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Here is the third chapter! Enjoy!

Chapter Three: Fish and Chips

Lucy's POV

I had been in Chicago for almost three months.

Every day was like a new adventure. Some days good, some not so good.

Well, actually most of them were not so good.

But that's what you get when you live in an alleyway.

I was thinking back to the letter I sent to Edmund and Peter while I tried to go to sleep, which is a hard thing to do when you aren't in a bed, with a pillow and a blanket. But I made the best I could out of what I had. I know I should've probably told them about my living situation but I just couldn't. They would think I was a failure or weak.

That is why in every letter I sent them, I lied. They didn't think it was a good idea in the first place for me to travel and if they found out that I was homeless then they would always hold it over my head so I wouldn't be able to do anything on my own ever again. So a lie-or many lies-was the price I paid to keep my freedom.

I just wanted to get away from Finchley. Away from the memories of The Professor, Miss Polly, Eustace and Jill's deaths.

We were supposed to be on the train also. But Susan fell down two flights of stairs so we had to go to the hospital and be the 'good supportive family' that we were.

I personally didn't think it was fair because when I had a bad case of the flu she didn't have to come to the hospital to see me so why should I have to go see her?

We were supposed to go get the rings and help Eustace and Jill get back to Narnia. But we didn't get to go and they died in a train crash.

The worst part is that it was all a lie. Susan didn't fall down two flights of stairs. Well she did, but it was no accident.

I think she was pushed down by one of her boyfriends. But I never told Edmund or Peter. They would go all 'overprotective' on her and then she would never open up and tell us if she needed help.

Well, tell me if she needed help. She would never tell Peter or Edmund. Just like I would never tell them that I was homeless.

Admitting defeat would only earn us a 'We told you so.' so, therefore, we never admit defeat.

I remember the last time I saw Susan…

****Flashback****

I was in London. Mum and Dad had given me the 'okay' to travel.

Peter and Edmund almost had a fit when I told them. Well, actually they started laughing. I suppose they thought I was joking. Then, when they finally figured out I was serious about it, they had the aforementioned fit.

You would think that two grown men-Kings at that-would be able to handle their little sister traveling but noooo. They just wouldn't hear of it. The 'Magnificent' and 'Just' weren't as mighty as they thought.

But eventually I was able to convince them that I would be okay and that I would write them every chance I got. I think they were still having a hard time accepting it but they couldn't stop me. And that is what got to them the most.

I was sitting at a little booth in a restaurant. I was looking over the menu when the waitress came.

When I looked up at her I was shocked to see my older sister in a uniform with a pad and pencil in hand. She hadn't noticed that I, her little sister, Lucy Pevensie, was her customer.

When she looked down to see why I was taking so long to order, her big blue eyes almost popped right out of her head...Which...was quite a sight to see, I might add. I hadn't seen that look on her face since she witnessed Mr. Beaver speak for the first time...or, you know, when Peter proposed to Mr. Tumnus at her eighteenth birthday ball. Talk about shocking...more like scary.

"Lucy?" she asked in a whisper.

"Susan." I replied back.

"What are you doing here?" she asked as she sat down across from me.

"I'm just traveling a little. What are you doing here?" I then asked.

"I'm living near here. Why are you traveling?" she asked quickly as she put her pad and pencil down. I couldn't help but notice that she was trying to avoid any further conversation about her current life situation.

"Oh I just wanted to see what it would be like to live life on my own." I said. "So how are you Sue?" I asked. I wanted to see how far she would let me go before pushing me away.

I was still mad at her for the way she had treated me and the way she'd refused to believe in Narnia but I still had to be civil. She is my sister after all.

"I'm fine. How are you doing Lu?" she then asked.

I guess she decided that she should be civil also. But I couldn't shake the feeling that she was just trying to hide something from me.

"I'm doing well. I'm thinking about going to America sometime if Mum and Dad say its okay." I replied.

"That's good. How are Ed and Peter?" she asked. Yes, she was definitely hiding something. She would have never asked about them otherwise.

"The last I heard they were good. They are sharing a flat together. They couldn't take living with Mum and Dad anymore I suppose." I said with a smile. She smiled back.

"Well I better get back to work. What would you like?" she asked as she got up to take my order.

"I'll have a water please." I said with a sigh.

"And to eat?" she asked as she wrote on her pad of paper.

"Fish and chips." I said as I handed her the menu.

"Okay, I'll be right back with your drink." she said as she jotted my order down.

I can't believe that Susan is here in London at the same time I am. I thought as I waited for her to return.

When she came back with my water, I noticed that she had bruises on her wrists. Just like the ones that she had before she 'fell' down those two flights of stairs.

