So...my love for musicals and theater finally took over my brain...musicals mostly.
Some of you might remember the start of this from when I posted it on Tumblr.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own What you want from Evanescence nor anything else of them. Nor Frozen obviously.
This is going to have like 3-4 chapters, but each will be a decent length like this one. It's just so I can get this out my system before I start making everything a musical...it's so hard ya'll TT-TT
"Do what you what you want,
If you have a dream for better,
Do what you what you want,
Till you don't want it anymore,
Remember who you really are,
Do what you what you want,
Your world's closing in on you now,
It isn't over,
Stand and face the unknown!"
The crowed was screaming and reaching their hands out to the singer as she knelt down to the group crowding the small junction sprouting from the stage. She smiled briefly before continuing the song. Most of the crowed was jumping to the music, their arms raised high to either hold a phone or hold up the rocker sign.
It was amazing and energizing and everything was just fantastic. Ice blue eyes follow the singer as she walks side to side of the stage to give everyone her attention. Her band members were focusing mostly on their instruments, but the smiles they gave her when she was near them showed their appreciation to each other. They were like a family unit, understanding and following the others line of thought.
"Come on Elsa! Lighten up! This is so cool!" Rapunzel screamed as she joined the crowed in their jumping and loudness. Elsa smiled and gave a loud holler of her own as the song ended. Rapunzel chuckled beside her and bumped her fist against her shoulder.
"There we go! You need to get out more miss I-would-rather-stay-at-home-and-read," she jibs before the next song starts. Elsa shakes her head. Her cousin had dragged her away from what was supposed to be a quit and silent night. She was planning on finally finishing the Deon Meyer novels she had bought years ago. But why read about murder when she could have music murder her ears? She would be hearing the waste noise created by tonight for a good two days or so. Just a constant 'aaahh' that sounded like a loud whisper, but that was fine. This turned out better than she thought.
Rapunzel had always been a fan of all kinds of music and had been ecstatic when she got tickets for this alternative band. She's only heard a few songs and it was really good. What was their name again? Oh yea. Evanescence.
After the concert ends the two walk out with the rest of the crowed. People were talking and still hollering, some are whistling and the energy was just following everyone as they split off into smaller groups. The night sky was open and clear and it was only slightly chilly.
"Man that was amazing!" Rapunzel cheers as she stretches her arms above her head. Elsa giggles and nods. Her cousin was practically vibrating beside her as they headed to the parking lot.
"Elsa let's go to a club or something! I'm so pumped right now!" The brunette says excitedly as she grips the blondes arm tightly.
"Punzy, it's past midnight already and I'm getting tired, come on we both have work in the morning," Elsa says gently and she could see the sparkle in the woman's green eyes flicker. She feels bad for breaking her high, but it was the truth.
"Yea, you're right. What would I do without your responsibility-ness?" She giggles and Elsa gives her an amused frown.
"I don't think that's a word Punzy," she says and the woman just shrugs.
"It is in my dictionary," she hums and Elsa can feel her calm down as they reached the car. A multicolored brightly painted jeep that just screamed Rapunzel. There were still art supplies and canvases in the back.
"Dudes come on! I need to get home. I have classes early in the morning!" Elsa's head tilts at the slightly familiar voice.
"Then take the bus, we're heading over to the snuggly duckling," a guy says. Both Elsa and Rapunzel walk to the back of the car to see a girl staring at a group of others.
"You guys are assholes, fuck you, I actually care about my education," she hisses and turns away from them. They shrug and get into a van before driving off.
"Some fucking friends I got there, dumb ignorant fucking twats," she grumbles and the two girls look to one another. Elsa recognized the girl the moment she turned their way. Those red pigtails and freckled cheeks were hard to forget when you've stared at them every day for two hours for the best part of a year.
"Um, Anna Summers right?" Elsa says as she walks closer to the redhead after clearing her throat to make her look to her. The girl freezes and her shoulders scrunch up to her ears. Elsa could see her cheeks turn dark in the crappy lighting of the parking lot.
"M-m-miss Arendelle! What-what are you doing here?" She stammers and looks around like she was a kid that had been caught sneaking into the house after hours.
"Well, looking around, I would conclude that I had come to see the concert," Elsa said and Rapunzel sighed dramatically beside her.
"Oh come on don't be so formal, were not on campus right now," she rests her hands on her hips.
