Peter stayed the night at Rebecca's that night, afraid of what might happen if he didn't. He was scared for her, he felt a bit of a paranoia coming on, a need to protect her himself. Normally, Peter would have told his family that he was staying with Bryan, but he had totally forgotten to tell anyone that he wouldn't be home that night. Neither could sleep that night, so Rebecca sat next to Peter on the couch, where he would have been sleeping if they could. Most of it was silence, neither having much to say, but both were elated to simply hold each other. The entire night passed with just the two of them, lost in each other, and their fear. In Narnia, Peter's fear had been almost non-existent, he knew that whatever he needed to do for war, he would have backup. Now that they were back in their world, that situation was not so.
Rebecca awoke to sunlight in her eyes, and found that she had fallen asleep on Peter's shoulder. She lifted her head from it's resting position, and noticed that Peter was awake already. "Did I wake you?" he asked, worriedly.
"No, you didn't, the sun did. How long have you been awake?" asked Rebecca.
"I didn't sleep, I couldn't. Things kept running through my head, and I just kept going over them, trying to make some sense out of everything."
"Well, I'm sorry that you were kept awake, I wish you would have woken me sooner. It feels weird that I slept while you were kept awake all night." Rebecca placed her head back on Peter's shoulder, and he ran his hand absentmindedly through her long brown hair. They sat for a moment before a thought hit Rebecca. "Oh my goodness, does your family know where you are?" she asked.
"I didn't even think about it, no." Peter jumped up quickly, pulled his jacket from the arm of the couch, and put it on. "I should probably go and let them know everything's fine, I mean, you know, that I'm not lying somewhere bleeding. Do you want to come, or should I come back later?" asked Peter.
"You should probably go alone, I don't want your family getting the wrong idea, just tell them that you were at Bryan's or something, and it was dark, and you didn't want to walk home. I'll see you later, I have to go to the grocer anyway and get some food. Oh, and thank you for staying, I mean, it made me feel much safer." Peter smiled at Rebecca, nodded, and exited towards his house.
"Peter, where have you been?" Susan whispered rapidly when she answered the door.
"Long story, where do mother and father think I am?" asked Peter, hoping that Susan had covered for him in some way.
"What else would they think? I told them you were at Bryans, and I hoped that I wasn't lying, but I can see from your face that I was. I'm just glad you're alright. In the future, try to let me know when you're not coming home, that way when I lie to mom and dad I will at least know that you're safe."
"You mean when I stay at Rebecca's make sure you have a good cover story?" asked Peter, antagonizing his sister.
"You know that's what I mean, knock it off."
"Susan, I need to talk to you, it's kind of important, and I want to tell you before I tell any body else."
"Peter, you're not getting married are you?" asked Susan, not sure whether to be worried or elated.
"What? NO! It's not that, just come here." Peter pulled Susan outside and shut the door. The siblings walked down the block a ways before Peter spoke. "It's Rebecca, someone has been trying to kill her for some time now, and she's been safe here for now, but they're going to catch up to her, soon she thinks, and she'll have to leave soon." Peter spoke quickly so that he could finish before Susan could get a word in.
"Slow down, what do you mean?" asked Susan.
"It's a long story, but basically, she saw something that she wasn't supposed to see, and someone is trying to kill her. Currently she is hiding from them, but eventually, they will find her, and she will have to run somewhere new."
"Well, that explains it a little bit, but why are you telling me this? Isn't it dangerous for more people to know her whereabouts?" asked Susan, confused.
"You don't understand, when Rebecca has to leave, I'm going with her. If I don't she'll be all alone again. She has no family, and only a few friends, you, me, Lu, Ed, and Constance." Peter sighed after revealing his intensions to his sister.
"Oh, that's going to take a little bit of time to sink in, but I think I understand. You really love her, don't you? You must, that's quite a leap. The hardest thing about this is going to be explaining it to Lucy. She's not as young as she was, but she will have the hardest time understanding. She looks up to you, so just be sure that you are the one to break this to her, not me, not Ed, not Rebecca, but you."
"I promise, now let's go back before anyone else starts to miss you." The siblings headed back towards their house, and let themselves in before anyone knew that Susan had been gone. Susan didn't want to show it, but she didn't want Peter to leave. She needed him, he had always been there, and if he wasn't things would be different. If he were staying in the city, things would be different, she wouldn't mind, but she had a fear that she would never see her brother again if he left.