Once, there were four children who stood at an underground train station. They had just returned from a land called Narnia but nobody around them was aware that they ever had left. The children thought that their adventure was over. After all, it wa...
"We need more information! We have to stop there!" Susan shouted.
"We don't have time, Su! Ed and Lu don't have time!" Peter shouted, trying to overcome the sound of the crash of the waves.
"If we don't stop there, we will be putting their lives in even more danger!" She stated.
"Why don't we all-" Caspian started but the siblings did not notice his presence in the room while trying to put forward their points.
"We have to get more information!" Susan said and pulled up a chair. She stood on it and continued. "Now I am on the higher ground!"
Peter shook his head at Susan's way of boldly displaying her opinions. "Standing on a chair. Really, Su?"
"We simply cannot make a decision that we may regret later on and we absolutely cannot risk anyone's lives more than we have to, which is why...Ahhhh!"
The Dawn Treader was battling a heavy current. The ship had hit a very large wave and created a tremor for everyone on board, especially Susan. She lost balance and fell down. Well, almost. "Are you okay?" Caspian asked as he caught her midway of the fall. He was standing close to her and saved her from any injury.
Susan was looking directly into his eyes and almost forgot that she could speak in the first place. "Yes." She said as Caspian let her go and helped her stand on the floor of the cabin.
Peter noticed the clear tension of sorts and knew that the two of them needed to talk to each other. "Alright then. We'll continue this discussion tonight, even though we are going with my plan and heading straight to Lucy and Edmund. I am going to go...talk with Reepicheep. Maybe train a little bit. I may be a little rusty with a sword. Caspian, may I borrow your sword?"
"Yes, Peter. Here." Caspian said as he handed it to him.
"Thank you" He said, hurrying out of the door.
Susan knew what Peter's intentions were and wasn't sure if she was grateful or angry for it. Caspian cleared his throat and started moving maps to their place in the cupboard nearby from the table. "Caspian?" She called out.
A roll of map fell over his head as Caspian hurriedly stood up. "Yes?"
Susan smiled at his flustered face. "I think we may need to talk about...us." She said, twiddling her thumbs as she did when she was nervous.
"I guess we do." He agreed and the two of them sat down near the fireplace.
"Caspian-" She started.
"May I go first?" He asked. "Please?"
Susan was once again getting lost in his eyes. She noticed that he had seemed different than the last time they had met, maybe it was the beard. But honestly, she was just swaying to his voice. "Yes, of course." She said, sitting straighter.
"Susan, I know that it has been years since all of you left," He started. "But I just need to tell you that seeing you after all this while, I realise that even now, I am taken aback by you. You take my breath away and I cannot help but feel the same way as I did those years ago. And I do think that somehow, you feel the same way despite what you told me yesterday."
Susan took a deep breath. She didn't know what to expect but it certainly wasn't that. She was expecting him to tell her that maybe he was betrothed to someone else or that he did not want anything to happen between them. It would have made things a whole lot easier for her.
Susan was scared to admit her feelings. Of course, she wanted to be with him! He was the only person who ever understood her and did not just fall for her outer appearance. Despite what the Pevensies thought, Susan and Caspian had actually talked more than they let on.
Susan was terrified, yes. She did not know what to do. She had tried to move on because Aslan's words had always haunted her. "I'm afraid that the two of you are not going to return to Narnia, dear ones." He had told her and Peter. But right then, Caspian was telling her that she wanted to hear.
"I'm sorry, Caspian." She said, knowing that she would shatter the hope in his eyes.
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"I'm afraid that the two of you are not going to return to Narnia, dear ones."
"I meant what I said yesterday. My family is more important to me and...I don't really have a place for anyone else in my life." She sighed.
"I'm afraid that the two of you are not going to return to Narnia, dear ones."
"That's what I wanted to tell you." She added, trying to hide the hurt in her voice.
"I understand." He nodded. "I won't bother you anymore. We can always be friends." He got up out of his chair. "I'm pretty sure that Peter must be a little rusty. I'm going to help him out on the deck."
"I'm going to get some rest."
"I'm afraid that the two of you are not going to return to Narnia, dear ones." The voice continued to linger in her mind as she laid in her bed.
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Peter was practicing his sword formations when he nearly dropped it. "Wow. I am a bit rusty." He told himself.
"Hello, Peter." He heard from behind him. He turned about to see Caspian standing there.
"Hello Caspian." Peter said back. "How did it go?"
"How did what go?" Caspian asked.
"You and Susan." He replied. "I saw the way you two were looking at each other."
"No matter. She does not want to be with me."
"Of course she wants to be with you! She is just being Susan. She will probably come around at some point." But Caspian did not look convinced. "Look." He continued. "I know she still has feelings for you, because well I am her brother. She rarely shows her 'I like you' side to anyone. But when she does it, she means it."
"I hope you are right. But how long am I expected to wait?" Caspian asked.
"As long as it takes." Peter had secretly approved of Caspian to court his sister. "And by the way, it would be great to officially call you my brother one day. Because I already consider you one."
