In one of the small changing rooms of the Agrabah Palace, चमेली pressed down the purple outfit she had chosen from the rack. Oh, yes, she decided, this was definitely the one.
“Honey, that is divine!” she heard Jeannie’s voice say from another cubicle. Stepping out from her own, she wondered what exactly Jeannie had found for Belle to wear. It would be something good, of course it would, but she was tingling to find out what.
She was about to leave the changing rooms and दिखाना Meg and Snow White her outfit when she heard the sound of another curtain being pulled back and Jeannie grinned at her. “Jasmine, honey, tell me she doesn’t look lovely!”
चमेली felt her jaw drop as Belle came out of the cubicle. She was wearing a beautiful yellow ball गाउन with matching gloves and shoes. Jeannie had tied her hair up for her just to दिखाना her what it would look like. “Belle, आप look...well, और than lovely!”
“Do आप think so?” asked Belle, nervously.
Jeannie handed her a mirror. “Take a look, love! आप see! Belle of the ball indeed!”
Belle hardly recognised herself. “Well, the dress is lovely...”
“Hey, guys! Take a look at this one!” called Meg from the store. चमेली went out to see what she was calling out about. She was holding a dark blue number up to Snow White. “I’m telling you, आप look good!”
“Well, I do like the big नारंगी, ऑरेंज bow at the back,” began Snow White, and then she broke off on seeing Belle. “Oh, wow! Belle!”
Meg stared at her. “Oh my God! That’s the one! Definitely the one!”
Belle blushed. “Do आप really think so?”
“Adam’s not going to be able to resist आप in that!” grinned Snow White. “Oh, आप have to get it!”
“I told you!” grinned Jeannie, gleefully. “Yellow सूट्स you, honey!”
“You look like a princess,” कहा Meg, grinning.
Belle smiled. “Well, if आप guys insist...”
“We do!” कहा Snow White, firmly. “Look, ok, I’ll get this blue one if Belle gets that yellow one!”
Belle giggled. “Ok, I’ll get it.”
“Excellent choice, love!” gushed Jeannie, rigging the price up on the till. “Who’s this Adam, anyway?”
“He’s my...”
“Boyfriend!” put in चमेली with a grin.
Belle’s blush deepened. “He’s not my boyfriend! He’s a friend.”
“Who happens to be taking our Belle to the school dance,” Meg reminded her.
“Ah, your तारीख, दिनांक for the evening!” Jeannie grinned. “Well, they’re right, honey! In that dress, he won’t be able to resist you!”
It was a lovely dress, Belle had to admit, and she did look good in it; but it really was और for the evenings. She was beginning to understand what Meg meant now about her other dresses. In this place, at this time of day, she felt too overdressed and was glad to change into her old blue one and pull her hair back into its usual ponytail. But for the dance, well, she couldn’t wait to put it on again. So it was that she bought the entire outfit, shoes and gloves too.
“Lucky,” कहा Jasmine. “I need to find some shoes to go with mine.”
“Yeah, me too!” Meg reminded her. “Let’s go to Glass Slippers.”
“Oh, I’ve got shoes,” कहा Snow White, “but I’m out of makeup. I’m gonna go to Nature Knows Best. Can I meet आप guys there?”
“Ok, we’ll come to आप if we finish first, and vice versa,” कहा Meg.
Belle found her head quickly turned द्वारा a small used bookstore. “Um, is it ok if I meet आप guys there too?”
“You’ll ruin your eyes with all that reading,” चमेली teased her with a grin. “Ok, we’ll see आप there.”
“No, I tell आप what,” कहा Meg. “We’ll all meet द्वारा the फव्वारा and then go for lunch in Tiana’s Palace.”
“Yeah, ok,” agreed Snow White.
“Got it!” कहा Jasmine, already halfway to the shoe shop.
