So here's the next chapter. And as I am writing this I am watching the Invasion I am laughing the whole time cause I am like how could Jeremy Northam go from government agent gone psycho alien to a saintly Thomas More I thought I would let that out! Talented Gorgeous Actor that Jeremy! Anyway Diane Kruger will play the part of Jane Seymour. Warnings Include: Near Sex, a completely dazed Henry VIII and a Charles Brandon that Hates Thunderstorms LOL!

Out of the Fire and Into The Fire Again:

Out of The Fire and Into The Fire Again

You make me want to forget

And Start all over

-Miley Cyrus-Start All Over

Thomas slowly tipped toed into the master bedroom where Katherine was resting. He slowly opened the slightly open door and made sure it made not one noise. He didn't want to disturb his new beautiful wife from her slumber. He leaned against the door for a moment to study her features a moment. She was facing her back towards him but sleeping on her side. The sunlight emphasized her curves on her body. She was much curvier than his first two wives. He loved that because it made Katherine's body unique.

Thomas suddenly felt the gravitational pull to be by her side and hold her. But she looked so beautiful as she slept he didn't want to disturb her. On the other hand he did feel safe in her arms and knew Katherine was a heavy sleeper. He shut the door behind him and slowly tip toed over to her.

"I knew you were going to finally come by my side mi Amor," Katherine finally said, still not moving, "what took you so long?"

Oh I hope I didn't wake her Thomas thought.

"I was admiring you as you slept I know it sounds rather odd," He said, "but you looked beautiful as you slept."

Katherine rolled onto her back and then to her side to face Thomas. She then giggled.

"I never heard that compliment before mi amor, come lie down with me you could use some rest."

Thomas obeyed. He walked over to the empty spot beside Katherine. He slowly laid himself beside her. He rolled onto his side to look at her. It was silent for a few moments. He grabbed her hand and started to rub the top of it with his thumb. A weird and good feeling came over him as he touched her.

"You know every time I near you everything horrible I went through seems to disappear from my mind."

Katherine felt put a finger to Thomas' lips.

"You need your rest. You need to look healthy when your children get here."

Thomas smiled and felt his body relax. The room once again fell silent only to the sound of breathing. And then without warning he drifted off to sleep.

And for the first time, he fell asleep with out having a nightmare of the block.

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John whenever he was in some sort of funk would take the time to run laps around the More house. It was a moment where he could clear his mind and forget everything that was troubling him. But as he ran around in what was about to be dark storm clouds, he noticed the thing that he was trying to keep away from his mind keep simply coming back.

I will not think of the Princess Mary I will not think of the Princess Mary! John kept repeating in his head like a mantra.

As he made his third lap around the More house he became dismayed that his mind wasn't clear.

John, what is wrong with you, your mind would be clear by the third lap. John thought again WHY ARE YOU STILL THINKING? She's messing you up John, like Anne Boleyn messed up Henry and almost caused the king to send your father to the scaffold! ARE YOU DAFT JOHN? Now you're thinking about that horrid year again.

John started running faster. He did that when something upset him. Next thing he knew he was on lap four his mind was running in circles.

STOP THINKING OF HER! His mind was now screaming. She is nothing to you but some uptight whore!

But he couldn't stop. He was now Henry, and Mary was Anne Boleyn. Together they would spend their lives in trivial lust while the world turned on his head. And no matter whom John will marry in the near future, his thoughts would turn the first daughter of Henry VIII.

John finally stopped running and walked the rest of the way around the house. Arms were crossed in front of him, his head looking to the ground in shame. He was now learning a lesson that his brilliant father failed to teach him. Love is a disease which cannot be cured even if the greatest medication. As he walked to the front door of the house a surprise visitor greeted him: the one who was haunting his mind.

"Princess Mary," John stuttered out his voice cracking and bowing on impulse, "what are you doing here?"

Mary smiled. Little did John realize she was going through the same thing he was.

"My mother invited me here for dinner," she simply said.

There was silence for a moment they just stared blankly at each other.

"Want to go inside it looks like it's going to downpour?"

Mary smiled.

"Of course."

And the two of them descended into the house.

