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Elizabeth “Bessie” Blount never expected to be living in the 21st century much less be living with some of the other ladies in waiting from her original time frame of the 16th century. She didn’t think they would form a family with the house that also seems to be the six queens. There was some tension with her and Catherine when they first reunited based on the affair that had emerged between herself and Henry.
Anna was more than happy to reunite with the lady that had become a close friend of her. Bessie wasn’t originally close to any of the other ladies that she came back and she started to live with. Over the time her friendship with Maggie started to get close. They started to spend more time together being the youngest and both remembering each other a little bit from their time in the castle together.
Bessie never thought she would fall for the other lady, if anything she doesn’t remember when she started to develop feelings for her. One day she was sitting on the couch doing some reading when Maggie came in and quickly asked if it’s okay if she plays. Bessie didn’t see any issue with a little background music while she would read. This started becoming a habit between the two girls.
At some point Bessie stopped reading and started watching Maggie play. She found the view of Maggie playing and being focused so fascinating. She found herself enamored with the view that she saw whenever she would look at Maggie. She figured it wouldn’t hurt to start playing her bass with Maggie, work on getting trying to improve. She knew it wouldn't be as good as Maggie at first but it doesn’t hurt to try to play. She thought they sounded good together, and she didn’t realize that she started to feel like they might be good together in other ways.
She doesn’t remember when she started to think about Maggie as more than just a close friend. Maybe it has something to do with the start of the relationship between Kat and Cathy and realizing that their relationship was fairly close to the relationship between Maggie and herself. She knew there was a chance Maggie might feel the same way as herself, she knew the other girl was gay, she was fairly open about it.
So what if after a couple of months of watching Maggie play and watching how she moved her fingers she started to pay more attention to other aspects of the girl. How her eyes sparkled anytime she figured out the next part in whatever song she was writing at the moment. The way her wrists would flex when she was holding her guitar or lifting anything. The fact her laugh was contagious and how she laughed almost every time someone made a ridiculous pun. It doesn’t help that anytime Maggie would say anything Bessie couldn’t help but look at her lips and wonder how they would feel.
Bessie didn’t want to ruin the friendship that they had formed over the past couple of months, but she needed to talk to someone about what she started to feel. She didn't know who else to turn to but the person who might be her oldest friend. Anna would be able to help her with all of her emotions and everything.
“Anna, what would you say if I told you that I think that I might be pansexual?” Bessie asked as she met up with Anna for an early morning jog, wanting to try to express all her thoughts and be able to think about everything going on.
“You think?” Anna didn’t know where this conversation was going but she had a thought about where it might be going. She started jogging at a slightly slower pace so that she would still be able to talk with Bessie.
“I don’t know for a fact, but I think I have a crush on someone.” Bessie started jogging beside the queen. Before she knew it she started thinking about the butterflies that she felt whenever Maggie would cuddle up next to her, or put her head in her lap. She knew for a fact that she had a crush on the younger lady.
“Oh.” Anna didn’t know what else to say, this was for Bessie. She didn’t want to make it obvious that she knew about her crush on Maggie. It didn’t help that whenever anyone even mentioned the other lady Bessie would blush more than anyone in hopes that no one else would notice.
“I like Maggie.” Bessie whispered under her breath knowing that she wasn’t ready to vocally speak about her crush. She saw the look on Anna’s face and knew that she wouldn’t let it go until she spoke up about who she actually liked. “I think I’m in love with Maggie.”
“About time you tell me.” Anna laughed looking at the other woman that was jogging beside her. She slowed down and turned to the other girl, feeling like she owed her an explanation. “You also blush when we mention her. You smile more whenever she is around and you are always around her. Honestly Anne and I were waiting for you guys to announce you were already dating the first time we saw you two cuddling on the couch with her head in your lap and you playing with her hair.”
Bessie was at a loss of words. She didn’t think she was that obvious about her crush on the girl. She didn’t think that the others were paying attention to them and were wondering about their relationship. She wanted to ask one final question before going back home to talk to Maggie because she would rather be honest with her about how she has been feeling over the past few months. “Do you think she likes me back?”
“I think she is more than just likes you.” Anna knew that Maggie seemed to have a similar look in her eyes when ever Bessie was near her, and almost always had a smile on her face around the other girl.