This is the first time I was back in my room for a week. Susan's promise was kept, and we spent basically the entire time just being with each other and doing girl things. I plopped down on my greatly-missed bed and stared at the ceiling for the longest time. I realized that now was the time that I needed to face my fears, start over, and deal with reality again- even though this did not feel like the reality I knew.

As I formulated an idea as to how I would act towards Edmund and Peter after all this time, my eyes met with the bookshelf sitting across the room from my bed. Since I hadn't really looked at all the books there except for the history books, I became distracted and interested to see what other books the bookshelf held. I walked across the room and looked through the many books, most titled with a name such as "Myths & Legends", "Fauns in Love", and "Truths of the Seven Dwarves". I found a little red book with no title on it which is what interested me the most. Out of curiousity, I picked the little book up. Page one.

Today, I spent practically all my day with Susan planning the upcoming ball. Caspian is going to be there so we set everything up to be perfect for what Susan believes is going to be "my first kiss". I feel bad since Aslan said that Edmund should be the one looking out for me, but how is a girl suppose to help not having crushes?

I turned the page.

The ball was today.. Yeah, no first kiss. Susan and I practically spent the entire night frustrated, but it is what it is. I guess there's nothing to do if a guy doesn't like you back. There's always more fauns in the forest.

Next page.

Edmund and I spent the day on the archery field. It helped alot to take my mind off of Caspian, especially since I won't see him for a long time since he just left for sea today.

I only kept reading the first line of every page from here.

Spending more time with Edmund has really helped me feel better; maybe Aslan was right.

I keep staring at this ring Aslan told Edmund to give me; it really is gorgeous.

I am so glad I have this ring on depressing days; it reminds me I not only have Aslan watching out for me, but also Edmund.

I found out that if the White Witch knew I had this ring, she would be absolutely out to get me.

Edmund and I were sitting by the river today! Ok.. yeah, we kissed! It was in the moment.

Good news! : Caspian came back from sea today and I realized all my feelings for him were gone.

I closed the book and ran back over to my bedside table. Examining the silver band, I decided to put it back on my fourth finger. Now since it had some significance, I could wear and understand why I have it. Another thing.. Susan likes Caspian but I did at one point, too? That must have been really old since apparently alot has happened since then.. And there was nothing written about Peter, so it wasn't until now that he has these "feelings" for me? Or probably just wanted a kiss since he's not able to get one from anyone else. I guess being deprived of girls from earth for so long would make a guy pretty desperate.. But now, why would the White Witch be upset about this ring?

As all these thoughts clouded my mind, there was a knock on my door.

"Lysette, dinner time!" I recognized the voice as Mrs. Tumnus.

I was overjoyed with finding out all this information of my before life that I basically skipped the entire way to dinner. Maybe it was a little childish to do in a palace.. But who cares?

Walking into the dinner room, Susan and Lucy greeted me as they always did, except Susan knew today too was the day that I was going to return to normalcy. So instead of saving a seat in between her and Lucy, she saved a seat between her and Edmund.

"Hello," Edmund greeted me also, surprised about my seating arrangement.

"Hi," I smiled at him.

The dinner started and it was pretty uneventful. A few questions were asked by the royals here and there, mostly about issues with other countries in Narnia. As were in my plans earlier, I slipped a piece of napkin over to Edmund's plate. I watched as he read the note.

"Garden?"

As I expected, he understood and nodded his head with a half-smile. The ball was tonight, so when we ever do go to the garden I knew it could not be that long. After everyone finished eating, Susan made sure to be the first one to call for my attention.

"Come on," she tugged on my arm. "You have to help me greet people!"

The two of us walked briskly to the foyer and stood by the doors, waiting for guests to fill the empty space. One by one, we greeted each guest until we were so exhausted from standing by the doors. We had to have been there at least an hour, so Susan finally decided that we should sit.

"Lysette," someone approached as we were about to sit.

I turned to find the prince that was in my last vision, Caspian.

Susan leaned over and whispered,"This is Prince Caspian."

"I know," I whispered back.

"How are you?" Caspian kissed my hand, causing me to blush.

"Pretty good." I smiled.

"Would you care to dance?" He asked as I glanced behind him at Edmund dancing with a quite pretty girl faun, despite the hooves.

"Actually, I have business to attend to, but I know Susan would be delighted to." Without letting either of them say a word, I forced them together and finally sat down. I saw as Caspian looked back over his shoulder to give me a concerned look on his face. I did not care to wonder why though.

As I was expecting, Edmund glanced over to where I was sitting and excused himself from the dance with the pretty, faun girl. "Hello," he said, approaching.

"Hi," I stood. "Would you like to dance?"

He chuckled,"Actually I don't dance very well, so how about we just go to the garden?"

"Sounds good," I said, as he offered me his arm.

