Disclaimer: I don't own the wonderful world of Narnia, the wonderful and downright bitchin' C.S. Lewis does. I'm only borrowing them for a bit.

A/U: OMG, u guys! I'm sooooooooooooooo sorry for not updating right away! I'm such a bad author! Not really, real life sometimes gets in the way. Ghaaaa, I'm such a slacker. Anyway, enjoy...


Some hearts
They just get all the right breaks
Some hearts have the stars on their side
Some hearts,
They just have it so easy
Some hearts just get lucky sometimes
Some hearts just get lucky, lucky sometimes- Carrie Underwood "Some Hearts"


The day of Caspian's coronation had come and gone and the Narnians were welcomed into the Telmarine castle. Karina stared up at the ceiling as she lay in her bed contemplating her future. It had been months, maybe years (if she got her Narnian time right) since she'd been back in America. She was beginning to 

get homesick. Not that she missed her deadbeat dad, just her friends. They must've thought she was dead. A knock roused her from her daydreams,

"Yo, it's open." she said, not really wanting to be polite.

Peter shuffled in, "Um, hi. Karina I was wondering if I could talk to you?"

"Sure." She answered her voice uneventful. Rolling from her four-poster she joined Peter outside. She had chosen to wear her American clothing, as it reminded her so much of her home. Today she wore a pair of worn jeans and a black tee-shirt. They walked in silence in the garden, avoiding the contemptuous gazes of a few ladies in waiting, that is until Peter broke the quite,

"It's nice weather today."

Karina sighed, "Peter, if you have something to tell me, just say it. Stop bullshittin'." She then wanted to eat her words, "I mean, beating around the bush." There, right there. That was why she wasn't Guardian material. Guardians who are supposed to be diplomats don't curse like sailors.

"Aslan said time's up for us." Peter said, stopping and sitting on a marble bench. He pat the seat next to him and Karina plopped herself down.

"Times up? I have to leave?!" Karina cried. Peter shook his head, "No, he means me, Lucy, Susan, and Edmund."

Karina stood up, "But you can't leave!"

Peter hugged her, "But we have to. Lucy and Edmund will be back, but…"

"What do you mean but? You and Susan will be back too!" Karina said, confused. Why would the lion let her gain such good friends and then tear them away? It wasn't fair.

"It's not fair!" Karina voiced, making a few servants jump. "It's not Goddamn fair! If you leave then… than what will I do?!"

Peter felt his heart break, "You won't be alone, Caspian will take care of you."

"And what about what I want!? I want all of us to stay here forever! All of us!" she screamed, knowing she was attracting attention. Peter hugged her again, "We still have one more day, please, don't make it unhappy."

Karina now actually understood that song "No Air". She finally understood love and now it was leaving. Her family, yes, that's what the Pevensie's were to her. Family. The only one she'd ever known. Peter was right, if they only had one more day, she would make it a day neither of them would forget.


Karina had officially had the best day ever. After her little chat with Peter she had located Edmund, with whom she played a rousing game of chess (of which he won) and done a little sparring. After that she found Susan and the two of them just talked, as most teen girls do, about boys, clothing, and other assorted things. Lucy came next and that was where Karina was hiking from at that moment. She and the littlest Queen had play hide and seek, freeze tag, and flashlight tag until each was very sleepy. Karina was trudging up one of the numerous steps to the Astronomy tower, where she was supposed to meet Peter. She was huffing and puffing by the time she had gotten to the third flight of stairs.

"Oh Jesus," She said breathing heavily, "Don't let me die before I get to the top of the damn stairs." She was pretty sure that using a cure within a prayer nullified it but she continued on her way. A few servants stopped her, asking if she needed assistance. She waved them all away, wanting to continue her trek solo. Finally, after a long break at the fifth staircase, she made it. Pushing open the door she immediately smiled at what she saw.

"Peter, you didn't." she groaned, but happily so. Peter sat on a large Persian blanket with a small picnic basket next to him, "Oh yes I did. I'm pulling out all the stops tonight." He mocked. Karina sat next to him, "What's in the basket?"

Peter really had no idea. Edmund had packed it as Peter had so many things to do, being High King and all. He tentatively lifted the lid, afraid of what he might see.

"Sour Patch Kids!" Karina squealed, "Yay! I love them! But Peter, how did you manage to get them? The only ones I have are in my bag."

"Edmund." Peter said simply. Karina nodded, "OMG tell him he's oh so amazing."

The two then commenced to watching the planets, Karina telling Peter stories from her time about men landing on the moon and exploring space.

"Impossible." Peter scoffed.

"Yes, it's so true. We landed on the moon in the 60's, I have no idea what Britain was doing at the time." She replied. Karina told Peter about the future and all the wonderful things that happened. He learned that her people were not treated as equally in America as they would've been in England, and that soon the world would have something called 'United Nations'. The future sounded fascinating when Karina told it with such enthusiasm and Peter knew he would never get tired of hearing it.

"Karina?" Peter said, they had been talking for hours and he wondered if she was still awake.

"Huh?" she answered.

"Do you love Caspian?" Peter asked. Karina scrunched up her face, "Yes."

Peter felt his shoulders slump, "Do you love me?"

Karina turned to him, "Yes."

"I love you too."

