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Now, after being beheaded, Katherine Howard was not expecting to wake up again. She wasn't exactly expecting anything. Maybe the judgment gates, maybe purgatory, but definitely not in a fully furnished room with pink and black walls.

She sat up from the bed she was on. She didn't even realize that blood was coming from her mouth until she touched it and saw the crimson red on her fingers. She jumped up and started looking around. She looked different from what she could see of herself, she looked at her hands and arms. Her skin was tanner than she remembered. “...h...ello..?” And her voice sounded weird and choppy. Like her voice was cutting in and out. “H..ello?”

Her throat hurt and it didn't feel right. Well, was more of she couldn't feel her neck in general. It was almost numb. When she would bring her hand to her neck, she couldn't feel it. Like her neck's sensory was cut off from the rest of her body. She was scared, and she wanted someone. Anyone. Anna, her father, especially her mother, one of her brothers, one of her sisters, even her step-grandmother would be enough.

She looked around, there was a door. She walked over to it, she could hear voices. A Spanish accent, a German accent, a light french accent, and a British accent. Wait. A German accent? Maybe.. Was Anna back too..?

She opened the door and looked around. There were other rooms that were numbered. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (herself), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (which was not a door but an arrow pointing to an attic). Four doors, not including hers, were already open. There were stairs that led to a downstairs, which was were the voices were coming from. She slowly creeped down the stairs and saw four other people, all of which seemed older than her. There was one with ravin black hair who said, “...who.. Who's kid.... Is.. that..? ...Jane..? That's yours?” This one was the one with the light french accent.

One of the women shook her head. She had strawberry blonde hair, “No... My child was a boy...” She murmured, “Anna? Is this child yours?” She asked, turning to face a woman in a red shirt.

The woman looked about ready to cry. “Kätzchen..? Kätzchen, is that you..?” she asked. Katherine's eyes widened, Anna was back..? Was this really..?

“A..A-Anna..?” Katherine asked. Anna smiled and hugged her.

“Oh, Kätzchen, what happened to that beautiful voice of yours..?” Anna asked, rubbing her back. Anna wiped Katherine's face with her sleeve, “Kätze, your mouth is bleeding..” She whispered. Katherine shrugged and hugged her.

The other three women in the room just stood awkwardly until the one with a Spanish accent said, “And who is this tiny one? Your daughter?”  She asked. Anna turned around with a smile.

“I wish.. But no, this is Queen Katherine Howard, the fifth of Henry's wives.” Anna said. Katherine gave a small wave to the others, putting the pieces together. If she was back, and Anna said she was Henry's fifth wife.. Were these his other wives? Jane seemed shocked.

“I- His fifth wife? This is a child, Anna. Surely you're mistaken..” She said in a panic. Jane sighed and turned to Katherine, “Darling, how old are you?”  She asked.

Katherine looked down at herself. This was definitely her 15 year old selfs body.. “..15.. H..how.. ...old are y-you..?” She glanced around warily.

Jane looked almost concerned at her voice but still smiled at her, “Well, I'm 28. Catalina is 23, Anna is 24, and Anne is 26.”

Katherine nodded, then Catalina spoke up, “Are you from England? You have quite the accent to you..” She inquired. She looked Katherine up and down, trying to find any hints about the accent.

Katherine gave a shy smile and said, “F-Father and mother... Spoke..Irish..”

Catalina raised an eyebrow, “Really? Do you know any Irish?”

“.....Y..Yes..” Katherine confessed. Catalina looked honestly impressed by that and clapped a little.

Jane walked up to Katherine and inspected her neck, “Hm.. Your neck is bleeding a little, couldn't you feel?” She asked in concern. Katherine shook her head, she couldn't feel her neck at all, let alone blood from her neck. Jane pursed her lips, “Well, it's not too bad. We'll fix it up soon..” She murmured, brushing a bit of blood off of Katherine's lip.

Katherine froze and stared at her, not daring to move. That was rule number one in Katherine's book, when touched, do not pull away no matter what. It was something she'd learned the hard way. People want what they want, when they want. That was just a rule of life. It won't hurt as much if you just give them what they want.

Jane stepped back, “Oh, we should introduce ourselves, yes?” She said. Catalina nodded and cleared her throat.

