She Dreamed of Paradise ❈ Suspian

Happy

"I found what I'd been looking for in myself
Found a life worth living for someone else
Never thought that I could be, I could be
Happy, happy
I believe in possibility
I believe someone's watching over me
And finally I have found a way to be
Happy, happy
From the concrete to the coast
I was looking for a Holy Ghost
Like the land joining the sea
Happiness, it followed me."

- Happy by Marina and the Diamonds.

Susan was in the middle of geography when it happened, she was writing down notes about earthquakes for a class project when the classroom door opened to reveal the headmistress followed closely by a boy that made Susan's heart skip a beat inside her chest and made her drop her pen before quickly picking it back up again. It was him – it was Caspian. Her wish had come true; Aslan must have heard her and granted her the wish.

"Students, I would like you all to meet our new student; his name is Ben and he's just transferred here from Petchey Academy and I want you all to make him feel welcome." The headmistress announced to the class before turning to Ben to mutter something in his ear, causing Ben to nod and make his way through the classroom and desks to find an empty space.

Ben took his place next to Susan which was the only empty space, giving her a slightly awkward smile as he placed his backpack down on the floor. "I'm sorry but you look familiar, your face reminds me of someone."

"Yours does too, I must say. I'm Susan." Susan placed her pen onto her book to fully concentrate on the boy before her, giving Ben a bright smile.

"It's you. I finally found you." Ben whispered, his hand placing over hers.

"I've been waiting for you, my king Caspian." Susan whispered back, gently squeezing his hand. "I knew you would return to me."

Ben smiled, too, but didn't say anything and instead turned his gaze towards the front of the classroom to understand what was going on during this class.

Once the class was over, Susan and Ben were pretty much inseparable the entire day. They were talking and laughing and acting like normal, happy teenagers. Susan found out that Ben was taken to England by Aslan who had informed him about everything in her world and also told him that whenever it was needed, Ben could summon Aslan for help, much like Suzanna was to Susan.

Walking home from school with Lucy, Susan wouldn't stop talking about it. To the point where Lucy was tempted to give her sister a friendly shove just to shut her up, but decided against it since it was a nice change to see her older sister happy and excited about something rather than have her bottle it up and pretend her feelings weren't there.

Arriving home, the girls saw their brothers home and setting up a game of Monopoly in the sitting room. Stepping into the room, Susan gave a small smile and a mumbled "hello" to Anya, Peter's girlfriend and a dear friend to Lucy. After changing into home clothes, Lucy and Susan sat on the sitting room floor to start playing a very long game of Monopoly – the game which Anya later won by bankrupting everyone else.