Tales of the Narnian Monarchs: Reality's Frightful Jerk

Lilith Hates A Spider(ling)

It was the next day that Lilith entered the Pevensies' house after another day at work. She'd searched downstairs, but to her surprise, had found no one.
She made her way upstairs, "Peter? Edmund?" She asked, pushing the boy's door open.

"What the fuck?" Despite her recent improvements with controlling her language, the expletive was her unstoppable exclamation upon seeing a face she'd almost forgotten existed sat on Edmund's bed. "What're YOU doing here?"

Peter Parker looked hurt at the tone and language she used, his puppy-like eyes made her stammer out an apology, "I-I mean, what are you doing here? I didn't mean it like that."

"He's here to help us with the baby." Edmund, who Lilith hadn't noticed so far, said in a half annoyed voice, as if he wasn't happy about it either.

"Us?"

"Sanya's just gone over to her house to get some book which will create the impression that she's studying." Parker answered and Lilith fought the urge to glare at him.

"Her parents think we're just study pals now." Edmund added, and on cue, Sanya entered, shrugging her plum coat off and falling to a chair.

"Got a physics book, just in case." She shrugged, handing over to Peter. "Hey, Lilith, how was work?"

"More customers today, they must have heard about the war ending." The ginger said distractedly. "Do you mean, spid- erm, Peter knows about..."

"Narnia?" The new member of their niche perked up. "It's just like The Hobbit, it seems! I can't believe there's a whole other world... an entire universe like that..."

So he was a geek, Lilith thought, as she frowned at Sanya's fond look at him.

Once she caught the younger girl's eye, Sanya mouthed, 'Hufflepuff' and that made Lilith smile, despite herself.

"Where's Lucy?" Lilith asked and Edmund answered, head bent over the notes, "Gone to get some groceries. All our talks of science was seriously annoying her."

"I don't blame her." Sanya snorted. "If it wasn't that all this was for my baby-" Lilith noticed Peter stiffen just a bit "I'd have run out too."

"I feel the love." Edmund spoke dryly and she stuck her tongue out at him.

"Have your pa- er, is there anything to eat?" Sometimes Lilith thought her Peter's tactlessness had rubbed off on her.

Ed's eyes flashed but he said nothing.

"Do you mean food or-" Sanya winked in Ed's direction as well as where Peter's bed was.

"Your sexual hormones are off the charts, aren't they?" Lilith sassed back and she heard the young Spiderling choke. Good.

"There's some ham and eggs in the kitchen." Sanya answered, Everest weaving himself through her legs. "I've fed your kitty."

"Okay," Lilith was grateful for that. "I'm going to head down to eat... just don't... have a threesome or something in the meanwhile."

She heard Edmund choke behind her and heard Peter ask Sanya innocently, "What's a threesome? Is it that thing in golf?"

She left the room, an amused smile on her face at the state of undoubtable awkwardness she'd left the room with at hearing the Huff's question.

Not that she had anything personal against Spidey boy, well, not yet. But from the deepest part of her gut, she knew him being around wasn't the best idea.
No matter how things had settled the past few weeks, people were still healing. Everyone had had their moments, whether it be snapping or unexplained tearful breakdowns- and throwing someone else in the mix of their unique little clique just didn't seem the best idea. It unsettled her slightly, in a way that surprised her.