It had been a week since Alice had left blood. So far things had been quiet and Blood hadn't done anything yet, but Alice still stressed whenever she thought about him.

She was worried he would do something drastic. He was always the type. Not one to turn the cheek for anything.

Alice stared into the darkness, not able to fall asleep. Julius for once was asleep and breathing softly beside her, his arm wrapped around her. It made her happy, but she felt too jittery to sleep. She was always nervous that blood would sneak in while they were sleeping and do something weird.

I need a glass of water, thought Alice. It would help calm her nerves. She gently pushed Julius's arm off her and quietly crept out of bed. Padding softly to the kitchen she had the distinct feeling that she was being watched. A chill shot up her spine and the back of her neck tingled but she shook it off. Once she had her glass of water she sipped at it and turned to look out the window.

She screamed, dropping her glass of water so that it shattered on the ground.

Because Blood was at the window, perched on a branch peering in at her, his face pressed against the glass. When he saw that Alice had noticed him he disappeared, assumingly by climbing back to the ground using the tree branches.

"Alice, what's wrong?"asked Julius urgently, having been awoken by her scream. He dashed to her side and was staring at her with concern.

"B-blood was at the window!"gasped Alice, trying not to shake.

"What?"Julius asked, not quite believing if he heard right.

"I said Blood was at the window,"sobbed Alice. " He was watching us. He was watching me!"

"Shh, it's okay he's gone now. I'm here to protect you. The mad hatter can't do anything to you while you're here. The clock tower is neutral."

"Blood is so creepy!"wailed Alice.

"Its okay, Alice."Julius tried to be comforting but he found it awkward and didn't quite know what to say. He was angry that blood was spying on them, but he couldn't do anything about it. There were no rules against stalking or spying. And he wasn't allowed to kill since he was the clockmaker. If worse came to worse he would have to have ace kill the mad hatter which wouldn't be easy.

For now all Julius did was close the curtains over the window.

Blood crouched on a branch just beneath the window, listening to Alice and Julius's conversation. He was pleased that Alice was scared. She deserved it for leaving him but he hadn't planned on getting caught. It wasn't time yet. Now it would be harder to check up on Alice and see what she was doing. It was bothersome. And he didn't like how Alice had called him creepy either. It was insulting. He continued to stay there, perched beneath the window, eavesdropping trying to get some useful information but eventually Julius and Alice stopped talking. Presumably to bed. With each other, blood thought bitterly. He would have to put a stop to that soon, but for now it was time to retreat back to his mansion and brainstorm more plans to get Alice back.

Hey everyone. It's me again with another Alice in the country of hearts story. But this time starring blood and Julius! I thought it would be fun and silly to write a story about blood as a creepy, weird stalker. Hopefully you guys like it so far and please feel free to leave a review or whatevs. And check out my other fanfics if u feel like it. :) I will update them when i find the time to do so.