A/N: I know, this chapter's short, but hey, give me some credit. I have a lot to get done with school coming up soon. We have to go back on MONDAY!!!!!! Can you believe that? AAAAAACHHHHHHHH! Well, anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this chappie! I thought it was pretty cute the way Peter acts in this one.
Chapter 2: Card Creations
Peter flew quickly into the boys' room. "I'm going to make kissmis cards!" he said excitedly.
"Christmas cards," John corrected him.
"Yes," said Peter. "Christmas cards. I shall make one for everyone!"
"Well then, get started! We haven't got all night, you know," said Slightly, pasting paper together.
"How shall I start?" asked Peter.
"Here," said Michael, handing him a stack of paper. "You put messages on them and color them. It's not to exciting, but you hurt people's feelings when you don't give them cards."
"You do?" asked Peter.
"Of course you do," said Tootles, who had been listening to the whole conversation. "They'll feel left out."
"I suppose I should start now then," said Peter, who was quite eager to see how theses cards were made.
"Take some crayons," said Curly, handing him a handful of colored sticks.
"What am I to do with them?" asked Peter, slowly.
"Draw with them," answered the twins, together.
Peter nodded and pressed the stick to the paper and dragged it across the sheet. There was a line the same color as the stick where he had dragged it.
"It's magic!" he cried, in sheer joy. "It's just like drawing in the dirt with sticks, but there's no dirt or sticks! It must be magic!"
John laughed. "Now you have to write a message and draw a picture."
Drawing pictures was quite easy for Peter, who, of course, had a wonderful imagination and a good hand. But the writing was different. Peter knew there was such a thing, just never learned how. Reading and writing was for grown-ups anyway. In the end he decided to just draw pictures, since that was more fun anyway.
When he was done, Michael handed him a bottle of glitter.
"You can put it on your cards to make them sparkle," he said in his babyish little voice. This, Peter enjoyed. It was curious fun to put on the little sparkles. The only problem was that every time he put on glitter, it all fell off when he lifted the card.
When he mentioned this problem to Nibbs, he told Peter that he had forgotten the glue.
Glue, like the glitter, was another adventure for Peter, and it was soon all over his hands and the floor. He squished the paste between his fingers. He enjoyed the texture of it and wanted to taste it, for it smelled so peculiar. He put a tip of it on his tongue and spat it out immediately. It tasted horrible. He soon decided he didn't like glue as much as the glitter.
When the cards were done, the boys put all their cards in piles. Peter's was by far the largest, seeing he had made one for everyone in Neverland and two for everyone at the Darling house.
Wendy soon came back into the room, finished with her wrapping, and told Peter to come downstairs with her.
"We'll have to tell Mother and Father you're going to stay for Christmas, mustn't we. I'm sure they won't mind."
Peter nodded, not all reassured that Mr. and Mrs. Darling would want him to stay.
A/N: Shout outs:
Imagination444: I don't want Wendy and Peter to be apart either. So of course they will stay together... or will they? You'll have to wait and find out. (I know, I know, I can be evil at times. lol). You had a good guess, but sorry, that's not what happens. I did check out some of your stories by the way. Not bad, I have to say. Keep writing!
Zeldy: Thank you so much for reviewing! I love to know what people think. Keep reading!
M. - San: I tryed for a bit more humor this chapter, but the thing is, I'm not very good with humor. That's why I mostly stick to mysteries. I have some other humor planned for later in the story. I dunno. Tell me what you think.
