A/N: Hey there! Sorry it took so long but here it is. Enjoy :3
3 o'clock
Ding!
The door was a plain dark wooden one, polished to absolute perfection, she could almost see herself reflecting her image back at her like a tall mirror.
The door knob was brass and shaped like a clover and much like the door - polished and smooth like placing one's hand on a glassy surface.
She did not know what lay before her behind that magnificent door and the thought made her both nervous and slightly excited, the same excitement she lost when she ran half her heart out to Lutwidge Academy only to get almost run over by Seigfried, her, ironically, new friend; her first friend actually, and they weren't even classmates.
Alice sighed getting her head back, getting tired of standing there like a ninny.
Here goes.
She was about to turn the knob, when it suddenly turned by itself in her hand making her take her hand away with a jump as the door swung inward revealing a man with adorable cerulean eyes and a fuzzle of wood brown hair on top of his head.
And currently those cerulean eyes met baby blue eyes, bpth equally surprised as the other.
After a moment of blue eyes staring back at each other, Alice snapped back to her senses when the cute-looking man suddenly smiled, but not the smile that Seigfried often shows, it was much more warmer and more loving, almost sleepy.
Unable to resist, she smiled back at him but it suddenly turned to shock when he took her by the hand and pulled her inside letting the door close by itself behind them sealing her into the room.
The man pulled her through the small path behind the aisles of chairs, over-looking the entire room.
The rooom itself was auditorium-like, the aisle of tables were in a slope towards the center stage below where a long white board stretched out on the wall and a teacher's rectagular wooden desk stood with all kinds of books and artifacts on it, e.g. a globe.
The rows of long interconnected tables were filled with students chattering away since the teacher was not yet present.
Besides the room change, everything else was just like high school, only high school was more... loud.
Alice looked in awe at the room for a moment as they ran to the end of the path, though she snapped out of it when she remembered she was being pulled by an unknown stranger with increadibly cute eyes.
They suddenly turned when they reached the end of the path and went down a flight of stairs, stopping when they reached the row 3 places from the last.
They were suddenly face to face with 2 more unknown students. One had black hair while the other had light brown. The black haired one sat on one of the chairs, his eyes mildly surprised, then the other sat on the table beside the man, his eyes surprised and questioning.
Before any of them could speak, the man that was with her spoke, "I've found Veronica, you two" he chirped merrily to them.
The two of them switched their gazes to Alice then back to the smiling boy.
The black haired man sighed, disapproving placing his delicately closed fist to his chin and closing his eyes. "You're mistaken, Matthew" he breath out, disappointed.
"That girl's obviously not Veronica. Veronica doesn't have long hair, you know" the light brown haired man scolded him crossing his arms over his chest.
Matthew looked at them thoughtfully, losing his smile than turned to Alice beside him, scrutinizing her appearance making her a bit uncomfortable. This followed with him lookinng in deep thought then turning back to her with a Eureka smile on his face.
"Oh yah. You're not Veronica at all" he pointed out as if stating the most obvious fact in the world. Though he suddenyl frowned, "Then who are you then?" he asked curiously as if trying to solve an unsolvable riddle.
She was bout to answer when the black haired man suddenly spoke, "I apologize for out friend's misbehaviour, miss. He'd accidentally taken you for someone else" he spoke apologetic but frustrated.
"It's quite alright, sir. Although if I'm not imposing, who is this Veronica?" she asked wondering.
"She's my maid whose suppose to bring us tea but it has almost been 20 minutes and she has still not appeared" the light brown haired one explained turning on the desk and setting his feet on the other side before circling the table to lean against it in front of her
"And since I'm not doing anything, I was told to find her" Matthew chirped in, excitedly.
"She must've gotten lost then. Does she know what room you are in?" she asked, hoping to aid them in fifnding Veronica.
"No" was teh light haired man's quick and short reply.
Alice paused for a moment in surprise but she hastily recovered, "Then how could she know where to deliver the tea?" she retorted, confused.
"She always manages to find us" he commented nonchalantly and she could not believe what she was hearing.
He lets his maid run around the entireity of the school without knowing where to go to deliver soemthing for him? He's just like that infuriating Robert!