"Miss Corona? Wait, why is an art teacher and a theater teacher at an alternative metal concert? Shouldn't you two, ya know…like classical music or something?" Anna asked as she held her hands up and shook her head. The two women turned to one another.
"Is she stereotyping us?" Rapunzel asked and Elsa hummed.
"I think she is," Elsa said and they turned back to the redhead. The girl rolled her eyes.
"Whatever, I need to get a cab or something," she grumbles and sticks her hands back onto her pockets.
"Anna wait, let's take you home," Rapunzel said and Elsa blinked.
"Wait what?" She asked looking to her cousin.
"Come on Elsa, she needs a ride and you don't want something to happen to her do you?" She asked and Elsa rolled her eyes.
"Fine, Anna we'll take you home," Elsa says and the girl hesitates before shrugging.
"And in return I expect you to be on time for my class this time," Elsa added just as the girl got in.
"Yes Miss Arendelle," Anna mumbles after a sigh. The drive was rather silent actually and it left Elsa to her thoughts.
Anna was a troublesome student. The only reason she was taking theater was that she was majoring in music, but needed extra credits. So she opted for theater in hopes of using the stage performances as a way to get her over her slight stage fright. She was always late and always seemed to find a way out of major acting roles.
She knew the girl had talent, but she was being stubborn. Elsa smiled slightly to herself. Maybe the new project they were going to start on would bring her around. Besides, who could say no to musicals?
~Nerd~
"Miss Summers when I said be on time for my class I didn't mean be here almost an hour before hand," Elsa said with a slight amused face. The girl looked half asleep as she leaned against the stage.
"Yea well, I thought this would earn me some extra points for future late arrivals," she mumbles before a yawn escapes her.
"How the hell do you look so fresh after last night?" She grumbled at the flawless and chipper look of the teacher.
"Make up and acting my dear," Elsa chuckles and sips from her Starbucks cup.
"And coffee it seems," Anna says and Elsa smirks.
"It's hot chocolate," she says and places her things on the stage before stretching.
"Why are you here so early?" Anna asked as her eyes traveled to the lifting shirt of her stretching teacher. She shook her head and looked away.
"I'm always here early to set the stage," Elsa hums and just forgoes the stairs at the sides of the stage and just hoists herself up from the front. Anna blinks and turns to look up to the blonde.
"Need help?" She asked out of a need to stay awake.
"That would be mighty kind of ya," Elsa says in a slightly country accent as she gives a slight curtsy. Anna can't help but snicker as she heaved herself up onto the stage as well. The two set forth on pulling props onto the stage and with the help of Anna it was done much faster to Elsa's delight.
"So what's happening today?" Anna asked as they sat down on the stage, their legs hanging off the front. Elsa was finishing up her drink.
"Announcing the play and then starting on going through the script," Elsa says and pats the stack of papers beside her.
"And what is it that we're doing?" Anna asked, slightly curious. She hoped it wasn't another Shakespeare thing.
"A musical," Elsa said absently and Anna slightly perked up.
"What musical? Like…Wicked or Les Misérables or something?" She asked and Elsa was pleasantly surprised that the girl knew of anything Broadway related.
"As long as it isn't stupid high school musical," Anna shivered and Elsa laughed. Anna blinked and a small smile spread over her face along with a slight blush. When the blonde was laughing genuinely and not acting it was really beautiful.
"You have heard of Frozen yea?" Elsa hums and Anna blinks.
"The movie they turned into a Broadway show recently?" Anna asked and Elsa nodded.
"I managed to convince the university to let me do it, I told them that it would basically guarantee a full house on opening night and have people be proud of their local talents," Elsa explains and Anna just lets out a 'huh'.
"I want you to audition for Anna," Elsa says and the girl raises her eye brow.
"Because I'm named Anna?" She asked and Elsa smiled.
"It's perfect, you also basically look like her," Elsa smiles as she looks to the redhead.
"Be that as it may, wouldn't it be perfect for you to play Elsa then?" Anna says and Elsa nods.
"Yes, but I'm the teacher, I can't," she says and swings her legs slightly.
"Who says?" Anna challenges and Elsa tilts her head.
"Alright I'll play Elsa's understudy if you get the part of Anna. I will be fair after all in my choosing as always," Elsa says and Anna thinks about this.
"Fine, I accept your challenge," Anna smiles and holds out her hand. Elsa smiles and shakes her hand with a nod just as the rest of the students arrive.
