Kiss Me Deadly Peter Pan

Chapter 11: Soup and Secrets

Chapter 11: Soup and secrets

I feel the feel of morning, sunlight peering through my eye lids before I even open them, the feeling of being engulfed in the soft warm blankets. The mattress feels as if I'm lying on white fluffy clouds. Finally I open my eyes to a white coloured ceiling and I stretch for a moment before sitting up and rubbing my eyes. I'm awake. And it's not my bedroom. It's a cell. A cell that looks like a room, only, I'm not locked in. Back home was a cell too. Feeling trapped between wanting to run away and wanting to stay. Feeling trapped in a world where no one cared about me or wanted me around....sure dad is trying his best but he hasn't exactly been the no.1 father in the world. And sure yeah I have Steve and Anna that care about me, but...I just....I don't know. To tell you the truth, I'm a little disappointed that I woke up this morning. I could have been with mum and Susie already...in never land.....no....scratch that...not in never land...not anymore...because...now I know the truth behind all that. The vial truth behind those lost boys...oh I hate them. They disgust me. Never land disgusts me...and Peter Pan disgusts me! I pull the blanket off and throw it against the wall. I'm so sick of this place! I'm so sick of constantly being thrown aside and tricked and lied to! My dad said he had recovered but he tried to kill himself! My dad said he had recovered again but he nearly lost control of the wheel and slapped me! I believed in Peter Pan, I believed in Neverland....I BELIEVED!!! HOW!! WHY! DO I REALLY DESERVE THIS!!?? Everything I loved and believed in is gone!! my mother died! My best friend died! People bash me and bully me at school and god knows what'll happen to me here....or had already happened. Pan is more than an asshole. He thinks he can just accuse me of shit and bring me here? Lock me in a cage, don't feed me, let his lost boys shove me down that hill?? He really expects me to stay in this camp?? After he tried to POISON me?!......ok.....I have to calm down. I'm having one of those moments of anxiety and panic. I take deep breaths in and out before getting off the bed. I don't bother with making this bed.

I look around the room and walk to a mirror. I put my brown straight hair in a side braid and hang it down my shoulder. I pull down my t-shirt to cover my stomach. It was so uncomfortable sleeping in those jeans last night. Suddenly my stomach rumbles. Hmm, I had no dinner last night, haven't had something to drink or eat in a while...I stare at the wooden door...should I go out there? I'm hesitant. What if all the lost boys are waiting outside the door? Oh I'm being too paranoid! As if! I touch the door knob and wait at least 5 seconds before twisting it open and pulling it in my direction. The breeze hits my face at once and I shut the door behind me. There's a tiny fire lit and I see 2 young lost boys, maybe around 13, cooking something in a big pot. I make my way towards them and the sent from the pot creeps into my nose...mmm! That smells so good! It smells like a chicken soup! I smile and sit on a log a little further away from them. They look up at me. There are two of them.

"Hey there" one with brown hair says.

"Hi..." I answer.

"You must be the new girl" the other says while he moves the spoon in the pot in a circular motion.

"Yeah, Rachel" I say. "So what are you making?"

"Just chicken soup with herbs and fish and stuff, this is our first time cooking breakfast, hopefully everyone will like it" he says nervously, almost worried. Hmm.

"What's your name?" I ask.

"Tobey" the one cooking the food says. " and this is simon, my brother"

"...if you don't mind me asking...how long have you guys been here?" I ask. I don't know, I'm curious.

"Oh...we have only been here for a year and a bit...." Tobey says quietly. Simon leans closely to me and whispers.