Meanwhile, at Ever After High, Alistair, who had received the call from Cupid, was feeling puzzled and upset. Did Cupid really mean that? Why did she say that? But he thought they were in love…

He called Daring and Lizzie to meet him at the Froyo shop to have a word with them. He wasn't sure what he was supposed to do in this situation.

"Alistair, it's alright." Lizzie said. "You know you two are meant for each other!"

Alistair tinkered with his cup of froyo, which had now melted almost completely.

"Yeah, I thought so." He sighed.

"Maybe she wanted to take things a little slow." Daring said. "Or perhaps she's moving onto someone el… ow!"

Lizzie poked him in the sides with her bony elbow.

"I don't know." Alistair said. "Maybe I'm not enough for her."

"Oh, don't say that!" Lizzie said.

"I tried calling her, but she won't answer." Alistair said.

"Maybe she moved on!" Daring whispered to Lizzie, but Alistair still heard.

"Shut up!" Lizzie hissed. She looked at Alistair. "Anyway, you shouldn't be too sure about anything before you actually get to talk to her, face to face. I mean, it's not like Cupid to just dump you like that! Something's going on."

Alistair threw pool of what was once froyo into the bin. He didn't want to eat.

Cupid woke up in her bed. She remembered crying to sleep. Her father must have tucked her in at night.

She lay awake and stared at the ceiling. She got out the silver frame she had hidden on her bedside table drawer, and looked at it. Tears blurred her eyes. I have to find a way to explain this to Alistair, she thought.

Cupid got out of bed and sat on her vanity. She took out the good quill and pen, and wrote a letter to Alistair explaining this situation to him. She wrote it with much love and effort, and after finishing the letter, put on her best pink lip gloss and planted a kiss.

Cupid rolled up the letter, tied it with a satin ribbon, and whistled one of the birds of heaven. And, tying the letter to one of its legs, whispered for it to deliver the letter to Alistair Wonderland of Ever After High.

However, the bird didn't go far before it was sighted and caught by Eros. He recognized his daughter's perfume on the letter, and opened it. He didn't like what he saw, but he decided to take pity on the little girl, and didn't tell her about it.

A few minutes later, Cupid came down for breakfast.

"Good morning, daddy." She said with less light in her eyes than usual.

"Good morning princess." Eros said. "Did you sleep well?"

"Yes, thank you." Cupid said.

"I made heart-shaped waffles for breakfast, I know you love them."

"Thank you dad." Cupid said, and sat down to eat.

Halfway through the meal, she said, giving her best puppydog eyes, "Daddy, can I run down to the mall today? I want to get some Christmas gifts for my friends at Ever After High – not, him. My girl friends!"

Eros smiled and nodded. "Of course."

So after breakfast, Cupid went to the mall and got gifts – a wicked silver raven pendant on a chain with an amethyst for her best friend Raven, a fluffy teddy bear for Blondie, a gold apple charm bracelet for Apple, and a mug in fun colors for Maddie. She also got a quality stationery set for her father… and a heart pendant for him.