*giggles*


"so, er, peter --" caspian begins.

edmund doesn't look at him. "peter's out. you can do it, right?"

"of course i can!" caspian says indignantly.

"all right," edmund says, amiable, and runs his hands down caspian's front to check the straps hidden beneath his clothes. caspian draws in a sharp breath. "just, whatever you do, don't forget --"

lucy sticks her head into the stall. "ed?" she says. "you should probably see this."

"all right," edmund says, and gives caspian a thumbs up before he leaves, telling his sister, "you know this is a men's bathroom, right?"

"forget what?" caspian calls after him. "forget what?"

-

he nearly has a heart attack when the elevator ceiling opens up and peter drops in.

"hi," peter says brightly. "miss me?"

caspian gapes. "what are you -- you -- edmund said --"

"yeah, you should really learn to tell when you're being lied to," peter says sympathetically. "someone might try taking advantage of you."

caspian drops the entire harness he's holding as susan drops lightly through the ceiling into peter's waiting arms. "who," he sputters, "what, but --"

"i didn't actually mean come along," peter tells her strictly.

"i draw a line at my boyfriend having my brother beat up by some bruiser," susan tells him archly.

"i had it under control!" peter protests.

"you knew him from prison," susan snaps back. "anyway, without ed here, someone has to make sure you don't get yourself arrested again."

"i'm here," caspian feels compelled to point out.

they both ignore him.

"does this mean you're breaking up with miraz?" peter asks.