"Good evening Tarrant."
"Good evening Alice. I'm sorry to come here at this hour but I thought you may want to see me." he then took in what she was wearing and blushed. "Oh...umm...sorry for catching you when your...umm...r-ready for bed."
Alice noticed his nervousness. "Oh don't worry; it's perfectly fine. Please come in." she stepped aside and closed the door once he was in. He went over and stood next to the crib, looking down at his daughter.
"I still can't believe it."
"Neither can I." Alice went to stand next to him.
"Look. I want you to know that I want to be a part of my daughter's life, I will care for her and I will look out for her. That's if you will allow it?"
"Of course I will! I can't think of a better man, from neither Otherworld or Underland, that I would want as my child's father."
"Thank you." he put his arms around her. "I feel really bad that you had to go through so much pain."
Alice put her arms around him. "Don't worry; I feel bad that you didn't even know that you were going to be a father."
Eloise chose this moment to wake up and start crying. Alice and Tarrant released their hold on each other, and Alice picked up Eloise.
"It would seem that little Eloise is hungry." she said as she sat down on the bed. She signalled for Tarrant to sit down next to her as she fed their child.
They sat there in comfortable silence for a while. That was until Tarrant spoke...
"I was really worried watching you through the looking glass; you were in so much pain and I just wanted so badly to be able to stop it. If I could, then I would have, but I couldn't obviously because I was here and - "
"Hatter!"
"Thank you...I'm fine!"
"You know, I have really missed it here. I have missed all the colour, the food and the tea! But most of all I have missed the people."
"We have missed you too my dear." they sat in silence for a while longer. "I couldn't help but notice your expression when Mirana said she would bring your family through the looking glass tomorrow."
"I am dreading it! Although Mirana and Absolem did say that they will tell them everything that they need to know before we get to see them."
"Don't worry about it; you'll have all your friends with you."
"Thank you."
So this is just a sort of "filler" chapter. The next one will be longer!