Little Miss Alice

Not again.

"Come on get up!" Asher shouts as he hops onto your bed.

"I'm up, Ash. You don't need to shout." You say, your voice void of emotion yet again.

"Hurry up! Momma made pancakes!"

"Okay, okay. I'm coming."

You slide out of bed as you watch Asher leave your room. You make your way over to your wardrobe, you grab a simple pale blue day dress and slip it on. You then walk over to your bed and pick up Lilly, you then change her into something similar dress so that the two of you match. When you look over at your mirror you notice how your hair is sticking up all over. You sigh and take a seat at your vanity, picking up your brush and making yourself look presentable. Once all the knots are out of your hair you pull your hair back into a ponytail, tying a blue bow to keep everything in place. You take a quick moment to brush Lilly's hair, leaving it down so you can play with her golden locks. Before you leave you decide you should probably write in your diary. You take a seat and pick up your pen, flipping to a fresh page.

Dear Lilly

Was last night a dream? It felt so real, but I was also asleep? It's so confusing. Nevertheless, it was fun to spend time with you. I'm very excited to spend more time with you and the others in Wonderland. I should get to the dining room, I can hear Asher yelling my name. I'll write more tonight, goodbye for now.

Love Alice

You let the ink dry and then close your dairy. You start to make your way to the dining room, when you enter the room you look around the room to see Braxton and his family sitting around the table. You make eye contact with Braxton and he pats the seat beside him.

"Alice came to sit beside me!" Asher calls from beside your mother.

You sit next to him and your eyes lock with Braxton's once more, you can see the anger in them. You shudder under his gaze, You try your best to ignore him for the meal when both fathers get up seemingly wanting to announce something.

"Everyone, Arthur and I would like to make an announcement!" Your father starts.

"Yes, we would like to announce that Braxton and Alice are arranged to get married!" Arthur finishes.

"WHAT!?!" You yell, and everyone turns to look at you.

"Honey, calm down. This will be good for both families!" Your father says, he seems surprised at your yelling.

"No no no no no no no no no..." You keep repeating.

"Sweetheart calm down." Your mother tries.

"No, I will not." You say, getting up from the table, and running from the dining hall, up the stairs, into your room. You grab a day bag and fill it with a few things you will need for today and make your way to the front door.

"Alice, where are you going?" Your father calls.

"To Lulu's we had plans." You say, not bothering to look at your father as you keep heading for the door.

"Alice, wait!" Your mother shouts, she's running right for you.

"What?" You stop and say.

"Can we talk about this please?" Your mother pleads.

"There is no need, I will be back in half an hour with my friends. I don't want that man anywhere near me or my friends when I get back." You state, all emotions drained from you as you walk out the door.

As you walk down the front path and out the gate of your family home you notice that Alexander is running to catch up to you.

"Hey Ali, wait up!" he shouts, "Is it okay if my little sister joins us today?"