The opening scenes shows all of Mary's ladies sitting by the lakeside talking about their kisses. Kenna begins talking about her kiss with a man and not a boy and that how she thinks that boys shouldn't be worth their time. After everyone mentioned their first kisses it was Greer's turn and she says that she's never really had her first kiss. She also mentions that her family can't afford any mess ups she could cause with other people because she was from a commoner family. But Greer does say that she has a thing for Tomas, the prince of Portugal, who is currently visiting France. Aylee warns Greer that she should be careful since she isn't titled. Aylee says that princes only marry for allies. But Greer just ignores Aylee's warning and says that Tomas isn't like a King's bastard and won't ruin her. Suddenly a maid runs towards them and tells Mary that her uncle has come to French Court and would want to speak with her immediately.
Mary leaves her friends and talks with her uncle about her marriage to Francis. He also requests her to plead with the King and Queen to send more troops to Scotland because they are currently being invaded by the English all the time. He tells her as a Queen she must fix this problem and help her country and by fixing the problem she takes this to King Henry pleading for him to lend her some of his troops. Henry then gives her excuses about how he needs his men to fight off more borders that attack France. He tells her that Scotland only has to worry about England and that France has to worry about Italy, Spain, England and Germany. He does tell her that he would help send materials and supplies for the troops, but no more, no less. Mary leaves the room angrily and Francis runs after her saying that he completely agrees with what she has to deal with and that he will talk peacefully with his father when he has time.
While Mary is still angry with Henry, she goes and plays ball with Charles and just so happened to kick it so hard that it got stuck to the top of the tree branch. She climbs up the tree and finds out that when she finally retrieves the ball, Charles was already tired of waiting for her. But Greer and Tomas just so happen to pass by seeing Mary stuck in the tree. Mary tries to jump down and lands on Tomas and she asks him if he's ok and he says he's fine. He then leaves and Mary tells Greer that she didn't leave a very good impression on him. Greer tells her that it's ok and she tells Mary of her evening plans with Tomas. She says that, that's when she plans to have her first kiss.
Later on in the castle, Bash and Henry are having a fencing duel and Bash continuously lost battles and Henry suspects that there's something on his mind that's not letting him focus. Shortly after they continue to duel Francis comes into the room and begs Henry to send troops to Scotland. He makes a deal with Henry that if he wins the round he will send troops. They begin their duel and Francis wins and say that Henry has to send troops. Henry's reply to Francis was Kings have to always make empty promises and refuses.
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