Chapter 11

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Alice POV

The next morning I woke up late. I got up and wanted to feel familiarity, so I dressed in the clothes I came in. My shirt didn't survive, so I just put on a tank top under my red hoodie, my black pants, and I put on my sneakers that I found under the bed. I strapped the guitar on my back. I walked outside and closed the door behind me. I walked to the dining room and saw Ciel was already there. With Elizabeth. I wasn't in the mood for anything so I just sat down. Sebastian brought me a plate of pancakes.

"Thank you." I told him quietly. He nodded and had a concerned look in his eyes, but his face was emotionless. I started to eat my pancakes.

"So, Alice, I see you're still cross dressing." Elizabeth told me. I ignored her and continued to eat. "Oh, it's alright. Everyone has their own likes and dislikes." She said in a mock sweet voice. I ate a little faster. "It's just too bad though, that you'll never be a real lady." I tried my best to ignore her, but I was at my wits end. "You know, you can dress up in the finest dresses, but dressing up a rag doll doesn't make it a porcelain one." I finished and stood up abruptly. I didn't look at anyone.

"Thank you, but I'm leaving." I said. I stormed out of the room. I went outside and pulled my hood up, then I started running. I jumped in a tree and started running in the direction of where Alois' mansion is. I ran and ran until his mansion came into view. I was panting, I must be out of practice. I walked to the door and knocked. Claude opened it.

"Yes?" He asked. I pulled my hood down.

"Hello Claude." I told him smiling.

"Hello Miss Alice." He said leading me inside.

"Is Alois in?" I asked as I walked into the house.

"Yes, he's in the garden." Claude said as he led me outside. Alois was siting at at table and Hannah was bringing him some tea.

"Hello Alois!" I called happily. He looked up and smiled widely at me. He stood up which made the hot tea spill onto Hannah's hand, but he ignored her whimper.

"Hello Allie!" He yelled as he ran at me. He wrapped me in his arms and I giggled. He took my hand and led me to where Hannah was cleaning the spilled tea. There was a red mark on her hand where the hot tea burned her. I looked up at her.

"Are you alright?" I asked her. She looked a bit surprised but nodded with a small smile. She took the broken tea cup and the dirty rag away. I sat down next to Alois.

"This is how I remember you." He told me smiling. I nodded and smiled back. I grabbed my guitar and placed it on my lap. I plucked a note.

"Would you like me to play something?" I asked him. He grinned widely.

"Sure!" I smiled and began to play a few more notes. Pretty soon I was playing a song and swaying with the gentle music. Suddenly, the smile slipped off his face and his eyes seemed to harden. "Stop." He said. I looked up but didn't stop.

"Huh?" he covered his ears with his hands.

"Stop it!" He yelled at me. I stopped and just stared at him.

"Are you alright?" I asked him. He slowly took his hands away from his ears.

"I'm fine." He said. I nodded. "That song is very slow and boring. Don't play it again."

"M'kay." I said and strapped on my guitar again. Hannah came again with some more tea. She put it down with out looking at us. "Thank you Hannah." I said smiling as I grabbed a tea cup. She nodded smiling, still without looking at us.

Ciel POV

"Thank you, but I'm leaving." Alice said not looking at any of us. She stormed out of the room. I went to the window and saw her run into the forest with her hood up. I turned to Elizabeth.

"Elizabeth! Why do you continue to say mean things to Alice!?" I yelled at her. She stood up and crossed her arms.

"Because, she clearly has an interest in you. I won't allow her to take my fiancée from me." She said.

"So you do it all out of jealousy!?" I exclaimed.

"No jealousy, caution." She said stomping her foot. I shook my head.

"That's still no reason to say such awful things to her!"

"Then what do you propose I do Ciel!? Do you want me to talk to her nicely like we're the best of friends and have tea parties with her?" She asked sarcastically.

"Actually, yes. That would be nice. Invite her to a tea party and talk to her." I said and began to walk out.

"Ciel!" She whined. I turned to look at her.

"Elizabeth! Stop whining! Now, go and organize a tea party." I said the last part smirking. She had an indignant look on her face and just looked away huffing. I walked into my study and saw Sebastian was already there. "Where did Alice go?" I asked him.

"If my eyes aren't lying, she was going in the direction of the Trancy Mansion." I slammed my fist onto my desk. Dammit.

Alice POV

"So you're Thompson." I said to the triplet with his bangs to the right. "You're Timber." I said to the triplet with his bangs on his forehead. "And you're Canterbury." I said to the triplet with his bangs to the left. They nodded smiling.

"That's right Miss!" They cheered happily and I giggled. Alois had gone to bed because he said he had a headache, and I didn't want to go home just yet. I was in the living room, sitting on a couch with the triplets in front of me. Hannah was cleaning and Claude was watching over Alois.

"So, you guys are demons too, huh?" They looked surprised.

"How did you know?" They asked.

"I've been living with Ciel Phantomhive for some time now." I said smiling. Their eyes were searching me.

"But there's something else. You're different." They said. I tilted my head to the side.

"How so?" I asked them.

"Your soul. It's different. It has a different feel, it doesn't appeal to us." They said curiously. "Almost like...reaper." They concluded.

"Well, I am part reaper." I said. Their eyes widened. "I'm half. My father is a reaper and my mother was a mortal woman."

"What will you choose to be?" They asked as Thompson and Canterbury sat on either side of me and Timer sat in a chair in font of me.

"I don't know." I mumbled. I got up. I saw a clock, it was about five in the afternoon. "I should be leaving now. Please tell Alois I'll come see him again soon." They nodded. They stood up and bowed.

"Please have a safe trip home Mistress Alice." They said in sync. I nodded smiling.

"I will. Please enjoy the rest of your evening." I said as I stepped out.

