He flew higher, landing on her roof he watched her hurriedly walk down the sidewalk. The ball of light flew up and sat upon his shoulder. Now sitting still you could focus and tell that it was no mere ball of light but a woman with delicate wings of pure silver speckles. Her light illuminated the young boys face. His eyes were the brightest blue of the sky. Sparkling with innocents and ignorance they were one of a kind. His features suggested his age higher than he'd like to admit. His chin was sort of feminine in its curves yet his cheeks gave it a masculine edge. His lips were soft and delicate like his fairies wings and they were slightly parted as if to speak. He knelt down and squinted to see the girl better as she faded into the distance.

"She didn't look like Wendy."

A twinkling of bells was the only response. His eyes looked on in confusion.

"And this isn't Wendy's house." He added.

Again soft bells replied. He shrugged.

"Something tells me she's Wendy." He said.

They sat in silence.

Then the girl disappeared around the corner. He gracefully leaped from rooftop to roof top till she was yet again in sight.

"Maybe she's Wendy's daughter."

Bells jingled as the fairy fluttered about his face. His hair was tangled and unkempt. Blondish at the ends as if bleached by endless days in the sun. It curled up and about like a poorly made birds nest. His eyes were filled with wonder as he watched the girl. Now she ran. He sat Indian style just off the rooftop. His chin resting in the palms of his hands and his elbows on his knees.

"She's interesting to watch."

The bells rang with excitement. A smile crept across his face as the fairy landed on his shoulder. She mimicked his pose and watched his eyes instead of the new girl.

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The bus pulled away just as she approached. Completely out of breath she put her hands on her knees and stood trying to catch her breath. She stood up panting and watched as the bus drove on. She sighed and hung her head. Then she began to walk.

She would be late to school for the third time this week. That was a detention. She didn't have time for a detention. She needed to go home after school and sink into her dreams. They were her only escape from the world. Then she heard the twinkling of bells.

She stopped and looked around in confusion. It was unlike a dream to hang around so long. Especially after her sprint from 2nd Street to 4th. She searched the trees and the sky for the noise but found nothing out of the ordinary. Then a shadow moved in one of the nearby trees. She squinted in order to see it but it was too dark. She shrugged it off as a bird and continued to walk.

If she was lucky one of her friends would drive by and give her a ride. But that was unlikely being as all her friends were younger than her. She loved to hang out with all the new freshman. They had a glow about them that the kids her age lacked. They were glad to be in high school. They were happy to get to be with the kids they were with. Their ignorance was bliss and she longed to bath in it. Kids her age were all in to their studies and trying to get scholarships so they could go off and start their lives. The underclassmen didn't care about scholarships or clicks. They just wanted to be accepted and seen. They just wanted to be.

She smiled at the thought of the younger kids. They reminded her so much of her Peter Pan. She stopped herself and grumbled.

Her Peter Pan. Where had that come from? Peter Pan was for everyone to enjoy. That is what her mother had been trying to convince her of. She knew it was true. Yet something inside her claimed him for herself. Something inside her knew that he would return for her and take her away from the trials of the adult world. She knew not how... but she knew.