Bash was on his way back from hunting to castle.

He was absent from the castle and King's madness the whole day and it felt good not to be a part of the hell French Court has turned into.

He heard laughter from the garden and he thought that Charles and little Henry must been playing there. As he approached them he heard woman's laughter too and when he was near enough he saw Catherine.

She was playing with Charles and little Henry, she used to play with them when they were younger but in the last time she stopped, surely because she had a lot of things to do with Elisabeth's and then Francis' wedding.

Now there she was. He wondered how she could be different. She stood there with a blindfold covering her eyes, trying to catch one of her children.

At this moment she was everything.. woman, mother, child... but not The Queen. He observed her with a gleam in his eyes and thought how beautiful and gorgeous she was.

His thought were interrupted by a tap on his shoulder

"Bash, what are you doing here?", Francis asked amazingly.

"I..." he get upset because Francis caught him admiring his mother "I'm back from hunting. I heard Charles and Henry..."

"Charles and Henry, hmh?" Francis interrupted. "Look, Bash. I forgave you the story with my wife, but my mother! You'd better stay away from her!"

with his mouth open "Francis, I..."

"What's wrong, Bash?" Francis laughed "it was just a joke. Don't get so upset, man." Bash felt relieved for a moment, relieved because Francis hasn't noticed anything.

"I'm going to see Mary now. Go and play with them. I know you love that game" Francis said trying to tease him and left.

Bash stood there for a moment and he knew that at some point he had to talk to Queen Catherine. After that humiliating scene his duty was to apologize to her.

He took a breath and walked forward to where Catherine and the boys played.

Catherine, with a blindfold on her eyes and open arms "Charles... come on. It's not funny anymore, sweetheart. I tried but it's impossible to catch one of you. Henry, precious eyes... say something to your Mother to make it easier for me hm?"

The boys saw Bash coming but they didn't say a word, afraid that their mother would find them.

She was standing in front of Bash now and then she grabbed his arm not to let him escape as she was sure that this could be Charles.

But realizing that the hand was too big to be the hand of one of her sons and she said in an amusing voice "Ohh... Brilliant! The guard. Again! I told you boys, I'm too old for this game..."

she removed the blindfold from her eyes "Can't we play another..." as she saw Bash there she froze while Charles and little Henry giggled.

"What are YOU doing here?", she asked

Charles and little Henry ran into Bash's arms, very happy to see him.

"Baaaash" Charles cried

"Bash. Charles, now Bash can play with us too." little Henry added.

Bash smiled at the boys "Hello guys. I swear I'll play with you on another occasion. I have to talk to the Queen. Would you mind to play alone for some minutes?"

with sad faces the boys replied "It's alright. But will you play later with us?"

"Of course I will. You know that I always come to play with you when I have time." the boys nodded and continued their game.

Bash knelt down in front of Catherine "Your Grace,..." his voice was low so that the boys couldn't hear him, he looked in her eyes, for the first time since their kiss.

That look in his eyes took Catherine her breath away. She wanted to melt in them and was afraid and scared of her thoughts and wishes.

How she has never noticed before how beautiful his eyes were?she wondered.

"Yes?" finally she spoke and tried to be rude as always.

"I think that it's my responsibility to apologize to you. I am sorry for my act. But I saw the anger in King's eyes and I knew if we didn't obey he would have done something terrible. And I don't want him to hurt you... or anyone else."

Her fingers clutching at her dress, nervous she searched for right words, something that would not make him notice that his pressence made her nervous

"I accept your apology. I know that we had no other choice."

He looked deep into her eyes, then removed his eyes to her lips. Was he getting crazy? Why he so desperately wanted to feel her soft red lips on his again? She is the Queen.

'she hates me'he thought. 'Why should I feel something like that when I'm near her? What is it what I'm feeling right now?'

She felt the tension between them both. His eyes starring into her. How she wanted to touch his face right now, right there. But she looked away... searching for her sons.

He noticed that the tension was huge and he didn't knew what to say more but not to offend her so he knew that it was time for him to retire.

"I am glad you understand it."

'she accepts my apology? -She didn't even care about it. I'm sure she already forgot everything, that kiss and my apology."he thought as he was leaving.

Charles and little Henry run to their mother

"Mother, is Bash already leaving?"

"Yes, he is." she said in a gently voice.

"I hope he will come soon to play with us.", little Henry added

"Do you like playing with him, precious eyes?", Catherine asked

"Yessss. He is very kind and funny. He loves us. Now that Francis is very busy and is spending a lot of time with Father and Mary, Bash is the only one who plays with us.", Henry said.

"I understand." Catherine nodded as he looked at Bash while he left. The Bastard is actually not that bastard she thought he would be.

'What's going on with you, Catherine? Are you getting crazy? He is your husbands bastard. He is the cause of your sorrow and pain. Don't you ever look at those Bastard Eyes again!"she ordered to herself, trying to concentrate on the new game her sons explained her.

Bea, yes. it's actually this selfie he posted that inspired me on writing something like this. Thanks 3

Guest M.S, I know how it feels to check a story 5 and more times a day... and I can't believe that anyone can like this story so much haha thank you so much for this, it means a lot :)

Yuku, haha I don't think we will have a wedding in this fanfic... I would looove to but I can't see any option for them getting married :( but if one would make me happy is seeing Diane's awful and terrified face! I hate her! thank you for your review :)

Guest, haha thanks, glad you like it!

bekbek12, thank you so much. I'm sure he would.

love nebahat, here's the next chapter for you... I hope you like it and check this fanfic, I'll soon upload more :)

nainachica, thank you so much for your review :) I hope you like this chapter too

Guest, I'm glad you liked the beginning and I really hope that you will like this new chapters too :)

Catherine Woods, thank you. Well, I love your Henry/Catherine story, you do it very good and maybe you can start with one #Basherine fanfic too? :D