The Problems of Staying

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The Problems of Staying

"You are . . ." "Nightmare-sama!" Gray called. Nightmare visibly paled at Gray's calling. "Nightmare-sama you have a ton of paperwork and you have been evading it all day." "But I have Alice-chan here to visit me and it would be rude to leave a guest here alone." Nightmare said this smirking believing he evaded all his paperwork for today and gets to spend the rest of the day with Alice and hopefully wins marks to get her hand. Gray looked at Alice and seemingly just noticed her. He smiled at her. "I believe our Alice-chan can wait." Gray grabbed Nightmare by his ear which was quite easy because our dear incubus was caught off guard. Gray looked at Alice. "Wait here a minute I will be out to speak with you." Alice simply nodded. The whole time Nightmare was saying "Ow, ow, ow, ow Noooooooooooo."

With Gray:

Gray dragged Nightmare to his office and cuffed his legs to the desk. "You will finish all this work before you see Alice-san." "But I have been waiting all day for Alice-chan." "Too bad. So sad. You should of finished earlier than." Gray deadpanned to Nightmare. "Looks like I have to keep Alice company. Like you said 'It would be rude to leave a guest here alone.'" Gray said this smirking. Nightmare looked like he just saw a, well you know, nightmare. Gray waved the back of his hand as he walked out of the room. He locked the door from the outside and proceeded down the stairs. 'Now to win her heart.'

"Sorry to keep you waiting Alice-san. I shall keep you company until Nightmare-sama finishes her work. For a sick incubus he can run pretty well." Gray said to Alice while looking annoyed at the last sentence. Alice simply giggled and smiled up to him. Gray saw this and blushed slightly but looked away before she could see this. Alice noticed that he looked away but didn't see the blush and thought that he thought that she was making fun of him. She frowned. "Gray did you find any new animals recently?" Alice asked. Gray looked at her surprised that she asked something so suddenly. "As a matter of fact I did. Do you wish to see him?" Alice nodded eagerly.

"Awwww he so cute." Alice said this while on her hands and knees looking at the little male robin. Gray simply nodded in agreement. He smiled at the sight before him. "So how did you find him?" "I was chasing Nightmare when I found this little guy on the ground. With a broken wing too." Gray frowned as he remembered the sad sight of this hurt Robin. "That was so nice of you to help him. You really are a sweet guy. Always helping out everyone who needs it. Plus dealing with babysitting Nightmare. I don't get how you do it! You really are amazing and in so many ways." She shook her head slowly while looking down to show her point. Gray blushed at her compliments. 'She is so sweet. She cares about animals just as I do. And she thinks of me like that. She really is to kind. Now I am certain that I want her hand. For once I am grateful that Nightmare avoided work. Now it gives me extra time with Alice to win her heart.'

They watched the little hurt but healing robin. "What did you name him?" Alice asked Gray. Gray looked at Alice and said "I didn't name him yet." Alice looked surprised and said "What do you want to name him, then?" "I don't know. Do you have any ideas?" "Hmmmm. . ." Alice put her chin on one of her hands and the other hand on the ground drumming her fingers on the floor. "What about Lucky?" "Lucky? Isn't that a dog's name?" "Well typically yes. But this little guy was lucky to find you. But fine let us think of a new name. Your turn to think." She said this pouting and during the last two sentences she made her hand do a shooing motion to him while looking away. Gray laughed at her antics and said "Fine, Fine. Lucky it is." Alice gave a small smile in victory.

Alice got to feed the newly named bird by hand. With Gray's help showing her how. He didn't mind getting to help her feed the bird it gave him an excuse to get close to her and hold her hands. They spent the time laughing at jokes manly about the work evader named Nightmare but also about the other role-holders. Soon it was time for Alice to go back home. "It is late and night time. Spend the night here at Clover Tower. I insist." Alice thought about it and agreed seeing no downside with staying. Gray helped her up. And escorted her, with their arms connected, to her room. "It is right next to mine so if you need something let me know. No matter how late it is." He leaned down and lightly kissed her cheek. "Goodnight, Alice-chan."

"I feel like I am forgetting something." Gray said to himself as he walked down the corridor. "Oh yeah Nightmare-sama." He walked into Nightmare's office. He walked up to Nightmare's desk and saw he completed all the papers except one single sheet, which only needed a signature. So he shook Nightmare awake and in the process Nightmare coughed up a little blood. "Am I free yet?" "No" "But. . .But whyyy? I finished it." "No you didn't." "What!" "This one needs a signature." Gray said holding the paper in front of Nightmare's face. Nightmare made wide eyes. Quickly signed the paper and had Gray unshackle him. Nightmare bolted for the door intending to go see Alice. "Alice is sleeping." Nightmare immediately drooped at the news.

