the badass nerd

Belle: I actually don't hate you

 'Beauty! there you finally are!' 

'hi dad' I smile and give him a polite hug in front of everyone. 

'the lost princess has returned, I see' Beast walks towards us with a smirk plastered on his face.

I scowl. 'from what I've heard you werd missing too'

He shrugs. 'I'm royalty. I can do whatever I want' I roll my eyes at his words. Is he serious? I had a reason for being MIA, but he just dissapeared because he's royalty? How pathetic.

'whatever' I say before turning around, but he graps my arm before I can walk away.

'why do you hate me so much?' he asks. His question confuses me. Why would he care? It's always been this way and he never complained.

'I hate you because you hate me' I decide to say. It's not a lie. I don't actually hate him. I just dislike him.

'I don't hate you' he states honestly. Now I frown. Where does this come from. Why does he say that? Why now? Why here?

'you don't?'

He shakes his head. 'I never have. I just acted that way because you hate me and I didn't wanna show weakness' so it was my own fault?

'I'm sorry' I say. I hide my face in my hands. 'I'm mean to everyone because my dad decides what reputation I have to get. I'm not like this in real life' I don't know why I explain myself or why that I even admit this isn't me. I forced myself in acting like Beauty all the time, but since I got back, I just had to admit it was a lie. I just can't ignore it anymore. Sure, I do like wearing skinny jeans and leather jackets now and I'm not the pushover I was, but being nice to people never went away. I pushed it away because of my dad.

'don't be sorry' he puts a hand on my shoulder. 'princessen don't apologize' he jokes and I smile.

'you're right, but still'

'do you like The Streets?'

I frown. 'of course I like The Streets'

'then take over from your dad and do whatever you want.'

His words got me thinking. What if I became queen?