Disclaimer~ I do not own Narnia (No Duh) This one came out pretty fast. I was enjoying writing it so here it is!
Susan woke up with a rush of excitement pulsating throughout her veins. Today was her anniversary, and she and her husband were going on the voyage. She noticed Caspian gone and heard the door open before she could get up.
Caspian walked in with a silver tray and a large smile plastered on his rugged face. "Happy anniversary!" he said with a lot of enthusiasm.
She rubbed her hand through her ruffled bed-head hair. She smiled and took the tray from her husband's hands. "Breakfast in bed?"
Caspian smiled brighter when she took the tray. "But of course. It will be the best breakfast in a while…ship food consists of eggs, pickles, oranges, and sometimes oatmeal."
Susan looked down at her pancakes, orange juice, and fruit bowl. She looked back into Caspian's eyes. "I better savor every bite then."
He chuckled. "Well I'm going to help with the last things on the ship." He gave her a peck on the lips. "Meet me there."
She smiled after the kiss like the luckiest person alive. She watched him go out of the room in a swift movement. She put on a robe and took the tray to the balcony and ate there. She watched the ocean and the sun work together to make beautiful scenery.
Louise and Peter both woke up the same way. They were both excited but sad. They wished their family could be at the castle for the pregnancy. But they both knew none of them should miss an opportunity like this.
Lucy woke up with a headache from staying up late and waking up early. She remembered falling asleep in Susan's lap, and she was confused as to why she woke up in her own bed. She thought Caspian.
Frederick was already down at the ship getting his hammock ready to sleep in. He was also preparing all of his things he wanted to take for the trip. Some of the other men were already there preparing their things.
He watched as Caspian made his way down. He walked around making sure the men were prepared. Caspian got to Frederick, and he put a hand on his shoulder firmly. "Is everything in order for you Frederick?"
Frederick nodded and grinned a little to make it more reassuring, and Caspian said quietly, "Whatever you do on this trip, please don't hurt Lucy. She's somewhat my sister."
Frederick shook his head. "There is no way I would do anything to hurt Lucy."
Caspian nodded in an understanding way. "I'm glad we're on the same page then." Caspian walked away and moved onto the next crew member.
Edmund got down to the ship, and he already noticed Peter, Caspian, and Lucy were already there. Edmund walked up behind Caspian "Where's the maker of this fine vessel?"
Caspian smiled when he noticed it was Edmund. "She's eating the best breakfast she'll have in a while."
Edmund snickered and said sarcastically, "What are you talking about? The pickles are the best."
Caspian rolled his eyes. "So funny Ed. Can you help me pack my room?"
Edmund nodded his head. "Whatever I can do to help."
Susan had a bag packed with more things for herself, and she headed down to the stables. She ran into Louise who was already heading down to the stables herself. They both said at the same time, "I thought you were already down there."
They both laughed at their similarity, and then they started to walk down to the stables trying to stay off the topic of leaving.
When Susan and Louise got to the ship, Susan smiled reluctantly at her creation. Louise smiled too, but it was fake. Louise was sad everyone was leaving during her pregnancy. When Susan rubbed her chest in a soothing way, and Louise pulled her eyebrows together. "Why are you doing that Su?"
Susan shook her head. "My heart hurts by how beautiful this ship is." Louise looked back at the ship unsatisfied by her answer.
Susan got on the ship with brown pants, white shirt, black boots, and brown vest. Her hair was slopped on her head in a messy bun. She got on and went straight to where the crew was getting their things ready in their spaces.
She walked around wanting to know if everything was in order for them. She found Lucy sitting on her hammock, which was right next to Edmund's. Susan sat right next to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "You ready?"
Lucy nodded her head. "I wish Peter could come."
Susan nodded and looked at the ground. "I know. But don't you think Louise needs Peter and so does the baby?"
Lucy nodded and got up. "Let's go say goodbye. We won't be seeing them for a while."
Lucy held out her hand to pull Susan up to her feet. Susan got to the deck of the ship which was controlled chaos. She smiled when she saw Peter and Louise standing on the deck holding hands.
Lucy hugged Peter, and she stifled cries. She whispered, "Don't name the baby something stupid."
Peter chuckled and put his hand on the back of her head and ruffled her hair. "I'll leave the naming to Louise. I promise."
