𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐀, peter pan

Chapter Thirty-Two

It was another sleepless night despite the long and weary day, the night grew late, although nights are long in Neverland, longer than day, Mara never knew until Tootles told her just before Pan announce it was bed time.

"At night is long, very long, but in day, day is shorter if you haven't noticed. But of course, you're asleep to not notice"

Has this been the eighth or ninth day she's been in Neverland? She was starting to get confused but she knew ten days hasn't passed since she stayed here. This could be the ninth night and would be the ninth day when she wakes up.

Mara sat up, her tentmates were sound asleep, she could tell by hearing them snoring. She put on her boots, stood up and quietly made her way out of the tent. She found Pan sitting by the bonfire, looking at her, she was surprised to see him there, as if he was only there waiting for her to come out.

"Trouble sleeping again?" He said.

Mara walked forward, "You can say that" she took a seat on a stone near the fire.

"Not every person in this camp have a good sleep on their first week or month here in Neverland" Pan was sitting across the fire in front of her, and both stared each other over the flames.

"Not every boy do so well on their first weeks" she recalled when one of the boys told her, "I've been told, and they all say this place will grow on you eventually"

He gave a little nod and a little smile. Not a smile, a little smirk.

"What about you?" She rested her arms on her lap as she leaned forward.

"What about me?"

"You don't sleep" she told him, "at least what I think since you're always awake, I hear you strolling around in the middle of the night, and you leave the camp and go somewhere that's cheerful for you"

"I do sleep" he gave her an amusement look, "...sometimes. I sleep whenever I like"

"So you don't get tired?" She had a perplexed look.

He laughed softly, "No, I don't ever get tired, just one of the things I can do, but I sleep whenever I feel like I want to"

The fire made crackling noise between the two, Mara wanted to get to know more of him, but he said he wasn't a sharing type of person, he doesn't share his history to anyone even those who are close to him and trustworthy. She could at least try, try to get him to talk, get to spill his past, "So were you also one of the boys who didn't do so well here when you first arrived?"

Pan's eyes stared in different way, she could see him looking above her like he was thinking or trying to remember. "Yes, I was. Took me few months to let this place grow on me"

Few months She tried not to look surprised. She forced an expressionless look while glancing down at the ground as she picked up a twig and began to play the fire with it. "Perhaps I'll be like you, most likely would take me a few months to get used to this place"

"I doubt that" he smiled.

Mara raised a brow, looked at him, "Really?"

"I saw you today, how you looked when you made that jump, that look of excitement, proudly and joy. That's the look that every boy in this camp made after the miserable first weeks, then the more they felt that exhilaration, the more they want"

Mara didn't say anything, of course he was right, and also there something about him that strike her more curious. Something she never quite understand, the more he sound like he was trying to motivate her and inspire her to stay in Neverland. "Why do you want me to stay?"