Disclaimer: I do not own anyone from Narnia, but I do own this fanfic.

So first of all, I just want to say that I am SO SORRY for not updating asap. When I got back from my vacation my computer had this virus (and still does) that wouldn't let me log onto my account. It was really frustrating, seeing as I'm trying so hard to finish this story by the end of summer. Plus, I've been working, getting ready for college, and dealing with my annoying family…and my story still has another plot twist up ahead! So it's very stressful with everything that has been going on…but I'm back now and ready to write!

And just in case I don't happen to finish my story by the end of the summer, don't worry! I will most definitely continue it during college and during Thanksgiving/Christmas break. And then comes the sequel! So don't think I'm gonna leave you guys hanging, I will finish the story as promised!

And one last thing…I'm leaving for the shore today for a week but I'm bringing my laptop with me, so I will either be updating or just catching up with my writing so that I have a lot of updates for you when I come back!

Now on with the story…

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Chapter 29: Rushing Waves of Emotion

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Jade's POV

That giggly, carefree feeling in the pit of your stomach nearly doubled when Caspian smiled at you. That smile…how you had missed it. But even though he was smiling so broadly, he couldn't possibly be happier than you were at this moment.

Seeing his smile was like the signal to your freedom. Even though Aslan and Lucy had already rescued you from the Telmarine camp, you still didn't feel free. But now…as you gazed out at all your Narnian friends in the battle gear, at the three other Pevensies who were smiling upon seeing you as well, and at Caspian's shining face… you finally felt home.

And your eyes never left Caspian's. You were so happy to see him…more happy than you had ever been in your life. He looked exactly the same. He still had the same long, brown hair…dark eyes…perfect features…and dazzling smile. Nothing about him had changed, and you preferred it that way.

But then, much to your displeasure, a humongous wave sprung up right in front of you, blocking your view from your family and beloved Caspian. You gasped in fear and took a few steps back. You knew that Aslan would not allow for the wave to harm you, but the height and power of it made you feel so small. And as you watched it crash into all the Telmarine soldiers, you realized how lucky you were that you were on Aslan's side. You would definitely not want to get caught into that current.

The wave continued to tower over you, spraying you with little bits of water. You couldn't help but feel as if the water resembled a person…it felt as if the wave was alive. You strained your eyes, trying to get a look at what was happening on the other side of the body of water. It was becoming hard to see even Aslan and Lucy who were supposed to be right behind you, and you were starting to feel a little nervous. Plus, instead of getting lost in Caspian's eyes, you now found yourself getting lost in the ripples of the water.

Your heart race then began to quicken. It may have just been your imagination playing off of your nerves, but you could have sworn that the waves and waters were completely surrounding you. You spun around, quickly looking back and forth, left and right. But every which way you turned there was water. You didn't like this…you felt very uneasy. But then again, it wasn't like you were any real danger. I mean…Aslan would let you drown…would he?

Of course not…you were on his side. And it wasn't like the waves looked like they would come crashing down on you. It was more like they were surrounding you… encompassing you. You felt like you were in the middle of a whirlpool.

"Maybe this is Aslan's idea of protecting me?" you thought confusedly, wondering why the spinning walls of water would not recede.

And you also felt very much alone. Even though it had not even been a minute, you didn't like the feeling of being encased in a space where you could neither hear nor see what was going on from the other side.

"Aslan!" you called frantically. "Aslan! Lucy!"

But nothing happened. No one called back. You didn't hear or see anything. The waves just continued to swirl around you like a tornado. All you could do was stand in place, while you waited for something to happen. However, even though you were confused and slightly afraid of the rising mass of water, you couldn't help but gaze above at the rippling waves in amazement. They rose to about 30 feet over your head, and you could still see the opening at the top which gave you a view of the clear blue sky.

You then gazed back at the inside of the swirling whirlpool. It was quite beautiful when the sun appeared through the opening at the top. When the sunlight glistened on the quickly moving waves, the clear water sparkled like diamonds… and you were reminded of the many stars of Narnia that came out in the night.

"You should see Narnia during the night, with all the stars."

And that's when you saw it. The dark and blurred mass that was hardly visible through the thick walls of water. You breathed a sign of relief…it looked like someone…or something was coming towards you. Even though the rushing waves made it very difficult to make out the object entirely, you still felt as if it was coming nearer with every passing second.

"Aslan!" you called out again. Surely, it must be him. "Aslan! Is it over?"

But again, no one responded. However, the object still seemed to be getting closer. Maybe they just couldn't hear you, or it was you who could not hear them. Either way, you would soon be reunited with your dear friends and Narnians. You wanted nothing more than to see them right now.

