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Thanks for the reviews. There are a few flaws I am working on with my stories, so, please don't get mad or stop reading. I'm working on it! Thanks though.
Getting There: Peter Pan
A week later Peter wasn't adjusting like the Ploof's had hoped.
"I'm worried about him." "He isn't talking." "Do you think we did the right thing?" "Should we take him back?"
Those were the very words coming from Mandi and Danny's mouths as they went to bed at night. Peter barely talked, and spent most of his time in his new room. When they tried to speak to him he ignored them.
At least, when he first came there, he talked back and acknowledged their words.
"When is Sue calling us?" Danny asked on that second Saturday night as he and his wife lay down to sleep.
"Soon as she can. Last time I talked to her, she said nobody called in a missing person. They even are calling people in the area we found him, asking if they know anything," Mandi said, looking at the ceiling.
Danny rolled on his side and looked at his wife. "What if they don't ever find his family? Is he going to stay here permanently?"
Mandi thought about it for a minute before answering, "I want to keep him. I don't want to put him in a orphanage,"
"Hmm, do you think we can handle it? I mean, I don't want to give him away either. He definitely has problems that he needs to work through... But with the twins coming... he would make our 9th child!" Danny said.
"Yeah..." Mandi said, smiling. Ever since she was a little girl she had dreamed of a big family. It was actually going to come true. Danny knew that.
"Look, I suppose you're right. 9 is a big number... but we can handle it," Danny said.
Mandi turned her head to her husband, smiling a wide grin. Danny bent forward and was going to give his wife a kiss but they were interrupted...
"MOM! MOM! DAD! COME QUICK! IT'S PETER!" Kayden shouted, coming into their room and flipping on the light.
"What?" Danny asked.
"HURRY!" Kayden shouted and then he dashed from the room.
Mandi and Danny exchanged glances before getting out of bed and following their son down a flight of stairs, through the living room and hallway then down another flight of stairs, through the family room and down the hallway to Peter's room.
Peter's light was on and when Mandi and Danny got there they saw Seth trying to wake Peter up, who, apparently, was having a nightmare.
"AW! NO! STOP!" Peter was shouting, thrashing his arms.
Seth was holding him down, "Wake up, Peter!" Seth shouted.
"Whoa, whoa. What's going on?" Danny asked.
"We woke up because he was screaming!" Kayden said.
Danny went over and assisted to Seth's struggle.
"NO! NO!" Peter yelled, now he had started crying. His yells became softer and he no longer thrashed. Seth let go of him and stepped back, panting.
"What's wrong with him, Mom?" Kayden asked, leaning into his mother.
"He's just having a bad dream," Mandi said to Kayden, and then started speaking to Danny, "Can't you get him to wake up?"
Danny shrugged his shoulders and started shaking Peter.
"Peter, it's me Danny. Wake up, Peter," Danny said gently.
Peter didn't seem like he heard Danny, he just laid there crying in his sleep.
"Hey, you guys go back to bed. We can handle it from here," Danny said to Seth and Kayden.
"But I want to stay," Kayden said.
"Yeah Dad, we can't fall back asleep now," Seth said, crossing his arms with a worried look on his face.
"Well then go get something to snack on or drink, but leave here please," Danny said.
Both boys were skeptical on leaving, but they did as they were told. After they had left Mandi closed the door and they [Danny and Mandi] went over and sat on Peter's bed.
"Peter, Peter," Danny said, shaking Peter's arm.
Peter mumbled something and turned onto his stomach and then back onto his back.
"Peter," Mandi whispered.
Peter jumped up, he was breathing heavy and looked as if he didn't know where he was.
"NO!" Peter yelled, running his hands through his hair.
Mandi tried to touch him but he shoved her off, "NO! NO! NO!" Peter kept saying.
"No? What's wrong?!" Mandi asked, holding onto Peter again.
"NO! He's dead! HE'S NOT GOING TO GET ME AGAIN! HE IS DEAD!" Peter shouted.
He got off the bed and raced over to the door, but Danny had grabbed onto his arms and held him back.
"What are you saying? You were just dreaming Peter!" Danny said, shaking him a little.
"No, this is all just a dream! I'm dreaming now! You aren't real! I'm supposed to be in NeverLand! Tink is going to come save me and then everything will be okay!" Peter shouted, falling to his knees and practically pulling his hair from his head.
"That's a dream Peter, it's not real!" Mandi said.
"NO! You don't understand!" Peter yelled.
"You're right! We don't understand, help us to understand!" Danny said, trying yet again to hold onto Peter without him yanking them away.
