A/N. Hi everyone, here I am with a new chapter. Also, if anyone's interested, my boyfriend (the doppelganger) found out about what I'm doing here and wants to read my fanfics too. Whoa, I didn't expect him to be interested…but I'm so happy he actually wants to know what I do in free time. "Maybe you're the next Agatha Christie" he said. I laughed "F.Y.I., she wrote detectives, I write adventure and romance." He chuckled "Whatever, she's still famous, maybe someday you'll be too." Urgh, yeah right…boys can be so naïve sometimes) Anywayz, enough of my chatter, on with the story!

Chapter 12.

Edmund and Edelle didn't speak as they walked through the corridors. Edelle was thinking about Eustace and if he would ever forgive her. Edmund too, was thinking about that, even though he didn't know the good side of Eustace, he still felt sorry for him. By the way he reacted when they told him, he guessed the boy really liked Edelle.

The only thing that eased their minds the slightest bit was that they were now clear before him. They had nothing to hide anymore; Eustace had to know the truth, even if it was painful.

Suddenly Edelle bumped into someone. "Okay, I seriously have to start watching where I'm going." She thought to herself.

"I'm sorry, my bad…oh, hi." She half-smiled, seeing who it was, she had just run into.

"Hi." Lucy smiled "What have you been doing?"

Edmund and Edelle shrugged uncomfortably, and Lucy furrowed her brows at their miserable expressions.

"What happened?" she asked both of them.

Edmund looked at Edelle, who had lowered her eyes and decided to tell Lucy himself.

"We just told Eustace about…us." he said.

Lucy's features tensed up and became quite worried, as she realized why they looked so pitiful.

"Well, how did it go?" she asked, probably already knowing the answer, and not really sure if she wanted to hear it.

Edelle looked up at her "I just rejected him to be with the one he hates the most, how do you think it went?"

Lucy gave a small understanding nod, her worries confirmed. She figured Eustace wouldn't be overjoyed, however she still thought it wouldn't be too bad. And, apparently, it wasn't too bad; it was worse. "What happened in there?"

"He just stared at us for moments, in complete fury, then jumped from his place and yelled at me and Edelle to get out."

"Oh dear…" Lucy said in a quiet voice. "Do you think he'll be alright?"

Edelle slowly shook her head "No. At least, not anytime soon."

"How do you know?" Edmund looked at her, questioningly.

"One of my best guy friends has been in love with a girl for a year or so. He was eighteen and the girl was seventeen. Then one day he gathered up all his guts and confessed to her. He hoped that she at least would give him a chance, but she had broken all his optimism when she said she was already engaged with another guy and what's worse- she loved her fiancé. From that day I could hardly recognize him. He became distant and depressed, he didn't want to talk to anyone or go anywhere. He hated her, he hated her fiancé, he hated the entire world. It took him almost three months to get over it, a little bit. Luckily, time always heals, so in another month he almost completely returned to his old cheerful self. But even now, whenever someone accidentally speaks her name in front of him, he tenses and his expression turns all gloomy and pathetic."

Edmund and Lucy listened and hoped that Eustace wouldn't take half-a-year to heal. After all, he said he only liked Edelle. And, to face the facts, he was still young to have serious feelings towards any girl.

"Well, in any case, we have to help him to recover from all this as soon as possible. Maybe I could go talk to him…" Lucy stepped forward

"No!" Edmund and Edelle said in unison. Edmund looked at Lucy and shook his head "He had just found out, I think it's better to give him some alone time, for now."

"I suppose you could try talking to him later, if you want. Maybe tomorrow." Edelle suggested.

Lucy sighed and knew they were right; now wasn't the best time to try and make contact with Eustace.

"Yeah, I guess tomorrow might work better. Okay, I'll leave you two alone now, if you need me- I'll be on the upper deck. Not for long, though-it's getting late." She said and disappeared upstairs.

Edmund turned his gaze form his sister to Edelle "So, what are we gonna do now?"

Edelle looked in his eyes "Actually, I wanted to go somewhere we can be alone…"

He nodded, understanding. She was going through a hard time right now, and he felt so privileged, that he was the only one she wanted to be with at that time.

"That sounds like a great idea. You wanna go to my cabin or yours?" he asked.

"Yours." She answered and he placed one arm around her waist as they walked to his cabin.

When they reached the door, they looked around to see if no one saw them and Edmund turned the doorknob, letting her in and closing the door behind him. Edelle walked to his bed and sat down, and he also took a seat by her side.

Edelle was still thinking about Eustace, but now from a different angle. She remembered how that guy she was telling about began hating everything and how he even tried to get in the way of the girl's engagement. She suddenly became worried. Edmund quickly detected her troubled expression.

"Edelle?" he looked at her. "What are you thinking about?"

She tilted her head to him "I'm thinking…knowing Eustace's character, I'm kind of afraid, what if he wants revenge? What if he tries to break us apart?"

Edmund exhaled and tenderly tuck a strand of hair behind her ear. "That's never gonna happen. Nothing can break us apart, and even if he tries to, I'll never let him."

She leaned into his touch "I know, but…now that I thought of it, he just has so many opportunities of doing so. He could, for example, threat to tell the entire London that his intended, Edelle Gilbert, had been sneaking out with another man, and then can you imagine what everyone will say about me? All my honor and respect would be gone forever." she sighed "You know English rules, Edmund. If an engaged girl shows any affection to any other man than her future husband, she would be considered a simple harlot!" she said the last words an octave higher and lowered her gaze, bitterly.

Edmund took her face in his hand and made her look at him "Edelle, you are not a harlot! And if anyone dares to even think of you as that, that person will have me to deal with first."

She felt her heartbeat quicken at his words and tears begin to form in her eyes "But it's not just about me, if people start talking like that, it will automatically shame the whole family. And I know how my parents are. If something like that happens, they will definitely want to move to another country. You know my father is very rich and we have residences abroad. What then, Edmund?" by now tears were trickling from her eyes.

He shook his head and pressed his forehead against her's. "I won't let you go. You will stay and live with me and my family.

Edelle's breath was shattered as she said, her voice merely above a whisper "Yes…I will stay with you…I'll be with you until the day you no longer want me…"

"Forever." He breathed

She raised her eyes, which were already only inches apart from his and looked at him "What?"

"You will be with me forever." He repeated and leaned in, past the little distance, pressing his lips fully and fervently to her's.

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