Alice slipped her light blue dress on. She loved blue, she wore it for as long as she could remember.
She turned around, facing her long mirror. She pinned her hair up, letting a few blonde curls fall over her face.
A knock at the door startled Alice. She was jumpier than usual today. Her mother, a blonde, tall woman walked through the door. Her mother despised her fantasy life.
"Alice now, you must hurry. and pin that hair good and tight." Her mother said, her British accent coming out.
"Yes mother." Alice walked past her mother. She really didn't feel like dealing with her worries today.
"Alice! Alice did you hear me?" Her mother's heels clicked on the linoleum floor. "Alice? There is a tea party outside now. You must look presentable." She finally caught up with Alice, grabbing her arm and swinging her around.
"Mother, I'm not particular in the mood for any tea parties." Alice said, although her thoughts were on the Wonderland tea parties.
"Well then. You have no choice. You must attend." Her mother gave her a stern look with a fake smile.
'I will just have one cup of tea then leave.' Alice thought. She followed her mother outside onto the patio. It was built exactly for this purpose.
The sun momentarily blinded Alice. She did not know who was talking to her but she ignored everyone. She spotted her mother and sat next to her, a cup of tea awaiting her.
At least thirty tables were on the patio, all seated with her mother's friends and peers. Most of them Alice could not stand.
At her table, a conversation of weddings started and Alice tried to pay attention. A ticking noise was drowning out the conversation. Tick-tock tick-tock was all Alice could hear.
The White Rabbit.
Alice looked all around. She saw nothing of him, but the ticking sound was louder and louder with every second. Alice stood up, her mother looking oddly at her.
"Alice, sit down." Her mother said, glaring at her. She realized her friends were staring at the two and smiled at them, giving a nervous laugh. "Alice?"
"I will be right back mother." Alice was already away from the table when she said that. Alice walked fast, the ticking noise still getting louder.
She was running now. Dodging trees and jumping over fallen limbs. She needed to find the White Rabbit.
The ticking noise disappeared. Alice looked all around. It was no where. But there. The White Rabbit ran past a tree.
Alice ran and followed him. It wasn't too far until she saw it. The hole he went down in. She sprinted to it and lifted her dress slightly and kneeled at the hole.
Alice put her hands on the ground around the hole. She didn't want to fall in. Alice smiled. She realised this was it. She would see Wonderland again.