After a long day of Judo classes and picking up a few things at the store, Alice took it upon herself to take a nice, long shower. It was going on five o'clock and Alice was thinking of baking cookies. She decided to wait until Hatter came home to see if he'd want to learn and bake them with her. She gathered her hair up into a messy bun and took out a large bowl and the non-refrigerated ingredients, setting them on the counter. Not too long after, Hatter walked through the door to find Alice greeting him.

"Well, hey there, stranger! How was your day," Alice inquired, pulling Hatter into a tight embrace.

Hatter chuckled and replied jokingly, "Stranger? I'd hope I was much more than that to you, love. As for my day, it was busy as usual but met lots of new people!" Alice smiled at this.

"That's great! That's always a fun part of running a business. And, of course, you're no stranger! What would people think if I were kissing a complete stranger," Alice remarked while thinking back to her mother's reaction during their first kiss, laughing to herself. Hatter looked over at the various items on the counter.

"What's all this for," asked Hatter.

Alice bit her lip and replied, "Well, I was in the mood for baking cookies but I wanted to wait until you came home to see if maybe you wanted to learn and help? It'll be fun."

"Yea! Sounds fun, love," Hatter stated excitedly. Alice put the butter and sugar into the large mixing bowl and brought it over to the electric mixer and blended it until it was smooth.

"Hatter, could you grab an egg and the bottle of vanilla extract for me," Alice asked. Hatter nodded and brought over the requested ingredients. Hatter cracked the egg into the bowl as Alice took care of the extract and then she blended it all together. While Alice was pouring the flour into a measuring cup, she told Hatter how much of the baking powder and salt they needed so he could measure those out.

When both mixtures were blended together, it needed to refrigerate for an hour. So Alice and Hatter decided to clean up a bit while they waited. Noticing the splashes of batter on the counter, Alice took some on her finger and dabbed Hatter's nose with it, giggling.

"Oi! So that's how it's gonna be," Hatter exclaimed. He took some batter and dotted her nose with it as well. They were laughing and being silly together like two unsupervised kids. Alice drew a heart in the batter splashed on the counter with her index finger as Hatter came up from behind and wrapped his arms around her, setting his head on her shoulder. He turned his face to give her a light kiss on the cheek. Grabbing a napkin, Alice cleaned up the batter.

After an hour had passed, Alice let the dough warm up to room temperature. After the dough warmed up, Hatter pre-heated the oven. Alice rolled the dough out on the counter and brought out her cookie cutters. There were shapes of pumpkins, bats, cats and ghosts for Halloween.

"These are for Halloween, yea," Hatter asked.

"Yep but there's another set we're gonna use too. I've had these for a while and I think you might like them," Alice smirked. As she laid out the other set of cookie cutters, Hatter noticed they were all Wonderland themed. There was a drink me bottle, a circular shape with curved edges that said 'eat me', a teapot shape that stated 'we're all mad here' and a hat shape with a 10/6 on it. Hatter looked at each one curiously and smiled.

"Nothin' like having cookies that remind ya of home," Hatter chimed.

Alice laughed, "Well, I thought you might like them. I admit, I always loved making Wonderland cookies as a child." Hatter and Alice cut the dough into the various shapes they had available. Once finished, she placed the cookies on a baking sheet and placed them in the oven. A few minutes later, she took them out to cool. After the cookies were cooled down, Alice and Hatter decorated them with various frostings and sprinkles. Half of the dozen were Halloween themed and the other half, Wonderland. They each took a cookie to eat and enjoy.

"Of course, you'd go for the Mad Hatter's hat," Alice snorted, jokingly. Hatter just rolled his eyes.

"Hatter's gonna hat, Alice," he stated.

"It's haters gonna hate, Hatter," Alice giggled uncontrollably, tears coming from her eyes. Hatter shrugged and continued eating. There they sat, in the aftermath of their cookie baking bliss, laughing together.


Author's Note: Thanks so much to my reviewers, JillJones123 and PrimevalAngel! Y'all are so sweet! As always, a thanks to my bestie, Julia (AlwaysHopelessRomantic95), for being my proofreader! What did y'all think of Halice baking cookies together? Cute or Super Cute? xD