Hey everybody..... ummm....... go ahead and kill me for not updating in such a long time, but, you should know, I tried..... I was just really busy! I will try to get 2 chapters up this weekend to make up for it! Anyway, read on!
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"Okay, Lucy, are you sure about this?" Susan whispered to Lucy. They were standing outside Caspian, Edmund, and Peter's rooms (their rooms were right next to each other's, while Susan and Lucy's were right down the hall, across from each other).
"Yes, I'm sure! Edmund has been teasing me something awful, so this is what he gets! But, I just won't do it too loud, okay?" Lucy's plan to wake up the Kings was to wake up a trumpeter, rig their doors with wire across the bottom, and blow the horn. This in turn would startling the Kings out of their peaceful rooms, walk out the door, and trip over the wire.
"Lucy, I don't know.... Oh well. You'll just do it anyway and I won't be there to see it. Okay, on three." Susan mouthed the numbers to the trumpeter, who blew the horn so loud, Susan thought the next country would hear! The girls then heard several thuds and mumblings along the lines of:
"OUCH! Wha? Whas happenin? Whas wong?" Peter was obviously the first one to be awake, as his voice was very deep in the morning.
"Ow! What in the world-" followed by several words that weren't appropriate to say. Caspian, the girls thought.
"By ASLAN! WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE WRONG AT THIS TIME IN THE MORNING?!" The girls knew the last one was Ed, as he didn't like to be woken early and could be extremely grumpy in the morning.
All three doors opened and all of the Kings (with wild hair and bleary eyes) crashed to the floor after tripping over the wire. All grunted in pain, but the girls couldn't help themselves. They both let out giggles, which turned into laughs that brought tears to their eyes and had them doubling over, holding their sides.
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Caspian looked up at Susan from the floor. He supposed that this was funny, but he couldn't see any reason for her having such uncontrollable laughter. That had truly hurt! So, he said the first thing that came to mind:
"GET THEM!"
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Susan's laughter stopped as soon as she heard this. She backed up a few paces, with Lucy following suit. The boys picked themselves up off the ground and looked at them both, smirks on their faces. They advanced, walking towards them with their hands outstretched.
"Boys, really.... It was a harmless prank!" Susan couldn't contain a giggle. "It couldn't have been that bad! I'm sorry... EEP!" Susan turned and ran after both Peter and Caspian lunged at her. They all ran out into the courtyard. Susan ran and hid behind a pillar, hoping Lucy could hold her own against Edmund. She was about to peek out behind the pillar to look for Lucy when a hand touched her shoulder.
"BOO!" Caspian shouted. Susan jumped and turned around. Caspian had found her and obviously wasn't going to let her get away. He was standing on the other side of the pillar, a mischevious smile tugging at his lips. "There's no way you can get out of this. I will catch you, you know." Hmm, she thought, Caspian has gotten a little more confident in his actions has he? Well, he's in for a pleasant surprise!
"Fine. Catch me if you can!" Susan spun on her heel and raced off giggling as she raced down a hilly section of the castle grounds. She was fast, but Caspian was faster. He chased after her, sprinting to catch up. Susan veered to the left, the hem of her dress getting caught on a stone. She tugged it free and tried to run faster, as Caspian was barely 3 meters away from her! She stopped by a pond, out of breath, some two feet away from the water fountain at the end of the castle gardens. Caspian ran and tackled her, gently, having them both land on the grass, him on top of her. He started tickling her right under her ribcage, where he knew she was most ticklish.
"Say that you won't do that again, say it!" He growled playfully. He stopped tickling her after she finally had enough breath to beg him to stop, that she can't breathe with him on top of her and his incessant tickling! He looked down at her, breathing quietly, her faced flushed ever so slightly after running from him and his tickling. She was still beautiful. He stared at her, imagining things ... I wonder.... He leaned down, staring into Susan's eyes, inching slowly closer to her lips, breathing softly. Susan looked back into his eyes, feeling his warm breath wash across her lips as he was close, feeling a blush rise to her cheeks. Closer, he looked down at her lips, waiting. He wanted Susan to kiss him, because he didn't want to push her to do something she didn't want to do. All of a sudden, they were interrupted.
"SUSAN! HELP, PLEASE!!! Ha ha ha! Peter's tickling me and Ed won't let go... HELP!" Lucy was running towards them, giggling breathlessly. She came to a stop as soon as she saw them, a tomato red blush rising to her cheeks. Susan and Caspian hastily got to their feet again and couldn't bring themselves to look at each other just yet.
I almost kissed him! What was I thinking... Oh, but he looked so cute... Oh, that's no excuse... Susan carried on contradicting herself in her thoughts, not noticing that Peter and Edmund had marched up and were being informed by Lucy.
"WHAT?!" Peter was very agitated. For one, he would just love to kill Caspian right now, but he might upset Susan if he did... Grrr. If he thinks he can do that without having to explain to me and Ed, he has definitely got another thing coming! Meanwhile, Ed was assessing the situation in his head. This could prove both interesting and challenging... I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens... But, now we have to talk with Caspian I guess... Oi, what a tiring prospect... But, he smirked, it will be very fun to see if they could make this work.
"Susan snapped out of her trance to find both Peter and Edmund staring at her. "What?" she squeaked indignantly. "At least I didn't do anything criminal!" Peter just looked towards Caspian and Edmund snickered. " Oh, come on! I swear, you guys act like... like... 2 year olds." Susan was infuriated. It wasn't as if she had actually kissed him! Ph, great, and now Lucy was looking at her funny. "Uh, fine... If all you're going to do is stare at me, then I have to find a way to get you to stop, don't I?" She inched towards Lucy slowly, who let out a peal of laughter.
"No, Su! Oh no, please! I beg you! Your Greatness, spare me!" Lucy teased. She raced up the hill back to the castle, with Susan chasing after her. Peter, Edmund, and Caspian looked in their direction. Lucy's laughter could be heard for awhile, until they disappeared into the castle. Peter and Edmund then focused their attention on Caspian. Caspian shifted and fidgeted under their stares until Edmund let out a chuckle.
"Come on Peter. Go easy on him, he doesn't know... Now I guess we'll have to tell him. Anyways, he needs to know." Caspian was intrigued. What did he need to know? Apparently, he was going to find out how they had coped back in England.
"Fine, we can both tell him Ed. Caspian, we need to talk..."
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Ha ha ha, I left a cliffie! Plus, this chappie is over 1,300 words long! Anyways, I will try to update another chappie today, because I know I haven't updated in a Loooong time.... Sorry... Anyways, I am gunna need ideas for the next few chappies, so please review!! Go ahead, press that button...