Closer Than You Think

6

3rd POV

When Peter woke up he didn't know where he was, he was strapped to a seat. After a few seconds he realized that he was on a plane.

"I want mommy and daddy!" Peter screamed. Everyone on the plane turned to look at them.

"I'm sorry he just woke up and must not have noticed us," Richard said with a fake laugh.

"Peter sweetie, you shouldn't yell, mommy and daddy are right here,'' Mary said in a sweet voice.

"No!" Peter started yelling again but Richard placed his hand over his mouth.

Peter bit his hand with all his strength.

"Fuck," Richard said and pulled his hand away trying not to scream in pain.

"You're not my family! I want my family!" Peter said angrily. Richard made sure that no one was looking and he slapped Peter across the face hard.

"Richard!" Mary exclaimed softly and rubbed Peter's face where a red print was visible.

"No Mary, we're not going to spoil him, we're his parents," Richard said.

Peter started crying and Richard took out a pacifier from his carry on bag and stuck it in Peter's mouth.

He knew that Peter would cause a scene when he woke up and they couldn't exactly inject him with another sedative in the middle of everyone so he settled for getting a pacifier to shut Peter up.

Peter immediately spit it out angrily but Richard put it back in and held the pacifier pushing it against his mouth.

"Listen to me Peter, you better keep that in your mouth if you don't want another slap. We are your family now and you have to learn to respect us," Richard said sternly.

Peter started crying even more, he was really hungry and he missed his real family.

"Do you understand me?" Richard asked and held Peter's face tightly with his other hand.

No one noticed though and even if they did, they didn't say anything.
Peter nodded fearfully. His cheek really hurt and he didn't like the man, he wanted his daddy, he was always nice to Peter.

Even if he did something wrong, he never hit him or yelled at him. Peter realized that he still had Mr. Cuddles with him. He hugged his bear tightly, it was all he had to remind him of his family at that moment.

"Richard you scared him," Mary said and wiped Peter's tears away.

"He has to learn Mary, the faster he accepts us as his parents the faster he has a happy life. We'll spoil him as soon as he understands that, for now we have to teach him a lesson when he tries to defy us," Richard said.

Mary sighed but nodded. Peter hugged his bear even tighter and whimpered into it.

Peter stayed quiet for hours. Everyone on the plane fell asleep after a while except for Richard and Mary who were watching Peter like a hawk. After a while Peter couldn't take the hunger anymore.

Peter took the pacifier out of his mouth and spoke to Mary, he didn't like her either but she seemed less scary than the man.

"Excuse me ma'am," Peter said shyly.

"Peter, I'm your mother, you call me mommy and you call him daddy," Mary said and ruffled his hair.

"And what did I say about taking the pacifier out?" Richard asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Sorry mister, I'm hungry, " Peter said hugging his toy even tighter, he was really scared of Richard.

"Your mother just said that you call us mommy and daddy, don't call me mister," Richard said and glared at Peter.