Anna Arendelle lay on her bed, her lips forming a thin line as she absently petted her Siamese cat, Trixie. The cat purred contentedly and arched her furry body into the touch, loving the attention she was getting. It was a rare moment for the feline because Anna hardly ever paid much attention to the cat, but currently the girl was extremely bored out of her mind so she had nothing better to do.
Blue-green eyes lazily surveyed the large bedroom, skipping past the flat screen HD TV, a stereo and the rack of CDs next to it that were slotted in no particular order, most of which she'd never even bothered listening to. Her wandering eyes stopped momentarily on the white vanity table across the room and the makeup scattered about on top.
Anna abruptly got up, knocking Trixie to the ground unceremoniously. The animal yowled in protest and hissed before prancing out of the room, her tail flicking wildly in the air. Anna paid the animal no mind as she swung open the door of her large walk-in closet that held every single article of clothing she owned. She sighed pitifully as she took in the shirts, skirts, and dresses hanging on the hangers; the shoes, still in their boxes stacked neatly one on top of another on the floor.
The nineteen-year-old lived in a mansion with her father, mother, and brother. The family was filthy rich, which meant Anna had practically everything she could possibly want. Her parents were quick to get her anything if she asked for it. One time she wanted a llama and they got her one without question, though they got rid of it a few days later because it spat way too much. It was extremely gross. Then she demanded they get her a horse instead, and while she still had the animal today, she no longer had any interest in it. When she asked her parents to extend her room they did, but it looked too small to her still and she wondered if she should have it extended again. She'd have to talk with her parents about that.
Despite everything she had, there was one thing she was without and that was a boyfriend. Anna desperately wanted one, but unfortunately for her she wasn't having any luck in that department. She dated practically every available guy in her area, excluding the ugly ones, and out of all of those boys, not a single one of them worked out for her. Either they were only interested in her money or they were just trying to get into her pants. It was really depressing. She was the richest and prettiest girl in town and the fact that she was without a boyfriend was despicable and unheard of!
She didn't know what to do. She feared she was going to die a spinster. All she wanted was a guy who loved her for who she was, not just for her money or for her sexy bod. Anna wanted someone she could have fun with, someone that would make her laugh and feel wonderful without even trying.
Laughing wasn't common in the Arendelle household. Adgar, her father, was overly serious. Business was the only thing important to him. Idunn, her mother, was afraid to laugh or crack a smile for fear she would get wrinkles on her perfectly smooth face. She used botox regularly. Hans, her brother, was practically a clone of Adgar, always serious and rarely smiling. He was more boyish looking and could hardly be considered a man at the age of twenty-one. He was pretty much a nerd and was the total opposite of a prince charming. He was tall and skinny, with acne all over his face and hideous sideburns. Her brother was a perfect example of a guy Anna would never go out with.
Idunn was impatient about her daughter getting hitched already and was constantly setting up dates for her without Anna's consent. A majority of the guys she ended up getting paired with were her mother's friend's sons and the dates always ended horribly. It was such a nightmare!
Anna was determined to find the right guy. The question was, where could she look for her Mr. Right? She was contemplating this when Trixie pounced back into the room, dropping a wriggling, furry mass from her mouth. Anna shrieked when she saw a gigantic, fast-moving mouse skitter into her room. The cat swiped halfheartedly at it with her paw but missed, and the mouse disappeared somewhere under the queen-sized bed with a squeak.
"Trixie!? Why did you bring that thing in here?" Anna screamed in outrage. Trixie's hobby was bringing live mice into the mansion. She never killed them like most cats would. She'd find them outside, pick them up in her mouth if she was lucky enough to catch one, and then she'd enter through an open window and bring the mouse into Anna's room. It was basically a routine, but one Anna would never get used to. She was considering getting rid of Trixie because of it but then the house would be too boring without an animal roaming around.
"Get it out, you beast! Out!"
Trixie sat on the floor and started to groom herself with her sandy tongue. Disgusted, because now she'd probably find a smelly hairball on the carpet later on, Anna wrinkled her nose and gingerly tiptoed across the floor to her desk where her laptop lay. Flipping the lid open, she switched it on and twiddled her thumbs together while she waited for it to load. Once the background image popped up she gasped in horror.
"Hans! You jerk!" It was a picture of a gross looking beetle. Anna right clicked and went to properties and got rid of the image quickly, shuddering involuntarily. She hated bugs so much and that hatred formed thanks to something that happened to her when she was six.
She was outside playing with her Barbie dolls and she accidentally dropped Barbie into a bush. Anna had trouble finding the doll through all the leaves, but she managed to locate her and gave her a huge hug, scolding the doll for hiding from her like that. She felt something crawling on her arm, and when she looked there was an enormous, gray ladybug. She allowed it to crawl on her fingers and was having fun watching it… until the bug started gnawing on her skin. Then Anna let out a shrill scream and frantically tried to shake the bug off with no luck. Her brother Hans was the one who came out and flicked it off her finger. It was probably the only nice thing he'd ever done for her…
Since then he was always planting bug stuff around her room to scare her. Anna tried locking her door to keep him out but he always managed to pick the lock or steal the keys from the maid, who needed them in order to clean the room when Anna wasn't around. It was immature behavior on her brother's part, and Anna wondered when he was going to grow up and act like a man instead of a child. Probably never. It explained why he couldn't get a girlfriend.
Sighing heavily, Anna clicked onto the internet and did a bit of surfing. Nothing interested her though, and she was about to shut the computer down and call it a night when she thought of something. Since she was having such a hard time finding someone in person, why not try to find someone online? It was dangerous looking online of all places, but it didn't hurt to flirt with danger every now and then.