~Nerd~
"Anna, you said you were going to show me you can play Anna, at this rate Ariel is going to play Anna," Elsa scolded as she tightened her grip on her copy of the script. She was standing right under the redhead, looking up to her as she stood on the stage. Anna rolled her eyes and huffed in frustration.
"I'm trying here! I have to act clumsy, how do you act clumsy without it looking forced?" Anna said, her voice raising just a slight octave.
"Maybe if you weren't so stiff all the time, you'd see that you are actually clumsy!" Elsa scolded, her own voice raising an octave. The other students just took a few steps back and moved their eyes back to the script.
"Be a teacher and come show me then!" Anna hissed and Elsa growled as she vaulted herself onto the stage and took up Anna's spot. She cleared her throat and gave the script one last look.
Anna watched in slight irritation at how effortless the blonde made it look. Every movement was flawless and every expression looked real. The redhead grumbled and crossed her arms over her chest.
"There, now you do it," Elsa says and takes a step back. Anna huffs and rolls her eyes before taking the spot. Before she could even attempt the scene again she felt Elsa prod at her body.
"Hey, hey, hands!" Anna scolds and Elsa just gives her a death glare.
"You are too stiff, you need to relax," Elsa hisses and continues to grip and practically mold the girl.
"Stop pushing your chest out like that, you don't have breasts get over it. Don't pull your shoulders up that much; I can't think that your muscles can hold that for so long. Why does it look like your constantly holding your breath? Relax your diaphragm. Don't lock your knees like that you won't look taller. Just stop looking so uncomfortable," Elsa scolded and Anna reluctantly did what the woman said. Her posture relaxed a lot and she didn't find it as uncomfortable as she thought.
Elsa stepped away and looked her up and down. She nodded and said 'perfect' then motioned Anna to start. The scene went a lot better and smoother. Maybe there was something to this whole relaxing your body thing.
"There we go, remember Anna, and the rest of you, when acting you must always keep your body loose. It must be ready to help you take shape and form for whatever part you play. Do what comes naturally, use the space around you," Elsa said. The students nodded and they went back to running through the script. Ice blue eyes scanned them all before settling to distracted teal. She watched the girl read over the next part and smiled.
Anna really did have talent, she learned and adapted fast, she was just stubborn. Elsa shakes her head and turns her attention to the massive clock at the back of the hall.
"Alright, that is it for today. I want you all to go through the script at home and next time we meet I want to see who is auditioning for what," Elsa said and after her dismissal the students gathered their things and left. She sighed and sat down on the stage. Her legs crossed underneath her as she closed her eyes and hummed to herself.
"Um, Miss Arendelle?" Anna's voice sounded in front for her and Elsa's eyes snapped open.
"Yes Anna?" Elsa asks a little shocked to see the girl still there.
"Do…do you really think I'd have what it takes to play Anna?" She asked, she looked so unsure of herself.
"I think you have great potential," Elsa smiles and pats her head. Anna's eyes close at the attention like a kitten. Elsa found it cute. Wait what? Maybe she was more tired than she thought.
"Do you have another class today?" Anna asked once the attention was away. Elsa blinked and shook her head.
"Could I treat you to lunch? As a thank you for the lift home?" Anna asked and Elsa tilted her head.
"Rapunzel was the one that drove," she said and Anna's cheeks flushed slightly.
"I-I know, but I will thank her differently, I don't know her like I know you," Anna stammers slightly. Elsa looked the girl up and down. She was wearing faded black jeans with red sneakers. Her shirt was grey with a red plaid jacket. Her hair was in braided pigtails that hung over her chest. Elsa herself was wearing a simple blue tie died gypsy skirt with a white halter top. Her hair was in a messy bun. They would look like an odd pair.
"I could go for some lunch," Elsa smiled and slid off the stage. She slipped on her black pumps and grabbed her sling bag. Anna smiled brightly and tightened her hold on her backpack.
"So, I'm taking you don't have another class soon?" Elsa asked as they walked across the campus to the nearest café.
"Nope, not until later in the afternoon," Anna answers and Elsa nods.
"What is it that you study in music?" Elsa asks, curious.
"I do the drums and bass, but I can also do the piano," Anna smiles.
"Wow, you have talent for the arts, huh?" Elsa smiles and the girl blushes slightly.