With Nightmare:

'Well I can spend the morning with Alice and I can visit her in her dreams.' So Nightmare went to his room and locked the door. 'Gray isn't gunna get me now.' And then went to the dream realm to see Alice. When he got there he immediately called Alice and waited for her to arrive. When she did he smiled at said "You know you could have saved me from being murdered by paperwork." Alice simply said, "I couldn't. I was too far away to even interfere."

"Well what did you and Gray do while I had a traumatizing amount of paperwork?" Nightmare asked hoping he can know what happened and seeing if Gray did anything that put him in the lead. "Oh I had a great time! We played with Lucky. He was this little robin that he rescued. And we laughed and joked around. Plus Gray was kind enough to offer me to stay here for the night so I didn't have to walk home in the dark. And he gave me a room next to him so if I need anything I can got to him." Nightmare turned his back to her half-way through so she didn't see the jealousy on his face.

"Wow you must have had a great time." He, still with his back to her, roled his eyes as he said this. Alice, oblivious to his jealousy, said "Yes and I can't wait to spend time with him again." Nightmare's eye twitched at this. Nightmare pasted a smile on his face and turned around. "So Alice-chan would you spend tomorrow with me? I mean I didn't get to spend any time with you at all. And I invited you here too." 'More like threatened me to.' Alice thought. Nightmare smirked at her thought. Alicce noticed this and realized that he read her thoughts. "Of course, Nightmare. I would love too." Nightmare floated down to her and said "Well then I will leave you to your dreams." And as the dream world faded he brushed his lips against her lightly, like a feather.

With Alice:

As Alice woke from her dream she wondered if it was her imagination that Nightmare faintly kissed her or if it really happened. She woke up early so she decided to make breakfast for everyone. She made waffles and sausage. She set the table and set the food down and covered it to keep it warm. Soon after Gray, while dragging Nightmare along, came into view. "Good morning guys. I made breakfast." Nightmare hearing breakfast shot awake immediately ran into the room took his seat and dug into the food. Gray simply shook his head in exasperation, thanked Alice, and ate. Alice giggled at the two amazingly different guys who live together and work together in one miracle or another.

As soon as they finished breakfast Alice cleaned up with Nightmare close behind her. They went outside to walk and enjoy the sun. Nightmare asked her about her and she asked him about his. But all he said in response to this was complain about work and say seeing her at night in her dreams was his highlight of the day and a dream come true. Then he asked her how the marriage offers were coming along. Alice's smile immediately became a frown. She sighed.

"Well they are coming." Nightmare arched an eyebrow at her sounding so solemn. "Go on." He pressed her to go on. Alice looked at him, sighed, and went on. "I already had three proposals. Julius proposed first, then Boris, then Pierce."

With Nightmare:

'She already had three proposals! It hasn't been that many days. She is gunna be one though prize to win. I bet that she already has a line of guys just waiting to ask her. Well I better keep trying to win her hand.' "Wow Alice that is a lot of suitors. It must be overwhelming?" Nightmare said honestly. Alice sighed yet again. "It is. I don't think of Pierce romantically so he is a no. But Julius and Boris are another matter." Alice said sadly. 'So those two already have a place in dear Alice's heart.'

"Why don't we do something fun Alice-chan?" Alice looked at him questionably. "Like what? Oh wait I got an idea. How about we visit a hospital?" Nightmare paled and hid behind a small bush. "No, no, no, no, no, no!" Nightmare said this while shaking his head viciously back and forth. Alice laughed at his antics. "Nightmare you sure do know how to make me cheer up. And I was kidding. You can come out now." Alice said while giggling. "That wasn't funny. I thought you were serious!" Nightmare said grumpily and threw his hands out dramatically for the last part. Alice laughed again.

