chapter twenty six

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Annie watched Henry as he looked around at everything Pan's camp had to offer. He analyzed the tents, and the logs by the fire. Annie knew he was curious, but also frightened. That's exactly how she felt when she first arrived on this peculiar island.

All the Lost boys had moved to the logs, as they prepared for dinner. Peter made the food tonight, to give the boys a rest. They had all been through much recently, and Annie could tell that Peter felt bad. Annie watched as he walked to the kitchen tent, unaware that Felix stood up and ran after him. Both the boys went inside the tent. Annie got off her log, and walked over to the tent, but didn't go in.

"Annie, what are you-" Tanner started to say, but annie held her hand up to silence him. She stood outside the kitchen tent, listening to Felix and Peter talk.

"Are you going soft, Pan?" Annie heard Felix ask. The tent was silent for a moment.

"No, Felix." Peter replied, harshly.

Felix chuckled. "Which one's doing it? The girl, or your brother?" He asked.

"Neither!" Peter yelled. Annie put a hand over her mouth as she looked over at the Lost boys who were all staring at the tent. There was rustling inside the tent, and Annie ran back to her log.

"What are they talking about?" Grayson asked as she sat back down beside him.

"Us." Annie replied. She looked over at Grayson who gave her a puzzled look.

"Why are they talking about us?"

"Apparantly Pan's going soft."

"Well, hopefully. He's so harsh for no reason." Grayson mumbled. Annie chuckled but immediately stopped as Peter and Felix came out of the tent with plates of food. They handed the food out to each of the Lost boys before both sitting down on a log. All the boys were silent as they ate, especially henry. He glanced between each Lost boys, making eye contact with none. The boys were too involved in their food to notice the curious young boy. Annie looked over at Hunter, who looked even younger than henry. The youngest Lost boy was looking at the boy with the scarf as Henry turned his attention to his food. Peter finished his food, and set his plate down on the ground in front of him.

"How would you all like to play a game, to welcome our newest Lost boy?" Peter asked the boys. They all cheered, but Henry hadn't even noticed. He looked up, his mouth full of a vegetable. 

"What do you say, Lost boy? You wanna be one of us?" Tanner asked, grinning at the boy.

"Uh, not really." Henry replied. Peter chuckled at the boy's response.

"Come on, we're gonna play hide and seek."

Annie groaned. "Not again!" She said.

"Why? Scared you'll lose again?" Peter mocked her. She flashed him a disgusted look before setting her plate down on the dirt ground, and standing up.

"No, I just don't wanna see you cry when you can't find your only Lost girl." Annie smirked evily.

Peter laughed loudly. "My Lost girl, eh?" He asked. Annie simply nodded her head in response. Felix cleared his throat loudly, and Peter looked down at him.

"I think um a friendly game of hide and seek will be good for all of us." Felix said, glancing between Annie and Grayson. He kept his eye contact with Annie as he set his plate down, and stood up off his log.

"Y-yeah, I agree." Grayson nervously replied. Felix flashed a satisfied grin as Grayson stood up.

"Come on, Henry. It'll be fun." Hunter said, trying to encourage the new boy to come play.

"I'll count to twenty. There are no boundaries." Peter explained. The rest of the boys stood up, and prepared themselves to run into the forest. "Go!" Peter yelled. All the boys and Annie took off running.





 All the boys and Annie took off running

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