Alice: Book 3 Chapter 4

## Verse 1

I didn't really **like** him at first.

I thought he was a teacher who was all talk.

Actually, the teacher was a **brash man** who drifted through this world with charm and ease.

But for some reason, I was **attracted** to this man.

I couldn't explain it myself.

It took many months before I realized that I was in **love**.

And it took even longer before I realized that was a **crime**.

 I don't know how it came to this.

 What was I supposed to do?

 Who was I supposed to like?

 But the right to choose...

 ...did not belong to me.

## Verse 2

Meet correctly, love correctly,

marry correctly, die correctly.

I didn't see the point to it all.

## Verse 3

One person's coal is

another's diamond in the rough.

To me, my teacher was a diamond.

## Verse 4

When we bathed together,

he'd wash my hair for me.

I loved when he did that.

It made me so happy.

## Verse 5

I secretly took pictures of him.

I hid them where nobody

would find them.

## Verse 6

The child inside me is a treasure

and a burden.

Both emotions exist within me.

## Verse 7

Why did it have to be this way?

Why did he break up with me?

I don't understand. I can't...

I think I'm going to throw up.

## Verse 8

Sometimes my heartache is almost unbearable.

They say time heals all...

But how true is that, really?

## Verse 10

*Before*

Anyone kind to me is kind to all.

It took me a very long time to realize that.

I realized it too late.

I was already in love.

I was already trapped.

When I think of the tiny life inside me, my chest begins to hurt.

He was a coward, and I was stupid.

You're innocent.

I was not aware that I had even lost the privilege of repentance.

 It was over before I knew it.

 It may have been over from the start.

 But I don't regret it in the least.

 I'm not sorry.

 Even if I were to say it...

 I wouldn't be forgiven.

*After*

That fact wasn't lost on her.

A gust of wind caressed the schoolgirl on the rooftop.

She was **broken**...

Still, she couldn't do anything.

Her **love** for him ran like a **torrent** through her body.

"**I'm sorry**...

**Thank you...**"

As she spoke to her unborn child, saying words it couldn't comprehend,

she **leapt** from the ledge.

## Discordant Poem

When someone immature matures,

love and affection no longer bring pain...

It's as if the heart has gone cold,

leaving behind a lifeless husk.

This world is mean.

We only know what is correct

after we suffer. The only thing

we can do is resent this world.

Mustering all her courage,

she took one final, faithful step.

*Related Pages*
Main Story
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Book 1: Act of Impulse
* Alice: Book 1 Chapter 1
* Alice: Book 1 Chapter 2
* Alice: Book 1 Chapter 3 (crossover with Snow White)
* Alice: Book 1 Chapter 4
* Book 1 Chapter 5

Book 2: Act of Hatred
* Alice: Book 2 Chapter 1
* Alice: Book 2 Chapter 2
* Alice: Book 2 Chapter 3 (crossover with Kaguya)
* Alice: Book 2 Chapter 4 (crossover with Pinocchio)
* Book 2 Chapter 5

Book 3: Act of Reality
* Alice: Book 3 Chapter 1
* Alice: Book 3 Chapter 2 (crossover with Little Mermaid)
* Alice: Book 3 Chapter 3
* **Alice: Book 3 Chapter 4**
* Book 3 Chapter 5

Book 4: Act of Fusion
* Alice: Book 4 Chapter 1
* Alice: Book 4 Chapter 2
* Alice: Book 4 Chapter 3 (crossover with Sleeping Beauty)
* Alice: Book 4 Chapter 4
* Book 4 Chapter 5

Book 5: Act of Elimination
* Alice: Book 5 Chapter 1
* Alice: Book 5 Chapter 2 (crossover with Sleeping Beauty)
* Alice: Book 5 Chapter 3 (crossover with Cinderella)
* Alice: Book 5 Chapter 4 (crossover with Dorothy and Snow White)
* Book 5 Chapter 5