#eric;; chat

[tragiquemaisbelle]

Once a week, Belle would go and pick up the mail from her apartment and do a little tidying up.  At this point, she spent almost all of her nights with Eric, and a lot of her clothes were at his place as well.  She would grab new or select items from her apartment on her trips to get mail, but there wasn’t much that wasn’t in her usual wardrobe left there.  Any plants she had been tending to were either now at Eric’s place as well, or they had unfortunately died due to her absence.  Her toothbrush, favorite books, and other items had also found a home elsewhere.  Somehow, she’d integrated herself into Eric and Lukas’ home, but she still had a place of her own.  Or, well, she would if she renewed her lease.  She sat on the couch, biting the corner of her lip as she read over the letter telling her that her lease was up at the end of the month.  She would either have to renew it for another year, or she would have to move out.  Her apartment had been her safe space after her marriage with Gaston had fallen apart, but it wasn’t anymore.  It wasn’t where she felt at home.

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[tragiquemaisbelle]

“Goodnight sweetheart,” Belle bid as she left Lukas’s room, following Eric into the living room and settling on the couch with a heavier than normal sigh.  “I was really hoping spending time with him would make everything better, like it usually did, but I’m still so annoyed.  Can you actually believe he called me a psychopath?”

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[tragiquemaisbelle]

Ever since coming back to herself, Belle had been remembering what she had done to those that she had been closest to.  She had been cruel to Willy and Chip.  She’d used Hercules.  She’d insulted a few strangers as well.  She felt dirty, somehow, like the actions of this other version of herself had tainted the person she had tried to be her entire life.  The worst part of the rude, terrible person she had been because of the hammer was how she had acted towards Eric.  She’d thrown herself at him in a way that was so unlike herself, and when he rejected her (thank god), she had gone off to try to find someone else.  Eric had been her best friend, and she was rather certain that her actions had destroyed all of the progress they had made together.

As she made her way towards his home, she looked down at what she was carrying with her.  A toy for Lukas, which would in no way make up for her absence but might make the blow of her being gone a little easier to take.  A bottle of wine for Eric, which she meticulously picked out and hoped would soften him enough to allow her to explain herself.  It was the explanation that she had that she hoped would be enough for him to forgive her.  Walking up to his house, she took a deep breath, her body practically shaking with nervousness.  She lifted a shaky hand and knocked on the door, steeling herself for what she was about to face.

@landlocked-eric

[tragiquemaisbelle]

Finding the perfect outfit had been a bit difficult considering her wardrobe was full of cardigans and modest pencil skirts.  After a lot of searching, she finally found a sexy black dress that she deemed good enough for her mission.  The walk through town was made a little easier by the long coat she was wearing, but it was her excitement over the plan she had that kept her going.  When she finally reached the door, she knocked, then quickly checked to make sure her smoky makeup and red lips were still in place.  “Looking good, Bernette,” she complimented herself with a wink in the mirror.

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[tragiquemaisbelle]

@landlocked-eric

After the night before, Belle did not feel like going home.  Gaston could fend for himself in terms of lunch, and she felt like spoiling herself, so to Landlocked she went.  Walking inside, she told the maitre d’ that she was friends with the owner and made her way through the restaurant until she found him.  “Would it be improper for me to request a glass of wine this early in the day?”