𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕄𝕒𝕘𝕟𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥 - ᵖᵉᵗᵉʳ ᵖᵉᵛᵉⁿˢⁱᵉ

꧁Tʜᴇ Wᴀʀᴅʀᴏʙᴇ꧂

"Gastrovascular" Susan read out slowly.

Peter and Susan had been playing the game all morning. Susan had grabbed a large dictionary from the Professor's library as it was open to the kids as long as they took care of the books.

It was an enormous book and Susan seemed keen on going through every word in it. She would read out the word and Peter would have to guess the meanings.

Susan had asked Katherine to play. However, Katherine had found her own book she was intent on looking at.

The Professor had books that recorded almost everything. The library was just encyclopedia after encyclopedia.

So Katherine wasn't very surprised when she found an encyclopedia of baby names. Katherine had settled down with the book near the window opposite Lucy as she tried to find the children's names in it.

She had found Lucy's name, which she told the girl meant "light" or "shiny".

Ed had also been interested in his name which she told him meant "riches" and "protector". He had been very happy with that and had told everyone it only confirmed he would be rich when he grew up.

Susan had asked for her name's meaning and Katherine searched for her name before telling her it meant "Lotus" or "Flower".

Peter had also asked for his and she found it and told him it meant "rock" or "stone". Everyone had laughed at that.

Peter told them it must mean he was just reliable and supportive.

Katherine also pointed out it could also refer to him being hardheaded.

Another round of laughter had gone around the room and Peter rolled his eyes and told her to tell them what her name meant to see if it was any better than his name was.

"Well it says here Katherine means pure or clear" she had told them. Peter snorted at the statement. Katherine ignored him and pressed on.

"My middle name, Ayla, means 'halo of light around the moon' or more simply 'moonlight'" Susan and Lucy had swooned at the end.

"Oh how romantic!" Susan had exclaimed, "Your name literally means pure moonlight" Lucy and Katherine giggled whilst the boys just scoffed. They would never understand girls.

Now they were all just bored to death listening to Susan's words and Peter's guessing.

"Come on Peter" Susan was visibly getting irritated, "Gastrovascular"

"Is it Latin?" Peter asked. Katherine really couldn't understand the point of his question as the book was full of Latin words but Susan seemed happy with his process as she replied, "Yes"

"Is it Latin for worst game ever invented?" Edmund chimed in and Peter let out a chuckle.

From behind his seat, Katherine let out a rather undignified snort. Susan let out a huff of despair before slamming the huge book shut.

"We could play hide and seek" Lucy suggested, speaking for the first time since the beginning of the morning.

She walked over to where her oldest brother sat and gazed over pleadingly to Peter.

"But we're already having so much fun" he replied sarcastically looking over to Susan. Who gave him a disbelieving look.

"I'm in Luce," Katherine told the little girl as she put down the encyclopedia of names she had been bored with for quite a while.

Lucy smiled widely and hugged the girl before turning back to her brother and grabbing his arm.

"Come on Peter, Please" she whined. Edmund rolled his eyes at the girl's antics. Sometimes Lucy would irritate him with her childish ways as it reminded him he wasn't too much older than her himself.