Neverland [Lost Boy Series #3]

✶Glowing✶

The humm of my old car felt like nothing compared to the beat of my heart. It was whatever o'clock in the morning and I was going to have to go home and explain to my parents why I was sneaking out so late with a boy. To say that my parents were going to confine me in my room was a literal understatement. However, exhaustion and I were pretty much besties at this point in time and she was starting to get the best of me.

Curled up in the passenger seat, my breath fogged up the window where I drew little smileys in the essence of my own body heat.

"It's really cold out here, huh?" Jenna asked to break the awkward silence. She had agreed to drive because she knew the immense amount of stress I was under having to face my parents like this. However, it didn't help to suppress the amount of guilt I had for even letting her take the wheel. Throughout this whole time, she had lost a blossoming love and I felt ever so selfish for not acknowledging it as much as I should have.

"It is chilly. Kinda almost feels like a...winter day-ohmygawd Jack."

"Huh? Jack?"

"Frost. Jack Frost. How could I forget about this? He literally just-"

"Wait, wait. Slow down. What?"

"Well, while this was kinda all going on....Jack Frost decided to come search for Peter. So yeah, Jack Frost is here. Just don't know where he's at right now because he sort of ran off and-"

"YOU LOST A WHOLE JACK FROST?!" She exclaimed, her eyes nearly bulging out of her head as she stared at me. "Laney, please tell me you're lying. Please, for the love of-"

"The road, Jenna! The road!"

Snapping back to reality, she grasped the wheel with what seemed to be a little too much force. Taking in a deep breath, her bloodshot eyes stared sternly out of the window. "I understand we have a lot going on and if I'm being honest...I'm not sure I can handle another crazy supernatural thing today." The corners of her lips fidgeted as if they couldn't tell what expression they wanted to form. In a way, this was all my fault and I had dragged her into it. Nothing would ever be able to suppress the hovering feeling of guilt that started to wash over me.

"Tell me about it," I grumbled.

"Sooo...I help you get past the parents and you explain all this Jack Frosty boy stuff tomorrow morning after we wake up from a hopefully very long sleep, okay?" There was a higher hint in her voice, a lighter tone that tried to make up for the shifting of the atmosphere. Even if I didn't say a thing about how sad I felt, I knew Jenna could sense it. The fact that she knew how I felt without having to say a word was a gesture that spoke for itself.

Though she literally had the entire world on her shoulders, Jenna always displayed that she was a woman of much strength and confidence. This situation was no different. Though Thomas was a loss we all were affected by, this woman had shown nothing but compassion and selflessness and that...well, I could never repay in any way. But it was a simple reminder to always keep her close because Jenna was, is, and will always be such a genuine diamond in the rough. There was no one else in the entire universe- Neverland included- that I could count on like her. And here she was yet again, trying to make the best of the horrendous situation we were put in.

"Deal," was all I managed to utter. In life, there were times where you wanted to talk and others where you wanted to be silent. At this point in time, my heart had so much to say but my lips didn't dare utter a single word. The carnal flesh was beautiful for that, for its sleep cycle. It was as if we could take on the world during the day and it was time to cast all worries and tears aside as we drifted into a lilac slumber.

And slumber seemed quite beautiful as I watched the silver stars dance and then fade to a blurred shine.

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