Bonding

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It is a typical day in the Haus of Holbein, a running joke with the queens when they moved in. Anna was the first person to call the house that, making Katheryn laugh. Eventually, the name stuck, and instead of calling it a house or a home, the queens would refer to it as 'the Haus of Holbein'.

Catherine Parr takes sanctuary in her room, curled up on her bed with a book. One window is open to allow the fresh air to waft around the room, moving her blue curtains slightly. Not noticing her door open, Catherine turns the page. "How's my favourite goddaughter doing?" She looks up to find Katherine of Aragon standing in the doorway. Putting her book to one side, Catherine smiles. Since their arrival in the twenty-first century, Catherine hadn't made many friends, either with the queens or outside their group, preferring the lives of fictional characters to her own.

"Fine," Catherine smiles. "Did you want anything."
"I wanted to chat. I miss talking to you like we did before."
"Does heaven count?"
"I think it should," Catherine remembers that she and her godmother got along while in heaven, up until the issue of religion came along. With a staunch Catholic and a Protestant, things wouldn't always work out. They would even have disagreements about the smallest things in their beliefs, not even the other queens could reconcile them after that.

"I thought I was an enemy after our argument."
"No, I'll never see you as an enemy. Like it or not, we're family." Catherine nods, thinking about it. Sure, Katherine might be her godmother, but she also looked out for her and the other queens, acting as a mother figure in areas Jane didn't excel in.
"I guess that means Jane is family too since I married her brother." Katherine laughs.
"It does." She pauses for a moment. "Do you want to do something together? We can go up to the local bookstore or maybe go into town."
"You not trusting the internet again?"

"It's the work of Satan, I'm telling you!" Catherine couldn't help but laugh. Most of the queens adapt to their situation well, but Katherine refused to use the internet. When she first found out about it, she thought that Satan would drag her to hell, and Catherine couldn't blame her at the time. Anne Boleyn did say that Satan would take her for using it.
"Are you still believing in what Anne said?"
"It's true, isn't it?" Catherine shakes her head, laughing.
"You should try using it. I can help you if you like." Finally giving in after two weeks of arguing, Katherine of Aragon agrees to give the internet a go.

After going over the basics of how to search for things, Catherine helps her godmother set up an account on the group chat the queens have so if they are out and about, they can communicate. "This is the SIX queens chat room, named so by Anna. Only we can see it. If you post anything, it stays between us."

Anne Boleyn: Is Aragon on here?

Katherine Aragon: Yes, I'm here. Catherine convinced me to use the internet.

Jane Seymour: We should change our usernames so we can identify each other.

Anne Boleyn: We already do

Katheryn Howard: I think it's a great idea

Katherine Aragon changed her username to NoWay

Anne Boleyn changed her username to GreenSleeves@RedLipstick

Jane Seymour changed her username to HeartofStone

Anna Cleves changed her username to Queen@Castle

Katheryn Howard changed her username to The10AmongstThese3's

Catherine Parr changed her username to IDon'tNeedYourLove

"There you go," Catherine smiles. "You can now communicate with the other queens through social media if necessary."
"But everyone is here. I won't use it much."
"We won't be together all the time, that's the point." A notification comes up on Katherine's computer.

GreenSleves@RedLipstick sent you a message. Katherine clicks on the notification, finding that it's a rant about how she's an idiot.

NoWay: For real?

Queen@Castle: Anne, everyone can read this!

GreenSleeves@RedLipstick: #SorryNotSorry

The10AmongstThese3's: Aragon is a good person

GreenSleeves@RedLipstick: Says my cousin!

IDon'tNeedYourLove: I'm so over this

HeartofStone: ?

GreenSleeves@RedLipstick: LOL

Catherine shuts the computer. "That went well. Maybe this social group is the work of Satan or Anne Boleyn."
"Aren't they the same person?" Aragon jokes. Catherine couldn't help but laugh at the idea.
"Maybe they are. That should be enough technology for one day."

That evening, Catherine notices her godmother on her phone. NoWay has sent you a message.

NoWay: Thanks for helping me out

IDon'tNeedYourLove: No problem ;)

GreenSleeves@RedLipstick: ...

NoWay: Don't ask

GreenSleeves@RedLipstick: What is this?

Queen@Castle: I ship this

NoWay: ANNA! I would never date Boleyn!

IDon'tNeedYourLove: Boleyn's cute

GreenSleeves@RedLipstick: You think that?

The10AmongstThese3's: Boleyn and Parr sitting in a tree...

IDon'tNeedYourLove: Kitty, don't you dare finish that sentence! 

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