Pneumonia Chapter 7

Disclaimer: I don't own the Chronicles of Narnia.

Hi guys, really sorry for not updating... Honestly, time flies! Especially when school hits you like a ton of bricks. So my free time is usually spent stressing out now... But now I'm writing, it's really nice to have something other than school to think about. Nevertheless, here's the chapter.

Waking up felt like a punch to the stomach, or at least for Edmund on this sunny day. Everything seemed to blur. His eyes would zoom in and out of focus on objects like the bed stand, desk, and the pillows. He tried blinking and squinting to straighten out his vision but it seemed to make it worse. He couldn't move his fingers for the time being.

"Breakfast!" Lucy yelled, carrying in a large plate filled with not-so-large portions of eggs, a scone, and some bacon. Edmund tensed at the shout, though shortly he was trying to sit up on his own. "Here," Lucy held his back up for a moment, ruffling a pillow to fit so he could sit up tall.

"Thanks," Lucy acknowledged his quiet comment.

"You need to eat today," Susan sighed, with Peter they were approaching the bed, coming from the door. Edmund didn't say anything. He chose to save his energy for chewing, which wore out his mouth and made it tired for a few minutes. The next half an hour seemed to agitate Edmund the most; he kept on trying to move. Edmund couldn't move a millimeter.

"Do you want the scone or the bacon first?" Lucy picked up the scone, it was filled with raspberries.

"Sc-," Edmund muttered.

"Do you want to read another book today?" Susan asked, looking through the pile of books on the nightstand. "You haven't read any of them yet, have you?"

"No," Ed replied, his mouth falling for another bite of the scone.

"Well good, which one do you want to read? Or do you want to read one?" Susan picked up one of them, all the ones the Professor had were fancy.

"I do-." Ed began, "n't wan'," his voice cracked. "t to read."

"Great, then let's play a game!" Lucy cheered. "We can play Scramble, plus Edmund, you can play that - I think."

Not another board game! Ed mentally slapped his head against the bed. "'Ow abou' book."

"You want to read a book now?" Peter rolled his eyes.

"Yes," Ed said flatly.

"Fine," Lucy began. "Here Susan, you can help him eat." Lucy ate her breakfast quickly and left to who knows where. Susan stayed, showed Edmund the books that were in his room, he choose one so she wouldn't go on about each one. Susan turned the pages while Ed read silently.

Peter held an open book on his lap but he seemed to just stare at it. His eyes didn't move, he rarely blinked. Someone's got a lot on his mind, Edmund guessed, catching Susan's eye.

"Page?" Susan asked.

"No," he replied, turning his gaze to the written words.

The sunny skies soon turned darker with the clouds. Lucy came into the room fifteen minutes after the rain had started pounding on the glass of the ancient windows. She was covered in mud, her hair, her running shoes. She was about to sit on Peter's bed when he noticed her covered in the wet dirt.

"Lucy! What were you doing? Don't sit on my bed," Peter rushed so she wouldn't drop the mud.

"I was outside, am I covered in mud or something?" Lu gave him an annoyed look.

"Yeah, you didn't see your tracks?" Pete pointed at the dirt on the wooden floors, Mrs. Macready wouldn't be pleased. "Go clean up."

Lucy scowled, making her way out of the room, she did a fine job at leaving the door dirty.

"Great," Susan opened the door, going to get a rag to clean up the dirt.

Ed fell asleep while Susan was out of the room. Peter watched for a moment until Susan loudly came in. Around the door she wiped up the dirt, muttering things about Lucy, to Lucy. The youngest sister came back a minute later, her hair still covered in mud, but a fresh change of clothes.

"I meant take a shower," Peter narrowed his eyes. Lucy made an 'o' with her mouth.

"My hair is covered in mud," Lu exclaimed. Peter nodded. "Great!" She stated sarcastically. "Er- was he always sleeping?" She pointed her finger to Ed.

"No," Peter replied.


As Mrs. Macready so nicely brought up their lunches, Ed slept throughout lunchtime and into the early afternoon. Lucy bounced on his bed to try to wake him up, although Susan yelled that she was going to fall and hurt them both. Then Peter tried to slightly nudge him awake.

"This is very annoying, why isn't he waking up?" Peter grumbled. "His food isn't going to taste very good anymore, it's all cold, soggy."

"He's just sleeping. Lets go to the library so he can continue sleeping." Su placed the plate on Edmund's bedside before turning to the door. "Come on."

Lucy began to stroll down the stairs with Susan but Peter stayed back. What's wrong with you, why can't you move? Peter ran a hand through his blond hair quickly before sitting back down. He watched his brother, the blankets above him heaving up and down. His breath was very heavy, like water was filling in his lungs for a long moment. How long are you going to be sick?

He walked over to his brother. Peter reached out to his brother's limp arm, he felt the coldness radiate from him.

Lightning struck and thunder cracked, Peter jumped as Edmund's eyes flew open. "That was close!" Peter panted. Ed didn't make a reaction but moved his stare to Peter. He gave him a curious look.

"Wher' are... He 'irls?" His voice squeaked, then turned low and fell into nothingness in between words.

"They just left to read, library," Peter stated. "Do you want them? Do you want me to - you want another blanket? You are freezing!" He exclaimed, open-mouthed.

"No thAnks," his eyes were beginning to droop quickly. Peter grabbed a blanket from his bed (I'll wash it later). He threw the blanket on top of all the other blankets, stretching it to tuck it in slightly. The blanket was Lucy's that Peter was borrowing, it had lions and mythical creatures on it that could be found in Narnia.

"Are you hungry?" Peter blinked, realizing his brother hadn't eaten anything since his tiny breakfast.

"No," Ed's eyes zipped shut right before lightning struck.

So that is the seventh chapter of this story. It's a bit slow, wasn't my favourite chapter but I liked it. I hope you guys enjoyed it! Hopefully I'll see you next chapter. I will try to update this week again (like next seven days).