Cherry Meets Peter Pan

chapter 14

"Hooray for Captain Pan and second-in-command Atticus!" The Lost Boys and Girls cheered.

Atticus and Peter smiled to the others as they bowed like gentlemen to the others as they had defeated Captain Hook.

"Peter, I'd like to be your second-in-command, but I think it would be best if I went back home with Cherry, Wendy, John, Michael, Christine, and Patricia." Atticus said.

"We are sailing to London," Peter replied maturely. "I was planning on taking you all home after this anyway."

"Thank you, Peter," Atticus smiled. "I mean 'Captain Pan'."

Peter smiled back and nodded. "I'll miss ya a lot, Atticus."

"I'll miss you too." Atticus smiled gently to Peter as they were on their way out.

"John! Michael! We're going home!" Wendy called for her brothers.

The fox looked sad to see Chris and Pat going, especially Pat.

"You okay, Slightly?" Pat asked him.

"I'm just going to miss you girls." Slightly frowned.

"Oh, we'll miss you too..." Pat frowned back.

"I wanna try something with you before you go though..." Slightly put his hands on her shoulders. "Peter told me that Cherry tried this with him... It's called a kiss."

"A kiss?" Pat asked.

"Here... Let me show you." Slightly said.

Tinkerbell was getting into position until she looked over and saw Slightly and Pat were kissing.

"Looks like we got two lovebirds." Atticus said.

Slightly and Pat smiled together.

"Ya know, I'm not sure if I'm ready to grow up." Slightly said.

"Me neither..." Pat agreed.

"Really?" Chris asked.

"Sorry, Chris, but I think I'm gonna stay a little longer with the Lost Boys," Pat said as she put her arm around their fox friend. "You can go though."

"I'll miss you a lot..." Chris sighed to her best friend. "Both of you... I'm gonna stay with the others though."

"We understand." Pat said.

The Lost Boys and the girls shared a quick hug together as it would be the last for a rather long while.

"Pixie dust!" Peter called to Tinkerbell to make the ship fly in the air to London.

And where Tinkerbell soon used her pixie dust to make the ship fly. They were now going through the sky as they were on their way back to the Darling home.

Back at the Darling household, it was well after 11:00 as George and Mary were finally coming back home after their big evening. And they were now going upstairs to check on the kids.

"George, I'm so glad you changed your mind about Wendy," Mary said as they were on their way up. "After all, they're still children."

"Perhaps I was a little harsh a the poor dear." George said.

"I wonder where Nana is?" Mary then wondered since they had made the dog sleep outside right before they left.

"Oh, I'm sure that Atticus boy brought her inside..." George shrugged.

Mary opened the door and gasped once she saw Wendy wasn't in her bed, but then looked by the window to see Wendy was actually right there. And where she saw Christine who she didn't recognize. "Wendy, what on Earth are you doing there?"

"Hm?" Wendy woke up, then smiled to Mary and ran to her with a hug. "Oh, Mother, we're back!"

"Back?" George asked.

"All except for Pat and the other Lost Boys," Wendy then said. "They weren't ready yet."

"Ready?" George asked.

"To grow up, that's why they went back to Never Land." Chris said as she seemed to smile at John sleeping and thought he looked kind of cute.

"Never Land?" George asked as Nana nuzzled against Michael, glad that he was safe and sound.

"Yes, but I am." Wendy then said.

"Are...?" George was obviously too tired.

"Ready to grow up." Wendy smiled.

"And so am I." Chris also smiled.

"Who are you, my dear?" Mary asked.

"My name is Christine," the girl replied. "I used to be a Lost Boy, but I decided to come here to grow up, especially after meeting your charming and brave son, John."

"Well, perhaps you girls could take your time in growing up; besides, you are children after all." George said.

"Oh, but Mother, it was such a wonderful adventure," Wendy beamed as Nana helped tuck in the others. "Tinkerbell and the mermaids and Peter Pan! He was the most wonderful of them all, and Atticus even helped him as a second-in-command! Why, ever when we were kidnapped--"

"Kidnapped?" George asked.

"Mm-hmm," Wendy nodded before continuing on. "I knew Peter Pan and Atticus would save us and they did, and we called them codfish! Oh, um, Captain Hook and his minion Muscles, I mean..."

"It's true." Chris smiled.

"Mary, I'm going to bed..." George gave up, he dealt with enough for one day and walked off with a very exhausted yawn.

"Doesn't he look great as a captain, Wendy?" Chris asked.

"You seem rather close with John, Christine." Wendy smirked slightly.

Chris blushed at the smirk. "Well, he does seem nice."

"Looks like John found himself a girlfriend," Mary smiled. She was about to close the window until she saw something unusual. "George... George!"

"Oh, what now, Mary?" George sighed until he looked out the window with them and saw a ship flying cross the moon. "Nana... Did you see?"

"I was there!" Nana barked.

"What's going on?" Atticus yawned.

Cherry woke up too and looked with her relatives as they saw a clouded ship in the darkest night.

"You know, I have the strangest feeling that I've seen that ship before, a long time ago when I was very young." George seemed to smile at the sight.

"Oh, George." Mary smiled.

"Father..." Wendy hugged her father.

"Uncle George." Cherry smiledo nce her uncle wasn't being a grouch anymore.

They all looked out the window to watch the ship cloud pass by as they all felt very safe and warm together as they thought about the second star from the right.

The End