We walked towards the garden which consisted of a large fountain in the middle, with tall bushes surrounding it and many flowers. There were two small gates on either side, and at the moment it was lit with a few lanterns that Susan and I had hung up earlier today.

We sat on the brim of the fountain, staying silent for what felt like the longest time waiting for either one of us to start speaking. Not to my surprise, Edmund was the first to.

"So, what happened?"

"What do you mean?" I looked at him.

"Why did you stop talking to me for a week? You stopped talking to everyone." He looked concerned.

"I just needed sometime to let reality sink in. This has been hard, you know? I was not expecting any of this to happen.."

Edmund glanced down at my hand and saw the silver band around it again. "You put your ring back on." His eyes started showing a little more happiness.

"Yeah.. I might have stumbled upon a little thing called my diary." I chuckled.

"Oh, really?"

"Aslan gave it to you to give me?" I asked, making sure what I read was really true.

"Yes."

"To show that he wanted to protect me, and when he wasn't around that you would?"

"That's right." He nodded.

"And the White Witch is upset about this ring?" I asked; this is the one thing I did not quite understand. "Why?"

"Well.." I could tell he was searching for words to explain his thoughts. "Maybe I should explain to you another time.. It's not quite something I feel comfortable telling you about on the first day of talking to you again after awhile."

"Ok.. And what is with Caspian?" I asked, remembering the look he gave me and how Susan admitted she did like him.

"Well, you and him would spend days on days together when he was at Cair Paraval. Everyone knew that there was something going on. But that was about a year ago. Since then, Susan has liked him and she was always jealous that he liked you."

"That makes sense." I nodded, staring at the grass beneath my feet. "And one more thing: You cannot dance very well?" I half-smiled at him, chuckling.

Edmund shook his head.

I stood up,"Ok, come on." I grabbed his hand, making him stand up.

"Are you serious?" He stood reluctantly.

"It'll be fun," I giggled, taking him to the middle of the garden. I took both of his hands and placed one on my waist and held the other. I placed my other hand on his shoulder. "You can't look down," I took my hand from his shoulder to tilt his chin up so that his eyes met mine. I made sure that our feet were intertwined- alternating such that when you looked down, it was my foot- his foot- my foot- his. I then gave him a few last pointers to basic dancing skills, and he picked up quite easily. Within a matter of minutes, we were dancing all around the garden. It was nice feeling Edmund's hands on my back and being twirled around.

Suddenly, Edmund just stopped. Staring at me, he leaned his forehead onto mine. Then, he leaned in more and our noses touched. When he was about to lean in more, a voice squealed across the garden:

"Oh, Lysette! You're really missing a ball of fun in there," Susan giggled crazily as if she had just drank three cups of ale. "No pun intended." Her arm was intertwined with the prince standing next to her's, Caspian's.

Right when they arrived, Edmund shot backwards- leaving me with just the warmth of his forehead on mine. His hands weren't even on my back anymore.

"Oh, I'm sorry! Was I interrupting?" I was pretty convinced that she had drunken 3 cups of ale now, as she stumbled onwards, leaning on Caspian for stability.

"No, Susan. It's fine." Edmund said, looking at me solemnly.

I hoped my eyes said it all as I looked back. We had to finish this later.

And when I thought the night couldn't get anymore fun (sarcastic), Peter came walking into the garden with his chest held high. "Lysette, I've been looking for you everywhere. Can I speak with you for a bit?" He asked.

I glanced back at Edmund as I walked towards Peter. "Sure," I was sure to make no contact with Peter, not even taking his arm. I did not want to make that mistake again.

As we exited the garden, Peter turned around to face me. "To begin, I am so sorry. I should have never done that to you or Edmund. I guess I just go caught up in the moment, since you asked me if I were your boyfriend. I thought there would be some innocent hope that there could be something between us. I not only wronged you, but also Aslan. Edmund was meant to watch over you, not I. I love you like a sister, Lysette. That's all. Don't hurt my brother." I could tell his was genuine.

"I would never. I can't make any decisions yet though. I have alot to learn- the White Witch, Aslan, everything."

"I see. Well, it's getting late." Peter said, eyeing behind me.

I turned my head to see Edmund standing there, looking down. "Goodnight, Peter." I said, giving him a friendly sidehug. I felt that now we were practically brother and sister.. trying to forget that I made out with him, but that memory was starting to fade. I approached Edmund.

"Look, I'm not going to force you into anything. I want you to be comfortable, and I'll take as much time as you need to help you feel like that." Edmund said sincerely. Everyone seemed to be understand and accepting of me, especially tonight. He chuckled,"Just try not to kiss my brother again."

"Those days are over." I chuckled back.

"Would you care to dance with me in the ballroom?" Edmund offered me his arm.

"I would like that," I said with a twinkle in my eye.