“See आप there,” smiled Belle, before she slipped into the bookstore. और than anything, she loved little second-hand book shops, because आप could find all kinds of interesting things in there. To her great surprise and pleasure, she found a good copy of one of her old favourites she had borrowed from her own town पुस्तकालय years ago, Little Women. She bought it and went to sit द्वारा the fountain, पढ़ना as she walked. That was something of a talent she possessed. She reached the फव्वारा and sat down on the edge of it. It was rather peaceful, to sit and listen to the water pouring down beside her. It was relaxing, tranquil in fact.
“Shoo, shoo,” कहा the voice of a shepardess as she passed, and Belle thought for a सेकंड the woman was referring to her, but she was in fact referring to her flock, some of whom had stopped to watched Belle in her reading. She smiled and patted their heads affectionately before they were all herded on द्वारा their commander.
“Hey, Belle!”
She looked up and smiled. It was Ariel. “Hi, Ariel. How come you’re here?” John’s not around, she thought to add, but decided against it in case it sounded too catty.
“Oh, I प्यार coming into town,” smiled Ariel. “I went to pick up some और art supplies.”
“For another sculpture?”
“Nah. I’m painting now.”
“Painting what?”
Ariel’s blush gave her away. “Pictures of John.”
Belle patted the दीवार where she sat for Ariel to sit down beside her. “Ariel, I can understand आप like him, but have आप ever considered आप might be getting obsessed with him?”
Her blush deepened. “Maybe, just a little. I can’t help it.”
“It’s understandable,” कहा Belle, truthfully. “John’s a good looking guy, but I just don’t want आप turning out like Esme with Phoebus.”
“Oh, आप know, she had a go at me a while back when she thought I was flirting with Phoebus.”
“Yeah?”
“I hear आप stood up for her and she stopped, though. Good for you.”
“Thanks.”
“Are आप looking आगे to the dance?” asked Ariel, stretching, lazily. She smiled, teasingly. “I hear Adam asked आप out.”
“He didn’t ask me out, as such. He just asked me to the dance.”
“Well, whatever.”
“But, yes, I am looking आगे to it.”
“Yeah, me too.”
“Did John...you know? Ask you?”
“Nah, but it’s ok. I’ll ask him for a dance या something when he’s had too much पंच या something!” Ariel giggled. “Maybe if he gets really squiffy, I’ll seduce him!”
“Ariel!” Belle felt the colour rush to her cheeks.
“Oh, come on, Belle! I’m kidding! I’d like to have a relationship with him before we go doing that!” Ariel rocked back, clasping her knees. She took in Belle’s blush. “Oh, my God! Belle! आप haven’t ever...you know, have you?”
Belle ducked her head. “I’m saving it for the boy I fall in प्यार with.”
“Aw! That’s so sweet!” Ariel smiled.
Belle had never thought about that before, well, apart from when Gaston tried it on with her, that is. “Do people, आप know...at school? I mean, in their rooms या whatever?”
“Yeah, sometimes.” Ariel shrugged. “When they feel like it.” Belle’s blush deepened. “Oh, sorry, if this is making आप feel awkward, I can stop talking about it.”
“No, it’s ok. I just didn’t really give it much thought before, that’s all.” Belle smiled. “Is it true that men want it और than women?”
“Nah, I don’t think so. I think they think about it और than we do, but, आप know, we have different brains to them, so it’s to be expected. Just make sure you’re with a guy आप trust 100% before आप lose it, though, that’s my advice.”
Belle smiled. “It’s good advice.”
“Hey!”
That was Meg and Jasmine, with Snow White not far behind them. “Hey, Ariel,” grinned Snow White, cheerily.
“Hey,” Ariel greeted them. “Been shoe shopping?”
“Yeah!” चमेली grinned. “Need shoes for the dance!”
“Well, I’d better get going,” कहा Ariel, getting to her feet. “I’m meeting Rapunzel and Merrida at the pictures. See ya, Belle.”
“Bye!” Belle called as she left.
“Belle, are आप ok?” asked Meg, glancing at her. “Your face has gone really, really red.”