At the same time, Susan was hugging Louise. Susan said with tears in her eyes, "Tell the baby her Auntie Susan will always love her."
Louise nodded. "But of course."
Lucy and Susan traded places Lucy said to Louise, "Now Peter promised me you'd be the one who names the baby. Keep him to that promise."
Louise giggled sadly. "You know I will."
Susan hugged Peter, and that's when tears fell. Peter smirked. "Tell Caspian to take care of you and my siblings. He is taking my job on this trip."
Susan rubbed her face in his ches.t "Soon your job will be watching over your baby." Peter exhaled in joy. "It's hard to believe I'll be a father soon."
Susan pulled her head off of his chest. "You better be a good one, daddio."
Peter chuckled, and when Lucy backed up next to Susan, Peter put an arm around Louise and pulled her closer to him. Caspian and Edmund then came up. Edmund gave Peter the man hug and then hugged Louise. Caspian did the same.
Peter and Louise got off the ship. Susan, Edmund, and Lucy stood on the ship where they could see the two of them.
Caspian told a crew member, "Hoist the anchor, get ready to set sail." The crew member did as he was told. In a few moments, the ship took off.
Susan grabbed both of her siblings' hands and squeezed them. They both squeezed back as the three watched as their big brother and sister-in-law become smaller in the distance. Once they couldn't see them anymore, Susan put her head on Edmund's shoulder.
Susan also put an arm around Lucy's shoulders, and Lucy leaned against her sister. They were all broken by their moment when Caspian came behind them. He cleared his throat. "We won't be stopping anywhere today…so just get comfortable."
They all nodded in unison. Lucy left to go and watch the crew member direct the ship where to go. Edmund went to his hammock to read and maybe play some chess later. Susan stayed with Caspian. It was their anniversary.
Caspian stood behind Susan and had his hands around her waist. She stood over the deck and watched the water slosh up and down. Caspian whispered in her ear, "So what is this ship's name?"
Susan was broken out of her trance, and she turned around to look at his face. "I call it the un anniversaire, it's French for a anniversary."
Caspian looked confused. "What's French?"
Susan shook her head and snickered, "It's a country that's close by to England, where I come from."
Caspian nodded his head, but Susan knew he still didn't understand. She just smiled and put her hands lightly on his cheeks. She pulled his face to her own, and it was a very passionate kiss. When they both pulled away, Susan bit her bottom lip. She stood on her toes, and she whispered very quietly in his ear, "To make up for last night."
He felt a shiver and tingle go up and down his spine at her beautiful words. She grabbed his hand and took him to their room on the ship. They had their own room on the ship to themselves. All that was in there was a bed to fit the two of them, a closet, a desk with maps and papers all over it, and a bookshelf.
Caspian picked her up when they got in there and locked the door. He placed her on the bed gently. He kissed her up and down her collar bone, and she moved her hand over his hair. He took off both of her boots and moved a hand up and down her thigh. Then he took down her bun and let her hair fall effortlessly past her shoulders.
He moved back in for a sweet kiss, and then he took off his own boots. When he came back into kissing, Susan pulled his shirt off over his head exposing his muscular formed torso. They focused on putting love into every movement, every kiss, and every touch.
When they were bare, she leaned her head in his chest, and they both breathed heavily and happily. He had his head on top of hers, and he kissed her forehead. Susan moved the sheets up to cover her chest. They both rested their eyes cuddled into one another.
They felt a rock of the boat, and Caspian's eyes jolted open. He put an arm around Susan and pulled her closer to him to make her feel protected. She smiled at the gesture. They both got up at the same time and got dressed. Susan put her hair back up. Before Caspian could walk out of the door to see what happened, Susan grabbed his elbow and pulled him to her.
She said breathlessly, "Holy snogging hair." He took a rubber band and tied his hair out of his face. She smiled. "Better, than your normal untamed mane."
Caspian chuckled. "I'm related to Aslan with a mane like this…" He put a finger to his lips. "Shh. Don't tell anyone it's a secret."
They both laughed and Susan pulled him in for one more kiss before they became serious and went out on the main part of the ship.
Caspian ran up the stairs to where Lucy and Edmund already were talking to the captain. Caspian said with all seriousness and concern, "What seems to be the problem?"
