The Real Peter Pan

• Chapter 18 •

"Always go too far because that's where you'll find the truth."
-Anonymous

I woke up with an uneasy feeling sitting at the pit of my stomache. looking over at the clock that sat on my bedside table.

11:30

I was late. I was very late. Jumping out of bed to turn on the shower, while tripping a few times. I checked my phone. 20 new messages, 5 missed calls.

and one voicemail, from Peter.

I was just about to listen to it when my front door swung open and three bodies entered. Claires expression was nothing short of agony.

Although I could relate to her. Having my boyfriend drop me for no reason and the minute he returns im forced to hangout with him but my friend doesnt actually show up.

Yeah, good reason to be mad at me, right?

"Brennen!" Claire yelled in an unusually calm voice. I popped my head out of the door frame of my room.

"Oh... Claire, Nic, Stephan. I was just about to head out." I say with my head tilted down in an attempt to cover the light shade of pink that was forming on my cheeks from embarrassment. Both boys chuckled. Lifting my head to glare at them.

"Make yourselfs comfortable, I'll go get ready." I grumble as I take the stairs two at a time.

By the time I was actually done getting ready Claire was yelling at Stephan about something that he did just a few moments ago.

"Guys... Guys.... GUYS!" I yell finally grabbing their attention.

"Can we go now?" Getting nods from everyone, we headed out and to expect nothing short of surprising.

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At first we just drove around in Nic's car trying to figure out what to do. Nic was telling me about the different things to do around the place while Claire and Stephan were, once again, arguing in the back seat. I turned around to see what they were arguing about.

"I just can't believe that you would drop me like I was nothing. It's like you didnt even care about-"

"Don't say I didn't care about you Claire, because out of eveything in my life your were the best thing in it. So stop putting words in to my mouth!" Stephan said with a huff.

"I'm not! You left me. You just left one day, without an explanation. I had to live everyday wondering if it was me that did something wrong or if you were hurt? I couldnt stop all the 'what if's' that entered my mind!"

"Then you show up again and now what am I suppose to think... that for some reason youre here to toture me or mock me. Mess with me? You are a real bastard. You know that?"

"I didn't mean to make you feel like that." Stephan mumbled and turned to look out the window. Claire looked up at me as I gave her a small smile. She sighed sitting back in her seat.

"Hey! What about bowling? Everyone loves bowling!" Nic tuned around to look at Claire and Stephan. They just shrugged.

"I think that means yes!" I said smiling and laughing a little.

"Good." Nic smiled while looking at me. A few uncomfortable glances and stop lights later we were at the bowling alley.

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The bowling alley wasnt packed but it was completely deserted. Just the right amount of people for us to hangout and have fun. All four of us got our shoes and picked an alley to play on.