Blue Skies Prompt 26: AiW
Title: Departures
Author: Ranguvar42
Prompt: Blue Skies Prompt #26-picture of car on highway.
Fandom: Alice in Wonderland 2010
Characters: Alice/Helen
Genre: Family/Hurt/Comfort
Ratings: K for blubbering.
Word Count: 232
Summary: Helen and Alice bid each other a tearful goodbye before Alice leaves for China.
"Are you sure you want to do this, Alice?" asked Helen for the seven hundredth and seventy seventh time. Alice sighed patiently, and then gently took her mother's shoulders, staring at her in determination.
"Yes, Mother. I am sure. I have thought about it all summer, and I think it will be good for me." She smiled, tears forming in her eyes. "I am sorry that I'm not the ideal daughter you wanted me to be."
Helen gasped, giving Alice a shocked look. "Alice Kingsley, I do not ever want you to say or think that for as long as you live! You might make me more confounded than anything, but I am prouder of you than you will ever know. You are more like Charles than you know, my darling girl. I know you will have a wonderful time in China. Now, you'd better get in the carriage, or the Wonder might just sail without you."
Alice hugged her tightly, the tears flowing freely. "I'll write you everyday, Mother. I promise. Goodbye."
She climbed into the carriage, making sure to look back until the Kingsley Estate faded beyond the horizon.