The Problems of Staying
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Ok I got a request to bring back Ace! But see below info (AKA Author's note) for some interesting information.
The Problems of Staying
The doctor walking into the room and immediately was glared at by the two love struck, even if Blood won't admit it, role-holders. The doctor shook a little at their intimidating glares. After Alice left he did the checkup. He checked their bones and muscles, their heads, eyes and ears, the whole kit and caboodle. He had called Alice and Julius back up to their temporary guests' room.
"They seem to be well enough to go back to their rightful homes. I believe though that you," The doctor looked at Alice, "should check on them regularly for a while, since they will have a difficult time adjusting to walking and work. Call me if anything is necessary. Oh but before I forget I would like to see these two walk down the stairs."
Blood was first going down the stairs that would lead to the door that means 'bye-bye Alice'. He struggled, leaning on the stair-rail and walking with wobbly legs. While they watched him as he does this Peter thought.
With Peter:
'I don't wish to leave Alice. That will bring such malice. Who know what that mortician germ does to her?! The thought of it ruffles my fur! What should I do? I must stay with my baby boo.' Then a quarter of a second later Peter had a eureka moment. He was quite happy in deed. Like Peter Cottontail on Easter.
"All right, Mr. White, your turn. The doctor said ready to leave the tower filled with people who would kill him without a second thought. Peter got up with wobbly legs. He walked unsteadily to the stairs. He went down one, two, three, for, five, si- Peter fell down the rest of the stairs. Tumbling down the agonizingly long stairs. Tucking his head between his arms to protect his head and rabbit ears.
With Blood:
'That sly rabbit. He faked that fall. I know he did. I am the head of the mafia. I know tricks and fakes when I see them. That stup—Wait?! Why didn't I think of that?!' Everyone but Blood ran to see Peter. The doctor inspected the shaking rabbit.
The white rabbit was shaking to the bone. Showing frightened eyes and fluffy ears drooped down low on his head. "Well it seems as if Mr. White isn't ready to go back to work. He must stay here for about twenty more time periods. Mr. Dupre can leave though." The doctor felt two glares on him. One from a displeased mafia boss the other from a clack maker not wanting his obvious guest. The doctor bolted from fear.
"Julius can you help me bring Peter to his room, please?" Alice asked in her sweet voice. Julius looked at her grumpily and sighed defeated. He is unable to say no to her. So he grabbed the shaking rabbit's torso while Alice grabbed the white rabbit's legs carefully. The three headed upstairs to the room.
'Obviously that rabbit is cleverer than I thought. I guess I will have to do what is in my nature. Time to be devious and underhanded.' A creepy smile came to his face. *Cue lightning and thunder. Also mad scientist evil laugh*
With Julius:
'Stupid rabbit. Stupid rabbit. Stupid rabbit. Stupid rabbit . . .' that is basically replaying over and over and over in his head.
The two rightful inhabitants of the tower set the red coated rabbit on the bed. Alice looked at him worriedly while Julius left to get to work. Alice touched his head and looked at him and asked him if he was okay.
"Alice my dear, there is no need to fear. Remember I was in worse shape that that Mafioso since before. Staying here longer than expected is no more than a temporary chore." Alice smiled at the bunny's pained face, which is obviously a fake but Alice thought it was real. Alice got the rabbit some pain medicine before going back down stairs.
With Alice:
Alice walked down the stairs to see Blood in a chair and Julius working. "Blood are you ready to go back to your mansion?" Blood nodded his head yes saying, "Yes young lady."
The two left the building, Blood leaning heavily on his walking stick before Alice remembered something. She helped him sit down on a stair before she ran into the tower, only to come out with a folded object. She unfolded it to reveal a chair with wheels. Blood raised an eyebrow at the girl. "A wheelchair? Where ever did you get that?" Alice gave him a smile before helping the struggling white suited man into the chair. "The doctor brought them for you two. I completely forgot about them."
The two walked down the path, well technically Alice walked and Blood road a chair with wheels pushed by the foreigner. They just talked about little things. Then Blood brought something up.
