"Do you really expect us to believe that?" asked Constance.
"Well, no, not really, but we were hoping that you would." Peter wasn't sure whether they should make up something else or continue trying to make Bryan and Constance believe them. Maybe we should just tell them we were joking, maybe it would be better if we just said that we met somewhere else during the evacuation, this kind of explanation could take time. Looking at Rebecca, Peter nodded his head lightly, showing that he was changing his story. "Don't worry, I'm kidding, you seemed to think that I was crazy for my actions, so we thought that we'd give you a difficult time."
"Well, you've had your laugh now, so would you like to tell us what exactly is going on, and why you both looked so shocked to see each other?" asked Bryan. This was the awkward part for both Peter and Rebecca.
"That's an interesting story, after we met, we just kept seeing each other, and we became a little more then friends. After a few weeks of that, some things happened, and Rebecca had to be relocated. It was spur of the moment, and I didn't know she was leaving. We hadn't seen each other since, but we still missed each other, so after the war, I kept looking for her, and she kept looking for me. That's really all that there is to it." Peter explained what he hoped was a very convincing case to his friends. Rebecca smiled at him, and he knew that for now, they had done the right thing. There was silence for quite some time while the information given was processed.
"Right, so you two are picking up where you left off then?" asked Constance. Being slightly nosy was something that she was known for.
"Yes, well, I think so, I actually have no clue, in case you haven't noticed, neither of us were really expecting this to happen, I don't know about Peter, but I had practically given up hope of ever seeing Peter again after the war. Things were so busy, and confusing, that I had no idea where to start to look."
"Well, then I'm glad that we could be of some help to you, Peter, I'm really glad that you finally got past what has been bothering you lately. Now, if you don't mind, I would like to take Constance for a walk, alone, so I will see you two later." Bryan and Constance knew that Rebecca and Peter probably wanted some time, so the two of them exited, and shortly after, so did Peter and Rebecca.
"I'm still in shock, this is the most excellent thing that could possibly have happened. So, you really did keep trying to find me, didn't you, you never gave up."
"No, I didn't. Edmund, Susan, and Lucy tried to get me to leave it be from time to time, but I just couldn't. Something was always telling me that if I kept pursuing this cause, that someday, we would manage to find each other again." Peter stopped walking, turned to face Rebecca, and kissed her. She kissed him back with all of her heart. Now that they were together again, neither wanted to be separate from the other ever again.
"Peter, it's been three years, yet we managed to hold on to feelings that were built over only a small time period. Our country is coming out of a war, and we are coming out of two wars. It is amazing that we ever saw each other again. I love you so much, and I never want to be apart from you again."
"I never want to let you go, you don't have to worry. What do you want to do? Do you want to go and get something to eat, do you want to go see Susan and Lu and Ed, or something else. I don't care what we do so long as we're together."
"It has been a long time, and this has all been so rushed, let's just go talk somewhere. I have a small home, and it's just me, so we could go there and talk, I want to know the Peter who isn't the high king, the Peter that I never got to know, the Peter who isn't distracted by a war."
"I don't know of that person exists any more, ever since Narnia things have been different, I feel as though I'd never left Narnia. My status is different, but I'm still Sir. Peter. However, I'm willing to try to find who I once was, and I wouldn't mind getting caught up, let's go." The two of them walked together, in a meaningless chat about themselves. Neither knew quite what to say, so they were thinking of what they wanted to know most about the past three years.
"Peter, how did you manage to get out of Narnia, I mean, I know that you are brave and strong, but honestly, you were in really awful shape when I left you, and also, how is your injury?" asked Rebecca.
"It took a few days, I told the witch that you had disappeared, and she almost killed me, then I was in even worse shape, Susan thinks that if I had been one more day I wouldn't be here right now. Anyway, Oreius pulled together the best of the remaining army for a search party once they realized that I wasn't among the fallen. It was as simple as they found me, extracted me, and moved me back to Cair Paravel, where I was treated by Lucy immediately, there is absolutely no sign that I was ever hurt. A few days after a recovered, Susan said that she wanted us to go back through, that Ed had almost died in the battle as well, and that she didn't want to risk the family any more. After a lot of talking, we all agreed that going back was the best thing to do, and here we are." Rebecca and Peter reached her house, but neither felt much like being professional about their re-uniting. They sat down on the battered sofa to talk, and for an awkward moment, neither knew what to say.