Resistance

Chapter Seven

Richard and Angelique returned to the house before everyone else. He lifted her up into his arms, she put arms around him and he carried her up the stairs and through the door leading to their bedroom.

“Welcome home Mrs. Wright.”

Angelique changed out of her wedding dress then taking Richard’s arm walked downstairs and in to the old ballroom which had been decorated to make a rather cheerful location for the wedding reception.

Whilst they had been upstairs the rest of the group had arrived and had set out the food on a table, Michel had also found a record by the American singer and Big Band composer Major Glenn Miller and it was currently playing on the gramophone in the corner of the room. When Richard and Angelique entered the room everyone clapped.

“Three cheers for Mr. And Mrs. Richard Wright.”

Jean-Paul called out.

“Hip Hip Hooray. Hip Hip Hooray. Hip Hip Hooray.”

They all moved out of the way as Richard led Angelique onto the dance floor to Glenn Miller’s ‘People Like Us’. Then the other couples began to join in. Michel and Fabienne, Jean-Paul and Ellenor, Renée and Ellenor’s father Ricardo, and Jaques, Henri and Antoine all with local girls who were friends of Ellenor; Adreanna, Bridgette and Marguerite.

The party was amazing, everybody there enjoyed it immensely and by the end of the night the match making had been very successful and nobody was by themselves. They all stumbled up to their rooms giggling and tipsy leaving only Richard and Angelique. He put his arm around her and they went up to their room, she had had very little to drink and he hadn’t had much either so they were both fairly sober. Richard lay down on the bed and patted the sheet next to him, Angelique complied and joined him.

“So you are finally my wife then. I have wanted this since the moment I saw you kneeling next to me on the night you saved my life, right before you slapped my cheeks.”

“But… but you were unconscious so why did you… I mean how did you know?”

He rolled onto his side to face her.

“If you thought that you were dying and you saw an angel trying to rouse you would you let yourself be woken up or would you drift back into unconsciousness in order to stay on earth longer?”

Angelique smiled.

“I am hardly an angel darling, but I do see your point. I love you so very much. What if something happens like Hans said? I couldn’t bear it.”

“Christ, he isn’t even here and he is still ruining my wedding night. Can you please just forget about him, I can handle him don’t worry. We are safe and this is our night together, it is special.”

He put his arms around her waist and pulled her close to him. She put her head on his chest.

“You’re right. I am sorry.”

Richard unbuttoned her dress and unfastened her corset and she opened his shirt and kissed his chest. Angelique took her stockings and undergarments off while he did the same with his trousers. She put his hands in hers stroked his palm with her thumb. He felt the tingling sensation throughout his whole body; finally he could release the feelings which had caused him to have to exercise so much self control for what seemed like an age. Richard looked at her small delicate hands in his large ones, then at her pink rosebud mouth on a face that was flushed pink with all the energetic dancing and what he suspected was her first taste of alcohol. She might not be a virgin anymore but she was still so innocent, unknowing of things that would be his duty as her husband to teach her. She lay on her back on the bed waiting for him, knowing what was to come and as he moved above her he could feel that she was wet with wanting. For both his sake and hers Richard could not delay any longer and once again he lowered himself into her. She let out a moan of pure pleasure; he knew that now there was no risk of this causing her pain unlike the first time that they had made love.

Angelique felt like she was going burst with ecstasy she moved underneath him and her heart raced. She felt so hot, so happy that she seemed to float away on a sea of bliss. Nothing else mattered in this world, no one else existed, just her and Richard in this bubble of elation. She never wanted it to end; she wanted it to go on forever, to stay for eternity in Richard’s arms. The first time that she had slept with Richard, when she had given him her virginity and she had thought that that was the most wonderful experience of her life but this was better something she had not thought possible. It seemed that Richard had been holding out on her before, probably for her own good but not now. He withdrew and re-entered her. Her head went back in ecstasy and she let out a quiet cry as she felt him release inside her. He moved his head down and brushed his lips against her hair.

“I told you we didn’t need to practice. That was amazing. It made me feel so alive. Can we do this forever?”

Richard laughed.

“Well I am very happy that our lovemaking pleases you, but if we do it too many times then I am afraid you will become sore. Besides we have the rest of our lives together to do this.”

“Don’t ever leave me Richard. Please Promise me that you will never leave me.”

He found her lips in the darkness and pressed his against them then whispered almost into her mouth.

“Of course I will never leave you. I would die before letting you go, and that is a promise.”

He wrapped his arms around her and held her close she turned so her back was against him and he kissed her between her shoulder blades.

“Angelique, darling.”

“Mmmmm.”

 “Do you think that if we have a little girl we can call her Evelynn? It was my grandmother’s name and we were very close.”

Angelique smiled.

“We’ll see, it’s a bit early for thinking like that though. I could stay here talking to you all night but it is rather late so we should sleep.”

Richard nodded and Angelique snuggled into his arms.

“Goodnight Mrs. Wright.”

“Goodnight Richard.”

The two of them slept. It seemed like Richard had been more tired than he had appeared because when Angelique awoke the next morning he was still sound asleep. She propped herself up on one elbow and looked down at Richard, snoring softly. He was so handsome, her husband. Suddenly one eye opened and looked at her slyly.

“Were you watching me?”

Angelique laughed and Richard lunged and grabbed her and started tickling her ribs. She squealed with delight.

“No, no. Stop”

She shouted while laughing.

He pulled her onto him.

“Good morning sweetheart. Can we stay in bed all day?”

Angelique laughed but shook her head.

“No dear we should get up.”

Reluctantly they both got out of bed and got dressed. Then they went to the ballroom and everyone was in there tidying up so the two of them helped.