Fic: R - I Dreamed You - Tarrant/Alice - Chapter 13
Au - Same note as the former chapter. I'm too busy with my education and health to have time left to write, so the updates will take longer and won't be very long. I apologise for that. I do acknowledge that most of my free time is spent on several rpgs around the net instead xD I'll try to write more and if I'm correct I should have time again after this week. Just wish me luck =)
Fandom: Alice in Wonderland 2010
Rating: R ( M )
Warning: Explicit content, do not read when under 18.
Pairing: Alice / Tarrant
Genre: General/Romance/Hurt/Comfort
Written as a reply to : 2010_Alice_kink
I dreamed you
'Fight For This Love'
Alice clutched her pillow close and kept staring blankly in front of her. She didn't want to tell anyone. She didn't want to see anyone.
Her mother knocked on the door and entered her room with a worried expression on her face.
"Alice."
Alice turned on her side so she didn't have to face her mother.
"Is it true?"
She kept silent.
"Is it true what the maids say?" This time her mother's voice was stern and demanding and Alice tried to block out her voice.
"Haven't you had your period anymore?"
Alice sat up on the bed and glared at her mother through fresh tears that threatened to fall from her eyes. "Mom." Her crackled voice made her mother jump. It was clear that Helen was concerned about her daughter and that was also the reason why she tried to be severe now. If Alice had been sleeping around with others before her marriage it would be a scandal and it would ruin the chances on a future filled with luxury.
Helen leaned against the wall opposite from her tear-stained daughter. "You do know how to bring our family name into danger, don't you?"
Alice couldn't stop her tears anymore and had to let them flow freely. "Mom!" She cried out again and buried her face in her hands. How could she tell her mother that she had slept with the man she loved? How could she tell her mother that the man she loved had simply abused her? How could she tell her mother all this when he was in a land no one could normally-wise reach?
"Who was it?" Her mother crossed her arms in front of her chest and tried to sound calm, but the harshness of her voice only felt as a knife to Alice.
"Not Hamish I hope. You refused him remember?"
Her words were bitter and filled with repugnance. She only wanted the best for her daughter and herself.
"No, MOM!" Alice yelled and threw her pillow towards her mother who looked back at her with wide eyes. She couldn't believe how obstinate her daughter had become.
"I hope you'll tell me once you've calmed down." Her mother whispered through gritted teeth before closing the door behind her.
Alice cuddled herself and fell back upon her bed, her tears never ceased and her body shook violently because of all the emotions. She thought she wasn't going to survive this all. The betrayal of her own mind, the abuse by her friend, the wrath of her mother and the imminent birth of a child with an unearthly look.
A soft knock sounded on the door and Alice curled into a small ball, hoping that she could block out whoever was waiting to come in. What if it was her mother again?
The door opened and Alice squeezed her eyes shut tight.
"Alice?" It was the voice of her little brother Charles.
"What is it?" She sounded irritated. Her brother had already entered the room and came closer to her. "Charlie?" She looked up at him and had expected to meet a grin. He looked serious instead.
"Are you all right, sister?" Alice looked up at him in surprise. Since when had her younger brother become sensitive?
"Yes." She knew it was a big fat lie but what else was she to do?
"I heard mama yelling at you." Alice lay down onto her own bed again and rested her chin on her hands. "Just let her yell." He run up his little hand into her hair to comfort his sister and Alice felt herself calm down at his touch. Her little brother seemed to understand her, unlike her mother. She needed some support right now.
"Thank you, Charlie."
A small smile was her reward. "I don't think mama meant to hurt you."
She growled under her breath. "She could have brought her 'sermon' a bit more tactful." Charlie smiled even wider and cuddled close to his sister. "Alice?"
She hummed and looked up at him.
"Are you going to marry just like sister Margaret did?"
Alice could feel a sharp pain within her chest at his words. "Maybe, one day." Her voice was hoarse and broken again. But this didn't seem to matter to Charlie who kept her close.
"Make sure you'll marry someone nice, someone who's not like Lowell."
Alice snickered. "Don't worry, Charlie. If I'll marry someone it'll be someone mad." Her brother laughed at her words. This was the Alice he knew. But while her brother was happily snuggled against her Alice's mind shouted only one painful word.
'Hatter.'
Au: Second Au for this day xD In case you're wondering; Alice is said to have a brother so I added him and named him Charlie (after his father). And yes, you can guess where Alice is going in this fic. Cookies?