"Alice, can I talk to you for a little bit?"

"Sure, come on in," she said calmly. She decided, she'd forget all about that dream and just talk with her sister. She didn't need to remember, for it would only mess up her head even more then it was, causing unnecessary things to happen to her, which she didn't need.

Her sister came in with a bright smile on her face, holding a glass of water in one hand. "Alice, are you feeling any better today?" she asked, sitting on the edge of the bed beside her sister, who was also sitting at the edge of her bed.

She glanced over to the window where the morning sunlight was seeping through her curtains. "I'm all better," she said cheerfully and reassuringly, knowing how much worry she must have caused her sister.

"That's good." She gently stroked her sister's head, warmly smiling down at her.

"Is that what you wanted to talk about?" she asked, looking innocently up at her sister.

"Ah, what I wanted to talk about. Yes. Well, you see, Alice, I wanted to talk to you about something important." She handed her sister a glass of water that was in her hand. "Drink up."

"What is it?" she asked, taking a sip of the water her sister gave her.

"Are you in love?"

The water that had previously been in her mouth, before her sister's comment, was now all over the place as it came out of her mouth. "W-what?" she yelled, her face bright red in embarrassment. There was no way in the world she was in love with someone! The only people she had meet was everyone in Wonderland. No, there was no way she was in love with someone from Wonderland. No, no,no,no, no!

"Well, it's just that last night, you muttered in your sleep 'I won't leave you,' with a shy expression on your face. Of course, your face was bright red from your cold, but it got even redder as you said that. So, I just assumed that you were in love with someone."

Alice looked bewildered at her sister. She had said that? When? There was no memory of her doing that... "It couldn't have been …. when I passed out?" She didn't remember anything from that time. Ace, Julius, Nightmare, or even … Peter could have been there. Speaking of Nightmare, he was acting a bit strange. Was it him? Thinking about herself saying something like that to Nightmare made her blush.

"Oh, so it's true!" she exclaimed, happy for her sister.

"N-no! Not … n-not true! I don't...love anyone." But, while she was saying this, one image of someone kept popping into her head, causing a slight blush on her face. "J-Just let me sleep!" she yelled, pulling the covers over her head. She closed her eyes and heard her sister laugh before leaving ...

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It wasn't coming. She couldn't sleep. Thinking back, she'd done a lot of sleeping recently. But, she needed to talk to Nightmare, or even Ace, as long as it was someone. She tightly shut her eyes, pleading someone drag her in Nightmare's dreamworld. Then she heard her name being called …

...

"Alice, hey!" rang Ace's voice, as she felt him catch her.

She opened her eyes after she heard the man's voice. Indeed, he caught her, seeing as she was being cradled in his arms, like a princess. "W-what?" she asked, confused at how she even got there.

He let go of the girl, helping her onto her feet. "Are you still sick? Last time you were here, you feel asleep on me." She got stiff. "Alice," he looked down at her with a confused smile on, "are you okay?"

She couldn't talk. Her sister's voice rang in her head, over and over again. I won't leave you. I won't leave you. "I won't leave you," she muttered, not aware of what she was saying.

His face brightened. "You said the same thing last time too! But! You went to see Nightmare, didn't you? I wanted to see you so badly too!" he complained to the girl, who stopped even paying attention after the first eight words.

She gulped, preparing herself for what might lye ahead. "A-Ace," she began slowly, "I don't remember what happened last time you were here with me. C-can you tell me exactly what happened." She was scared to hear what he was going to say, to hear her real feelings.

He smiled down at the girl, cold eyes piercing her's. "You were sick when you came here. I found you lying on the floor, so I picked you up. When you finally woke up, you looked out of it. But, you said my name and hugged me."

Without noticing, her hand reached out and squeezed the man's hand. "W-what happened next?"

His smiled widened, turning into that of an amused one. "Do you really want to know, Alice?" She nodded her head. "Then, what will you do for it? I don't just give out important information for free, you know?"