A/N I know stories like this has been done before, and I loved everyone of them. This is my take on Alice's and Hatter's life together. They're all one shots, really everyone of them is me getting an idea for a story and starting but then them bloody plot bunnies started disappearing down the rabbit hole and leaving me with a half finished stories. So I've tided them up a little bit and setting them free.

This one is rated K.

They wont really go in order, I've tried to make them as in order as possible.

So yeah… Enjoy.

He sat in his chair at the top of the table just looking at two of his three best friends. They argued about nothing out of the ordinary, March had tried to shove the little mouse into a teapot full of hot tea, or Mallymkun had catapulted some sugar into the twitchy hare's eye.

Just another day in Underland.

Since she had left this place wasn't as it used to be. Of course it was now a better place since Big Head was gone, the White Queen had brought peace and calm back to Underland which it had been lacking for some time. But when she left in a cloud of grey smoke that haunted his dreams every night he felt a piece of his heart disappear with her.

She had said she would be back before he knew it, but he had known it more times than he could count. She said she would remember him, but he highly doubted she would. She would pass him off as some twisted dream and carry on with her life, marrying some pompous lord who sneered at her muchness and changed her into every other woman from her world.

He wished he had more time with her; their time had always been so brief. He wanted time with her to simply talk about everything and nothing, where the prospect of battle didn't hang above their heads. He felt the desire to kill Time once more, arrogant creature.

He knew his half mad mind was getting worse, like now, he watched as an imaginary Alice came walking through the trees like she had been there forever. Wearing a strange pale blue silk dress that clung to her figure and seemed to fasten by three long buttons down her left side. It was detailed with silver flowers and trees. Her blonde hair pinned by her head by what appeared to be sticks. Strange. His imagination had never made her change appearance; she was forever in that flattering blue dress she wore last time she was here. He doubted his mind could come up with a dress as tight and beautiful as the one she was wearing now. The slit in the dress which came to mid thigh gave him a lovely view of her creamy leg as she walked. She did not wear stockings, just a simple pair of black slippers with a black ribbon winding upwards in a most flattering way. In her hand was a worn leather suitcase that she let drop to the floor when she was about twenty metres away from the table.

And then she just stopped and stared at him, a naughty little smile on her lips making him smile too. So what if she was only his imagination? His mind had created something perfect and he was going to enjoy it until she disappeared again.

He was staring at her for quiet some time before a sugar cube landed on his cheek, pulling his vision away from imaginary Alice for the briefest moment. He looked to Mally with anger burning in his orange eyes but she simply smiled and seemed to give him a confused look. "Well? Are you just going to stare at her forever?" She asked in an annoyed tone making him frown and look back up to Alice who was still thankfully there. "You can see her?" His voice sounded too surprised and his lisp too noticeable for his liking. Mally and Thackery giggled to each other and nodded. "Of course we can see her. She's standing right there isn't she?"

He was on his feet in an instant. She was there, his Alice was really there and he had been staring at her like and idiot for quiet a while. Yet she didn't move ether in the time, just simply stared at him with that mischievous smile on her kissable lips.

And then suddenly she was running for him, clearly not caring for her above world rules of ladylike manners and such. And before he could react she launched herself at him and wrapped her arms around his neck tightly. The force of impact making him tumble back a few steps to regain balance and hold his arms out at his sides in panic.

Yet she didn't appear to be planning on moving away from him any time soon or attempting to hurt him somehow so he smiled and allowed his arms to encircle her securely, smiling his widest smile since she left at the fact that she was back and in his embrace.

She smelled of cherry blossom and rich teas that spoke of a land far away. She appeared very different to the Alice he had met last time she was here. This Alice was full to the brim with muchness and her appearance gave no indication of girlishness, she was a woman now.

She went of tiptoes slightly to come closer to his height and whispered in his ear for him alone. "I missed you." He felt the piece of himself she had taken click back into place and his heart soar. She hadn't forgotten him, she was the right Alice, she was here and since she had brought a bag it seemed like she wasn't leaving for a while.

"I missed you more." He replied with too much pain in his voice it made her pull away slightly and look at him with worried chocolate eyes. Removing one hand from his neck she placed it against his cheek to wipe at the tears he didn't know where falling. "Oh my poor Hatter, I didn't mean to make you cry. I didn't mean to be gone so long. Hopefully the news that I will not be leaving again will make you feel better?" He knew his eyes must have changed a colour she had never seen them before as she stared transfixed at them. "Forever?" He whispered, making her giggle and nod her head happily, once more placing her feet on the floor and placing her head on his chest listening to his heart beat heavily. "Forever my Hatter."

What else could his reply to the fact she would forever be here be, if not a kiss which she returned quiet happily. They had no need to declare their love; the kiss said all that needed saying.

A/N So what do you think? I'm not sure if the dresses Alice is wearing where actually made at the time, but when I first saw the film I had a little vision of Alice in one of them. I know she wouldn't have dared to wear them in her own world. But since she plans to stay in Underland she put it on and dived down the hole. Please R&R and please be nice. Still very shy about these stories. x