I actually got this idea after watching Lupinskitten's tribute to Thomas More and finding out that William Roper was in fact a reformist. So I thought hum, I wonder how Thomas reacted to the whole thing and anyway I was taking a shower and this Idea pops up into my head and I thought oh I should add this into perks so I hope you enjoy this chapter!
The Matchmaker:
"YOU'RE GOING TO FRANCE WITH WOLSEY?" I screamed at Thomas.
By the time summer rolled around I was stressed out as hell. I wanted to bend over Anne and fuck her into next year but I had to open my big mouth and say I was going to respect her wish to be a virgin until marriage. The pope managed to escape captivity but I still got no answer on a hearing of my divorce. To top it all off the crazed emperor just had a son with the woman he jilted my beautiful daughter for. That leaves me… SONLESS STILL!
I decided to for revenge on the emperor to reunite with France. I decided to send Wolsey because he had good relations with the French and I told him to bring a few others. So far I demanded he bring Thomas Wyatt the poet because he was my competition for Anne Boleyn and Thomas Tallis because he was gross and I didn't want him around Compton anymore. I told Wolsey he could bring one more person, so he decided to bring Thomas More. Oh goody, Thomas had to leave me in the dust at the worst of times.
"Yes," Thomas said, "and I am glad."
I stood up from my desk and leaned forward on my side of the desk, slamming my hands on the tabletop. He did not just say that!
"GLAD? GLAD? I THOUGHT YOU HATED THE FRENCH!"
Thomas leaned forward on his side of the desk, slamming his hands on the table. We were both staring at each other with angry glares.
"I HATE THE FRENCH BUT I NEED A BLOODY BREAK! I AM SICK OF YOU AND KATHERINE! YOU ARE BOTH URGING ME TO BE YOUR SIDES ON YOUR BLOODY DIVORCE! I KEEP BEING PULLED ON BOTH SIDES WHEN I WANT TO BE NEUTRAL! HELL AT THIS RATE I CAN CONSIDER MYSELF BEING TIED TO THE BLOODY RACK!"
I closed my eyes and pictured it already. Katherine and I were interrogators trying to get an answer out of a prisoner:
I was holding onto Thomas' arms and Katherine was holding onto Thomas' legs. We were both pulling on Thomas as much to his dismay. I pulled Thomas by his arms closer to me.
"He's on my side," I said
Katherine in turn pulled Thomas by his legs closer to her.
"No way I am carrying his child his on my side," She fought back.
We kept pulling him back and forth.
"HARRY, KATHERINE STOP IT!" Thomas yelled, "YOU'RE HURTING ME!"
Suddenly Katherine and I were pulling full force on both sides and then we ripped Thomas' body in half.
I opened my eyes again and say I was still staring at Thomas who had both sides of his body in tact. I looked deeper into his eyes. They were different. They seemed darker than they usually were. There were dark lines and bags forming under his eyes. At that point I could tell he needed a break. Not only that, something else was really pissing him off.
"Fine you may go!"
Before he could say anything else I stormed out of the room.
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I walked down the hallways in a huff. How the fuck was I going to survive a month without Thomas More? And then an unexpected visitor stopped me.
"Your majesty," a voice said.
I turned around and saw that it was Meg, Thomas' eldest and favorite daughter. Then I thought I got to the root of Thomas' desperate need for a break.
"Ah," I said, "Meg what brings you here?"
I walked over to her and gave her a hug. She smiled and hugged me back. She had Thomas' dark eyes, but the rest of her features were from her mother may she rest in peace.
"Is my father around?"
I nodded my head.
"No."
"Good, because I need to talk to you in private!"
Oh this couldn't be good! I led her into a private room (NOT MY BEDCHAMBER if it was I would be tempted to have sex with her and the lord knows if I bed Meg Thomas' favorite daughter, he wouldn't care if he was sent to the scaffold he would kill me with his bare hands). Meg looked out one last time to see if her father was spying before she shut the door.
"So, what's wrong?"
Meg sighed.
"I was hoping since you were pretty close to my father that you would help me."
Why did I know this was coming? Please tell me I wouldn't have the break some news to Thomas that would make him have a heart attack.
"Your father is a pretty tough man to persuade, but as I said before you and your siblings are like my family, I'll see what I could do, what is it you need me to aid you with?"
Meg took a deep breath.
"Last year I met a man who is on the King's Bench named William Roper. You know the clerk on the King's Bench? Anyway William and I love each other and he asked me for his hand."
