Peter Pan, one of the greatest children's stories of all time. It's been performed on stage, read in children's nurseries, and even watched on screen. It seems we can't get enough of that wild boy who just won't grow up. However, there hasn't been a story yet portrayed of this daring hero about what happened to him. No, I don't mean what could have happened to him, but what really happened. It's what everyone keeps asking; what really became of Peter Pan? Did he ever grow up? Well, you're about to find out; what happened after Wendy and the boys left Neverland and on no account saw Peter ever again. Some think he died; some say he's still up there now. The reason I say you'll find out what ultimately happened to the legendary Peter Pan, is because I was there. This, is where our story begins…
Seattle, Washington. Not what you expected ay? Well, this stories got to start where it would make most sense to start! Anyway, it's a soggy April day in the year 2005. St. Helena Private School for young ladies and gentlemen is where the story starts.
The bells rang that morning for school to start, as Ms. Bogglesworth shut the door and shouted, "Silence!" making the room stand still. She smiled satisfyingly and walked over to her desk. She eyed her classroom full of young teenage kids in their matching uniforms. They were quiet, too quiet.
Suspiciously, she confronted them, "What's with all the quiet? It takes me three times to yell at you girls to get any sort of peace on a usual Monday. What is it? Frog in your throat?"
Then all of a sudden, Ms. Bogglesworth heard a croak. A few of the girls giggled, then immediately stopped when she snorted at them. Hearing another croak, she realized it was coming from her lower left drawer in her desk. Cautiously, she moved closer to it, hearing the croaks grow louder. Then in a flash, she opened the drawer and pulled out what she thought was a noise maker, one of those machines people use to record sounds.
Confidently, she smiled and told the class, "Would anyone like to tell me who planted this device in my desk? Speak up we don't have all day since your chemistry test is in a few minutes!"
"Umm, Ms. Bogglesworth?" One of the students quietly asked with their hand in the air.
"What is it Ms. James?"
"That's not a device you're holding."
"What?"
"It's a frog." She said shyly.
Ms. Bogglesworth's eyes went wide as she suddenly felt the moist little body she held in her hand. Looking at it, she shrieked as she saw that she was holding a frog; a bullfrog to be precise. She cried out and tried to let it go, but then realized she was stuck to it. It felt as though the frog was glued to her hand. She stood up and began shaking her hand, wailing, while the class laughed their heads off.
A blonde girl in the back of the room was not laughing, however. She looked rather nervous. Softly, she whispered, "Don't you think you'll get busted for this? You know Mrs. Etris will figure out this is your work!" However, the girl next to her kept on smiling, ignoring the comment.
Just then, another teacher and Mrs. Etris, the headmistress, opened the door and walked into the room. They saw poor Ms. Bogglesworth struggle with the disgusting amphibian on her hand, and the teacher immediately went over to help. However, Mrs. Etris turned to the roomful of girls uproariously howling at they're teacher still.
That was until, Mrs. Etris's voice boomed, "Juliet Annesley!" The laughing died in a heartbeat. Everyone slowly turned to the back of the room. Sitting in the last row of the classroom a girl smiled from under dark blue glasses. She was roughly 5'4 with a light brown haired bun, soft pale skin, a smile that turned heads, and dark brown eyes screaming guilty.
"Yes Mrs. Etris?" Were her first words that day.
Furiously, the headmistress ordered, "My office! Now!" She pointed at the open door. The girl rolled her eyes secretly as she stood up, picked up her book bag and proudly strode towards the door with the class cheering. She went out the door as Mrs. Etris, and the two teachers followed, all the time Ms. Bogglesworth crying.
"Insubordinate! This has been the third week in a row since the year has started! She cannot continue causing so much destruction at my school!" Ordered the headmistress.
"Yes, yes, I understand perfectly Mrs. Etris." A middle aged woman said serenely sitting next to the girl.
"I'm not joking this time Edna! If this child gets out of line one more time, I'll have no choice but to dismiss her from my school! Understand?"
"Yes mam." Said the woman. She nudged the girl, "Yes mam." The girl said coldly.
"Alright. Juliet, you can go back to class now." Mrs. Etris said, "That will be all Ms. Tooley." And the two left Mrs. Etris to help the weeping Ms. Bogglesworth.
Shutting the door behind, Ms. Edna Tooley turned and pointed her finger at the young, grave girl. "I don't have the strength to deal with you now! We'll talk at home!" And she went off out the doors of the school, leaving the girl alone in the lonely hallway.
Taking the serious look of her face, the girl smiled surprisingly and muttered as the bell rang, "Oh Aunt Tooley, how I look forward to it!"
People filled the hallway as they prepared for the rest of the day. The girl went to her locker and began opening it, just as the blonde girl from the class ran up to her, "SO?!?"
"So, what? Another burst-out like today's and I get to leave school!" She smiled.
"What? NO! Julie, Julie, Julie, you can't leave me here alone! I wouldn't even last a day!"
"Then why don't you just do something to get yourself kicked out! I mean, I'm sure you could play hookie or something!"
