Alice and the Hatter
WallflowerNerdGirl
ALICE
I'm not really sure how I got here. But it's beautiful.
I was walking down a sunny path with brightly colored foliage all around me. About twenty yards down the path I was stopped by a big tangle of pricker bushes. It was dark and ugly and very out of place in the part where I was. I really wanted to explore the new world that I happened to fall into, so I picked my way through brambles.
Eventually I made it through to the other side, although half of my dress didn't. The whole bottom of it plus my tights was in shreds. I pursed my lips but carried on. I must've gotten lost somewhere, because the colors faded away into darkness. I stopped at a crooked tree. I couldn't really see in the darkness and there was some light filtering through the black leaves here.
I sat down in a little patch of grass opposite of the tree to examine my ruined clothing. I was so involed in wondering how in the world I was going to mend my dress, that I didn't notice the boy appear in the tree.
"Lost I see." He had a big, brilliant, white smile spread across his face.
I almost had a heart attack.
"It's dangerous you know," He paused to jump from the tree. He landed inches away from me. On his feet. "For a girl as pretty as you to be wandering around here alone." I tried to squirm away but my back met the rough side of a log. He bent down so he was eye level with me. I couldn't see his eyes, his shaggy black-purple hair was in the way.
"There are some bad guys in these woods. Some of them might even want to take you home." He had a little smirk on his face.
"Do you want to come home with me?" He purred. I must've nodded becuase he tugged at my hand and gently pulled me up off the ground. I was guessing this boy was around the same age as me, which is eighteen. He was tall, at least half a foot taller than me and he was skinny. He was pretty pale which I associated with being in the darkness all the time. He was wearing a horizontal black, gray and purple striped t-shirt and black jeans held up with a white belt and he had on white sneakers. This boy had a slightly unsettling presence but he was definitley attractive.
During a particularly dark part along the way, the boy pushed his hair out of his face. He had startlingly hypnotic golden eyes. I couldn't help but stare.
We finally made it out of the dark into a little clearing. There was a little mix-matched house. All the pieces of it were different colors and looked like they were put together by a five year old.
We walked up to the door still hand in hand, then I realized I didn't know this guy' name.
"Hey, wait." I said. "I don't even know your name."
"You can call me Ches. And you are?"
"Alice. My name is Alice." Ches proceeded to ring the doorbell. The triangular yellow door swung open, but no one was on the other side to greet us.
"Ladies first." I stepped inside followed by Ches. "Hey, Hatter!" He called. I heard a russle from in a room I guessed was the kitchen and out came another boy around our age, maybe a year older.
"Why, hello there. Ches, who is this extraodinary person?" Asked the boy called Hatter. I guess Ches began to describe me and our little walk through the forest, but I could only focus on the Hatter. He was absolutley stunning. He was a lanky boy, but it suited him well. He had shoulder length dark chestnut hair a few shades darker than his eyes. He wore a black top hat with a little price tag sticking out of the band and wore a white button down shirt under a black, long tailed tuxedo jacket and neatly pleated pants to match.
"Nice to meet you Alice." The Hatter bowed. I attempted to curtsey but my dress wouldn't very well allow it. " Hm," He pulled a tape-measure out of his sleeve and began measuring me. "Follow me, please." He lead me to a room in the back of the house. The room was absolutely breath-taking.