Chapter 6: Blinded Love

Wendy stopped crying and sat up in her bed abruptly and whispered, "Slightly…is that you?" as she looked through the darkness of her room.

Peter seemed a little confused that she didn't realise that it was him.

However he replied, "No Wendy, it's me, Peter," now standing up from his kneeling position beside her bed, waiting for her to see him any moment and run into his outstretched arms.

She instead continued to call out. "Who's there? Look whoever you are, I'm not afraid of you." She said shakily not seeming to believe her own words.

Peter was growing more confused by the second. He could understand why Wendy might not be able to see him, as it was quite dark. But what he couldn't understand was why she didn't hear him talking to her.

"Wendy, I'm over here. Here I am." He said waving his arms around and stepping towards her.

As he did so he realised how much older she was then him in appearance. She was at least five inches taller then he was and he felt weird, knowing that the last time he had been this close to her, he had been the one towering over her, in much the same way.

He stood there and watched as she frantically searched the room, not even realising that she was standing right next to her intruder.

Obviously she had heard him from before or she wouldn't be looking for him.

She rushed to turn on the light. He was suddenly blinded for a minute but when his eyes finally adjusted, he saw how much Wendy really had changed.

She still had the same brownish-blonde hair, amazing red lips and sparkling blue eyes, but she had grown so much and he felt so small.

"Wendy are you okay? I heard you calling and…" started Slightly who had just entered the room and was now breathing in long deep breaths, as he saw a sight that was too hard to believe.

"Peter you're back!" he cried happily and ran to him, embracing him in a hug as soon as he reached Peter.

Slightly was now the same age as Peter and the same height.

So Peter didn't realise at first who was jumping all over him until he heard Slightly say, "Peter it's me Slightly." As he let go of Peter and stared at him with pure joy.

Peter felt annoyed at first that Slightly was the one who was in his arms, when it should have been Wendy. But finally let a cheeky smile rest upon his lips as he greeted his old friend returning the hug.

Wendy watched as Slightly hugged the air in front of him.

She asked him in a confused manner, "Uh…Slightly…what are you doing?"

Slightly turned to face Wendy and said, "Peter's come back Wendy. Look don't you see." Gesturing towards Peter, who stood there staring at Wendy with a hopeful gaze.

She shook her head angrily and whispered, "Stop playing games Slightly. It's not funny."

Wendy then dashed back under the covers of her bed and started to cry quietly into her pillow.

Slightly turned to Peter and said, "She can't see you Peter. Why?"

Peter looked over at Wendy's bed with unwanted tears forming in his eyes and replied, "I don't know."

"What can we do?" asked Slightly believing that Peter knew the answer to this difficult question.

Peter only shook his blonde-tipped locks on his head and whispered in the most heartbreaking tone, anyone had ever heard him use, "She's forgotten me. She's grown up. Grown ups…don't know how to believe." And with those last few words being said, Peter flew back out of the open window, with great difficulty, and all the way back into the starry night above.

Slightly was so shocked by the whole situation, that he didn't even have time to explain that Wendy hadn't forgotten him and that there was most likely a reasonable explanation as to why Wendy did not see him tonight.

He gradually turned away from the window and walked over to Wendy's bed. He patted her back comfortingly under the sheets and said, "Wendy. What happened? You didn't see Peter did you?"

She stopped crying and whispered, "Yes, I did see him. I knew he was there the whole time."

"What?" cried Slightly as he reframed from the comfort he was just giving her.

"If you saw him, why didn't you say so?' he cried.

"Because you didn't see the look on his face when he saw me. He was so sad and confused and I didn't want him to see me the way I am, ever again. It was for the best." Wendy said miserably.

"But…he... was right there Wendy. You could have at least acknowledged the fact that he had come back to see you." Slightly said in sheer bewilderment.

"No Slightly I couldn't. Peter only remembers the girl who was always smaller then him. The girl who was the same age, who was always so carefree and young. Now I am taller, older and have rules to abide by. And I am so grown up. Peter was right Slightly. Grown ups don't know how to believe."

A/N: Yay! Chapter six is up and ready to be read. I couldn't sleep all night knowing that this chapter was just waiting to be made. I only got about three hours sleep last night and now it's like 7.00 am and I just couldn't resist typing it up. I hope it's good enough, or I just should have slept in. LOL!

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P.S. I am aware that I changed my pen name. I thought it was more appropriate, as I am currently into Final Fantasy X.

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