"Different" is putting it lightly, but that's pretty accurate.
I had to. The raft would have gone down if I hadn't; there were too many of us trying to get to shore.
[she didn't want to talk about it. she still doesn't. what's happened isn't exactly scabbed over yet, and while belle doesn't live her life dwelling on the past, she's still not entirely comfortable divulging everything.]
[She knew she should have checked in, but it would've been too late, anyway.]
Like I said, whatever you want to do.
[Talking or avoiding the topic completely, brandy or no brandy. They don't even have to meet up, but you don't get information like that about a friend and not see how they're doing.]
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[ she didn't want to talk about it. she still doesn't. what's happened isn't exactly scabbed over yet, and while belle doesn't live her life dwelling on the past, she's still not entirely comfortable divulging everything. ]
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[She knew she should have checked in, but it would've been too late, anyway.]
Like I said, whatever you want to do.
[Talking or avoiding the topic completely, brandy or no brandy. They don't even have to meet up, but you don't get information like that about a friend and not see how they're doing.]
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[ not that she would have been able to respond. she hadn't seen the text from rumple until nearly a week after he'd checked in himself. ]
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