Chronicles Of Narnia: True Love

Ch. 4 School and the Call

When we arrive Lucy looks up at the school like it’s the largest place she has ever seen. It’s only the largest place that she can remember. Cair Paravel was much larger then this school but she can’t remember our home in Narnia anymore than she can remember me. I help Lucy take her luggage to her dorm. And though I can feel other girls eyes on me. I pay them no mind. Susan says she filled out our registration papers for us. She put that Lucy was taken in as an infant and given our last name by means of adoption. So that when Lucy either remembers or realizes her feelings for me are different whichever comes first it will be easier for us to resume our relationship. Which I do appreciate. I hug Lucy and kiss her on the forehead and tell her I will see her at dinner. Then I leave to make myself at home in my own dorm room in the boys dorm for the primary program. I get to my room and make myself at home on my half of the room. On my desk I set a picture of the four of us. Then a picture of just Lucy on the desk as well. Under my pillow I have a picture of her on her 9th birthday in her red dress and silver wooden tiara. In my bedside table drawer I put my drawings of adult Lucy in Narnia. As well as my drawings of our children. It’s my way of keeping them close. It’s hard for a father to be away from his children. It’s also difficult for a husband to hold himself back from his wife.
The next morning
I get up bright and early for breakfast is at 6:30 am and classes start at 8 am. I found out that Lucy and I have physical education at the same time only it’s separated by gender. So I will be able to watch her just do other activities. We have some other classes together. Then we have classes separated by gender and grade since she is 9 and I am 12. So out of 8 classes we have three together. I get dressed properly in my uniform. Then I head down to the dinning hall for breakfast. Lucy is already there sitting at a table so I sit next to her. She instantly brightens. “Morning Edmund.” She says with a smile. “Morning Lucy.” I say with a smile. She tells me she is looking forward most to the classes we have together.

I tell her that it’s the same for me. She tells me she has to start off the day with a type of arithmetic with a groan. I remember that’s her worst  subject. “I will help you with your homework and study for your exams.” “Thanks so much Edmund.” She says happily and I’m rewarded with a smile. I start out with history. Then I have my English class. She has a cooking class then. Third period we have science together. Fourth is a fencing class. And since not many sign up for it students from all three programs will be any it. Well the boys  anyway, fencing has not yet been made available for girls yet. But there is a an archery class which is fifth period for the girls both Susan and Lucy have signed up. Sixth period is Physical education for both Lucy and I. Seventh period we both have a health class. But for me it’s both a health class and a family life class. Lucy won’t get the family life portion till next year. And it will be family life A. Which will split the class up by gender and focus on the puberty that your gender will go through. When she is eleven she will learn about puberty for both genders which is going to be a bit awkward. My year family goes over puberty for both. And then will briefly discuss sex and baby making. Which I’ve already experienced in Narnia but I’m not sure if it counts as knowledge here.

8th period is a choir class. Which Im only taking cause Lucy is. Though I’m not sure what’s going to happen. In Narnia both Lucy and Susan discovered that they could sing. I never exactly tried. So we will see what happens there. The schedule at this school is weird. Mondays we have all 8 classes in the day. On Tuesday we have 1-4 then 8th. On Wednesday we have 8th period first then 5-6. Thursday we have 7-8th then periods 3, 5-6.  Then Friday we have all 8 classes again like on Monday. Today is Tuesday so we have periods 1-4 then 8th so let’s see how this goes.
Later on Thursday
Right now we have Physical education’s a pretty hot day so the physical education professors have decided we will swim to day in the indoor pools we are told to change in our school bathing suits then boys are to line up by pool 1 and girls by pool 2 by year. Since for this class there are roughly six students per year there are 30 boys and 30 girls approximately. So roughly 60 students are attending this class. We change. The boys change in these swim trunks that are blue with white strips on either side. And on the right side is the sigual for the school. When us boys line up by pool one we see with the girl’s bathing suits are like. They are red one pieces with little skirts on the bottom. On their chests above where any breasts might be is the sigual for the school. And all the girls have to wear swim caps when they swim. Lucy walks and lines up with the other nine year old girls but she looks really nervous. It’s when we are all told to get in the pool in order by year, that I remember why she learned how to really swim in Narnia. And she doesn’t remember Narnia so she doesn’t remember how to swim. She is holding on the edge of the pool for dear life. Her teacher tells her to let go of the wall. And Lucy looks afraid. “Miss Mansfield?” “Yes Mr.?” “Its Mr. Pevensie. Edmund Pevensie.” “Yes young man?” she says. “Lucy can’t swim she hasn’t learned yet.” “Oh I see I guess I will have an aid come from teaching the beginning swimming class to help her learn.” She says and many girls around Lucy laugh. Because only the 5 and 6 year olds were typically taught the beginner course in swimming. I hurt for her cause if only she could remember Narnia then she would be able to swim circles around the girls in her year.