“My name is Catherine Of Aragón, I was married twenty-four years. I was his first wife,” She pointed to her ring finger, “we eventually got divorced..” She said politely. She suddenly scowled and glanced at the one with the French accent, “Your turn.”

The one with the ravin black hair and French accent scowled, “..A-Anne.. Boleyn... Married.. for three.. years..” She then pointed to her neck, “Be..Beheaded..” She managed to say. Her voice sounded just a bit less hoarse that Katherine's, but Anne's voice sounded like she was being strangled. She somehow still managed to sound annoyed despite everything.

Jane gave a small nod, “My name is Jane Seymour,  I was married to him for; A year I died after giving birth to my darling son, Edward..” She said, she had this strange, almost fake, smile on her face. She looked just about ready to cry from saying that. Katherine gave her a sympathetic look but didn't say anything.

Anna hugged Katherine for a moment before saying, “I, am Anna of Cleves. Married him for a few months, I out lived all you, him, and his other wife.” She said with a smile, ruffling Katherine's hair a bit.

Katherine took a deep breath, coughing quite a bit as she did so. “..I-im Katherine Howard... I was married.. f.. for a year and a half..” She said, “..Beheaded.” She stated. Anne gave her a weird looked, not one of sympathy like Jane, and not one of protectiveness like Catalina and Anna. Anne just gave her a look of annoyance. Katherine honestly just wanted to believe that was just her resting face.

“So, we all came in triplets so two or three more should be-” Catalina was interrupted by and the sound of multiple footsteps coming downstairs.

Catalina blinked at one of the women who came downstairs, “... Catherine..? Darling, is that you?”

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“... Catherine..? Darling, is that you?” Catalina asked, her voice quivering with hope. She walked over and hugged her, “Oh, it's so good to see you again..” She whispered, running a hand through her hair. Most of the others just looked slightly awkward.

The moment Catalina let go of Catherine and introduced her to everyone, Catherine immediately glared at Katherine, who glanced away. Parr gave her a death stare, “...You.” She said, her fists shaking. Jane looked oddly scared.

“..Is there something we should know..?” Jane whispered, taking a few steps back. She glanced between both K/Catherine's warily. Parr rolled her eyes.

“What you should know is that this.. this.. this harlot is the reason I had to marry Henry.” She said, glaring at Katherine who hid behind Anna.

Anna looked shocked for a moment before seeming to know what Parr was talking about, “You.. You shouldn't speak on things you know nothing of. She is not a harlot.” She stated firmly, refusing to break eye contact with her.

Catherine rolled her eyes, “She was executed with reason.” She said, trying to justify her former statement. Katherine froze but didn't say anything. Parr, of course, noticed, “See? I'm sure she's realizing it too. Or maybe she's always known and just needed some reassurance.” She said with a smirk.

Jane looked uncomfortable and asked, “Who was the person who was coming downstairs with you? Why didn't they come all the way down the stairs?” She asked, trying to change the subject. Catherine glanced at her.

She was silent for a moment before saying, “He told me to look who was down here first. YOU CAN COME DOWN NOW!” Catherine yelled, turning to the steps. A boy came downstairs, he looked about 14. He had wavy strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes. When Katherine really thought about it, he looked a lot like Jane.

Jane looked him up and down before moving to hug him, “Edward? Darling, is that you..?” She whispered, desperately hoping it was her son.

Edward froze and stared, “... You're dead.” Was all he said to her. He was wheezing and he coughed. Jane didn't even notice, looking confused by his words.

“Dead? My dear Edward, what? I'm standing right here.” She said, patting his back. Edward shook his head and shoved her off of him, backing away from her.

“No. You're dead. You're dead, how can I see you? . . . Am I dead, mom..?” He asked, he look like he was about ready to panic. He was rapidly looking around and even tried slapping himself once or twice until Jane grabbed his arm.

“Edward, you did die.. But... Now you are live and you are breathing.” She said firmly, dropping his arm and watched as it fell to his side. Edward shook his head one more time and hugged her.

