"Peter, Peter wake up!"
Peter rolled over slowly and looked up at his younger sister Lucy.
"Lucy, what's going on?" He asked groggily, pushing himself up onto his elbow and rubbing a hand over his face.
"We're going to miss the train!" Lucy cried, grabbing Peter by the arm and trying to drag him out of bed. He smiled at her futile efforts and at last hoisted himself up. He bent down and lifted Lucy into the air; spinning her around his head. She shrieked in mock terror, and when he dropped her onto the bed, she dissolved into childish laughter.
They looked up at the sound of a groan from the opposite side of the room where Edmund was just waking up.
"Why don't you ever jump on him?" He whispered to Lucy.
"Because he always hits me and throws me off when I do!" She explained. Peter smirked and picked Lucy back up; carrying her over to Edmund's bed. He dangled her over it and she tentatively pushed her foot into Edmund's face. This continued for a few moments until Edmund's hand shot out in an attempt to grab her leg. Peter was faster, though, and lifted Lucy out of harms way.
"Get away!" Edmund yelled as he tried to roll back over for a few more minutes sleep.
"Lu says it's time to go." Peter shook his younger brother out of bed. Edmund sat back down stubbornly and Peter sighed.
"I don't care what Lu says, I'm going back to sleep." Edmund was always in a foul humor about waking up and Lucy stuck her tongue out at him. Edmund lunged at her and she ran behind Peter's legs. Peter shooed her out of the room and she scampered to the safety of her own.
"Alright Ed, now I'm saying it's time to go. Get up." Peter glared dangerously down at his brother, and Edmund sighed, hauling himself up and over to his dresser. The boys quickly pulled their pajamas off and their clothes on; occasionally throwing something at one another just to show that past aggressions were not, in fact, forgiven.
When the boys at last stumbled down the stairs, Lucy was already sitting at the table with a piece of toast and a book. She looked up and smiled at Peter, who rumpled her hair before taking his seat. Susan came through the door then, and everyone could tell she had put some effort into her attire. Peter raised an eyebrow at her but she ignored him. Peter decided to let it be, and reached for a piece of toast himself.
After their breakfast they loaded into their mothers car to drive to the station. Lucy sang quietly in her seat, resting her head on Susan's shoulder. On her other side, Edmund was becoming increasingly annoyed by her singing and eventually turned and shoved her into Susan.
"Shut up will you?" He glared at Lucy then and she leaned more heavily into Susan, looking hurt. Edmund turned away from her, feeling badly. A heavy silence filled the car, and Susan reached behind Lucy tapping Edmund's shoulder. He looked at her and she gave him her best, "Don't you dare do that to her again" look and brought her hand back down. Edmund fought the anger he felt boiling inside him at Susan's infuriating know-it-all attitude.
He glanced over and found that Lucy was sleeping against Susan. She was sort of cute when she was sleeping. Just then the car jolted over a bump and Lucy bounced so that she was leaning on him. He started to push her back at Susan, but at the last moment thought better of it and put an arm around her. He allowed a tiny smile to spread across his face. He could take care of the girls just as well as Peter could. He had proven this before, and he had no doubt that he would again.