Their 'Little' Problem
"Oh, crap!" she murmured. She remembered the broken glass of innocence… Alice must have drunken it. So this is what would happen if you drunk too much. Poor Alice.
"Well, I don't know if we can find you Daddy yet… but how would you like to meet the King?" Alice smiled and bobber her adorable three years old head.
Quickly she hurried up to her room where she found Jack sitting on the bed rubbing his temples.
"Headache?" she asked. He nodded in reply.
"I can see why my mother chose the easy way out. There are so many problems at the moment!"
"Well, we have one more little problem," she said putting Alice on the ground. "That's him," she whispered. Alice skipped up to Jack ad grinned.
"It's nice to meet you your majesty," she said doing an adorable little curtsey. Gosh Alice had been so cute!
Jack looked surprised for a moment and smiled warmly.
"Well, hello there," he said bending down to her level. "And what is your name?"
"Alice," she replied.
"Alice is going to be the princess for the day. Tell him your last name Sweetie," Duchess said to Jack then Alice.
"Hamilton, my name is Alice Hamilton," she said strongly. It was so adorable!
The smile dropped from his face.
"Duchess," he said forcing himself to be calm. "Why is Alice three years old?"
"I think she drunk some of the experimental 'Innocence' you left un-bottled in your stupid tea room," she said harshly. If he had destroyed the teas like she had told him to then Alice wouldn't be hugging his legs right now thinking she was a princess. She wouldn't literally be a child!
"You think this is my fault!" Jack was beginning to yell.
"If you had just listened to me-"
"I am keeping them for a good reason! Alice should have known better that to drink the Tea!"
Alice's lip trembled and she burst into tears. Duchess gave Jack a reproachful look.
"Oh, I'm sorry! It's okay Alice, come here baby."
The little girl ran into her arms and held on tight, tears making her small body shake. Gently she rocked her, comforting her till she calmed down.
"I'm sorry Jack," she finally said. "I'm just worried. I'm trying to think of how we're going to change her back."
"I'm worried too," Jack told her. "I'm trying to think of how we're going to tell Hatter!"