'Alice you are special and I want to know you will be by my side forever. Maybe I should ask her now, while she is laughing. Ok here I go.' "Alice . . ." "Hey guys what's up?" Someone called. 'Ace'

With Ace:

"Hey guys what's up?" Ace said while coming through the forest. "What are you doing at the castle?" Alice and Nightmare sweat-dropped. "Ace this isn't the castle." Alice said. "This is Clover Tower." Nightmare added. "Oh well then let's head there." Ace said while grabbing Alice, throwing her over his shoulder and bolting. "Alice!" They heard Nightmare yell while they got away. They ran, well Alice was carried, all the way through the forest. "Ace do you have any idea where you are going?" Ace stopped abruptly. "Well we are heading to the castle right?" "No we just entered the Joker's forest. And we are lost." Alice stated the obvious to the lost knight. 'He is defiantly no knight in shining armor.'

"Well we should set up camp it is nearly night." Alice turned around and saw it was already set up. She had an anime sweat drop appear on her head. 'Where does he put that tent? Wait that log there wasn't there before. Creepy.' She shivered. Ace thought it was from being cold. "There is a fire right there take a seat." Ace spoke with a cheeky smile on his face and pointing to the fire. Alice took a seat. "Where have you been Ace I haven't seen you for days?"

"Oh I have been you know lost. First I got lost in the castle. After Peter showed me out of the castle I got lost in the labyrinth. Then I found myself in front of the Amusement Park. Then I got an ice cream. Then I wound up at the Hatter Mansion. I had a fight with Mr. Bunny Boy. And throughout the time I camped." He said all this with a smile. Alice sighed with a smile. 'Well that explains a lot.'

"Well its late time for bed." Ace said then put out the fire. Then the two walked into the tent. Alice lied down and then saw Ace looking at her. "What are you looking at?" Ace kneeled down next to Alice. "So you have to marry, huh?" Alice gasped, "Everyone does know about it." "Yup!" Ace said with cheer. Ace dove for Alice and put his head where Alice's heart is. He listened to the beat of her heart. "If I could listen to this every day. . . I would be so happy. Alice would you marry me? I would listen to your heart as often as I could and you can do what you wish. I do whatever it takes to with your heart." Ace said tiredly. Alice stared wide eyed at him. 'What did he mean with the last sentence? Did he mean my heart and heart beat or my love?' She thought as she fell asleep.

The next morning they packed up and set out following Alice's way. They were almost out of the forest when they heard, "Hello Ms. Alice" "Or should we say the soon to be Mrs. Alice?" 'White and Black Joker' Both Ace and Alice thought.

With Jokers:

'Why is she with the knight?' "Remember the plan Black don't curse or offend her in the least or the greatest. Got it?" White asked Black. "Yeah, yeah, yeah." Black said back. "Hello Ms. Alice" "Or should we say the soon to be Mrs. Alice?" They said. First White then Black. "Hey White. Hey Black." Ace said in his usual way. "Good morning White, Black." "Alice may we speak to you?" White asked. "Please?" Black added. Alice's eyes widened. Genuinely shocked at Black's politeness and that he actually knows the word please. "Of course." Alice said this because she wants to know why Black is polite.

"Okey dokey!" Ace yelled and ran off. "Wrong way, Ace!" Alice yelled then sighed not believing, yet knowing, that Ace is that direction impaired. She looked at the Jokers, gave a nervous smile, and said "What did you two want to talk about?" White simply said, "We know you have a lot of pressure on you about marriage and figured we make you laugh to lift your spirits. So we would like to invite you to see a show in the circus." "It would make us feel as if we assisted you in some way." Black added in hope that he convinced her to come.

'First manners now this. Something is wrong with Black or I am going insane.' Alice thought. "Well I guess I see no problem with going." Alice said uncertainly. So the Jokers led her to the circus tent. They gave her a front row seat. She saw elephants balancing on little rubber balls, a wonderful trapeze act with the people and monkeys. Mice running and balancing and another ball while using their bodies to make shapes. Clowns being shot out of cannons and through the roof of the tent never to be seen again. Then it was White Joker's turn to peform.

He brought out a stool and snapped his whip in the air and a bright orange light appeared. Then from the light came a fierce lion, five times the size of White Joker. The lion's fur was the color of the desert sand and his puffy mane the color of the sunset. The lion gave an ear shrilling roar. And everyone in the stands leaned back in fear and covered their ears. White didn't even flinch and he stepped forward and pulled his arm back. He cracked his whip at the beast's nose. The lion twitched but it was barely noticeable. The White yelled, "Why not make this more interesting?" He ran to the opposite side of the stadium. He put the stool down, took his cape off, and covered the stool completely by placing it flat down. As he pulled the cape up it showed the figure and body of a girl. Alice.