"You know, young lady, you still owe me that date." The top hatted man said slightly to the now blushing foreigner. Alice gave this as her response. "How about we cancel the date?" Blood made wide eyes and glared at the girl. "I was right it seems. You do just play with men's heart. You really are a slut." Alice stopped pushing him and walked in front of him, glaring down at the man in the movable chair.
"I am no slut! I was just thinking about canceling the date until we were sure you were fully healed. Sorry, for being concerned about your health!" Alice stomped behind the chair and pushed the rude man to his mansion. Blood was just shocked at her outburst even though he shouldn't be. She always got upset went he called her a slut. He attempted a few times to start a conversation with the girl but nothing worked.
When they reached the mansion they saw the twins doing their jobs . . . right. They stood guard looking serious and at command. The hatter and Alice saw Elliot walking up to the boys from inside the gate. Elliot looked exhausted and overworked. Blood heard the girl mutter, "He looks worse than before" in a sad tone. Elliot finally reached the boys and muttered "It's time for your break." The boys just nodded their heads and lowered their weapons a bit.
"Elliot! Dee, Dum!" Alice yelled to the three mafia men. All three looked up gloomily until they saw who was with her. Then the three went from depressing faces to shock to overjoyed and ecstatic. They ran to their boss and enveloped him in a big group hug, pulling Alice in the hug too.
"We missed boss!" The twins cried tears of joy saying this. "Blood!" Elliot kept saying happily. "Get me out of here!" Alice yelled uncomfortable in the hug full of mafia men. The group let go and Elliot suggested a 'Welcome Back' tea party for Blood. To which he agreed happily. They walked to the seemingly endless table with Blood at the head. While drinking tea Blood said something that shocked all of the people.
"Alice, come here in the next night time period. We shall have our date then." Blood said this in a this-is-final tone, leaving no room for argument. Elliot chocked on a piece of carrot cake and the twins spewed hot tea out of their mouths. Alice just looked shocked. "Why should I? You were quite rude on the way here."
Blood sent a glare her way before it softened at seeing her face. "Please. I know my behavior was inacceptable but I will explain why during the date. Please allow me to make up for it." Alice looked at him and saw the sincerity of the apology in his eyes and agreed.
Alice then told them she had to leave and the time period turned to evening. She walked back to the tower to see Julius at work, his fingers moving like magic on the clocks. She made a fish supper for the two of them and a salad for Peter. Peter ate alone and soon fell asleep. Alice sat in her chair watching Julius work for hours until it turned to night. 'I guess it is time for my date with Blood Dupre.' Alice got up and headed towards the door.
"Where are you going?" Julius said as he set down a wrench looking up at her curiously. "I am heading towards the Hatter Mansion." "Why are you going there? And at night for that matter?" Alice sighed, "I have a date with Blood. And before you ask I had no choice." Julius looked irked at this but said nothing.
Alice opened the door to see an uneasy Elliot. "Elliot? Why are you here?" "Umm . . . w-well Blood said that Monrey wouldn't let you go out at night alone. S-so he sent me to bring you to the mansion. O-oh and he said to tell you to go to the rose garden." Elliot managed to stutter out uncomfortably.
The two walked together in an uncomfortable silence. Mostly because Elliot is trying to win her heart and she was going out on a date with his boss. So when they reached the manor and Elliot told her to go to Blood's private rose garden it was a relief to both of them. Alice walked to the garden to see Blood talking to Vivaldi. He was still in a wheel chair so it was kind of funny to see Vivaldi looming over him threateningly.
Alice walking into the garden cautiously, not wanting to be here at the wrong time. 'But he invited me here. So it shouldn't matter.' Vivaldi looked up and spotted Alice walking towards them. "Ahh Alice. Our cute Alice it is so good to see you! And to be going on a date with our little brother no less. We are very happy." Vivaldi said while giving a delicate hug to the foreigner. Vivaldi then let go of her and smoothly walked to the exit saying a graceful "Tah, Tah. Send me a wedding invite soon." Alice blushed heavily at this while Blood looked a little irked and embarrassed.
