Lucy growled. She was tired of having all these young men coming up to her and asking her to court them. And now she finally had a moment to herself. To do whatever she wanted. She could read a book, she could paint, she could go for a walk, she could do some school work if she wanted, but of course she didn't want to do any school. It was summer.
But all these young men didn't seem to know it, and kept coming to talk to her.
"Lucy!" Lucy didn't want to talk to Susan much at the moment either. "Go away please." "But Lucy? There's a young man here. He looks like he hasn't had a bath for forever, I think he might be drunk, but he says he won't go unless he sees you. You know, he actually smells just like a goat!"
"Did he say his name?" "It sounded kind of like he said Thomas, but I'm not sure, and I didn't want to ask him again."
Lucy stood up gracefully from the chair she was sitting in and sat the book she was reading down on the table next to the chair.
As she walked beside her sister she knew that she would only consider courting anyone if it was Tumnus.
She was in love with him. She remembered him. And Narnia. But Edmund and Peter really couldn't be talked to about Tumnus, because they were her brothers and it would be too embarrassing, and Susan claimed that Narnia was just a childhood game and that it wasn't really real.
Lucy remembered very well what Susan had told her just last year. She remembered it like it was yesterday.
"Lucy?" Lucy came running with her hair in a braid, bare feet and a brown dress. "You're old enough to start having suiters. And I think you will have quite a few."
Lucy grumbled something under her breath. "What was that Lu?" "I said not again." "Not again what?" Susan was mystified. "I don't want suiters again." "Again? What do you mean again?" "In Narnia. You did this to me there too. I almost had to marry some prince. He was so gross."
"Narnia? Surely you aren't still thinking about Narnia are you? Please Lu, grow up. It was a childhood game. You aren't a child anymore." "Narnia was real! Narnia is real! Just because you're an idiot and can't remember anything doesn't mean it isn't real!" "It was all a game Lu! If I thought you would think it was real I would have stopped playing it with you!"
"Liar!"
She had ran from Susan then. Ran to the wardrobe that had been given to her by the professor. The wardrobe that they had gone to Narnia in. She stepped inside of it, and went back until she touched wood. She missed Narnia so much.
She was about to cry. Just thinking about what Susan had said made her sad. Made her sad, and mad. How could Susan just try to make her fall in love with anyone? She only loved one person. She knew she only loved one person. But she would never see that person again.
A sigh escaped her lips. "Lucy quit your sighing, this Thomas person might just be the one you will fall in love with. If so, you won't need any more suiters." "I don't want any suiters!"
"Listen to me Lucy, you are old enough to have suiters and you ha-" Susan was interrupted by a deep voice. A voice Lucy recognized. "Lucy."
Lucy glanced towards the voice. She felt light headed, light hearted, light footed, and then collapsed on the marble floor.