After I was done I went to pay the bill.

"Do you know when Susan's shift ends? We are friends and I want to surprise her and take her somewhere after she gets off." I lied smoothly to the cashier. I suppose that was the first of many.

"I think she gets off in about thirty minutes." she replied.

"Thank you so much." I said with a smile.

After the bill was taken care of I went outside of the restaurant to wait for Susan. I was determined to make her see reason. She had to stop picking such bad people to spend her time with.

When Susan came out she was very surprised to see me.

"What are you still doing here?" she asked as she looked around as if to make sure that someone wasn't there.

Odd. I thought.

"I just wanted to spend a little more time with my sister." I lied again. I didn't want to spend time with her. I didn't even want to be there, waiting for her, outside of the diner. But that's what a good sister would do and I was a good sister. 'Was' being the key word.

I am getting really good at that. I thought in regards to my second lie of the day.

"Oh. Well look Lu, I really can't right-"

"Susan!" someone cut her off.

I looked over at the person that had interrupted her and I saw a very handsome young man. He had to be about Peter's age. While he was handsome, something about him didn't feel right to me. Something was wrong and I had a pretty good idea of what it was.

"Bradley." Susan said as she glanced at me and then back to him.

"Who is this?" The man named Bradley asked as he gestured towards me.

"This is Lucy a friend of mine." Susan said.

I couldn't help but notice that she didn't say I was her sister.

"Hi." I said to him.

"Hello," he replied, barely sparing me a glance. "Susan you know I don't like you spending time with 'friends'." he then said.

"I know and I'm sorry it's just-"

Before she could finish her sentence he grabbed her arm tightly and pulled her towards him and whispered something right next to her ear. I didn't catch what he said but from the look on Susan's face it couldn't have been anything good.

It was exactly what I had thought. She was in another abusive relationship.

"Look, just let me tell her goodbye and then I won't spend any time with her. I promise." She whispered to him.

"Fine." he grunted.

In the short time that it took for Susan to walk over to me I had made up my mind.

"Look, Lucy-"

"No Susan." I interrupted. That was happening a lot to her. "I know what is going on here." I whispered.

"Oh really Lu? Well what exactly do you think is going on?" she asked also in a whisper. Her eyes were begging me not to say it. But I had never been one to show much mercy. I wasn't the 'Just' one...Or the 'Gentle'. 'Magnificent'?...Maybe. But I was the 'Valiant'. And if I hadn't already, I was about to earn that title.

"First of all I don't think. I know. Listen, I know that he isn't a good man and that he doesn't deserve you." I said. I was trying to make it sound as nice as possible. "I also know that this isn't the first time that you have been in a relationship like this."

When I said that her eyes widened, telling me that everything-although I had known it already-was true. All of my suspicions, correct.

"Look Susan, just go get rid of him and then we can talk and find out what has been happening in our lives since we last saw each other." I said with a smile.

"No Lucy. I love him and I am staying with him." she said in a low whisper.

"What? Susan this is just like the time with Rabadash!" I said, my tone a little higher.

"I don't know what you are talking about." she said for what seemed like the thousandth time in my life.

"Susan will you please STOP with the 'I don't believe in Narnia' bit? I know that you know exactly what I am talking about! You lived it!" I said harshly.

"Lucy I never lived any of that. It was just a game we played! Why won't you, Edmund and Peter all just grow up!" She yelled.

So much for being civil. I thought. "We aren't the ones who need to grow up Susan!" I yelled back.

"Oh for crying out loud. It was a GAME! It wasn't real. Get over it." she said as she started to turn away.

"It wasn't a game and you know it." I said as I grabbed her arm and turned her back around. "I know that Queen Susan the Gentle is in there somewhere." I whispered as I looked her in the eyes. When she heard her title she flinched.

"Goodbye Lucy." She said as she walked away.

I just stood there while I watched her and Bradley walk down the street.

"Goodbye Sue." I whispered.

****End of Flashback****

I never told Edmund or Peter. Of course I didn't tell them a lot of things.

It isn't as if they could have done something about it. It would only worry them.

I looked up when I heard something entering the alleyway. I grabbed the knife that I kept with me just in case I needed it for protection but I was relieved when I saw that it was only Xavier.

Xavier was a dog. I liked to call him my dog. I did name him after all.

He was sandy in color and really shaggy. Every night he would come to keep me warm and protect me. If he wasn't there I couldn't go to sleep.

"Hey boy." I said as I petted him on the head.

"Have you had a good day?" I asked. I knew that he wouldn't answer me but it was just nice to talk to someone.

Then I laid down and he followed suit.

As I laid there stroking Xavier, I knew that one day Susan would see reason.

I just knew it.

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