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She would have made such a pretty bride, if she was not so fcked in the head~
Belle saw Atlas eyes going to Lydia for quite so time and she decided that maybe it was time to release him after all, she did not want the crowd to make misunderstandings, because after all Atlas as the heir had to get married and be able to dance. So, as she stared at him, she was about to tell him that it was time to halt their dance though did she really want to? No, she did not. She wanted to keep dancing, dancing with a friend was the only time she truly enjoyed dancing so she did not want to quit but for the sake of Atlas heart she decided that it was time to halt. It would give her a well deserved break anyways.
So she opened her lips about to speak but closed it when Atlas began to speak, talking about how he could no longer be her savior. “You have done quite a good job so far, but I do not need your saving anymore, thank you Atlas,” Belle said as she curtsied, and walking off too. She looked at all the names on her dance card, fake names that she had put herself and smile- there was proof she had danced with Atlas, and she had Thomas to lie that she had danced with all the other names in her dance card and that she was ‘reserved’ though she was not. Meaning, that she was free to do whatever and not dance with the creatures the world called men. One dance and she was already exhausted anyways, so now where was dear Louisa? Belle wished to chat with her because she knew or at least thinks that Louisa would also not be dancing and instead drinking and stuffing her stomach. It always amused Belle just how much Louisa liked to eat and drink, it was as if her world revolved around that and Belle wondered how she could fit so much into her body. She was human, after all, humans were not born with two stomachs but it seemed Louisa was born with 10, while Belle was also born with not such a normal one.
See, Belle did love to drink wine and indulge in snacking pastries every often, but she often forgot to eat full meals because she would be busy reading, studying, crocheting, fencing, and designing and food was never a concern she had to think about, so she did not eat much full meals. She mostly indulged in snacking ro drinking herbal teas or coffee with sugar. Things that were easy to take while doing your duties, and Belle could never forget to drink tea, tea was very satisfactory, Belle enjoyed tea quite a lot and that was why she hosted tea parties in her manor to conversate with the ladies her age and have an excused to try new tea, and sometimes wine. Belle would ask ladies at times to bring their own personal made tea so she could try it or personal made wine if she was feeling adventurous. Either ways, tea parties for Belle, one’s hosted by her were usually a time, a time to try something new.
Belle spotted Louisa, and she smiled, as she grabbed a drink and was about to walk towards Louisa, join her in her drunk activities when she heard a dreading voice. The voice she had not heard in some weeks and did not wish to hear again for quite some time, the voice of Lord Orpheus. No, no Belle would not conversate with him, so she moved to the other direction, trying to avoid him spotting her as she had him. But it seemed that he did as he came up to her, " I can not dance" Belle said abruptly as he came up to her, asking for a dance. She had known that as soon as he spotted her he would ask for a dance, after all he takes after his namesake, a lover of the arts and dance, with a musical soul that blinded her eyes and agitated her. Yes, He was quite agitating, and Belle knew he held a lot of things within him that he did with smiles and laughter, and if Belle did not find him so irritating she might be curious enough to ask him about them. “My dance card, it is full so I will not be dancing with anyone again, in case you wished to ask. Unfortunately, Josephine is already married so she is not here to dance with you, but they are quite other ladies you may ask.” Belle said as she showed him the dance card and was prepared to leave when she smelled alcohol in him. He was intoxicated, and he was hiding it quite well, but like Belle said, not much escapes her eyes. " You’re intoxicated." Belle said matter of factly, “I did not know you drank,” Then again she did not know much about him because well she was curious about him but no so much to let herself be bothered by his annoycane, at least till now. She wondered what had happened to get him to drink so much?
@DandelionKate
@sunflowerjm - atlas mentioned
@novella - lydia mentiomed
@Ouijaloveletters - Louisa