It's been awhile since I did an Alice chapter. Thank you for reviewing. I slept till noon today, but now I am back on the schedule. Oh and I checked the dates on which Jolie and Rick left. They left on Saturday if you are confused. Just re-read chapter three and you can see that Alice was with Raven for two days.

Alice

We stayed on the bus and paid our fair when we left.

We had quite a walk to go before we reached our house though.

We had skipped lunch and both of us were hungry.

Raven was deep in thought and quiet.

We were just about two blocks away when she spoke.

"Alice… do you think they will try and find us again?"

I sincerely hope not.

"Nah, they were probably some die hard boy scouts trying to sell popcorn."

She didn't look convinced.

"But they asked for you specifically."

I thought a second before answering.

"Maybe someone won a contest and thought I was the winner?" I said grasping at straws.

"Alice…"Raven said.

"Okay, I really don't know, but it's not like they no where we live." I replied as we turned the corner.

I stopped dead.

There on our porch were the two grinning idiots.

I cursed.

Then I realized who I was with.

Raven up at me with an admonishing look.

"Don't tell Jolie." I begged.

Then she looked up again and saw the two boys too.

I was mad.

I marched up to them with Raven and tow.

"Alice, we thought we had the right hous-"

I interrupted him.

"Look, I don't know who you think you are but you need to leave or I swear I will call the police."

I waited for my words to take effect.

They didn't leave like expected.

Instead they looked very grave.

"She doesn't remember us." Said the kid who had the freakishly huge smile.

The other kid looked sad too.

"Alice, it's me, Hatter. Don't you remember me?"

I studied him.

"Nope, I have never seen you before. Your name is Hatter?"

"Yes." He said dejectedly. "And this is Chess."

Then they went off to the side of the porch and started conferring to each other.

I looked at Raven.

She shrugged and looked back at me.

I handed her my cellphone.

I decided to cut there talking short and kick them off.

I heard a snippet of their conversation.

"—through a rabbit hole and save wonderland."

I went right up to Chess and tapped him on the shoulder.

"I am going to give you ten seconds to get off of the porch before I call the cops."

I pointed at Raven for affect.

The looked at Raven and laughed.

"You're going to call something called cops with a metal box? Said Hatter.

Did just crawl out from under a rock?

"Five." I said simply.

They didn't move.

"Four."

Chess started to speak.

"Wait, before you call your friend "the cops" can we explain ourselves first."

I looked at Raven.

She shrugged again.

I thought it over.

Wait, when did Jolie say she was getting home?

Crap.

"No."

"Come back Tuesday night, and I'll think about it."

They looked at me blankly.

"Today is Sunday."

They still looked puzzled.

"Come back in two days when the sun sets."

Did I really have to spell it out for them?

Tuesday was a good time because Jolie had her book club and Rick was meeting a customer with an addiction to only speak in sonnets.

You meet a lot of strange people when you're a physiatrist.

"GO!" I told them.

Hatter was about to say something but the Chess kid stopped him.

"Thank you, we will see you in two days. "He pulled Hatter off of our property and down the road.

I led Raven inside.

I started fixing Linner, because we had totally skipped lunch and it wasn't time for dinner.

In five minutes I made two ham sandwiches and sat down with Raven.

"What are we going to tell Rick and Jolie?" She asked.

I opened my mouth then closed it.

"We aren't going to tell them anything." I decided.

"Just say you had a nice time at the park and everything has been normal. I don't know if Jolie and Rick would like me meeting them again."

Raven interrupted my rambling.

"I think we should tell them because they followed us home."

I shook my head begging her not to.

"Raven please, let me deal with them and then we will never hear from them again."

She still looked undecided.

Just then I heard Jolie and Rick's car pull up.

Perfect timing Jolie. I thought sarcastically.

Raven got up.

"Please Raven." I begged.

The door opened.

"Hey guys, did you have fun this weekend?"

All eyes were on Raven.

Please. Please. Please.

" Umm."

Please. Please. Please.

"Umm. Yes. It was tons of fun. Alice took me to the park and we also played Barbie's."

Thank God.

Raven kept telling them how great it was and I used that as a chance to escape to my room.

I had to plan for Tuesday.