Chapter Six: My Fake Fiancee
AN: So, I hope all of you read the last chapter, because now it starts getting good. You'll see.
**********Grand Foyer Of The Villa**********
"Yeah she's my fiancee" Hamtaro lied.
"You, and him?" asked Andre. "It's not possible"
"And why not?" asked Bijou, trying to play along as best as she could.
Andre looked polished and refined in his little ensemble, while Hamtaro was wearing jeans and a sunflower button shirt. And the fact that Hamtaro had a little bit of dirt on him from crawling up that crater didn't help.
As Bijou and Andre debated, the Hams were confused. They had watched Boss try to woo Bijou for a while now, and suddenly, a new couple appears. They knew that they should support Boss and Bijou, but they couldn't help but think that Hamtaro and Bijou were a match made in heaven. So when Boss opened his mouth to reveal the truth, Panda quickly covered Boss' and mumbled "It's too late to spill the beans now, so just play along" "Hamtaro's a dead man walking" answered Boss.
"Your fiancee, how...wonderful" said Josie, again with the forced smile on.
"Yes, but I need a word with my fiancee for a moment, muzzer" said Bijou as she grabbed Hamtaro's hand and headed for the parlor. The other Hams quickly followed, and Andre tried to enter, but they locked the door. He cursed the stone walls of the villa, because they were so thick, he couldn't even eavesdrop.
**********The Parlor**********
"What was that?" Bijou asked Hamtaro as soon as they entered the room. The other Hams were trying to keep Boss from interfering with this subject, they finally calmed him down a little.
"If I had let you finish that sentence, and let you say that we were all just friends, then how on Earth could you possibly break your engagement to the guy?" Hamtaro finished. Hamtaro himself was not quite sure why he had said that Bijou was his fiancee, he could've just said boyham and girlham.
"You have a point. But how are we.. and muzzer does favor Andre.. and-" she was pointing to the middle of the room, where all of a sudden a group of blue sprinkles started forming into a shape. And not just any shape, the fairy's shape.
"Finally I have all you hams together in one room" she said not even noticing the horrorstruck look on Bijou's face.
"What's going on" Bijou asked with quiver in her voice.
"Well, darling, the thing is, when these Hams found out about your situation, they weren't just gonna sit around. They immediately took action, and were actually going to travel to France for you. That's when I caught up with them. I used my magic seed to transport these Hams to Ham-Human Valley. And as soon as all of them touched the seed, you and any other Ham in the house with you would become a Ham-Human."
"Why not just transport us to Ham-Ham land? Why did you turn us into Ham-Humans?" Bijou asked.
"If I transported you into Ham-Ham land, your owners would get dreadfully worried, and they would think that you ran away. But as long as you're Ham-Human, you never existed to them"
"So if right now, somebody asked Maria about me, she would say" Bijou started
"Bijou who?" finished the fairy. "You will stay Ham-Human for one month, and all the clothes and supplies you will need are in your closets. The same goes for food in the kitchen"
Bijou turned to the Hams. "You did this, for me? I truly do have the best friends in the world" she said as she ran up to Hamtaro and hugged him. Boss's face couldn't get much redder.
"It was Boss's idea to come up with a plan to save you" Hamtaro explained, trying to make Boss a little less angry at him. Bijou ran up to Boss and kissed him on the cheek.
"Thanks Bijou" said Boss, a little starry-eyed.
"But what are we going to do about this whole fake fiancee thing?" Bijou asked the fairy, but she was already disappearing.
"That is a problem left for you to solve" she echoed as her voice faded away.
"It's too late to take back what I said" Hamtaro admitted, "So I guess for the next month, we'll just wing it, darling"
Bijou went scarlet "I suppose so" she said looking at the ground, suddenly being fascinated with her feet.
As all the other Hams left the Parlor, Boss bumped into Hamtaro. "You better sleep with one eye open kid" he grunted. "I get the feeling he doesn't like me too much right now" thought Hamtaro.
**********Grand Foyer Of The Villa**********
The Hams exited the Parlor, and Bijou went straight to her mother explaining how when she went to Japan, Hamtaro and Bijou fell in love, and got engaged. When Hamtaro found out hat Bijou was going to marry another Ham, Hamtaro contacted their friend, the Ham-Ham Land fairy to help him.
