Chapter 7, Let The Emotions Flow

Hatter was staring intently at her as if she were the only piece of meat in the jungle. It wasn't a look of wanting to eat her, but it was a look like he wanted to kill her. She felt awkward underneath the gaze of his eyes. She felt like the last human alive. She couldn't take it any long, so she decided to take a jab at him.

"What?" Alice asked.

"Do I have something on my face?"

Hatter rolled his eyes and turned around strolling around the mushroom. He had made three laps around the toxic shroom, before Alice decided to try again to talk to Hatter.

"Is that a no, or am I just stupid for asking that question?"

Hatter whirled around to face Alice. He had a hurt look in his eyes that made Alice feel sorry for him.

"What's wrong Hatter?" Alice asked.

"Oh, I don't know." Hatter replied with a sarcastic tone.

Alice looked down at her feet kicking at the dirt. She glanced up from the patch of grass she was standing on. She walked over to the bottom of the stairs, and glanced up at Hatter. She matched her ice blue eyes to his.

"Well there's obviously something wrong, so tell me."

Hatter reached up and scratched the top of his head. His jaw jerked a little bit, before he turned to descend down the stairs. Alice quickly hobbled out of his way noticing his muscles were tensed. She knew he was filled to the brim with anger.

He turned to face her square on before lifting his eyes to meet hers.

"Alice?"

"Yes?" Alice responded.

Hatter took a pause before responding.

"Do you think I'm stupid?"

Alice grimaced at the coldness in his tone. What she couldn't understand, was why he was so angry.

"No Hatter, I don't think that at all."

"Why then?" Hatter charged.

"Why then, do you continue to embarrass me? Why do you continue to put me down? Your unbarring personality makes me want to puke. You treat me basically like a dying animal, except if an animal was dying you'd leave it alone. Instead if I were the animal you would hound me until my final breath."

"So why? Why do you do it?" He asked twirling around like a mad person.

"Hatter I…." Alice began to say, but she couldn't find words to describe the amount of pain she felt for him. So instead she cried.

Hatter looked shocked at her emotions. He looked dumfounded, as if slapped in the face.

"Oh don't give me those crocodile tears!" Hatter yelled.

"I know what you're trying to do! You're trying to make it seem like I'm the bad guy, well I got something for you Alice! I'm not the bad person!"

Alice was flustered for words. She choked back her tears like medicine she had to swallow.

"I'm not making you the bad guy, Hatter. I'm just hurt you feel that way."

"Really Alice! Now you're the hurt one. How do you think I've felt?"

"Well, I really wouldn't know Hatter, because you've never bothered to tell me!"

"Well maybe if you weren't such a self-conceited bitch, then maybe I would!"

Alice was hit hard by his blow. It stung bad and hurt deep. She couldn't stand to look at him anymore. She could feel it coming up deep in the pit of her stomach. The rage was starting and she couldn't stop the words.

"Listen here you bitch! If you weren't so moody and you pulled your head out from the inside of your asshole, more people would want to be around you! And if more people were around you maybe you would find it easier to let the emotions flow."

Now Hatter was the one who had a loss for words. Even Widow was taken aback by Alice's expression.

Alice could feel her hands clenched into fists, and you could read into her eyes and know she was ready to scream.

"Now, I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings because I laughed at your story, but dammit that doesn't make me the bad person either!"

Hatter dropped to his knees stunned by Alice's complete honesty. He placed his hands into the palms of his hands and began to sob. He kept trying to say something, but Alice couldn't understand him. It must've been a question because he choked back his tears and tried again.

"I'm sorry that I yelled at you Alice. I'm just so frustrated and tired of the shit were going through. It gets so old and exhausting you know."

"Look Hatter…" Alice began.

"You don't have to worry about this any longer."

Hatter looked up puzzled from her statement. She held her hand out for him to grab onto.

"How?" Hatter asked.

Alice flicked back her hair and said, "Cause I'm gonna kill that queen."