Chapter 3
~Shae's POV~
He pulled me down the table and since I still hadn't released the cat's arm he was dragged along down the table as well. We ended up at the far end of the table sitting, drinking tea, and talking.
"So what was your life like in Upperland?" Doormouse asked finally waking up.
"Well, it was alright. Nothing special. I worked for a company as a web designer and was just celebrating my twenty first birthday when I stepped outside the club to get some air. The next thing I know there was this gang of guys that cornered me in an alley way and I had to literally fight my way out. Then I followed my instincts and found myself falling down a rabbit hole and ended up here," I said.
"Fascinating. What's a web designer?" Benjamin asked.
"I design web sites. That's something that you can view on the internet, which is a huge network of computers all over the world. It's used for talking to other people all over the world and stuff like that," I said trying to explain it all.
"That sounds interesting," the cat said.
"It was fun at first then it just got boring and I don't really get that much fun from it anymore," I said.
"So, are you really from Upperland?" the March Hare asked.
"I don't really know. I never really felt like I belonged there so there's a good possibility that I'm not," I said.
"You look normal enough to me," he said scathingly.
"I'll take that as a compliment. I've never been called normal before. More along the lines of freak-show, weirdo, and other things like that," I said.
"You're not any of those things. You are beautiful and wonderful," Benjamin said.
"Thanks," I said blushing.
"So is there anywhere else you'd like to go?" the cat whispered in my ear.
"Umm well-" I started and was interrupted when the White Rabbit came waltzing through.
"I'm late, I'm late, I'm l-" he stopped mid worry when he caught sight of me.
"Never mind I just found the one I was hoping to see," I said.
The White Rabbit had a rather human looking appearance with white rabbit ears on top of his head, wore a suit type outfit, rabbit type feet, white hair, and red eyes.
"Who are you? I know everyone in Underland and everyone knows me, but I don't know you," he said.
"Hello, I'm Shae," I said holding out my hand.
"I'm known as the White Rabbit but you may call me Theodore," he said taking my hand and kissing it like the proper gentleman that he was most likely brought up to be.
"Nice to meet you Theo," I said automatically shortening his name.
"The pleasure is all mine my dear Shae," he said.
"So, how are we doing over here?" the cat asked and he and Benjamin came over.
"Pretty good, Theo and I just got through greeting each other," I said turning slightly to talk to them so as not to seem rude.
"Well we need to go talk to the White Queen to see if there's more to why we didn't change than your open-mindedness," the cat said.
"Kay, but can I get some sleep first? I don't really want to see the White Queen while intoxicated," I said more to myself than them.
"Why ever were you drinking my dear?" Benjamin asked.
"It was my twenty first birthday. In Upperland that's how you celebrate the day you come of drinking age. It wasn't much just shots," I said trying to defuse the situation.
"What are shots?" Theo asked.
"There are these little glasses that are called shot glasses and the bar tender fills it with the alcohol of your choosing and that is called a shot," I said.
"Oh, I see. How many did you have exactly?" Theo asked.
"Umm . . . about five," I said.
"What do you mean about?" Benjamin asked.
"I kinda lost count, so if I had any more I don't know how many," I said.
"Well then let's get you to bed," the cat said.
We all walked back toward the tea party.
"What's this you walk away for five minutes and come back with another tag along?" March Hare asked.
"What's it to you?" I asked not really liking his tone.
"Well it is my garden," March said.
"No, it's mine now that I'm back in my right mind and she may bring whoever she likes here. So stop with the hole you're superior to everyone else act," Benjamin said his eyes taking on a glazed look and voice taking on an accent.
"Benjamin," I said calmly rubbing his arm with my hand.
"I'm fine," he said going back to his normal self instantly.
"Let's go inside and get some sleep," I said soothingly.
Benjamin smiled and continued to lead the way inside. The house was rather large. The front door led into a large living room and through the door to the right there was a hallway with doors lining each side. I was told that every other door was a bathroom. At the end of the hall was Benjamin's room with a connecting bathroom.
Benjamin walked over to his dresser and pulled out two shirts and a pair of pajama pants. He threw one of the shirts at me. Obviously it was for me to sleep in. I quickly slipped into the bathroom to change and came back out.
When I came out the others were changed as well. I climbed onto the king sized bed and curled up in the middle with my head on one of the hugest pillows. The guys curled themselves around me. From left to right it went: the Cheshire Cat, Theo, me, and Benjamin.
The next morning I found myself alone in the bed. I got up and walked carefully through the house trying to find where they were at. I walked through a sitting room, sun room, study, and library before I finally found someone in the kitchen.
"Good morning my dear. I trust it wasn't too hard to find your way?" Benjamin asked.
"It could have been harder," I said honestly.
I honestly got lost in my dad's mansion a few times and it was rather confusing to say the truth. It kinda sucked.
"I take it you've had that problem before?" he asked.
"Yeah. My dad had a mansion and I got lost in it several times. The last time it took three hours until I was found and I was only looking for the library," I said.
"Wow! That had to be quite interesting," he said.
"Yeah I ended up in dad's study looking through his personal collection," I said, "It kinda sucked though because they were all science fiction novels."
"You don't like science fiction?" he asked.
"Not really. They can't seem to hold my interest for some reason," I said.
"Well, the other two are through that door drinking coffee. I believe that Chesh said something about having gone to Upperland to get some medication for hangovers on the off chance that you had one this morning. I'll have breakfast finished in a few minutes," he said gesturing across the room.
I nodded and walked slowly across the room. He snapped a towel playfully at my ass and I let out a little squeak followed by a giggle. I slipped through the door and was soon wrapped in a pair of strong arms. I looked up to see that it was the cat.
"Morning," I said.
"Feeling alright?" he asked.
"Just a slight headache. Nothing too bad," I said.
"Well I've got just the thing for that," he said holding out two tablets of Tylenol.
"Thanks," I said.
