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The next morning Francis and Mary were going to leave James with his nanny. Francis had to meet a Duke to arrange a peace treaty in the throne room and Mary was requested in Catherines chambers.
"I wonder what she wants this time?" Mary wondered looking at Francis who was lying next to her. "I've had a son, an heir to France. Surely I've used enough of those ointments and potion like things on my body. What else could she possibly want from me?"
"I don't know but she requested you for a reason so its best if we get going." Francis sat up "I'll get Greer and Kenna." Francis walked to the door and told the pager boy then walked back to Mary and kissed her on the cheek.
"Can we just stay for a few more moments and forget that we are king and queen. I only just got you back I want to love you before the politics poison our love again." Mary pulled him back on her.
"That won't happen we have James" Francis kissed her "Everything is different"
"But isn't that what you said when we came back from our honeymoon? Look at what marriage did to us" Mary stared into his eyes. "We are just as fragile as we were when I returned to court."
"Mary I love you and we have been through to much together to fall into ruin. You have nothing to fear" He stroked her face putting a stand of hair behind her ear. "But Mary we do need to move along with our lives. We have business to attend to"
"You're right I guess I should get ready." Mary agreed pulling the sheets off her and sitting up. Francis walked over to his closet and grabbed out a leather belt and black leather pants. He quickly put them on and tied his belt as he walked towards the stool sitting beside his bed. It had his white shirt under garment lying messily on top because of the night before. He threw it on and walked to Mary.
"I wish that we could be just Francis and just Mary for once. Why does France and Scotland have to rely on us so much?" Mary was ready to leave she fare welled her servant and walked up to Francis.
"Because we are king and queen that's why but Mary I need to go I don't think this Duke likes waiting." Francis kissed Mary goodbye and left straight away. Mary decided it was time to meet Catherine but wanted to see James first. She felt horrible that he had only been born for two days and she already had Nannys looking after him. She couldn't stand it and walked into his nursery were he lay sleeping. Mary dismissed the girl in the rocking chair and picked up her sleeping baby. She held him for a few minutes until she wrapped him in a warm blanket. She left her chambers holding her boy. She headed towards Catherines chambers and walked in.
"Catherine you called me to your chambers?" Mary wondered sitting down.
"Oh Mary I did" Catherine walked over to her. "I wanted to teach you the ways of a mother"
"I think I'll be fine I don't want myself turning into you in anyway" Mary stood up having a strong grip on James.
"I do understand that you and Francis want to be a different type of king and queen and don't want to be like me and Henry." Catherine rolled her eyes "The job as a mother is found upon yourself, you become the mother that you become no one will influence that but things like feeding your son are things I can teach you and help you with."
"I have already thought about all that I have fed James I know what I'm doing" Mary assured her
"You haven't learned the best way I can assure you of that. So lets get started. Show me your breast." Catherine looked at her in the eyes. "Here I'll help you"
"Are you serious?" Mary took a quick step back. "I will not!" She still had a strong grip on her boy
"Mary are you forgetting that I am your mother in law I have all right to help you with this." Catherine took some steps closer to her and placed her hand on her shoulder.
"Catherine I don't need your help. I don't want you to see my undressed body." Mary felt uncomfortable.
"Mary how do you suppose I help you then?" Catherine was getting annoyed at her. All she was trying to do was help her.
"You don't need to help me I have already been told and have practiced feeding him. I know how it works" Mary pushed Catherines hand off her shoulder "Is there anything else if not I am leaving" Mary asked.
"Just make sure to keep eating and drinking or you won't be able to feed him." Catherine said and walked to her desk and sat down.
"Thank you Catherine but I am going" Mary walked out. She couldn't believe Catherine would ask her to strip bare naked in front of her. Mary walked around the castle with James until she felt her arms were going to fall off and went back to her rooms to put him back in bed. She tucked him in and kissed him. Mary called the Nanny back in to watch over him. It was about time Mary had some alone time.
Mary went to see what the big fuss was with Francis and the Duke. She walked to the throne room and saw both of them sitting there deep in conversation. Mary didn't want to bother him so she walked over to the resting seat where Kenna was sitting.
"Mary I was just about to find you. I wanted to discuss something with you" Kenna gestured for her to sit next to her.
"Yes what is it?" Mary sat next to her.
"Well a while back you said you would be happy to bless my marriage to Bash again. I was wondering if I can still do that? I didn't want to pester you through your pregnancy" Kenna asked her "It doesn't have to be a real wedding I just want to walk down the aisle in a nice white wedding dress with my hair done and not in my night dress standing upon a mad king"
"Well I am perfectly fine with it. I will just need to pass it over to Francis to make sure that it can still happen but I would say go start looking for a dress. There are some pretty ones in the village down south that I think you will love." Mary finished smiling at her friend who was full of happiness.