"I can't draw nor can I dance," she says as she holds the café door open for her teacher. Elsa smiles and thanks her before entering. They sat at an empty table and went over the menu.
"You know that there is dancing in the show right?" Elsa asks as she places her menu down. Anna's eyes widen slightly.
"Really? Shit, I have two left feet! What am I gonna do?" Anna panicked slightly as she stroked her hands down her face. Elsa bit her lip and giggled as a waiter came over to them. They ordered some iced tea and sandwiches.
"Anna relax, we can just focus on the kinds of dances you will be doing if you land the role of Anna," Elsa explains and the girl pouts.
"What kind of dances are those anyway?" The girl asked as she absently played with one of her braids.
"The usual, ball room, maybe a waltz, I'm still working through everything. I want to get the acting on lock before I work on the rest," Elsa explains. Really the girl should know this by now from previous shows they had done. Granted this was bigger than any rudimentary Shakespeare play. She liked having her students put their own uniqueness into the plays. Strange because acting was all about imitating other things and people.
Their food arrived not long later with their drinks and Elsa watched the girls face light up. She studied the way she smiled when she bit into that sandwich. How her eyes sparkled before closing at the look of pure bliss washed over her.
"You really like sandwiches," Elsa remarked as she bit into her own. Anna's eyes blinked open and she stilled her chewing. Her eyes moved between Elsa's and her sandwich before she placed it down and cleared her throat. The redhead chewed slower before swallowing as she took a napkin and wiped her mouth. A blush covered her cheek and nose.
"It's the best combination of food and there are so many combinations and new ones are always being found," Anna said as she stirred her drink with her straw. Elsa giggled and covered her mouth with a hand.
"I was just making an observation Anna," Elsa smiles. The redhead resumed eating, but less enthusiastic much to Elsa's disappointment. She pouted slightly as she continued eating her own perfect triangle.
"You do know how to sing right?" She asked absently before taking a sip of her drink and Anna seemed to snap out of a day dream.
"I can hold a pitch if that's what you mean," Anna shrugged as she finished her food. Elsa watched as the redhead wiped her hands on her jeans before picking up her glass and downing its contents, the straw pressed to the top to keep it out her face. The sound of ice clinking and eventually slamming against her teeth made Elsa bit her lip to hide a snicker. The sudden action made her hold on the straw slip and the tip nearly poked her eye.
"Damn it," Anna grumbled as she placed the glass down. Her hand was hovering between her teeth and eye before settling on rubbing at her eye.
"See, you can be clumsy," Elsa smiled.
"Oh ha-ha," Anna said before blinking her eyes open, "not everyone can be perfect like you," she added under her breath, but Elsa caught it just barely. She looked down into her own glass as she swirled the ice around.
"I'm far from perfect Anna," she whispered and silence fell between them. Anna was staring at her teacher, waiting for her to say more. The air was getting awkward and she cleared her throat.
"Haha, that's some great acting there Miss Arendelle, I almost believed you," she chuckled, it wavered slightly in nervousness. Elsa just sighed and rolled her eyes.
"We should finish up, I have another class in fifteen minutes," Elsa said as she pulled out her wallet. Anna quickly stopped her, placing her hands over the older woman's. Elsa noticed her hands were warm, unlike hers that always seemed to be cold. She could feel the slight roughness of her fingertips, her brain reminding her that the girl played the guitar.
And piano, don't forget the piano.
Her inner self squealed before drooling.
Talented fingers.
It purred and Elsa blushed slightly as she mentally slapped herself.
"I said I was treating remember?" Anna smiled shyly; a slight tint covered her face. The blonde's cold hands felt strangely pleasant, they were soft and smooth, delicate almost, Anna noted. Elsa was frozen in place, she wasn't used to people touching her outside of acting, unless they were Rapunzel, woman has no personal space. She let the girl pay and they bid their adieus before heading in separate directions.
~Nerd~
Elsa was ready to just crash on her bed. She didn't get enough sleep after the concert and she had a full day of classes. She walked to her cute little powder blue Volkswagen convertible, which was parked beside Rapunzel's eccentric Jeep.
"You look like I feel," the brunette grumbled.
"I could say the same to you, never take me out on a school night again Punzy," Elsa sighed.
