(A/N: I would like to dedicate this story to Callie Beth, as the chapter "The Bacon Incident" in her story "Magnificent, Gentle, Just, and Valiant" was the inspiration for this story. :c) I apologize for any similarities between this chapter and "The Bacon Incident". And unfortunately, I do not own the Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis does. I do, however, own the Narnia poster on the wall of my dorm room. : p)
"Lucy! What did I say about taking my hairbrush!" Susan screamed
"But I couldn't find mine, Susan. So I thought—" Lucy started to say.
"You thought that you would steal mine, is that it? Don't you have any respect for my property at all?" Susan asked angrily.
"Apparently you have no respect for me or else you wouldn't be yelling at me!" Lucy snapped.
"I wouldn't be yelling at you if you hadn't touched my brush in the first place!" Susan snapped back.
While the two girls continued to scream at each other in Susan's bedroom, Peter and Edmund were listening in on the argument and shaking their heads in response to what was going on.
"Do you think Susan is right to yell at Lucy?" Edmund asked.
"Well, I agree that taking Susan's hairbrush without asking is wrong. But for Susan to outright scream at Lucy isn't the best way to deal with it." Peter replied.
"But they've been yelling at each other more often these days. And it's always about the pettiest little things." Edmund said.
"I know, it's sad." Peter replied.
"Never touch my stuff again, do you understand?" Susan's shrill scream rang out, startling both of her brothers.
"Oh you won't have to worry about that, because I'm never coming into your room to speak to you again!" Lucy snapped back.
"Fine by me, you selfish brat." Susan said angrily and stomped towards the door.
Peter and Edmund stood straight up against the wall as a very angry Susan flung the door open and stomped out of the bedroom, leaving an equally angry Lucy sitting on her bed fuming. Susan turned around to see her two stunned brothers staring at her, which made her angrier.
"And what do you think you two are looking at?" she snapped.
"Well, Su, we couldn't help but overhear that argument. And we think—." Peter started to say.
"That our selfish brat of a sister should not have taken my brush?" Susan asked.
"First of all, Lucy is not selfish. And second of all—" Peter started to say before being cut off by an angry Susan.
"Oh, so you're siding with her? Fine by me." Susan snapped and stormed down the hallway.
Peter and Edmund shook their heads in disbelief, then turned their attention to Lucy who was still fuming angrily in her bedroom.
"Can you believe her? She's being mean to me for no reason." Lucy said.
"Well Lu, if you had asked her to use the hairbrush in the first place, maybe she wouldn't be angry with you." Edmund said.
"Oh I see. You're siding with her now!" Lucy exclaimed.
"No we're not, Lu. We're just saying…" Edmund started to say.
"That you agree with Susan! I can't believe you, of all people!" Lucy exclaimed angrily.
Sensing that they were no longer welcome in Lucy's room, Peter and Edmund quietly walked out and gently closed her door behind them. It was quite obvious that both brothers had been caught in the middle of their sisters' argument.
"Why did they have to drag us into this?" Edmund asked Peter.
"I don't know, Ed. But I really don't like it." Peter replied.
"Can't they settle this by themselves? It's just a simple hairbrush." Edmund said.
"From the looks of it, I highly doubt it." Peter replied, sighing.
"They never fought like this in London, even when Lucy did take something of Susan's. Why the sudden change? This is heartbreaking." Edmund said.
"Again, I don't know. All I can say is, I hope it doesn't last very long." Peter replied.