The Storm Before the Storm
Jack has a problem, you see. He was dating Elsa Arendelle for quite a while until he couldn't take the pressure anymore and finally broke up with her. But here's the thing: no one breaks up with Elsa Arendelle. So naturally Jack skipped town in fear of her father's reaction to the news. Jack would have remained in hiding if it were not for a chem test he had today that his grade couldn't afford for him to miss.
But in all honesty, Elsa was a great girl. Her family, however, not so much.
After finding out that her father hadn't sent his goons- whom Jack is sure are wonderful people on the inside in case anyone's asking- he cancelled his extended life insurance plan and gave his grandmother back her LifeAlert necklace. He could live to see Friday morning, but he knew the next ten minutes will destroy his life, his social life, that is.
Elsa wasn't a drama queen so to say, but she definitely was on the more protected spectrum. Her innocence and naivety were on unbelievable levels for the daughter of business mogul, Adgar Arendelle, or better known to the small town as Ice Godfather.
When anyone had a substantial debt, Ice Godfather got them. When there was any shady business going on around town, Ice Godfather handled it- well his goons did. When someone was breaking a law, Ice Godfather personally saw to it that they got to know the importance of rules in his 'disciplinary' ice chamber. A sort of vigilante, Ice Godfather protected the peace and security of the small town, which was why the town of Arendelle, and every resident will readily tell you that the naming is merely a coincidence, is the safest place on Earth. So long as you got along with Ice Godfather. He asked for little in return, that is, aside from your undying loyalty to him and his family.
If he needed a kidney, you had two for a reason. If his wife needed a good cookie recipe, gosh by golly, you would quit your job to spend the next 5 years inventing a concoction so perfect that she'll nearly die from happiness. But not quite, because if she left the world she won't be doing it alone. And if his precious, only daughter took interest in you, you take her out and give up your hopes and dreams to become a real-life Bruce Wayne with the respectfulness of Steve Rogers and the suavity of Tony Stark. What could he say, Marvel were the standards of everybody.
Which brought him to his current predicament. Jack was nervously watching the door for a busty blonde to walk through with pretty tears rolling gracefully down her perfectly sculpted cheeks, a box of extra soft Puff tissues in her dainty, lithe hands, and a personal SWAT team surrounding her in a protective bubble. Why she adores Jack leaves him baffled to this day, because while he was undeniably popular, he doesn't remember doing anything significant enough to become the apple of her eye for the last 11 years. Yes, they met in kindergarten, and anyone who was born in Arendelle virtually stays in Arendelle.
"You included me in your will and testament right?" spoke Jack's best friend, Aster "Bunny" Bunnymund, interrupting Jack from his thoughts. "I've tolerated you for 11 years and I'm pretty sure I deserve your iPod more than your sister does." Jack turned around in his seat to glare at the man whose burly body made Jack pity the small student desk he was currently crushing.
"Aster, be nice." chided Bunny's girlfriend, Thiana "Tooth" as she walked up to them and placed her hands on Bunny's shoulders. "Elsa wouldn't hurt a fly."
"Doesn't mean her dad won't." said Henry "Hiccup" Haddock, Jack's other childhood friend, without looking up from the math book he was reading at his desk. What high schooler studies multivariable calculus for fun?
"Ice Godfather has a time range. The fact that Jack has survived the one week mark without so much as a scratch was a sign that he has been spared." chimed in Anna, a distant relative of Elsa and member of the odd friend group. She cast Jack a sympathetic smile, understanding the tad bit obsessive qualities that ran through her family.
"Well, Jack did run away like a wuss to Nebraska during that time." Merida mentioned casually as she sipped her beloved tomato juice, not caring about the offended look on Jack's face.
"Please, if he wanted to, Ice Godfather could have bound, gagged, and quartered Jack within the hour of finding out he broke up with Elsa with the snap of his fingers." Anna dismissed with a flick of her hand. Jack knew she said that to comfort him but the thought of his entrails anywhere but inside his body chilled Jack to the bone.
"I-I did not run away. My mom just needed me to check up on my sick aunt Whateverhernameis" Jack mumbled the latter half under his breath. But his friends did not miss the embarrassed tint of his ears.
"Well, for whatever reason you left, it doesn't change the fact that Elsa is going to step in through the class door any moment now and someone is going to die." Bunny said as he brought a finger across his throat for emphasis.
"Come on guys, I'm not scared of a little spoiled Barbie." Jack puffed our his chest with false confidence.
"I must admit that I am sheltered but I can assure you that my hair, as well as the rest of my body, is very real." said a pretty voice behind Jack.
Crud.
