Author's Note: Hey guys! Thanks again for the reviews! I'm sorry I've taken so long in updating... I would just like to apologize if Lucy seemed OOC in the last chapter, but this will hopefully resolve that. Also, about the whole movieverse thing, when I say movieverse I mean that the character's looks and the series of events are the same, but in this story, just picture Caspian a little younger than Susan but older than Edmund. So just imagine the Caspian from the movie a little younger. Sorry, I guess I should have said that in the first place.

Disclaimer: I do not in any way own the Chronicles of Narnia or any of the characters.

Chapter 3

Lucy stormed through the halls of the How, angry tears threatening to spill over the rim of her eyes. Why was this all so hard? She just didn't understand. She felt like crying, screaming, and punching someone all at the same time. She stopped in her tracks and sighed. What is happening to me? She thought to herself. She slumped against the wall and slid down so she was sitting. She put her head in her hands and started crying.

When Lucy had been crying for nearly ten minutes, she thought she could feel the presence of someone standing over her. She looked up and saw Peter through her blurry eyes. She looked back down, ashamed of the state her brother was seeing her in.

"What's wrong Lu?" Peter asked as he sat down across from her, his back against the opposite wall. Lucy sighed and shook her head.

"I don't know Peter. Why do you ask anyways?" She knew once she asked that question how silly it was.

"Well for one thing, you're bawling your eyes out, more than you did when we didn't believe you about Narnia. And you also screamed your head off at Caspian for no good reason," Peter replied. Lucy felt the blood rush to her face.

"Oh you heard that," she said embarrassed by her actions. Peter raised an eyebrow at her mischievously.

"With the echo in this thing, you can hear almost anything, even if it is outside right in front of an entrance to a tunnel." Lucy sighed again.

"I'm sorry," she said softly, shame overtaking her whole being. "He just really made me mad."

"How so?"

"Well for one thing, he doesn't respect you as the High King, and he thinks of me as a child," Lucy said, her anger rising again as she reminded herself of why she hated him so much.

"That's not excuse for your actions," Peter said sternly. "He's no friend of mine, but we must respect him if we wish to earn his in return."

"But it's common sense! He should know that we overlord him," Lucy said loudly, forgetting about the dangerous echo.

"It doesn't matter, that gives us no excuse to yell at him," Peter said, his own voice rising. Lucy slumped back again, giving up the fight.

"Now," Peter continued, "I want you to apologize to Caspian and then apologize to everyone at the next meal and say that everything between you two is alright."

"But what if he doesn't accept my apology?" Lucy asked coldly, not liking the idea of being nice to Caspian.

"It doesn't matter, you can't let anyone know how bad it is between you two, that will cause tension in the army and that could effect how they work in battle. Do you understand?" Peter looked hard at his sister, but Lucy was looking down at her hands folded in her lap. She nodded, not trusting her voice anymore. Peter relaxed a little and leaned his head against the wall tiredly.

"We have to do this Lucy, we have to make this work," he said, and Lucy was surprised at how unsure his voice was.

"Now don't get all discouraged on me!" She said, standing up for emphasis. "If I need to set things right with Caspian to get this army back in line, then that's what I will do." Then she walked away and Peter smiled. So it seemed his planned had worked after all.

"You are a very good actor Peter," he muttered to himself.

Lucy skipped into the armory and saw Susan talking to a dwarf in a corner. She walked over to them just in time to see the dwarf hand Susan some strips of leather.

"What are those for?" Lucy asked once the dwarf had walked away.

"It's that time of the month," Susan said.

"Oh," Lucy said, pitying her sister and the bad timing. Susan shrugged.

"I'm used to it by now," she said. Then she tossed Lucy a small pile.

"What are these for?" Lucy asked, her lip curling up in disgust.

"You know you were your age when you started in the Golden Age," Susan said simply. Lucy sighed.

"I doubt I'll start now," she said. Susan shook her head stubbornly.

"You never know and it always pays to be prepared." Lucy rolled her eyes and threw the strips on the floor.

"Suit yourself," Susan said as she gathered the scattered strips. "So what was going on with you and Caspian?" she asked when she had slipped all the leather into a pouch by her side.

"Oh, I just got mad at him," Lucy said, shifting uncomfortably, not wanting to talk about it. Susan ignored her sister's obvious discomfort and pressed on.

"What about?" She asked. Lucy shrugged.

"I just got mad at his disrespectful attitude."

"But you sounded really upset," Susan said, not convinced. Lucy just shrugged again.

"I don't know what came over me," she replied simply.

"Puberty," Susan said quietly so only Lucy could hear. Lucy blushed madly.

"Susan!" She hissed. Susan just giggled at her sister's brief rage. "Whatever," Lucy said, "do you know where Caspian is?"

"He's in the room where all the dwarves are making the armor and things," Susan said, waving her hand in the direction of said room. Lucy nodded her thanks and trotted down the right tunnel.

In a few minutes, Lucy had reached the proper room. She spotted Caspian talking to a Dwarf and showing him what looked like plans for a new sword, but Lucy couldn't see very well in the dim light. She walked over to him timidly.

"Caspian?" she said quietly when she was at his elbow. Caspian jumped and quickly tucked the piece of parchment into a pouch.

"What do you want?" he said with a scowl.

"I need to talk to you in private," Lucy replied, ignoring the way he had just spoken to her. He thought about it for a second then nodded. Lucy walked to an empty corner of the room and Caspian followed her. She stopped when she was sure that nobody could hear them.

"Look, I'm really really sorry about how I yelled at you," she said sincerely, looking up into Caspian's eyes. She instantly knew that was a mistake, for she was getting lost in his gaze and she was finding it hard to breathe.

"I don't know if I can ever forgive you," he said, and it felt like someone had just stabbed her in the heart. She pushed away her emotions and replaced them with anger.

"Look, I don't like you, that's very obvious. And I'm pretty sure that you don't like me, but we need everyone to think we're getting along. My brother told me that if we fight it will cause tension in the army and that will effect their performance in battle," she said somewhat harshly. "So please. I don't blame you for not wanting to forgive me, but we need to act like everything's fine. Please" Caspian looked at her and his gaze softened.

"Alright," he said. Lucy smiled and hugged him.

"Thank you." Caspian just stood there for a second, but soon he wrapped his arms around her tiny frame and returned the hug. Lucy pulled away and looked up at him.

"Maybe you're not as bad as I thought you were after all," she said. Caspian smiled at her warmly.

"Hah!" She laughed teasingly, "you thought I was telling the truth, but I still don't like you! But I was just showing you how good I was at acting like I liked you." The way she said it wasn't in a mean way, more like a friendly teasing but still serious way. Caspian knew she meant every word she said, but he also knew that she was simply being playful. Lucy started dancing around and Caspian couldn't help but laugh at her energy, then she stopped when she felt something her sister had been warning her about since she was 8.

"What's wrong?" Caspian asked, slightly worried.

"Um, I have to go," Lucy said quickly before running off. Caspian watched her disappear into a tunnel but he could still hear her yell, "Hey Susan! Give me one of those strips of leather!" Caspian laughed again.

"Well that would explain a lot."

So? What'd you think? I hope that fixed Lucy's OOC attitude in the last chapter. And sorry to any boys that might be reading this story but this was more of a girl chapter. Anywho, thanks for reading and reviews are welcome as always!