It was dark.
Lillian didn't want to go but she had nowhere to stay.
Hatter decided to take her back to her world. Five of Lillian's friends were waiting for her. She forgot they were coming over.
"LILLYYYY?" one girl called.
Lillian tripped and just about fell back into the rabbit hole.
"Hattaaa!"
Hatter turned around and dragged her back up.
"Here," he said as he helped her up and held her hand. "Don't let go, or you could get hurt again."
"There are no more holes..."
"Mhm."
Lillian smiled.
"Lillian!"
One girl named Fiona ran up.
"Lilly where...were...you..." she was looking at Hatter, who tipped his hat at her. "Who's that?" she whispered to Lillian.
"The Hatter..."
"Mr. Mad Hatter..."
"Or Squishy... long story."
Fiona looked at Lillian's hand. "So how long have you known each other?"
"Oh... um... just... uh just today..."
All the other girls caught up.
Hatter decided to stay for a while.
XXX
"Hey Squishy!" Lillian yelled.
"Hmm?"
"Bend and snap go!"
"Beeeeeeeend-" Hatter touched his toe "- and snap!" and came back up quickly and held his hands like a mouse.
"Hey why is his nickname Squishy?" Fiona said.
"Well I fell asleep when Lilly was trying on the dress and I had a weird dream. I was wandering through the forest and was doing my daily exercises of eating peanut butter and jam and picking the mushrooms when a giiiiant shoe came around- I soon realised that Lillian had eaten the wrong side of the mushroom and she had grown to the size of a house. Then the giant foot came down upon my head and I said-" Hatter held his arms up in front of his chest. "'AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!'... and she said- 'Quite squishy.' The end!"
XXX
Fiona picked up a pencil and started tapping it on the table like a drum.
"Do you play?" Hatter said.
"I play drum." Fiona said.
"I play guitar." Boss said. "I play piano." Lillian said. "I play trumpet." Caroline yelled from her room. She was looking for her video camera. She found it.
X
Caroline turned on the camera and walked over to them.
"Is it on already?"
Caroline nodded.
"Helloooo! These are all my little band girls. How I love them... come along." They all group hugged.
"Squishy." Caroline said.
"Yes I'm very squishy... AHHHH! Sometimes too squishy!"
Hatter turned to Lillian.
"Do you love me?"
"Hatta!" Lillian smiled.
"Oh of course you do! Who wouldn't love me!"
Hatter and her hugged for a couple minutes. Lillian's face was buried in the shoulder of the Hatter's jacket and Hatter chin was on her shoulder.
He whispered something into Lillian's ear that made her giggle.
She kissed him- not on the cheek.
They pulled back. Lillian grabbed his hand.
"I shall see you soon I'm sure." Hatter said.
Lillian smiled.
"Aww..." Fionna said.
The Hatter shuffled closer to her and they hugged again. Hatter's eyes were closed lightly and he was smiling.
Lillian still had her arms wrapped around Hatter's waist, he gestured to the other girls with one of his hands with the other he had around Lillian's waist. "And you all, see to- Stop it!" he pointed at one girl, who was giggling, and grinned. "See to that the queen doesn't hear about this."
"Hatter we'll miss you!" one of the girls said.
"Oh it will be fine." Hatter said.
He looked at Lillian.
"Yes..." he said.