Looking for Narnia

Kirke Digory

"You know, I had a great time last night babe" I say loud enough for Cameron to hear me from the kitchen.
I heard him chuckle "I had a great time too"
I laugh and put on my nurse uniform.
As I got out of the room I quickly got the house keys and my hand bag, I sight and stop.
I walk back to Cameron and get the collar of his shirt and pull him close to me to give him a long and soft kiss.
As we separate he smiles from ear to ear "What was that for?"
"It's a see you later kiss" I say and wave at him "See you at ten!"
"See ya!"
I walk out of my apartment and see Monica getting out of her's with her uniform on as well, she glances my way and gives me a small smile.
"It was loud last night..." she says with a hint of anger.
I blushed and nod "Really? I didn't hear a thing" I say in monotone.
She nods and crosses her arms "Who did you bang this time? Dr. Grayson? And in the bed you share with Cameron, that's low"
I scoff instantly, I knock harshly on my apartment door and a shirtless Cameron opens the door.
"Cameron, Monica said we were too loud last night..." I say looking at her square in the eye.
Cameron turns a bright red and scratches his neck, "Uhm... I- I sorry" he says to her with a embarrassed smile "We'll keep it down next time"
Monica bites the inside of her cheek and nods rapidly.
"Don't worry I was just kidding--"
"His face is up here, not down here" I say pointing to his toned abs. Honestly I was proud of Cameron.
Cameron frowns at me and I shrug, Monica mumbles something and leaves our sides.
"See you at work Monica" I say waving and with a high pitch.
"You're so mean" Cameron points his finger at me and I smile.
"I know, and you love it babe" I say pecking his lips.
"Wait... You called me babe without cringing" Cameron says with a wide smile.
I look at the ground as I blush, "Yeah, I know. I think your pretty boy face is growing on me" I say backing up.
I blow him a kiss and he pretends to catch it, I laugh and turn around to walk to work.
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Weeks passed and I felt like I was falling even deeper in love.
He is like the light when I come bak home, I feel somehow safe with him.
"Bye babe" I called as I walked out of the apartment. I walked off to the gray streets and turned to the corner to see a letter in the floor. The letter had the initial K written in red.
I looked around and just picked it up and threw it in the trash can just to keep walking to the hospital.
"Good morning Kira" Dr. Grayson says waving. I wave back and smile, "Good morning Dr., is there anything I could help you?" I say as I enter the room with the nurses lockers.
"A new patient came in..." he says with slight discomfort. I nod and bring my hands to my waist.
"That bad?" I ask.
He gulps "Burned all his body with a bomb in the battle field, came in at 2 in the morning. He is still screaming in pain. I had to give him something to sleep"
I nod "I'll be there in a sec"
He nods and walks out of the room, I turn back to put my locker combination and then open my locker.
To my surprise a letter came out of the locker and fell in top of my feet. I frowned and picked it up and saw the K written in red.
"What the..?" I say and sit in the corner of the room where a trash can was"I thought I threw you away"
I sighted and threw it away for the second time this day.
I look weirdly at the trashcan and gulp. Was this the same letter?
"What was it doing in my locker?"
"Whatcha say?" I turn around rapidly to the sound of another nurse.
"Uhm... Nothing, I was just talking to myself you know" I say leaving my bag inside the locker and smiling nervously as I walk out of the room with one last glance at the trash can in the far corner.
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"Knock knock" I say knocking to then opening the door to the burned patients room.
I saw him laying there, his whole body covered in white cloth.
His face also wrapped.
I gulp and put down the tray besides him.
"Hi Mr..." I look at his name in the clipboard and smile "Edmund"
The man opened his eyes and saw me then just closed them again.
"Mr. Edmund... I like that name" I say to him as I check his heartbeat and writting it down.
"You know, I knew someone named Edmund" I say and then hesitate "At least I think he even exists" I say sighting then putting the clipboard down.
"What?" the man croaked out and I look up at him surprised he actually talked "Edmund, would you like some water?"
He nods and I bring the cup to his lips and tilting it up so the water touched his lips. He gulped the water quickly and I smile "Thirsty much?" I tease and he closes his eyes.
"Let's say that war is more shooting than eating, drinking, or talking" I nod at his words, I start to unwrap his face and he stopped me. He screamed in pain as his sudden arm movement.
"Don't take it off" he says and I frown. "I have to clean your face and fetch some new wrapping" I say as I get his hand and lay it down carefully.
"But... I am ugly" he croaked out and I bite my lip. I nod "You should never be ashamed Edmund" I whisper as I slowly take off the wrapping.
"My girlfriend will leave me, I- I love her" he says and I think he wanted to cry.
"If your girlfriend leaves you for being brave enough for going to war then she was not the one" I whisper so he could be the only one to hear my words.
"Sing to me" he croaks out and I gulp.
"Oh well... I am not much of a singer but I'll hum this to you" I say.