"Well sir, I'm not very surprised your tea is a little late" she remarked feeling quite tired and wanting to move on, "Why not tell her waht room you are currently in to make the delivery much faster?" she suggested patiently
He seemed to think of it as an order, "And who are you, miss, to order me around?" he challenged, irritably
She shook her head, "Noone. I am just a mere person who is concernd with others. Please excuse me" she pardoned herself, sauntering up th stairs to find a seat before class started
"Wait just one moment, miss" the voice of the black haired one called her attention
She stopped in her tracks and turned to see him standing between her and the brown haired man. "Yes?"
What would they want with her now?
"Would you like to join us for a cup of tea?" he offered, smiling calmly
Alice was back to being confused
"But as he's said, Veronica has yet to arrive with your tea" she said glancing at the light brown haired man behind him who turned away grumbling when he met her gaze
he was tking it too much to heart
"I've grown quite tired of waiting and improvisation seems to be required as of this moment, no?" he explained easily
"What do you propose, sir?" she asked, not that she wanted to go but she wonders what his improvisation will be on this matter
Alice felt quite strange sitting there in the middle of nowhere in what seems to be a... tea party?
She sat on one of the many chairs surrounding the long table covered with a pinkish table cloth but only a small part of it had a numerous number of tea pots over it along with only 4 tea cups, hers and the others 3 with her
She was placed right at the very edge of the table while on either side of her was Matthew and the black haired man and the one with brown hair sitting beside the black
Alice glanced back down at her cup wondering how they had managed to set up this entire event so quickly, Matthew had only dragged her here excitedly as the other two had gone ahead of them after the black haired man called someone on his phone.
But she also wonders why they would set up a tea party in the middle of the forest of all places
The black haired man took his first sip of tea quietly then popped open his eyes as if remembering something, "Ah yes, we haven't introduced ourselves, haven't we?" he mentioned turning to Alice. "I am Hunter Madison" he said casually , his emerald eyes looking at hers and his seemingly black hair giving it more emphasis. Seemingly due to the fact that it was actually a really dark red when closely observed
"And he would be..." though mentioned person cut him off
"March. Just March" he said absently, not even drinking his tea but only spinning his index finger round and round on the cup's rim
Hunter nodded letting teh interjection pass, then turned to Matthew across him
"And you must already know Matthew" he went as they both gazed at Matthew's head on the table, his now empty cup in front of his face along with his hand beside it
He had merely drank down his cup for 5 seconds flat then was out cold the next second and before she got worried, they explained to her it was normal of him to fall asleep during tea time
She nodded and he continued speaking, "So what is your name, miss?" he asked lifting his cup to his lips and tilting it slowly to deposit the contents into his mouth
"Alice. Alice Fageon" she answered and Hunter suddenly stopped mid-sip while March looked at her, curiously. Matthew remained asleep
There was a second of silence, when Hunter suddenly took his lips from the cup and commented, "Such a nice name" before drinking his tea successfully
"Thank you" she said smiing at him warmly for the complement, though she did not fail to notice their odd second, she let it pass for now
He merely smiled without turning to her
Alice took another sip of her tea enjoying its creamy taste and texture as silence over took the table but she did not mind, she was enjoying the sound of the leaves rustling and the birds chirping around them; until a thought came to mind
Class
She'd forgotten that they just dragged her here, or Matthew mostly did, without even giving a thought that the teacher might arrive at any moment
Oh dear, she was going to be tardy and at the first class se will be attending for teh day. Her true first class ended with her being absent so, she had to make for it now
She turned to Hunter wondering, "Hunter, are you three not going to attend class?" she asked him
He put down his tea cup, "It seems not, but it's quite alright. Missing the first day is not te eend of the world" he commented lightly as if they were talking about the weather
Alice did not feel very assured
"Though what if they had done something important in class?" she questioned on
"It is the first day, Alice. Do not be so frightened" he smiled at her, finding this so amusing
She had the undoubted urge to punch him
In that moment, she knew these three were people who did not take life too seriously, since the other two did not seem to care along with Hunter who seems to be their leader
WIth that, Alice abruptly stood up making the other two at the table look up at her. "Please excuse me. But I think I'll take my chances with class" she announced to the two then headed out to the woods
It seems being late is the order of her day today
A/N: R&R please. 3 reviews would be nice too :3
