Ali smiled as she saw the Rabbit flash across the road, holding on to his white top hat, his ears twitching urgently as he muttered to himself. No one else ever seemed to see him, no one other then her. That worried Ali some times; she kept warning him to watch himself when he crossed the road, lest he'd get run over one day. But, of course, he didn't listen.

Something glinted on the grass next to the road, catching the sunlight as well as Ali's eye.

It was the Rabbit's pocket watch.

Ali picked it up, a small smile playing on her lips.

Usually she visited all of her friends in Wonderland at least once a week, on the weekends, but sometimes, she was unable to. This past two weeks had been one such occurrence.

She had had a huge amount of work to get done for school, she had barely even gotten any sleep this week, and she dearly missed seeing her friends. So, tucking the watch into her pocket, she walked home, her mind filled with thoughts of Wonderland.

When she reached her house, she quickly made herself a snack and ran upstairs; packing the things she would need for her trip.

Time passed oddly in Wonderland. One could be there for months and return home to find that they had only been gone for a few hours, so Ali knew she wouldn't be missed.

After she fed her cat, Dinah, and gave her a good scratch behind the ears, she left, but not before taking something she knew a certain feline friend of hers' would surely enjoy.

Cheshire watched Ali as she entered the woods, the dappled sunlight, swiftly fading into evening, playing on her long, straw-berry blonde hair. She had been gone for a while now, far longer then usual.

Cheshire didn't like it.

He wished that he could convince her to stay with him in Wonderland indefinitely, but knew that she couldn't, and wouldn't, do such a thing. At least not any time soon.

Ali was so dear to him, as to all, but mostly to him. Not that she knew it, though. Never in any of their long, strange talks, had they broached upon the subject of his feelings toward her.

He had never alerted her to his true feelings for her.

Maybe he should do so now….

QA-I would like to say that the drabble that goes a long with this story does not really give away the actual ending to the story, it gives away a possible ending.

Sorry this chapter is so short, the next one will be longer, I promise!

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