My Little Lost Girl
This is Wendy's side of We Can't Both Have. This fanfic is for my friend, elizabethbennet3553, who asked for an addition to the previous fanfic. Sorry if ti's too short.
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She's my little girl. I've checked in on her every night ever since she was born. When she came back with him, I thought that I had seen a familiar light in her eyes. I thought it was infatuation, but she was morose every day after she returned. He was sad every night that he visited, which was every night since her return. He had stopped visiting me after this much time after my visit to Neverland, which I am grateful for, because it wouldn't have truly worked between us.
I realized at one point that I wasn't truly in love with him. I was infatuated with the idea of eternal youth with a boy to be with forever. Realizing this I let my infatuation go quickly, and I eventually fell in true love with Richard. Jane, on the other hand hadn't let him go, yet. I looked at the pair of them, him not noticing me watching from the door, and her sleeping, dreaming of him. Several nights past, and this pattern was set, him sneaking in and me silently watching him. Finally, I called him to the hall to talk. I told him that I was going to give Jane the choice that I had made years before. He promised to take care of her if she chose him.
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I went into the library, the next evening
"Jane, come into the library," I said.
"What's wrong Mother?" she asked.
"Nothing, dear," I lied, "but, are you aware that Peter has visited you every night since you left?"
At the mention of his name, she stiffened, and her eyes bore Love. Pure, wonderful, true love for the Boy Who Never Grew Up. It was the same look that John says that I get in my eye when I talk or think about Richard. Knowing what her response would be, I still continued onward to the dreaded question.
"Jane, I have to tell you something," I said. Her face blanched with dread, fearing the worst for her true love.
"I'm going to give you a choice that I had, when I was your, age," I continued fighting back tears and sobs, "Do you wish to go to Neverland, with your true love, or Stay here on Earth with your family. Whatever your choice, I will support you, and you will always be my daughter. He is in your room, waiting for your answer."
Her eyes showed a minute of indecision, but she eventually hugged me, thanking me and bidding me goodbye.
I watched as they flew off to the second star to the right, and, although I was sad that I would not see my daughter again, I knew she was happy, and had made the right choice.
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The End