Chapter 4
Alice awoke with a feeling she had not known before. That feeling of course was most obviously true love, however one must excuse her ignorance considering how new all of this was to her.
As the sun danced into the room Alice smiled at the once elegant sofa now covered covered with bright multicolored patches. It reminded her of her heart, her heart had been like a beautiful blue sofa one made from strong rich mahogany, filled with the softest down ,and covered with the most precious hand embroidered blue silk ,and now it was covered in garish, gaudy bright patches, and yet to her it was even more beautiful than before.
It was as you might guess, the Hatter's couch the story was simple. Mirana had offered a room in her palace ,and Hatter had offered his sofa. Alice politely declined Mirana's offer as she didn't want to cause any inconvenience. Mirana smiled at Alice's partiality to the Hatter and said she wasn't offended at all. Had she not seen them passionately kiss one another however, her feelings would have been very hurt to be sure.
They started to do everything together, and as the months pasted by you hardly ever saw one without the other. They also shared many more secrets ,and many more kisses.
One particular day however, it was not so. Alice woke to find no Hatter. She inquired of course after him when joining her friends for tea including Iracebeth who had made peace with her former enemy. They all seemed to be keeping something from her. For instance when she asked about the whereabouts of her Tarrant, a deathly silence fell over the table. McTwisp dropped his scone and nervously thumbled to pick it up. Bayard looked at the queen ,and they shared a look. Mallymkun went into the teapot and Thackery whistled as if he was nervous. Then Tweedledee elbowed Tweedledum and started bickering.
" She doesn't know yet?"
" Of course she doesn't know yet! He hasn't asked her yet! "
" Boys!!!!! " Mirana intervened.
" Who hasn't asked me what? "
Even with further prodding it was to no avail it seemed the mouths of all her friends .
She was soon to find out who was going to ask her what.