Chapter 7- Date Night

As the impending battle was fast approaching the royal siblings and the young prince started training the troops to be prepared. Lucy was the only one to not be doing any training because she was still too little. The boys worked with different groups on sword fighting and hand to hand combat. Susan did the archery training with different groups as well. They are all working hard with training during the day and strategizing at night. By the end of the first week they were all extremely tired. Susan herself was barely getting enough sleep because she keeps having nightmares. She would sleep for a few hours and waken afraid and terrified of her nightmares and she couldn't go back to sleep.

Caspian has been trying to spend more time with Susan but they are always busy. He decided to make a special night for just the two of them. He gathered items for a dinner on the cliff where they talked after the castle raid and rescuing her from Miraz. He was hoping this could be their first date and the start of their relationship if all goes well. He wasn't sure if Susan wants to be in a relationship with him but he had to give it a shot especially now when things are so hectic. There needs to be some happy things to happen in this sad time of war. He also hoped that Susan could be happy again after what happened to her while in Miraz's captivity. He knew that she was not feeling good and a little depressed. He wrote a note and gave it to Trumpkin to deliver to Susan. He waited for her on the cliff with a bouquet of flowers. The time of their meeting that he wrote on the note came and she did not show. He waited for her to see if she was just late. Thirty minutes later she still did not show. Caspian didn't know what to think. Scenarios ran through his head, such as, her not getting the note, or just not wanting to meet with him. He kept waiting and it just got darker. Caspian felt like she wasn't coming because she didn't want to be with him or she didn't like him the same way he liked her.

Just as Caspian was starting to give up and gather the dinner he laid out when he heard someone running down the corridor towards the cliff. He turned towards the opening and saw Susan out of breath in one of her best dresses.

"Susan…"

"I am so sorry. I got your note and I went to get cleaned up and look nice and I was just so tired. I laid down for a short nap and before I knew it, it was late. I didn't think you will still be here but I had to try. I'm so sorry Caspian I really am."

"Susan… Susan… It's okay." Caspian tried to interrupt.

"I'm just so sorry Caspian."

"Really Susan, it's okay."

"Please forgive me, Caspian."

"Susan, please let me speak now. There is nothing to forgive. You fell asleep. That's completely understandable. You've been working hard recently. You know at first I just thought you were running late and then after a while I thought that you didn't want to come and be with me. Now that you told me the truth I completely understand."

"Oh, Caspian. I really wanted to come. I wanted to look pretty and actually have a real date with you." She started crying. "I'm so sorry I made you wait." She dropped her head and looked at the ground.

Caspian approached her and lifted her chin so he could see into her eyes. They started into each other's eyes. Caspian slowly leaned in to kiss her but stopped a few centimeter's before her lips to see if she wanted to kiss him. Susan met him the rest of the way. The kiss was soft and gentle at first and then it got passionate and heated. Caspian wrapped his arms around Susan's waist as she buried her hands into his thick long hair. When they finally separated they were out of breath.

"I have waited a long time to do that Susan."

"I've waited a long time for you to do that too, Caspian."

Susan and Caspian kissed with so much passion. Caspian was sure he was dreaming but he also knew that he would've woken by now so this was real. With his arms wrapped around her waist he pulled her tighter to him. They broke apart to catch their breath. She smiled at him and rested her head on his chest. They held each other with content. They didn't hear the footsteps from the tunnel leading to the cliff.

Peter came looking for Caspian and what he found surprised him. His sister was in Caspian's arms and it looked more than just friendly. He knew they didn't know that he was there and he didn't know if he should tell them he was there. When they started to kiss he just had to say something because he couldn't stand-by and just watch.

"Susan! What the hell is going on?" Peter shouted.

Caspian and Susan turned towards the shout in surprise.

"Peter!" Susan gasped.

"What's going on here?"

"Peter, we can explain." Susan tried to be reasonable with Peter.

"Well you better. What are you doing with him, Susan? Do you like him? We are in the middle of a war. A relationship is too dangerous now. What are you thinking?"

"Yes, Peter, I like him and what I'm doing with him should be obvious. What does the war have to do with this? I am not going to let a war stand in the way of me living my life. I want to be with him now because you never know what can happen in the following days. If something then I'll always wonder 'what if'. After you guys saved me from Miraz I promised myself I would not let anything stand in my way of telling people my feelings and living my life." Susan explained to Peter while Caspian kept one arm wrapped around her waist.

Peter glared at the couple for a while after Susan yelled at him. He kept his royal composure and finally consented.

"Fine but don't let this interfere with our plans."

"Fine."

Peter turned and walked away. Caspian turned to Susan.

"Did he give us his blessing or not?" Caspian asked.

"No, not officially. He will probably wait until after everything is over when he can finally interrogate you and put his full attention on us. Right now he is a King and can't truly act on his brotherly duties because his people are more important. Don't worry though, he'll give us his blessings because I'll kick his ass if he doesn't and he knows that," Susan explained.

Caspian laughed at that because he knew she was probably right about that.

"So where were we?"

"I think we were right about here…"

Susan reached and pulled his head to hers. This kiss had a lot of heat behind it too. They continued to kiss until they had to breathe. They finally broke apart and gazed into each other's eyes. Caspian was the first to break the silence between them.

"It's getting late, we should go inside. We both need our sleep; there is a lot of training to be done tomorrow. Shall I escort you to your room?"

"I will be delighted if you escort me to my room. Let us clean up our mess first and then you can escort me in."

Caspian and Susan put picnic away and took it back to the kitchen area. Susan took Caspian's arm as he escorted her to her chambers, which she shared with Lucy. When they arrived at the entrance of her chambers they tried to each other and have one last good night kiss. With that Susan went into her chambers, put on her night dress and went to bed. Caspian went to his own chambers and when he went to bed all he could dream about the Susan. Again.