They stared at Veronica cautiously. Peter backed away quickly incase he was attacked again. Veronica let out a gasp, and then fell to the floor. She looked up shaking, and her hair was wet, due to the sweat.
-"Wh-what happened?" she asked. The group just looked at each other confused. Susan had let go of Lucy's hand and stepped towards her friend.
-"You…well, how could I put this?" she wondered how she could say what she did nicely. "You sort of attacked Peter." She said slowly. Peter shook his head.
-"Not sort of! More like she did!" he said to her. Veronica nodded; she knew something like this would start happening. Susan helped her up. Veronica nodded her thanks to Susan and started wiping the dirt off her dress.
-"It's all right, this is going to go on for a while…the sooner I talk to Aslan, the better." Mr. Beaver nodded knowing that was his queue to move out again. Peter stared at her and walked off with Susan. Lucy however stayed behind.
-"Are you sure your all right?" she asked. Veronica smiled.
-"Of course I am Lucy, to prove it to you lets have a race." She knew that would make Lucy's day, since she was smiling and asking Susan to join. When Susan said 'no' Veronica rolled her eyes at her.
-"You know Susan, you need to have fun." Susan only smiled and responded.
-"This is fun, you need to take the time to take in your surroundings and nature."
-"Well, how about you Peter? Want to race with me and Lu?" She asked hopefully.
Peter shook his head, "No thanks, I'll just walk." Veronica grinned.
-"Why? You think I'm going to beat you? Come on Pevenise." The way she said the last name came to be in a challenging tone for Peter, and knowing Peter, he never backed down from a challenge. He only laughed.
-"What, you're challenging me? I'll give you two a 10 seconds head start."
Veronica only laughed.
-"Lucy, what are the terms?" Lucy being the cute little girl she was only smiled.
-"Whoever hugs Mr. Beaver first, wins!" Mr. Beaver turned around in shock
-"What! You humans are so competitive, 'specially them two!" he said to Veronica and Peter "They'll rip me to shreds!" They all laughed at the remark.
-"Well, then don't move!" Veronica said in a teasing tone.
Lucy, Peter, and Veronica stayed behind, so Mr. Beaver could have a chance to get a good distance away from him.
-"He's not that far!" Peter yelled to Susan, who stood with Mr. Beaver, Susan yelled back out
-"Then you should win!" Veronica, and Lucy laughed while Peter rolled his eyes.
-"Are you ready?" Susan yelled out. They all waved at her as a sign to go.
-"On your mark! Get set! GO!" Lucy ran off running as fast as she could, while Veronica stayed behind.
-"What are you doing?" Peter asked her. She only laughed.
-"I want to beat you fair and square…" he rolled his eyes only to laugh, Veronica ran off towards Lucy.
-"Besides your ten seconds are up!" catching his mistake he ran after her. Veronica was halfway up to Lucy, when Peter caught up to her.
-"That's…Cheating," he yelled at her. She shook her head "No, you weren't paying attention!"
-"Then this is not cheating!" She looked at him confused.
-"Wha-" but before she could finish Peter grabbed her by the waist, and started twirling her around. Susan was laughing hard she almost fell on Mr. Beaver when she lost her balance.
Veronica started laughing along with Susan after finally seeing her fall.
-"Knight in Shining Armour!"
-"Not going to work!"
-"Susan!"
-"Nope!"
-"Come on Peter, please!" but every time she made an attempt, he would spin her faster.
Lucy was running so hard; when she stopped she slipped and fell on Susan, the beavers started laughing. Peter was spinning Veronica so fast, he lost his own balance and the two crashed into the snow. That got the Beavers worked up.
-"That's what you Humans get for being so competitive."
-"You really stuck the landing!" they laughed.
Veronica and Peter laughed harder. She rolled off of him and started laughing harder.
-"What is it?" he asked. She was laughing so hard she couldn't respond all she did was point at his face.
-"Your face! It's got snow all over it! So does your hair." He put his hands to his face and rubbed the snow off quickly, he blushed. She laughed harder and laid back onto the snow…
-"I guess I got you back…" she said gasping for air.
-"Not quite." He grabbed some snow in his hands and tossed it on her. She quickly got up and started shaking the snow off.
-"That's cold!"
-"Even?" Veronica stared at him
-"Yes." Peter nodded and looked back at her. They stared at each other before she notice Peter was moving closer. She bit her bottom lip; she didn't know what to do. She moved in closer, until the conversation with Fox came into her head.
-You love him, yes? Then the curse will have a meaning. So tell him, before it's to late…Narnia will need you again, and so will he…
-But that's just it! I complete this curse either way! His love is just a tool! And I don't want that for him! I don't want him to be hurt just because I used him…
-Unless you love him back…
She stared back in to his eyes; they were only a few centimeters apart when Veronica pulled back.
-"Lucy! Are you all right?" she asked Lucy, using that as an excuse to talk to someone. She saw from the corner of her eye, Peter looked hurt and confused. She felt guilt but knew it was for the best…for now…
-"I'm all right!"
-"Come on humans! You had your fun! Now lets go!"
Veronica pushed herself up and held her hand for Peter to take. It wasn't a surprise when he ignored it, and walked past her.
It's for the best Peter…you need to trust me…
She walked behind them until they stopped…
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