a/n: Ok Here is chapter 3! The pair finally really meet! What will happen? well I'm not gonna spoil the story for you! Read on!

Disclaimer: Jervis Tetch aka the mad hatter Belongs to DC comics. Alice pleasance belongs to the creators of the WB creators, although I have taken creative liberties with her background for this fic. I do not claim ownership of these characters. Trust me If I did Jervis would NOT be as lonely as he is.

Note: I DON'T have a lot of practice with writing Jervis as a character so if it's not up to par PLEASE don't hate me for it. Also this meeting is based off a roleplay I did with my friend Jokergirl4ever. But I first got the idea of Alice bringing Jervis tea when I was RPing with another friend Vytina so thanks to them both.

Note 2: Ok I've gotten several review saying I keep missing grammar and such so if anyone out there knows/is a beta please PM me. Thank you.

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Alice sipped her tea as she ate her lunch. Her mind kept going back to the mad hatter. No. Not the Mad Hatter. Jervis Tetch. That was his real name. He had seemed to be in some kind of pain.

She didn't know why no one had seemed to help him, Dr. Arkham had talked and talked about all the pain killers and things they had in the infirmary. Which was true, that Alice had realized when they had toured it, but that just made the fact that Mr. Tetch had been in pain more baffling. She knew that it probably wasn't something she should dwell on, she was just here to do her internship and go on to work in a hospital.. But for some reason her mind kept wandering back to it. He had seemed so sad, so in pain.

She finally stood. She was a medical intern and she had every right to check on a patient. If she was caught and scolded she could feign not knowing all the procedures because it was all 'so much take in when Dr. Akrham was explaining things in such excellent detail.' she giggled wondering how Dr. Arkham would react to that.

She threw her trash away from lunch and then, after a minute's thought, turned back to grab the thermos of tea and another cup. She knew he liked tea. Maybe it could help her build rapport if he didn't want to talk.

Still not believing she was doing this she went back to the rouge hall.

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The Hall was empty. All the other inmates had been taken to lunch, He on the other hand had been left in his cell to eat because of his 'provoking' the guards earlier. But since he wanted to be alone now this was actually a blessing. It was quiet and Jervis was deep in his copy of Alice in wonderland, He was reading the tea party chapter. After all if Alice and he were going to have a tea party he would need to prepare. It had to be exactly right. He was so deeply immersed in his book that he didn't hear the footsteps coming down the hall until there was a tap on the front of his cell. He lookd up peevishly expecting it to be one of the guards or doctors but his breath caught at seeing the young woman from the group before.

"Mr Tetch? My name is Alice Pleasance May I speak with you?" He swallowed. She was here? Now? WANTING TO COME INTO HIS CELL?! Jaberwock,he hadn't even gotten her flowers yet.. He suddenly realize he was being rude and nodded "Yes….Please come in."

She smiled and entered the cell using an emergency code that was a skeleton key for all of the cells. He noticed the cups and thermos in her hand. "What's that?" he asked curiously. She slipped inside and stood awkwardly at the door. "I brought....I've heard you like tea" He perked up at the last word. It had been so long since he had had a cup of tea. Of course the cups she brought to drink out of were plastic and not china but still, tea...REAL tea. It sounded heavenly. He never had any time for it in Arkham 'Of course time and I had a disagreement so not he doesn't do a thing I ask, it's always six o'clock now' He suddenly realize she was still speaking

...So I thought I could take a look at your bruises and then we could have some tea together. I can't stay long though" She seemed to be finishing up. He nodded automatically "I understand my dear." he said sad she couldn't stay longer but understanding a lady such as her couldn't stay in this dreary place for too long.

He watched her set what she was carrying on the table next to his book and turn back to him. "Ok Turn around so I can look at you back." He started "I...excuse me?"

She gave him a funny look. "You seem to be keeping weight off your back so I'm guessing your bruised there. I just want to see how bad it is." He blushed realizing that was part of what she had said before when his mind was elsewhere. "Of..Of course." He turned and sat on his cot and tried to keep his mind in the thoughts of a gentlemen as she carefully pushed up the back of his shirt and bit his lip at her gasp.