Alice looked around a second ago she was watching the show in fear. Now she was in the show, in fear. The lion saw Alice, and licked his big, fury lips. The lion pounced but Black yelled out to Alice, who had her back to the lion in a daze, "Look out!" Alice turned and screamed. White slapped the lion with his whip. And the lion got hit hard and fell to the ground. White grabbed the stool and stepped onto it. He climbed onto the lion. He put his hand out to Alice, who in turn stared wide eyed at it. Both Jokers spoke at once, she could tell from the double sounding voice and said jokingly. "Well what are you waiting for? Stop staring and get on. Alice gave a big smile and grabbed their hand.

They pulled her up. She wrapped her arms around White Joker, or was it both Black and White Joker. He . . . They smiled. Alice leaned her had on his back. The lion jogged, with the two, three, on his back around the stadium/tent a few times then left. They jumped of the lion and the lion was led out. Alice had a big smile on her face, both Jokers (yes even Black) had a blush on their face. Alice saw it and his smile. She hugged them in a tight hug. "Thank you. Really thank you. You made me feel so carefree. You made me so happy." The Jokers blush deepened. "You really liked the show then?" White asked. "Yes!" "Would you like to do this again?" "It would be a treat." Alice said honestly.

"Alice can I ask you a question?" Black and White said together. "Of course." Alice said still smiling but a little weary. "Would you marry me?" They asked at same time. "What?" Alice yelled. "I-I-I don't know what to say. I can't answer right now." She said quietly looking down. The Jokers knowing her position placed a concerned look on their face. "It's ok you don't have to answer us now." Black said kindly.

Alice's head shot up her eye twitched. "What is wrong with you?" White staggered back. "What?" He asked scared. "Seriously! Something is wrong with Black. He is so polite today and he hasn't cursed once. That is scary. Is he sick or something? Does he have amnesia?" Alice shouted. The Jokers looked shocked at her sudden outburst, then laughed. Alice looked incredulous. "You got that upset over Black being polite." "Is it that insane that I can be polite?" Black questioned. "Well it isn't normal." Both Alice and White said plainly.

With Gowland:

He was thinking of more rumors to use when he saw Alice next time. Oh and did he have some doozies. When, speak of the devil, Alice came along. "Hey Alice!" "Oh hey Gowland." "Guess what." "What?" "I heard something about Peter." "Do I even want to know?" She said with a face like she smelt the worst thing ever. "He has a few shrines to you in his room!" "Ok I know he stalks me and all but I didn't think that much." She said with a horrid look. "Oh and Ace walked into the girls restroom recently too." "He got that lost!" "I heard that the girls had to through stuff at him to get him out, too." 'Pervert' Alice thought. "I heard that one time Elliot got so made at a maid for betraying Blood that he killed her. One shot right through the head." 'I know Elliot is loyal to Blood and all but isn't that a little much.' "Hey where did you hear all this?" Alice questioned him. "I heard it from my workers. Some of them are friends with the workers at the mansion and castle. "Oh. Well I got to go. Bye Gowland." She said happily.

'Well I couldn't tell her any about the Jokers and Julius, or the twins. I doubt she marry the twins they are too young. I doubt she want to marry Black and I think that excludes White. But Julius isn't the marrying or relationship kind of guy. All well.'

With Blood:

He was sitting enjoying my tea when I went to check on the twins and Elliot. Blood sent Elliot to go check on the twins a while ago and he never returned. When our mafiaso saw them they were fighting over whether Elliot was a rabbit or not . . . again. I was about to break-up the fight when he saw a certain foreigner coming this way. Elliot saw Blood and soon the Bloody Twins saw him too. They immediately stopped the fight. They saw where Blood was looking at and perked up. Alice saw that they were looking at her and stopped mid step.

She saw them and noticed that they saw her. Blood started to approach her. Alice's smile turned into a frown and she paled. When she saw that there was a slight opening in the forest she bolted. Blood looked shocked, surprised, and insulted. So he went to the twins and Elliot. "You all saw Alice run into the woods too, right?" They simply nodded yes. "Go find Alice, now." Blood said in a very scary way might I add.

