Next morning at breakfast
"Edmund you pass the milk, please? Thank you." Peter received the milk and poured it into his bowl.
"Al right, any last minute arrangements, needed for today?" Peter asked
"Today? What's happening today?" Edmund asked
"We have the Lunch with the Ambassador of Narnia, he is visiting from Archenland with his son Cameron, and he hopes Cameron will meet someone special in Narnia." Peter explained
"How old is he?" Edmund asked
"He's about your age, why?"
"Oh, no reason, so the Ambassador wishes to marry him off to a lady then?" Edmund asked the subject only slightly interested him, but he asked for conversations sake anyway.
"Well yes he wants to but he wants his son to fall in love first, but he's a lot like you Ed, the ladies don't interest him at all."
"Why not?"
"The ambassador doesn't know but he wonders if maybe someone in Narnia will catch his eye."
"I hope someone does."
"I do too. Ed when are you going to find someone and settle down?" Peter asked
"I told you, Pete, when I fall in love"
"Oh by the way Edmund, I forgot to ask you, would it be alright if Cameron stayed in your room? It's just the refurnishments on the second guest room aren't ready, and the first guest room isn't big enough for three."
"Yea, that's fine"
"Thanks Ed"
"Any time"
"See you later on then"
"Alright"
The brothers got up and left the room, Edmund had intended to go back to bed but decided to go for a walk around Cair Paravel instead.
Lunch with Cameron
As people often found out when they got to Cair Paravel, Lunch with the pevensies was a lot different to a normal lunch, the pevensies, liked to dance, talk and eat. When Edmund arrived at the dining room, he saw his usual diner party sitting at the table awaiting the arrival of the ambassador, his wife and his son. Edmund had just taken his place at the table, when a loud trumpet signaled the arrival of their guests, the party stood up, and looked to the door, which had opened to let the newcomers through, Edmund saw the ambassador and his wife come in and take their place at the table, and behind them came Cameron, Edmund could not stop staring, he did not think he had ever seen anything as beautiful, Cameron was about Edmunds height with sandy blonde shoulder length hair that fell loosely around his face, his eyes were deep shade of aquamarine and
Cameron looked at Edmund, and Edmund felt himself blush but he would not look away, for in those eyes Edmund found everything he had ever been searching for. As Cameron took his place next to Edmund his father, began to speak "Your majesties, we are truly honoured to be eating with you tonight" Cameron began to sit like everyone else but Edmund stopped him "Would you like to dance?" Edmund didn't know where that came from, "Yes" but he was grateful, he held out his hand, and Cameron took it, the points at which their skin touched sent shivers through Edmunds body.
They reached the dance floor and began to dance; to Edmunds surprise it wasn't awkward at all like it had been with the girls.
"I'm Edmund, by the way"
"I'm Cameron"
"I've never danced with a boy before have you?"
"No but it feels right doesn't it?"
"Yes Cameron it does"
"Um Edmund"
"Yes Cameron"
"Um, do you think two men could fall in love?"
"I don't see why not, why do you ask such a question?"
"Um, Um I don't know how to put this"
"Well there's no harm in saying it out loud"
"Oh well, um, never mind I can't tell you right now, not in front of everyone"
"Alright then"
Meanwhile back at the table…..
"Awww look at them, love at first sight." Susan sighed
"Thank Aslan for that, I thought he was never going to find anybody." Replied Tiana the ambassador's wife.
"But-but their both men" Peter stuttered
"Oh, don't be such a homophobic pig peter" Said Lucy "They're made or each other."
"Well I think it's a match made in heaven myself." Said ambassador Lief
They all stopped talking as Cameron and Edmund came and sat down they were still gazing into each others eyes.
"So, Edmund, have you got anyone 'special' on the cards?" Lief inquired
"Um, Maybe but it's not a dinner topic"
"Well we can talk about it at a more suitable time then"
"Um, thank- you?"
"No problem"
"So Lucy……"
Later in Edmund's bedroom
Later on that night Edmund and Cameron walked into Edmund's bedroom to set up where Cameron would sleep that night. As they walked into the room Cameron said "You're room is amazing"
"Thank-you I guess, I chose it because of the view"
Cameron walked over to the window and looked out
"I see what you mean it's beautiful, it reminds me of, of, ah never mind"
"Reminds you of what?" Edmund couldn't help wondering if the view reminded Cameron of the same thing it reminded Edmund of.
"My views on those sorts of things are often different from everyone else's"
"You and me both, what does it remind you of?"
"Well um, it reminds me of a, a man" the last word was whispered so quietly that Edmund could only just make it out.
"A man?!" Edmund was surprised that someone else saw the beauty of the view the same way he did.
"Oh dear, you think I'm weird don't you?" Cameron began to run out the room but Edmund stopped him.
"How could I think you're weird when I think exactly the same thing?" Cameron shoulders relaxed and he smiled at Edmund
"I knew you were different from the moment I saw you"
"Different? As in good different or bad different?"
"Good different, ah I mean…"
"Well I think you're a good different too" Edmund and Cameron both turned and looked each other in the eyes.
"Really?"
"Yes"
"Uh, Edmund can I tell you something?"
"Anything"
"Well, I've…."
Suddenly the maid walked in and interrupted them,
"Excuse me sirs, but when will you be wanting that other bed?" Edmund and Cameron looked down at the floor then to the maid,
"Uh soon, kipsie please"
"Alrighty then" the maid realizing she was interrupting something quickly left and closed the door behind her.
"What were you going to say?" Edmund looked back at Cameron.
"It doesn't matter anymore, you wouldn't want to hear it, I don't know how you'll react"
"If I didn't want to hear it I wouldn't have asked.
"But I don't know how you'll react"
"I promise I will not react badly"
"Ok well, the truth is…., the truth is that I've never felt the way I do now"
Cameron raised his head to see two bright green eyes staring back at him in utter shock.
"Oh, Aslan I feel like such an idiot." Uttered Cameron before sprinting out the door
"Cameron wait!" Edmund ran out the door.
"Cameron wait" he shouted again
Cameron stopped and looked back at him with a tear streaked face "Sorry your highness, I was out of place and I shouldn't have said that to you. I promise you it won't ever happen again"
"Cameron" said Edmund "Don't you start pulling that your highness bull with me, why wouldn't my boyfriend tell me he loved me?"
"I don't understand I thought you hated me"
"How could I hate someone as beautiful as you?"
"Cameron would you mind me kissing you?"
"Oh shut up and kiss me"
Cameron leaned in towards Edmund but Edmund pulled back
"Is that how you speak to your highness?" Cameron laughed and tried to kiss Edmund again this time succeeding, they were interrupted by a cough and they saw everyone standing around them, Peter was fuming, but everyone else looked ecstatic. Kipsie walked past with the spare bed but Susan stopped her
"Uh, Kipsie I don't think we'll be needing that"