A/N: Hello everyone. Here it is another new chapter. And I see you all enjoy the last chapter. With this one, it only left 5 chapters for the BIG MOMENT! As always I want to thank you to all my reviewers for their wonderful reviews. And they are: All the Guests, Willow Mellark, soulsistersinaslan, dream lighting, KesseGirl1, Eva, anniecarrosts1, Strawberrygold, heavenxxbaby, marriedharrypottercast, Bubbles and XxPeppermintzXx.
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And in this chapter we will have Susan. Enjoy!
Forever and Ever
Chapter 20
Time continued to pass on board of the Dawn Treader. October came to an end and November arrived, making the days shorter and colder. It was November 10th and Caspian was on the main deck looking at the dark clouds in the sky. It was 4pm and he decided to talk with Captain Drinian about the journey and how long it would take to reach Cair.
"I think we will have some rain in the next few days!" Drinian said looking at the sky too.
"I think that too." Caspian sighed looking at him "How long till we reach the Lone Islands?"
"Well Your Majesty, I believe we reach the Lone Island in two weeks!" he said looking at him also.
Caspian thought for a while and then he spoke.
"That means we will reach Cair Paravel in a month?"
"More or less!" Drinian said "Which is very good. We don't want to sail during a snow storm."
Caspian nodded and saw Peter coming towards them with two mugs on his hand.
"Hey, what's going on?" Peter asked handle one of the mugs to Caspian "It's hot chocolate"
Caspian grabbed the mug and smiled sitting down on one of the stair steps while Peter sat next to him.
"Thank you" he said taking a sip on it. "Drinian was saying that we will reach Cair in a month"
Peter took a deep breath and looked at him
"That's good news. I miss Cair, Susan and sleep in my wonderful and comfortable bed, having a nice a good meal with everyone"
"Tell me about it. I miss that too and having a good nice bubble warm bath in my own bathroom" Caspian smiled
"Don't say anymore, please" Peter said and they laughed.
"Where is Elsa?" Caspian asked taking another sip on his hot chocolate.
"Still sleeping. Since she got pregnant, she's taking long naps after lunch" he smiled taking a sip on his mug too.
After a while in silence, Caspian looked at Peter and asked him what he wanted to ask for a while, since they left Aslan's country.
"Peter do you believe in love at first sight?" he asked looking back at his mug.
Peter looked at him and raised an eyebrow.
"Why are you asking me that? Are you trying to tell me something?"
Caspian sighed a little. He wanted to tell someone about this and he knew Peter was the right person, since he was in love and he was married man now.
"You didn't answer my question? Do you believe that could happen to someone?" he asked again.
"I don't know. I believe it can exist something so strong when you look to someone, that you can feel the other person is the right one. I guess" Peter looked at him.
"Did that happen to you and Elsa?" he asked looking at Peter.
Peter giggled.
"Actually, no. It didn't happen to me and Elsa" he said remembering the first day he met his wife "When I first met Elsa I thought she was beautiful, yes, but also I thought she was a little stubborn."
Caspian laughed a bit.
"Oh yes, that's Elsa. She doesn't have any problem to tell you what she thinks, Royal or not" he said.
Peter nodded and smiled.
"I saw that. And maybe was because of that I started to think she was not like the other girls I met before."
"What do you mean?"
Peter looked at him
"Well, back in the Golden Age, many girls always tried to please me, like agreeing with everything I said or did, even when I knew they didn't like it. Maybe that's why I fell in love with Amelia, my fiancée back then."
"Did you love her?" Caspian asked him
"Like I said before, I did love her. She was the daughter of a Lord and she was nice, a little shy, but she was a good listener. We used to talk a lot after my long meetings and she always listened to me. When I asked her hand in marriage I knew I was choosing right, but over the time that fire that we had in the beginning of our relationship was getting cold. There was no spark anymore, I felt she was more like a good friend that my fiancée. So when I met your cousin and I saw she didn't have any problem to shout and tell me what she thought, even after she found out I was the High King, I started to think that she was different from everyone else and I fell in love with her. And trust me the love I fell for her is so much stronger. I can't imagine my life without her anymore. She is my soul mate and now we will be bond forever" he smiled happy looking at his wedding ring.
"Well of course because my cousin was destiny to be with you, remember?" he chuckled
"I know and I'm glad I met her. She makes my feet on the ground and she has no problem to tell me when I'm wrong" he laughed too.
"Do you think I will love someone like you and my little cousin?" Caspian looked at him with a serious looked.
Peter patted his shoulder and smiled.
"Of course you will, actually I think you already found her"
Caspian looked at him with wide eyes.
"Come on Caspian, you came here every night looking at the stars, I know you don't do that only because you like to watch them. You are trying to find the Blue Star, Liliandil" he smiled when Caspian looked at the mug "And Elsa told me" he laughed.
"Do you think I will see her again?" he asked looking at him
"Of course you will. If you two are meant to be together, then nothing will take you apart. Looked at me and your cousin, 1300 years separated us and now we are married and with a baby on the way. And no I don't know the gender, stop asking" he said.
Caspian thought for a while and nod
"I guess you are right"
"Of course I'm right. Now I want to talk to you about something. Elsa had an idea a few weeks ago and well I agreed but I want to talk to you about it."
"What is it?" Caspian asked
Peter told him about the conversation Elsa had with Helaine a few weeks ago and the idea she told him about they all go to Narnia with them.
"So what do you think?" he asked after a while
"I think that was a great idea" Caspian agreed with him "We need people to help us and well, Mr. Rhince helped us a lot and Gael is already very attached to Lucy and Elsa. Want to talk to them right now?"
"Let's go" Peter said standing up followed by Caspian and they were looking for Mr. Rhince and his family asking to met them in a few minutes in the map room.
