A/N: A visit back to their first anniversary in the meadow. (Chapter 14 of "Marriage is Just an Adventure into Madness") You don't need to read it, but it will explain to you how they get to where they are. This one has been calling to me for a while now. This and 2 other challenges in my head. So much for this story being on hiatus…

Also, it's been forever since I've mentioned that I own nothing here. I think it's pretty obvious, but I don't want to offend the folks that actually own the Alice in Wonderland universe. I mean no harm. I just mean for Alice and Tarrant to get down every now and then. *eg*

Once Tarrant pushed me back onto the blanket, he began kissing me passionately. I couldn't believe we were about to do this … here.

"Hatter, are you sure we're alone here?"

He began to work his way down my neck and pushed the strap of my sundress off my shoulder.

"I'm absolutely sure, cricket. I've taken many precautions to make sure no one will be around for this. Besides …" He kissed my shoulder and then went over to the other side. He pushed the other strap down and pulled my dress down a bit, exposing my chest. "… I wouldn't want anyone but me to see your perfect body."

He kissed me again and began to caress me gently.

Tarrant sighed. "Yehr gorgeous. Simply amazin'."

"Darling, you realize you've now pinned my arms down."

"Nae, Ah dinnae realize tha'. But since yeh mentioned it … Ah think Ah like it." His eyes darkened instantly and he leaned down to take a breast into his mouth.

I arched my back at the fantastic sensations. I wanted to thread my hands into his wild hair, but the dress straps had me effectively trapped.

"Tarrant," I half-moaned, half-whined.

He smirked at me and only switched his mouth to the other side. But today, I wanted to take the lead a little.

"Hatter…" I whimpered.

"All right, luv." He pulled my dress down my body and tossed it to the side, leaving me only in my knickers and sandals.

Once my arms were free, I flipped us over so I was more on top.

"Alice?" he asked.

"My turn." I unfastened his pants and pulled them and his drawers down quickly, before he could protest.

"Alice!"

"Hush," I commanded as I took his length into my hand.

His head fell back and I knew I was winning. As I slid my hand up and down, his hands began to reach for me.

I used my other hand to swat his away.

"Ah, ah, ah! I didn't get to touch you, so you don't get to touch me."

He wanted to glare at me, but couldn't seem to muster it with what my hand was currently doing to him.

Suddenly I decided if I was going to play this game, I was going to take it all the way. I shimmied down his body and took a long lick at his hardness.

A string of Outlandish words came from him and I wasn't sure it was a phrase at all. Just random words was all his mind could produce.

Feeling quite empowered, I took him into my mouth and sucked ever so gently.

"Lass! Ah cannae take anymore! Ah have teh make love teh yeh and Ah have teh do it now."

I sucked even harder in protest and his head fell back again. I licked a bit and then Tarrant's control snapped. "Ah need teh have yeh now!" He grabbed my shoulders and pulled me up.

Tarrant rolled us back over and pulled my knickers down. His fingers danced around my core before plunging in.

"My sweet Alice, yeh're so wet," he murmured in my ear. "Tha's mah girl."

I moaned his name and his eyes darkened even more.

"Bonnie lass. Yehr so beautiful when yehr like this. So ready for meh. Makin' those little noises that just drive meh to the brink."

"Tarrant, please." I couldn't believe how he was taking things so slow. Each pump of his fingers pushed me closer to the edge, but I wanted him and I wanted him now.

"Wha' do yeh need, my luv?"

I grabbed the collar of his shirt, the only clothing he was wearing now, and kissed him hard. "I need you. Now!"

"In a moment, pet. But first…" His thumb began to make circles around my nub. I shattered almost instantly.

"Good God, Tarrant," I screamed.

I just started to come down from that, when he got a sinful look in his eyes. He quickly kissed his way down my body and took a long slow lick at my center. His mouth found the bundle of nerves and sucked hard as his fingers in me curled and moved.

I couldn't even get his name out as I screamed this time. He licked his lips and smiled at me.

"Ready?" he asked.

"I have been!" I replied breathlessly.

He entered me slowly. "Oh Alice. Sweet Alice. Champion Alice. Yeh feel so good," he whispered as he began to move.

I felt sure that this wouldn't last long, but Tarrant had other ideas. He stopped.

"Hatter?"

"Poppet, today is about yeh and Ah plan teh make this about yeh as well."

"But this is our anniversary. It should be about us."

"And 'tis. In case yeh dinnae notice, Ah'm here too." He moved just enough to make his point.

"Oh I noticed."

"Good. But yeh've done so much for meh that Ah want teh give yeh everything today. So Ah plan on breakin' mah record."

My eyes widened. His record was making me come 3 times during one lovemaking.

"Tarrant, I don't know if I can handle that."

"Well, let's find out."

He bent to kiss me again and then quickly moved to my pulse point. He thrust hard as he sucked on my neck. I could feel the sensations building already as he kept pushing in me. And as if that wasn't enough, his hand came up to my breast and circled my nipple. That was my undoing and I shattered once again.

"Three," he whispered with such a wicked tone to his voice.

I moaned my appreciation and was ready again almost immediately with his tone and the implication.

He began moving quickly, desperate for his own release after experiencing that with me.

We moved together and our names filled the meadow. One last suck to my pulse point and Tarrant broke his record, and he followed me over the edge.

As we lay there panting, I was ever so grateful for such a selfless man. He always was saying that he wanted to give me everything since I had done so much for him. Why couldn't he recognize all he did for me?

"I love you, Tarrant," I whispered, as I played with a strand of his hair.

"And I love you, dearheart."

"So, broke your record."

He propped his head up on his hand and looked so smug. "Yes. Yes I did. And I look forward to some day doing it again." His lopsided grin made my heart melt.

"You're amazing. I never imagined a life like this. I always dreaded marriage, for fear I would end up with some stuffy, unimaginative bore. But you, dear husband, are anything but."

"I can't thank you enough for allowing me to be your husband. It's an honor. And it means I get to do such wicked things to you," he said, waggling his bushy eyebrows at me.

"Naughty!" I said, laughing. "But I must say, Hatter, you have thoroughly worn me out. I think I'm ready for a nap."

I was only half-joking, but I didn't realize that my always prepared Hatter was ready for this too.

"We have time for that, beloved." He reached over behind the picnic basket and grabbed two pillows. I hadn't even noticed them.

We got dressed (despite his precautions, whatever they were, I didn't want to get caught sleeping nude), and cuddled up together.

"I love you, husband," I muttered as I already began to fall asleep.

"Alice, you are my life. And I love you, sweet wife."

"Have you made a rhyme?" I whispered.

He just giggled as sleep began to claim him as well.

A/N: Ok, it's a bit shorter than I would have liked, but I didn't need any set up since the chapter in the other story did that for me.

Also, for those of you playing along from the last chapter, the quote from the original script was: "You almost made me forget what I had sworn to do." Though, if we're being completely technical, the actual line was: "You could almost make me forget what I have sworn to do."

Gold stars to Ngoc Chau and ilovetarrant.