A/N: Part two of three. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: The characters of Peter Pevensie, Susan Pevensie, Edmund Pevensie, Lucy Pevensie, and Aslan are all property of Disney® and of C.S. Lewis, as is Narnia. This story was inspired by the song lyrics Iris by Goo Goo Dolls.

Adelaide

Five years earlier.

The year was 1970, and it was well into the cold war. The streets of London were still wet after the recent downpour over a period of a few days. Puddles littered the streets and were splashed onto the sidewalks as cars ran through them, occasionally hitting the boots of passerbyes.

The day couldn't have been more gloomy for Adelaide as she slowly walked down the street, ignoring everything to the point where she even bumped into a few pedestrians that were still out instead of at work.

She had just been to the doctors office and found out some of the worst news she had heard in her life. She was dying of leukemia.

With such shocking news, she didn't know how to handle it. There was so much she wanted to do with her life, so much she wanted to accomplish. And at only fifteen, getting news that you wouldn't live past your twenty-second birthday was a lot to swallow.

Luckily she didn't have that far to walk, she was only heading a few blocks over to meet her father in the library. Adelaide loved books and history. But mostly she loved stories of faraway lost lands such as Pompeii, or Atlantis. Her dream had been to go on an expedition to find it in the Mediterranean to find it, but there was little chance of that.

She found her father in the study area on the second floor, and was ready to help her with her studies. Even though she had an enormous library at home, her father still took her to London's library to help her. It wasn't that huge of an inconvenience since she was home schooled.

Her father's grinning face couldn't help but bring a small smile to her own face. She'd tell him when she got home. There wasn't any reason to make a huge scene in the middle of the library anyway. Besides, she wanted her mother to be there as well when she broke the news.

On this particular day, Adelaide was studying history and geography, mostly around the Mediterranean Sea. Little did she know that four years later, the map of the sea she was studying, she was going to be sailing on. Nor could she know that four years from the date, she would find a door that would lead her to another world that would change her life forever.

Five years into Adelaide's future.

Cair Paravel never looked more magnificent to Adelaide. It was hard not to considering she had just been on her death bed, literally died, and all of a sudden she was back on her two feet.

After finally convincing Peter she was much better, he had gone back to taking care of most of the political affairs, which was a lot of work now that he had insisted on doing it on his own again.

She usually spent her time having tea with Susan or Lucy, walking through the garden, or reading one of the thousands of books in their enormous library. She thought her personal library had been rather large, but Cair Paravel's library put it to shame.

A few weeks after things had settled a bit more down, Peter surprised Adelaide by having a small dinner for two set up for the both of them on a balcony where they could overlook the magnificent view of the sun setting on the sea's horizon.

"Your really shouldn't have," she said with a smile, as he pulled out her chair.

"Anything for you," he whispered, gently kissing her cheek before sitting down himself. The two had a pleasant dinner. Adelaide occasionally glanced up at Peter, who always seemed to be gazing at her, which in turn made Adelaide's cheeks go slightly pink.

"What made you change your mind?" he asked.

Adelaide looked up, confused. "What do you mean?" she inquired.

"I mean what made you change your mind about Aslan?" he asked. "Before you didn't believe any sort of God existed, even when Aslan himself stood in front of you."

Adelaide though for a moment; she had told Peter what had happened weeks ago on that scary day he had almost lost her. She told him about Aslan thanking her for believing in him, about everything.

"Do you remember the Pirate raids half a year ago?" she asked.

"How could I forget," he asked gravely. It had been a hard time at Cair Paravel. It was in the dead of winter. Lucy had gone to the Beavers' with Mr. Tumnus and Edmund had gone north to Owlwood with troops to stop pirate raids.

Only that had been a diversion. A few days later, in the dead of night, no one suspected a fleet of Pirates would come to Cair Paravel by sea and raid the castle. They had captured Susan, Peter, and Adelaide. And out of spite and humility, had thrown Peter into the cold sea in the middle of nowhere. It had been their response to Peter shutting down their black market for good.

"I was scared for you," she admitted. "Then I remembered how much you believed in Aslan. How many wonderful things you said and had seen him do for his people, his land and for your family. If you trusted him, then so would I. I prayed he would come help you."

Peter couldn't help but smile. He stood up and walked over to Adelaide, bowing and offering his hand.

"Would you care to dance?" he asked.

Adelaide let out a small laugh. She loved the way Peter was so cute and sweet to her, how the smallest gesture meant so much. "There's no music to dance to."

Peter let out a chuckle but didn't move. "Absence of music never stops anyone from dancing."

Adelaide let out another laugh before taking Peter's hand. "I'd love to, Your Majesty."

Peter led her a little ways from the table and began to lead her in a slow waltz. Adelaide had never gotten over how terrific of a dancer Peter was. His blue eyes never left hers, gazing deeply into her brown ones.

Adelaide smiled, leaning her head on his shoulder and closing her eyes. She loved moments like this, where they could be together and not have to worry about onlookers approval.

Peter kissed her cheek, holding her close. They had stopped moving by now, and they were just standing there, holding one another. Adelaide could feel her heart pounding in tandem with his.

"I never want to loose you again," he whispered, gently stroking her soft hair.

Adelaide smiled. "You won't. I promise you'll never loose me."

She could feel her chin lifted by his fingers and his lips press against hers in a gentle kiss. She couldn't help but return his soft kiss, melting away into her own world where only the two of them existed.

Several minutes that seemed like hours passed by, before the two broke apart, though only enough to gaze into one another's eyes.

"I love you." His gentle voice melted her heart again, and she felt her eyes begin to water, not with sadness or fear, but with joy.

"I love you," she whispered back, holding him tightly, leaning her head on his chest again.

Peter's arms wrapped tighter around her, as if letting go would mean she'd be gone again. Adelaide felt so safe in his arms, feeling nothing could come in between them. Ever.

And all I can taste is this moment

And all I can breathe is your life

'Cause sooner or later its over

I just don't want to miss you tonight