A Narnian Love Story (Peter Pevensie)

Chapter 8

*Sophies pov*

When we get to the river it's almost gone. We need to cross this quickly or we'll never make it to Aslan's camp.
"We need to get a move on. Now!" Mr Beaver tells us, hurrying down to the icy part of the river.
We follow him, being careful not to fall. Then we start to make our way across. Once we're halfway, I hear the crunching of snow above us and I can tell the others do too. We all look up, searching around us and from the corner of my eye I see movement. I turn my head quickly, trying to work out what it is, and that's when I see it.
"Oh no!" Lucy cries, obviously having seen it too.
A wolf appears in front of us, jumping down from the top of the frozen waterfall. Peter grabs my hand, pulling me with him to go back to the other side of the river but there's already another wolf standing growling at us. We turn back again to face the first wolf, who is obviously Maugrim.
"Put that down, Boy. Before someone is injured." The wolf growls as Peter lets go of my hand, pulling out his sword.
Peter ignores him, standing his guard, sword held out in front of him towards Maugrim.
"Ignore him, Peter. Kill him." Mr Beaver shouts from his position under the paw of the wolf.
All I can think in this moment is, we're gonna die!. It's the only thing going through my head. And at this time, I wonder, if we die here, will we return to our world? Or are we forgotten there? It scares me to think about that. If we die, I won't see Peter anymore. Or Susan. Or Lucy. Even Ed. My mum will forget I ever existed. I don't want that. I want her to remember me. I-
I'm pulled out of my thoughts by Peter's voice.
"Hold onto me!"
My mind is unable to process his words and before I know it, he has plunged the sword into the ice below us and I'm flying backwards into the water. I don't know what's happening. I'm not a great swimmer, so I feel myself being dragged downwards, into the water. I do my best to guide myself towards the banking, my vision becoming blurry.
I reach the banking. Grabbing onto the grass, trying my best to pull myself up. I gather all the strength I have left, using it to pull myself up and onto the banking, laying there trying to keep myself awake. I fight as hard as I can, but my head is pounding and my vision is almost gone. I can hear the sound of the waves crashing against the grass beside me and I can't hold on any longer.
My eyes flutter closed and my vision goes black and that's all I remember before I am completely unconscious.

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*Peter's pov*

I pull myself up onto the grass banking. Looking to my left, I see susan already lying there, trying to catch her breath. I can't see Lucy or Sophie though. Neither are within my line of sight. This causes an uneasy feeling to occur in my stomach. I stand up, spinning in a circle, trying to spot either of them somewhere. I can hear Susan shouting their names but no response is heard.
"Sophie! Lucy! Where are you? This isn't funny!" I call, hoping to hear a reply from one of them. No such luck. I start walking one way, Susan going in the other direction, both of us searching for either of the two girls. Not far down the river, I spot a figure lying on the grass. Wet, blonde londe hair covering her face. Her clothes completely soaked. Sophie. I run over to her as fast as I can with my heavy clothes weighing me down because of the water. As I'm bending down beside her, all my mind is thinking of is:
'what if I lose her? I'll never get to tell her how I feel.'
I bend my head down to her to check if she's breathing. She is, but only faintly. I waste no time in starting CPR on her, something mum taught me just incase before we left. I continue for around 5 minutes before her body springs up into a sitting position, her chest moving up and down at a rapid pace to help her catch her breath.
"Wha- what happened?" Her voice cracks from not being used.
"Oh, thank goodness!" I cry, pulling her into my chest and hugging her tightly, not wanting to let go.
"Pete?" She croaks out.
"I'm here. Shhh. Oh my good, I was so worried." I reply, too scared to let go, keeping her wrapped in my arms.
"Pete? Can I get up now? Pete?" She blushes slightly.
"Oh, yeah. Sure.." I blush as I let go and stand up to help her.
As soon as she's standing, I pull her straight back into my arms. Thinking of losing her makes my stomach churn. I don't know what I'd do if I ever lost her.
"Soph? If I tell you something, do you promise it won't ruin our friendship?" I ask nervously.
"Of course, Pete."
"Okay. Here it goes..." I pull back from our hug, fiddling nervously with my fingers. "Umm, Soph... I- I think-"
"Come on, Pete. It's okay. What's wrong?" She stares into my eyes with worry.
And stare straight back into her eyes, my confidence building slightly as I say,
"Soph, I think I'm in love with you."

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Well there it is. I know it's been forever since I've updated and I know this is quite a short chapter but I'm working on the next couple right now too so they should be up soon. Thank you for being so patient and understanding and thank you so much for reading my story.
Oooh, Peter confessed. I hope this was okay. Again, thank you for reading and hopefully I'll have the next couple chapters up asap.
-Lauren💟