Disclaimer: hey, I forgot to put this in the first chapter- these characters aren't mine (in case you had doubts), they belong to C.S.Lewis! Just for those who mix them up, Cor is the one that returns from Calormen, and Corin the one that was already there. I'll try to put in a plot somewhere, but methinks this chapter might just be more fluff. Oh well, enjoy!

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Queen Lucy the Valiant walked down one of the halls, her green dress billowing out behind her. She was fuming. Just because he's the prince gives him no right to be such a prick, she thought to herself. Lucy didn't get along with Corin at all. She glowered back at the meeting hall where she and Corin had just got into a tremendous argument. And I can't even ask Aravis to help, she thought. Ever since she and Cor hooked up, they've been completely wrapped up in each other. Lucy leaned against one of the pillars in the marble hall and tried to calm herself down. Just then, she saw Corin walking down the hallway towards her. Even as she started to move away, a part of her stopped to admire him. The shirt he was wearing perfectly showed off his very developed muscles, and his hair was tousled... Lucy shook herself. This was Corin she was talking about. Sure he was hot, but for the amount of conceit he had, she would rather date a bear.

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Corin walked down the hall quickly after Lucy. He could tell he pissed her off. Well, the feeling goes two ways, doesn't it? He would apologize, just because his father asked him, and then get away from her. He couldn't stand the way she was always, well, right. At least she won't be too bad to look at, he thought. He slowed down his walk for a minute to admire Lucy's wavy dark blonde hair, and calm gray eyes. He saw the way her dark green dress set off his hair, and he stopped utterly and just stared at her for a second, before coming to his senses and moving towards her once again.

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Lucy was, to her surprise, trembling as Corin walked nearer. It's not as if she cared what he thought of her, she said quickly to herself, it's just that... well and he's so... Lucy's train of thought was interrupted by Corin drawing nearer. "I'm sorry I upset you Lucy" he whispered in her ear.

"Don't worry about it," she said quickly, smiling at him.

"So you alright?" he asked, with mild concern

"Fine" she told him. God, she thought, she's practically melting in his presence. Anytime he got too close to her; it was like a knee-jerk reaction.

"Okay. Do you want to... go for a walk" he asked her

"Sure" she said, looking into his eyes, trying to judge his mood. But, as usual, she couldn't read anything he was thinking. They started down the hall together, gently conversing. Lucy's heart started pounding harder as Corin gently took her hand, and they wandered out into the Archenland countryside together.

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God, what was he doing? Corin would have bet a hell of a lot of money that he would never find himself wandering in meadows holding hands with Lucy, of all people! Its enough that he has to listen to Cor be all sappy every night, was he going to turn into one of those annoying prissy lovers himself?

However, he thought to himself, Lucy was probably just as reluctant as himself. She would never like someone like him; someone as immature and brawny. She would go for the quiet literary types. Someone witty and romantic, not crass and sexual.

Yet before he knew it he was kissing her, his hands sliding down the gentle curves. He could feel her shiver as his hand went over her breasts, and it was quite some time before he stopped.

"Well, that was pleasant" she said, causing him to laugh as he toppled her onto the grass.

"Hey Princess, you ain't seen nothing yet." Corin warned her as his mouth resumed its former job.

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Lucy walked back to her room humming, barely noticing the pillars pass by. She had never thought that Corin could be as sweet as he was. The way he kissed, the way he touched her, where he touched her... Lucy blushed at the thought, glad that she was alone. She didn't, however, know where this was going. Sure, he was amazingly sexual, but he could be such a prick.

All of her thoughts vanished in an instant when she walked back into her room. Her sister Susan, who had been sharing a room with her, was packing her gowns into a suitcase. Lucy sat down on her bed and watched Susan. "Susan, darling, where are you going?" Lucy asked. "Home." Susan told her before she flung a silver dress into a bag. "Peter and Edmund have decided to go on one of their 'adventures'. Anyway, we have to go back to Cair Paravel. God, it's so boring there this time of year! Everyone out in the countryside, no one around, and just us girls."

Lucy wasn't listening to a word Susan said as she contemplated going home. 24 hours ago she would have been thrilled, but now... The only Lucy wanted to do right now is go run away with Corin to try and get away from her incredibly self centered sisters, and her brothers that were forever leaving her to run her country by herself. Well, she thought to herself, I might as well take a vacation, like the rest of them do constantly.

"I think I'll stay here Su," she said quietly.

Susan stopped packing and stared at her for a second. "Don't be ridiculous Lu. I can't be expected to be by myself, now can I?"

Lucy felt herself getting slightly exasperated. "Well I did it when you and Ed were in Calormen, didn't I?"

"That was different." Susan said dismissively.

"No Su, it really wasn't. Now I'm going on vacation, like you tend to do every other month" Lucy said, stalking out of her room in anger.

* * Plot soon, I promise! * *