I'm Cold.

"Mister Hatter what on earth possessed you to go out there? In this weather?" asked Alice, exasperatedly as she helped the shivering Hatter out of his soaking wet orange coat.

"Y-Y-You said you wanted the newspaper." he stuttered as his teeth chattered away. He rubbed his hands up and down his arms trying to create some warmth but his hands were like ice. Alice briefly gazed out the window and into the heavily falling snow. She sighed. "Come on you, go and have a nice warm bath and I'll light the fire in the study."

"I can't m-m-move my fingers."

Alice looked at his stiff pale hands, the fingertips were tinged blue and they were shaking like a leaf in the wind. She wrapped one small hand around them.

"Oh they're like ice!" she exclaimed. "Come on, quickly." She hurried down to the bathroom, flinging the door open. She checked that there were several towels in the room before proceeding to fill the large tub with steaming water. Once she was satisfied the water was warm enough she left for the study, shutting the door behind herself. The Hatter sighed and fumbled with his buttons and shoelaces but soon enough he was half submerged in the tub, over flowing with bubbles. Only his face was visible, his white hair floating like a cloud around his face. He Suddenly sneezed violently several times causing water to splash onto the floor.

"Oh breadcrumbs..." he mumbled.

When the water grew cold he gingerly climbed out of the bath and hastily wrapped himself up in all of the towels that were in the bathroom.

"Brrr..." The bathroom tiles were cold on his feet so he hurried out of the room and down to the small guestroom where Alice had made a bed up for him. She wouldn't allow him to share her room, it was quite improper she had said. He could see her point but it didn't mean he liked it. He shut the door and practically leapt over to the drawer, throwing clothes out all over the floor until he found what he was looking for. Underwear. He pulled them on before starting his search for the warm pajamas he had worn the other night. He was notorious for leaving things laying around, just yesterday Alice had found a clean teacup under one of the cushions on the couch. She had wondered how it got there until Hatter came up and asked her where she found his teacup. When she told him where it had been and he had replied. "I knew I put it somewhere."

He finally found his pajamas (Under the bed) and pulled them on. Once he was sure he hadn't pulled them on inside out he made his way to the study, still shivering. Alice was tending to the fire when he entered the room. "Oh Mister Hatter! You still look so cold!" she exclaimed jumping to her feet and pulling him towards the fire. He sat himself as close as he could to the flickering flames, Alice held one of his cold hands in both of her warm ones.

"Alice I'm cold.." he mumbled.

"I'll be right back." and with that she jumped to her feet and scurried from the room.

Hatter sat patiently by the fire awaiting her return. He was curious to know what she was getting.

Alice came back with the quilt off her bed draped around her shoulders like a cape. She sat back down on the floor next to the Hatter, draping the quilt around his shoulders and making sure he was completely wrapped up. Once the Hatter was completely covered up with Alice he snuggled into the blanket.

"Alice I'm cold..." he said after a moment.

Alice rolled her eyes and nestled into him, wrapping an arm around his waist. He responded by wrapping his arm around her shoulder and resting his cheek on the top of her head. They sat like that for about ten minutes, the Hatter still shivered from time to time but he was slowly starting to warm up.

"Alice I'm cold..." he murmured again. His cheek still resting on top of her head, her face buried into his neck.

"Where are you cold Mister Hatter?" she asked quietly.

He took cheek off her head and pointed to it. "Here."

Without thinking Alice looked up and pecked him on the cheek. A slight blush crossed her features when she realised what she'd done. She half expected him to stand up and hurriedly leave the study but he didn't, he merely turned his head so the other side of his face was to her. "This one's cold too." Feeling slightly flustered she briefly brushed her lips over his cheek before burying her face in his neck.

"Aww what's the matter Poppet? Are you a bit embarrassed?" he said, half teasing.

"No I, I mean I- you... I, uhh..." she floundered for words but was silenced by the Hatter who placed a cold finger against her lips.

"Say what you mean, and mean what you say."

Slightly confused by his words and still flustered she pecked him on the cheek. Her cheeks were glowing pink in the fire light.

"Alice, I'm cold..."

"Where?" she asked, slightly aphrehensive.

"Here." The Hatter pointed at his lips. Alice raised an eyebrow.

"I am. I'm seriously serious here. They're positlutely frozen. I'm surprised they're not blue. Wouldn't you warm them up? Couldn't you warm them up?" He wiggled his eyebrows once. Giggling Alice lent towards him. She stopped just as their noses touched. "Are you quite sure they're cold Mister Hatter?"

"Oh yes... Quite quite sure."

Giggling again Alice closed the gap between them and gentlely pressed her lips against his.

He was right, his lips were cold, but the more they moved against hers the more the blood flowed around them. Soon they were perfectly warm.

A/N: Reviews would be loverly. I'm not really sure about this chapter. So tell me what you think.