Alice followed Blood to the little table that had black tea, with a small milk pitcher and sugar bowl for Alice, and non-carrot related pastries. Blood moved from the wheel chair to the chair. Blood suddenly took out a chess board. "Miss Alice how about a game and a little bet?" Alice looked at him cautiously. "Explain please."
"Well, young lady, I was debating on our date. To take you to the amusement park or the town shopping center. I would most likely run into Mary at the park and that would be fun but you probably wouldn't like that. So if I win then we go to the Amusement Park, if you win the shopping center." Alice paused in thought, 'Well I did beat the Jokers in a game of cards. So how hard could beating Blood in a game of chess be?' Alice agreed to the game.
Not two minutes later was Alice brutally defeated. They agreed to leave after the tea. "Oh Alice, are you finished?" Blood said. "Yes I am." Alice helped Blood stand up and led him to the wheel chair. Blood stopped her and brought out his cane to lean on. "Now Alice . . . what man that invites a young lady on a date has her lead him around?" Blood asked the foreigner. "The recently injured kind." Alice bluntly said. Blood gave a small sigh.
Now unknown to Alice was that Blood has Vivaldi here to help him be able to walk again. He figured that since she was female she would know how to walk with pain. Since she wore those heals all the time. So Blood walked fairly well now with a slight limp. It was shocking to Alice but she figured it was a good thing. The two walked, well walked and limped, to the amusement park.
They actually had quite the good time. Blood and Alice only went on rides in which it would be gentle enough not to reinjure the tea obsessed hatter. When the two sat down to rest a certain cat, which had smelt Alice saw them, decided to meddle a little bit.
With Boris:
Boris was just getting back from sneaking into the castle. He smelt Alice right away and went to go find her. But then he smelt black tea and freshly snipped roses 'Blood Dupre'. Alarms went off in his head. 'Could he be here to hurt Alice? What is he doing here? There are no territory negotiations today. I have to find Alice and warn her!'
What the poor Cheshire didn't expect was to see them together and happy at that. Boris wasn't happy in the least. He decided to have a little fun with this and make the hatter look like a complete idiot. So with the agility of a cat he pushed blood while Blood was leaning forward to take a salty fry. This push caused the hatter's hand to knock Alice's drink onto her lap. "Ahh!" Alice shrieked as the cold Slurpee (I do not own Slurpees) fell onto her.
Blood stared wide-eyed at the girl. It had looked like he had done that on purpose. Alice glared at the rose loving man. "What was that for?" She said in a small yell. The hatter still in shock at what happened remained silent. Alice huffed and turned to walk away. Boris watched this ordeal from the comfort of the trees.
Gowland came running in the direction of the group from hearing Alice scream. "What happened here?" He looked from Alice to Dupre then he did that again a pieced the puzzle together. Suddenly flames surrounded the man and he yelled "Dupre!" This woke Blood out of his shock. Mary Gowland took out his violin ready to shoot.
Blood acted fast grabbing Alice's hand and ran from the area as fast as his sore and healing legs could.
With Blood:
When the left the park and made it to town Blood collapsed to the ground. He was out of breath and in a great amount of pain. Alice, though pitying him slightly, was still upset. "Why did you take me? You should have just run off." She said when he sat up leaning against the wall. Blood looked at her, "So I could make a sexy escape with a beautiful lady. Also we still have time left for our date."
Alice looked at him shocked that they were still on the date. Blood, after regaining his breath and his legs went slightly numb grabbed her hand and walked away. About ten minutes of walking they made it to a beach. 'Wonderland has beaches?' Alice thought to herself.
Blood led Alice to the shore line and just grabbed her around her waist. Alice moved his hand off of her. They walked for a while, side by side, when Blood broke the silence. "I didn't mean to spill the drink on you . . . but I apologize for doing so." Alice looked at him and saw that he wasn't looking at her. Alice gave a small smile and grabbed his hand as a show of forgiveness. This brought a small smile to his face.
