By Mad Meg Askevron Alice in England Chapter Three Disclaimer: Fanfiction, hello? Summery: By some twist of fate, Alice wasn't born to the Seno family in Japan, but to the Alvina family of England. She meets her best friend, Chris, who knows something she doesn't. ::Time:: Place Later time

Chapter Three: Learning

Every afternoon the man named Kyo would come in, he would sit in a chair and Alice would instruct him in the Lotis. Alice felt for some reason, she knew him, deep in her heart, but she dismissed the feeling. Kyo would bring her class work and she would drill him while finishing her English homework.
In a week Alice was finally aloud to go home. They put her in a lighter cast and took out the rods in bandages around her ribs. She came to the hospital at least three times a week to have her leg checked and to exercise. Kyo still brought her homework and helped her if she had any trouble. It was just such a day three weeks later that he came home, a day that would change many things. "Alice! I'm home!" Kyo called from the door. He set her notes in her room and went into the kitchen where she was sitting on a stool with a back and a footstool. She was peeling apples and several neat rows of Jelly, and desserts, and food, stuff for lunch. She appeared to have been cooking all day. She was making apple lattice pie when he had come in. She smelled sweet, of sugar and cinnamon. He sat at a tabled and had a black berry muffin, and talked, told her about class and she told him about Lotis and life in England. He came to help her with the pie and reached over her to put it in the oven. When he turned, he found himself so close to Alice he could feel her breath and almost tasted the apples. She looked right into his eyes, he inched closer, but as when they were only a breath away Frey closed the door, and called out a welcome. When he came to the kitchen Kyo was eating a muffin and Alice checking a cookbook. "Alice? Are you all right, you face is red." He laid a hand against her forehead and looked worried. "It's nothing, I've just been in the kitchen all day." He finally noticed all the food and smiled wryly. "I can tell! Here let me help you." He scooped her up and took her into the sitting room where he brought her some tea. Kyo left for his room, claiming homework, though Alice knew, it was Saturday and they didn't give homework on Saturdays. Frey sat on the couch with her lying across his lap with her head rested against his chest. As she lay in the circle of his arms, it dawned on her.

'I don't love Frey, except as my brother. I have to tell him...'

"Frey..." Alice started. "Alice..." Alice looked up and smiled, "Alice, I know you don't love me, and I love you as a sister, nothing more and nothing less." Alice sighed and smiled at him with all of her heart. "I was afraid, I'd hurt you." A tear rolled down her cheek and Frey gently wiped it away with a long, elegant finger. "Now, don't cry, little bird. There is no reason to do so, I love you little sis. Just think of me as an older brother." She hugged him and sighed. Kyo had seen them but was unable to hear what the spoke about. He felt a pang in his heart, as if metal bands had clamped around it and squeezed all the life out of it. He felt hot tears creep down his cheeks and silently left the house. He had to be back in an hour to take Alice the hospital. She was to have her cast and bandages finally removed, and she'd have a hard time walking. Kyo sighed and rubbed his eyes. His longish black hair covered his mahogany eyes. His eyes softened at the memory of Alice the first time he saw her. He closed his eyes, he had learned that it was only in vain to try and push her image from his mind. Alice stepped out of the large, old-fashioned car. Her short hair had been pinned back and held with a black ribbon. Her sky blue skirts brushed her shins in and clothed her elegantly. Her sweet face hid a wry smile; she had to be the prettiest girl, or woman he'd ever seen. Yes more than Mayura. Mayura was a very beautiful woman, but she'd never hold the sweet, innocent yet wise beauty that surrounded Alice like a wool cloak.

