Short Story of Adventure

"Take my hand and I'll take you to Neverland." He teased.

"I love Peter Pan." I told him.

"I know you do, now come with me to Neverland." He told me.

"Neverland isn't real." I told him.

"But it could be, come on. Take my hand and I'll take you on the adventure of your life." He told me.

"Oh Caden, you know I can't leave. I'm surprised my parents haven't discovered you're here." I told him.

"Your parents aren't home." Caden told me.

"How did you know?" I asked him.

"I have my ways." He told me.

"How did I end up meeting a friend like you?" I asked him.

"A friend? Like me? I wouldn't dream you would ever meet anyone even close to me ever again." He said.

"Oh thank goodness." I said.

"Come with me. Come." He said. He was still waiting outside the window. I was in my night gown. A plain blue one, why I wore it tonight, I guess I had a feeling. I turned around from Caden.

"Come away Lily. Come away from them all. Leave, leave with me, and we'll make our own Neverland." Caden told me.

"And never come back?" I asked him, turning my head back to him.

"Never." He said strongly.

"Never, is a long time." I told him.

"It always will be, so will you come?" He asked. He took my hand. I looked into his perfect green eyes, and wondered, how in the world could I say no to those eyes. You can't argue with them.

I heard the front door open. My parents were home. I still hadn't answered Caden.

"Never?" I asked again.

"Never." He told me. I took his hand. My parents were walking up the staircase, and down my hallway. They would be here any second now.

I smiled and he smiled back, on of those toothless smiles, that made you think what in the world he was planning to do next.

"Never." I repeated, this time not as a question but as a statement. Together, at once we jumped out of my window, and my parents barged in the room. But I was already gone.