Disclaimer: I may have been born in England, but I regrettably own no part of this wonderful world. So I'll settle for playing in it. :)

Author's Note: Well here's Chapter Two, get excited because the plot thickens, laughs. Still has parts of Hear You Me by Jimmy Eat World in it, and don't forget, comments love :)

I never said thank you for that.
Now I'll never have a chance.

A soft "Thank You, Susan," and the whispering of the wind cut through the silence in King Caspian X's quarters. The young King had drifted off immediately, a small smile replacing the grimace from minutes before, he was dreaming, remembering. It seemed as if the rogue memory was inching its way through his psyche, tearing down the walls he carefully erected around his heart.

Turning at the whisper, Susan could only reply, with fear laced in her eyes, "Don't thank me."

Caspian could only stare, thinking the whole time, 'why? It doesn't make any sense.'

"Susan?"

"Yes?"

"Never mind."

Walking towards him Susan could only hope that he would drop it, and thankfully he said nothing more about it. Pulling her sleeves up, Susan then began to soak the rags in the water and look up at Caspian with a question in her eyes, "Caspian?"

"Yes?"

"I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"How much this is going to hurt."



With a deep breath Susan grabbed a rag rung it out and slowly began to clean up the area around the wound, and got a new rag. With a determined look on her face, she placed it on top of the wound, carefully she reached for his face,

"Now I'm sure this is going to sting, so grab onto the rock, and take as deep a breath as possible."

Giving her a small nod, Caspian tried to think of anything other than the wound and grabbed onto the rock. Wincing at her first gentle massage of the area, he looked into her eyes and saw something that wasn't there before, something new, and terrifying.

Shaking her head, Susan began to speak, "You know, once I got injured right around here, we were on a picnic, just Lucy, Ed, Peter, and I. I decided to wander off while they took a swim and fell flat on my face. Obviously not paying any attention to where I was going," she grinned, and grabbed a new cloth, "Cut up my whole right leg, the whole time, I kept thinking 'what am I going to do?' Then I remembered something Mrs. Beaver told Lucy and I after Father Christmas brought us our presents, 'Remember, if you get hurt and can't find your cordial, then dress the wound in the water of the Great River, it'll fix you up just fine.' So obviously I got up and cleaned it in the river, funny thing is, I think it did heal it, although, my scratches were smaller, I suspect that it should at least keep your cut from getting infected. I guess we'll find out then, huh?"

Nodding, Caspian could only hope that she had finished, after five minutes, she asked him to hold a clean cloth over it and began to wrap him.

"I'm afraid that I don't have anything to get the sting out, but hopefully this will work until we can find Lucy."

"I'll be fine Susan, Than—"

"Don't finish that, it was nothing, besides I have something to tell you anyways."

Standing up, Caspian grasped her hands and whispered, "What?"

As if steeling herself for a battle, Susan looked into his eyes, and began to speak, softly, but without any hesitation.

"Thank you for following Lucy and I into the woods." Tearing up she added, "If you wouldn't have, I don't know what would of happened, and . . ."



She then began shaking so horribly that she couldn't finish, so Caspian did the only thing he could think of, he pulled Susan into a hug and began to stroke her hair, and whisper words of comfort.

When she calmed down he then kissed her on the top of her head and added, "It was nothing, Susan. You were never going to get hurt, and neither was Lucy, besides, do you really think I'd let you go by yourselves without your horn? Now, here," Caspian then grabbed the last clean towel dipped it into the water, and cleaned up the remnants of the tears left on her porcelain skin, once he finished he then added with a smile, "Now come, they're probably looking for us, show me your best smile."

Looking up at him Susan tried to, but all that she could do was silently shake and whisper 'I'm sorry' while more tears came down her face.

Taking her face in his hands, Caspian began wiping away each tear, looked into her eyes and replied, "There is nothing to be sorry for, you have every right to be scared, and even more to cry, you've been so busy taking care of everyone else, that you forgot about you. But it'll be fine, you're fine now," sitting back down on the rock he gathered her into his arms, and began to rock her, carefully avoiding any collisions with his injured rib, and then added, "I'll never let anything happen to you, Susan, I love you."

Susan could only respond by looking him in the eye, kissing his cheek, and burying her face in the crook of his neck. She didn't know why but for the first time in her life, she knew he was telling the truth, that he wasn't going to leave, and that she had finally found her home.

Caspian woke with a start, and then swiftly grabbed a quill and parchment and quickly walked down the hallway.

A/N: I know, I know, I'm evil. But I swear this is the only spot I could end it on. I think it'll have maybe two chapters left, so it should be complete by Saturday. Remember reviews are my best friends :)