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I'll trade you for the shampoo.

excellent!

[ How had he even spelled that correctly? ]

thaaaaaaaank yuo

[ She's not even going to give him the nice shampoo, she just wants the Hatter's hat.

..Mostly because if Will gets drunk enough she's sure Jefferson won't appreciate what his hat gets used for. ]

You know where I live.

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 seey ou soon????? ithink

[ Hey, she got him to come over. Maybe. That's a good thing, right? ]

See you soon.

[ Okay, let's be real. It probably took forever for him to actually get there, and when finally he did he likely stood outside the door for roughly five minutes before remembering he had to knock.

Also, yes, he was wearing Jefferson's hat. ]

[ Probably. Anastasia was just doing her own thing while she waited for him. Namely making sure her expensive shampoo was somewhere safe, candies were out of reach of the drunk person, and trying to figure out a way to childproof the balcony.

So when he does knock, it still takes her half a minute to get to the door. When the door opens, the first thing he'll see is her smiling at him. Even if he was totally pissed off at her to get this drunk, she was hoping if he was coming over.. just maybe he'd be more okay with things. ]

Will!

[ At the sight of her, he immediately stepped back and gave his very best confused Jefferson frown. He pointed to the hat as if that was all she needed to know. ]

Nope, just me. Just Hatter.

[ He walked right past her and invited himself in, looking as if he was searching every possible surface for the shampoo. ]

Bubbly stuff. Where is it?

[ Sorry, Ana. Your Will is in another prison. ]

Have you checked the bathroom?

[ She wasn't going to let him drink it. ] I can make some tea if you'd rather just have that. By the way, he doesn't call himself Hatter. He prefers Jefferson. He's only the "Mad Hatter" if you're angry with him.

Yes. I check it every day, or so ya -- you tell me.

[ Just because she wouldn't let him didn't mean he wouldn't give it a bloody good try. ]

... right. Knew that. Anyway, no tea. Just what I came for.

[ He took the hat off and tossed it in the air a few times, which seemingly amused him a lot more than it ever should have. ]

Well you're drunk enough right now I'm going to have to play life guard if you try to bathe.

[ Ana wonders if she can just go fill an old shampoo bottle with something actually edible so that Will doesn't get sick if he's this determined.. ]

The only thing I'm here to swim in is tea, your Majesty.

[ Even if he was drunk, it was impossible to say those words without a touch of mockery.

Also, still playing with the hat. Up it goes, down it comes. So fun. ]

[ She could hear the scathing tone that took on when he said that. Anastasia forced a smile onto her face, though her tone was more firm. If he wanted to play hatter and call her that, she could definitely pull her Queen accent on him. ]

Fine. Sit down and don't move, darling. Wouldn't want you to lose your head while you waited.

[ She's going to go get her shampoo bottle, hide it in her dress (very poorly, but he's drunk enough he probably won't notice) and find something else to put it in so she can just rinse it out and fill it with water. ]

[ Will broke character for just a second and gave her a disgusted look but quickly remembered what he was doing and pulled one of Hatter's goofy expressions instead. ]

Can't I just follow you?

[ He clumsily caught the hat and put it back on his head before crossing his arms and giving Ana a probing stare. ]

[ She definitely gives him a look like she totally was doing it on purpose since he's being an asshole. Yeah, she knows she can use that against him. ]

This isn't your room, Hatter.

[ You wanted her to play along. ] Be a good boy and sit.

[ Will just continued staring at her. Wasn't that was Jefferson did? Stare at people wit his condescending dad expression? ]

Be quick about it, will you? Can't be late, you know.

[ Wait. That was someone else. ]

[ She gave him a look at that like 'really' then rolled her eye before going to the kitchen. He's drunk enough he probably didn't even know where anything in her place was. Oh well. Into a glass with film covering it the shampoo went, and she started quickly rinsing the rest out in the sink, shaking the bottle to get as many suds out as she could before filling it up with water.

Sorry Will, you're not inducing poison control on her watch unless she wants you to. Shortly after, she comes back out and holds out the shampoo bottle. ]

The hat first.

[ She was right. He really had no concept at all of what was going on, a problem which seemed to worsen every passing minute. At least he still knew he was supposed to be Hatter. Or was it Jefferson...? No, no, that's the same person. He thought it was anyway.

When had Ana come back? ]

Nope. We'll...

[ He held the hat forward, but it was just out of her reach. ]

We'll... both. Both first.

[ Jefferson would never give up his hat, let alone meet her halfway for it, so there's a little smile on her face. Even if they'd actually traded bodies, something like this would've given it away easily. ]

Both then.

[ She holds the shampoo bottle filled with water out, her other hand extended for the hat. ]

[ Will's acting abilities could only go so far. ]

Yep.

[ He held the hat over her head just out of her grasp, his other hand reaching for the bottle. ]

We'll hand them over on the count of three. Ready?

[ She just rolls her eye at that, then raises her brows. ]

If I wanted it without playing fair, I'd hit you with something and take it.

Alright then. Three.

[ And just like that he dropped the hat on her head and snatched the bottle. ]

Thank you very much.

[ Dear lord that hat's just going to cover up half of her face now. Jefferson's head is much bigger than hers. Anastasia reaches up and adjusts the hat, tipping it up with her right hand and giving Will a look.

SHE'S NOT EVEN GOING TO SAY ANYTHING, JUST FEEL THE LOOK WILL!! ]

[ Will inched a bit closer, leaning forward and giving her a charming grin. Even if he was pretending to be Hatter he couldn't deny that she looked awfully cute. ]

Problem, Majesty?

For one who's supposed to be one of my subjects you are awfully cheeky, Hatter.

[ Playing along isn't half bad, especially if it gets Will to smile at her like that. She can't even help that she's smiling back. ]

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