"So the only way he could've saved you was if he became Ham-Human?" Josie asked trying to get all the facts right.
"Oui"
"You did this out of love for Bijou" Josie asked Hamtaro
"Yeah, I couldn't let her marry someone else, it would've just killed me" Hamtaro answered. To all the other Hams, it seemed that he was lying, but he knew he was telling the truth.
"Well then, since you're staying for a month, you will need accommodations" Josie said "There are nine guest chambers in the villa, and since Bijou and Andre already have two of them, that leaves seven for the 15 of you Hams."
AN: Here's the list of who got what room:
1. Andre
2. Bijou
3. Sandy, Pashmina and Penelope
4. Boss and Oxnard
5. Stan and Jingle
6. Howdy and Dexter
7. Maxwell and Cappy
8. Panda and Snoozer
9. Hamtaro
Hamtaro got the room right next to Bijou's. Both of their rooms had balconies, so you could only imagine how excited these two were to pretend to be engaged, and have rooms with balconies right next to each other.
"Awwww, I wanted the room right next to Bijou" Andre whined to Josie.
"But when Amelia asked Carlos which room he wanted, Carlos specifically asked for the room with the giant bathroom, and you wanted that exact room too" Josie reminded. Andre snickered something about a savage coming into his territory.
"You must have an engagement party" Josie declared.
Andre nearly spit out the water he was drinking. "That is not necessary Josie" he said
"For once I agree with him, muzzer" Bijou admitted.
"Nonsense, when someone of such high aristocratic ranks like ours is engaged, then we must celebrate."
"Hamtaro and Bijou looked at each other, then Hamtaro looked at Boss. Boss was so mad at this concept, that he didn't even realize he was eating a wax apple.
"Ewww that can't be good" thought Hamtaro but before he could speak, Josie already had declared that the party would be at seven o'clock sharp in the formal dining hall.
"So when is the big day" asked Cappy as all the Hams walked to the breakfast hall. Hamtaro slapped Cappy's head.
"You try coming up with something better at the spur of the moment" Hamtaro answered
"O.K., but tell me, can I be the ring bear?" Cappy asked, and that started a cat and mouse game with Hamtaro and Cappy.
**********The Breakfast Table**********
"So how did you two meet again?" Josie asked Bijou as they sat down and watched Hamtaro chase Cappy into the study.
Bijou thought Hamtaro was perfect. He was brave, kind and very ambitious, but not power hungry either. He went after his dreams. But apparently her mother didn't seem to quite catch this side of Hamtaro yet. "This is going to be a long month" muttered Bijou as she heard Cappy crash into a pile of books in the library.
**********The Library**********
Hamtaro helped Cappy up. Cappy the lazy one, ran out as soon as Hamtaro had turned his back, so Hamtaro was left to clean the books. While he was doing so, Andre entered the room.
"I know that you and Bijou aren't serious about getting married"
"Oh really?" said Hamtaro calmly, without even turning around to look at Andre.
"You might've fooled Josie, but I know that Bijou is to good to marry the likes of you" Andre snickered. This got Hamtaro's attention. He turned around to look at Andre, who was about an inch taller than him.
"Jealous?"
"Of you? Never. Heed my words, savage, I will make sure of it that you and Bijou never stand at the alter and say 'I Do'"
"Your words don't scare me"
"I don't like you, savage"
"You mean like an enemy?"
"Don't consider me an enemy, consider me someone who doesn't like you" And with that said, Andre left
Hamtaro stood there for a second, thinking. "Am I really not good enough for her?"
**********The Garden**********
Hamtaro watched Sandy and Maxwell play in the garden. Sandy was teaching Maxwell how to twirl a ribbon. Hamtaro was surprised to see that Maxwell didn't have his book in his hand.
"Maxwell will do anything for Sandy" Hamtaro thought "even put down his book". He watched them for about ten more minutes, then decided that three's company.
He saw Boss sitting at the water fountain, so he decided to break the ice.
