Ello all, it's almost Halloween! Tis my fav holiday! Only at this time can you go to your neighbors house and solicitate free candy, without them calling the cops. Anyhoo, hope ya enjoys this R&R!

Alice's POV

I fell to the ground with two small boys suction cupped to my midsection. Dee and Dum were giggling as I groaned under their weight. Both of their axes lay where they had fallen. And all of my books were on the ground amongst them.

"Yay! Onee-san came to visit us!", Dee yelled gleefully. Dum raised a hand and they high-fived while still smothering me.

"Yes and if I'm paralyzed I won't be able to do it again", I hinted, gasping. At once the weight disappeared and two sets of arms pulled me to my feet.

Dee started apologizing, "Sorry Onee-san, we were just happy since you came-".

"Yeah, since you're always with Boris or the Clockmaker, we never get to see you", Dum finished. I blushed, covering it by picking my books up, and making my hair hide my face.

"I don't spend all my time with them", I argued sheepishly. In reality I just didn't come here because Blood tended to get violent during my visits. Both twins shook their heads.

"Yes you do", Dum started.

"But you're here now so what do you want to do?", Dee asked. They gave each other a evil look, then turning back to me with innocent eyes that I could see through like glass.

"Oh no, I'm just here to return some books", I backed away from them and gestured to the books in my hands. They pouted.

"But Onee-san hasn't played a game with us in so long", Dum whined. I rolled my eyes.

"Fine, how bout I get done putting these back and I'll play tag with you two", I offered. Immediately their eyes light up with happiness. They started jumping up and down.

"Yay! We're so gonna beat onee-san, we know all the best hiding places. . .", they went on to discussing the rules and places off-limits.

"Okay, I'm gonna just go and return these alright?", I said, interrupting them. They looked up and nodded.

"Okay, don't be too long", Dee said.

I went through the gate and entered the giant doors into the mansion. In all the time that I had been in Wonderland, I'd never found all the hallways in the place and even now it seemed easy to get lost in. Plus the fact that usually Elliot or the twins guided me through the place.

Fortunately there were servants carrying paperwork and other things that were happy to give me directions to the library.

After a kind girl carrying some clothes pointed me down the hall to the left I walked into the familiar room. Only to find that a certain Hatter was there.

Blood was writing on some paper work with a steaming cup of tea next to him. His coat, tie and hat hung on the clothes rack by the door.

Immediately he looked up at my entrance. Glancing me up and down he smirked.

"And to what reason do I owe the pleasure of seeing you here?", he asked. I easily brushed off the compliment, I'd gotten used to Blood's attempts at mind-games. I held up the books.

"Just returning these and looking up a few", I said, a hint of carelessness to my voice that made his blue/green eyes sharpen. His smirk held steady though.

"As you wish", he gestured to the many rows of books. I nodded in thanks and started putting the various books back in their place.

The entire time we were silent, up until the time I started to leave, I had a feeling the twins would start to get impatient.

"Hmm, an entire half an hour with a man and you haven't even made a move, you're starting to disappoint me Alice", Blood said snidely, which made me whip around from the door to face him.

"Maybe it's because of the man I'm in the room with", I muttered nastily. His smirk only grew at seeing me flustered and angry. With a hmpf I turned and ran into the coat rack. I tried to steady it, but it fell with me under it.

I fell with the clothes on me and the rack pinning me to the floor. Blood dashed up and ran over.

"Alice! Are you alright?", he asked. I was pushing against the heavy piece of furniture on me and gave him a look at the stupid question.

"No, I'm perfectly dandy, this thing is just suffocating me", I told him sarcastically. He growled at me, but bent down.

He pulled the rack off me, which left me on the ground with his hat sitting lopsided on my head, and the rest of the clothes on my shoulders. A grin appeared on his face.

"Well well, I have to say that you look rather nice with my hat", he grinned. It was my turn to growl as I grabbed the hat off my head and yelped in pain. One of the roses's thorns had pricked me and now was bleeding.

Automatically my hand went up to my mouth for me to suck on the wound, but a hand caught mine. I froze and slowly looked up at Blood.

He was cocking his head at the small wound. Then he grinned again as he looked at my eyes, gauging my reaction as he brought my hand up to his mouth.

In astonishment I watched him lick up the few drops of blood that had escaped my skin. He lifted his lips and grinned again at me.

"Hmm, you're sweet, even on the inside", he said quietly, then he slowly brought a hand up to my cheek and started brushing pieces of hair from it. His fingers left heated traces across my face.

I was frozen at the gentle action, the memory of him strangling me fresh in my mind. Then I felt his hand get ridged as he brought his face closer to mine.

"I wonder how your lips will taste", he murmured seductively as he stopped with his lips a breath away from mine. That's when I got something of my mind back and I opened my mouth to answer smartly.

He lunged forward and kissed me hard, his lips against mine.

And that's when the door decided to open.

"Boss the twins are at it aga-Argh!", Elliot's voice came from the entrance. I knew how this must have looked, Blood was nearly laying on me and I still had some of his clothes on me.

"I'm so sorry", Elliot was pulling a hand through his hair and blushing hard. Blood pulled on a cold demeanor.

"Elliot what could possibly be so important?", he said with gritted teeth. I got up and put the clothes on the ground next to the fallen rack.

"The twins started playing tag with the servants, only their blowing up whoever gets tagged", Elliot rushed out. I sighed.

"It's my fault", I said, "I told them that I would play with them after I got done putting the books back", I explained.

Elliot nodded, "Well then could you please do something, they're gonna kill the entire staff at this rate". I nodded, wanting to get out of this awkward situation as soon as possible. Elliot walked out quickly and I was right behind him.

I rushed out, only to hear Blood say something before I went out the door.

"Until next time Alice".

Just a weird idea I had pondering about some of the stories that have been written.