And at that moment, your wish came true.

Not a second later, a figure burst through the rushing wall of water. Drenched from head to toe in water, the man before you bent over in exhaustion. After all, he had probably been running through the thick water like a madman to find you. Parts of his armor were missing, most likely discarded for being a burden to wear in the water. His long brown hair looked like a wet mop as he leaned on his knees, allowing his hair to drip onto your bare and dirty feet. And you were sure that his heavy breathing and panting could be heard from miles away.

But at last, he lifted his head up to you. His dripping wet clung to the side of his face. The armor over his chest was removed, so all that remained was the thin white shirt that he wore to sleep. The light material stuck to his body, and you were able to see the imprints of the muscles on his chest.

You remembered that time he had come into your room clad in nothing but a bath towel, and you couldn't help but think that this moment beat that other one by a long shot. And as you stared into his eyes that were party covered by his hair, you were speechless before him.

"Jade…" he whispered to you as he brought you into a tight embrace. His one arm circled around your tiny waist, while the other grabbed a handful of your hair. You returned the gesture with more force, wrapping your arms around his neck and pressing into him so that you could feel the cool water against your body. His dripping hair leaked onto your neck, allowing droplets of water to run down your back. Being so close to him felt amazing.

"Jade…" he whispered again. "It's really you…" he said, recalling the time when the White Witch Jadis had taken your form to try and tempt him. But you had no idea that this had happened, so you continued to embrace him, thinking that his words were only breathes of relief from finally being able to see you…being able to touch you…and to hold you.

"Caspian…" you said softly. You could feel tears begin to well up in your eyes as memories of you and Caspian together before you got separated in the battle floated through your mind. You were just so happy. This was the moment that you felt like you had been waiting for for your whole life. It was silly, really, seeing as you had only been held hostage for a week or so. But somehow, finally reuniting with Caspian seemed to be the best thing that you could remember happening to you. It was the happiest feeling in the world.

"I missed you so much…" you said. You could feel the tears begin to gather up in front of your eyes, blurring your vision. It was only a matter of time until you let them fall freely.

"Don't even get me started." Caspian said, and you let out a choked laugh.

"Oh, Caspian…" you said again, unable to form the words that you wanted to say. You just liked being able to say his name to him.

He then pulled you out of your hug abruptly, and the sudden gesture made you feel a bit hurt. You could feel your tears on the brim of falling.

He looked at you very sternly, and you didn't think you wanted to hear what he was going to say.

"Don't you dare scare me like that ever again, ok?!" And there they went. The tears that you were trying so desperately to keep in just poured out of your eyes like summer rain. It was impossible to stop them at this point.

"Caspian, please don't be mad at me…I was only trying to help." You said weakly.

"Jade…I could never be mad at you." He said softly, and you had thought that he was done scolding you. But you were wrong. "But I can come pretty damn close to doing so!" he said, raising his voice. "How could you ever put yourself in danger like that? Have you gone mad or something!"

"No! I just…I just wanted…wanted to…" you tried to choke out, but your flowing tears and hiccups made it hard for you to speak. Caspian noticed your discomfort, and began to run his fingers through your hair. But he still continued to scold you with his raised voice.

"It's for your own good. And mine too. I wouldn't be able to concentrate on our plan if I kept worrying about you."

"Do you know what it's been like without you?" he said. You felt a pang of guilt in your heart, you never even thought about how much you had possibly hurt him. "Not knowing if you were dead or alive? Not knowing what was happening to you. Not knowing where you were. Questioning if this war for Narnia meant anything to me anymore if it meant that you may not make it through alive."

"I don't want to lose you."

"Caspian…I'm so sorry…I never really…"

"Never really what?" he asked hotly. "Never really thought any of this would happen? Never really thought you'd be in serious danger just strolling into the middle of a battlefield? Never really thought that there were people who cared about you and would miss you more than anything in the world? Never really thought that I would lose sleep from dreaming about you every single night?"

"Promise me…promise me you won't set foot out of this room."

"And worst of all…you lied to me." He said in a very hurtful tone. "You lied to me, Jade. You promised me…"

"I know!" you shouted, your voice getting lost in the gurgling water that still surrounded the two of you. "I know! But I was only trying to help you!"

"But anyways…if anything were to happen…I just want you to know that…I…I just want you to know…that I…that you're very important to me…"

"We didn't need help!" he shouted back.

"Yes you did!" you yelled. "Lucy said something bad was going to happen! I just wanted to keep you safe!"

