"Not again," Susan said, as Rickon began to cry for what seemed like the hundredth time that day. Susan had hardly slept the night before, for it had been her first night alone with Rickon since he was born--Lucy, Edmund, and Jon had all gone with Caspian aboard the Dawn Treader for whatever adventures might come their way. She had jumped at every ( Read more... )

Susan was finally tired of being pregnant.

With her due date just a few days away (though she'd read enough to know that babies tended to come after their due dates, especially first births), she was tired, achy, and hot, and even the loose maternity dresses from the clothes box were almost too tight for her still-expanding form. She could hardly ( Read more... )

It was late afternoon, and at Snow House everything was quiet and still save for the sound of laundry rustling on the line in the breeze. Susan was taking it down, moving slowly along the line and folding each bit of it as she worked to save time. A few gray clouds on the horizon warned of rain later in the day, and she wanted to get everything ( Read more... )

Susan's encounter with Ygritte had been on her mind all day and into the evening. She tried to tell herself there was nothing to it, she was being silly, but the more she tried not to think about it, the more she thought about it. Even when she and Jon went to bed, it was still on her mind, distracting her to the point that she hardly noticed him ( Read more... )

Now that Susan no longer felt ill all the time, she was in much better spirits and had a great deal more energy than she did just a few weeks ago. She wasn't quite so large that finding a comfortable way to sleep had yet become difficult, and consequently she was sleeping very well. It was rare that she ever woke in the middle of the night unless ( Read more... )

After her talk with Anne several days ago, Susan was looking forward to this appointment even more than she had been before. Anxious as well, of course, for she wanted the doctor to be able to tell her that everything was all right (she had no reason to think otherwise), but excited as well, for she couldn't wait for Jon's reaction to everything ( Read more... )

Susan hadn't seen Qui-Gon in a week or so, which was rather unusual, so after breakfast she and Shadow went up to his hut for a visit. It was a good long walk through the snow, which Susan didn't really mind and Shadow seemed to enjoy ( Read more... )

There was still one person Susan wanted to tell about the baby, though she'd been putting it off a bit. She wasn't sure why she was putting it off, exactly. She and Ygritte were close, but then again, Ygritte and Jon had been lovers, and no matter how close you are to someone that doesn't quite go away. Still, she would rather Ygritte hear it from ( Read more... )

There was one person in particular that Susan was extremely keen to share the happy news with, and that was Sansa. The only reason she hadn't told her right off was that she wanted to be absolutely sure. But she was too excited to to keep this from her best friend for very long - she and Jon both were close to giddy - so as soon as she'd told ( Read more... )

It was just two days since her conversation with Jon about the baby (Susan could hardly believe she was actually thinking those words, the baby) and she thought it was time to share the news with Lucy. Lucy had asked her several times if she and Jon were planning to have children, and while she didn't seem to be exactly keen on the idea, it was ( Read more... )