Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Her Only Friend's
Chapter 3. Meeting Again
"EDMUND MICHAEL PEVENSIE! I'M GONNA MURDER YOU!" Peter screamed, chasing Edmund down the trail back to Cair.
"CASPIAN HEEEEELP!" Edmund cried as Peter began gaining ground.
Caspian looked over and rolled his eyes. "What did you do now?" he asked.
"HE DRUGGED ME!" Peter exclaimed.
"Over twenty years ago! And it was for your own good!" Edmund yelled back as Peter tackled him.
Caspian raised an eyebrow.
"Are they always like this?" Rilian asked.
"Yep." Caspian replied.
"Get off me!" Edmund growled.
"Not until you say your sorry!" Peter replied, holding Edmund down.
"I'm not going to say I'm sorry for something that did you good!" Edmund replied.
"Peter Pevensie! Get off your brother! I'm sure he had good intentions, whatever he did!" their mum called.
"You heard her." Edmund smirked.
Peter smacked him upside the head and stood up.
"Mum to the rescue!" Edmund smiled.
"Yeah yeah yeah." Peter growled.
"Count your blessings. At least Susan's believing again." Edmund said.
Peter's eyes softened. "Yeah. I suppose your right." he said.
"What do you mean?" Caspian asked walking up beside their mum that had since then walked over.
Peter pulled the flower-mirror out. "Susan and Lucy." he said.
Edmund stood close to his side, scrunching Caspian and their mum close as well. As they all got their heads over the mirror they saw Susan and Lucy. They were walking down the street, arms hooked together, talking quietly of Narnia.
Their mum let out a happy sob and Caspian smiled. "They look happy." he said.
"That's just it... they are happy." Peter smiled.
"You know... if it took our death's to make Susan believe again... it was worth it." Edmund said.
Peter nodded his agreement. He put the flower-mirror back up and sighed.
Their mum put her hand on his shoulder. "You'll see them again someday." she reassured.
He nodded his head.
"Come on, let's get back. It's almost supper time, and I'm hungry!" Edmund said.
"Say's the boy who is a bottomless pit." Peter joked.
"Look who's talking." Edmund said smacking Peter's shoulder.
When Peter glarred at Edmund, he backed up. "Should I run?" he asked.
"Fast." Peter warned.
They both took off at the same time, Peter in hot pursuit of Edmund.
"WHAT DID I SAY?!" Edmund exclaimed as he ran as fast as he could back to the castle. Their mum sighed.
"How did you deal with them growing up?" Caspian asked.
She patted his arm. "Truthfully... I don't know." she replied.
He smiled and chuckled. Rilian walked up beside his dad and cocked his head at the now screaming Edmund as Peter had caught him. "Should we help him?" he asked.
"PETER! YOU GIT! GET OFF ME!" Edmund yelled.
"Yes, before Edmund starts using language he shouldn't." Caspian said walking forward.
"You know my son's too well." Helen mumbled.
Caspian pulled Peter off Edmund as Rilian held Edmund back. "QUIEEEEET!" Helen screamed, making them stop and their eyes go wide. "You two are fighitng like you used to! I know it's because your little sister isn't here! But stop! Before I spank you both! And don't even say I can't because your bigger than me because I don't give a flying flip! Got it?!" she yelled.
By now Rilian looked like he wanted to crawl under a hole, and from the look on Caspian's face, he wouldn't be too far behind him if he did, and they were nothing compared to Peter and Edmund.
"Yes ma'am." they said quickly.
"Good." she said calmly, smoothing out imaginary wrinkles on her dress "Let's go eat."
"So that's where Susan get's it from." Edmund mumbled.
"What was that?" Helen asked.
"The way she can go from scolding us like there's no tomorrow, to completely calm." he replied. She smiled and kept walking.
"Just goes to show you, just because we're King's, doesn't mean we can't get yelled at by our mum." Peter said.
Edmund nodded, eyes still wide.
"Come on, let's go." Rilian said.
Caspian nodded, and with that said the four Kings followed Helen back to the castle.
"Micahel? Daniel? What are you doing here?" Lucy asked.
"I used to go to school with Peter. We were pretty close. I couldn't turn down coming to his funeral when I heard about it." Daniel replied.
"Oh yes, I remember Peter talking about you now." Susan said.