“I’m fine,” insisted Belle, in spite of her झींगा मछली, समुद्री झींगा red cheeks. “Shall we eat? I’m starving!”
“Honey, that is divine!” she heard Jeannie’s voice say from another cubicle. Stepping out from her own, she wondered what exactly Jeannie had found for Belle to wear. It would be something good, of course it would, but she was tingling to find out what.
She was about to leave the changing rooms and दिखाना Meg and Snow White her outfit when she heard the sound of another curtain being pulled back and Jeannie grinned at her. “Jasmine, honey, tell me she doesn’t look lovely!”
चमेली felt her jaw drop as Belle came out of the cubicle. She was wearing a beautiful yellow ball गाउन with matching gloves and shoes. Jeannie had tied her hair up for her just to दिखाना her what it would look like. “Belle, आप look...well, और than lovely!”
“Do आप think so?” asked Belle, nervously.
Jeannie handed her a mirror. “Take a look, love! आप see! Belle of the ball indeed!”
Belle hardly recognised herself. “Well, the dress is lovely...”
“Hey, guys! Take a look at this one!” called Meg from the store. चमेली went out to see what she was calling out about. She was holding a dark blue number up to Snow White. “I’m telling you, आप look good!”
“Well, I do like the big नारंगी, ऑरेंज bow at the back,” began Snow White, and then she broke off on seeing Belle. “Oh, wow! Belle!”
Meg stared at her. “Oh my God! That’s the one! Definitely the one!”
Belle blushed. “Do आप really think so?”
“Adam’s not going to be able to resist आप in that!” grinned Snow White. “Oh, आप have to get it!”
“I told you!” grinned Jeannie, gleefully. “Yellow सूट्स you, honey!”
“You look like a princess,” कहा Meg, grinning.
Belle smiled. “Well, if आप guys insist...”
“We do!” कहा Snow White, firmly. “Look, ok, I’ll get this blue one if Belle gets that yellow one!”
Belle giggled. “Ok, I’ll get it.”
“Excellent choice, love!” gushed Jeannie, rigging the price up on the till. “Who’s this Adam, anyway?”
“He’s my...”
“Boyfriend!” put in चमेली with a grin.
Belle’s blush deepened. “He’s not my boyfriend! He’s a friend.”
“Who happens to be taking our Belle to the school dance,” Meg reminded her.
“Ah, your तारीख, दिनांक for the evening!” Jeannie grinned. “Well, they’re right, honey! In that dress, he won’t be able to resist you!”
It was a lovely dress, Belle had to admit, and she did look good in it; but it really was और for the evenings. She was beginning to understand what Meg meant now about her other dresses. In this place, at this time of day, she felt too overdressed and was glad to change into her old blue one and pull her hair back into its usual ponytail. But for the dance, well, she couldn’t wait to put it on again. So it was that she bought the entire outfit, shoes and gloves too.
“Lucky,” कहा Jasmine. “I need to find some shoes to go with mine.”
“Yeah, me too!” Meg reminded her. “Let’s go to Glass Slippers.”
“Oh, I’ve got shoes,” कहा Snow White, “but I’m out of makeup. I’m gonna go to Nature Knows Best. Can I meet आप guys there?”
“Ok, we’ll come to आप if we finish first, and vice versa,” कहा Meg.
Belle found her head quickly turned द्वारा a small used bookstore. “Um, is it ok if I meet आप guys there too?”
“You’ll ruin your eyes with all that reading,” चमेली teased her with a grin. “Ok, we’ll see आप there.”
“No, I tell आप what,” कहा Meg. “We’ll all meet द्वारा the फव्वारा and then go for lunch in Tiana’s Palace.”
“Yeah, ok,” agreed Snow White.
“Got it!” कहा Jasmine, already halfway to the shoe shop.
