Wendy's Second Chance

Wendy sat in her room. She sighed, as she suddenly realized that she had once again gotten another year older, and he had still not returned. Oh, how she missed him. Every day she felt remorse for leaving him behind.

"Sixteen," she thought, "I am sixteen years old. I haven't seen Peter since I was twelve, and to think he hasn't changed at all. I wonder if he misses me like I've missed him all these years. I wonder…"

"Wendy!" a shriek pierced the air as Michael, who was now nine, burst into her room. "Wendy, guess what!" Michael shouted.

"What is it, Michael?" She said through giggles as Michael nearly smothered her with all of his enthusiasm.

"Mother got you something really special for your birthday, but I can't tell you what because it's a surprise!" he said this with his famous lopsided grin spreading across his still baby-like face.

"Well, why don't you go help her with it while I finish getting ready?"

"Okay!" Michael said as he raced out of the room just as fast as he had come.

She smiled sadly to herself. Michael had changed so much over the past four years. "I wonder if Peter would even recognize Michael. He definitely would not recognize John. John has gotten so tall, and he is much better looking now," she mused as she dressed in her beautiful new lavender evening gown, "In fact, I wonder if Peter would even recognize me. I've gotten thinner and taller, and my hair is so much lighter now. Oh, I've never seen that beauty mark before, has Peter?"

She powdered her face, checked her rouge, and straightened her hair bow. "I just wish Peter were here," she thought, but she knew that was not to be. So she prepared to descend the stairs to the quiet party she hoped her mother had planned.

As she passed her old nursery, she could have sworn that she saw a slight glimmer outside the window. She looked again, but, since she did not see it again, she assumed it was just her imagination. She let a single tear slide slowly down her cheek, wiped it away, and moved towards the stairs.

But, little did she know, as she disappeared, the light reappeared. Tinkerbelle motioned Peter down to the ledge. As he landed, he asked the question that had been on his mind since they arrived at the Darling residence:

"Where is Wendy?"

So he sat in waiting for the one person he loved most in the world. Little did he know that there was one very unhappy girl downstairs who had been waiting for this moment for four long years.

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