With Peter:

Peter was walking to the Clock Tower when he spotted Pierce. "Hello dear mouse. Is Alice in her house?" "I don't know. She was on her way to Clover Tower yesterday and I haven't seen her since. Did you know she has to get married? Maybe she will marry me." Pierce said happily while pointing to himself on the last part. And looking to see if a certain cat was around. Peter suddenly looked very disturbing. "What did you just say?" "I haven't seen Alice?" "No, after that." "Alice has to marry?" Pierce tried again. "No the last thing!" "That Alice may marry me?" "Yes that!" Suddenly something shot out from the trees above them and onto the sleepy, yet highly caffeinated mouse.

Boris woken up by the yelling saw Peter and his hopefully soon-to-be snack. He jumped onto the mouse and grabbed him by the collar. "Watcha talkin 'bout?" Boris asked. "He thinks he will marry Alice." Peter said with much disgust. Boris looked at the pathetic looking Pierce and laughed. "Of course you won't. Alice will marry me. I already asked and she said that it will most likely be me." Boris said while shaking the scared mouse a little. Peter looked horror stricken. 'If anyone is going to marry my dear. It shall be me and they will hear.'

"You two are obviously delusional. She will marry me and that is irrefutable. You two will leave her alone. Or all that will be left of you are buried bones. You clocks will cease their tick and tock. If your thoughts of her aren't blocked. So hear me loud and hear me clear. To her you two are mere. Her and I will be husband and wife. You two will get out of her life. You will do it now and you don't want to know how." Peter said this looking horrific and being dead serious. Boris and Pierce looked scared but, manly Boris, stood his ground. "Peter, I am not backing down. I will win Alice's hand." Pierce actually stood up tall and said, "I will fight for Alice's hand too." He said this without stuttering. Boris and Peter looked shocked at this but it was quickly ridden of. "You two were warned. Your deaths shall be mourned." Peter then left to search for Alice.

With Alice:

As she was running she ended up running into someone. "Oh sorry I-" Alice started but never finished. She saw two very similar looking men in front of her. The only difference of the two was their eye color and tie color. One red tie and eyes the other blue tie and eyes. The other thing was the one with the blue tie and eyes had longer hair as well. "Dee! Dum!" Alice said. She looked for a way of escape but to her expanse there was none. She couldn't escape the twins, and to her sadness or happiness, their attractive adult forms.

"Alice-chan that wasn't nice of you to run away without saying hi to us." Dee said huskily in her ear. "I agree brother. She should make it up to us too." Dum said while having a wicked look in his eye. "And I know how too." "We will make you a deal Alice-chan." Alice looked uneasy at the tone the twins are using and the last sentence they said. "What is the deal?" The twins shared an evil smirk.

"Alice-chan must play whatever game we want without bailing for a whole day." Now isn't that a little unfair boys. I mean all I did was not say 'hi'." Alice argued back. "Oh did we fail to mention that Boss is after you and sent us to find you." Dee said. Alice looked scared out of her wits. "Yeah and we may be risking a slash in our pay, brother." Dum added. Alice looked back and forth from one twin to the other. She was not happy with either option. The twins looks, especially at the age they are at the moment, weren't making the decision easier.

"What will it take for you to go back to Blood saying you didn't find me?" Alice asked with hope that it will be something she wouldn't mind. "You have to marry us." Dee said. "No." Alice said bluntly. Dee and Dum looked crestfallen. "It's not that I don't want to marry you two. It's that I want to think about it." The boys had some hope appear in their eyes. "So now we have to take you to Blood." The twins said. Alice made wide eyes and ran. The twins looked at each other and smirked.

Alice ran and ran. Soon she got to a secluded area and rested but she knew she had to keep running before the twins got her. What she didn't plan on was someone grabbing her from behind. She turned around only to find Elliot. She sighed "Elliot you scared me. I thought you were Blood or the twins." Alice said with her hand where her heart is. Elliot grinned at Alice. "Hey Alice. Why did you run away before?"

Alice didn't know how to answer that, so she went with the truth. "I didn't want to see Blood." 'Ok so it isn't the full truth. But it is true.' "Why didn't you want to see Blood?" Alice sighed. "I heard something very . . . disturbing about him. So I don't want to see him." Alice said while crossing her arms and put her nose in the air. Elliot quirked a brow at her actions. "Blood wants me to take you to see him." Elliot sad sadly.

"Alice I heard about the marriage deal." Elliot said quietly. "But I am glad you get to stay. I was going to miss you if you left us." Elliot said trying to get a positive response from her. Alice looked up with just her eyes. Elliot, thinking it was cute, blushed a tinsy winsy bit. "Alice I wanted to know if I proposed to you would you say yes?" Elliot said this while playing with his hands and his ears falling behind his head. Alice seeing what he was doing and he was so cute and innocent while saying blushed.

