The boys returned home before Peter did. Moria began to grow worried.
Had he not liked what he'd seen at the falls?
Had he fled the island to be rid of her?
"Go..." she choked on unshed tears of worry. "Go wash for supper." She said clearing her throat.
The boys rushed out leaving her yet again alone. Then he arrived.
He was in clothes. She looked puzzled.
"Why... why change your clothes?" she asked. Not sure if she'd said it aloud she repeated, "Where are your normal clothes?"
Peter grew nervous. He needed a quick lie.
"I ripped the leg clear to my hip." He answered quickly. "So I decided to raid the pirates cove and find something new." He said.
She looked him over. The shorts came to just below his knees, the shirt was like Pibs where it was stretched to one side so she could see where his neck met his shoulder. He looked like a normal boy from the main land.
"Do you hate it?" he asked with worry. She snapped back to reality.
"No, I love it." She reassured him. He grew proud.
"I fought a pirate for them." He said. She smirked catching his fib.
"I see no blood or cut for a wound."
He got nervous. She'd surly catch him in his lie. He thought fast.
"He... he took them off when he... he knew he was defeated." He said. She smiled.
"I bet you were very brace." She said stepping closer to him.
All the images from the falls and the lagoon flooded over him as he looked down into her eyes. He swallowed nervously as her lips curved into an evil smile.
"Brave as ever." He said softly. She rose slightly on her toes as if to kiss him then the boys rushed in. Peter snapped around. All the boys froze in shock.
"Father's in... in pirates clothes." Pib said.
"Are you... a pirate father?" Stix asked. Peter smiled and lowered his head to glare at them mischievously.
"Yes..." the boys gasped.
"And I'll run ye through if you're not clean enough for supper." He said.
The boys laughed. Peter stood tall and smiled.
"To the table boys." Moria said. Everyone went to the table and supper began.
Had he not liked what he'd seen at the falls?
Had he fled the island to be rid of her?
"Go..." she choked on unshed tears of worry. "Go wash for supper." She said clearing her throat.
The boys rushed out leaving her yet again alone. Then he arrived.
He was in clothes. She looked puzzled.
"Why... why change your clothes?" she asked. Not sure if she'd said it aloud she repeated, "Where are your normal clothes?"
Peter grew nervous. He needed a quick lie.
"I ripped the leg clear to my hip." He answered quickly. "So I decided to raid the pirates cove and find something new." He said.
She looked him over. The shorts came to just below his knees, the shirt was like Pibs where it was stretched to one side so she could see where his neck met his shoulder. He looked like a normal boy from the main land.
"Do you hate it?" he asked with worry. She snapped back to reality.
"No, I love it." She reassured him. He grew proud.
"I fought a pirate for them." He said. She smirked catching his fib.
"I see no blood or cut for a wound."
He got nervous. She'd surly catch him in his lie. He thought fast.
"He... he took them off when he... he knew he was defeated." He said. She smiled.
"I bet you were very brace." She said stepping closer to him.
All the images from the falls and the lagoon flooded over him as he looked down into her eyes. He swallowed nervously as her lips curved into an evil smile.
"Brave as ever." He said softly. She rose slightly on her toes as if to kiss him then the boys rushed in. Peter snapped around. All the boys froze in shock.
"Father's in... in pirates clothes." Pib said.
"Are you... a pirate father?" Stix asked. Peter smiled and lowered his head to glare at them mischievously.
"Yes..." the boys gasped.
"And I'll run ye through if you're not clean enough for supper." He said.
The boys laughed. Peter stood tall and smiled.
"To the table boys." Moria said. Everyone went to the table and supper began.