“I missed you.. Was that silly of me to say? I suppose it was, I never even met you after all.. I wish I met you.. I wish you could've stayed.. You were his favorite wife, did you know? The one he truly loved, that's what he called you. It was you and lady Howard who he was most thrilled about..” He said. Jane smiled a bit at hearing that, but glanced to Katherine when she was mentioned. Katherine was his second favorite? She was almost outdone by a 16 year old girl? ...Very interesting. Said a lot about Henry's taste in women.. How old was he when he married a twenty-eight year old Jane? Right, forty-four.. And how about when he married a sixteen year old girl? ...Right, he was forty-nine.. 

Jane shook her head, “God, you have to tell me what happened during your life..” She said, she could feel tears roll down her cheeks but it didn't matter. Her son was back.

Anne looked a bit awkward but then her eyes widened, “Does.. t-that mean.. Eliza-Elizabeth.. Is coming back..?” She choked out. Catalina rolled her eyes but then she realized, there were 10 rooms total. That would mean that Elizabeth, Mary, and someone else would be coming back.. Did Anna have a child? Or did her goddaughter have a child?

Catherine Parr just seemed irritated and stepped closer to Catalina and away from Katherine. When she heard the name Elizabeth Catherine looked guilty, “...I-.. Elizabeth is coming back?” She asked. Suddenly, the floor looked awfully interesting to her..

Catalina shrugged, “Probably. Hopefully, my Mary will be back too. It didn't take long at all for you all to get here..” She said, looking hopeful again.

Catherine nodded and curled in on herself slightly, waiting. “...How long with it take for them to come?” She asked, glancing around in anticipation. She still had that weirdly guilty look on her face. A look that said, ‘I messed up.’ Katherine could exactly tell why. Catherine glared at her, “Stop staring.” She mumbled.

Katherine nodded, “S..orry.. Sorry..” She mentally cringed when her vocal cords cut out. Edward turned to her with a terrified look, he had flinched a bit when she talked. Katherine tilted her head, she knew her talking wasn't to good now but she didn't expect that.

“I.. Why does your voice sound like that?! That's not lady-like at all, I'm afraid..” He said, the terrified look still on his face. Jane whispered something to him but Edward shook his head. Katherine frowned, did her voice really sound so terrible now?

Anna shook her head, “Edward, her voice sounds different, yes, but it's not that bad..” She said, giving Katherine a sympathetic look and rubbing her back.

Katherine looked down, so it was true. Her new voice did sound bad.. Anna said it wasn't ‘that bad’ instead of saying that it just didn't sound bad in general. Meaning that it did sound bad, just not terrible. But then again, it probably did sound terrible and Anna was probably just trying to make her feel better..

Anna rubbed the back of her neck, “To answer your question, Catherine, it should only take an hour or so..” She said, taking a seat on the ground. Anne, who was sitting in a chair, raised an eyebrow at the decision but didn't say anything. Katherine sat down right next to Anna, leaning on her. She closed her eyes for a moment and eventually, she fell asleep.

Now, she wasn't expecting to wake up to the face of Elizabeth herself, shaking her, “You must wake up now, lady Katherine!” She whispered softly as she gently shook her. Katherine rubbed her eyes and sat up. She spotted Mary, who was hugging her mom. Mary turned around just in time to see Katherine staring at her. Mary glared at Katherine but said nothing. 

Katherine looked up when suddenly, a familiar woman came downstairs. She looked a bit— no, a lot like Katherine. She had the black hair, and the same body type. The only real difference was that Katherine had brown eyes, while the woman had a brown eye and a blue eye. The woman looked just about ready to cry after seeing Katherine, “.. Katherine..? Sweetheart, is that you?” The woman asked. Oh.. No wonder she looked familiar.. That was her mom, Joyce Culpeper..

Katherine smiled and hugged her, “M..Mama, I m..m-..missed.. you!” She croaked out, a little to excited. Her voice sounded terrible when she regularly talked, but when she talked fast? She didn't miss the way her mother flinched, but she didn't care right now.

Her mum was crying now, “Oh, you still have your accent, my love.. Your dad used to say you sound just like me.. And what happened to your voice, darling? And your neck and lip, your bleeding!?” She said, wiping the blood from Katherine's mouth. Of course her mum had noticed, she always did use to notice everything. 