"Elliot I can't give you an answer right now. But I will give it consideration. You are a sweet guy and I do like you, even a little romantically. I want to make sure that I and the guy I marry will be happy." Alice said. Elliot heard all this and understands. He was smiling big when she said she would consider it. And his ears shot up and twitched with excitement when he heard that she harbors some romantic feelings for him. "So I have a chance." "Yes" Elliot perked up, ears twitching. "Gahhh I can't take it anymore!" Alice said.

She grabbed Elliot's ears and pulled them down and snuggled them to her chest. Elliot blushed at the close proximity he had to Alice's chest. Elliot looked up and said, "Umm Alice." Alice, still gripping his ears, quirked an eyebrow at him. He pointed a finger from his face to her chest. Alice took a second to realize what he meant and blushed a deep blood-red crimson. Elliot saw her blush with a slight and nervous smile on her face. He grabbed her face and pulled her down. He kissed her. The kiss full of passion and love. She kissed back. But then she realized what she was doing. She pulled back abruptly.

Elliot looked back at her hurt evident in his eyes. "Sorry. I shouldn't have kissed you." Elliot said to Alice. "Elliot don't apologize. You did nothing wrong. I just don't want to break your heart more than necessary if I don't choose you." Alice turned around and walked away but when she was a few feet away she turned her head around and said loud enough for Elliot to hear. "Elliot I am still going to consider your proposal. Oh and you are a good kisser." And she walked away. Elliot just had this goofy grin on his face.

With Blood:

'So Elliot proposed to Alice. My one and true friend. My best friend. He betrayed me. But I bet that slut led him on. I can't blame him though, she is quite the prize. But I am furious at him.' Blood thought. He saw them together and heard Elliot's proposal. After Alice's maybe he turned around and left to find an area where he can trap he and question her. He didn't see Elliot kiss Alice, let alone her kissing him back. He decided to wait at the end of the forest close to the Clock Tower. It wasn't long before he saw her running.

"Hello Alice." Blood said while calmly walking into her view and with his proud smirk on his face. "What do you want Blood?" Alice questioned snidely, still believing Gowlands rumor. "I want to know why you ran earlier from me." Blood said sternly but if you listened close enough you could hear other emotions in his voice. For example hurt, anger, and confusion. "Simple, really, I wanted to stay away from you." Alice said with disgust. Blood made wide eyes. "Why?" "Well should I number off the reasons for you?" Alice said to Blood. Who had a shocked expression on his face by her abnormal fierceness. "One: you are always rude to me and insult me. Two: When do you ever treat me kindly or with honest politeness? Three: I heard about what you do and I am appalled." Alice said.

"And what is it I do?" Blood asked honestly and with confusion. "Don't act like you don't know." "I am serious ma'am. I have no idea what you are talking about." Alice gave an annoyed sigh. "Do I have to break it down for you?" "Yes you do because I don't know!" Blood yelled. "Fine! I found out about what you do at night every night and some other details." "I am still confused." Blood stated simply. Alice, who by now, was annoyed at his antics and his lying. "I found out that you have daily visitors both male and female. And that you sleep with them." She said this slowly and angrily. Blood made wide, horrified eyes.

"I do not!" Blood yelled. Alice stepped back. Fear evident on her face by Blood's outburst. "Who would tell you a blasphemes lie like that? I will kill them with my bare hands!" Blood yelled at Alice, his face now blood red do to anger. Anger at the lie, anger at whoever said it, and most importantly anger at Alice for believing that lie. "I doubt it's a lie. The person who told me it has always been kind to me. Never lied to me. And always looked out for me." Alice stated. "I am not lying!" Blood yelled. "Why should I believe you? You have always been crude to me. You have tried to kill me more than once. I have no reason to believe you." Alice stated and tried to walk away.

Blood grabbed her arm and pulled her back. Got in her face and was about to yell. "Alice! Blood let go of her." Julius said. Blood looked at Julius. Blood knew the consequences of fighting on neutral ground. He whispered in her ear, "This isn't over. I will get my answers." He let go and walked away. Julius ran over to Alice.