"Oh, you know how my parents would be! They'd kill me! They're not cool like your aunt! Your aunts laid back!"
"Come on Lynn; she's furious at me! I'm totally getting pulled out of this school! Tooley wouldn't wait until I was expelled! Anyways, we'd better hurry! Don't want to miss gym do we?"
Julie shut her locker and they headed for the gym. "That's right! Today we get to take fencing! Oh, I'm so excited! Maybe I'll get as good as Jack Sparrow!" Lynn said proudly as she showed her moves to Julie in the air.
"Oh please! You wouldn't last a day as a pirate! Come on, we're gonna be late!"
Finally, the bell for the end of the day sounded, and everyone began fleeing from the suffocating school. Lynn and Julie walked through the hallways as kids stopped and shook hands with Julie; no one at the school liked Ms.Bogglesworth.
"Yep, this is definitely going to be a good…" Julie trailed off. Her trance was ahead of Lynn, who desperately tried to get her attention.
"Hello? You still with us Julie? Oh, oh no!" Lynn turned to see what Julie was looking off at, and immediately sighed.
There, just at the end of the hallway coming they're way, was Johnny Pierce, talking with a few of his friends. He was fairly cute, standing 5'9 with sandy brown hair and a serious look. He was a musician; he was into a lot of emo music and also was Julie's ex-boyfriend.
Taking her arm and struggling to go the opposite way, Lynn said, "Oh, jeez, I forgot my fencing book from Coach Wills! Let's go Julie!"
"You didn't get a fencing book Lynn." Julie said, not taking her eyes off of Johnny.
Then, as they came closer, he looked up and saw her. Both of their groups stopped as they stared at each other.
"Hi Julie." He simply said.
"Hey." She replied.
"Uh, how are you?"
"Fine." She lied.
"Oh, good. Umm, heard about that frog incident. Hope it's nothing too serious."
"I do." Julie said, narrowing her eyes.
Johnny sighed and signaled his friends to go away. He stared at Lynn until she go the message, then leaned forward and whispered to Julie, "Listen, I know what you're doing. Don't do it. I know you better than anyone else, and I don't want to see you suffer because of me. I don't. But, this isn't the way to do it."
"What do you mean?" She asked curiously, folding her arms.
"I know you're only trying to do those stunts so you can get expelled! You're doing it so you don't have to deal with, this."
Julie's eyes went wide, and her mouth went agape, "OH! So that's what you think I'm doing this for? YOU? Wow Johnny! I can't believe it! Turns out, you don't know me at all!"
She turned to leave, but he took her hand, "Julie, wait-"
"You know what? NO! I've spent too many tears on you already!" She thrust her hand from his and passed him, bumping his shoulder. She headed out the double doors with Lynn running after her.
Johnny sighed as his friends came back up to him. They began walking again, and he looked back at the doors and muttered, "I'm so sorry."
Riding her bike up to her house, Julie fought the rain as Lynn followed behind. She got off her bike and set it in the garage. She was about to go inside when, "Julie! Wait!"
Lynn came up to her and hopped off her bike, "Please, just talk to me! I'm your best friend! You're my best friend! We're each others only friends! Tell me what you're thinking! Please!"
Tucking loose wet hair behind her ear, she softly said, "I can't. Call me tonight."
"Okay." Then, she went inside, leaving Lynn to wonder what was going through her mind.
It was about nine p.m.; Edna and Julie hadn't spoken all day. Julie was in her room drying her hair with a towel when her aunt came into the room. She sat down next to her on the bed silently.
Julie ignored this, and kept drying her hair. After she finished, she sighed and decided to speak first, "Aunt Edna, I know you're disappointed with me; but I just can't go to that school anymore! I've had enough with everything! The uniforms, the social clicks, the disgusting food, the dreadful teachers, and…well, the list goes on! But, I want you to know that I do have common sense! I know I hate rules, I know I'm irresponsible, I know I have no idea what I want to be when I grow up! But you want to know what else? It scares me! It scares me thinking that I'll be out of your house in two years living on my own! And I just don't want that! I just don't want this life here anymore! But I don't blame you for that! You've been great! And I love you to death but, I know that even my parents would agree that this isn't the place for me here!"
"You're right." Her aunt sighed.
"No, I really think they would've agreed, what?" Julie turned her head and gazed at her aunt, who was softly crying on the bed. She went over and sat down next to her, immediately beginning to rub her shoulders.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to be so forceful! I-"
"It's alright Julie. It's not you. I-I got a call today." Her face was white and she looked like she was in shock.
"Edna, what's happened?"
Then, the words slowly drained from her mouth, "It's your grandmother."
Sitting at home in her room, Lynn sat on the floor on her purple pillow watching The Little Mermaid from her small tv. She popped some popcorn and suddenly laughed.
Then, her phone rang. Wiping her hands off, she stopped the movie and picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey."
"Julie? Julie, are you alright?"
"Well, I don't know."
"Hold on, somethings happen. Somethings happened besides dramatic boys! It's okay Jules, tell me what's up."
"I'm-I'm-"
"You're what?"
"I'm moving to London."