Caspian threw his hands up in exasperation. "Well then Lucy was right! Something bad did happen…to you!"

"Well how was I supposed to know that?!" you defended.

"You weren't! You weren't supposed to know anything! If it were up to me, you wouldn't even be able to come into the meetings! That way, you wouldn't know what was going on so that you wouldn't go off doing something stupid!" he words stung you a bit, but you continued to shout at his like his hurtful words didn't affect you at all.

"Oh, alright! So trying to protect you is stupid?" you said sarcastically.

"Yes! Because we didn't need your help in the first place and you should have known that. You should have listened to me and stayed in the How!"

"So let me get this straight." You said, lowering your voice a bit. "You expect me to just stay put after hearing that something bad is going to happen?"

"Yes!" Caspian shouted.

"Oh, really? And what would you have done, Caspian? Would you have stayed in your safe little hiding place…twiddling your thumbs after hearing that someone you care about is in danger?" you challenged him.

By this point, his face was either flustered red from all the yelling and anger, or maybe it was because you finally got him and he was flustered from embarrassment.

"No, I wouldn't. But I wouldn't have done something stupid." He said, and it didn't sound convincing in the least. However, you were still mad at the fact that he was still referring to what you did as stupid.

"It was not stupid!" you yelled.

"Yes it was! You could have gotten yourself killed!"

"Would you stop saying that!?" you screamed out furiously. "I can't stand it when you say that! I knew what I was doing! I knew what I was getting myself into! I knew the consequences. And it was not stupid! I was willing to risk my life for you! I was only trying to help you because I love you!"

You immediately pulled your hands to your face, covering your mouth and scolding your brain for saying that out loud. You felt like sticking your head into the rushing waters so that anymore of your thoughts that you might mindlessly blurt out would be caught and carried away by the rushing current, unheard by anyone.

By all means, you did not regret what you said…you meant them with all your heart. However, you always pictured yourself saying those special words to someone in a much more…romantic and appropriate setting. Yelling them out in anger wasn't exactly the romantic setting you had in mind.

"Caspian…I-"

"CASPIAN! It's now or never!" you heard Peter boom from the other room. He instantly pulled himself off you once more, leaving both of your bodies cold and incomplete.

"I have to go." He said as he quickly pressing a kiss to your forehead. He was about to turn around when you grabbed him back.

"But wait! Caspian…I-" you were about to say something, but Caspian brought a finger to your lips, silencing you.

"Shh…" He cooed. "Tell me when I come back."

You refused to look back at Caspian after you had just spilled out your heart to him during a stupid fight. It wasn't just embarrassing…it was humiliating. Now he knew your secret, the one thing that you would refuse to say to him unless he said it first. That was just the way it works…the boy usually always says it first, right? He would probably think you were desperate or something now…

And also, how was he supposed to react? Would he keep yelling at you for "being stupid" and say that love didn't matter in the middle of a war. That would probably be the worst case scenario.

Wait, no. Scratch that.

The worst case would be if he told you he didn't love you back.

"But…he did say that I was very important to him…" you thought. And thus begun the conversation in your head between you and…well, you.

"That's true, but it still doesn't mean anything. I'm sure Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are all "very important to him" too. How can I know that I'm different?"

"Because he took care of you and protected you when you came here to Narnia from…somewhere else."

"Of course…he had to. He is Prince after all."

"Yeah…but he could have sentenced you to death like his Uncle suggested."

"Caspian would never do that to anyone. He's much too kind and just. He would have spared any old peasant's life."

"Well how about the time he fought Peter to save you. Remember? The day you met the Pevensies."

"Again…he's too kind and just to let an innocent life be taken."

"But he wouldn't let you fight during the raid on the castle. That meant he wanted to keep you especially safe. And don't forget, he had been watching you practice with Susan and Edmund all that day. Remember when told you that?"

"Yeah…and that's exactly the reason he wouldn't let me fight. I was a right mess trying to handle that thing. He probably thought I would kill myself during the raid or something."

"I don't think that's true at all. I think he really does care about you the way you care for him. Didn't you hear how upset he said he was when you were gone? For Aslan's sake, he had dreams about you."

"I was on his conscience. He didn't want someone else's death to be his fault. Nobody wants that."

"Well then why would he kiss you?"

"Out of pity probably."

"Oh, please! If only you could hear how stupid you sound right now."

"Your right…maybe I am stupid. Maybe everything I've done and thought has been stupid thus far."

"That's not true at all."

"Yes it is. I was stupid for thinking he would care about me…I was stupid for thinking that I could actually help Narnia…I was stupid for thinking I could save Caspian from "something bad that was going to happen"…I was stupid for falling in love with Caspian…and I was stupid for thinking that he would love me back."