"Oh Mary I love you. Thank you thank you thank you!" Kenna said it so loudly that Francis and the Duke looked over to them. She hugged Mary and got up and ran to Bashes chambers. Mary sat there as everyone tore their eyes off of Kenna. Mary laughed slightly to herself before standing up and heading towards the door. Suddenly Mary was touched on the arm. She turned to see the English ambassador.
"Queen Mary I must speak with you it's urgent" The ambassador whispered and pulled her aside. Mary knew Francis would be watching.
"Gideon? What can be this urgent that you need to pull me aside from my court?" Mary wondered.
"Ssh Mary I need to tell you what Elizabeth has sent me to do" He whispered. "Can you meet me somewhere private?"
"How can I trust you?" Mary was suspicious.
"Because what I need to tell you can save your marriage." Gideon explained "I'll meet you on the courtyard balcony before your last meal. Well thats if you show, its up to you" Gideon rushed off and Mary turned her head to see Francis staring right at her. She wasn't sure to go or not because Elizabeth was always sending new ambassadors that had a task to get Mary off her throne. Francis got up and walked over to her.
"Mary what was all that about? What did Gideon do?" He asked. Something in Marys head made her think it was best if Francis didn't know.
"Nothing he just wanted to congratulate me on having a healthy son." Mary lied. She was good at this skill. It was because of Catherine she suspected.
"It didn't look like that that to me" Francis was still curious. "How's James I was just about to go check on him and how was the meeting with my mother?"
"James is fine. He was sleeping when I left him but I needed a break." Mary said "But your mother... lets just say it was getting uncomfortable"
"What do you mean?" Francis asked "Uncomfortable?"
"She wanted to teach me how to breastfeed James." Mary whispered so no one could hear her "She wanted me to show her my breasts just strip right in front of her"
"Oh I'm sorry I should have been there" Francis worried "Are you alright she didn't pressure you to much did she?"
"Francis be honest to yourself you only wanted to be there because your mother wanted me naked. Which you would have loved to see" Mary teased "No I left before it got too uncomfortable"
"Well maybe I did just want to be there for that" He kissed her very deeply. It was a long kiss that felt like it would never end. Mary and Francis both loved these type of kisses it felt like it was only them in the world. They were kissing each other right in the middle of the throne room until they were interrupted by a pager.
"Your majesties the Nanny requests you in your childs nursery." He bowed and then left.
"What could be wrong?" Mary said looking at Francis worried.
"I'm sure its nothing but we should go see anyway" Francis led Mary to their chambers. As they waked in they could hear James crying uncontrollably.
"Melissa whats wrong?" Mary rushed in and asked the nanny.
"He's just crying and will not stop I thought you would be able to get him to calm down. I am so sorry your majesties I wouldn't usually call you in like this" The nanny apologized.
"No its fine. I never should have left him." Mary took him from the girl straight away and rocked him back and fourth. Francis stood there and watched Mary as she rocked James back and fourth. James fell asleep straight away you could tell Mary had already created a strong bond with him.
"Oh thank goodness. He had been like this since you left your grace. You've calmed him down." The nanny was relieved. She had stressed so much that something was wrong.
"He just needed his mother" She smiled. Francis dismissed the nanny because he thought she needed a break.
"Mary I wanted to talk to you I nearly forgot" Francis moved in the room and stood at Marys side and watched her rock James back and fourth.
"Yes?" She looked up at him smiling.
"I have organized James's christening for two weeks from now. Is that okay?" Francis asked making sure that it was alright
"Two weeks why that long?" Mary questioned "Shouldn't it be within the week?" Marys smile had slowly disappeared
"Well yes. But I have some urgent matters that I will need to attend to in the next week with the Duke and I don't want it to interfere" Francis replied.
"So you are postponing our sons christening so you can deal with french politics." Mary was annoyed "Does James even mean anything to you? because I asked some guards and they told me you have been visiting Lola and John a lot in the last two days."
"Of course! James means the world to me I wouldn't risk anything but to keep him safe in my arms! I know how it feels to be the kings heir and have a bastard brother. Bash and I were the closest brothers can be with each other, I just want the same with John and James." Francis tried reassuring her.
"If something is going on with you and Lola you will not like the outcome!" Mary threatened putting James back in the crib. She walked out the room and closed the door as Francis followed her out. "Yes your son and James can be close but it still hurts that you even had John in the first place. I love John I do but I will never call him James brother, I just can't." Mary was near on tears. It was silly, she knew it, but she was over the conversation.
"Mary I'm so sorry you know I didn't want John but it happened and there's no changing that now. We have James we can be happy, please Mary." Francis apologized sincerely.
