After the tea party, Alice was exhausted. She was still holding bunny Peter in her arms. When she got to her room she put him down and flopped on the bed face first. She fell asleep almost instantly. Nightmare on the other hand could not sleep a wink. He sat in his bed with his head full of emotions. Gray was pacing the floor at the end of his bed.

"Where could she be?" he growled.

"She could be anywhere." Gray answered.

"Why did she leave? Why didn't she tell me she was leaving?"

"Maybe she was avoiding you." Gray said. Nightmare flinched at the idea. "But it seems to me you were avoiding her too since you locked yourself in your bedroom and actually did some work."

"What is that supposed to mean?!" Nightmare snapped. He sighed and regained his composure. "What if she is dead?" he asked, grimacing.

"I highly doubt she is-"

"Dang it, Gray. The last thing I did to her was bite her on the neck! The last thought I heard from her was her asking herself if she did something wrong. Ugh. The last words I said to her were 'I'm sorry'. Dang it! Why didn't I apologize instead of run?!"

"You did apolo-"

"No. I mean really apologize. Not just say sorry." He growled at himself. "What was I thinking?!"

"That it was an embarrassing situation and you didn't want to confront her after the ordeal."

"Why do you have to be so gosh darn technical?!" he hissed. He sighed to calm down again.

"You need to get some sleep. You have work to do tomorrow."

"You think I'm going to be thinking about work when Alice is out there somewhere? What if she is lost in the Joker's forest? What if she is hurt and is calling my name? What if-"

"The only way you would know is to sleep."

"I. Cant. Sleep. Not without knowing if she is ok. Leave me. I want to be alone now." He mumbled.

"Are you su-"

"Yes now remove yourself from the premises!" Gray then practically ran out of the room to avoid Nightmare's anger. Nightmare's body was shaking in anger but who was he angry at? Alice? No. It wasn't her fault he scared her away. He was angry at himself. Too many emotions filled him. He punched the wall in frustration and gathered more paperwork to busy his eager mind.

"Mmmm…." Alice groaned as she rolled over in the bed.

"Gahk!" said a voice. Alice suddenly jumped up to see she had rolled over onto bunny Peter.

"I'm sorry Peter" She cried, hugging the poor bunny.

"I'm fine." The bunny answered. She smiled at him and went to lie back in bed, holding the bunny close to her chest. She petted him as gently as she could and began to wonder what Nightmare was doing. He didn't invade her dream so maybe he was angry at her. She huffed out a sigh as she began to get out of bed.

"Where awe you gowin?" the bunny asked.

"I need to head back to the clover tower." She sighed.

"Awww, can't you stay a widdle while wonger?"

"I'm afraid not. Nightmare must be furious."

"Dat old incubus? He wouldn't hurt a fwy. So pweeze stay here wiff me."

"I cant." She said as she looked away from the bunny. His cute powers were too great. She began to walk out of the room.

"Alice, why don't you just move here?" Human Peter asked.

"Because I live at the clock tower- I mean Clover tower." She mumbled.

"Why?"

"I was always most comfortable at the clock tower and the Clover tower is now the closest thing to it so it is comfortable for me." She entered the main area.

"Alice." Vivaldi said. "Where are you going?"

"I'm going back to the tower. Nightmare must be worried about me."

"Ok. Where is Peter going?" She asked. "Nightmare won't be worried about him. That and he has paperwork to do. Our job is always the hardest after a move…." She muttered.

"I don't want her to get lost." Peter said.

"I can find my own way." Alice snapped as she left the castle. "Bye Vivaldi, I will come back later to see you again." She called out. She could see the tower from where she stood so she decided to walk straight and just keep walking.