Catalina wiped her tears and let go of Mary, “Okay. Everyone is here, yes? Introduction time, everyone take a seat. Who would like to go first?” She asked, looking around.

Anne rolled her eyes, “Should..Shouldn't you g-go first? Y.. You're the on-one who suggested- suggested it..” She said, stumbling let her words. She gave Catalina this eerie stare, while Catalina just gave a glare.

“Yes, you're correct, Anne. I guess I should go first, great suggestion.” Catalina said, with so much venom on her voice it made Katherine anxious. Katherine grabbed her mum's hand, who squeezed her hand in comfort.

Catalina sighed and stood in the front of everyone, “My name is Catalina de Aragón, I was Henry VIII's wife for twenty-four years. My daughter's name is Mary, and it's a pleasure to meet all of you.” She said, looking around before saying, “Anne, how about you go next?”

Anne rolled her eyes and stood up, “...I'm a-anne Boleyn- Boleyn. Married Henry f-for; a year.. My daughters n-name is Eli-Elizabeth..” Was all she said before sitting down again and pointing to Jane. Joyce seemed to recognize both of them for some reason..

Jane stood up and bowed, “My name is Jane Seymour. I was, sadly, only married to Henry for a year.. I have a son named Edward, it's a pleasure to meet all of you.” She politely said, she smiled and pointed to Anna.

Anna smiled at her before sighed and standing up, “Ich bin Anna Von Kleve. I was only married to Henry for six months before I got to live in a palace. I have zero children, and it's nice to meet all of you..” She said before pointing to Katherine.

Katherine squeezed her mum's hand before walking up, Anna stayed up to help her. Katherine could just feel Parr and Mary glaring at her. Anna smiled, “And this is my friend, Katherine Howard. She was married to him for a year and a half, and luckily has no children. I'm sure she's happy to see all of you.” She said, pointing to Parr and sitting back down. Katherine sat right back down next to her mum and tried not to look at Parr.

Catherine sighed, “My name is Catherine Parr, I was married to Henry for two years, I had a kid but.. Anyway, it's a pleasure to meet some of you.” She glared at Katherine as she said that and took a seat.

Mary stood up and suddenly, Katherine's shoes were looking real interesting.. Mary cleared her throat, “I'm Mary Tudor, Henry was my father, I was queen for five years. Don't talk to me.” She sat down next to her mother and Elizabeth stood up.

“My name is Elizabeth Boleyn, I was Mary's half sister, and I was queen for forty-four years. It's an absolute pleasure to be in the presence of all of you.” She smiled and did a little wave before walking right back to her seat next to Anne.

Edward stood up and sighed, “I am Edward Tudor, I was king for six years. It is nice to meet you all..” Was all he said before taking a bow and sitting down next to Jane again.

Finally, Joyce stood up, “My name is Joyce Culpeper, I was married to Edmund Howard until my death, My daughter is Katherine Howard, and it's a pleasure to be in the presence of you all.” She said formally before taking a seat.

Catalina looked like she was in thought, “What to do next..?” She mumbled to herself. Jane looked like she was thinking for a moment before smiling.

“How about everyone goes to sleep and think more tomorrow?” She suggested, Catalina sighed but nodded, not seeming to have a better idea. Anne rolled her eyes and stood up, going upstairs and probably to her room. And so, everyone went to bed that night.

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After waking up everything was tense and weird. Jane had been sitting on the couch, but the moment Edward sat down next to her she opted to sit on the floor instead. Edward had looked confused for a moment before shrugging and mumbling something under his breath. Catalina had given everyone the idea to split up and get to know the "New World." Everyone had agreed and they split in two groups of five. Mary, Edward, Elizabeth, Katherine and Catherine (Parr) in one group, and Joyce, Jane, Anne, Catalina, and Anna were the other. God knows why those were the groups. Jane seemed a annoyed at Edward not being in her group but, of course, said nothing. The reason Mary and Catherine was in Kat's group and why Edward wasn't in Jane's group? Anne was the one to decide the groups.

