CHAPTER FIVE

Kissing Peter was different than Wendy had expected. They sat for a while and kissed until Wendy finally pulled away.
"That's very different from what I thought a kiss was. I've never been kissed before"
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have-"
Peter put his finger over her mouth, "No, don't say that."
He kissed her again and this time Wendy didn't pull away. She hadn't kissed anybody since Jake.
For what seemed like eternity, they sat kissing. When finally they stopped, Wendy looked into Peter's eyes. She had never noticed the color before. They were ice blue with a dark blue ring around the outside. There were small white speckles around the pupils.
"You have beautiful eyes Wendy," he said. He was doing the same thing as her.
"You do too Peter."
There was an awkward silence.
Wendy cleared her throat, as did Peter, she smiled, "Go ahead."
"No you go, I insist."
"Okay, well I was just wondering why you chose to come to Neverland."
"Oh. It's simple really. I was sick of getting older because it seemed to get harder and harder by every year. I was sick of having it so hard. I went away for the summer and when I came back is when I decided to leave. Everyone had changed and I no longer fit in, so I ran away. That's when I met Tink. She took me here and taught me the ways of Neverland."
"Wow."
"Yah. Now it's my turn to ask a question."
"Ok, shoot."
"What? I'm not going to shoot you!"
"No, Peter, it means go ahead."
"Oh, yes. Well when you've been away from the mortal world as long as I have you forget these things."
Wendy laughed, "You were going to ask me something?"
"Oh, right. I was wondering if you are planning to stay in Neverland."
"Stay? You mean forever? Well, I never really thought about it. It's a whole new lifestyle. I guess I will stay for a while and see what happens, then we'll see from there."
Peter nodded, "Okay, I think I understand. I want you to know that I want you to stay."
Wendy smiled, "Thank-you. I'm flattered."
Peter leaned in, as did Wendy. They shared another passionate kiss. When they pulled away they decided to go back to the tree house.
When they were back at the tree house, Wendy turned to Peter.
"I think I should go home tonight. It has been a long day, but we can meet in the ravine at say seven o'clock."
"Okay, but promise you will be there?"
"Of course I do."
"Tink!" Peter called. The small fairy fluttered onto his shoulder.
"Can you send Wendy home to her friend Lisa's house?"
Tink nodded and giggled. Wendy smiled at the realization that Tink giggled a lot.
"Ok, so tomorrow then?" Wendy smiled.
"I'll see you at seven exactly."
"Sounds like a plan."
Peter leaned in and kissed Wendy. Tinkerbell growled and took out some fairy dust from a little pouch on her vine belt. She sprinkled the fairy dust on Wendy in the middle of their good-bye. Wendy vanished into thin air.
"Tink. Did you have to do that?"
Tink glared and Peter swore he could see tears brimming her eyes.

Wendy ended up on the doorstep of Lisa's house. The door opened and Ash was there to greet the girl with a huge smile on her face.
"You look awfully happy."
Wendy smiled and woke up from la-la land, "I am aren't I?"
"What happened?"
"I just cleared my head like I said I would."
"Okay, well Lisa has a surprise, come inside."
"What? Oh, okay."
Wendy followed Ash inside. Lisa, Ashley, Matt, Josh, and somebody that seemed familiar to Wendy were all sitting around the table. Ashley, Matt, and Josh were a few of Wendy's friends.
"Hey Wendy," Lisa smiled, "You look way better"
"Yah, you look pretty happy too, Lis, what's this surprise Ash is telling me about?"
"Oh, well while you were gone for a few hours we did our homework on a little something," Lisa smiled mischievously.
"What are you saying?"
"Well, this guy right here still lives in our area. You may know him."
The man smiled and Wendy lowered her eyebrows in confusion, "What?"
"Hi Wendy, it's been a long time hasn't it?" the man said, standing up.
"I'm sorry, have we met?"
"I should hope so. It's me, Chad. I don't look that different do I?"
Wendy almost fell over, but Ash was right beside her to help her stand. She walked over to Chad, Jake's older brother, and hugged him. He smiled and hugged her back.
"You do look so different. I only barely recognized you," Wendy said when she pulled away.
"Yah, neither did I kiddo, you're bruised up pretty badly. What happened?"
Wendy looked at the floor.
"It wasn't... Was it?"
Wendy nodded and Chad's face slunk to a look of anger and pity.
"They are bad people. Have they been treating you like this since..."
"Not as bad, but they have been neglecting me as their child."
"Hey listen, do you want to come into the other room with me for a second, I have to talk to you."
Wendy followed Chad into the family room and sat down on the couch beside him.
"I am so sorry to hear that Wendy. If there's anything I can do, anything at all..."
"Yah, okay. So what's this all about?"
"Well, you see... My par- I just wanted to make sure you're okay."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
Before Wendy spoke the door opened in a hurry and none other than Wendy's parents walked in, "There you are Wendy, come back to the house with us, we need to get things sorted out. I am your mother; therefore I have the right to take you back. Anybody tries to stop me I will report a kidnapping."
Everybody stepped aside, knowing they could not do anything. Wendy got up and walked over to them. Her dad grabbed her arm and yanked her out the door. Chad got up and ran towards he, but was held back by Lisa's mom. All he could do was watch her get shoved into the car by her father.