"Hey Boss"
"Oh it's you"
"Listen Boss, I'm sorry. You have to believe that. But remember that kiss Bijou gave you? If it hadn't been for me, then you'd had never gotten that kiss"
Boss went a little red. "I guess you're right kid, but no funny stuff, or else"
"Nothing will happen between me and Bijou, I promise" said Hamtaro hesitantly.
"Good"
**********Hamtaro's Balcony**********
Hamtaro was deep in thought. He always saw Sandy and Maxwell together, and he always heard Oxnard mumbling to himself about Pepper. They all looked so happy at these moments. Hamtaro had never liked any girl besides Bijou, and the thought of him being a measly peasant and Bijou being the beautiful princess depressed him. Why couldn't he be a rich aristocrat, or why couldn't she be a middle-class girl? And even if there was hope of Bijou liking him, there was always Boss. It'd only be fair if Boss got Bijou, he did see her first.
"Hey Hamtaro are you ever gonna get back to me about that ring bear thing?" Cappy called from below.
"Just wait until I get down there" Hamtaro answered as he ran down the stairs. As soon as he opened the back door, he bumped into someone.
"Sorry Bijou" he said as he tried to get up, but couldn't since Bijou was on him.
"That iz okay. Huh? Oh sorry" she said as she realized she was on him and got up. She was growing redder by the second.
"No problem, uhh darling"
"Darling? Oh." Bijou mouthed to Hamtaro, as she quickly realized who was behind her.
"Hello muzzer" she said
"Bijou, did I interrupt at a bad time?"
"No, no not at all. Me and Hamtaro were just reviewing umm..."
"The party plans" Hamtaro finished for Bijou
Josie didn't know what it was, but she liked Hamtaro. She couldn't help but notice how happy her daughter was when she was near him. Andre never ever had that effect on Bijou, in fact he usually had the opposite effect on her.
"Very well" said Josie as she walked away.
**********Hamtaro's Room**********
"Dinner that night was awful" Hamtaro thought to himself. Andre kept making faces at him, and Boss accidentally threw a spoonful of mashed potatoes at him when he complimented Bijou on her cooking. If this was a view of things to come, this would be a long month.
**********Bijou's Room**********
"Oh that Andre, he kept scowling at Hamtaro" Bijou quietly muttered to herself as she fixed up her bed. She sat down on her bed, and thought "I do believe I saw muzzer smile at Hamtaro when he complemented my cooking" maybe it was just my imagination, but if it wasn't, then maybe this won't be a long month at all.
Bijou went into her walk-in closet to pull out a night suit. The closet was dark, so she had to walk all the way to the back of the closet to turn on the lights.
"Ooomph" she groaned as she tripped over something long. "Get.. eh.. off" she grunted as she untangled her foot from the long cloth. She finally got to the light switch, and pulled out a pretty light blue night gown. Then she looked at what exactly she tripped on, and it took her breath away.
It was a wedding gown! A beautiful, to put it lightly, wedding gown. It was fluffy, and was made out of the finest Chinese silk Bijou had ever seen. The white of the gown was pure, like her fur. It had a very faint silver outline, and the top, don't get me started on that.
The top was painstakingly embroidered with pearls in the design of sunflowers. The main material was made out of the same precious silk, and the pearls were the same kind used on the gloves. The gloves came up a little above the elbows, and had pearls delicately dancing by the hem. She looked at the veil, oh what a beautiful veil. It had a tiara for a top, and pearls and diamonds were softly woven into the netting of the veil. The shoes that came with the outfit rested beneath the gown, and were white, with a soft shimmer to them. The front of the beautiful high-heel shoes were dexterously sewed with silver sunflowers. And then she saw the piece de resistance. The cape. The manikin wore a silver chain, and tied to that chain was a cape, that when it hit the floor, it stretched at least five feet from the gown. The silk was like a river made out of the ever-flowing silk, and Bijou fell in love with the gown.
"It iz the most beautiful gown I have ever seen" she said in awe. Then the words "all the clothes and supplies you will need are in your closets" replayed in her head. "Why do I need my wedding gown" she asked.
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Hey there, it's me again. Well anyway, I hope you liked that chapter, because I'm going to keep updating this fic. Please R/R,
Tootles ,
Celestial Night
P.S. Chapter seven won't come for a while, but I do want a review from all of you telling me your favorite chapter (trust me) please. Ok that's it. ^.^
AN: So, I hope all of you read the last chapter, because now it starts getting good. You'll see.