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Meanwhile out in the English countryside Henry and his friend Charles Brandon were out for a mid afternoon hunt. Something that Henry desperately needed to do considering his anger. As Charles and Henry looked over the king's latest kill they suddenly heard a loud bang. A flash of light followed it.

BOOM!

Charles jumped in fright and looked up at the darken sky. It looked like it was going to pour all over them.

"It looks like a storm is coming toward us!" Henry said.

Charles was shaking he may have been one of the bravest fellows Henry knew, but Charles Brandon was terrified of thunderstorms.

"YOU THINK! I HATE THUNDERSTORMS!" He growled.

Henry laughed.

"Do you think we have time to run back to the palace you coward?"

Charles snarled at Henry's joke.

"No but I know someplace not too far away from here Wolf Hall!"

Henry smiled; he was going to spend the night away from Anne.

"Who lives there?"

"The Seymours!"

Henry nodded his head.

"Ah yes good old John Seymour let's go then before we get trapped in the storm."

And the two of them mounted on their horses and embarked to Wolf Hall. Little did Henry know that fateful visit would once again turn his world upside down.

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BOOM!

Thomas awoke to a loud bang and a flash. He sat up to notice Katherine was doing some sewing next to him. He rubbed his eyes.

"You slept well Mi Amor," Katherine said, "Don't worry it's only a thunderstorm, I'm making you a shirt like I used to make Henry, it will be a nice change from the hair shirts I threw out. I hope you're not mad about that Mi Amor I told you about my concern about hurting yourself."

Thomas didn't care. What was the point of whipping himself for god's love, when god failed him by making him suffering this hell? And besides why whip himself when God was making him suffer mentally? Thomas sighed and stretched.

"And look I even embroidered love knots of our initials on the sleeve," Katherine continued in excitement, "personally I think 'T' and 'K' has a nice look to it. Don't you think Mi Amor?"

The thunder cracked again causing Thomas to jump. He put his hand on his heart, which was racing wildly. A common trait that all the men in the More family shared was a fear of thunder.

"I'm sorry," Thomas said, "thunder kind of scares me."

Katherine smiled.

"It's okay, I am here for you no matter what."

Thomas leaned forward and they started to kiss wildly. Katherine dropped her sewing and slowly started to open his shirt.

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The thunder cracked outside the house.

"I cannot thank you enough Sir John for your kind hospitality," Henry said, "Charles and I could not have not made it home in this storm."

BOOM!

Charles jumped once again at the sound of the thunder. He was going to literally drop dead of fright.

"I just hope my daughter Jane can make it back in one piece," John Seymour said, "She is taking a holiday from serving the queen and she just left the place this morning!"

Henry tilted his head in intrigue. He wondered if Anne disturbed this mysterious girl as much as Anne was annoying him.

"Your daughter serves Queen Anne?"

The thunder then cracked once again. Charles jumped once again.

Seymour smiled.

"She served her highness and now Duchess of Lancaster as well. I'm surprised you haven't met Jane yet she is so beautiful how could you not miss her!"

Another Roar of thunder echoed the room. But as a flash of lightning followed the loud roar, the front door opened. And a woman descended from the door.

She was wearing a brown hooded cloak to protect her body and hair from the rain. She suddenly took her hood off. It revealed a beautiful blonde headed, pale and doe eyed woman. Henry was mesmerized. The last time he was this mesmerized by a woman was…when he met the witch Anne Boleyn.

"Ah Your Majesty," Seymour then said, "I want you to meet my daughter Jane Seymour."

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Thomas and Katherine were kissing wildly in the dark room. She was on top of him, running her hands up and down his exposed chest. He moaned between kisses. She then started making patterns all over his chest with her hands. Her lips suddenly left his and moved to the bottom of his jaw line.

Thomas badly now wanted to be inside Katherine. He started to whimper, longing for their bodies to intertwine. He never felt as sexually excited as he did. But many things were different with his new wife. Things were different for the better.

"Please," He whimpered, his voice sounding desperate, "make love to me."

Katherine laughed and then kissed him behind the ear.

"Patience Mi amor!" She simply said, "the more you beg the longer it will take until we finally make love."

Her lips went from behind his ear and moved back down his jaw line. Her lips then trailed down to his neck. Thomas whimpered harder to the point where tears started to well up in his eyes. Katherine felt the whimpers vibrating in his throat.

