"Look, you've done all that you can, Ed…" Peter patted his brother's shoulder. All four Pevensie siblings plus Caspian and Gregory were sitting in the courtyard at Creighton Hall, Lucy in Edmund's lap with Peter and Susan on either side. "They'll find him…and it's not like he doesn't want to be wherever he is…he left on his own and he'll be back if it's the right thing for him."

"I'm sick of the right thing," Edmund shook his head. "The right time, the right thing…it's all starting to get to me, I just want him…he's been gone for a day and I'm terrified that I'm never going to see him again…" Edmund sighed as Lucy smiled up at him.

"He'll be back Ed, you just have to wait." Lucy smiled up at her brother, hoping that she was convincing him of something that she herself had no idea about.

"Maybe," Edmund sighed, "but maybe it's time that I just moved on…tried to find someone else, a nice girl, make mom happy."

"No." Peter shook his head. "Don't settle for less than what you want, Ed, wait until you find the right person, then cling. I thought that Jack was that person and I'm still not convinced that I was wrong."

"You weren't." Everyone turned around and Edmund stood in shock, Lucy rolling off of his lap. "Ed…we need to talk." Edmund just nodded, still in shock as Jack led him away towards their alcove in the alley. "Look…I could start by saying everything that I need to, but there's something that I have to do first." Jack smiled slightly and pushed Edmund up against the wall, kissing him fiercely. Edmund didn't hesitate. He pulled Jack in closer to him and returned the kiss with as much passion as he could manage. His fingers tangled in Jack's thick hair while Jack's hands rested on Edmund's waist as he gently held Edmund against the wall with his body. "I love you Ed, so much."

"I love you too." Edmund's breathing was fast and he needed air, but he didn't want to stop kissing Jack until he absolutely had to. He pressed his lips against Jack's and closed his eyes, working the kiss so that he was in charge, showing Jack just how much he had missed this.

"Ok…we can do this more later…" Jack pulled away again, this time practically gasping for air. "But I really do have some things that I need to say first, so if it's alright with you, I'd like to get that done." Jack looked up at Edmund, who just nodded, still trying to catch his breath. "I was so stupid…I should have believed you from the start, but I didn't and my idiocy almost cost me the most important thing in my life, and-" Edmund shook his head, cutting Jack off.

"You didn't lose me Jack, you never did. I was always here, I was always willing. What you almost was your faith in yourself, you didn't think that you could love me unconditionally, but you did."

"What do you mean?" Jack looked at Edmund, confused.

"Well you obviously believe me now, right?" Jack nodded, still unsure of what Edmund was getting at. "That means that all along you had the capability to, you just wouldn't allow yourself too because you needed something between us, something to act as a barrier until you were sure that you could give me every part of your heart."

"No, Ed…-"

"Eddie." Edmund smiled slightly before allowing Jack to continue.

"Alright, Eddie…you don't understand…I didn't just think over what you said, I didn't just decide to start believing you. I went to the professor's house, I went through the wardrobe Edmund."

"Then you believed me all along." Edmund smiled, his heart floating as he heard Jack's words.

"Ok, now you've really lost me…" Jack shook his head slightly, his eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "What are you talking about, Eddie."

"If you didn't believe me, you never would have gone to the professor." Edmund chuckled slightly. "Some part of you always knew, Jack, something inside of you believed me and that's why you went, you had to see it for yourself to fully allow yourself to believe me, but you did all along."

"No…I couldn't have…that's not-"

"Trust me, Jack." Edmund smiled kindly at Jack. "I've grown up once already, I know these things." Edmund placed a soft kiss on Jack's forehead. "You got to Narnia on your own, that means you believed in it at least a little bit all along, how do you think I got through? I followed Lucy once, because I thought that just maybe she might be telling the truth, and she was…you did the same for me."

"Eddie…you're…you're amazing, you know that?" Jack sighed and pushed some stray hair from Edmund's face, looking at him with admiration.

"I'm not." Edmund shook his head, denying Jack's statement, though he could feel his ears growing hot with Jack's compliment.

"Yes, you are." Jack smiled. "When you told me about Narnia you left things out, I didn't know how much you'd given…that the witch almost killed you because you were trying to save Peter, that you kept her from coming back your second time through when both Peter and Caspian were too weak…I know your history, Edmund, all of it…what you told me and everything else that goes along with it."

"Jack…"

"No, let me finish." Jack put a finger to Edmund's lips. "I need one more thing before we go back to being the way that we were, I need you to forgive me for what I did to you…for the pain that I caused, for not believing you."

"You don't need my forgiveness, you did nothing wrong."

"Ed…please." Jack's eyes begged for Edmund's forgiveness. "I believe that I was wrong, I know that I hurt you, I know that I broke your heart, your brother told me so and I am so, so sorry for that, I-"

"You are forgiven then," Edmund draped his arms around Jack's waist. "I just love you, and that means forgiving you for stupid things like this."

"I love you too Ed, I really do." Jack smiled and kissed Edmund softly, trying to contain tears of joy as he felt himself go weak in Edmund's arms. "Or should I say I love you, my king?"

"Mm, not here." Edmund chuckled slightly, shaking his head. "Just Eddie…"

"Alright." Jack nodded. "I love you, Eddie, with all of my heart."

"That's all I ask of you."

A/N Aw, the end!