Story timeline: Oscar has gone to the ball in a dress a short time ago

Characters: mainly Oscar and André : I don't own these characters

Fandom: Rose of Versailles

Original author: Peach

Where to find the original version: excessfanfiction, romance

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Chapter 6

Morning came way too soon for them, and Oscar and André were still peacefully sleeping when someone knocked on the door.

Ma: "Hey, love-birds! Wake up! We're waiting for you in the salon for breakfast!" Mariane shouted from the other side of the closed door.

O: "Uhn… We're coming!"

Oscar woke up little by little, and soon discovered André's body was completely pressed to hers. Even worse, she was in his arms. She had to do an inhuman effort to not start crying and hitting him right on the spot there. She tried to wake André up softly, to not let her sister hear some suspicious sounds, but in the end, it did more bad than good, and André hugged her even tighter against his chest.

O: "Hmpf!…André, wake up please!"

A: "…"

O: "André!"

A: "Hmm. What's it?" André asked, still more asleep than awake.

O: "We have to get up."

A: "No! I'll join you in a few minutes. You can go already if you want to."

O: "I'd like too, but I can't… you're holding me too strongly!"

That comment made André wake up with a start and he immediately pulled back his hands from Oscar's waist.

A: "Oh my God, I'm so sorry!"

O: "You sometimes really don't know any shame, do you?"

A: "You know very well I can't help it if I move in my sleep."

O: "Yes…well, let's just forget it. I'm going down to eat breakfast."

A: "I'll be there soon, but I should first go help Granny a little in the kitchen I suppose."

Oscar arrived alone in the salon. Everybody was already there, except for André.

MrsJ: "Good morning! Did you sleep well?"

O: "Yes, very well."

Ma: "I wonder if you slept long enough though?" said Marianne jokingly.

O: "Yes, of course I did, I'm keeping up my good habits. And you, do you still hear just as well as you used to, or did you really have to press your ear against my door yesterday?"

Marianne's head turned flaming red, and Angélique smiled. Oscar went to the bench, and sought a comfortable place on it. When Amber suddenly entered, she immediately went to sit down next to Oscar.

H: "Amber, wait! Don't you think André would like to sit next to Oscar?"

Am: "That's what a lover would do. Let's see if André dares to make me move, won't we?"

O: "You really persist in doing this?"

Am: "More than ever. In fact, sorry to say so, but I slept extremely well this night. I haven't woken up even one single time."

O: "That's quite normal, since you were eavesdropping right before going to bed."

Am: "How dare you…"

An: "Oh! André's coming!"

Am: "This is the moment of truth!" Amber whispered to Oscar with a superior look.

Oscar could not help but feel a slight pang of doubt. She didn't know how André would react when he arrived, and she began feeling a bit worried.

An: "Hello André!"

A: "Good morning, everyone!"

Mo: "Quick now, go sit somewhere. We were waiting for you."

Am: "Yes, take any place you want!" Amber insisted.

André immediately walked in Amber's direction, without any sign of hesitation.

A: "Then excuse me Amber, but I'd like very much to sit beside Oscar."

Am: "What?"

Morgane and Marianne began laughing out loud.

An: "Well, sister, are you satisfied now?"

Am: "Very much!"

Amber went to search another seat, while André sat down next to Oscar. He passed his arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him, while his other hand rested on her leg. Her 5 sisters stared a long time at that hand, but Oscar didn't pushed him away this time, as they had expected her to do. Oscar was however more troubled than ever by André's nearness, and her heart began beating so loud, she wondered why nobody else heard it.

O: "Why is my heart beating so hard all of a sudden?" Oscar wondered.

Am: "So, why don't you tell us some more about you two."

O: "About us?"

Am: "Yes, the plans for your future, your first date, your first kiss,… and don't leave any details!"

Oscar began to panic. She hadn't thought yet what to do with that kind of questions, and she hadn't discussed any of it with André either. What to do? What to do? But luckily, Angélique intervened.

An: "Oh, Amber! That's private! Maybe Oscar and André don't want to share such intimate moments with us."

A: "It's alright Angélique! I'll tell her our story."

O: "André! Are you really sure you want to do that?"

A: "Of course, my love! Your sister have the right to know how our idyll started!"

O: "So, how long are you two together already?"

A: "Two years."

Ma: "Two years! Then you must be very serious out this relation?"

A: "Of course! Oscar and me, we're connected by a bond that's way deeper than just a primitive lust for each other, or sexual desire." André said, while looking at Amber.

Mo: "So what do you love about our dear sister? She isn't exactly an easygoing person."

A: "Yes, I know, but that's part of her charm. She may seem cold and authoritarian, but in reality, she such a sweet, generous and fragile person, and she's the most beautiful woman I've ever known in my life.

Oscar felt a deep blush spreading over her face.

A: "When I finally dared to declare my feelings to Oscar, she was so troubled it was simply endearing to see. We've shared our first kiss at the riverside, where we had our first real date. That was the most beautiful day of my life, and for nothing in the world, I'd leave my Oscar. She's the woman of my life. Oscar's such an amazing woman, and I realize everyday how lucky I am to be with her. I could never live without her anymore."

An: "Oh! Well, André, I've seldom heard someone speak about his feelings with such passion before."

A: "Of course, I love her!"

MrsJ: "Oh, look, Granny's coming over too."

G: "Good morning, everyone! André, I need you in the kitchen!"

A: "I'm already coming, Granny! See you later, Oscar!"

André kissed her and then quickly left. Oscar had frozen, still deeply touched by the sweet words of her so-called lover.

MrsJ: "Well…that young man seems very honest about his love for you."

O: "…Yes."

H: "Let's hope your love-story will last forever."

