Visibly Invisible 2: Prince Caspian
(Final) Chapter 15: No need to say goodbye
Dylexia's POV:
I woke up, crushed to Ed's chest with his arms still around me tightly and slightly noticed my breathing was back to normal. I don't even remember how long I cried and how long I just clung to him; all I know was that at some point, I collapsed into sleep. A deep one mind you, because I'm sure I didn't even stir all night. Yawning and burying myself further into him, I put my arms around him. If anyone saw us, I was pretty sure they would see us as having an intimate lovers' moment, but no, we were just sleeping damn it.
I shifted my gaze to his face, as he slowly breathed in and out, his lips parted almost invitingly, but I didn't close the distance, because I knew he'd wake up and I didn't want that. I had already wore him out, and I bet his insides were still bursting with worry. Smiling, I buried myself into him again.
-XX
'Coro…what?'
'Coronation,' Susan repeated slowly, making me feel like a retard again. I pouted and then looked over at Caspian at the breakfast table. He wasn't eating anything, just staring at his eggs, trying to beat them at a contest maybe. Eh, lost cause.
'And nobody told me that he's being crowned today, because…?' Ed said in a dry tone, drinking from his goblet.
'If you'd be so willing to sacrifice a few moments with your girlfriend and actually attend Aslan's council meetings, you'd know,' Peter threw back, causing both of us to stare at him like idiots.
'Aslan had a council meeting?'
Peter did the only valid thing he could do. He slapped his hand to his forehead.
-XX
'I am supposed to what?'
'Ride a horse after Caspian is crowned king,' Lucy explained brightly, brushing my hair and smoothing it to make a decent braid. I felt like banging myself on the vanity. I could barely keep myself straight on my feet, and they were placing me on a friggin horse. Uh, damn it.
'So, did he eat something yet?' Susan asked with a hint of overflowing concern in her voice, causing the both of us to stare at her weirdly.
'Who?'
'Caspian of course,' Susan flushed a little and we exchanged smirks.
'Well, no, he's too nervous,' Lucy replied casually, twisting my hair this way and that, obviously pleased with my hair's smoothness after hours of combing.
'What's there to be nervous about? I mean, all they do is put a crown on your head,' I shrugged, but nobody seemed to agree, because nobody answered.
-XX
I was throwing a tantrum if anyone let me. I was supposed to ride a horse, and they had dolled me up for a ball! 'That's because there is a ball at the end,' Susan's shrill voice was cutting at my mind. Sighing, I looked at the girl who stared back at me from the mirror.
Lucy had made an extremely elegant braid out of disastrous hair, and I was pretty sure she had applied some sort of magical shiner to them. The gown she had made me wear was the worst thing that ever happened to me. It was pretty I couldn't deny, purple and sparkly, puffy like a princess and V necked, but I sort of envied Teria who was wearing a cocktail dress, pink and not in the least revealing. At least, she looked simple and pretty, and her legs weren't surrounded by an effing…umbrella.
'You look pretty, it's alright!' Teria assured me brightly, clapping me on the back, but all I could think was…damn it.
-XX
I squeezed my eyes shut and smiled forcefully as the horse beneath me trudged forward, often comforting me that she wouldn't kill me. Ed constantly looked back at me and gave me assuring smiles, snorting as I flinched as the Narnians went crazy in the cheering from time to time. Caspian looked radiant, everything was fine. All was good.
-XX
Ed flinched as I stepped on his foot again.
'Sorry,' I whispered, and Ed smiled, leaning down and giving me a kiss, our swaying still not stopping. We looked crazy, I was sure of it. As he drew back, I smiled and leaned forward, putting my head on his chest, making good use of the slow song around us. Susan was swaying with Caspian, Peter with Teria (I was still a dazed) and Lucy with a duke or something. Everyone was smiling and chatting, but I just lost myself in the moment, closing my eyes and cherishing the grasp Ed had on me.
Did I ever mention I'm a lovesick puppy? Literally.
The spell was broken as the song ended and turned into a hardcore, rock music. The entire love atmosphere was broken as everyone went literally crazy and I detached myself from Ed irritably.
'Do you want to go for a walk?' he asked immediately and I sighed in relief. Seriously if he wanted me to dance like a robot, I would've murdered him right there and then.
It took us about ten minutes to escape the madness and into the deserted halls of the Cair. Ed looked at me and smiled, facing me with a small smile.
'Dy,' he gently whispered, bending down and connecting his lips to mine. And it was the first time that he didn't start it slow. His mouth moved in harmony with mine, and I was happy.
I got my happy ending.
As if.
-XX
My throat went dry as I slipped my hand in Ed's, taking Aslan's words to my head. Our time was what, over in Narnia? He was ripping us apart again?
'We're not coming back?' Lucy echoed, looking at Peter in disbelief.
'You four are, I mean I think he means you four,' he looked at Aslan who smiled and started a whole speech on how all things have their time, but I couldn't hear a word of it.
I had never, ever suspected that when Aslan called a meeting, he was going to send us back. I had skipped all the way damn it! And when the Miraz's wife had disappeared in the hollow tree trunk, my heart had sank like steel sinks in water. And by four, I knew he meant Lucy, Ed, me and Teria, who looked confused. She obviously still hadn't gotten it.
My mind went numb as Ed detached his hand from mine to bid farewell to everyone, I watched with a dead brain as Susan kissed Caspian, as Lucy hugged Trumpkin, as Ed gave me one last kiss that I couldn't respond to.
And when the four Pevensies made their way to the trunk, Teria slipped her hand in mine, and I intertwined tightly, watching as Ed looked at me painfully and disappeared into nowhere. A stray tear slipped down my cheek as Aslan said something my ears couldn't catch and Teria whispered something to me, tugging on my hand. I automatically walked forward, toward the tree trunk, wishing against all odds that I'd end up in the 1940's. And then abruptly, Teria's hand tore away from mine and I fell, down a dark hole.
-XX
My head collided with hard marble and I winced, feeling the coolness around my bare arms and legs. I wondered what was happening before I realized I was back in Bates, the store I had left for Narnia from. But why were my arms and legs…I was wearing the skimpy uniform of the store's.
'Eh! Get up!'
I looked up at Mrs. Miranda who was standing over me with a murderous expression.
You know the best part? Aslan said I was going back. Let's endure this for a little while, my mind egged me on as I braced myself for another string of abuses.
Happy ending? As if.
The End…for now.
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