I met Roper a couple of times. He was and still is a brilliant man. I think he would be a perfect match for any of the girls in the More family, despite the fact at that point Elizabeth (who still fancies me) and Cecilia found their respected suitors. He reads a lot; he would treat Meg well. How could Thomas not approve?
But then it hit me. Roper took a curious interest into the books of Martin Luther. Roper was still a strict Roman Catholic but disapproved of the Pope. And it was considered Heresy in some even if you were curious to read reformist books. And we all knew Thomas More and Hersey did not get along at all.
"Well does your father approve of it?"
Meg nodded her head.
"Heaven's no, father hates him. Father said if William went with near me again he'd have him burned. But father doesn't understand, William is a good man, and said he'd change his beliefs just to be with me. And I am so happy with him. Could you talk to him?"
I smiled.
"I'll talk to him because first I see how happy you are, two he has no right to talk since he just ran off with my wife and three your family has done so much for me also once I intervene he is going to have to agree because I am the king!"
Meg laughed when I made the reference to her father and Katherine. Meg then smiled and ran up to me to give me a hug. I hugged her back.
"Oh thank you your majesty!"
I laughed.
"Please just call me Harry."
I knew right then and there Thomas was going to murder me for taking the side of Meg's reformist suitor!
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Thomas was furiously looking through papers when I knocked on the door to his office. Now that I knew the cause of Thomas' frustration it would be a little easier to tame him.
"What do you want now Harry?" Thomas growled not looking up.
It still puzzles me how he knew it was me without even looking.
"I need to discuss something with you," I said
Thomas growled.
"About what your Great Matter, some other issue that you can't seem to solve on your own, or did you have a whole list of reasons of why I cannot leave for France?"
I laughed and leaned against the door. I knew Thomas' words were a sign of frustration.
"No Thomas, it's about your daughter Meg."
Thomas looked up with me with this angered look in his eyes.
"Oh she must have told you about that heretic William Roper!"
I got chills down my spine when he said that. And the way he said heretic scared me even more.
"Yes she did, but Thomas, I met William Roper He's a brilliant man and a lawyer like-"
"I DON'T CARE IF HE IS NEXT IN LINE FOR THE THRONE HE'S A HERETIC!"
This was going to be harder than I thought. Then I had a idea.
"Thomas what if I said if you don't let Meg marry William Roper I will send you to the scaffold."
Thomas growled even louder. I wasn't giving up on Meg. I made a promise.
"CALL THE GUARDS! I'LL EVEN SHAKE THE EXECUTIONER'S HAND ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN HAVING MY DAUGHTER MY PRIDE AND JOY MARRY A HERETIC!"
Okay that didn't work.
"How about I make you a duke if you let Meg marry William?"
Thomas laughed.
"Me a Duke? HA! Nice try Harry but nothing you say will change my mind! As I said Meg and my other children could marry whoever they want as long as it's not a Heretic."
"Not even if I threaten to ban Utopia? I don't want to do that it will upset Anne!"
Thomas leaned forward.
"No, keep trying it's still going to be hard to change my mind!"
I scratched my head. How the hell was I going to convince him? I hated that Thomas was so closed minded when it came to beliefs and then I got the most brilliant idea!
"Fine then, Anne is starting to annoy me anyway! I am starting to reconsider my choice for marriage after I divorce Katherine. Meg seems to be a great choice. Meg said if you don't approve of William then she would be happy to take me instead. Besides I am the King of England."
Thomas' jaw dropped.
"You wouldn't dare!"
"It's me or William!"
Thomas slammed his hand on the table.
"FINE SINCE I CAN'T WIN THIS FIGHT EITHER SHE COULD MARRY THAT HERETIC!"
I smiled.
"Oh Thomas Meg is going to be so happy! And my sincere congratulations it seems you have many things to look forward to. Well I'll let you get back to work but I would like to have dinner with you before you leave for France on this most joyous occasion."
Thomas nodded his head and grumbled. I started to walk out the door.
"WAIT HARRY ONE MORE THING!"
I turned my head around.
"Yes Sir Thomas."
"YOU TOUCH MY DAUGHTER IN A WAY THAT IS MORE THAN A HUG, A GREETING KISS OR A HANDSHAKE I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE THE KING OF ENGLAND! I'LL KILL YOU!"
I turned around and started to laugh as I walked out the door. I learned a lesson that day. If you love someone it something that is always worth fighting for.
Fun Fact: The Two Main Characters of this Story Henry and Thomas are my cell phone wallpaper. True Story my roommate looked at it and goes "hey who are these people and why are they dressed like that?" LOL!