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Alice didn't know what she had been expecting. But this was terrible, dark bruises stood out all over his back and a few showed on his ribs. She gasped, she couldn't help it. All this and the man only seemed in discomfort. She didn't know what to think so she pushed her feelings of horror away and looked at them carefully. They seemed to look worse then they were as far as she could tell. "I don't think these are too severe." she admitted as she pulled his shirt back down and moving off the cot to the thermos. He noticed her digging into her pocket as she did this and looked at her curious as she pulled a small packet out and opened it showing 2 white pill. "This is just aspirin so it shouldn't affect any medication your taking. It should make you feel better. I'll leave you two more packets. I want you to take one with dinner and one With breakfast tomorrow. You shouldn't have trouble with the guards I heard they were keeping you in here for some reason or another." she said setting two more packets by his book. He nodded and accepted the aspirin as well as a plastic cup of tea and swallowed them "It may take a bit for them to kick in but at least you won't hurt so much" She said pouring her own and sitting back next to him. He smiled and she noticed that it was a nice smile. It was a GQ Magazine smile but it was genuine and warm. "Your very kind, Not at all like the queen of hearts. She yells so much." he muttered

Alice blinked then remember his obsession with Alice in Wonderland. "Thank you...your sweet to say that." She had a sort of understanding of the book. Now she wished she knew more about it and made a mental not to read more of it. She sipped her own tea.

Jervis didn't now what to say. He had been hoping for this but now he was stuck for what to say. He sipped his tea for something to do. "So Ms. Pleasance, what brings you to this dreary wabe?" he asked. She looked at him seeming a bit confused before she seemed to understand and spoke. "I'm here for my medical internship. I'm studying to be a nurse" He smiled, of course. Compassionate and kind. As if his Alice could be anything else. "You seem to be very kind my dear." She blushed. She seemed more beautiful when she blushed. "Thank you. You seem very sweet too." He felt a small blush spread over his own cheeks and opened his mouth to say something when suddenly hurried footsteps came down the hall and his cell door banged open to show Dr. Arkham standing there looking quite enraged. "MS PLEASANCE WHAT IN GOD'S NAME ARE YOU DOING?!"

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Alice didn't know what had happened. One minute it had been just the two of them and Earl Grey the next minute she was being dragged from the cell by while two guards were holding back Mr. Tetch. "Leave him alone!" she screamed as one of them punched the struggling man in the stomach. " Hush I'm trying to keep you from being one of his victims!" Arkham snapped dragging her from the cell "If they don't stop right now I'll bring every man in the police force here! You know I can do it And I'll make sure to let all of the press know too!" Arkham stopped short and looked back at the younger woman who was glaring at him "My parents may not do it but you know who my friends and acquaintances are." she said coldly. Arkham sighed and called back "Briggs! Shooter! That's enough!" the guards came out of the cell with the thermos and Alice noticed with relief that they didn't have the packets of aspirin she heard his voice follow them with a sort of woozy defiance going "No room! No room!". She wanted to go to him and check to see if he was Alright but Arkham still had a firm grip on her arm and was dragging her away. She saw him limp to front of the cell and look at her and she managed to mouth "Tomorrow" before she was pulled from the hall altogether.

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Jervis watched the bandersnatch known as Jeremiah Arkham drag alice away from him He had reacted automatically and had nearly being able to get her back the Arkham had guards. He always had guards. He felt their punches and heard her defense of him. He had managed to get to the front of the cell for a last glimpse at her and had seen her mouth 'Tomorrow' before being pulled out of the hall. He felt a smile go over his face. Tomorrow, he see her again tomorrow. She wanted more of his company. "Well you can't have less. But you can always have more Alice. Always." He said as he flopped back on his cot and opened his book to the spot he was reading before she came to see him.

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Alice stormed out of Arkham's office. Of all the ill-bred stuffy son's of...." is being isolated to heal and we've looked after him to the best of our abilities. Please don't interfere " Alice didn't know weather she wanted to spit on the floor or laugh. She sighed trying to calm down. She had just sat through 25 minutes of warnings that she was just his type of victim simply because of her name and appearance along with a pretty speech about how Mr. Tetch was 'getting the very best care with the limited resources of the asylum.' She had heard that that man was a jerk but this was much worse then she thought. A thought suddenly came to her.

He hadn't expressly forbidden her from seeing him again.

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A/N: Hopefully it was ok. Like I said I'm not too familiar with writing Jervis's character so I hope I did ok. And sorry if the meeting seemed rushed, I just don't think Arkham would miss a chance to punish a patient for 'threatening an intern.'