"Expecting someone else," Peter questioned with a laugh when Cora called that it was just him. "If you're having someone over, I can always come back." He never wanted to seem overbearing, though at times, he thought maybe he could be. It was hard not to be with the way he wanted to be a part of their lives. For many years, Peter felt isolated from his own family and then he learned that he wouldn't be able to have one like his sister did. Looking back, Peter realized that whole situation could have gone one of two ways and he was glad he had chosen to try to become part of the family again. He didn't want to grow old and bitter and resentful. He couldn't say he was free of those things, but he wanted to be.
When Cora stepped aside to let him in, he walked into the main room, looking around it casually. In one of the back rooms he could hear faint music and movement, which he figured to be Cora's roommate, Lydia.
"I haven't seen you since you left for South America. I wanted to stop by and catch up. I would have come by sooner, but I figured you would have wanted time with your mother and your siblings first." Looking at her, Peter really saw someone he could have imagined being his daughter if life had worked out differently for him. He had to wonder how much of that was just natural and if any of it was because he'd been part of her life for so long. "And I heard on the news this morning about Robin. It made me think of you and Hook." He smiled thinking about it. Little things over the years managed to stick with him and they had changed him for the better he believed. Watching Hook so many times was one of those things, and he was genuinely upset that their Peter Pan was gone.