The next day, at exactly 12:30, Susan got dressed. She didn't put on any makeup, and she didn't even try to style her hair; instead, she simply tied in in a ponytail. She decided to wear a blue denim dress that went a little past her knees with puffy shoulder-sleeves and a button-up front. For her shoes, it was hard to find anything that wasn't fancy, but she managed. She decided that from now on, she'd take life more seriously. No more parties.
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When she got to the docks with her picnic basket in hand, Will was already there. He grinned like the Cheshire Cat when he saw her. He ran to greet her.
"So you did bring food! Aslan bless you," he marveled.
Susan laughed. "You had better be patient, or else."
"Oh, really? Or else what?" he challenged playfully.
"Or else you aren't getting any food."
Will gasped. "Gosh darnit, woman, gimme!" He grabbed for the picnic basket, which Susan held just out of reach.
Will frowned. "Drat. Oh well." He shrugged. Then he tried to take the picnic basket out of her hands, and Susan held it out of his reach again, this time edging away from him as she did so. She got closer and closer to the edge of the dock as Will got closer to her. Finally, she was one step away from being in the water. Neither of them noticed it.
"You'll have to catch—ah!" she screamed as she took that final step backwards. The basket landed o the dock, mere inches away from the water. Will ran over and grabbed the basket, bringing it away from the water's edge, the peered over the side of the dock, catching sight of Susan swimming in the ocean. Relieved, he offered her his hand.
She took it, and smirking, she pulled him down. He hit the water with a loud SPLASH! and Susan laughed as he came up, splashing and freaking out. He calmed down a few seconds later, though. He glared at Susan, then dropped the act and laughed along with her.
They got back up onto the dock and ate their lunch under the big tree nearby. Susan told him all about her and her siblings adventures in Narnia, and how much she missed it there, and how she wished she could go back.
Will nodded and said, "I suppose. You know, I've always wanted to start a family. Maybe we could go back to Narnia—you know, if there was a way from my world to your world, then there must be a way to get back home, right?"
Susan shrugged. "Perhaps. But then again, perhaps not." She closed her eyes and bit into her sandwich.
Will studied her carefully. "I have a magic bean that I've been waiting to use. It allows travel between worlds."
"Which would mean we could get back to Narnia," Susan realized. "Could we? I'm not so sure. How is that even possible?"
Will shrugged. "I don't know, exactly. But Narnia might be dead, you know. You can never tell with these kinds of things. If so, then we'll just go to the Enchanted Forest."
Susan nodded. "Alright. Where do people go when the die in Narnia?"
"They go to Aslan's Country. If you've lived in that world, at any point in your life, and you die, if you regret your sins, even subconsciously, then you get to go to Aslan's Country."
Susan started to get teary-eyed. "Oh, Will. I think that's where my family is."
Will gave her a hug. "It's okay. Do you want to go to that world? The Enchanted Forest, I mean. I suppose that if you went there, then when you died you could rejoin your family."
Susan nodded. "I like that idea. Let's get to it, then."
Will smiled. "Great. Let me see…" he rummaged around in his pocket and pulled out something that resembled a clear bean of some kind. He threw it on the ground, and a green portal opened up.
Susan stared in surprise. "You expect me to jump through there?" she screamed increduosly.
Will held out is hand for her to take. "Well…yes, actually. I do."
Susan hesitated, but in the end, she took his hand and jumped with him through the portal.