The afternoon passed calmly. Oscar and André were alone on the terrace, while Amber was very obviously testing her charms on the gardener in front of their eyes.

O: "Will you watch her flirt so openly with that poor man. She'll sleep with him and then just leave him as if he were nothing."

A: "Really?"

O: "That's what's she's done with all of her lovers up until now."

A: "Seen the way she's exactly doing this in front of our eyes, I get the impression this is meant as a challenge." André analyzed the situation.

O: "Yes, I've noticed it too! She probably just want to show us she's more feminine than I am, or that she is much more enterprising than me."

A: "Maybe we should react, don't you think?"

O: "It's not like I don't want to, but…"

Oscar didn't dare to finish her sentence. She suddenly felt like an enormous idiot in front of André, and ashamed she felt her cheeks turn a deep red.

A: "What's the matter?"

O: "I…I….I don't know how a real couple should behave."

A: "What do you mean?"

O: "I-I don't know what to do."

A: "I see! You really are a prude person…Alright, just let me take the lead."

He came closer, and Oscar couldn't help but feel some hesitation.

O: "What are you doing?"

A: "Oscar, you trust me, right?"

O: "…Yes."

André took her in his arms.

A: "If I do this, then what's Amber doing now?

O: "She's getting closer to the gardener." Noticed Oscar when she discretely looked over his shoulder in Amber's direction.

A: "You see! It's nothing more than a game for her. Now, undo the buttons of your shirt."

O: "What? But I'm not wearing my bands today!"

A: "I didn't mean all of them, just three is enough. Trust me."

Oscar did as he said, and André made her shirt slip off in a way one of her white shoulders became visible, then lowered his head to snuggle against her neck, and softly began kissing it. Oscar thought she was going to faint.

A: "Is Amber watching us now?" André asked between two kisses.

O: "Eh, yes! Now she literally in his arms, and she's kissing him full on the mouth.

A: "Alright! Now, close your eyes."

Oscar obeyed, and André caressed her cheek shortly before bowing down to kiss her softly. Meanwhile, he made one of his hands explore her blond curls. Oscar felt her whole body tremble. This was different from their two previous kisses… they had been without emotions, while this one was so soft and sensitive. André proceeded slowly and sensual. She felt like a young adolescent in the arms of a man. So inexperienced and so vulnerable. When the kiss ended, Oscar still kept her eyes closed a little longer. She didn't want to return to reality yet.

A: "So?"

O: "… That was absolutely amazing." Oscar said dreamily.

A: "What? No, I'm talking about Amber. You see, she's left the gardener alone, completely furious!"

O: "Oh! Yes, you're right!" Oscar replied, suddenly becoming aware of Amber's absence.

A: "But thanks for the compliment."

André hugged her closely and left. Oscar stayed a long time completely still, before she finally managed to turn back to reality. She touched her lips hesitantly.

O: "I can still feel the warmth of his lips… Oh, I've never known something so soft and sweet before in my life." Oscar couldn't help but think.

When André walked through the corridor, he accidentally surprised a discussion between Amber, Morgane, Marianne and Hortense.

Am: "Oscar's lying, I'm absolutely sure about it. This night, we're going to listen again."

H: "That's ridiculous, it will not work again."

Mo: "But when you actually think about it, even if they cry, it doesn't necessarily means something."

Am: "…That's true! I've got a better idea! We'll just going to wake them up very early by surprise, and we'll see if they're naked or not."

Ma: "You're completely crazy. It's not because they're naked, that they've actually done something."

Am: "Let's gather in front of their door at 6 o'clock. We'll see how intimate they really are."

André didn't plan on staying there, doing nothing . It was time for action. The next day, at 6 o'clock in the morning, Hortense, Marianne, Morgane and Amber of course knocked on the door.

A: "Oscar, wake up!"

O: "Hnn?"

A: "Go open the door!"

Oscar, still sleepy, got up from the bed and made her way to the door. But André stopped her before she got there.

A: "Wait, unbutton your shirt first!"

O: "What? You're crazy!"

A: "Just do as I say, I know what I'm doing!"

O: "Alright, alright!"

Oscar opened the door, after having undone all the buttons on her sleeping shirt.

Am: "Good morning Oscar, we came to see if…"

Amber suddenly froze, without finishing her sentence.

Mo & Ma & H: "Oh my God!"

Oscar didn't understand immediately. Until she followed the direction their eyes were staring at, only to suddenly see a completely naked André.

A: "Good morning, girls!"

The women had fell completely silent in front of the more than impressive manhood between André's legs. Seeing no reaction from them, he got up to approach Oscar, and hugged her from behind.

A: "Now, come here, you! It will show you a little piece of heaven within a few moments!"

He slammed the door shut, leaving behind the four woman in front of it, still completely baffled.

Am: "André has a very attractive manliness to him I must say."

Mo: "Amber! Don't talk about André that way, he's with Oscar."

Am: "Not for long anymore."

Ma: "What do you mean? Do you plan on destroying their relationship? That's so underhand!"

Am: "If their love is as strong as they claim it is, he won't fall for me."

Meanwhile inside the bedroom, André softly laid Oscar on the bed, and put on his clothes again.

A: "I'm sorry you had to see that, but I had to make them think we had made love tonight, and we were about the start again."

O: "… It's alright." Was the only thing Oscar could utter, completely red.

A: "Well, I'll go now. I'll be back soon, sweetie."

André gave her a short kiss and left. Oscar was so surprised she didn't realize those affectionate names and kisses had no purpose if there wasn't anyone around to see them. She had to watch out, if she kept this game going for a long time, she'd be completely absorbed by it. Oscar was playing with fire and risked starting to feel some real emotions towards André…

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