**********Grand Foyer Of The Villa**********
"Yeah she's my fiancee" Hamtaro lied.
"You, and him?" asked Andre. "It's not possible"
"And why not?" asked Bijou, trying to play along as best as she could.
Andre looked polished and refined in his little ensemble, while Hamtaro was wearing jeans and a sunflower button shirt. And the fact that Hamtaro had a little bit of dirt on him from crawling up that crater didn't help.
As Bijou and Andre debated, the Hams were confused. They had watched Boss try to woo Bijou for a while now, and suddenly, a new couple appears. They knew that they should support Boss and Bijou, but they couldn't help but think that Hamtaro and Bijou were a match made in heaven. So when Boss opened his mouth to reveal the truth, Panda quickly covered Boss' and mumbled "It's too late to spill the beans now, so just play along" "Hamtaro's a dead man walking" answered Boss.
"Your fiancee, how...wonderful" said Josie, again with the forced smile on.
"Yes, but I need a word with my fiancee for a moment, muzzer" said Bijou as she grabbed Hamtaro's hand and headed for the parlor. The other Hams quickly followed, and Andre tried to enter, but they locked the door. He cursed the stone walls of the villa, because they were so thick, he couldn't even eavesdrop.
**********The Parlor**********
"What was that?" Bijou asked Hamtaro as soon as they entered the room. The other Hams were trying to keep Boss from interfering with this subject, they finally calmed him down a little.
"If I had let you finish that sentence, and let you say that we were all just friends, then how on Earth could you possibly break your engagement to the guy?" Hamtaro finished. Hamtaro himself was not quite sure why he had said that Bijou was his fiancee, he could've just said boyham and girlham.
"You have a point. But how are we.. and muzzer does favor Andre.. and-" she was pointing to the middle of the room, where all of a sudden a group of blue sprinkles started forming into a shape. And not just any shape, the fairy's shape.
"Finally I have all you hams together in one room" she said not even noticing the horrorstruck look on Bijou's face.
"What's going on" Bijou asked with quiver in her voice.
"Well, darling, the thing is, when these Hams found out about your situation, they weren't just gonna sit around. They immediately took action, and were actually going to travel to France for you. That's when I caught up with them. I used my magic seed to transport these Hams to Ham-Human Valley. And as soon as all of them touched the seed, you and any other Ham in the house with you would become a Ham-Human."
"Why not just transport us to Ham-Ham land? Why did you turn us into Ham-Humans?" Bijou asked.
"If I transported you into Ham-Ham land, your owners would get dreadfully worried, and they would think that you ran away. But as long as you're Ham-Human, you never existed to them"
"So if right now, somebody asked Maria about me, she would say" Bijou started
"Bijou who?" finished the fairy. "You will stay Ham-Human for one month, and all the clothes and supplies you will need are in your closets. The same goes for food in the kitchen"
Bijou turned to the Hams. "You did this, for me? I truly do have the best friends in the world" she said as she ran up to Hamtaro and hugged him. Boss's face couldn't get much redder.
"It was Boss's idea to come up with a plan to save you" Hamtaro explained, trying to make Boss a little less angry at him. Bijou ran up to Boss and kissed him on the cheek.
"Thanks Bijou" said Boss, a little starry-eyed.
"But what are we going to do about this whole fake fiancee thing?" Bijou asked the fairy, but she was already disappearing.
"That is a problem left for you to solve" she echoed as her voice faded away.
"It's too late to take back what I said" Hamtaro admitted, "So I guess for the next month, we'll just wing it, darling"
Bijou went scarlet "I suppose so" she said looking at the ground, suddenly being fascinated with her feet.
As all the other Hams left the Parlor, Boss bumped into Hamtaro. "You better sleep with one eye open kid" he grunted. "I get the feeling he doesn't like me too much right now" thought Hamtaro.
**********Grand Foyer Of The Villa**********
The Hams exited the Parlor, and Bijou went straight to her mother explaining how when she went to Japan, Hamtaro and Bijou fell in love, and got engaged. When Hamtaro found out hat Bijou was going to marry another Ham, Hamtaro contacted their friend, the Ham-Ham Land fairy to help him.
