Our Long Awaited Return Book #8

Chapter 3 Back To Narnia

""You're welcome," Edmund remarked, as Peter sat down between him and Lucy, who patted his arm sympathetically.

"I had it sorted," he answered disgusted, as he got up.

"How did you have that sorted?" asked Ruth sarcastically.

"Peter has everything sorted," Andrew remarked coldly. "Except Ed and I always seemed to be helping him get out of those fights."

"You don't help," Peter denied, "You only make it worse. I wish you would just understand I can do this on my own."

"What was it this time?" asked an annoyed Susan.

"Didn't I tell you?" I asked; no one seemed to listen to me anymore.

"He bumped me," Peter replied.

"So you hit him?" asked a shocked Lucy.

"No, he tried to make me apologize, that's when I hit him," he explained. "And one of them was harassing Verity."

"So that's your excuse," Drew remarked, but he received a glare from his twin brother.

"Is it that hard just to walk away?" sighed Susan.

"I shouldn't have to; I mean, don't you ever get tired of being a kid?" Peter said, exasperated.

"Yes," I thought of Narnia again, where I was a queen and wasn't hated because I was just a kid.

"We are kids," Edmund stated the obvious.

"Well, I wasn't always," Peter answered.

"You mean we weren't always," Ruth corrected him.

"Wonder if we're ever going to go back," I asked.

"Well, it's been a year," he sighed, "How long does he expect us to wait?"

He sat down on the bench again.

"I think it's time to accept that we live here," Susan replied, "There's no use pretending any different." I glared at her.

"England still didn't feel like home, yet," I retorted.

"Yes," Andrew sighed, "I'm still getting used to not being addressed as 'king'."

I saw that boy who had been talking to Susan earlier. Ruth gave Susan a smirk.

Susan sighed, "Pretend you're talking to me."

"We are talking to you," Edmund told her, confused.

"Don't worry, Susan, he'll probably leave you alone soon enough," I teased her.

"Yes, he already knows you lied to him about your name," Ruth added.

"Who?" Peter asked. "What are you talking about?"

Susan punched me in the elbow and did the same with Ruth.

"Ow!" Lucy cried as she jumped up from the bench.

"Quiet, Lu," Susan said to her.

"Something pinched me," she explained.

"Susan, I didn't torment you that much, why did you step on my foot!" I asked her, getting off the bench.

"I didn't," Susan crossed her arms satisfactorily.

"Hey, stop pulling," Peter shouted at Edmund as he jumped to his feet. Edmund did as well.

"I'm not touching you," Edmund yelled back.

"What's going on?" Ruth jumped up beside me.

"Ed!" Andrew shouted, getting to his feet. "What was that?"