Before dinner
Unfortunately, Peter was proven wrong when he went to retrieve Lucy to come to the dining area for dinner and she refused to come out of her room, still feeling quite angry at Susan.
"I'm not coming if Susan's going to be down there!" Lucy snapped.
"And what if you do come and she's not there because she's angry at you?" Peter asked.
"I would rather not take that risk, Peter. Have my handmaiden bring me my dinner in here." Lucy said and continued to sulk.
"Now Lucy, this is—" Peter started to say.
"Look, just do this simple favor for me. And tell Susan I'm not speaking to her until she apologizes for being such a snob about her brush." Lucy snapped.
Peter rolled his eyes and left his little sister's room. He really hated being caught in the middle of arguments, but especially this one between Susan and Lucy. He could only imagine the difficulty Edmund had dealing with Susan.
In Susan's room
"And what if Lucy isn't there? How will you feel?" Edmund asked in a similar attempt to get Susan to come down for dinner.
"I'm not going to risk sitting next to that thieving brat of a sister we have. I'll eat my dinner in my room." Susan snapped back.
"Su, that's not proper for you to eat in here unless you're sick." Edmund replied, instantly regretting the words as soon as they came out of his mouth.
"I don't care; I'll break the proper protocol this time if it means I'll be avoiding Lucy! Just tell Diana to bring me my dinner in here, okay?" Susan snapped angrily.
Edmund sighed as he walked out of the room, feeling unsuccessful in his attempt to quell Susan of her anger towards Lucy. But he had one more thing to say to her.
"You know, Lucy is the only sister you have. And one day you are going to regret what you said to her tonight." Edmund said as he closed her bedroom door.
He had hopes that his words had an impact on Susan, however small it may be. He could only hope that Peter was having better luck with Lucy.
"So, how did it go?" Peter asked as he walked up the hall and saw Edmund leaning against the wall with an exasperated look on his face.
"Do you have to ask?" Edmund replied.
"Don't worry, Lucy wouldn't come out of her room either." Peter said.
"What are we going to do? Susan and Lucy practically hate each other over a simple hairbrush and they have us in the middle of it. This is ridiculous." Edmund said.
"It's heartbreaking, too. Don't they realize how much they're hurting us as well as each other?" Peter asked.
"If you ask me, they don't and they're certainly not being gentle and valiant right now. But we shouldn't give up trying to get them on speaking terms again. They're our sisters and we shouldn't have to deal with this." Edmund replied.
"Right you are, Ed. But don't count on them talking to each other anytime soon." Peter said.
In Lucy's room
I hate Susan! She's being a stuck up snob over a brush! Lucy thought angrily to herself.
As she sat on her bed playing with her sheets, Lucy was quite furious at her older sister. How dare she scream at her for a simple hairbrush! Lucy felt that Susan owed her an outright apology to her and would not speak a word to her sister until she got that apology.
How can she treat me like this? I'm her little sister. She's supposed to love me, not hate me. Lucy thought as she curled up on top of her bed.
Secretly, she still loved Susan dearly. But she was too angry at her to outright admit it as she couldn't believe the one person she looked up to could treat her so horribly and yell at her like that. All Lucy could wonder was if Susan was feeling the same way.
In Susan's room
That thieving brat! She had no right to touch my property without asking! Susan thought, feeling angry at her little sister.
She could not believe Lucy would do such a thing like taking her hairbrush without asking her. And she didn't care if Peter and Edmund said it was a stupid thing to argue about, Lucy had no right to steal her hairbrush or even be in her room without her permission.
I bet she wouldn't like it if I took something of hers without asking! Susan thought as she lay on her pillows.
But Edmund's words earlier had made her think hard, especially his comment of "You know, Lucy is the only sister you have. And one day you are going to regret what you said to her tonight." Yes it was true, Lucy was the only sister she had and the only sister she would ever have in her life. But Susan doubted that she would regret what she said to Lucy. Sure she had been quite angry at her sister, but she had made it quite clear that Lucy was to never touch her personal belongings without asking her first.
I see no problem in telling Lucy not to touch my stuff; I definitely won't regret saying that. But she is still my sister and my family. I can't change that. Susan thought.
Maybe she would regret shouting at Lucy tonight, maybe she wouldn't. Susan felt very confused all of a sudden about her feelings towards her little sister. As she pulled her bed sheets up to her chin, she could feel a slight tear forming in her eye.
