Laurels Literary Magazine Fall 2014 | Page 54

WENDY: Yeah, thanks, let me know how that goes. . . . It’s great in words but life’s never really that simple. PETER: Unless you make it that simple. WENDY: But it’s so silly! You’re living a fairy tale. One day you’ll wake up and there isn’t going to be a happily-ever-after. PETER: You haven’t always been both-feet-on-the-ground. You’ve made your castles in the air. WENDY: I speak by experience. Just saying, you should watch out. PETER: Note taken. When you’re old and bored and you’ve lived your life like a boring history textbook, I’ll be young at heart thanks to my fairy tales. I’ll be staring in at the window, laughing at you. WENDY: Or crying. I’ll wager my first kiss tha