While Susan conversed with the two boy's, Lucy sat down, starring at the picture's of her brother's that were on top of their casket's. She pulled her knee's to her chest and put her head on her knee's. She felt a tear slide her cheek, and to avoid anyone seeing her, she buried her head into her knee's just before she lost herself, crying silently.
No one seemed to notice her, which she liked it that way. But a second later she felt someone sit down beside her.
"Are you alright?" she heard Michael ask.
She looked up at him. He gave her a reassuring smile. She smiled back.
"Yeah, I'm fine." she replied truthfully.
"You, wouldn't, by chance, want to go out to dinner, sometime, would you?" he asked.
"Yes. I'd like that." she replied.
He smiled. "I'll call you then." he said.
She smiled. Susan sat down beside her, and Daniel sat down on the other side of Michael.
"Somebody's smitten." Daniel whispered to Michael.
"Shut up." Micahel hissed.
Lucy looked up at Susan. "They wouldn't want us to cry, would they?" she asked.
Susan put her arm around her shoulder's. "No Lu, they wouldn't." she replied.
Lucy leaned her head on Susan's shoulder and looked up at the preacher as the funeral started.
Despite their best attempts to keep from crying, during the burial, Susan and Lucy couldn't help it. Afterwards, the two started walking to their car. Michael and Daniel, already becoming fast friends with the two girl's, had offered to escort them home. Feeling very alone, Susan and Lucy had accepted.
As they walked, still sniffing and hiccuping every now and again, relatives would say things such as 'Oh the poor dears, they're all they have left." or "Maybe we should bring them supper, I wonder what they like."
Many relatives did stop them asking them what they liked, offering to bring them something to lighten their load. And Lucy decided not to point out to Susan that her 18th birthday was coming up soon. She knew they'd have to many bill's as it was, and she hoped and prayed that Susan would forget.
"I hate having to leave you alone for a while tomorrow, until you head off to work that is." Susan stated.
"I'll be fine Su." Lucy said.
Susan sighed. "Maybe my boss wouldn't let me come in late." she said.
"Susan, no, I'll be fine for an hour or so." Lucy assured her.
"We could come and stay with her, if it would make you feel better." Daniel offered.
"That would be great if you could." Susan said.
"You don't have to do that." Lucy said.
"Oh come on Lu, are you scared of us?" Daniel teased, bumping her lightly.
She smiled. "No, I'm not. I could probably kick your butt's if it came to it." she joked, which had a slight hint of truth in it.
Susan snorted. "That's more or less true." she mumbled.
"It was a joke Susan." Lucy said.
"Oh. That's really Valiant of you too say." Susan smiled.
Michael raised an eyebrow and Daniel blinked.
"Oh Susan, that's so Gentle of you to say." Lucy replied sticking her tongue out at Susan.
"Hey, Dan, can I uh talk to you for a second?" Michael asked.
"What about?" Daniel asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Our cat." Michale said shooting him a glare.
"We don't have a... OW... fine." Daniel said, rubbing his shoulder when Michael smacked him.
Lucy snorted and turned to Susan. "Su, I don't need them to come. What are you so worried about anyway?" Lucy asked.
"I just don't want you staying home alone... unprotected." Susan replied.
"I've stayed home while you were at work before." Lucy said.
"But Peter or Edmund were usually home with you." Susan said.
Lucy looked down, knowing where Susan was getting at. "And you don't want me to be alone." Lucy stated.
"Not right now." Susan said, stroking Lucy's cheek.
"Alright, I'll accept their offer of coming to stay." Lucy said.
Susan smiled. "Good. Now where did they go?" she said looking around.
"Over there." Lucy said pointing.
Michael was talking very animatedly, but obviously in whisper, while Daniel listened intently. "They are so much like Peter and Edmund it isn't even funny." Susan said.
Lucy nodded her head. When they finally walked back over, Lucy and Susan had nearly given up on them. "How's your cat?" Lucy asked suspiciously, noticing they both looked slightly pale.
"Sick." they replied at the same time.
"Hmm, good answer." Susan thought.
"Alright, let's get home." Lucy said.
"Oh, by the way, should we come over tomorrow or not?" Daniel asked.
"Yes, it would be nice if you would." Lucy replied.
"Alright, what time should we be there?" Daniel asked.
"About 12:00. My shift starts right after lunch, while her's doesn't start until 2:00." Susan replied.
"Do you get off at the same time?" Michael asked.
"Yes, thankfully." Susan replied.
"Good." Daniel said.
"Let's get home." Lucy said starting toward the car's.