The Enemy (peter pan)

chapter twelve (pan)

Chapter twelve (Pan)

I walk in with Felix, discussing my plans for Adelia.

"She's perfect bait." I say, raising my eyebrow.

"Yes, but will she come for Adelia after all?" Felix asks in that slow monotone voice of his.

"Yes, she's been looking for Adelia for years. Once she gets news about her whereabouts, she'll come straight here."

"Pan, you're simply a genius."

I dismiss Felix and go visit Adelia's tent, where I find her asleep. Thats when I see her eyelids flutter, and I realize that her breaths are out of pattern.

"C'mon now darling, I thought we were over tricking each-other." I tease, and sure enough, she opens her eyes and sits up.

"Well, there is the slight fact you freak me out, so trust me, pretending to sleep seemed like a good idea." She harshly states.

"And why do I freak you out? My incredible charmingness?"

"No, the fact that you freaking kissed me, but act as if everything's normal."

"Like it meant anything." I scoffs, but I'm lying.

"Of course not, because I'm just the bait for your plan."

"You're also our special guest."

"That just sounded wrong." She says, almost laughing at her dirty joke.

Truth is, Adelia fascinates me. She's incredibly well-spoken, not to mention her fiery hair, and her eyes, they're simply radiant.

"God, what am I doing?" I think to myself, "I'm incapable of love."

But another side of me says, "I can be fixed."

A war seems to break out in my mind.

What I want

Or what seems right.

Before I know it, I'm saying it out loud. "Truth is, Adelia, you fascinate me." he begins. "Your hair and your eyes, they're simply... radiant. You're hair, its as bright as fire."

"And we all know how much you like fire." She says, finishing my sentence. I look at her, pleased.

"Indeed I do."

I don't know who kissed first, but Adelia and I place our lips upon each-others and begin to kiss. I feel my stomach rise inside me, and I suddenly realize...

This is what love feels like.