"I love you too, Jade."

"Wha…" you said confusedly, snapping out of your inner thoughts. You heard the words that Caspian said perfectly…but they were sure that you had only heard them in your mind. However…

"Did you say something?" you asked the young Prince, who was now making you nervous with his intent gaze. Then he smiled at you…which made you feel even more uneasy. Hadn't you two been screaming each other's head off at one another just a moment ago?

"Yes…I did." He said, taking a step closer to you. You made to take a step back, but when you felt the quickly moving water on your backside you immediately jumped forward so that you would not get caught in the current. However, now you were even closer to Caspian that before.

This made him laugh, and if you weren't so confused as to what was going on you would have smacked him for mocking you. But instead, you resisted the urge to smack him as he moved closer to where you stood and bent his head to you so that his mouth was right next to your ear.

"What's the matter, Jade?" he asked softly into your ear, causing goose bumps to spring all over your body. The feeling was oddly pleasurable…no boy had ever made you feel this way before.

"What did you say?" you asked in a monotone and serious voice. Caspian pulled his head back up so that both of your eyes were in alignment. His hand reached up to your face and he whipped away the traces of tears. You never realized yourself when your tears had begun or stopped. But you didn't care…all that mattered was the feel of Caspian's warm hand now cupping your cheek.

"Didn't you hear me the first time?" he whispered.

"No…" you whispered back. "I was…dreaming…"

"No you weren't." Caspian said lovingly as his smile became broader and even more beautiful. "Jade…I love you."

And at that moment, the words seemed to stop as Caspian brought his face down to your and gently pushed his lips on top of yours. This kiss started out slow and gentle, and it reminded you of the night Caspian left to go to battle.

But this kiss was much different.

This time…you were not on a time limit. There was no place Caspian had to go, no Peter yelling at him to hurry up, no Narnia that needed saving. No…the both of you had all the time in the world to be in each other's arms. And this time…this kiss you shared would mean so much more.

You felt Caspian's arms wrap around you and pull your body to his, and you replied by wrapping your arms around his neck once more. The hand that had been cupping your cheek left your face at once to entangle itself in your locks. But this time, instead of his hand gently caressing through your hair, it felt as if he was now grabbing your hair and pulling on it a bit…making the kiss much more intense.

You had been worried about the first real intimate kiss you would ever have with a boy, seeing as you didn't think you would know what to do and you would be horrible. However, when you felt Caspian's tough smooth over yours, everything seemed to come naturally.

You didn't need air…you didn't need to breathe.

You just continued to cling to Caspian's soaking wet body as he ravished your delicate mouth, kissing you like no one else could. A surge of…a foreign feeling coursed through your veins, causing you to mimic Caspian and grab onto his hair as well, yanking on it a bit as you pushed on the back of his head…trying to make the two of you as close together as humanly possible.

Your other hand grabbed a handful of his shirt, loving the way his lips felt on yours.

He then pulled away for a moment, and you let out a soft whimper…thinking that this amazing moment was over. However, his lips soon found the crane of your neck which he had decided would be their next target. And you couldn't stop the barely audible gasp that escaped from your lips. You didn't know that anything could ever feel this good…you wanted more…

Much more.

Your hand then loosened its grasp on Caspian's shirt, only to creep its way under the thin material. You ran your fingers along his stomach, trying to feel every little bit of him all at once. His chest was hard and firm, every muscle toned to the brink of perfection.

"Jade…" he whispered into your neck as your fingers continued to travel along his chest. At the call of your name, you gave his side a tight squeeze, which made his lips leave your neck and crash back onto your lips.

And the second you felt his lips on yours, you felt your body get pounded by waves and waves of ice cold water. At the feel of the water, the two of you instantly broke apart from your kiss. But inwardly panicked a bit, thinking that you might drown or get caught in the current.

But you knew that you were safe, for Caspian continued to hold you tight as the walls of the whirlpool came crashing down.

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Ha ha…well there you go all you fluffers out there. Since it took me so long to get this chapter out, I figured I might as well make it worth it :)

So yeah…I'm expecting lots and lots of happy reviews! You can't yell at me for this! So ha!

And I just want to apologize again for this coming out so late. During this week on vacation, I will continue to write like a madman. And if my house has a wireless internet that I can hook up to, I will definitely update. But if I cant, I'll just keep writing so that I have lots of updates when I get back.

So farewell everyone! I leave you with this lovely chapter until next time! Hope you all enjoy! And remember to REVIEW!