Karina mentally smacked herself. What was she doing?! She couldn't very well have Caspian and Peter all to herself (that was another fantasy she wasn't willing nor had the patience to explore). What was she to do? "It's not like we can have a threesome." She grumbled.

"What?" Peter said. Karina stiffened and turned her attention to the sky, "Wow, it's dark up there."

God that was stupid. Peter shut his eyes and leaned forward; hoping Karina wouldn't push him away. Instead she leaned in too, their lips met at exactly the right angle. Oh God, she was kissing him! Karina felt like she was watching a shell of her body, like an out of body experience. But the more and more she kissed him, the more and more she liked it. Oh God, Karina do something. If Caspian catches you, you're so done for sister! She shut her eyes, hoping it would all go away. She loved Peter so much but she loved Caspian too! If only God would let her combine them both, but sadly, God wasn't about to mix to polar opposites together to make Karina happy.

"Oh my God! Are we gonna have sex or something?!" she blurted out. Way to sound grown-up.

Peter breathed deeply, regaining his senses, "No… I mean… do you…"

Oh Hells yeah, Karina thought. Dreams come true! But she wouldn't say that. She just wouldn't, "Yes." Way to listen to her brain.

Sometimes I'm a selfish fake

You're always a true friend

I don't deserve you

'Cause I'm not there for you

Please forgive me again

"Well I don't think we should." Peter finally answered. Karina nodded, "I honestly don't know what came over me." Although she did. Peter was leaving, it wasn't right to make him want to stay even more. She hugged him, "I don't want you to go." She said, feeling tears leak from her eyes. Peter felt his own eyes mist over, "We have our link remember? We're imprinted, forever."

Wow, Karina had totally forgotten about the imprinting. "Sometimes we have to do what others ask us, for the greater good." She said quietly. Peter drew back, letting him thumb trace the star on her forehead, "Spoken like a true Guardian of Narnia."

They both smiled, it was genuine.

I wanna be there for you

Someone you can come to

Runs deeper than my bones

I wanna be there for you

I wanna be there for you

"Peter, I will always love you." Karina sobbed. Peter lifted her chin, "The same goes for me. I'll never ever forget you."

She laughed, making Peter's heart soar to new heights, "Look at us. Crying like babies and you haven't even left yet." Peter broke out into a full grin, "Yes, it is rather ridiculous."

Karina lay her head on Peter's chest as they shifted on the blanket, "Peter?"

"Mmmh." He said. Karina blinked, "Can you sing to me?"

"Of course." Peter smiled.

Swirling shades of blue

Slow dancing in your eyes

Sun kisses the earth

And I hush my urge to cry

"Hush now. Close out the lies. No need to speak. Time will slow. When we surrender. Whisper soft. Over the edge. Head rush. Are you still breathing. Shiver. Taking me higher. Stay. Darkness takeover now. Stay. No thinking twice. Stay for tonight. The sound of your heart. Racing faster for me. Is what will save me. Whisper soft, Anticipating. This eclipse. Pulling you closer. Melting now. Covered in silk. Letting go. Into the stillness. Head rush
Careful don't drop me. Shiver. Taking me higher. Memorize every moment, Breath. Letting this love take you over, Breath, Just breath, And stay

Stay..."

Karina closed her eyes, her thoughts becoming hazy as she listened to Peter's soft voice. His heartbeat slowly lulling her off into dreamland.

I wanna be there for you

Someone you can come to

Runs deeper than my bones

I wanna be there for you

I wanna be there for you

As she slept she didn't even feel Peter lifting her small frame up and down the stairs to her room. Her arms wrapped around Peter's neck, he fought off the many scandalous gossipers along the way. He'd have hell in the morning. Slowly and quietly, he opened her door. He yawned, he was sleepy himself. Peter tugged lightly at Karina's fingers, trying to unlace them, but they held firm.

"Let go…" he whispered, tugging again. Another yawn racked his body and Peter knew he was in no condition to wander back to his room at such a late hour. Sighing, he lay on the bed; Karina still snuggled up on her chest.

'Cause I hear the whispered words

In your masterpiece beautiful

You speak the unspeakable through

I love you too

I wanna be there for you

Someone you can come to

"If you love him then you will receive love in return, dear one." Aslan said to Karina as she dreamed.

"Why must you take him from me Aslan?" Karina asked. The lion snuffled, "Everyone has their own separate destiny. Peter will return, someday."

"Someday? Someday I'll be an old crone!" Karina cried. Aslan stalked over to the wishing well, "Look into the water, tell me what you see."

Karina glanced into the water, "I see a stupid little nobody, with no past and no future."

Aslan looked into the water also, "I see a brave and stunning young woman who can lead Narnia."

"But what if I fail?" she said. Aslan chuckled, "With those you love guiding you, I do not think failure will be in your fate."

I wanna be there for you

And be someone you can come to

The love runs deeper than my bones

I wanna be there for you


Author's Note: Great chapter, if I do say so myself. The song used is called "There for You" by Flyleaf, if you haven't figured it out I love Flyleaf so much. They're just so talented. I LOVE singing Peter! BTW the song he sings is by Emmy Rossum it's called "Stay". I'm not so sure about how many chapters are coming after this. Tell me if I should post the sequel, I won't if no one wants to read it. It's cool. Review!