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Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say.
Chapter 8: Evacuation
Since the first bombing two weeks ago everyone was still scared Maria and Amelia were living with the Pevensies and were at the moment making dinner.
"Amelia darling would you get the flour please?" Maria asked.
"Sure mom." Amelia said as she ran to the basement and past Edmund. "Hi, Eddie."
"What do you need to get now?" Edmund said without even looking up from his book.
"Flour!" Amelia yelled from the basement and Edmund shook his head looking up with eyes a smile playing on his lips.
After dinner Amelia joined Edmund with her own book. When the clock chimed 7 pm Lucy had to go to bed.
"Susan why don't you help your sister into bed." Helen said.
"Sure mom." Susan said as she stood up. "Lu are you ready?"
"Yes. Will you read me a story?" Lucy asked as she climbed into her bed.
"No Lu not now mom let you up longer then you were supposed to." Susan said.
"Alright." Lucy said looking down.
"Goodnight." Susan said as she dimmed the lights.
"Night." Lucy said as she grabbed her little dog.
"Eddie, do you hear that?" Amelia said as she heard a far away whistling of planes.
"Yes." He stood up and saw that planes were flying above Finchley and dropping bombs. "Am, come and have a look." He said as the air raid sirens started going off.
"No Eddie we should go to the shelter." Amelia said as she grabbed her torch, book and a blanket. "Come on." She said as she grabbed Edmund's hand.
"No I want to look." Edmund said as he shook off her hand.
A few minutes later Helen ran in yelling : "Edmund! Get away from there!" She called for Peter as he ran in and grabbed Edmund by the shoulders: "What do you think you're doing?" and said to Peter as he grabbed Edmund's arms : "Peter, quickly, the shelter. NOW!"
"Come on! Where's Amelia?" Peter said as he ran out with Edmund in his grip.
"She went as soon as the sirens started going off." Edmund answered.
Susan and Lucy's room
As Susan entered and started searching for a book, a scared Lucy yelled: "MOMMY!" When Susan noticed Lucy was still in her bed she said : "Lucy, come on!" as she dragged Lucy by her hand out of bed.
As they ran out to the garden they heard Amelia yell from the entrance of the shelter : "Hurry up they're almost here!" and this only encouraged Lucy to scream and Peter to yell at the others to hurry up more.
In horror Amelia heard Edmund say : "Wait! Dad!"
"EDDIE!" She yelled as she saw he turned back and ran to the house as Peter chased him. The minutes that followed were minutes in which she was scared to dead but as she saw Edmund getting pushed out of the house by Peter.
And then Peter threw Edmund into the shelter and yelled : "Why can't you think of anyone but yourself? You're so selfish! You could've got us killed!"
"STOP IT!" Helen yelled as she pulled Edmund in her embrace.
"Why can't you just do as you're told?" Peter asked showing he was just worried he would lose his younger brother and then slammed the door close. After a few minutes everyone was calmed down a bit and Edmund freed himself and went to the crying Amelia who hugged him as soon as he was in reaching distance.
"I thought I had lost you." She cried into his shirt. Edmund didn't say anything he just hugged her tighter.
"I miss him too." Amelia said as she saw the photo of George and hearing that made Edmund burst into tears. Edmund and Amelia sat together until the morning when they were woken up by the all clear siren. As they came out they saw that the house of the Pevensies was still standing although it missed some windows but some other houses were totally gone.
The day after Edmund passed the kitchen and he heard his mom and Maria talking.
"It's too dangerous for the kids here, we have to evacuate them." his mom said.
"But I didn't get a letter maybe Amelia can't be evacuated." Maria said.
"Why don't we say she's just another Pevensie one more or less they won't notice that." His mom answered.
"That's a good idea." Maria said.
As Edmund entered his room Amelia noticed something was up.
"What's wrong?" she asked as she sat down next to him.
"They're sending us away." he said.
"What do you mean?" Amelia asked confused.
"Exactly as I said. They're sending us away. 'Evacuating' us." Edmund said.
"Oh." Amelia said as she didn't know what else to say.
3 hours later Maria and Helen called all the kids to the parlor and said : "Children London is too dangerous now we think it's better if we evacuate you." Helen said.
"Alright." Peter said. "When?"
"Tomorrow." Helen said.
"What about me?" Amelia asked.
"I didn't get a letter for you but Helen's letter said your children and we're going to give you up as a Pevensie." Maria said.
"Oh alright." Amelia said.
And so it was that the Pevensies including Amelia were standing on the platform as their mothers were saying goodbye.
Helen distributed the labels which said in Amelia's case :
Amelia Pevensie
Clive
Finchley N.5
Amelia let her mom fasten the label on her coat as she saw that Edmund was refusing to let his mom give him a hug and a kiss.
"Just let her kiss you, you might never see her again." She whispered.
"Promise me you look after your siblings that includes Amelia." Helen whispered as she hugged Peter.
"I will, Mum." He said as he hugged back.
"Good man." Amelia heard Helen said.
Good man? He's barely 13! It should be good boy. He's only a kid! Amelia thought.
"I'll miss you mom." Amelia said as her mother hugged her.
"I'll miss you too honey. And I'm sure you're father misses you too." Maria said as she heard the conductor yell : "All aboard! All aboard!"
"Alright. Off you go." Helen said to the five of them. Peter grabbed Lucy's hand and Susan Edmund's but he struggled to shake her off as he said : "Hey, get off. I know how to get on a train by myself. Get off me." And then Susan let go. Amelia would have been glad if someone had taken her hand but she had to be satisfied by going after Edmund and before Peter.
As a lady asked Peter for the tickets Amelia saw him looking towards the soldiers and Susan had to grab the tickets out of his hand.
They searched for a window and once they had found one they started to wave and yell that they were going to miss their moms.
After the train had left the station Peter leaded them to a nearly empty cabin with only two boys who could only be brothers. As Amelia tried to get her suitcase onto the rack she saw Peter trying to help Edmund with his suitcase so Peter eventually helped Amelia.
"Thanks Peter." Amelia said.
"Your welcome, I'm your brother I'm suppose to help you." Peter said reminding Amelia that they were supposed to be brother and sister.
"Right." Amelia said as she went to sit down next to Edmund laying her head on his shoulder.
Ok that's that. I have a serious headache now but I'm happy.
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