The World Is Better Off Without Me

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Catherine Parr P.O.V

I sigh as I look at the kitchen, it's a mess, Jane standing in one corner, sweating. I raise my eyebrows at my girlfriend. "Babe? What's going on?" She winces, backing away, her eyes tearing up, "I'm so-" "Stop! Just stop apologising." She winces and runs out. I stand back in shock, I never meant to snap at her. I go to run off at her, but hear a voice slam.

Jane Seymour P.O.V

I lock the door. Cathy would be better off without me, she could go have a real girlfriend like Anne. I'm just a failure. The world would be better off without me. I make a split second decision, swallowing some pills. I never meant for my self-harm to get this far... but it has and it will. I lie on the bed, letting death take me. This is what was best. But all I can think about is Cathy and the words she told me this morning. 'I love you.' I hold those words close as I close my eyes, letting them wrap around me like a warm blanket but the biting cold, of the way Anne looks at Cathy and the way Cathy looks back even if she doesn't do it on purpose still fights through and into me. And in those final moments, I swallow another pill, thus insuring my end.

Anne Boleyn P.O.V

Cathy waits a few seconds before running after her. I don't hear anything until a piercing scream fills the house. It's Cathy. I rush after her, unsure of what to do. I enter the room, letting the door hang open. Lying on the bed is Jane, unconscious, dead. The body once filled with life now motionless. Cathy is just standing there, no tears coming just shock. I think she is silent until I hear her muttering words over and over again, 'It's my fault. It's my fault.'

The queens follow us in. Aragon calling an ambulance even thought there is no hope left. Anna hugging Kitty while she is on the floor, sobbing. And with Jane's body in front of me, I can't help but feel some twisted version of happy. Parr can finally be mine. When I think those words, I look around at the room. Cathy hugging Jane's lifeless body, still silent. My cousin, my best friend crying. Anna, tears dripping down her cheeks. Aragon desperately talking to a doctor.

This was all my fault. My cousin is crying because of me. Cathy will never be the same again because of me. But I still can't stop thinking of those words, Parr can finally be happy with m. I still can't stop feeling a dark kind of happy.

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