Trustworthy?
Alice curled up on her couch sobbing. She was thankful that her mother wasn't home because there was no way she could explain to her what happened, Alice herself wasn't even sure, and Carol's blatant dislike of Hatter wouldn't help.
They were supposed to finish unpacking his things into his new apartment, but when Alice arrived he was in the hallway with her. Alice wasn't even sure she knew who she was but it was obvious Hatter knew. The pair had hugged in the doorway, but it was the words Alice heard Hatter tell the tramp.
"I love you."
That was when she lost it and started screaming. She told him she never should have trusted him and ran off before anyone else could get a word in. Now she sat alone in a dark apartment and for some reason wishing he was there.
She knew the right thing to do would be to listen to his side of the story. But what could his explanation be? He lived in a different world before he followed her here so no one but Alice should hear those words from him.
Wiping the tears from her eyes she stood up. I need some fresh air was all she could thing of. When she opened the door however she saw a note on the door with her name on it written in Hatter's messy handwriting. Slowly she took it off the door and read it.
Please Alice, come to my apartment. I can explain everything. I never would want to hurt you. I love you. Hatter.
She bit her lip. He loves me? How many girls has he said that to? She knew it wasn't fair to think so badly of the man who had done so much to gain her trust but no matter what that exchange in the hallway was it had opened up a wound that let all her trust issues invade her brain like a disease.
She found herself walking through the streets of New York not going anywhere in particular. After about half and hour she was at Hatter's apartment building. I'm stupid. This is only going to hurt me. Walking through the door she went to the elevator up to the third floor where Hatter's new apartment was.
She was surprised to find the door unlocked when she got there. That wasn't the bad part though, if the apartment had been empty wouldn't have been as bad as what she saw when she opened the door.
Boxes and furniture where thrown all over the place. Tea was dumped all over the kitchen surrounded by shards of teapots and teacups. She had tears in her eyes when she saw blood on the wall and a note on the fridge.
It wasn't written in any handwriting she had ever seen but it too had her name on it.
Alice, if you know what's good for you you will stay in your little oyster world. Do not follow. Also you should move on, Hatter isn't coming back, he is finally getting what he deserves. MM.
Her heart sunk. MM, it couldn't be. She didn't want to believe it, Hatter had killed Mad March, how did he come back. Why did he take Hatter? Against everything her head was telling her about Hatter not being trustworthy she ran out of the apartment towards the Looking Glass.
Once she got there without even thinking she forced herself to breathe and step through the solid mirror. She was doing something she rarely allowed herself to do, follow her heart.