Chapter Twelve: Kings in Love

Four and a half years had gone by and Narnia was now completely restored. Peter had officially started to court Nellie while the others remained single. Sophie and Edmund became the closest friends out of all of them.

One morning, the now eighteen and a half year old Nellie was asleep in her room until…

"NELLIE!" screamed Sophie and Lucy, jumping up and down on her bed.

Nellie shot up. "Lucy! Please! You are fourteen and a half and a Queen now! And Sophie! You are sixteen! Both of you are too old to jump on my bed to wake me up now! Act appropriately!"

Sophie and Lucy laughed. They knew Nellie was kidding.

"C'mon, sleepy head! Peter's waiting for you in the courtyard!" said Lucy.

"Chop chop, Nellie. He won't wait forever!" added Sophie.

Lucy laughed. "Is that really the best you can come up with? We all know Peter would wait forever for her!"

Nellie blushed and shook her head. "Out! Both of you! I'll see you at breakfast!"

They two younger girls laughed and left the room.

Nellie walked down to the courtyard, were the girls said Peter was waiting for her. When she arrived, she found him sitting on a bench in the middle. She silently walked around behind him and snaked her arms around him. He jumped but then relaxed when he saw her.

"Hello, my love." she said to him. "Soph and Lu told me that you were waiting for me. I hope you haven't been waiting long."

"No not at all. I hope they didn't do anything too terrible to wake you up, love." he responded, motioning for her to sit with him.

She sighed and rested her head on his shoulder. "No, they just jumped on my bed and screamed my name like they did when we were younger."

He smiled, snaking his arm around her waist, pulling her closer. "Yes, that sounds like my sister."

Nellie laughed and nodded. "So, what did you want me to meet you here for?" Peter noticeably stiffened. "What's wrong, Peter?"

He stood up and shook his hands. "Nothing's wrong. Everything is perfect… I hope…"

"You hope? What do you mean?" she asked looking up into his eyes.

"Nellie, every since we met, I've always seen you as the most beautiful person I have ever met." She blushed. "I fell in love with you, and you fell in love with me. These past four and a half years have been the best years of my life, here or in England. Nellie, sweetheart, I love you. Will you be my queen? Will you marry me?" he knelt to the ground and pulled out a black velvet box. He opened the box to reveal a beautiful diamond ring.

Nellie gasped. "Peter! Oh, yes! I will marry you!"

Peter smiled widely and slid the ring onto her finger. He stood up, picked her up and spun her around. He kissed her, pouring all of his love for her into it. She pulled back.

"I love you, so much! I am the luckiest woman ever."

"I love you, too. Shall we tell everyone at breakfast?"

Nellie nodded and he put his arm around her waist as they went inside.

Meanwhile, Edmund searched the castle for Sophie. He had heard her and Sophie wake up Nellie and then saw her scramble out with Lucy. He never saw her after that.

"Susan, have you seen Sophie?" he asked his older sister as she passed.

She shook her head. "Sorry, Ed. I haven't seen her since last night. Try the library. She really seems to like it in there."

"Thanks, Su." He said and took off in the direction of the library.

"And good luck." She called to him, knowingly. She could tell for a long time that the Just King had fallen for his adorable best friend. "But I'm warning you. You know she has a mind of her own!"

Much to his delight, he found her just where Susan thought she would be. Sophie was curled up on one of the big chairs with a book about Narnian history.

"Hey you!" she said, not even looking up from her book. "What's up, Ed?"

"Oh, nothing. I just wanted to talk to someone but Nellie's with Peter and you know how they are." he joked.

"Yuck." she said in mock disgust.

Edmund laughed. "I know."

"But in their defense," said Sophie. "they are quite adorable. Do you think he really is gonna propose to her?"

"Probably. It took him so long to decide to officially court her, that when he made his decision, he asked her that day. It's the same situation here."

Sophie laughed. Edmund thought it was the most beautiful sound in the world. He looked at her; he realized that over the past four years, Sophie and Nellie had physical differences they didn't have before. Nellie had told them about how the witch had cast a spell on them to make them look like sisters. While Nellie had a chocolate brown hair color, Sophie had a light, caramel brown hair, almost like a dirty blonde color. Sophie had green almond shaped eyes, while Nellie had round hazel eyes.

She looked at him and cocked her head. He was staring at her. She knew that look, for it was the same look Peter had when he looked at Nellie. It was then that she realized it, Edmund Pevensie, her best friend, was in love with her. She loved him as well. She gave him a knowing smile, which he slowly returned, understanding crossing both of their faces. She stood up from her chair. "See something you like, my king?"

He walked over to her, putting his arms around her waist. "Why yes, my lady. I believe I do."

He reached a hand up, cupped her cheek, and pulled her up into a kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling herself closer to him. She pulled away, looking into his eyes. "I love you, Edmund Pevensie." she told him, running her fingers through his long black hair.

He leaned in and kissed her cheek. "I love you, too, Sophie Benson."

"Well, it's about time!" exclaimed a voice from behind them. They turned to see it was Nellie who had spoken. She was standing in the doorway holding Peter's hand.

"Well, not all of us have visions, telling us when to do things, Nell!" came Sophie's reply, muffled because her head was in Edmund's chest. Darn it, he was tall! Why do I have to be so short?

"Visions?" asked the Pevensie boys together.

"Remember the night before the coronation? When I had that dream? Well, in it, Soph said she was in love with someone. Later on, I revealed that it was Ed." Nellie explained. "Don't you have something you need to ask my dear cousin, Ed?"

"Oh, right. Sophie, will you allow me, King Edmund of Narnia, to court you?"

"Yes!" was all she said as she flew into his arms. "And Nellie is there anything you need to show u and or tell us?"

Nellie blushed. "Well, um, Peter proposed to me…"

"YAY!" yelled Sophie as she hugged her cousin. "Let me see! Let me see!"

Nellie laughed at her bubbly cousin and showed her the ring. "Oh, Nellie! It's beautiful!"

"Come on. The girls are probably wondering where we are." said Peter.

Nellie smirked at him. "Yeah, well, they're probably wondering if you actually eat breakfast anymore. Saying as you haven't eaten with us for the past two weeks!"

"Hey! It's not our fault that we have a country to run! We eat early so we can start early!" said Edmund.

"Then how come your sisters, who have the same responsibility, eat with us and get to you with time to spare?" Nellie poked her fiancé in the chest. "Never mind, let's go."

Susan and Lucy sat at the breakfast table, waiting for the others to arrive.

"I wonder what's taking then so long. I told them what time to be here!" said Susan.

"Calm down, Su. We're here." laughed Sophie, swinging the hand she held Ed's in. His sister's jaw dropped.

"Edmund?" gasped Susan.

"You finally asked her? Yay!" exclaimed Lucy.

Peter laughed at his younger sister.

"What is that, Peter?" asked Susan. Nellie smiled and showed them her left hand.

"He proposed?" asked Lucy and Susan together.

Lucy jumped up and hugged them as they laughed. "We're gonna be family!" she cried. "So, when's the wedding."

Nellie laughed. Then she realized she would be leaving in a matter of months. It was the first time she had thought of it in over a year. "The sooner, the better!"

Peter looked at her. "Are you sure, love?"

"Absolutely!" said Nellie. Sophie nodded, realizing what her cousin remembered. This was going to be harder than she thought.

I changed my mind and only am writing two more chapters. I might write a sequel, so I'm going to put a poll up.

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XOXO Jenny