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Chapter 9: Dear Aslan... I Love You.

Lucy

"Edmund…" I whispered. I was frozen in the same positing.

It was really shocking that Edmund said that to me. I could barley talk or breath… It was just like a dream. I wasn't moving a muscle… I couldn't… I was in to much o a shock.

How could Edmund love me? Me of all people. He had beautiful princesses, beautiful girls, pretty girls, and girls that aren't me! Why would he pick me? I'm nothing special!

I just sat there for I minute just thinking. I couldn't do anything else.

"Lucy, I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable… You probably hate me now." Edmund mumbled. He whipped his head back. He kept saying stuff under his breath, but I wasn't paying attention to that. I was still to shocked. I was shocked that my crush loved me… Edmund loved me!

'Edmund just told me he loved me. Why do I deserve I guy like Edmund. He is perfect!' I thought over and over to myself. I just couldn't get it. Why would Edmund love me?

I took a deep breath to gather my courage. I took Edmunds hands in mine.

"Edmund, I don't hate you. I would never hate you. I-" I started to say, but I got cut off.

"I'm sorry!" Edmund told me. "Please just… go." Edmund mumbled, but I ignored him, and I continued.

"Edmund, I would never hate you! I really, really like you. I think that I'm falling in love with you too." I told Edmund sincerely. After I said my sentence Edmund looked at me like I had five heads. He shook his head, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and the reopened his eyes. He bit his lip from frustration… Suddenly he found the grass beside my feet very interesting.

"Lucy, don't spare my feelings. I'm a big boy… I will understand." Edmund mumbled.

All I could do was stare at Edmund like he was crazy… Well he was crazy.

'How could he not believe me!' I thought in my head. This was driving me nuts!

"Edmund, you must be crazy! I love you!" I whispered. Edmunds eyes found mine. I locked into Edmunds eyes to try and emphasise my point.

'This was so intimidating. I was saying 'I Love You' right in front of my crushes face.' I thought to myself. I found if awkward.

"Lucy, please. How could you love me?" Edmund mumbled sadly. This time he found the rock behind me very interesting. I rolled my eyes at Edmund… He was almost as blind as Peter.

"Edmund, how could I not love you? How many times do you want me to say it! I really like you!" I whispered. Again Edmund's eyes locked onto my eyes.

"Are you serious?" Edmund whispered. He had a slight smile on his face. So I smiled.

"Of course! I-I do love you." I whispered to Edmund. As soon as I said it Edmund had a full smile on his face.

"Really?" Edmund whispered surprised.

"Why wouldn't I?" I asked in a whisper.

I still had a smile on my face, but Edmunds disappeared. Edmund once again found the grass entertaining. He had a slight frown on his face when he shrugged.

"I betrayed you guys." Edmund mumbled.

I was shocked. I didn't know he was still feeling bad because of that. I had no idea he was hating himself because of that. I felt I felt really bad about that… I felt horrible because of that. I just shook my head no.

I stood up on my knees and wrapped my arms around him. He didn't return the hug so I pulled back.

"Are you still beating yourself up because of that?" I asked in a whisper. Edmund was still looking sadly at the grass when he shrugged.

"I wanted to get rid of you guys." Edmund mumbled.

I put one of my fingers under his chin and gently lifted his head up so our eyes could meet.

"That wasn't your fault." I told him. We needed to get all of this cleared up. If Edmund was still thinking about that, if he wasn't being himself because of that, then I needed to do something.

"I didn't want anything to do with you guys… I wanted power, I wanted to lead." Edmund whispered.

I was slightly hurt that he didn't want anything to do with Susan, Peter, or I, but I knew that already. It didn't hurt me much, but to think my crush wanted nothing to do with me… It stung a little.

"Edmund…" I whispered. Edmund just shook his head no.

"I don't deserve anyone's kindness; I don't deserve to be a king, I don't deserve Susan as a sister, I don't deserve Peter or you as my friends, I don't deserve you as my girlfriend, I don't deserve-" Edmund said, but I cut him off. He was taking it way to far.

"Remember what Aslan said?" I asked Edmund. Edmund's eyes locked onto mine.

"I wasn't really there… Well I was, but I wasn't paying much attention." Edmund said.

All that Edmund did was smile sideways after he said that. His smile almost was like a book. I could read his smiles… This smile said- no screamed 'guilty'.

"Well Aslan said something like "The past is the past. No need to discuse it."… Or something like that… Anyway the meaning is the same. it's the past, so it's the past." I whispered to Edmund. Edmund looked up at me again.

"Aslan is… Aslan. He is always nice. I still don't deserve anyone like you." Edmund whispered. There was a slight smile forming on his face…

"Your perfect." I whispered. Edmund had a smile light up his face, so my smile grew bigger.

After a few minutes we were just sitting there… Both of us deep in thought.

"Do you really like me, or are you just saying that." Edmund asked. I just sighed.

'How does he not realise that I like him?' I asked myself in my head.

He was perfect for me. He was nice, amazing, sweet, kind, grounded, and so many other things. I was sure that he was just trying to be nice to me… I can't be compared to any girl here in Narnia, or around Narnia. I wasn't pretty… I was just nice and smart.

