere left us alone, turning the light out after him. I sighed, what am I going to do? Gaston won’t give up until he takes her or brakes her; and I won’t allow that to happen.