A/N: Tada, here it is! I'm sooo so so so SO sorry it took so long! But here it is, so read it! Oh, and if anyone hasn't read the story before this, GO READ The Light of His Eyes. And be sure to leave lots of nice reviews :P So without further ado…

Sparkling Water

Chapter 1: Flying Shoes

Peter Pevensie, also known as King Peter, was just about to knock on the door to the room he shared with his wife of two years, Emmy. As he raised his hand to the deep mahogany wood, he heard an angry cry and a dull thud from within.

He opened the door and stuck his head in. He peeked into the room, then withdrew his head as a shoe came flying toward him. It struck the door where his head had been just a second before. When he heard no more shoes hitting the door, he cautiously stepped in. "Emmy? Are you alright?"

She looked up at him from the bed, tears spilling from her blue eyes. "I can't get my shoes on," she sobbed. It was obvious why; she was eight months pregnant.

He sat next to her and wrapped her shaking body in his arms. "Just one more month, love. You know I'll always help you." At this, she buried her face in his chest and mumbled something. "Huh?"

"I said I don't want help! I want this to be over! Look at me, I'm a cow!"

"You're beautiful! And you want the baby to be healthy."

"Of course I do!"

"Then you only have one more month to go. We're almost there!"

She laughed, wiping her eyes on her dress sleeve. Peter got up, collected her shoes from across the room, and slipped them on her feet. "Now that wasn't so bad."

"Yeah, well, you're gonna have to help me up."

Queen Susan the Gentle was training to be a midwife for Emmy. As she emerged from one of her last training sessions, she saw Emmy hobbling down the hall with Peter at her side.

"Oh, dear. It looks like we need to let out your dress some more…" she observed.

"Don't remind me," Emmy winced.

"Come on, it's time for your checkup." Susan led her into a nearby room.

Edmund appeared after a few moments. "Hello, Peter."

"Hey, Ed. How's trade these days?"

"Oh, fantastic." They lost themselves in talk of foreign affairs and distant lands.

Emmy sat on a bench in the courtyard, soaking up the early spring sun. Lucy and Susan were bent over a plant, trying to identify it.

"No! Look at the leaves! That's not right!" They argued back and forth until Emmy pointed out that it was a common weed.

"Oh, look! Bird eggs!" Lucy pointed towards a bird's nest in a low tree branch. As she and Susan argued over what kind of bird it could be, Emmy thought to herself. She thought about how perfect life was. She had a loving husband, wonderful friends, and a baby on the way.

She felt a pain in her stomach, but it quickly went away, so she thought nothing of it. A few minutes later, the pain came back, though. "Susan," she said quietly. Susan did not here, though; she was trying to convince Lucy that the eggs were those of a robin.

Standing up, Emmy cried out. "Susan!" The two brunette heads turned to look her way.

"What is it?"

Emmy gasped and held her stomach as her water broke.

A/N: Sooooo, what did you think? Yeah, it was a bit short, but the next chapter will be longer. Remember, the more reviews, the faster the updates come! (I mean it this time :D)