Excited about the idea, Anna signed onto her Instant Messenger name and entered a dating chat room. Wiping her sweaty hands on her legs first, she began to type "single, nineteen-year-old female, looking". Except instead of writing it out fully she resorted to using mostly single letters and slashes out of laziness. She pressed enter and a low chiming noise sounded through the speakers as her message popped up for everyone in the chat room to see.
TooRich4U: S/19/F/L
Almost instantly a separate window popped up.
ChIcKmAgN3T: Hey there.
Anna's breath caught in her throat. It actually worked. Someone had seen her message and IMed her! She was so excited she almost forgot to type a response.
TooRich4U: hi! lol. whats ur name and how old are u? my names anna, btw.
ChIcKmAgN3T: Anna? That's a pretty name. Well, I'm 20 and my name's El-
Anna only managed to catch the first two letters of the person's name before she was face to face with an unflattering view of a cat's butt. "Trixie!" The cat had jumped up on the desk and was now stepping all over the keyboard, pressing buttons and typing who knew what on the screen while her tail swatted Anna in the face. Furious, Anna shoved the cat off and in the process the ESC button was hit and the IM window was closed out. Cursing explosively, Anna very nearly slammed the lid of her laptop closed but restrained herself from doing so. She'd broken quite a few laptops in the past due to smashing them closed out of frustration or anger for whatever reason, and while laptops were easily replaceable, at this particular moment, when she was close to what could possibly be a promising start to acquiring a potential boyfriend, she needed her laptop in a preferably useable condition.
She opened a new chat window with ChIcKmAgN3T.
TooRich4U: sorry about that… my stupid cat got in the way and disrupted everything… so uh… i like ur name…?
Anna drummed her fingers against the keys but didn't type anything else. She was curious to know what his full name really was but she didn't feel like pestering him again for it. Whatever it was, she was sure it was probably sexy as hell. The name Elroy particularly stood out in her head and she liked the sound of it so she decided to secretly call him that in her head but stuck with El while talking with him.
TooRich4U: do u mind if i just call u El?
ChIcKmAgN3T: I guess so. You may call me that if you wish, that's fine. :D
She couldn't believe her luck. On her first try, not only did she find a guy with a (probably) cute name, but he was just about her age too! It was so perfect. She was overjoyed by this turn of events and bounced in her seat. So far so good, she thought. Anna just hoped he wouldn't turn out to be some creepy, ugly loser. There was only one way to find out. Her fingers went to work as she typed in questions to get to know this Elroy person better.
They chatted for a long time, talking about little things like the weather. Anna preferred hot weather while Elroy thrived for the cold. Anna pictured them both having so much fun on a beach...and building snowmen on said beach. It was such an absurd image that she laughed out loud, and when she calmed down some she found herself trying to imagine what the guy looked like. She didn't ask for his picture though because she was afraid if she saw what he really looked like she'd be repulsed and stop speaking to him and she was having way too much fun talking with him.
There was a knock on her door. Anna peered over her shoulder and frowned at Hans. "What do you want?"
He entered the room, chewing on a pretzel. "It's midnight," he said with his mouth full. Pretzel crumbs sprayed out of his mouth and Anna showed her annoyance at him dirtying her floor. Hans leaned over to get a look at what she was doing on the computer. "Why are you up so late? Don't you need to get some beauty sleep?" He squinted at the screen but it didn't make a difference. He wasn't wearing his contacts so everything was blurry to him.
Anna minimized the window and crossed her arms, spinning her chair around to face him. "Do you mind? Jeez. Can't a girl have some privacy in her own room? You don't see me barging into your room." It wasn't like she had a reason to go in there. It was full of nerd stuff and she wasn't interested in any of that garbage.
It took her a half an hour to get Hans out of her room. When she sat back down in front of her computer she was worried Elroy might have left, especially after she didn't reply for so long.
TooRich4U: sorry… brother trouble. hes so annoying…-_-' are u still there?
She waited an agonizing minute without a response. She was starting to lose hope. And then Elroy replied.
ChIcKmAgN3T: I'm so glad I'm an only child.
For the next few weeks Anna went online almost everyday specifically just to chat with Elroy. She found out he knew a lot about animals and was a huge animal lover. He owned a German shepherd named Sven and she told him about her pest of a cat. When she told him she used to have a llama but got rid of it because it kept spitting on everyone he told her it was always best to get two llamas if you consider getting one at all. Llamas, he said, normally only spit at other llamas, and mostly over food. But a lonely llama is an unhappy llama, and if the only contact it gets is from humans, be prepared to be spat upon.
Elroy had a job and he lived in his own apartment, which was good. It meant he wasn't dependent on his parents and that made Anna like him even more.
She'd gotten to know Elroy so well after just those few weeks that Anna boldly asked Elroy if he'd want to go out with her one day.
ChIcKmAgN3T: Oh wow. You're serious? Are you sure that's what you want?
TooRich4U: oh yeah. im certain. i feel so comfortable talking with u and id love to meet u in person.
She was ecstatic when he said yes, that he'd be happy to. They'd finally get a chance to meet each other! And the good news was that Elroy didn't live that far away! What were the chances of that happening? Let's just hope I'm not making a mistake and setting up a date with a serial killer or some kind of maniac, she thought after she gave him her address. She knew Elroy might not be the same person in real life as he was on the computer. Computers granted people the chance to pretend to be anyone they wanted to be, and no one would know the truth otherwise.
They settled on a date and time, and the first thing Anna did after she logged off was mark the date on her calendar with a bold black marker. "Three days," she said out loud to herself, counting and then recounting the days till her first date with Elroy. "In three days I'll finally get to meet the man of my dreams."
At least she hoped so.
