Chapter 7:Returning Home

Several days passed slowly for Hatter and Alice as the awaited the reopening of the Looking-Glass. The Queen of Hearts had been decapitated by their combined efforts and Wonderland was a free land now. There was no threats besides an angry duchess.

"When do you think Jack will let us leave? I'm sure my mother is worried sick about us." Alice stated for the fourteenth time as she paced the hall where they waited.

"Alice, sweetheart, come sit down. I'm sure we'll be able to leave soon. Jack has to get the ring from the duchess and well… she isn't cooperating." Hatter said, motioning for Alice to sit next to him on the soft sofa. She did and Hatter wrapped his arms around her.

"To think, it's been a week and when we get back we're setting our wedding date for a month or less from now." Alice smiled. Since the battle ended, Hatter had only seen the ghost of her smile, it pleased him to see it once more.

"There it is." He said, smiling now as well. Alice looked confused as he said this.

"Your smile." He kissed her gently. The began to deepen the kiss when Jack entered.

"Mhmm." He cleared his throat. "Are we ready to go?" Jack said in a slightly envious tone. Alice nodded and stood with Hatter to head to the mirror.


"Remember to breathe." The man in the white lab coat told them as he pushed Alice and Hatter through the reflective surface.

"Ow." Hatter moaned as he hit the hard cement of the ally. He repositioned himself just quickly enough so that Alice landed on him and not the pavement.

"OW!" he yelped.

"Sorry." Alice said, quickly getting up and giving him a hand.

"It's okay." He smiled. He had suffered worse than that for her. "How long do you think we were away?"

"The sun is rising so I guess a few hours." Alice said, trying to figure it out for herself.

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"Alice! David!" Carol yelled as the couple walked into their living room. They noted the cop and detective standing in the kitchen. "Where have you been. You've been gone for three days!" Carol embraced her daughter tightly.

"It's a long story mom." Alice said, breaking her mother's grasp. She took Hatter's hand.

"A long story." Hatter chuckled slightly.

"You two didn't elope, did you? Ah, you did. Why? The planning was going so well!" Carol bombarded them with her suspicions.

"Carol, no. We didn't elope. There was… some business that we had to take care of." Hatter said, not giving her any real detail.

"We're sorry we didn't say anything mom. We have some good news though." Alice smiled. "We decided on the date!" she was quite excited for this as was Carol.

"Really?" Carol asked giddily and surprised by the sudden decision. From last she knew they were still deciding color schemes and everything else. "What's the date then? Two more years?"

"Three weeks." Hatter said, a smile spreading in a way that the Cheshire cat would be jealous.

Carol fainted as she realized they were serious.

"Mom!"

AN: Hey readers! Only one more chapter left and I think it's the one we've all been waiting for! Sorry for the shortness here but I really needed things to move a bit quickly since there wasn't to much going on at this point. Please Review!

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