"You don't have to lie to me… I can handle the truth." Edmund whispered to me.

"Sorry… I was deep in thought." I told Edmund with a slight smile. I then answered his previous question. "I do love you." I mumbled. I sat down on Edmunds lap, leaned against his chest, and closed my eyes.

"I love you too…" Edmund mumbled. He leaned his chin on top of my head for awhile. "When did you feel like this?" He mumbled to me. I bit my lip and opened my eyes.

"Just before I fell off of the griffin, but I think I liked you long before that." I mumbled. All that Edmund did was laugh slightly.

"You gotta be kidding me." Edmund mumbled. He then continued, "Is that why you fell off?" Edmund asked me. I nodded my head slightly and blushed. Edmund laughed again.

After a few minutes of silent I spoke.

"When did you start liking me?" I asked in a whisper.

"I don't know. It just kind of built up of the years… I just noticed when I saw you laying there broken, but I think I liked you long before that." Edmund told me with a small laugh.

Everyone was silent for a few more minutes.

"Edmund, Lucy, you guys should go to bed now." Susan whispered to us.

'Why would we want to go to bed in the middle of the woods?' I asked franticly in my head.

"Huh?" Edmund asked Susan.

"Well it looks like Peter is going to be sleeping for awhile, you guys fell around 2300 feet! I think you all should go to sleep." Susan whispered to us.

'2300 feet! We fell 2300 feet!' I yelled in my head. It didn't seem like that bad of a fall. How did we survive!

"I think Lucy needs to sleep…" Edmund mumbled.

"Nope! You need to sleep too, Edmund. Now lye down and go to sleep!" Susan told us. I nodded and turned to Edmund.

"I'm going to bed." I mumbled.

"You should. You look really tired." Edmund mumbled to me. He traced under my eyes with one of his fingers.

"I am really tired." I whispered. I yawned to prove my point. I then laid down and used my arms as a pillow. I closed my eyes after a few seconds.

"Who's going to stay up?" I heard Edmund ask Susan.

"I will. You should spend time with your lo-" Susan started to say, but Edmund cut her off.

"Shut. Up. You can stay up, but don't say anything else." Edmund whispered through clenched teeth. I heard Susan stifle a laugh.

"Go to bed now, Edmund." Susan told Edmund. After a few seconds I felt Edmund lie down beside me.

"Lucy…" Edmund whispered after a few moments.

"Yeah?" I answered. I reopened my eyes to find Edmund was lying right beside me.

"I can call you my girlfriend… Right?" He asked me. I was surprised by this question.

"Yeah… Of course, Edmund." I whispered. I blushed a bit. I looked up at Edmund through my eyelashes.

"Good." Edmund whispered again. "Yep. King Edmund the Just, and Queen Lucy the Valiant… That sounds good." Edmund told me with a snicker. I just laughed lightly and blushed.

"Sounds nice." I whispered with a smile. I blushed once again.

"Do you know how cute you are when you blush?" Edmund asked me in a whisper.

I felt his hand move to my cheek. My eyes fluttered close because of the contact. Any and every contact between Edmund and I… I always felt shocks of electricity flow between us with any contact.

"I don't think anyone called me cute…" I whispered. Edmund just laughed, but this laugh was without humour.

"Well you are." Edmund whispered. Edmund removed his hand from my cheek and my eyes fluttered open.

"I don't believe that." I whispered to Edmund. Our eyes were locked on each other.

"Your cute… believe it." Edmund whispered. I let out a loud laugh.

"Lucy, Edmund! Shush!" Susan yelled from where she laid.

Edmund and I were just smiling now.

"What was so funny?" Edmund whispered almost silently. I smiled wider again.

"You sounded almost like you were commanding my to believe I was beautiful… It was slightly funny." I whispered to Edmund just a quiet. Edmund just nodded with a smile.

Edmund closed his eyes and rested his head on top of mine. Soon I closed my eyes too.

Everything was silent for a few minuets. I was close to falling asleep until someone poked me.

"Lucy…" Edmund whispered to me.

"Huh?" I asked. I reopened my eyes.

"Are you feeling better?" Edmund mumbled. I nodded my head and scooted closer to him. He wrapped his arms around me and he pulled me closer to him.

"Yep." I mumbled. I was already half a sleep, but I wanted to talk to Edmund.

"Sorry, your tired." Edmund mumbled. He continued, "Go to sleep." Edmund told me. I nodded my head.

"Good night, Edmund." I whispered.

"Good night, Lucy." Edmund whispered. He kissed my forehead good night.

"I do love you." I mumbled falling more and more asleep.

"I love you too." He whispered back.

'Dear Aslan... I love you.'

Well… That was all! How did you like it? I loved writing this chapter… It was so much fun to write!

Anyway like I said before that it was a filler chapter. Nothing much in this chapter, I just wanted to build up for the next few chapter ; )

Lol. So I'm sorry that it was so short! I just thought of ending it there… This is what I wrote for the last chapters ending, but then I wanted it to be on its own.

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