“See आप there,” smiled Belle, before she slipped into the bookstore. और than anything, she loved little second-hand book shops, because आप could find all kinds of interesting things in there. To her great surprise and pleasure, she found a good copy of one of her old favourites she had borrowed from her own town पुस्तकालय years ago, Little Women. She bought it and went to sit द्वारा the fountain, पढ़ना as she walked. That was something of a talent she possessed. She reached the फव्वारा and sat down on the edge of it. It was rather peaceful, to sit and listen to the water pouring down beside her. It was relaxing, tranquil in fact.
“Shoo, shoo,” कहा the voice of a shepardess as she passed, and Belle thought for a सेकंड the woman was referring to her, but she was in fact referring to her flock, some of whom had stopped to watched Belle in her reading. She smiled and patted their heads affectionately before they were all herded on द्वारा their commander.
“Hey, Belle!”
She looked up and smiled. It was Ariel. “Hi, Ariel. How come you’re here?” John’s not around, she thought to add, but decided against it in case it sounded too catty.
“Oh, I प्यार coming into town,” smiled Ariel. “I went to pick up some और art supplies.”
“For another sculpture?”
“Nah. I’m painting now.”
“Painting what?”
Ariel’s blush gave her away. “Pictures of John.”
Belle patted the दीवार where she sat for Ariel to sit down beside her. “Ariel, I can understand आप like him, but have आप ever considered आप might be getting obsessed with him?”
Her blush deepened. “Maybe, just a little. I can’t help it.”
“It’s understandable,” कहा Belle, truthfully. “John’s a good looking guy, but I just don’t want आप turning out like Esme with Phoebus.”
“Oh, आप know, she had a go at me a while back when she thought I was flirting with Phoebus.”
“Yeah?”
“I hear आप stood up for her and she stopped, though. Good for you.”
“Thanks.”
“Are आप looking आगे to the dance?” asked Ariel, stretching, lazily. She smiled, teasingly. “I hear Adam asked आप out.”
“He didn’t ask me out, as such. He just asked me to the dance.”
“Well, whatever.”
“But, yes, I am looking आगे to it.”
“Yeah, me too.”
“Did John...you know? Ask you?”
“Nah, but it’s ok. I’ll ask him for a dance या something when he’s had too much पंच या something!” Ariel giggled. “Maybe if he gets really squiffy, I’ll seduce him!”
“Ariel!” Belle felt the colour rush to her cheeks.
“Oh, come on, Belle! I’m kidding! I’d like to have a relationship with him before we go doing that!” Ariel rocked back, clasping her knees. She took in Belle’s blush. “Oh, my God! Belle! आप haven’t ever...you know, have you?”
Belle ducked her head. “I’m saving it for the boy I fall in प्यार with.”
“Aw! That’s so sweet!” Ariel smiled.
Belle had never thought about that before, well, apart from when Gaston tried it on with her, that is. “Do people, आप know...at school? I mean, in their rooms या whatever?”
“Yeah, sometimes.” Ariel shrugged. “When they feel like it.” Belle’s blush deepened. “Oh, sorry, if this is making आप feel awkward, I can stop talking about it.”
“No, it’s ok. I just didn’t really give it much thought before, that’s all.” Belle smiled. “Is it true that men want it और than women?”
“Nah, I don’t think so. I think they think about it और than we do, but, आप know, we have different brains to them, so it’s to be expected. Just make sure you’re with a guy आप trust 100% before आप lose it, though, that’s my advice.”
Belle smiled. “It’s good advice.”
“Hey!”
That was Meg and Jasmine, with Snow White not far behind them. “Hey, Ariel,” grinned Snow White, cheerily.
“Hey,” Ariel greeted them. “Been shoe shopping?”
“Yeah!” चमेली grinned. “Need shoes for the dance!”
“Well, I’d better get going,” कहा Ariel, getting to her feet. “I’m meeting Rapunzel and Merrida at the pictures. See ya, Belle.”
“Bye!” Belle called as she left.
“Belle, are आप ok?” asked Meg, glancing at her. “Your face has gone really, really red.”
“I’m fine,” insisted Belle, in spite of her झींगा मछली, समुद्री झींगा red cheeks. “Shall we eat? I’m starving!”