I start to see the chunks of hair in his head.
Most of his hair was burned off and I gulp thinking about how hurtful that must be.
I start humming a song that I suddenly knew. I just didnt know how or where I listened it. But it felt like it was a song to hum in this situation.
I fully unwrap his face and his eyes were fully closed. His lips trembled and I close my eyes just to keep the tears out.
"Edmund open your eyes" I whisper and he shakes his head as much as he could then hissed in pain.
"Edmund, you are not ugly, you are the bravest person I have ever seen in my life" I say caressing his remaining hair.
He tensed then relaxed and eyes released a tear as he opened his eyes.
"Do you think so?"
I nod and get my sponge full of cold water to start cleaning his face.
He hissed a couple of times but was mainly relaxed.
After 20 minutes I re-wrapped his face but before added something to cure his burns.
"All done" I whisper and he hums a second of what I hummed to him earlier.
"What is that song" *(the song is up there, Mr.Tumnus Lullaby)*
"I... Don't know" I say smiling.
He gives me a small smile and I look around.
"Just between you and me let's call it Edmund's lullaby" I whisper and kiss his forehead.
I turn around to open the door but I was stopped by Edmund's mumble.
"Where are you going?" he says again and I frown.
"I am a nurse Ed, I have work"
"Don't leave me" he says looking at me with his dark brown eyes.
"Ed I have to go" I say, and I gulp as he closes his eyes not looking at me anymore.
"I'll be back tomorrow" I promise and leave the room.
Suddenly a strong wind hits my face and an envelope hits my face.
I look at the envelope in surprise and look at the red K written.
"These letters are all over the place jeez" I say and throw it to the trash can.
I smile as I see patients walk with nurses to their rooms.
I walk to the kitchen and glare at the mean cook.
"Whatcha want now--"
"That is no way to talk to your fellow worker Mr. Vint" Dr. Grayson said walking in and I smirk to his face.
"Yes sorry Dr. Sorry Ms...."
I gulp as I was never asked my last name this publicly. The cooks just stared at my face and I just nod.
"Just Kira" I say and take off but come back to leave the tray, which was in fact very embarrassing.
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I open the door of my cozy apartment and breathe in the smell of home cooked dinner.
"Babe is it you?" Cameron asks and I turn to the kitchen door "Hi honey"
I smile and he grabs me in his arms to pick me up.
I giggle and kiss him passionately.
I separate myself from his and pat his well built chest.
"A letter came in the mail today. For you" he says as I throw my coat at the sofa. I frown and set my purse down in the table.
"For me?" I ask surprised, this is a first. I never get mail, its always for Cameron.
"Let me see" I say and he glares at me.
"Its a prank it has nothing in it. Its a blank paper Kira" I roll my eyes and take the paper from his hands.
"You can't be serious" I say and he shrugs and goes back to his doings.
I look at the ripped envelope and turn it around to see a red K written.
I yelp and throw the envelope to the floor and Cameron looks at me weirdly.
"What?"
"No nothing, I thought I saw a bug there" I say laughing nervously, I pick it up and frown as I open the letter to see ink in the paper.
"Didn't you say it was blank" I day and Cameron glances over my shoulder.
"Babe... It is blank" he says slowly like I was going to break.
"Uh... What?" I say and point at the black and beautiful letters.
I look back at him and he takes the letter and turns it around for me to see.
"Kira! Nothing! Babe. Are you okay?"
I look at the letter in shock as I see the letter that he held was indeed blank.
I take the paper back in my hands and when I blink I see the black ink again.
"Yeah, it's just... More wounded soldiers have arrived. Very tired" I say.
He nods and we sit to eat dinner in a comfortable silence.
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As I laid there in my room, with Cameron snoring by my side I couldn't sleep.
Not because of his snoring, but because the letter was in my drawer and Cameron thinks I threw it away.
I kept thinking about the red K.
This letter has been FOLLOWING ME everywhere I go.
From the streets to the hospital to my apartment.
I gulped as I sat up and Cameron moved to face the other side of the room.
I opened the drawer and took the envelope in my hand and sprinted to the bathroom.
As I closed the door slowly I turn the lights on to read the letter. I couldn't believe my eyes when I unfolded the paper and saw a handwritten letter. The handwriting was delicate ad elegant.
I frowned as I read the letter:
"Dear Kira,
You may not know me, and I don't know who you are. You will notice the letter will follow you if you don't read this. I am Kirke Digory, and well I just had this feeling you might need to know something. I know your secret and I know other people that share the same secret too, including me.
I am inviting you to the British Council's Tea Party next week.
I really hope you could accompany me to this event as I may think you would find interesting.
Sincerely,
Kirke Digory"
The only name in my head the rest of the week was Kirke Digory.
I was always thinking about what secret he shared with others that was also mine.
Narnia?
It couldn't be... It's just, not possible.
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