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" Why her?"

Those were the first two words that popped out of Natalie's lips after she had her good cry on Jervis's shoulder for a good five minutes. Jervis looked up and gave her a confused expression.

" I beg your pardon my dear" he questioned.

" I said why her...why Alice?" at this point Jervis's face dropped...he knew that topic would eventually come up sooner or later but since it was his new girlfriend that had asked the question he was willing to answer it for her with good humble honesty.

Girlfriend...it sounded nice in Jervis's head, the idea of having one was something new to him and it was exciting to experience a romantic relationship with a young lady that was an ideal match for him in all his life he had never experienced something as...frabjous.

" *Sigh* To be honest my dear...I often wondered the same thing" Natalie put her notepad and pen away in the drawer she wasn't going to record anything that Jervis was going to say...this was going to be between her and her boyfriend

Boyfriend...that too also sounded nice in Natalie's mind, she liked how it just slipped of the tongue in a perfect manner and how it made her feel...loved.

" Why did you put your notepad away my dear?" her new boyfriend asked with another curious expression upon his face.

" Because this is between me and your Jervis...I don't care of how much trouble I get in I'm not letting those nosy doctor's get this information, it's none of their business... and to be honest it's none of mine...but your my boyfriend and I want to support you through your troubles and I want to help you" at that point Jervis looked at her with a twinkle in his eye, his first girlfriend that he probably have in his entire world wanted to support him through all the troubles...he must have been dreaming.

" I...I..I..Thank you my dear" he softly whispers and tears gently leak from his face, Natalie gently smiles and hands him her white silk handkerchief to wipe his eyes.

When the handkerchief touched his eyes a blush surrounded his cheek as the soft fabric felt perfect across his skin, the tears were gone quickly but he kept the handkerchief by his cheek.

" As I was saying I often wondered why I went after Alice myself" he spoke up and clutched onto the handkerchief tight in his gloved hand.

" Before Alice...it's. It's hard to imagine there being a time before Alice, these days, but there was. A comfortable existence in a world of research and meetings and data...but I knew even then that I wasn't the same...that I could not be the same. There was the world around me ...and there was me...There was no coalescence but we could abide one another... for the time being." Natalie sat there with sympathy as she listened to Jervis speak.

" Then time passed... promotions were gained...the research continued...and nothing mattered after that...it was just another day another new task...another new secretary" he said in a miserable tone and Natalie could understand why nothing else mattered... she too had to continue another day...another task.

" But she wasn't just a new secretary was she Jervis?" she asked him giving him a raised eyebrow knowing exactly how he was going to respond with this question.

" No... No your right...this wasn't not just another secretary Doctor Tithling... The day I met Alice...that was the day the world ended" Natalie widened her eyes but then she started to wonder...did he still have feelings for Miss Pleasance

" Do you still have feelings for her?" she asks in a slightly serious tone, Tetch looked up again at his girlfriend and he started to look up worried...he liked Alice...but he was in a proper relationship with this wonderful woman who complete understood him more than any other person did.

" No Doctor Tithling...I have moved on with my life now, and I plan to keep it that way Miss Pleasance is out of the picture, dusted away and thrown out the door to blow with the wind...from now on my dear Natalie...you are all that matters to me now" Natalie's jaw dropped when he said those last words...she actually meant something to him...she felt like she could do a little weep of joy.

At that point Jervis reached out to place his hand upon her delicate little one, she gave him direct eye contact and joined his hand with her hand giving it a gentle loving squeeze caressing the silk fabric of his pristine white gloves.

" I don't deserve someone like you Jervis...I really don't" Jervis widened his eyes and kisses her hand.

" Don't ever say that dear Natalie...you deserve true love and happiness it is I that does not deserve you for I am..." He stops at midsentence and lowers his head at that point Natalie looked confused.

" Your what my love?" she asked

"...I'm a monster Doctor Tithling...A heartless jabberwocky that should be stabbed with a vorpal blade that goes snicker snack...left for dead" Natalie put a finger on his lips to quiet him and then pecks his lips.

" Jervis...don't ever say that you are a monster or a jabberwocky...you are neither of those things, yes you did something that people would think a disgrace...but that doesn't mean your a monster...and as for the left for dead thing...I will not let anyone hurt you...or you harm yourself because their are people out there that care for you...me, Jonathan Crane, Alice Pleasance, Doctor Lealand...even the Batman, they all want to be their for you and care about your safety" She then goes over to him after checking nobody was at the door and sits in his lap kissing his cold cheek.

Jervis's frown turned upside down and he sighs happily enjoying her warm lips touching his freezing cold skin, he had been in the cold medical room for days and he missed the feeling of warm loving skin contact...it had been a long while since anybody kissed his cheek.

" I appreciate your loving words dear Natalie...I think your the only person who understands me" Natalie just smiled and gently rubs her nose on his giggling, Jervis gently rubbed his nose on her cute little one enjoying every second of her contact, her arms wrapped around his neck, her nose touching his, the sound of her giggling attracting his ears and making them melt like warm butter, her backside pressed on his lap...in fact her backside was pressed right by his crotch.

He awkwardly blushed and got the dirty thoughts out of his head and focused on her face than the lower parts of her body trying to avoid eye contact with her nicely sized breasts and avoiding the temptation of looking up her skirt.

" Awww your blush is ever so adorable Jervis...you look just like a school girl who has a big crush on someone" she gently teases and Jervis looks up embarrassed.

" Oh please my dear do not compare me to young ladies in an educational environment" Natalie couldn't help but laugh quietly at Jervis's choice in words.

" Tell me dear what was school like for you...were there any crushes?" she cheekily grins and Jervis's face goes bright red in embarrassment he had never seen this teasing side of her...but he was starting to like it.

" School was...tolerable the material moved a little too slowly for my tastes, but it was a place of learning, so I suppose I enjoyed it well enough" he plainly said the blush disappeared off his face. " As for...interests no there were not any interests...at the time I never found girls appealing in the ways the other gentlemen in my class did...and before you ask no I did not find the gentlemen in my class interesting in the same fashion."

Tithling sat there comfortably in his lap listening again carefully to what her beloved boyfriend has to say.

" I simply didn't see any attraction. As far as I was concerned, romantic infatuation was a vulgar, childish past time designed to hurt any players foolish enough to partake in it." he states.

" You make it sound that romance is a game my love" Natalie said giving him another raised eyebrow.

" At the time I thought it was a game...while I was growing up I understood that romance was so much more than just a simple game...Romance was a meaning of life...pleasure but most of all it was something to cherish for the rest of my life...and now that I am found it...I promise to cherish our love for the rest of my life" this was another teary moment for dear Natalie as she wiped away growing tears from her eyes.

But then there was a knock on the door and she quickly got out of Jervis's lap and back to office seat before anybody noticed, then the guards came in and Natalie felt sat that their time was up she wanted to know so much more about her first boyfriend and what he thought about life in general...but unfortunately they had to be separated until the next therapy session.

" Thank you for a wonderful session Doctor Tithling" he gently said as the guards put his handcuffs back on.

" It was my pleasure Mr Tetch I will see you in our next session at the usual time" she gently said back and watched as her beloved was escorted back into his cell. When the door closed she sighed and flopped onto the sofa in the room hugging her patient's file smiling...she was enjoy not being single...and having an insane boyfriend.