Chapter 10

Revealing the truth

"Lydia, it's time to get up" Lydia heard Caspian say.

She just snuggled closer to him.

"It's time to get up, love" Caspian said and Lydia shook her head.

Lydia shook her head and hid her face in his chest. Caspian pulled Lydia slightly and kissed her, though the kiss didn't last very long.

"You're mean" Lydia said with pout still not opening her eyes.

"I'm not" he said and kissed her lightly. "We really should get up."

"Can't we stay in the bed some more?" Lydia asked whining and Caspian chuckled.

"On one condition" Caspian said and Lydia smiled. "You open those beautiful eyes of yours for me to look at."

Lydia opened her eyes slowly and was met with Caspian's brown ones. He pulled her closer to him and kissed her forehead.

"Caspian?" Lydia asked after some time of silence.

"Yeah?" he asked looking at her with small smile on his lips.

"Would it be a bad idea if Ellen travelled with us?" Lydia asked looking into his eyes and he smiled.

"We'll ask what others think about this and if they agree, she can go with us" Caspian said and Lydia smiled as she kissed him on the cheek. "Why would you want for her to go with us?"

"Did you saw how Edmund looked at Ellen?" Lydia asked and Caspian already understood where this is going.

"You want to match them, don't you?" Caspian asked raising his eyebrow and she laughed lightly.

"I never said that" Lydia said with sly smile. "Besides, I think it will be a good experience for Ellen."

He just smiled at her words and kissed the end of her nose making her giggle.

"I love you" Lydia said smiling.

"But not as much as I love you" Caspian said and kissed her making sure that she wouldn't protest.

"Lydia, Caspian, are you both awake?" Davion asked from the other side of the door.

"We'll be down in few minutes!" Lydia yelled and Caspian glared at her.

They heard Davion's footsteps become quieter and quieter until they disappeared completely.

"We should get up" Lydia said and Caspian tightened his grip on Lydia's waist.

"Five more minutes" he mumbled as his breath hit her lips.

"You were the one who told that we should get up" Lydia reminded him and he smiled lightly.

"I told that, because I knew that you would let me see your beautiful eyes if we stayed in bed for awhile" Caspian said with a sly smile and Lydia hit him on the arm playfully.

She unwrapped his arms around her waist and sat up as he glared at her.

"You're mean" he said and she laughed lightly.

"I'm not" she said with small smile on her lips and he just looked at her. "Don't forget that the person you call mean is carrying your child."

Caspian smiled widely as she told that and he slowly sat up.

"Okay, you're not mean" he said and she smiled before kissing him on the cheek and he raised his eyebrow.

She giggled before pecking him on the lips.

She quickly stood up and went to the wardrobe. She threw some clothes to him and they both dressed up.

They linked their arms and went downstairs where they heard laughter.

"Caspian, Lydia, I thought you won't get out of the room" Alex said smiling and Lydia blushed lightly.

"Do you know where Ellen is?" Lydia asked curiously.

"She's in the gardens with Edmund" Lucy answered and she together with Lydia shared a knowing look.

"Me and Caspian were wondering" Lydia began, but Caspian just looked at her. "Okay, mostly me. Would it be a good for Ellen to travel with us?"

Everyone looked at her both surprised and confused.

"You mean we can choose if Ellen is travelling with us?" Lucy asked surprised.

"Well, she will be travelling with all of us, so yeah" Lydia answered after Caspian wrapped his arm around her waist.

Everyone thought about it before agreeing and Lydia smiled widely.

"Let's find Ellen with Edmund and tell them the good news" Lydia said and practically pulled Caspian with her.

They found Ellen and Edmund sitting on a bench, both of them were smiling and laughing at something. Caspian looked at Edmund closely and he could clearly see the way Edmund looks at Ellen, the way Caspian looks at Lydia.

Lydia cleared her throat when she with Caspian went to Ellen and Edmund.

"Are we interrupting something?" Lydia asked smiling and Ellen blushed brightly. "We came here to tell both of you that Ellen will be travelling with us."

"And do I have a say in this?" Ellen asked and Lydia smiled which probably meant no.

"Well, we won't interrupt you anymore" Lydia said as she took Caspian's hand and led him to sit under the same tree as yesterday.

"You were right" Caspian said after he pulled Lydia to sit on his lap.

"About what?" Lydia asked confused.

"About the way Edmund looks at Ellen" Caspian said and Lydia smiled. "It's something similar to the way I look at you."

"Similar?" Lydia asked raising her eyebrow.

"Because we are in love and they just fancy each other" Caspian answered smiling widely.

"But maybe it will grow into something more than fancying" Lydia said dreamily as she put her head on his chest. "We fancied each other before we fell in love."

"And I can't imagine someone who can make me happy as you do" Caspian said smiling and Lydia looked at him smiling.

"And I can't imagine someone who I can love as much as I love you" she said smiling and kissed him lightly.

"But there's only one problem" he said and she looked at him confused. "Sooner or later, Edmund will have to return to his world while Ellen stays here."

"Not really" Lydia answered and this time Caspian looked at her confused. "If it goes that far, I have a plan."

"Of course, you do, you always have a plan" Caspian said smiling and kissed her on the forehead.

"You're not going to ask me what the plan is?" she asked after some time of silence.

"The lesser I know the better" he answered with hint of laughter in his voice and she laughed lightly.

"Lydia?" Caspian asked after few minutes of comfortable silence.

"Hmmm?" Lydia asked with her eyes closed.

"What did Alice want to ask when Lucy motioned that your clothes are different?" Caspian asked curiously the question that's been bugging him for awhile.

Lydia tensed up and looked at down.

Caspian put his two fingers under her chin and raised her head for her to look at him.

"I'm afraid you'll be mad at me, that you'll hate me" Lydia said sadly.

"I could never hate you" Caspian said and kissed her on the lips. "I love you too much."

"I love you too" she said slightly smiling and kissed him.

"So what did Alice want to ask you?" Caspian asked and Lydia looked down at her hands.

"The dark island is affecting me" Lydia finally said.

"Effecting how?" Caspian asked confused.

"In a bad way" she answered still not looking at him. "It may take to the point where I will be too weak to do anything."

His body tensed up and she fought tears that tried to spill out of her eyes. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pressed his forehead to her shoulder.

Caspian opened his mouth to speak, but no word came out, so he just tightened his grip.

"The island won't do anything bad to me, because my dad gave me a necklace which protects me" Lydia answered and he breathed in relief before looking up at her with scared and worried look. "My parents' and mine magic are protecting our child."

"Why … why didn't you tell me this before?" he asked and you could clearly hear hurt in his voice.

"I was afraid that you would be mad at me" she said sadly as she looked down.

"Why would I be angry at you?" Caspian asked and she looked up at him surprised. "I'm not mad at you, a little bit hurt that you thought I would be mad at you, but not mad."

"Really?" Lydia asked surprised and Caspian nodded his head smiling.

Caspian kissed Lydia's forehead and put his chin on the top of her head.

"Is there anything else that you want to tell me?" Caspian asked and Lydia shook her head. "Are you sure?"

"Positive" Lydia said smiling and kissed him lightly on the lips.