Free write Fridays ; seven doors

I stand in front of seven doors , each one presents a new exciting opportunity to enter a world that exist only in my imagination. A voice has prompted me to open one , giving me the seven different options Oh how am I ever going to choose, seven places that peak the interest of my whole entire being. I close my eyes and walk forward and put my hand out in front, grasping for whatever door I can find. This is the world in which I will enter.
I place my hand on a door , I open my eyes and its door #2. There is nothing to indicate which world I am going to enter. So with bated breath I slowly turn the handle, I can smell the warm air with a hint of tropical scents, I push just a little and the door slowly opens. I peak my head through cautiously , I see green everywhere , it seems that the world I have entered is a jungle . I hear the birds and the sound of rushing water. I feel the heat warm my face as I step into the unknown world.
I gaze around at the beauty that behold me. I walk towards the sound of rushing water. I can smell the mist in the distance and feel the humidity on my skin . It sound of water become increasingly loud and as I walk on I can distinctly make out now that it is a waterfall.
I enter into a clearing where I can see the water fall in all its majestic glory, I take it all in embracing it awesomeness. I revel in the warm sunlight drinking in the beauty that surrounds me . I wonder if I have entered heaven.
A voice breaks through the serenity around me .
” magnificent isn’t it ?”
I look around looking for the owner of the voice. Nothing to my right or my left , I look behind me and still no one . The voice giggles gaily from above. I look up to see a boy clad in green flying directly above my head.
I know where I am now. I am in Neverland! And that is Peter Pan ! My excitement wells up in me .
” you must be Peter!?!”
The boy’s impish grin wipes off his face instantly .
” who sent you ? Are you one of hooks recruits?”
He whistles and suddenly I am surrounded by little boys . My hands are bound behind me , a bag is put over my head and I can feel that I am being moved somewhere.
I start to think that maybe this was not what I had bargained for . That in theory this all seemed like such a great adventure but now it was just down right scary .
As we moved along little hand jostled and touched everywhere. I stumbled as the pushed me off and onto the ground. The bag came off my head and Peter stood before me . Hs arms crossed his chest and his face furrowed into a frown .
“Who are you and where are you from ? Why are you here, what do you want? ” Peter spat out questions faster then I could think them .
I tried to edge in a word here and there but his questions fired at me without cease. Finally he stopped looked at me and said “well?”
Flabbergasted I couldn’t seem to make my mouth and voice work .
A little hand came up and touched my face wiping my hair from in front of my eyes. I looked over to see a chubby little boy . He could not have been more then four or five. His light wavy brown hair was matted to his head . His shimmering blue eyes gaze at me with curiosity.
“Well? ” the question came again
“I came here through a door , having an opportunity to experience another world from my own . I have no intentions of hurting anyone, I just wanted to see your world.”
Peter looked at me puzzled . I wondered if my answer would satisfy him .
“Well” he started ” you don’t look very dangerous, and your a woman, Hook only uses women for one thing and it certainly not to spy. “
The little boy who touched my face earlier came and stood in front of me . He smiled , chubby cheeks showing two adorable dimples. I felt drawn to him . I didn’t know why .
“This hear is tommy , tommy don’t talk . He just smiles .” One of the other boys said
” he sure like you” another boy piped up
I looked at tommy . And smiled back . He danced and clapped his hands like I had just given him the best present int the world. A boy came from behind and unbound my hands. I rubbed my wrist . Tommy came over and kissed them . Suddenly he flung his arms around me squishing me into a bear hug. I slowly hugged him back .
The other boys who must be the lost boys started to move around leaving me with tommy. I looked around at my surroundings . We seemed to be in a hollow of a tree. There was a fire pit to warm , a few pillows with sheet strewn on what looked to be shelfs . The lost boys were cleaning up , playing or had left to do something. I sat there mesmerized by them . There was no adults to interfere with their life so they just did . They took care of each other , they were a family.
Tommy fell asleep in my lap . I rubbed his hair with a familiarity. I felt as though I had known this boy forever and yet I could not place from where. The air started to turn cold and the sun started to set . I was wondering what would happen next . Now that I was here how long would I stay ? how would I get home?
Then I heard a voice interrupt my thoughts, ” mommy?” I looked down at tommy who was awake and smiling at me . Louder the voice called “Mommy?” I answered but the voice kept calling . MOMMY. The voice shrieked in my ears so loud that I had to close my eyes.
When I opened my eyes everything was blurry. The voice was still calling me . Those bright blue eyes were staring into mine as my vision started to come back into focus. I looked around to get a grip on my surroundings. I find myself at the bottom of the stairs to my house. How did I get here? Why does my head hurt ?
The blue eyes belong to my son , my beautiful i brown haired blue eye four year old. That when I realize that I had fallen down the stairs. I must have hit my head. I look at the clock . It was now two hours since I had looked at it . I must have been out cold for a while. Then it all started to make sense . Tommy the little boy was my consciences version of my son . Thats why he was so familiar to me .
” Mommy?”
“Yes buddy ?”
“Mommy, you fell down the stairs. You fell asleep so I took care of you . I hugged you ,I pushed your hair out of your face and then I snuggled you . Are you ok Mommy?”
” Yes buddy I will be fine “

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