Now, Katherine wasn't exactly mad at her group, but she wasn't happy about it. At all. They were currently at a park, Edward was asking people something, Elizabeth had stopped at restroom and Mary had been chosen to wait for her. Meaning that Katherine was alone with Catherine Parr.. Kat had tried to make conversation but Parr had refused to speak. Finally, Kat sighed, “..Why w..Won't you s-speak ...T..To me?” She asked in exhaustion.

Parr glared at her, “Because I can't stand you.”

“B..But I-” 

“I DON'T LIKE YOU.” Parr whisper yelled, not wanting to cause a scene. Katherine flinched at her tone, she didn't like being yelled at. Oh she didn't like being yelled at at all. Because it made her mad and frustrated, and when was was mad she cried, and she didn't like crying. Because everyone would tell her to calm down, tell her that she was over reacting. Tell her-

“It'll feel good soon, my dear wife.”

She really doesn't like being yelled at. She could feel tears spring to her eyes and she sniffled, trying her best to wipe away her tear. Parr just rolled her eyes, “Oh my god, here you go.” She mumbled and looked away. Katherine just glanced up at her.

“..W-..Why..?” She whispered. Parr just glared at her.

“What.”

“W..Why d-do you h..hate m..m-me..?” Katherine asked her. Anger quickly showed on Parr's face, her face was starting to turn red and and she scowled.

“Because it's your fault! It's your fault my life went to hell. If you hadn't been a whore, then none of this would have happened. Y'know, you weren't killed because you cheating on him. For some reason, that's not why. He killed you, because you weren't a virgin when you were wed. All you had to do was kept your legs closed. And you know the worst part, Katherine. The fact that you still seem to be playing victim. Everytime I mention it, you get this look on your face. This look that says, ‘I haven't done anything wrong’. But you have, Katherine, you have. I used to think redemption was a thing. But after meeting you I realized something.” She snapped at Katherine as she turned to look her straight in the eye.

“Hell is forever. If you committed sin once, who's to say you won't do it again? Whether you like it or not, you are a sinner, Katherine Howard. This new life, can't save you from that. You had your chance, and to be honest, I'm not sure why you're getting a second. Because you don't deserve it.” Parr snarked as she stared at Katherine. She didn't react when a tear fell from Kat's eyes, and she didn't react when Katherine started sobbing. She just glared at her. “And because you decided to waste your chance at a first life, you decided to ruin mine. I had everything I could have ever wanted ripped away.I could have had a perfect life if you hadn't been an idiot.” She said, watching as Elizabeth and Mary walked up to them.

Katherine didn't say a word to Parr after that. Hell, she didn't say anything to anyone after that, she stayed silent. They finally got back home after around an hour, Katherine had made sure to wipe her tears before entering the house. When everyone was discussing what new things they'd found it, Katherine stayed quiet. She honestly wasn't listening, just running on autopilot for the whole conversation. Jane had been staring the whole time, she looked a bit conflicted about something. She finally got to go back to her room after the conversation was done. She was laying on her bed, thinking.

She doesn't like me..? That's okay. That's fine, I can deal with one-.. Two people not liking me. Who cares what they think anyway? Not like I'm here to impress. .. Not anymore. There was knock at the door suddenly, she jumped up. “W-Who.. I..is it..?” She said. The person sighed a bit.

“Anna.”

Katherine smiled, she hadn't talked to Anna in a long while, even though they just got back yesterday. She got up and opened the door, Anna looked around her room and smiled. “Nice room, Kätzchen.” She said as she walked in. Her smile suddenly dropped, “Listen, are you okay?”

Katherine tilted her head, “W..Wh-what d-..do yo-you.. mean..?” Anna just stared at her with a raised eyebrow. Katherine sighed, she wasn't going to get anywhere by trying to pretend she didn't know what Anna was talking about. “I'm.. f-fi..fine..”

Anna didn't exactly seem to believe that, ”.. Did something when you went with your group? I can help, just tell me what's wrong..” She offered, putting a hand on Katherine's shoulder with a worried look on her face. Katherine shook her head.

“..‘m f-fine..”

Anna looked at her for a second before an unreadable look came on her face. She got this weird smile on her face all of a sudden, “... Alright then. Okay. Well, if you're fine then you're fine.” She said, she sounded a bit frustrated though and her smile was strained. She nodded to Katherine, “You have a nice rest of your day, Kätzchen.” And then she quickly left.