"So the only way he could've saved you was if he became Ham-Human?" Josie asked trying to get all the facts right.
"Oui"
"You did this out of love for Bijou" Josie asked Hamtaro
"Yeah, I couldn't let her marry someone else, it would've just killed me" Hamtaro answered. To all the other Hams, it seemed that he was lying, but he knew he was telling the truth.
"Well then, since you're staying for a month, you will need accommodations" Josie said "There are nine guest chambers in the villa, and since Bijou and Andre already have two of them, that leaves seven for the 15 of you Hams."
AN: Here's the list of who got what room:
1. Andre
2. Bijou
3. Sandy, Pashmina and Penelope
4. Boss and Oxnard
5. Stan and Jingle
6. Howdy and Dexter
7. Maxwell and Cappy
8. Panda and Snoozer
9. Hamtaro
Hamtaro got the room right next to Bijou's. Both of their rooms had balconies, so you could only imagine how excited these two were to pretend to be engaged, and have rooms with balconies right next to each other.
"Awwww, I wanted the room right next to Bijou" Andre whined to Josie.
"But when Amelia asked Carlos which room he wanted, Carlos specifically asked for the room with the giant bathroom, and you wanted that exact room too" Josie reminded. Andre snickered something about a savage coming into his territory.
"You must have an engagement party" Josie declared.
Andre nearly spit out the water he was drinking. "That is not necessary Josie" he said
"For once I agree with him, muzzer" Bijou admitted.
"Nonsense, when someone of such high aristocratic ranks like ours is engaged, then we must celebrate."
"Hamtaro and Bijou looked at each other, then Hamtaro looked at Boss. Boss was so mad at this concept, that he didn't even realize he was eating a wax apple.
"Ewww that can't be good" thought Hamtaro but before he could speak, Josie already had declared that the party would be at seven o'clock sharp in the formal dining hall.
"So when is the big day" asked Cappy as all the Hams walked to the breakfast hall. Hamtaro slapped Cappy's head.
"You try coming up with something better at the spur of the moment" Hamtaro answered
"O.K., but tell me, can I be the ring bear?" Cappy asked, and that started a cat and mouse game with Hamtaro and Cappy.
**********The Breakfast Table**********
"So how did you two meet again?" Josie asked Bijou as they sat down and watched Hamtaro chase Cappy into the study.
Bijou thought Hamtaro was perfect. He was brave, kind and very ambitious, but not power hungry either. He went after his dreams. But apparently her mother didn't seem to quite catch this side of Hamtaro yet. "This is going to be a long month" muttered Bijou as she heard Cappy crash into a pile of books in the library.
**********The Library**********
Hamtaro helped Cappy up. Cappy the lazy one, ran out as soon as Hamtaro had turned his back, so Hamtaro was left to clean the books. While he was doing so, Andre entered the room.
"I know that you and Bijou aren't serious about getting married"
"Oh really?" said Hamtaro calmly, without even turning around to look at Andre.
"You might've fooled Josie, but I know that Bijou is to good to marry the likes of you" Andre snickered. This got Hamtaro's attention. He turned around to look at Andre, who was about an inch taller than him.
"Jealous?"
"Of you? Never. Heed my words, savage, I will make sure of it that you and Bijou never stand at the alter and say 'I Do'"
"Your words don't scare me"
"I don't like you, savage"
"You mean like an enemy?"
"Don't consider me an enemy, consider me someone who doesn't like you" And with that said, Andre left
Hamtaro stood there for a second, thinking. "Am I really not good enough for her?"
**********The Garden**********
Hamtaro watched Sandy and Maxwell play in the garden. Sandy was teaching Maxwell how to twirl a ribbon. Hamtaro was surprised to see that Maxwell didn't have his book in his hand.
"Maxwell will do anything for Sandy" Hamtaro thought "even put down his book". He watched them for about ten more minutes, then decided that three's company.
He saw Boss sitting at the water fountain, so he decided to break the ice.
"Hey Boss"
"Oh it's you"
"Listen Boss, I'm sorry. You have to believe that. But remember that kiss Bijou gave you? If it hadn't been for me, then you'd had never gotten that kiss"
Boss went a little red. "I guess you're right kid, but no funny stuff, or else"
"Nothing will happen between me and Bijou, I promise" said Hamtaro hesitantly.
