Nancy sat humming to herself while tapping her pencil on the notebook infront of her. She was trying to think of a good story to tell Phil that night, she had missed it last time, he hadn't been impressed yelling and shouting at her. He kept telling her that someone had come into his room when she hadn't been there, his imagination running wild. Unfortunatly Nancy had fallen asleep while watching a movie, she would have to remind herself not to do it again. Phil was her best friend Stacey's little brother, every friday night when their parents went out Nancy told Phil a story to get him to sleep. He loved them. "Nancy? Stacey's here" her father called up the stairs "Alright" she answered dropping her pencil. Jumping up she bounded over to the stairs taking them two at a time. "Could you be any louder?" asked the black haired girl at the bottom laughing."Nope" Nancy grinned. Slipping on her shoes she stepped into the living room. "I'll see you later" she said, a few byes followed before she left and crossed the road. It was really lucky that her best friends house was so close, it meant that if ever she was annoyed or sad Stacey was right there. Turning one corner she entered Stacey's house. As soon as she got through the door Phil ran towards her "Your here! Its time for my bed" laughing she watched him run upstairs. "Sorry about this" Stacey muttered "What are friends for?"
"Not this" she shook her head, feeling as though it was her fault Phil was persistent. "Stacey, your little brother is like one I never had, I love coming here" she grinned before walking up the steps, Nancy found Phil curled up ready for her. Smiling she sat beside him "What’s this story about?" he asked "A boy about your age, who rescues a girl from crocodiles" he grinned his favourite were always ones that contained adventure. Brushing her hair back she began her tale starting from when the boy heard her screams through the forest. He fell asleep pretty quickly, she smiled down at him before tip-toeing over to the window she pulled the curtains closed. Switching the light off as she went. Just as she reached the top step a bang caused her to spin round, it had come from Phils room and sounded too big to come from someone his size. She ran back into his room. "Phil?" she asked panicked, he was still asleep. Breathing out in relief she glanced at the window which was....."open?" she whispered. Slowley she scanned the streets looking for anyone outside. Finding nothing she closed it once more, turning around she jumped in surprise. A boy was standing in the room, he looked about her age. "Who the hell are you?” it was the first thing that came into her head, she mentally hit herself for asking such a stupid question but composed herself.” I’m....Peter, Peter Pan"
"Well Peter Pan get out of this room!" She tried to sound strong while the blood pumped hard in her ears. She had know idea what he wanted, it frightened her slightly. "I came to see you" At once her body froze up, he was obviously some sort of stalker, although she'd never seen him before. All she cared about was keeping Phil safe. "I....I don't know you" she stuttered out, he was about the same height but stronger she could tell. "No, you don't" He seemed calm and made no attempts to get closer to her, it relaxed her a bit because it meant he couldn't notice her body trembling. Downstairs the doorbell rang, she took a quick look through the crack in the curtains, in time to spot her own brother walk into the house. Once again her eyes drifted back to Peter, unfortunatly he had come closer now right next to Phil's bed. She had to distract him, keep him talking. "How did you get in?" she asked him, he seemed happy that she was talking again. "Through there" he pointed to the window, the words escaped her mouth before she could control them "You couldn't have its 2 storys high with no drainpipe near, theres just no way" he shrugge but didn't make another remark. She could faintly hear Carter and Stacey talking
"Where's Nancy then?" Carter asked I'm up here She thought to herself "Oh she's still in Phil's room, she's been there for a while actually"
"Maybe she's fallen asleep, come on Mum will want her back soon”
Breathing out in relief Nancy listened to the footsteps of Carter and Phil walking up the steps. "Who are they" Peter asked backing up "My brother and best friend" she answered panic returning to her voice. "Oh" he relaxed putting a hand on the bedpost. She became very aware of the sword at his side. The door opened and in walked Stacey and Carter entered at once seeing Peter, and the nervous Nancy at the window. "Who's this?" Stacey asked her green eyes gleaming with suspision. "Well....he's" she stopped not knowing what to call him "Ahhh I see" Stacey smirked hand on hip "Is this a new boyfriend?" Carter narrowed his eyes at Peters bare chest. "Nancy! Thats not like you" Peter grinned at her expression "He's not my boyfriend I don't know who he is, I found him in the room" she needed for them to understand the danger she was in. Stacey's smile dropped and she moved towards Phil's bed. "What do you want" she murmered "Nothing just to see Nancy, I've been wanting to talk to her for a while" At this Carter tensed "What are you some kind of stalker?" he frowned "I don't know what this is" Carter walked forwards "Leave, now" Peter didn't show any emotion "I just wanted to talk to her" he placed a hand on her shoulder. "Get off of her" making