Alice's POV
I was to live in the White Queen's castle until I found other living arrangements. When i got there, I knew nothing about the place. I especially didn't know where anything was.
"Hatter. . .Will you show me around the castle?" His face lit up intensly, his eyes were that purple color again.
"Of course! Come with me." I looped my arm through his as we walked through the courtyard. Everything was so beautiful, much more than I'd imagined it would be. We walked for hours, I could guess wewere miles away from the castle. We ended up in a grassy field.
"Alice, would you like some tea?"
"Yes! I'm parched! But, we don't have any tea. . ."
He took off his purple velvet jacket and rolled it out onto the grass. It transformed into a picnic blanket. Everything was there! Tea pot and all.
He sat down and pulled me down with him. I stared with a huge smile on my face. I was very impressed. He must really love tea enough to carry it around wit him all the time.
I scooted closer to him and took a tea cup. I lifted the already filled teapot and poured me some tea. I put in a little sugar, and started to sip it. When I looked up to see if Hatter had started his tea, which he hadn't, he was staring at me.
I blushed a little. Was I not supposed to drink the tea yet? I set down my cup and stared back at him.
"Well, I'm a bit tired." I said. It was just an excuse to lean my head against his shoulder. He didn't move away, but he didn't move closer either. Was he rejecting me politely? This thought almost brought me to tears. Why couldn't he be mine?
He pulled away from me gently, stood up, then walked away. He really had rejected me. Once he was out of ear-shot, I burst into tears.
Hatter's POV
She hates me, she hates me, she hates me. . . That was all I could think as I ran away from her.
I ruined it, I ruined our friendship, I ruined everything we ever had by just getting up. I'm so stupid! But why on Earth would she want me? She hates you Tarrant.
But what if she did want me? She had kissed me after all. Or was it my imagination? No, no, no she hadn't kissed me, I would have remembered it. But how did I feel right now?
I what her? Words escaped all the time, but now wasn't the best time for them to leave.
"I wish they'd stay in one place so I could use them."
"Are you talking to me, Hatter?" I spun around and saw that grinning, hat-stealing cat.
"Chessur." I aknowledged him and kept walking. He just followed.
"Why so blue again?"
"Alice. . .I walked away from her. I don't know what I'd been thinking. What should I do, Chessur?"
"Go back there, Hatter. Tell her how much you love her."
That was the word! I love her!
"Thank you, thank you, thank you, Chessur! Goodbye now!" I ran back to the field, but she was no where to be found. I picked up my jacket and sprinted to the castle.
Come on, come on, move faster! I begged for my legs to go faster, but they wouldn't. I just kept up my speed, not stopping at the door to her room. I ran right in and found her on the balcony.
I still didn't stop, I ran right into her and picked her up. Her eyes were wide with fear, then guilt.
"Do you hate me, Tarrant?"
"No, no, no. Never! How could I?" I hugged her tightly until she started to squirm, which didn't happen for the longest time.