Katherine just stared at the empty space and slowly shut the door. ... Was Anna mad at her..? Did she irritate her? She would hope not.. She sat down on her bed and sighed, guess she just had a way of making people upset. Her Father, her grandmother, Francis, Henry, Mannox, Culpeper, now. Anna. She just knew how to anger everyone.. Good job, Idiot, you've got Anna mad at you now.

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Two months. It'd been two months since everyone ones reincarnation and Catalina was gonna go insane. They weren't sure about much of anything aside from the fact that there are cars, and phones, and women can go to school and have jobs. Speaking of school, maybe Mary could go to school.. or that.. Katherine girl. Catalina really didn't know how to feel about her.. Catalina sighed as she got out of bed, she wanted to go to the library today. It was just a few blocks away after all. She walked out of her room and to the bathroom to brush her teeth, there was no fighting downstairs, she could hear the stove though. It was either Joyce or Jane. Those two both always made tea in the morning. But maybe it was both, they always seemed near each other.

Catalina finished brushing her teeth and went downstairs, sure enough, both Jane and Joyce were downstairs talking and drinking tea. Jane looked away from Joyce and to Catalina, “Oh, good morning, Catalina. Are you going out?” Catalina stopped as she put on her jacket and nodded.

“I'm going to the library. I should be back around noon. Hey, what do you two think about getting the kids in school? If either of you want yours to not go that's fine, but I'm thinking of enrolling Mary..” Catalina said. She'd been wanting to get Mary in school ever since she found out girls were allowed in school, but she didn't want either of them to feel annoyed that Catalina hadn't asked if they wanted to enroll their kids too. Except Anne. She really didn't care about Anne, hence why she hadn't asked Anne anything. 

Joyce smiled at Catalina, “I'm sure that'd be great for Katherine. Are you letting Edward go to school, Jane?” Joyce turned to Jane as she asked. Jane just nodded, taking a sip of her tea. Catalina put on her shoes and gave quietly left them to whatever they were talking about before she came down.

It didn't take long for her to get to the library, she'd gone straight to the history section. She was about to get a book about some guy name King George III, but then she noticed something. Was that a book about her Mary? Well, she had to read it. It was her right as Mary's mother to know about her life. She picked up the book and found a place to sit and started reading. By the time she put the book down, she felt her heart shatter. ..Bloody Mary.. Her daughter.. killed people... Because of what? Different religious beliefs? She'd locked away Elizabeth for reasons the book didn't state, she'd set fire to people and their houses, this couldn't have been her Mary.

Her Mary was such a kind-hearted and pure girl. A girl who'd wanted to pigs have beds so they didn't have to sleep on the floor. A girl who once saw a goat and said, “Mami! ¡Mira, es un perrito!” And refused to believe Catalina when she said it was actually a goat and not a dog. A girl who, when Catalina asked if she wanted more food, should say, “My heart wants to but my tummy won't let me!”

Catalina put the book back and walked out of the library. She would ask Mary about the things the book said. It couldn't be true, no, it couldn't. .. right..?  She opened the door to the house, she couldn't have been gone for more than around half an hour, but both Elizabeth and Anna were sitting in the living room. She went upstairs and immediately opened the door to Mary's room. “Is it true?” She asked. Mary just looked up from her book, she was reading If He Had Been With Me. 

Mary just stared at her with confusion, “..Is what true?” Mary set her book down on her bed and sat up to look at her mom. Catalina stared at her, there was no way that Mary... 

“Tell me you didn't kill those people.. tell me. Tell me you didn't lock up Elizabeth.. please, Mary..”

And the look on Mary's face said everything.

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"Máthair," Katherine spoke up as she sat at the white table. It was quite early in the day still and they'd decided to go out to eat. Just mother-daughter bonding time. They never got that in their first lives, so it was about time, in Katherine's humble opinion. She watched as her mother turned to looked at her before continuing, "I wanted to know if you liked cats or dogs more." It was a random question, Katherine was very aware, but she honestly wanted to know. She tried to ignore how her mother would since when her voice cut out.