"Please I crave to be inside you!"

She kissed his collarbone. The blood started to trail faster to the familiar area to his body. He bit his lower lip hard. Why was it this time that his sexual frustration was at his hardest? He was not even halfway into a year of marriage with Katherine and he already felt wild when it came to the needs of pleasure. He was older and wiser was smart enough this was no way for a grown man to act.

But just as they were about to continue there was a knock on the door.

"Father," it was John, "Mary, Elizabeth and Cecily are here with their husbands! Meg and Margaret should be here at any moment with their husbands as well!"

Thomas sighed another beautiful moment conveniently ruined at its peak.

"We'll continue this later?"

Katherine laughed.

"Of course mi amor." She then replied.

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Thomas felt great having his family back together again at such happier times. Though it was disappointing to him that his grandchildren weren't there due to the storm, it was great for him to see his own children all together again. Katherine was glad that Mary was finally able to see her again. What pleased her more was that Mary was finally warming up to her new family.

Katherine and Thomas looked at each other with loving eyes.

"Do you think now is the right time to tell them?" Thomas whispered.

Katherine shook her head in agreement. Then Thomas stood up at the head of the table. The room fell silent and now all eyes were on him.

"My dear children," Thomas began, "almost two months ago the king gave me a second chance at life, a gift a condemned man barely ever receives. But the king deep in his heart found the strength to come to that decision to give me this gift. But the bad times are now behind us and we are all reunited, and now we have to look forward to the good times ahead of us. Enough of this chatter, my new wife, one of the greatest queens to ever rule England have an announcement to make. The lord has blessed us, with child."

Elizabeth made her loud laugh. It bounced off the walls and echoed throughout the room. It was accompanied by another crash of thunder from the storm that raged on out the window.

"That is great father!" She said, "my future son or daughter could have a playmate."

Thomas laughed. Then surprisingly the Princess Mary stood up with her glass in the air.

"May I make a toast?" She asked.

Thomas shook his head.

"Of course my dear stepdaughter you are part of my family now." He said.

Mary nodded her head and smiled. Thomas took his seat back down. Katherine grabbed his hand and smiled at her daughter.

"I admit I had doubts of this marriage. I felt uncomfortable around my stepmother and felt like she took away my father and tore my family apart. I felt neglected. And I felt with this marriage the same thing would happen. But I knew you Sir Thomas for many years and knew you accept anyone as your family. Sir Thomas my dear stepfather, not only did you make my mother as you said one of the greatest queens in England very happy and give another child she prayed for, for many years."

Mary paused and started to cry and said:

"You gave me another father who won't turn his back from me, so here's to you sir Thomas, my mother and my new family."

Everyone raised their glasses and said:

"To our new family!"

The thunder cracked again and all of a sudden the font door opened wide and a dark figure that looked like swamp thing stood in the doorway. The More family gasped. Thomas stood up at the head of the table:

"I'll handle this," He said, "he may need a place to stay for the night and remember what I told you children, we offer hospitality to anyone and everyone."

Thomas slowly walked to the doorway. The lightning then flashed once again revealing who the shivering, wet, figure. Thomas' eyes widened.

"Harry?" Thomas said shocked, "by god what happened to you."

The king looked like hell. He was sopping wet. His hair was a mess. His bangs were plastered to his forehead. His arms were wrapped around his body. He was shivering to the bone. He did not say a word.

"Harry?" Thomas said again, "did you come here in the rain?"

Still there was no answer.

"Does anyone know you are here Harry?" Thomas said again.

Silence once again.

"For the love of god Harry!" Thomas screamed, "ANSWER ME!"

Henry then gave Thomas this weird smile. Thomas cocked his head in confusion.

"The virgin Mary has come to save me from Jezebel!" Henry simply said.

Thomas' eyes were now wide as sundials.

"Harry what are you talking about?"

The king said nothing, he just collapsed in Thomas' arms.

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I know another pesky Cliffhanger! HEY NICOLE KIDMAN IF I WERE YOU I WOULDN'T BE RUNNING FROM JEREMY EVEN IF HE WERE SOME AILEN!! Sorry another random thought! I love you Northam and JRM okay I'll shut up now!