"Fine. I am hungry are you coming to dinner?" Mary was still annoyed at the fact that he changed the date of the christening. She had decided to see Gideon at the end of her meal.
"Yes I'm looking forward to dinner." Francis answered as they left for the main dining room.
The two of them sat down to eat at opposite sides of the table. Lady Kenna and Greer were sitting next to her.
"Are you sure you don't want us to move so you can sit next to Francis?" Kenna asked.
"I am perfectly happy with where we both are sitting. I've decided to keep a short distance between us until I can understand why he is doing what he is doing." Mary was ripping her bread to pieces as she spoke.
"Mary what has he done? This morning you guys were fine." Greer took the bread out of her hands and looked over at Francis who was staring at them
"I think he and Lola have rekindled the night they had in Paris but I'm not sure and I won't bring it up until I am sure. It is the only real reason that can explain why Francis has been visiting Lola so much." Mary fell into her hands "What have I done I love him and he loves me but there's just a restrain between both of us. I thought that James would bring us closer but James has really just been the start of a whole new argument."
"Mary I can promise you that Lola and Francis are not together. Lola is jealous of you and James and the attention that Francis is giving James. Yes he has visited John a lot but he has been seen in his chambers multiple times a day when you are not there. I think he is only trying to make things better for you and Lola. That is why Lola hasn't been staying and eating with us." Kenna reassured her
"That doesn't sound like Lola?" Mary questioned. "But if it is true than I have been annoyed at Francis for no reason at all." Mary stood up before the girls could say another word. She walked over to the other side of the table lent down and wrapped her arms around Francis from behind. She kissed him on the side of his head and whispered to him "I am so sorry about before can you forgive me?"
"Of course Mary I am sorry myself" He kissed her as close as he could get to her lips from the position he was sitting in.
"Francis I will meet you in our chambers later tonight I have to do something first." Mary told him. She stood up properly and straightened out her dress. She left the main hall and headed towards the courtyard balcony where she was meeting Gideon. She walked through the door and saw him standing there looking over the edge, at the beautiful abyss.
He turned his head "Mary your grace." He bowed "I didn't think you'd show up to be honest"
"Gideon I would like to make this quick so please tell me what you need to say" Mary moved next to him
"I need something in return after I tell you this information" Gideon reassured before saying anything
"Only depending on what you tell me." Mary replied "Now be quick I need to meet Francis before he gets suspicious"
"Fine. Elizabeth has sent me to make you fall in love with me." Gideon confessed
"Excuse me?" Mary backed away "I am married to the king of France why would I fall in love with you?" She had laughter hidden in her voice.
"She sent me when king Francis nearly died. I have been here and I wasn't going to do as she said when he survived but she told me to try anyway and then you were pregnant and I didn't want to get in the way. Now I am telling you because she is threatening my place at court in England and my daughters life." Gideon tried explaining.
"I am sorry Gideon but I can't in anyway even fake that I have fallen for you. I am sorry I will do what I can to save your daughter but I am nothing in England but a name no one dares to mention. You will leave court and not mention anything of this to anyone. Gideon you were brave I give you that but I am a married queen. Good bye" Mary turned and starting leaving the balcony.
"Mary please! but my daughter" Gideon tried but Mary had already left.
Mary walked into her chambers and took off all her jewelry. She undressed herself and got into her lose white nightdress. She walked into James' nursery and picked him up. Mary took him over to the bed and sat up. She revealed her breast and started feeding her son. She was feeding him when Francis stormed in
"Are you alright?" He came up closer to her. "What did Gideon do?"
'What?" Mary was confused. She thought that he could have found out about there conversation but didn't think he'd have this kind of response.
"You sent him out of court and wouldn't ever allow him back?" Francis tried explaining "Why?" Francis looked really worried.
Mary sighed "Elizabeth sent him here to fall in love with me because you were dying and I was most vulnerable. I sent him away because I didn't want him to make lies about me and him and cause my head to come off." She was concentrating on the child. "I'm sorry"
"Mary you have nothing to be sorry about. Elizabeth is still trying to get to you by using your marriage against you but that will never happen because I love you and you love me." Francis crept in closer and sat next to Mary and watched as she carefully held their son up close to her chest.
"I don't know how he thought I was going to fall in love with him when I already love the two people closest to me." Mary smiled at Francis and carefully handed James over to him. She covered herself and got comfy between her sheets. Mary was watching Francis talk quietly to his son. She loved this side of Francis it made her get a nice feeling throughout her body knowing that he will always be there for him and not turn out to be like his own father Henry.
"Mary you should sleep you must be very tired." He placed James right next to her in the middle of the bed so he could look directly at her. Mary closed her eyes and fell asleep nearly straight away. Francis took James into the nursery and put him to bed/ He went to sleep himself because it was a long day and he knew that more days like this would follow.