[unedited and ongoing]
When moving to Cambridge with her Mother to escape the heartbreak of her Father's adultery, Diana is blessed with befriending the Pevensie siblings, Lucy and Edmund, who introduce her to a land of upmost adventure. As their ti...
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It had now been almost four months since Mary and Diana Williams had been living in Cambridge. The two women were quick to settle into their new townhouse home and were now well acquainted with a majority of their neighbours.
Abiding by Diana's wishes, her father had made no attempts in contacting herself or Mary, and although had offered through Alberta to send money to help support his ex-family, Mary had instantly shut him down; anything that belonged to him had been tainted.
This had to her best interest lead Mary to work in a factory, helping to produce weaponry for the men fighting in the war; and luckily for her, job opportunities for women were heavily encouraged. Having a job outside her home was something she never thought she would get the opportunity to do, and she had taken this initiative to feel empowered and encourage other women in their neighbourhood to do so. Diana has even on multiple occasions tried to convince her mother to allow her to work along side her, and help their fellow soldiers as well as to help earn money to make a decent living for the pair. She was shut down instantly every time, as Mary insisted that she finish high school before she was allowed to get a job, and if she happened to be married by the time she was in university - if she decided to attended, which she has been leaning towards - then it would be a conversation and decision between her and her husband.
Instead, when not studying for her upcoming exams, reading or listening to music, Diana occupied most of her time helping around both her own home and the Scrubb's household by cleaning, doing laundry and collecting groceries - she was happy and ready to help whenever she was available and quiet enjoyed herself, especially when the Pevensie siblings joined her. The siblings had a knack for making even the most tiresome of chores ones that Mary could not wait to part take in, as the time often flew by due to conversation, their constant joking around, their small competitions they make between each other and sometimes their incorporation of small games.
Just as Lucy has predicted, Diana had grown incredibly close to the Pevensie siblings, and in fact were the closest friends she had ever made, even if she had only known them for a short period of time. Diana could not imagine getting passed her first few days in Cambridge without them as they had been an immense source of comfort for the girl and were every so kind and playful towards her, not to mention they were able to easily take her mind off her father's adultery with just a simple joke of facial expression. Most importantly, they treated her with the same respect she treated them with, something she observed that Eustace was still struggling to grasp an understanding of.
Diana's 18th birthday was swiftly approaching and once Alberta Scrubb had learnt of this news, she had shamelessly begun introducing and acquainting Diana with an array of men, some her own age and some a few years older. Although it had made Diana extremely uncomfortable and rather annoyed at the older woman, she was still fairly grateful towards her gesture. Alberta only wanted to ensure Diana would have a secure and stable future, however failed to realised she was capable of doing so without a male figure by her side. Regardless, is was the thought that counted, although she had a slight dislike for the woman established by the way she treated Edmund and Lucy in compassions to Eustace.
