I'm thinking a snow day is in store for tomorrow…it just keeps coming down! Crazy Missouri weather….oh well, right? :D

The Lord of the Rings is on TNT, I have knock-you-over-it's-so-strong- coffee, my room is toasty warm and the snow is blowing hard outside…PERFECT writing atmosphere ;)

NATANI'S POV

I woke up feeling far better than I had for a long time. I was toasty warm and something firm but soft at the same time was under my head and…moving? Wait… I moved my hand over the surface of whatever I was on top of and my eyes widened beyond all possibility.

I sat up quickly and gasped. I had been sleeping on the same chair, cuddled as close as possible none the less, with Edmund! I jumped off the chair in a hurry and glanced around to make sure no one was looking. Edmund groaned in his sleep and just turned over on his side. I looked around the room and found a throw pillow on the floor by the fireplace. I picked it up, walked back to the chair, and WHACKED him with it!

"Ow! Hey!" Edmund threw up his arms in defense and cowered into the chair, "Natani what is your problem!"

"You. Slept. With. Me." I accentuated each word with a fierce whack of the pillow. He reached out suddenly and grabbed it and yanked it roughly out of my hands.

"You may want to watch how you phrase that," Edmund said with a grin, he stood up and gave me a good whack with the pillow, knocking me to my butt on the floor.

"Ouch!" I whined, glaring up at him. His eyes softened and he stuck out a hand to help me up. I grabbed hold and got halfway up then, with an evil smile, threw myself backwards with all my weight and might and pulled him down with me.

He looked at me in shock and then we burst into laughter.

"You're really mean sometimes, you know that?" Edmund said, faking a sad face. I giggled.

"Why did you let me fall asleep like that?" I asked, seriously, "What if someone had found us like that?"

Edmund shrugged, but looked a bit embarrassed.

"Well I didn't really think about how it would look," he said, "I just didn't want to wake you up because you looked so…"

I waited for him to continue but he just trailed off and got to his feet.

"C'mon," he said pulling me all the way up this time. I was shocked that he could lift me up with one arm but he did. "Let's go see if Su has breakfast ready."

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Susan did have breakfast ready. My eyes popped out of my head when I saw the layout. Every breakfast food I could ever have imagined was on the table in front of me. Narnia. Is. Amazing.

I sat down next to Edmund and piled my plate full of bacon, eggs, biscuits, ham and potatoes and covered it all with syrup. He looked at like I was crazy!

"Don't knock it until you try it," I said, sticking my nose in the air.

"Alright…" he said and proceeded to fix a plate identical to mine. He made a face at it and then tucked in. He turned to me and grinned like a chipmunk with a mouth full of nuts. "Ift's goowd!"

"Don't talk with your mouth full you uncouth person!" I chided, trying not to giggle at his rudeness. No sense in encouraging him.

Edmund just went right back to stuffing his face. Honestly…it was like watching a snake eat a cow! Frightening.

I rolled my eyes and looked around the table. Peter and Lucy had joined us and they were both looking at me with eyes that seemed to know something I didn't. Susan jabbed Peter in the side with her elbow and he looked down at his plate with a snort of laughter.

I looked at Susan for an explanation but she just looked out the window and smiled.

"May I ask what you're so secretive about this morning?" Edmund spoke my very thoughts.

"If you thought about it really hard, I think you might get it," Lucy said with a giggle.

Apparently the blank looks on our faces proved just the opposite. Neither of us had any clue what was going on here. I looked at Edmund, who looked at me, and we both shrugged at the same time.

Peter practically threw down his fork, gulped down his milk and ran out of the kitchen claiming: "Gotta go make battle plans!". Lucy took her plate with her and claimed to be "eating with Mr. Tumnus". Susan sat there right across from us and smiled. It was aggravating to say the least…

"WHAT IS GOING ON, SUSAN!" I jumped a mile when Edmund suddenly shattered the silence.

Susan snorted loudly and burst into laughter, pounding the table as she gasped for air. Edmund's top lip twisted in a look of disgust and I went slack jawed at Susan's lack of propriety.

Finally, she composed herself and looked at us both with an evil grin.

"I came into the library this morning," she said, her voice dripping with hidden meaning.

Edmund's eyes went wide and a look of fear came over his face.

"Susan…" he started

"You two slept together last night!" Susan said loudly. I wanted to be a chameleon at that point and blend into my chair.

"Shh! Susan don't say it like that!" Edmund looked horrified, "We didn't do anything!"

Susan just kept looking him to me and back and forth, a know-it-all smile across her face.

"I didn't say anything did," she said smugly, "But you two sure looked cozy when I came in this morning. All cuddled up and cozy…"

I stood up quickly, a blush creeping up my face. I turned on my heel and walked out, not wanting to hear anything else about the whole issue. I heard footsteps following behind me.

"Natani, are you mad?" Edmund's voice was worried, and also quiet, "I apologize, I should have woken you up and told you to go to bed, but I just figured it couldn't hurt anything…"

"Oh no?" I had no idea what made me yell at him, but I guess I just had to take it out on something and he happened to be there. "Edmund, what happened to your 'I don't want to be in a compromising situation' attitude?"

He stopped walking beside me and just stood there. I turned around and saw a confused and hurt look on his face.

"I didn't mean anything by it," he said softly, "I wouldn't do anything to put you in a position like that."

This statement surprised me. What guy falls asleep in a chair with a woman curled up with him in very private room in the middle of the night and doesn't think about the things he could do to her? I just stood there looking directly into his chocolate eyes and saw the honesty there.

"Edmund…" I felt like a complete idiot, "I didn't mean it. I know you aren't like that. You're…perfectly gentlemanly to me. I just assumed you did it just so you could…"

He waited for me to continue.

"You know…imagine…things…"

He laughed. Somehow I knew he would.

"Natani," he shook his head with a smile, "You give me too MUCH credit. I said I wouldn't DO anything to you but…I AM a guy and we really can't help our thoughts sometimes…"

My jaw dropped open.

"What exactly did you IMAGINE last night?" I questioned angrily.

He just grinned at me and walked by, heading out the main doors. He looked over his shoulder at me as the doors were swinging shut and said:

"Think about, Natani. It's not that hard to figure out."

He winked and the doors shut before he could see the way my whole body went limp with disbelief.

So, ha ha, I like to add some tension in there sometimes. Keep things interesting and realistic because, honestly, I have 3 brothers and lots of best guys friends and I'm not stupid about how the male mind works ;)

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