Alpaca's restaurant. later night, Belle serving the couple for suppers, the next she serving the family with big bowl ice cream enough for them. Tiana watch how hard she serving the customers with non - stop or needing asked for her help.
Sigh, she turning her back where Frank busy cooking in the kitchen. "My baby grown much."
"You mean Belle?" He look at her, then to Belle where he can see her. "She beautiful, smart, people love her, Jonah couldn't lose her and she the best waitress he never had beside us. She lucky to have you beside her, you teach her well, she the great students and she's everything."
Tiana frowned, crossed her arm. "What do you mean by everything, Frank?"
"Everything? all she had in herself, she unique, have you ever thought how many teenagers you teach how to be a proper waitress? no one. No one could handle it besides Belle."
He pointed. "She take all task you gave it to her without hestitate or trying to complain, which mean she really - really want to have her own job and money without burden her parents, that the spirits she had on her that I like."
They both went silent a bit, Tiana nod agree of everything Frank say about Belle, she admit Belle different than other teenagers girl she met before, no one can compared Belle than others, what she had while no one doesn't. She magical.
"I've spotted someone in here late night, outside restaurants." said Frank, Tiana look up back at him. "Everyday, he look inside in here like he looked for someone or something, he kind a handsome but psycho. I saw him, I saw what he did."
"He did what? who are you mention to."
Frank shrugged as he flipped and toss the pan up and down, then he walk to the fridge, walk here - walk there, circling around the kitchen, brought the ingredients with him, then back to the stove, resuming his cooked.
"I don't know but seem I saw him before, I don't know. His eyes- he focused his eyes on Belle, whatever she do, whatever she talk, serving, laughing, smile, he always there for her. Like a football match and his the supporter at the bench seat, till - we close the restaurant he still there."
"Belle always got mystery, unknownly gift from someone from school, even in here, don't you think the man you saw every night was He's the one who sending those gift to her, ever you think that, Frank."
He turning off the stove, done his cooking last meal for customer, he grab the plate as always he walk over here and there, then he laid the plate on the counter which he shouts orders up! and Belle collect the plate then back to the customers, Frank eyes on her back.
"Probably, well I don;t know, I've never been stalkers or something by someone, if truly his the one who did that, from now on we must protect her besides the cops, have she ever reported about it."
She said yes to Frank, Belle did report at the station with her mother. "So, in that case, she must be careful."
From the kitchen through the window, Frank look outside the restaurant closely, his eyes searching for what he been told to Tiana earlier. She notice his reaction, she turning her back where his eyes lock to, then she turns back to him. Curiously.
"Maybe he's out there somewhere watching us, waiting."
What he mentioned to Tiana is Gibson, yes. His the one who Frank talk about, everyday and every night, he'll will be there for Belle outside the restaurant. But Frank thought was wrong, he wasn't there for today, he somewhere place that not everyone know where should he be.
Gibson found out Jake going out with his friends tonight, he would be there for him after what he did, mocking him in his own class, he should pay for this. Hiding at the dark alley, watching him from a far.
Those smile, I really want to shred that smile, that smile took everything from me he grip both his hand in rage. Tonight, Jake went to movies without Belle, because he know where she were at by now. He waited, taking his chance to attack.
Exactly at 11pm, he saw Jake and his friends out from the movies building, waving goodbye, they all went separate ways, now he's alone. He saw Jake went toward the dark alley, he really doesn't know what will happen to him about in minute, Gibson trail behind his back, he notice Jake stop turns his head look at his back then he continue walk, counting how many time Jake looked at his back, maybe he know someone are following him.
And he doesn't know who behind him.
Jake make his way down to subway station, swipe his metrocard then he wait for the train. Midnight pass, arrive at his destination, he walk down to the stairs, before he could reach the bottom, Gibson push him from the back, he watch Jake body rolling down until his body reach the bottom of the stairs, unconscious, he left Jake with smirk and satisfy.
Before someone could see him.
As the next morning at school, Belle receive a text from him, he now stay in unit care hospital because of the accident last night, Jake told he must be slippery or something while walk down the stairs. She doesn't think Jake incident wasn't his own fault, she bet someone had push him from back while he's not notice, Jake wasn't careless person as she know.
"Sup!" Emma bang her door and smile. "What's wrong?" she ask as she see Belle freaking face, "Don't show that face to me, Belle. It's hideous, what wrong."
Belle shut her door locker, she facing Emma with curious. "Jake is in hospital."
"Why?"
"Someone had push him down the stairs while he walk back home, alone. I don't get it, he wasn't slippery person I've known."
Emma snort, leaned her back on the door. "You guess someone had push him down? by whom? you can't guess or claim someone push him down, I know you both are fucking in love doesn't mean you point his own guilty toward anyone."
"I didn't point to anyone, my instinct said I know someone had push him down."
Emma touch her shoulder. "After school we going to hospital okay. Just pray nothing broken bones on him." The girl then walk, Emma walk toward her class, Belle got an ideas she walk toward teachers office compared she aalk toward her class, meeting someone she really - really want to kill.
Arrive at the hallway office not far from the door, she hiding herself as she saw the teachers walk out from the room to class, she didn't see Gibson yet.
Everything is clear, she walk to see him. She burst inside, lucky there's no others teacher with him, he about to pick up his things and stood up, he stop half bowed, he looked up at her. He smile, greeting hers.
"Miss Decker, so early to meet me, why? miss me?"
She march foward him in anger, pointed her finger on him. "You! you did this aren't you." She barked. "You, is you wasn't it? you hurting him because of me, am I right?! you did this to us."
"I don't know what you talking about, Miss Decker." He breathe, gather all his things. He take a step aside before her. "You better in your class or someone will see you in here with me."
"Don't bluff with me, Gibson!"
His eyes on hers, he can see in her how much she changing since they both declare what they are. That bastard turning her into a monster, she been so cold toward me and rude, this must be stop.
"Why, shocked the way I spokes to you? Oh yes, yes you are - you hurt him. I will never forgive you what you did, you're the real monster I've never known."
Before he could said or fought her word, she turn her feet bolting out the room. He growl, after she left the room.
Moment that, he left the room with his things.