The captain shook his head like he was sorry. "It seems we've only hit a reef your highness."
Caspian asked with judgment, "Is everyone accounted for from that rock?"
The captain's eyes widened. "I didn't count sire." Caspian nodded his head at Edmund, who knew what to do.
In a few minutes time, Edmund came back. "Everyone's accounted for…except Marianna." Caspian and Susan looked at each other horrified. Caspian and Susan ran down the stairs yelling, "Everyone! Look to the sea for Marianna!"
A fawn yelled, "Down there! She's in the sea! She looks unconscious!" Caspian became relieved and removed his sword belt. He jumped into the ocean and got her. He swam back to the ship and Susan held her breath until he got back. They lowered a rope for him, and he and Marianna were pulled up.
When Caspian placed Marianna down, he put his ear to her mouth and nose. He came back up looking scared. "She's not breathing."
Susan pushed him away. "I was certified in CPR..and mouth to mouth." The crew, Caspian, Lucy and Edmund watched Susan go to work.
She put her hands on Marianna's abdomen and counted while pressing down. She put her ear to her nose and mouth after ten. She still wasn't breathing. Susan gulped down her fear and nervousness. She tilted Marianna's neck up, pinched her nose, and gave her mouth to mouth.
When Susan came up, a few seconds later Marianna let in a gust of air, coughed, and choked out water. Susan said in a gentle hushed tone, "Big deep breathes. You're going to be fine."
Susan looked at Lucy with strained relief. "Can you please go get me two towels? They're in Caspian's and my room…in the bookshelf."
Lucy ran, and Caspian said loudly, "Okay guys. Nothing to see here now. Get back to work."
They all mumbled to one another and went back to work. Caspian bent down to Susan's level. When Marianna could breathe, she had tears. "I…I'm s. . I d..din't mean to."
Susan lifted up a finger to tell her to stop talking. "There's no apologizing, it was an accident. It could've been one of the other men, me, Caspian, or Lucy that had fallen overboard."
She nodded. "But the crew already hates me being here. Now I just made things worse. Now I just seem vulnerable and useless."
Susan shrugged her shoulders. "I know the feeling Marianna, but I picked you to come along because you have great swordsmanship. All you have to do is wait for the right moment to show off your stuff to the other men."
Marianna grinned, and Lucy came back with the two towels. Susan gave one to Caspian and Marianna. Marianna smiled at Caspian and Susan like they were the two best people in the world. "Thank you….for saving my life."
Susan and Caspian stood up, and Susan said, "You're welcome. Now you know next time don't stand too close to the railing."
Marianna shook her head. "I didn't fall in. Someone pushed me in…and I can't swim."
Susan turned to look at Caspian, who looked as furious as herself. Susan turned back to the girl and gave her a sad sympathetic look. "Go rest,"
Marianna got up and walked to where her hammock was for sleeping. Susan went to the soaked Caspian and hugged him getting herself wet. "You were great at saving her."
Caspian looked down into her piercing light blue eyes. "You were better."
Susan rolled her eyes. "We are not starting this."
Caspian shrugged his shoulders and said sarcastically, "Is it awful that I was a little envious?"
Susan rolled her eyes. "Are you really jealous Caspian? I think you were just upset that I did a better job at impressing the crew."
Caspian chuckled and grew angry. "Speaking of the crew."
Susan pulled out of Caspian's wet embrace. "Why would someone just do something like that?"
Caspian rolled his eyes. "No one wants competition, especially men who don't want a woman being better than them at something."
Susan sighed out her anger and mumbled. "I am the gentle queen…I am the gentle queen."
Caspian walked away from Susan, and Susan yelled to him, "Where are you going?"
Caspian yelled back over his shoulder, "I'm going to do some disciplining."
Susan ran up to him and grabbed his hand and said quietly and gently, "It's our anniversary. Please. I don't want to remember it as the day someone pushed a girl overboard."
Caspian sighed and Susan watched as his muscles relaxed. "Alright. Tomorrow I'll give them the toughest day of their lives."
Susan didn't smile, she just calmed Caspian down by rubbing his arm soothingly. He closed his eyes and just focused on her touch to calm himself down as well.