"Deal, I'll see you tomorrow Elsa," Rapunzel yawned and they both got into their cars. The cool white leather seats felt like heaven on her tired limbs. She would go home and enjoy a warm bath, maybe with a glass of wine, who knows? Curl up with that blasted Deon Meyer book she's stuck on and maybe pass out on the sofa. Sounds like a plan. Elsa smiles and throws her car into reverse, but before she could even get out of the parking space she hears a loud yelp and her rear bumping into something.
Panic flooded the blonde as she hurried out her car and to the back. She stopped in her tracks and sighed.
"Miss Summers, don't you look before you walk?" Elsa folds her arms over her chest. She clearly had her reverse lights on.
"Miss Arendelle, shouldn't you look before you reverse?" Anna shot back as she gathered her stuff that spilled from her bag. She was busy placing things inside when she was walking and honestly she wasn't paying attention. She stood and rubbed her leg.
"Are you okay?" Elsa asked as she saw the girl pull her face in pain.
"Yea, yea, it's nothing, probably leave a bruise, but nothing I'm not used to," Anna shrugs and straightens herself. She fished her phone out her pocket and groans.
"Great I missed the buss," she sighs. She'd have to walk now.
"Don't you have a car?" Elsa asked, frowning.
"How am I supposed to afford collage and a car? My instruments upkeep is already bleeding me dry," Anna complains and secures her backpack onto her back. Readying for the long track back home. She could call her parents, but then that would just give them something to hold over her head.
"I just assumed you could afford it, from the looks of the house you live in," Elsa said as she held her waist.
"That's my parents' house, I might still be living there, but that doesn't mean I have money. I live on an allowance, I want to show them I can do things on my own, but with the economy these days, I will not be able to afford a little apartment and collage and a car and a job to sustain those," Anna rolled her eyes. Really, millennial problems were a pain that older people just didn't understand.
"So you chose to study something that is basically useless in today's economy?" Elsa asked raising an eyebrow.
"Hey, I never said that all I'll be doing is music. I'm not intending to make it big like other naïvely hopeful kids my age. I will use my passion for music to be a teacher," Anna retorts. She's had this conversation too many times.
"I'm ambitious not stupid," Anna grumbles.
"Wow, reality already hit you hard," Elsa whistles.
"In the balls yes," Anna quips and Elsa couldn't help but giggle at that. The redhead was so…feisty.
"Let me take you home Anna, you must be tired," Elsa smiles and Anna's eyes lights up. Relieve that she didn't have to walk so far, when she was ready to just collapse.
"That be mighty kind of ya," Anna mimics her teacher from the country accent and curtsy she did that morning. Elsa laughs as they get into the car.
"That was really good, see you have a talent for the arts," Elsa smiles and Anna lets a small smile twitch at her lips.
"Yea well, I can do a ton of accents," she murmurs as she makes herself comfortable in the passenger seat.
"Oh? Do tell," Elsa smiles as she drives.
"My family traveled a lot when I was a kid, something about finding the perfect place to call home, so I've been just about everywhere," Anna says before a yawn escapes her.
"I can even speak and understand the basics of many languages," another yawn escapes her. Elsa spares the girl a glance and can't help the soft smile that rests on her face as she sees the girl already passed out. She was hugging her bag to her as her head tilted against the window.
As tired as Elsa was she drove slowly so the girl could take a power nap. Luckily they had used her phone as a GPS when dropping her off after the concert. Apparently Anna wasn't the best at directions.
Once they reached the girls home Elsa turned to her. A hand hesitated above the girls shoulder. She looked so…uncomfortable. How was she able to sleep with her head bent like that? Elsa shook her head and nudges the girl awake.
"Come on Anna, you're home, you can go crawl into bed now," Elsa chuckled at the groggy girl. She grumbles an ok before stretching and getting out the car. Elsa flinched when she managed to trip and face plant onto the grass. That seemed to wake her up as she jumped up and exclaimed loudly that she was ok.
Elsa giggled and watched the girl disappear into the house as her parents greeted and hugged her. The blonde blushed and scrunched up her shoulders as the redheads mother noticed her and waved with a bright smile on her face.
If that's how she'll look when she's older I would not mind.
Her inner self purred. Elsa sighed and drove home. Great her inner perv had woken up. She'd started to think her libido had died after high school.
That was fun! I really like when Anna and Elsa don't see eye to eye in the start...guess it's cause I'm the type of person that acts one of two ways when I like someone...either I will hate you and argue all the time...or I will be the perfect gentleman and treat you like a princess...there is no in between.
Why am I like this?
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