"Please do the same!" They called as they waved. I smiled and pulled my hood up. I began running through the trees again. I ended up back at Ciel's mansion in no time. I walked in and saw Sebastian.

"Hello Sebastian." I said smiling as I pulled my hood down and shook out my hair.

"Miss Alice, my young master has been worried." He said as he walked to me.

"He has? I'm sorry." I said looking up at him with big eyes. He nodded.

"Lady Elizabeth has organized a tea party. The theme is 'Alice in Wonderland'. She already said she would be The Queen of Hearts." I sighed. I guess she's trying to impress him by being the Queen.

"It would be a bad pun if I was Alice, wouldn't it?" He nodded. I sighed again. "Do I HAVE to go?" I asked him. He nodded.

"She invited you and my young master wants you two ladies to get along."

"Fine, I'll go. What should I go as?" I asked him.

"We'll, Lady Elizabeth already said she'd be the Queen of Hearts. And my young master said he would be the Mad Hatter."

"Hmm, how about I be the Cheshire Cat?" I asked him. He nodded.

"I think that would suit you." He said smiling. I nodded.

"When is the tea party?" I asked him.

"Next Saturday." Hmm, I have one week.

"I guess I'll have to start on my costume." I said and walked upstairs. I can't wait till the tea party. I sat cross legged on my bed and began to sketch what I would wear. About half an hour later, there was a knock on my door.

"Miss Alice? We have guests." I nodded and walked out. I went downstairs and saw a Chinese man with a smaller Chinese doll-like woman sitting on his lap wearing a skimpy outfit.

"Ahh, is this her?" He asked Ciel. Ciel nodded.

"Alice, this is Lau and his sister (though not by blood) Ran-Mao." I nodded and shook his hand.

"My name is Alice." He kissed my hand.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." He said smiling. I reached for Ran-Mao's hand too.

"Hello." I said smiling. She took my hand and gave it a little shake. She nodded her head forward once.

"Ran-Mao? Do you want to play with her?" Lau asked her. She nodded and stood up off his lap. "Well, have fun." He said. She nodded and began walking away. I followed her. We went into a room and she closed the door behind her. She grabbed a bag out of nowhere and had a weird glint in her eyes.

"Um, what's in the bag?" I asked her. She responded by pouncing on me.

Ciel POV

Ran-Mao left with Alice. I wonder what they're gonna do? I sat across from Lau and began to discuss business with him. Suddenly, I could hear Alice cry out.

"No! Not that! Hey! Don't touch me there! Stop!" She was shouting. I looked in their direction in alarm.

"Don't worry, she'll be fine. Ran-Mao is just excited because she hasn't played with another girl in a long time." I looked at him.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, they'll be out here in no time." Just as he said that, you could see Ran-Mao walking toward us when she suddenly stopped and looked back. It looked like she was grabbing someone's hands and trying to drag them forward.

"Ran-Mao! I don't want to go out looking like this!" Alice exclaimed as she came into view blushing like crazy. She was wearing an outfit similar to Ran-Mao's, but where Ran-Mao's was dark blue then light blue, Alice's was dark red then a lighter red. The skirt part ended just below her butt and still had a slit on each side going up that ended at her hip. Instead of black butterfly designs, it had black lady bug designs. The cloth that tied around her waist was also black and held with a white string. The jacket was blood red and had black outlining. She had black long socks that went to mid thigh and black shoes with small heels. She also had ankle bracelets. Her hair was up in high twin pigtails so it ended at her hips. She still had her guitar strapped to her back. "This is so inappropriate." She muttered as she blushed darker when she noticed us staring at her. Lau stood up and approached her.

"My my, don't you look good?" He said as he walked around her and inspected every angle. "How would you like to see Ran-Mao more often?" He asked her.

"Um, I don't know." She said. Her face was almost as red as her hair. He grabbed her chin and tilted her head up.

"No need to be embarrassed." He said. Her blush slowly disappeared and her face was her natural pale color. "There you go." He said and sat back down.

Alice POV

Ran-Mao went and sat in his lap again. I just kinda stood there awkwardly.

"Can I change back now?" I asked. Lau shook his head.

"Why bother, you look better like that than with your other clothes." He told me smiling. I blushed and sat down on the couch next to Ciel's arm chair. Ran-Mao go up and sat next to me. We both crossed our legs in the same direction. "You both look nice together. Like fire and ice." We looked at each other and I smiled. Her face remained emotionless, but an emotion flashed in her big eyes. I think it was...happiness. I smiled brighter and reached over to hug her. She wrapped her arms around me.

"You know, it might not be so bad to dress like this once in a while and go out together." She nodded. I leaned my head up to look at her at the same time she did. Our faces were so close together, our noses were touching. I stared into her eyes and she did the same to me.

"Aw! Look! They're so close now!" Lau said excitedly. We let go and went back to sitting normally. Ciel was blushing and Lau looked excited and happy. They were talking while Ran-Mao and I just sat there in comfortable silence. I looked at her. She was a bit shorter than me, kinda petite an doll-looking. When they finished with their discussion, Ciel and I walked them to the door.

"Is it okay if I give this back later?" I asked her. She shook her head.

"Keep it." She said. My eyes widened. Her voice was monotone, but so beautiful. I reached forward and kissed her cheek.

"Thank you. We should meet up and hang out some time." She nodded and they left. We walked back inside.

"Um, Alice?" Ciel asked. I turned around.

"Yes?"

"Um, you looked really...close and comfortable around Ran-Mao. Any reason in particular?" He asked looking really uncomfortable.

"Well, she's really beautiful. And sometimes, I have sexual tendencies toward people of the same sex." His jaw dropped open. "I guess I get that from dad." I shrugged nonchalantly and started walking upstairs and to my room. I needed to see how I would be able to make my costume.

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