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Edmund was sitting by the table in the map room, with a piece of paper in front of him and a quill in his hand. He was looking to the wall in front of him in a deep thought, that he didn't even listen Elsa enter in the room and sit on the couch eating an apple.
Lucy looked at her and placed her hand on her five months belly.
"How is my beautiful niece?" she asked smiling.
"You mean nephew!" Edmund said from his seat making Lucy rolled her eyes and Elsa giggled.
"Well niece or nephew, it's sleeping now that I'm awake." Elsa groaned "I was sleeping so well when I woke up with it turning and kicking. I had to get up and when I did that, it stopped moving and now I know it's sleeping"
"Maybe SHE didn't like to know you were lay down" Lucy said rubbing her belly.
"I hope it doesn't become a habit because I need to sleep at night and I'm sure your brother won't be very please if he doesn't sleep at night too. You know, more then everyone else, how cranky he is in the morning when he doesn't sleep well at night?" she giggled making Lucy laughed too.
"Will you please shut up, you two; I'm trying to think here!" Edmund huffed from his seat.
"What are you doing anyway? You are writing on that piece of paper like hours" Lucy asked him.
Edmund looked at both of them with a smirk on his face.
"Well I'm making a list of the shores Caspian will make when he loose the bet we made"
Elsa and Lucy looked at each other.
"Don't you think you better wait until the baby actually born first?" Elsa looked at him taking a bite on her apple.
"No, because I know I'm going to win" he looked back to the paper in front him.
"You better be careful before Karma can bite you right in the butt" Lucy giggled and Edmund looked at her and stuck his tongue.
"Let me see what you have there" Elsa stood up and stood behind him.
"No, that's secret" he said hiding the paper
Elsa looked at him with a hard look.
"That list exist thanks to me, because I'm the one who is caring the reason of that bet, so you better show me that paper right now" she said a mood swing hit her for a few minutes.
"Okay, okay" he said and he handled the paper and she read the list out loud.
List of shores for Caspian
say your majesty everytime I asked him to do something
taking my breakfast in bed
make my bedroom and bathroom
do all my paper work
give my bath for the day
cut my nails and wash my back
Elsa looked at him with wide eyes:
"Do you think that Caspian will cut your nails and wash your back?"
"Bet is a bet" he smirked
"Good luck with that" she said sitting back.
Then the door opened and Peter and Caspian enter with Mr. Rhince and his family right behind them. Edmund looked at up and grabbed the paper, putting in his pocket.
"What are you writing that we can't see?" Caspian asked him
"Nothing that concerns to you" he said looking at him.
"Well it does, he's making the list of shores you will have to do when he won the bet" Elsa said smiling when Peter sat next to her and kissed her belly rubbing it.
Edmund looked at her folding his arms
"Thanks a lot Elsa" he said shaking his head.
Caspian looked at him and laughed.
"Good luck with that, because I'm not going to lose the bet, you will and I already know what kind of dress you will wear, and you going to be so sexy in it" he laughed even more making Edmund huffed.
"In your dreams" he said
"We will see about that, brother" Caspian smiled "But that is not the reason Peter and I came here with Mr. Rhince family" he sat down and looked at Peter
"Well we brought you here because my wife had an idea a few weeks ago and I thought it was a great idea. I already talked to Caspian and he agreed too. So that's why we called you here." He said looking at Elsa and smiled, and then he looked back at them.
"Well my wife told me you having a little problem getting job in the Lone Islands and money is not coming out for you." He started.
Rhince looked at them and nodded
"That's right your majesty. It's very hard." He said sadly.
"I believe that, and that's why my wife thought that we can help you" he smiled.
They all looked at him with a surprised looked on their faces.
"Helps us?" Helaine said "Your Majesties, you already helped us a lot"
"Nonsense" Lucy said smiling "Tell us Peter"
"Well we just moved to Cair Paravel and not every Telmarines moved to the village so, we still have some empty houses there and we need someone to work in the stables and taking care of the horse, and Elsa told me Maria needs someone to help in the castle, so what do you think?" he asked smiling
"You mean we can live in Narnia and I can see you all day and I can watch the baby?" Gael asked with a big smile on her face
Elsa nodded and smiled at her
"And you can go to school too" she said.
Gael gasped and looked at her parents jumping around.
"Oh please daddy, mummy, please say yes" she begged
They looked at her and then to them
"I don't know what to say?" Rhince said
"How about yes" Edmund smiled
They looked at each other and then looking at Gael who was pouting. Smiling the nodded
"Yes and thank you so so so much" Helaine said with tears in her eyes
"Yes!" Gael jumped and hugged her mother and father and then ran to Lucy and hugged her too and then she hugged Elsa, more gently because of the belly making everyone laughed.
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Susan was walking around, talking to the servants and check everything. She was in the baby's room looking at the walls, which were already all painting.
"The room is beautiful. Elsa and Peter are going to love it" she smiled.
Emily entered the room and called her.
"Your majesty the rooms are ready too" she said
"Thank you Emily I'm going right away" she looked at her and she left the room with a curtsy.
Taking a good look on the room she left it and looking around Peter and Elsa's bedroom she smiled and left the room too, going to meet Maria and taking a look at the other rooms.
It was December 9th and a few days ago she got a note saying they were arriving in four days. Since that time she spent all of her days making sure the bedrooms were alright and mostly to make sure the baby's room was finished before they arrived, and know that was the day before they arrival she was took one last look to everything. She missed them so much and she could wait to see them and hugged them, to hear their adventures and to see Elsa and her belly. She knew that her belly was bigger since she was already 6 months pregnant.
Taking a deep breath and looked at everything she decided to return to her bedroom, take a nice bath and getting a sleep night because the next day was a big day: the day that her family finally gets home.
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