Joyce nudged Kat's Coca Cola towards her with her hand, "Sip your praiseach ‘juice.’" She put air quotes around the word "juice," as Joyce didn't consider soda liquid. She considered apple juice to be juice. She considered orange juice to be a juice. Katherine had to stifle a laugh from her mother calling soda "fucked up juice."

Joyce encouraged her daughter softly but firmly. "We don't want your throat to start acting up." She sighed in relief as her daughter drank her soda, before finally answering the question. "I personally prefer birds. But," she continued before Katherine could point out that that wasn't an option, "if I had to pick then I'd pick cats. They cuddle you but also leave you alone." She said before a fond and playful smile appeared on her face, "Plus, they remind me of my iontach girl." She said and kissed her daughter's cheek.

Wonderful. Her mother thought she was wonderful. Katherine felt something warm, was this how it felt to have the love of a mother? She didn't remember this from her past life, but then again her mother died so early in her life. Anyway, if this was how a mother's love felt, she never wanted it to stop.

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Anne was sitting on her daughter's bed, Elizabeth was holding a book. The cover had a bunch of waves, and some statues sinking into the water, a boy was in part of it and was holding a sword. Elizabeth's eyes were beaming so bright that, even though Anne had no clue what Elizabeth was talking about, she was still gonna listen. She was nodding along, commenting a little at the appropriate time, that kind of stuff.

When it seemed like Elizabeth was quieting, Anne paused. She wanted her daughter to keep on talking, it was adorable how she was so excited about this. "That's really cool, Liz. Ah, what's the book called again? Sorry, sorry," she put her hands up in playful surrender when Elizabeth gave a melodramatic sigh. "I promise I was listening, I just happened to forget the name, really!" She insisted. She really was listening, she just didn't get it, but she was listening.

"It's called Percy Jackson And The Olympians! It's the first book, The Lightning Thief! It's about a boy who's half mortal, half God!" The little red haired girl excitedly kept on going on and on about the plot of the book, how Zeus’ lightning bolt was stolen and how they had to get it back before the Summer Solstice.

"Hm.. and what's Zeus the god of again? Is he the agriculture one?" Anne asked with a knowing smile. She knew who Zeus was, she knew he was the god of lightning, and weather, and the king of gods. She knew he married his sister, Hera, she knew quite a lot about the Greek Gods and was very much just teasing.

Elizabeth seemed to have caught into this and groaned, "Ugh, you know what he's the god of, you faker!" She pointed an accusatory finger at her mother, who's hands went back up.

"Ahh, you've caught me, Lizzy-beth!"

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"Do you like it, Eddie?" Jane's soft voice asked as her son sipped on the steaming hot green tea and yelped as it burned his tongue. He rushed to the fridge and took a glass of ice water out to cool his burnt tongue. Jane gasped and had to hid her smile behind her hand, "Ed, you have to blow on it first, you know this! You've had tea before!" 

"I-I did, mother!" He protested, determined to defend his honor. His face was red from embarrassment and he covered her face when Jane laughed, leaving a gap between his fingers so that he could refill the cup of water that he drank from. "I was blowing on it for so long, you saw! Your tea is cursed, it doesn't cool!"

Jane smiled at the ridiculous statement. Was he seriously calling the tea cursed for not cooking after only a dozen blows? "Now, surely you don't believe that, do you?" She asked him gently as she raised an eyebrow at him. She watched him consider it for a very, very long moment and Jane couldn't help but roll her eyes playfully. "It's not cursed, Eddie! You didn't blow on it enough."

"But it was taking too long, you made it so I can drink it now, not so I can drink it in five hours!"

"You wanna know how I get my tea to cook down when I don't feel like waiting on it?" She was already walking up to grab his cup of still steaming hot green tea. Edward seemed intrigued by the idea and looked up at her.

He was nodding excitedly, "Yes. It tasted good, the tea just was too hot. Show me!" He demanded. St the raised brow, he cleared his throat and reattempted. "Show me, please." He said, gentler and quiet this time.

Jane smiled and nodded before taking his tea and putting ice in it. She watched as Edward registered what she'd just done.

"Mama?"

"Yes, Ed?"

"That was gross." He deadpanned after a moment of silence. Jane couldn't help but laugh at that.

"Perhaps it is, Ed. But your tea is surely cooled now."