Blood then brought up another thing. "The next event in Wonderland soon. It will be the Spring Festival and it is held in the Hatter Territory. I would like for you to be the guest of honor." Blood said but Alice was too shocked to reply. Blood was being so nice and gentlemanly so it confused the poor girl.
Soon the nighttime changed to evening. 'Wow that night time lasted for a while.' They both thought. Suddenly Blood dropped to his knee. "Alice, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me and I would like to remain by your side forever. Please give me the greatest honor by making you my wife." Blood said to the now blushing Alice. (Okay quick little author note. Someone, I will not say names, requested a cliché romance novel scene. This was the most cliché one I could think up.)
"I-I-I-I" Alice was at a loss of words. "I'll think about it!" She blurted out without thinking. Blood's eyes narrowed. 'So she is already considering someone. Well I will have to change that. Maybe I will call in a favor soon.' We all know who was thinking that. "Take all the time you need." Blood said to the nervous girl.
Blood walked her back to the tower before walking home himself wondering who Alice could be considering.
With Julius:
Julius saw Alice walk into the tower. Some after images saw the beach scene and told him about it. He was not happy one bit about it. He now saw how serious Blood Dupre is about marrying the foreigner.
'He will probably capture her heart at this pace, most likely in an underhanded way. I have to marry her. She is the first person to truly make me open up. She makes me . . . happy. Truly happy. I don't want to lose her. But how?' Suddenly a thought came to mind that made him cringe. 'It's the only way.'
So when Alice walked in he walked up to her and hugged her from behind. "Alice?" He said into her ear. "Yes, Julius?" "Go on a date with me tomorrow." Alice suddenly froze. Julius, thee Julius, who was called a hermit and a workaholic, was willing to leave his tower and go on a date. Alice suddenly turned around and pressed a hand to his forehead. Julius gave a small anime sweat-drop at this.
"You don't feel warm." Julius grabbed both of her hands and looked into her eyes. "Alice I want to take you on a date. Please don't make me ask again." Alice was shocked that this was really happening. So she agreed right away. 'He is willing . . . to leave his tower . . . for me.' Julius gave a small smile and pecked her lips before quickly hurrying back to work on his clocks.
'Try beating that hatter.' He thought smugly to himself.
With Peter:
Peter has been lonesome all day. Without his dear Alice he feels alone. So when she walked into his room he instantly perked. "Alice!" Alice sent a small smile his way and set a tray of food next to him. The two talked about each other's day while he ate. Peter immediately lost his appetite when Alice told him about her day with Dupre.
Peter looked at Alice with all seriousness. Alice got slightly unnerved by his serious and unwavering gaze. "Alice, my dear, let me make one thing clear. I know I chime 'I love you' many a time. But each time was from my honest heart. I wish to never be apart." He then looked deep into Alice's eyes. "I shall say it again I love you. Every day we were separate my love grew. Alice, my love, my soul, be mine. Mary me, allow our future to intertwine."
Alice was shocked she saw the love for her in his eyes. Then truth and the hope in his eyes. Alice closed her eyes and spoke. "Peter. I will think about it. Honestly I will. But I need time to sort out my thoughts." She left the room but Peter saw in her face that he finally got through to her. That will be enough for now.
All the people in the tower soon went to bed. Peter in his room dreaming about his and Alice's hopefully soon to be wedding. Alice and Julius in a dreamless sleep. Of course, though, Alice was in Julius's room yet again.
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Question time~~~~~
What should Julius do about the date?
Who will be Alice's date to the Spring Festival?
Important Question!
People have requested to bring back Ace!
So someone has to leave!
The person to leave is Blood Dupre or Joker
Hey everyone please read this!
Okay sooooooo sorry for not updating! I have a good reason but I want post why so don't hurt me! Please read the author notes now.
I don't read romance novels so the corny romance seen was hard yet hilarious to write. Sorry about Blood's out of characterness.
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