Second Chances
By Samhoku
I do not own Susan or anyone except Hank and Amanda.
Chapter
Edmund was quiet all day and Susan was worried. Later that night Susan said quietly, "Edmund, if it makes everything better I can...get rid of the baby." Edmund shot up to his feet and grabbed Susan's shoulders tightly, "NO! Susan, that is crazy! Getting rid of the baby doesn't make everything better. Susan...don't do it. Please." Edmund trembled and his eyes looked hurt, "Don't do it for my sake, it won't be helping me."
Susan was quiet and stunned by the sudden onslaught of words, "Alright. I know its wrong...to even think it." Edmund sat down and placed his head in his hands, "Ugh, Susan...I know what Aslan would think..." Susan interrupted with an angry yell, "ASLAN DOES NOT EXIST." Then she said in a quieter voice, "If he did then why did he let me get pregnant, why did he take little Lucy and Peter away from me? Why did he take Jill and Eustace, Mum and dad?" Susan sat down in the chair and started bawling.
Edmund was quiet as his sister cried, giving a soft answer, "Aslan allows things to happen, we may not know the reason. We..." He closed his eyes, "May not see the reason, but he is working. Even if we don't see it yet."
Susan stood up and left the room, "Believe what you like, Ed. Aslan isn't real to me. He has left me."
Edmund rubbed his hands over his face after his sister left, talking to Aslan, "I don't understand. I don't really expect to understand. Is it a sin to ask you why you did this?" Edmund laid down on the couch and placed his arm over his eyes, "Why couldn't you have let Lucy live. Why couldn't I have died. Why didn't I die?"
A deep voice answered, "Lucy had to come home to me. It was time for her to come home. I wanted you to live, you are the one that makes the Just decisions, the one who has held your family together. Peter fought your wars, you held them firm. I need you to do that for your sister."
Edmund sat up, looking around. He knew that voice...that wise untameable voice...
"Aslan."