"Daddy?" 3 year old Mary Tudor asked her father.

         King Henry VIII turned to look at his daughter. He smiled at his oldest daughter. Sure him & her mother are now divorced but both of them are still friends. He knew it was always best to have a good relationship with an married ex. Though he was shocked, afterall he did cheat on her & made another woman pregnant.

"Yes Mar Mar?"

"Who is that?" The little girl asked as she pointed at a baby in another woman's arms.

"He's your brother, Henry Fitzroy Jr Tudor." The man said with a smile as he held his son since his mother never wanted a child.

          (A couple hours later . . .)

"No. Just no." Thomas Crammer said.

"What, but why?" KH8 asked.

"Unless you & his mother get married than he is considered illegitimate. "

"But-"

"No buts." Thomas Crammer said coldly.

" . . . Fine. What if I can find a woman to PRETEND to be his mother? He still looks a lot like me so no one will exactly find out." KH8 explained.

" . . . If you can find someone to convince to be your wife in a week, than he won't be called a b*stard." Thomas Crammer said.

"Deal."

"But, we get to choose the wife. "

" . . . Fine."
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This is not historically accurate; 219 words.

It's black.