NEXT DAY

Leo walked to Susan's room and knocked on the door. Today the girls wanted to visit the garden. After he knocked he heard.

"Who is it?" Susan asked from inside.

"It's Leo, your highness." After that the door opened to reveal Susan in a beautiful blue dress, all ready for her day out. They both of them stayed quiet until they reached Lucy's room where Susan knocked then entered. To see Lucy already to go in her red dress.

"You ready Lu?' Susan asked. Lucy smiled and raced to Leo and quickly held on to his hand ready to go. Leo looked up at Susan who walked up to him.

OUTSIDE

They walked into the garden, Lucy immediately ran to the red roses growing and started to smell them. As Susan and Leo walked to the near by bench, Susan sat down and Leo stood next to her keeping his eye on Lucy to make sure she didn't get to far. Susan looked up at Leo.

"You can sit down, if you like. I'm not going to bite you." Susan said looking at him. Leo looked at her.

"I think I'll stand." He said looking at her.

"Suit your self." She said shrugging her shoulders then turned her attention to Lucy. Leo looked down and her and sighed, then sat down next to her. Susan looked at him and smiled.

"I felt like sitting." He said looking at her.

"So tell me Leo… how long have you been in Narnia?"

"I was born here." Leo said then turned to watch Lucy walk over to the pink roses.

"Do you like what you do?" Leo looked at her.

"Do?"

"Kill people? You must have killed many." She said looking back to Lucy.

"I don't… I only fight for a reason. To stay alive… I only fight when necessary." There was a long pause, before Leo spoke, Susan looked at him. "At night I sometimes see them." She looked at him as if asking 'who?' "The faces of the men I killed." She watches him as he looks down at the ground. "They're waiting for me on the far bank of the styx." He looks up. "They say, 'Welcome brother'."

"You never show emotions do you?"

"To repress one's feelings only makes them stronger." Susan looks back to Lucy who is picking some of the roses. Leo looks at Susan taking in her beauty. Susan could feel his eyes on her and she slowly looked over at him, he quickly looked away ashamed he had been caught.

"Please do not be ashamed to look at me." Susan said. Leo looked at her.

"Yes, to look. Not to stare. Forgive me, your majesty?" He said looking down. Susan cupped his chin and raised it so he was looking at her.

"You have no need to apologize." The two gazed into each others eyes for the longest while before a voice interrupted them.

"Leo! Come here!" Lucy yelled. Leo looked at her and waved to her that he would be right there. He looked at Susan again and smiled at her, then got up and walked over to Lucy. Soon after Susan followed. "And look at this one Leo." Lucy said pointing to a beautiful white rose. Leo looked at Lucy and only nodded then looked at Susan.

"You two don't know how to fight?" Leo asked looking at both of them. Both shaking they're heads no. "Well then, maybe I should teach you a few things."

"Would you?" Susan asked smiling at him.

"Sure. Is there anywhere we can go to practice?" Leo asked.

"This way Leo." Lucy said grabbing his hand and pulling him along.

They ended up in a small little wooded area inside the Palace walls.

"This will do." Leo said and picked up a couple of sticks and handed each of the girls one.

TWO DAYS LATER

Leo had taught the girls self defense moves in case they were ever attacked. And today they were going to test they're new found skills by pretending they got lost and Leo was a bad guy trying to kidnap them. After a few minutes of wandering the girls saw little blades being thrown at them, knowing they weren't real they both took cover and waited as they saw Leo jump down from being in a tree. Leo walked up to the girls and started to attack… of coarse not using all his skills. After a couple of minutes Leo subdued them and looked at down at them and smiled.

"You're getting better. Much better." He said giving both a hand to take. "Two lessons you have to learn from this battle. Lesson 1, never attack unless your gonna win."

"And lesson 2?" Lucy asked.

"Don't climb a tree that's full of thorns. Uh!" He said putting his hand to butt and rubbing it as the girls laughed. Leo had started to warm up against the girls, actually show emotions with them and started using humor with them.

"Have you ever been wrong, Leo?" Susan asked after she had caught her breath from laughing.

"I thought so once…. But I was wrong." He said smiling. "Come I should get you girls back."

INSIDE THE PALACE

Leo and Susan walked Lucy to her room, where Mr. Tumnus was waiting to hang out with her. The Leo walked Susan to her room, once they arrived Susan stopped and looked at Leo. She closed the space between them by taking a step towards him. They were about an inch apart when Susan whispered.

"Thank you, for everything Leo."

"Your welcome." Leo whispered back, then slowly and cautiously brought up his hand and stroked Susan's cheek.

Susan looked down and smiled to herself, when she felt Leo's hand slide under her chin and lift her head up ever so gently. Susan looked into Leo's eyes just gazing in them. After a beat Leo leaned in and kissed her. The kiss was small nothing more then both lips touching each other. When they pulled away, they looked at each other. Leo staring at Susan to make sure he didn't cross a line, that's when he saw Susan smile at him and bring him down for another kiss. This time the kiss deepened and lasted a little longer. Leo brought up his other hand and placed it on the back of Susan's head as his right hand found its way to her lower back. While Susan placed both her hands around Leo's neck, hugging him closer to her. Finally they both slowly let go and looked at each other.

"I'm sorry your highness." Leo said looking at her. "I could help it."

Susan smiled at him.

"How many times do I have to tell you to call me Susan? And I'm glad you couldn't help it… cause neither could i." she said smiling up at him. He smiled back.

"I better be going now." Leo said pulling farther away.

"Why?" Susan asked looking at him.

"Love has given me wings, so I must fly." He said smiling, he quickly kissed her again then stopped himself so he wouldn't be carried away and left.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Hey everyone, I hope you enjoy my story. I hope to get some reviews. But if not, I'll stop writing the story… But I hope you really do enjoy it.