Happily Ever After

Chapter Fifteen-A Frilo

I followed Peter close behind, scared to run into something I didn't want to see...like a dead animal or something. I mean the boys were all wearing animal skins sooo...

Must of the boys were shirtless, showing off their chests that had a few lingering scars, only Cubby and Peter actually wore a shirt. And I'm kind of glad that Peter did 'cause I'm pretty sure he has like a six pack which, as attracting as that be, I really don't want to fall for him.

As we walked over a wood plank bridge, I took the time to actually look around at my surroundings. What I saw...amazed me. The place was huge! And when I say place, I mean tree. No joke, I was literally in a giant tree house. There were long, extending branches everywhere but not one of them ever seemed to get near the bridges which lead from huts to huts. The huts were all situated around or near thick branches, for support I guess. Lanterns were in scattered places around the tree, hanging from branches or latched onto a giant leaf.

I looked down from the bridge, holding onto the roped railing. The tree seemed to grow on the edge of a cliff, it's large roots clinging to the dirt on the side. Waves crashed into rocks at the very bottom and my fear of heights was definitely increasing just looking down. What is it with Peter and cliffs? I looked out into the distance to see that it was sunset, which made me wonder how long I was out. The sunset was probably the most beautiful sight ever, orange and pink streaks flashing through the skies, coloring the leftover clouds from last night's storm.

I sighed. This place was incredible. Peter took my hand, pulling me away from my awe. I just let him drag me after him as I inspected every detail of this place. I can't believe this is where the lost boys live. I turned my brown eyes to Peter to see he was smiling at me, amused. He loves smiling at me, huh?

"Did you guys make all this?" I asked, still amazed.

He shrugged. "The tree, no, but everything else... Well, yeah. It took a ton of time, but...yeah."

I just nodded, returning my gaze to the splendor of the tree. I swear, it was about the height of a redwood tree, except with a ton more branches and leaves.

He led me to the center of everything where a huge dinning table and chairs sat on a large hexagon of wood. When Slightly said bread and chicken I didn't know he meant a whole buffet. Tons of different breads and jams sat scattered on the table with a giant chicken in the middle, which looked like a turkey but from its physical features I guess it was a chicken. If a chicken is the size of a turkey, how big are the animals here?

The boys all took their places in different chairs, grabbing fruits that I have never seen before and munching down. This was way better than the small amount of food Selena gave me.

Peter took me to a seat at the head of the table and pulled out the chair for me. I sat in it, giving him a smile for a thank you. He walked over to the chair next to mine and took a seat, still smiling at me. He started grabbing whatever he could get his hands on, piling up food in front of him.

I just stared at all of them, not grabbing anything even though I was starving. Peter, after stuffing his mouth with large piece of bread, noticed that I haven't eaten yet.

"Wendy, there's gonna be no more food left if you don't grab something now." He said.

"Yeah, Wendy-" Happy said, getting interrupted by this brother.

"You should eat." Sneezy finished, sneezing on his food after he said that.

"You must be hungry, you've been out for like six hours, thanks to Tink." Slightly added, ripping a piece of chicken off his chicken leg.

I looked at Peter, shocked. "I was out for six hours?!?" I exclaimed.

He smiled sheepishly. "Yeah...the boys were getting pretty positive that Tink might of accidentally killed you. We were waiting all day for you to wake up and boy, was I happy that they were wrong."