"Good"
**********Hamtaro's Balcony**********
Hamtaro was deep in thought. He always saw Sandy and Maxwell together, and he always heard Oxnard mumbling to himself about Pepper. They all looked so happy at these moments. Hamtaro had never liked any girl besides Bijou, and the thought of him being a measly peasant and Bijou being the beautiful princess depressed him. Why couldn't he be a rich aristocrat, or why couldn't she be a middle-class girl? And even if there was hope of Bijou liking him, there was always Boss. It'd only be fair if Boss got Bijou, he did see her first.
"Hey Hamtaro are you ever gonna get back to me about that ring bear thing?" Cappy called from below.
"Just wait until I get down there" Hamtaro answered as he ran down the stairs. As soon as he opened the back door, he bumped into someone.
"Sorry Bijou" he said as he tried to get up, but couldn't since Bijou was on him.
"That iz okay. Huh? Oh sorry" she said as she realized she was on him and got up. She was growing redder by the second.
"No problem, uhh darling"
"Darling? Oh." Bijou mouthed to Hamtaro, as she quickly realized who was behind her.
"Hello muzzer" she said
"Bijou, did I interrupt at a bad time?"
"No, no not at all. Me and Hamtaro were just reviewing umm..."
"The party plans" Hamtaro finished for Bijou
Josie didn't know what it was, but she liked Hamtaro. She couldn't help but notice how happy her daughter was when she was near him. Andre never ever had that effect on Bijou, in fact he usually had the opposite effect on her.
"Very well" said Josie as she walked away.
**********Hamtaro's Room**********
"Dinner that night was awful" Hamtaro thought to himself. Andre kept making faces at him, and Boss accidentally threw a spoonful of mashed potatoes at him when he complimented Bijou on her cooking. If this was a view of things to come, this would be a long month.
**********Bijou's Room**********
"Oh that Andre, he kept scowling at Hamtaro" Bijou quietly muttered to herself as she fixed up her bed. She sat down on her bed, and thought "I do believe I saw muzzer smile at Hamtaro when he complemented my cooking" maybe it was just my imagination, but if it wasn't, then maybe this won't be a long month at all.
Bijou went into her walk-in closet to pull out a night suit. The closet was dark, so she had to walk all the way to the back of the closet to turn on the lights.
"Ooomph" she groaned as she tripped over something long. "Get.. eh.. off" she grunted as she untangled her foot from the long cloth. She finally got to the light switch, and pulled out a pretty light blue night gown. Then she looked at what exactly she tripped on, and it took her breath away.
It was a wedding gown! A beautiful, to put it lightly, wedding gown. It was fluffy, and was made out of the finest Chinese silk Bijou had ever seen. The white of the gown was pure, like her fur. It had a very faint silver outline, and the top, don't get me started on that.
The top was painstakingly embroidered with pearls in the design of sunflowers. The main material was made out of the same precious silk, and the pearls were the same kind used on the gloves. The gloves came up a little above the elbows, and had pearls delicately dancing by the hem. She looked at the veil, oh what a beautiful veil. It had a tiara for a top, and pearls and diamonds were softly woven into the netting of the veil. The shoes that came with the outfit rested beneath the gown, and were white, with a soft shimmer to them. The front of the beautiful high-heel shoes were dexterously sewed with silver sunflowers. And then she saw the piece de resistance. The cape. The manikin wore a silver chain, and tied to that chain was a cape, that when it hit the floor, it stretched at least five feet from the gown. The silk was like a river made out of the ever-flowing silk, and Bijou fell in love with the gown.
"It iz the most beautiful gown I have ever seen" she said in awe. Then the words "all the clothes and supplies you will need are in your closets" replayed in her head. "Why do I need my wedding gown" she asked.
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Hey there, it's me again. Well anyway, I hope you liked that chapter, because I'm going to keep updating this fic. Please R/R,
Tootles ,
Celestial Night
P.S. Chapter seven won't come for a while, but I do want a review from all of you telling me your favorite chapter (trust me) please. Ok that's it. ^.^