When it was sunset, it was beautiful, and Susan smiled into the warm feeling on her pale skin. She heard movement beside her after a few minutes to herself. She sighed happily. "I wish I had a camera to take a picture of this sunset. Don't you think Lu?"
Lucy stood next to Susan. "Susan? Do you ever miss London?"
Susan nodded. "I miss the technology most definitely. But home is where the heart is. My heart is here."
Lucy put on a crooked smile. "I feel the same way." Lucy added, "But.." Lucy made a quick exhale "But, I miss mom and home."
Susan pulled Lucy into a hug. "I miss mom and home too Lucy, but you have to live where you're put. We can't go back, and you have to accept that….Frederick can help you. Since you love him..your heart will be here."
Lucy smiled into Susan's chest. "Thanks Su….they're having supper. Oranges and eggs. What do you say?"
Susan smiled. "I'm starving." Lucy smiled and took Susan down to where they were serving food. Caspian and Edmund were already eating their rations. They were discussing how this was like the Dawn Treader, with the ship and determination.
It became twilight, and most of the stars were out. On the ship all you could hear were the ocean and muffled crew members talking amongst themselves. It was chilly from the lack of sun. Susan looked to all the different stars and remembering what her books said about them. Caspian put an arm around her. "So how is this anniversary working out for you?"
Susan turned to face him. "I should ask you that question. This is all for you."
Caspian smirked at her. He didn't understand why Susan would do all of this for him. He couldn't fathom a world without her. He replied, "I think this is the best thing anyone could ask for. It's like falling in love with you all over again."
Susan smiled up at him. "I'm glad you love it. I noticed your suspicion when I would sneak around and plan."
Caspian nodded. "I suspected you were doing something, but not this. You have exceeded my expectations."
Susan leaned her body against Caspian. She pointed to a star in the sky. It was the brightest one she could see. "That will be our star. It means we're heading north. What should we name it?"
Caspian looked up at the bright star and back down into Susan's twinkling eyes. "How about love? Our star should be named love."
Susan stood on her toes and kissed Caspian lightly. "Love it is."
Caspian smiled at her. He couldn't picture a better way to end a day. "I'll be in our room. I have to look at some maps."
Susan saluted him. "Good luck, Captain Caspian."
Lucy and Frederick were sitting on the stairs, and Frederick wrapped a blanket around Lucy's shoulders for warmth. Lucy leaned her head against his chest not saying anything. She was only smiling and looking at the sky above her.
Frederick finally spoke up, "Are the oranges and eggs going to be a normal thing?"
Lucy snickered. "You forgot the pickles."
Frederick chuckled. "I guess that's a yes then?"
Lucy nodded in his chest. "I wish that someday I'll have my own adventure with my future husband, and it will be named after us."
Frederick nudged her with a hopeful look in his eyes. "That might be us someday."
Lucy looked up into his green eyes. "Really? Normally, most guys are too embarrassed to admit that."
Frederick shrugged his shoulders. "I'm not like most guys then."
Lucy stretched her neck up further to where their lips almost collided. "That's what makes you special." He smiled whole-heartedly at her and they went in for a loving kiss.
Edmund watched his younger sister kiss this boy, and noticed it looked like they really loved one another. He went to the area of the ship no one was at and heard a noise. It sounded like gagging and coughing.
He jogged to where the noise was coming from and saw Susan violently vomiting over the side of the ship. Edmund went behind her and held her hair back and rubbed her back comfortingly.
When she was done, she turned to Edmund and tried to crack a joke, "I guess the eggs aren't agreeing with me."
Edmund's eyebrow went up not convinced. "Are you sick Su? I can take you to your room."
Susan shook her head. "No I'm doing do much better than sick Ed."
Edmund put a hand on her shoulder. "Then why are you getting sick? Not only that, but why far away from everyone?"
Susan sighed, looked down, and bit her lip. She looked back up at him. She couldn't lie to Edmund. "I think…I think I might be pregnant."
Cliffhanger! I wonder what Edmund's going to say to that? *SPOILERS* I know everyone wanted her to get pregnant. I swear almost every review was please let Caspian and Susan have children. I'm glad to say she is. Please review, follow, and favorite. Thank you to everyone who has already done any of those three things.
