While he was scanning through the room, he found a little fairy who was shining bright like a diamond in a little corner of the Hall looking all bored....
Her half face was covered with a golden glitter mask and her luscious lips were looking so damn good that it was hard for Alan to not go and smash those soft lips of hers.
His curiosity got the best out of him and Alan decided to go and talk to the fairy who was looking equally bored as him!
He put his unfinished glass of whiskey on the table and left to catch his fairy. When he approached her she was playing with her fingers not knowing what to do. Alan found her action extremely cute.
"Hey there! Getting bored?" Alan asked the girl in front of him.
Little did he know that the girl he was considering 'his fairy' was Belle!
[A/N:- Who wouldn't have guessed?! It's a love novel after all!]
Belle looked up to the man who previously questioned her and she immediately knew it was Alan.
"Yup and you?" Belle asked thinking he was aware that she was Belle.
"Same here,My lady! May I know your name?" Alan asked expecting an answer
Shocked with his question Belle turned to him with wide eyes and said
"Alan it's me! Belle!"
"O-hey Bell- Belle?!" Alan was completely shocked by this! how could he not recognise her?
" I thought you knew who I was!" Belle claimed
" Sorry that I wasn't able to recognise you!" Alan apologized.
Belle in return said,"it's the fault of the mask that I'm wearing,not yours... don't apologise"
"Anyways, will you dance with me?" Alan asked extending his hand towards Belle.
Belle who wasn't expecting this sudden gesture of sweetness and kindness from him stood there with her mouth open and eyes widened.
"Miss Belle,I asked you for a dance not your fortune!" Alan said teasingly
Belle got out from her daze and nodded in affirmative.
Alan took her hand in his and went to the middle of the hall and started dancing with the other couples who were already enjoying the dancing with eachother.
With his hand on her back and other in Belle's hand he started moving with the slow music and Belle followed his lead.
Staring into each other's eyes Belle started the talk
"I know you might be thinking I have some exterior motive for coming into all your lives again after 10 years,but I want to assure you that I don't have any exterior motive and I don't blame any of you for what happened then since it was soley my fault."
Alan could only smile at her response of how easily she could understand him even after all these years.
" Thank you for your assurance" Alan said with a wide smile on his face.
"All clear then?" Belle asked
"All clear!" Alan replied
Suddenly a hand came pulling Belle away from him and Alan could see that Belle was equally shocked as him when she felt an arm pulling her away....