Counting Stars

Chapter 20

Leo's P.O.V.

Juliette is pretty. Very pretty. And she's a smart ass. I like that. Juliette is also very naive and innocent, easy to manipulate. The perfect girl. I know I have her. She's terrified of me. She'll listen to me. I know she wouldn't have actually told Pan about me. She would be too scared to see someone get hurt anyways. I can just tell by the look in her eyes. Soon enough I will get her more scared of me than she is of Pan. That's just one step closer to getting Juliette.

With Juliette being the only girl on the island, of course there was going to be tension with the other boys. Some of the boys find her to be some kind of alien while other boys who are a little more... mature find her as a fuck and run. Not me. I find her very much like a... play toy. I like being in control. It's one of the things I miss about the Enchanted Forest and I don't accept the fact that Pan is the one in charge. I think by having Juliette, I'll be able to fix that.

I'm not afraid of Pan. Sure, he has magic, but so what? I'm from the Enchanted Forest. I'm not afraid of magic. There was magic at every corner. Nothing new to me.

I pull my mouth away from Juliette's cheek. She looked so sad. She trembled. It was working. "Are you going to tell Pan now?" I asked, already knowing the answer. She shook her head. "That's what I thought. Now, when he ask you where you got that bruise on your cheek from, tell him... tell him we were walking around the camp and you slipped. When I tried to help and catch you, I accidentally hit your cheek. Okay." I ask. She nods her head.

I pull some hair out of her face. She flinched. I like having this power. I wonder if this is how Pan feels over everything on this island. Well, that's a feeling he will have to cherish because it won't last for much longer. "Why don't you get some rest? Maybe think about that answer?" I asked, but not really making it a question with multiple answers. She nodded.

"Good." I say. I point to the tent. "You can go now." And she does so. I smirk.

Juliette will soon be mine as well as the rest of Neverland.

Juliette's P.O.V.

How could I just be letting this happen to me? Why was I being so weak? I'm a strong person, but ever since Peter took me to Neverland, I have been so weak and fragile under everyone. I need to get away. I need to go home. I need to see my friends. I need my mom to hold me in her arms like a small child having a nightmare. That is what all of this is. A nightmare that I can't wake up from. I wish this was a fairy tale so I could have a magical kiss to wake me up.

I make it back to Peter's tent feeling Leo's perverted eyes follow me all the way there. The flap to the tent is closed so he can't see me. I want to scream and cry, but I don't. I'm frozen within my own body. Plus, I can't let him know how much weaker I am for crying. I won't give Leo anymore power over me than he already has. I don't understand why, but if I want to cry in front of someone on this damned island, I want it to be Peter.

I sit on the bed, looking into space. I try to wrap my brain around everything that has happened in the past few days, when I am interrupted by a pain in my wrist, causing me to hiss.

I look down at my wrist shocked to see them. There was a black lining going up my arm slowly. It looked like it was running through my veins. I don't even know where they could have come from. It was odd looking. I debated with myself whether to tell Peter or not. Was is something serious, or was it something that I would look stupid worrying over.

God, I don't know what to do anymore.

I'm so scared.