Authors note: Salutations! What's up? I think I'm doing pretty good updating now. Maybe that's just me though. Anyways, this is the newest addition, and it took me so long to write because I wasn't sure how Alice or Rayne would react. But after a lot of thought and trial and error, I came up with this. Enjoy!

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Mel Swirls!

Through my mother's rabbit hole

Chapter 12

I turned and stared at my mother. A smile played at her lips as she saw the happiness that was rolling off of me. I no lounger gave a shit about being proper. I didn't need it and I didn't want it. I wanted to be me. I wanted to be able to kiss Chessur in the pouring rain at a park. I wanted to be able to experience and live. But that didn't mean I wanted to be caught by my not-so-proper mother while doing it.

"Um…. I can explain." I tell her as I pull away from Chessur slightly. "Why would you ever have to do that?" She asked as she pretended to be innocent and like she didn't see it. I smiled and grabbed Chessur's hand before dragging him down the hall.

I pulled him into a corner and sat down. He sat down beside me and he smiled at me from beneath his bangs. I smiled back and feel a blush creeping on to my cheeks. "So do you want…?" I asked that and he nodded. He knew what I was asking. He knew exactly what I was talking about. "Rayne Hightopp, would you like to court me?" He asked in a mockingly serious tone. I had to laugh at how he was smiling like a crazy cat while trying to fake extreme proper. "Of course I would!" I said a little bit too loudly. He wrapped his arms around my waist and held me like that while he looked into my eyes. "I want to know how they can go from blue to gold." He said quietly as he softly brushed my cheek with his thumb.

I larger blush crept unto my cheeks and he smiled down at me before kissing my forehead. "I love you, Rayne Hightopp." He whispered and I nodded before pushing my forehead against his. "I love you too, Chessur Obayifo."

This is when I remembered that I was in pain and the pain actually caught up to me. I winced and his eyes widened in worry. "What's wrong?" he asked before looking at my arm/wrist. "I forgot! I'm sorry!" he said as he picked me up bridal style. He carried me in the gardens for a while.

We talked. He talked about Underland, his family, his hobbies, his style, why he smiled. I talked about Otherland, Alice, Tarrant, the stupid parties, perfect etiquette, my non-found hobbies and why I wanted to be the opposite of Tarrant and Alice.

When the sun started to set, he carried me bridal style into the dining room for diner. It was almost winter and the sun was starting to set earlier then usual. I thought about what Underland would look like in winter. I was guessing Mirana's castle would be almost the same, because you know, it's already completely white, or would a new layer or a different shade of white cover the castle?

"Rayne!" Alice and Chessur yelled at the same time to snap me out of my thought. I looked about them both and then I saw Tarrant, who looked at the floor guiltily. Did he blame himself for my odd moments? He did know that I really did mine the zoning out part of it, right?

"I'm fine. Don't worry about me, I would have come to eventually." I told them as I grabbed my teacup and sipped the warm liquid slowly. Savoring every flavor. Alice kept looking back from Tarrant to me and then she started smiling. "You both drink your tea the same!" she said excitedly. Chessur smiled, as he looked at me with a reassuring gaze. I smiled and nodded before putting the cup down and getting up from my seat. It was awkward and I wasn't going to deal with it any more. "Good Night. I'm going to bed." I told them as I walked out of the room. I could smell Chessur evaporating before he showed up right in front of me. "Why Rayne, has something upset you?" He asked and I sighed. Why'd he ask if he knew? That made no sense. Maybe I didn't want it to make sense. "Why, now that you let me think about it, dearest Chessur love, something really has." I told him dryly as I walked into my room and slammed the door.

I turned around, got dressed into a white nightgown before turning around and seeing Chessur sitting in cat form on my bed looking the other way. "You really couldn't have just waited for me to let you in again?" I asked him with impatience filling each word. I was tired. I really just wanted to sleep. "No. Obviously I could not." He told me as he watched me walk into bed.

I slipped under the covers and watched as Chessur curled up by my feet before drifting off to sleep.

~Dream~

A tall woman with black hair was looking down at me happily. She was wearing a long sleeveless black dress that showed a little bit too much of her chest. She was standing beside a tall man with vibrant blue hair. The mother's ears were pointed like Chessur's but the man had the same skin colour and face shape. But the mother's eyes were the same as Chessur's.

"So you are Rayne Hightopp. We've hurt much about you." The woman said as she held out her hand for me to take. I shook it before letting it drop back beside Chessur's side. "So what is it you 2 love birds have to tell me today?" The woman said again.

I turned towards Chessur's face and saw that the smile was almost completely wiped off. I noticed that neither of these adults had smiling faces. They were both frowning deeply…Chessur smiled like he did because both of his parents could not. I assumed that these were his parents. "Mother, Father, I would like your assistance." He told them very formally as he wrapped his arm around my waist carefully. "What is it, my boy?" asked Chessur's father. "Rayne is carrying my child, but we aren't married. Could you possibly help with making sure Rayne is ok?" He asked carefully to choose his words carefully. He was biting back on everything else he wanted to say.

Even in my dreams I was still panicking.

Authors note: so that was the newest addition. Thoughts? Did'ya like it? Hopefully! Please review!

Peace in!

Mel Swirls!