Thanks for the reviews. There are a few flaws I am working on with my stories, so, please don't get mad or stop reading. I'm working on it! Thanks though.
Getting There: Peter Pan
A week later Peter wasn't adjusting like the Ploof's had hoped.
"I'm worried about him." "He isn't talking." "Do you think we did the right thing?" "Should we take him back?"
Those were the very words coming from Mandi and Danny's mouths as they went to bed at night. Peter barely talked, and spent most of his time in his new room. When they tried to speak to him he ignored them.
At least, when he first came there, he talked back and acknowledged their words.
"When is Sue calling us?" Danny asked on that second Saturday night as he and his wife lay down to sleep.
"Soon as she can. Last time I talked to her, she said nobody called in a missing person. They even are calling people in the area we found him, asking if they know anything," Mandi said, looking at the ceiling.
Danny rolled on his side and looked at his wife. "What if they don't ever find his family? Is he going to stay here permanently?"
Mandi thought about it for a minute before answering, "I want to keep him. I don't want to put him in a orphanage,"
"Hmm, do you think we can handle it? I mean, I don't want to give him away either. He definitely has problems that he needs to work through... But with the twins coming... he would make our 9th child!" Danny said.
"Yeah..." Mandi said, smiling. Ever since she was a little girl she had dreamed of a big family. It was actually going to come true. Danny knew that.
"Look, I suppose you're right. 9 is a big number... but we can handle it," Danny said.
Mandi turned her head to her husband, smiling a wide grin. Danny bent forward and was going to give his wife a kiss but they were interrupted...
"MOM! MOM! DAD! COME QUICK! IT'S PETER!" Kayden shouted, coming into their room and flipping on the light.
"What?" Danny asked.
"HURRY!" Kayden shouted and then he dashed from the room.
Mandi and Danny exchanged glances before getting out of bed and following their son down a flight of stairs, through the living room and hallway then down another flight of stairs, through the family room and down the hallway to Peter's room.
Peter's light was on and when Mandi and Danny got there they saw Seth trying to wake Peter up, who, apparently, was having a nightmare.
"AW! NO! STOP!" Peter was shouting, thrashing his arms.
Seth was holding him down, "Wake up, Peter!" Seth shouted.
"Whoa, whoa. What's going on?" Danny asked.
"We woke up because he was screaming!" Kayden said.
Danny went over and assisted to Seth's struggle.
"NO! NO!" Peter yelled, now he had started crying. His yells became softer and he no longer thrashed. Seth let go of him and stepped back, panting.
"What's wrong with him, Mom?" Kayden asked, leaning into his mother.
"He's just having a bad dream," Mandi said to Kayden, and then started speaking to Danny, "Can't you get him to wake up?"
Danny shrugged his shoulders and started shaking Peter.
"Peter, it's me Danny. Wake up, Peter," Danny said gently.
Peter didn't seem like he heard Danny, he just laid there crying in his sleep.
"Hey, you guys go back to bed. We can handle it from here," Danny said to Seth and Kayden.
"But I want to stay," Kayden said.
"Yeah Dad, we can't fall back asleep now," Seth said, crossing his arms with a worried look on his face.
"Well then go get something to snack on or drink, but leave here please," Danny said.
Both boys were skeptical on leaving, but they did as they were told. After they had left Mandi closed the door and they [Danny and Mandi] went over and sat on Peter's bed.
"Peter, Peter," Danny said, shaking Peter's arm.
Peter mumbled something and turned onto his stomach and then back onto his back.
"Peter," Mandi whispered.
Peter jumped up, he was breathing heavy and looked as if he didn't know where he was.
"NO!" Peter yelled, running his hands through his hair.
Mandi tried to touch him but he shoved her off, "NO! NO! NO!" Peter kept saying.
"No? What's wrong?!" Mandi asked, holding onto Peter again.
"NO! He's dead! HE'S NOT GOING TO GET ME AGAIN! HE IS DEAD!" Peter shouted.
He got off the bed and raced over to the door, but Danny had grabbed onto his arms and held him back.
"What are you saying? You were just dreaming Peter!" Danny said, shaking him a little.
"No, this is all just a dream! I'm dreaming now! You aren't real! I'm supposed to be in NeverLand! Tink is going to come save me and then everything will be okay!" Peter shouted, falling to his knees and practically pulling his hair from his head.
"That's a dream Peter, it's not real!" Mandi said.
"NO! You don't understand!" Peter yelled.
"You're right! We don't understand, help us to understand!" Danny said, trying yet again to hold onto Peter without him yanking them away.