Here's to Never Growing Up

Chapter 14

The cabin was dark, the only light was Tink who flickered up and down as she snuck up on The Captain. He had a desk which read his name. Captain James Mccafferty. Lola read it with skeptisism. His name seemed too normal. Weren't they all supposed to have strange names that described their appearance or something?

Mccafferty snored loudly as they all approached closer to him, tiptoeing softly towards him. Lola was leading Wendy to the drawers of the desk. In it were several things that Lola thought might be important. she withdrew a pen, some paper and then found a small dagger stuck to the roof of the desk. She secretly slipped it into her pocket along with the pen and paper.

Meanwhile, Wendy and Tink were ransacking the cupboards for other useful things. There were items that Wendy had not used, that weren't even around in her era. These objects consisted of moisturiser. Who knew a pirate used moisturiser? You wouldn't be able to tell by most of their faces.

"I heard that they don't use this on faces like they're supposed to do." A deep voice came from behind Lola, startling her and causing her to jump. She stiffened automatically. "Relax. It's me." he sprang out in front of her. "Peter Pan." He had a cheeky smile on his face. "Look what I found!" He held up a pile of material. It somewhat resembled clothing although Lola couldn't be too sure with the poor lighting.

"They're clothes. I managed to grab some from the upper deck. I don't know why they have a bunch of girl clothes." Peter's voice was hushed.

"Because of me, idiot." Peter turned around to be stood face to face with Wendy. He grumbled and turned back away.

"Well, I'm stealing your clothes." Peter announced.

"If they're for Lola over here, you might want to try taking some nicer ones, not ones I wear to clean the boat." Wendy walked out of the Cabin, leading them all to the deck. She ushered them over to where the rest of her things were. Lola was handed a few bras and knickers, some vest tops and shorts. Lola was surprised at all the nice clothes and varied amounts of attire that Wendy actually had. 

"Here, this is my favourite dress but it's too big for me." Lola was a little offended but she knew that she was bigger than Wendy. "And a skirt, a nice blouse."

"Why do you have all of this nice stuff and why are you helping us?" Lola interrogated the pirate.

"Neverland is full of mysteries." Wendy replied in a riddle.

"Yeah, like how someone could betray their friends and go onto the side of the enemy." Peter muttered flatly, clearly still unimpressed by Wendy's betrayal.

"Soooooo...how about we get The Lost Boys and leave?" Lola interrupted the staring competition going on between the other two.

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Lola found a makeshift bag which she shoved all her things in. How nice it would be to have on clean clothes. They then shifted the grate, allowing an opening for The Lost Boys. "Quick." Lola and Peter helped them out, shunning Wendy away. Because of this, she wandered away, leaving the two of them to their mission, feeling left out and like a third wheel.

Tink worked her magic and they were back to the treehouse. By the time they were all back, it was too late to cook or eat anything so they all headed straight to bed. As soon as everyone was tucked up neatly into their bed, they all fell into a heavy sleep.

Tootles dreamed of the waterfall and the river, Nibs dreamed of fighting pirates and rescuing Tiger Lily. Curly didn't dream of much. On the other hand, The Twins dreamed seperate dreams, one dreamt of fairies and the woods and a secret hide out while the other dreamt of growing up. Slightly dreamed he was captured by the pirates and then he escaped with Wendy's help.

Peter dreamed of helping Lola to have an adventure and realise it was fun to live a little and stay young forever, to never growing up. They splashed in the sea and the mermaids tugged at her hair enviously becasue she was hogging all of Peter's attention. They went to the Indian's camp and sung around camp fires with Tiger Lily and they had a swell time.

Lola dreamed of home and her family. How she missed them and her friends especially. She even found her brother appearing in there (only as part of the band, though).

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It was midday when everyone awoke. As son as they did, there were groans of hunger and rumbling stomachs. "Me and Lola are going to head into the woods to see if we can catch game." Peter stated as he ruffled his hair slightly, some of his blond locks falling in his eyes.

"Let me get clean clothes on first." Lola's voice was full of sleep. Everyone left the treehouse to leave Lola to it. She picked the skirt and the bolouse, the white bra and matching underwear. She still didn't have any shoes, she realised. Her feet were going to be all rough underneath.

She jumped to the ground, fearless, and her and Peter walked deeper into the woods. "You know, I really like it in Neverland." Lola commented as they walked side by side, stumbling over rocks and branches.

"Really? Because I don't think I do, not anymore. It's a little boring after a while."

"Try living my life." Lola jested.

"I don't think I like the sound of that, either." Peter admitted. "Let's get food."

There were squirrels and Lola, having a good aim (she was pretty good at darts and archery) threw her dagger, which she had transferred from her jeans and it missed the squirrel as it scurried away but managed to catch some sort of bird.

"What animal is this?" Lola asked.

"It's a dodo."

"But they're extinct." Lola argued.

"Matbe where you're from."