to push Peter, the young boy moved suddenly. Whipping out his sword he held it to his throat, back againt the wall "Don't!" Stacey shrieked. Phil stirred and peter let go of Carter, who seemed a lot less scary. Rubbing his sore eyes Phil sat up "Stacey?" she went over "I'm here its ok""Who's that?" he asked pointing at Peter who had replaced his sword "This is Peter, he's a friend go back to sleep" she rocked him gently. He did not however do as she wished, instead he pulled at her jacket "I need a story to do that" sighing in frustration Stacey walked to the drawer and pulled it open. Straight away jumping back in fright she let out a small scream, a white light flew out of it, trails of dust behind her. "Tink, come here" Peter said, the ball went to him and sat on his shoulder. "Oh my god" Nancy whispered, carefully she edged closer "Is that a person" the light had faded revealing a girl/woman, a tiny green dress on with blonde hair. She didn't look very happy. "No, she's my fairy" Phil squeled "Fairy!" running over he hopped up and down to get closer, she did indeed have wings. "Listen I don't know who the hell you are but get out now!" carter shouted pointing to the door. Peter sighed fine, he opened the window and stepped onto the sill. "What are you doing?" Nancy asked worried "Leaving" he stated simply without waiting for anyone else to speak he jumped. Nancy and Stacey yelled horrified and dashed to the window leaning over. He wasn't in sight anywhere "Peter?" Nancy shouted "yeah?" she flinched and stepped back, he was floating infront of them. Entering again he crossed his legs in thin air. "What the....." Carter asked. Phil held up his arms "He can fly!" he shouted "And he has a fairy" he continued Nancy growled "Phil there's no such things as f...." Before she could finish peter launched himself on top of her covering her mouth and pinning her to the ground. "DON'T say that, everytime you do a fairy somewhere falls down head, understand?" she nodded and he let her go. She followed his forest green eyes leave. Awkwardly she took his held out hand and gotup, going and standing with Carter, Stacey and Phil.Nancy hadthe unexplainable feeling of guilt for Peter, they'd jumped to conclusions about him, now he seemed sad. Steadily she stepped forwards "I'm sorry" Carter frowned "I know that it seems like we're being cruel but honestly......your a random boy, who appeared in my friends little brothers room. And too top it all off you have a fairy and can fly.So you get why we've been a bit weird towards you."She found is gaze and he smiled, Stacey seemed glad of the change in atmosphere and began speaking normally. "Just wondering,how do you know Nancy?" he grinned "I was flying around a couple of months back, and heard you telling Phil a story. So I sat on the roof and listened, I came back every Friday to listen,I enjoy them. I told them to the lost boys althoughI don't tell them half as well as you" he gave a charming look to her, causing her to go red she dropped her eyes. "Who are the lost boys?" Stacey was quite nosey and moved closer "There my friends, we live together" he pulled out his sword and had a pretend fight "We fight pirates, swim with mermaids and loads of adventures" Carter started laughing "Whatever, and we all thought Nancy was the good storyteller" Stacey hit his leg "Stop it Carter, this is the coolest thing thats happened to us EVER" he groaned "This is all just stupid, I'm leaving" Heading to the door Peter shook the fairy into his palm and some dust fell into it. Just before Carter left Peter blew it onto him, at once it dissapeared "Carter" he called, the 17 year old turned back "What?"
"Imagine something that makes you happy, really happy" Carter frowned and skipped his eyes to the tired Phil, to Nancy then finally to Stacey. After two seconds of looking at her his feet left the ground suddenly. "Carter?" stacey breathed, he dropped his gaze to his feet "Bloody hell!" He was rising quickly into the air head almost touching the ceiling "Get me down!" he shouted Phil was grinning "Your doing it too! Me next me next!" Smiling Peter blew some onto Phil who also began rising up. "Nancy look" he leaned forwards and gave her a hug. "How are you doing this?" Stacey asked mouth hanging open. "Its not me, I didn't make it, it just happens its easier to just accept that you can't control everything. Enjoy the ride." Peter looked straight into Nancy's eyes, ignoring the stressed Tink on his shoulder as Phil chucked her at Stacey sending the powder all over her. She came up to him laughing hysterically. Nancy heard Stacey and Phils parents arriving back home, any minute they'd hear them and would be coming upstairs. "How about it Nancy?"
"What?" she answered as his green eyes came closer to hers "Do you want to come with me, you all can. Escape, do something you never thought possible. So what do you think" Her mind was made without even thinking "Yes" she breathed out. Tink flew over them both throwing powder everywhere, together they flew up into the air. He took her hand and opened the window. Staceys parents were running up the stairs "Time to go" Peter said, Phil zoomed out followed by Stacey who dragged Carter with her. Lastly Peter, holding Nancy's hand, lead her out the window giving her a reasurring smile. The Mum and Dad never got to them in time, didn't watch the miracle, as they left, second star to the right and straight on till morning...........