He sighed and opened his eyes, and stared at the heavens. If you looked into his eyes you could see sparkling clouds and blue heavens reflected in mahogany. He ran long fingers though his hair and stood up. He went up to his room and changed into loose jeans of faded blue, and a green shirt that said, "Ghost in a Shell. CLAMP" He went down stairs and Alice was waiting. She sat in a chair with a book and beamed as he came in. She put her book in bag that Stewart had. She wore full forest green summer dress with cherry blossoms embroidered all across the skirt like pink, silk rain. He scooped her up and took her to the waiting car. Stewart would come back for them when Kyo called from his cell phone. Kyo carried her all the way to the fourth floor in the elevator and into the office. He set on a soft blue couch after settling her and opened his own book. They waited twenty minutes before the doctor had the time to check them. Just as he was about to take of the bandages, he had already removed the cast but the leg still needed to be washed, a harried nurse came in. The doctor took him out side the door and asked if Kyo could do it, and being the kind person he is Kyo reluctantly agreed. First Kyo washed down her leg carefully but as quickly as he could, being nervous about being so close. The worst was yet to come, when he gently dried off the leg and grabbed a pair of scissors, he turned and Alice raised her shirt, and he blushed at the sight of the edge of her bra, white with lacy green vines. (A/N yeah I know a doctor would never do that, unless it was family, but work with me!) He gently cut off the thick bandages. He realized as the bandage fell that on hand was in the middle of her upper back and his other hand had rested just on the edge of her bra. Kyo looked up and his eyes locked with her glowing sapphire eyes. Alice raised a hand to rest on the side of his face; the other ran its fingers through his silk hair. He leaned forward, and kissed her. Her lips still tasted of cinnamon and baked apples. Her lips were soft against his, and he rose off the stool and she wrapped her arms around his neck. He gently wrapped his arms around her waist and was careful of her leg. He set on the tabled next to her and stared into her eyes. They jumped apart as the doctor entered the room and pronounced that Kyo had done an excellent job, not knowing, or at least pretending that he didn't notice the redness of their faces or their messy hair. Alice stood and made it out the door with a bottle of medicine that would help strengthen her leg muscles. Her knees gave; but Kyo not only caught her, but the medicine too. She smiled up at him and he hovered over her. He had to help her into the car but she was doing remarkably well. Alice had already decided to go to school the next day.

Alice sat on the coverlet of her bed wearing a plain white nightgown with a slit sides up to mid-thigh. She was reading a book when there was a knock on her door. She slipped on a robe over her shoulders. Behind the door was a very shy Kyo. He wore black pajamas open at the neck. Alice waved him in and shut the door.
"What brings you, Kyo?" Alice asked as she sat at the foot of the bed with her arms over the footboard. Kyo was stretched out in a comfortable chair.
"I couldn't sleep, and I thought I might see if you were awake." Alice nodded and waited expectantly. Kyo looked away into the dark night filled with a blanket of star studded black velvet. "I dreamt of my family. I would normally live with my uncle and his wife. My mother died, she was beaten by my father who then drank himself to his death." Kyo said this coldly but anyone could tell it hurt. In a flash of white she was kneeling before him with her palms on one of his knees with her cheek on the other. He placed on hand on top of hers and the other stoked her hair.
"The only parents I knew died too. My father, Dyer, died in a fire he was a fireman. My mother Rue slowly pinned herself to death. Chris fought for the rights for my brother, Edmond, and I to stay with him. My real parents died before I even had the chance to them. See Kyo, we are of the same flock of doves. You will never be alone, never forget that." Kyo nodded, his voice too chocked with tears to trust his voice.
Alice rose to her feet and led him to the door; before he turned down the hall he kissed her before turning away. A small smiled played on Alice's lips as she returned to her bed. Yet again in the middle of the night there was a soft knock and there stood a fidgeting Kyo.
"I had a nightmare, can I sleep in here?" Alice nodded and slipped into her bed with Kyo across from her, he wrapped her slightly chilled body in his warmth and only pulled away when she was warm. That was what Alice thought proved true love and friendship. They woke in each other's arms, as the sun penetrated the gray of pre-dawn. Slowly Alice slipped away into her bathroom and changed for school. She put a burette in her hair and was finally done. She had heard the closing of a door the marked the departure of Kyo a few moments ago. She gave her soft hair one last check and slipped down to breakfast. She actually liked her uniform, even if the skirt was too short, she could live with it. She smiled and began her day.

End of Chapter Three THANK YOU!! For all of the reviews, here's the thank you list. Alice-1103 CBM Shinju no Hikari Propheticfae (For once!)