She laid in the field of flowers with him by her side. They laughed and smiled. He thought her smile, her one smile, could make the world stop turning. He reached for her hand, and she laced her fingers with his and shared a smile with him. "Can we lay like this forever?" he asked as the breeze moved her dirty blonde hair off her face. She smiled at him sadly.
"I wish, but you know I'm leaving. My parents are tired of wonderland. They want to be the oysters. They want to live as they do, and feel things as they do. None of this good feeling only nonsense."
"But it's so dangerous to get through the looking glass…"
"I know." She whispered gently touching his face. "We're only fifteen Hatter. This can't really be love. I know that's what you tell yourself every chance you get. But it cannot be love. I've known you every second of every day; our parents had us on play dates. But this, this moment right here is only a moment. It'll stick in your brain until you really do fall in love. This will not matter the same tomorrow or the next day as it matters right now." He looked at her sadly.
"Time doesn't pass over there like it does here, does it?" She shook her head.
"When I'll be 18 you will still be fifteen. It's like the other childhood story of Peter Pan. Only this place is real." He chewed on his lip and studied her fair face. Her round-face with a smile that could light up the stars.
"Can we ever be together again?" She shook her head.
"Until you can find a way out of wonderland, we cannot. Besides, by the time you get through the looking glass I'll have a family of my own. My daughter would be old enough to date you." She said with a laugh. He looked at her.
"So this is the last moment we'll have together. Us childhood friends. You'll grow old and die before I do." She nodded.
"Don't worry Hatter. You're the one person I'll never be able to forget."
"Then why do you have to leave me?" Her eyes filled with tears.
"I love my family more than you Hatter. I'm doing this for them. They need me. And my psychic powers." He sighed and stroked her cheek gently.
"I'm going to miss you." He whispered as she kissed him gently on the lips.