With Julius:

'What's with all the shouting? I can't work with all the shouting.' Julius sighed and fixed the last thing with his last clock. Then he got up and walked out the door. He saw Blood Dupre yelling in Alice's face holding her arm in a not so sweet manner. He yelled, "Alice! Blood let go of her." He saw Blood whisper something in her ear and walk away. Julius ran down the last off the stairs and to Alice. Her face showed horror. He helped her up and walked her in. He sat her down and comforted her. His hand was on her cheek and he kissed her forehead. "Tell me what happened." Alice looked at him and nodded her head.

"Blood sent the twins and Elliot out to get me. I somehow evaded the twins and Elliot. But Blood got me. He questioned me about why I ran when I saw him earlier. I told him I knew what he does. He told me that he had no idea what I am talking about. I ended up having to tell him everything. He got mad when I said that I didn't believe him. When I tried to walk away he grabbed me and started to yell in my face. He started to say something, I believe it was a threat, but you came out and stopped him." "What was the rumor?" Alice sighed, "It was that every night he has a male or female or both come into his room and well you get the idea." "How do you know this is true?" "A person I trust told me. This person never hurt me in any way and always looks out for me. Blood always insults me, hurts me, and tried to kill me more than once." Julius nodded, "That still doesn't mean it is true." Alice sighed, "I know but I just . . . I just . . . oh I don't know" "What did he whisper to you?" "He said 'This isn't over. I will get my answers'"

Julius started to get up when Alice grabbed him by the sleeve of his cape. "Don't leave yet. I had a long and frightening day. Please, just sit with me." Julius saw that it was a single chair not made for two. "You know this is a single chair?" Julius said. Alice looked and noticed, "Oh." She said this sadly. Julius feeling bad for her and not wanting to give up a chance to be with her thought about what to do. He liked that Alice was reaching out to him and wanted to help her. "Come here." Julius said. Alice got stood up and walked towards him. Julius grabbed her held her up and he sat down on the chair and placed her on his lap. Alice looked at him then the position they are in. She gave a happy sight and said dreamily, "Thank you." She laid her head on his shoulder and dosed. While she slept Julius played with her hair and spoke sweet nothings to her.

Alice woke up when the sun was almost done setting in the sky. She looked up to see Julius staring out the widow watching it set. When she tried to get up Julius snapped his head towards her and held her tighter to him. "What are you doing?" They asked each other at the same time. Alice said, "Getting off your lap so I can make dinner." Julius simply responded with "What if I am comfortable like this?" Alice thought about it and came up with a perfect reply. "Well fine than. I guess I can't make dinner. And if I can't make dinner than I can't go to bed. I guess I won't be spending the night in your room after all." She sighed with a smirk. Julius made wide eyes. "Go make dinner." He said quickly.

Alice did a victory dance in her head. She was making something simple for dinner. Spaghetti with stir fry mushrooms. While she was mixing in the already boiled spaghetti with the garlic and stir fry mushrooms she felt two arms rap around her and pull her to a body. Julius. She felt his head be put between her neck and shoulder. She felt quite comfortable with his intimacy. She turned her head to look at him. He moved his eyes to look at her. He quirked a small smile. She giggled at this silly and new look. He simply rose an eyebrow and kissed her cheek. He let go and went to set the table. She felt alone for a split second. 'I shouldn't feel this way yet. He is already unleashing the feeling I used to harbor for him and new ones ten-fold. There are the other guys here that I also have to consider.' She finished cooking and they ate in a comfortable silence.

The two finished eating then washed the dishes. They climbed the stairs but in a different from normal way. With Julius's arm around her waist and their sides touching. They got ready for bed. Julius in the same attire as last time waiting for Alice.

With Alice:

Alice hurriedly got ready for bed. She got in a purple nightgown that ended at the knees. She went to Julius's room and closed the door behind her. She climbed into his bed and got close to him but not close enough to touch. Julius not liking her unconscious teasing wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to him. "You know I want to hold you right? So I would appreciate it if you didn't keep space between us when you get into bed." He whispered into her ear. "Y-y-yes" Alice gave a breathless reply. Julius leaned over and gave her a kiss on the lips then went back to simply holding her close and slept. They both slept with sweet, sweet dreams.

Hey y'all. Ok 12 pages wow! I hope I included your ideas well. Question time!

What should Alice do tomorrow? Spend the day with Julius, amusement park, castle, mansion? Up to you.

And please no ties this time, or ties. It gave me a lot of work. This took two days. I ended at midnight. So technically three. Do you guys like that I let you choose the outcome? I really want to know.

~Fruity-chan