"Anna?" A woman appeared from the hallway, peering into the waiting room where Anna was restlessly wiggling her legs and playing with her amber braids of hair.
"Y-yeah that's m-me." The red head said, her voice quite shaky with nervousness. She slowly stood up, her legs barely able to keep still enough to keep her on her feet.
"Please follow me." The lady shot Anna a reassuring smile and waited for her to start following before beginning down the hallway.
Obliging, Anna slowly started walking. Every step brought her an inch closer to collapsing in uneasiness, her stomach was yelling out her her to bend over and release her breakfast. But those pancakes were so good, all those chocolate chips, I don't want to lose it all over the floor! Her knees were barely listening to the girl as she commanded them to walk, and when she got to where the woman was standing, said lady turned and started down the hall. The hallway began to elongate itself, giving Anna the illusion that she was an asymptote approaching a limit, her infinite destination. Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, Anna pressed on, almost falling over more than once.
"Okay, right in here." The woman said, and noticing how nervous Anna was she quickly added, "Don't worry, everyone is nervous the first time they see a counselor, but you are very brave coming in here on your own." The woman smiled at Anna, who gave a weak smile back.
Her heart calming a little at her counselor's words, Anna let out a small sigh of relief as she entered the room and placed herself on a couch that was directly across from the woman's chair. The couch was soft and leather, and she almost fell inside of it. This thing is so comfy! I could sleep here.
The woman shut the door as she walked in and sat down across from Anna so the two were face to face as she began speaking. "I'm Bulda." She reached her hand out to shake Anna's and the red head did so. Bulda's hands were warm and soft, appropriately comforting for her profession.
"Bulda is an interesting name," Anna said, more to herself.
The counselor smiled and simply replied "my parents were interesting people." Not a hint of offense was in hidden in her voice.
Anna chuckled to herself, she was much more comfortable now that she was out of the waiting room. To be honest, this couch is helping quite a bit and this lady seems really nice.
"Before we officially begin I must inform you of a couple things."
"O-okay, what are they?" Anna asked, her nerves clearly getting the better of her.
Picking up a hint of anxiety in Anna's voice, Bulda was quick to explain. "It's nothing bad, just that these conversations will be recorded and saved in our archives. They will not be released under any circumstances unless we have your permission, but they will be reviewed by my colleagues in order to determine whether or not I am preforming my duties as a counselor adequately. Then, of course, your name won't be mentioned on the tape, only mine."
"Oh, okay, so no one except another counselor is going to see this unless I say it's okay?" Anna was relieved it was just a privacy assurance instead of Bulda saying something like she was mentally ill and needed to be locked up. How would she know that anyway? I mean I am weird, but not that weird... right? And I just got here, I worry too much. She chuckled to herself.
"Correct. So, if you would, sign here to signify that you accept this and we can get started." Bulda handed Anna a clipboard, pointing to a line with the word Signature written underneath it.
"Will do" the red head called out as she grabbed the pen and clip board, scribbling her name on the indicated line. She had almost forgotten why she was here. Almost.
A quiet click appeared as Bulda pressed the record button on a tape recorder. "So," the lady began, "let's get started with the basics. Your name is Anna Arendelle, correct?" Anna gave a small nod, her stomach beginning to once again be eaten away by the critters of her nervousness. "Are you in high school?"
"Yes." Anna looked up at Bulda and continued, "I just finished my freshmen year."
"I see, so you're on summer break?"
"Yeah, I just started it a couple days ago."
"I see" said Bulda, her voice still comforting. "And would you like to dive right in to why you came in here?"
Anna's her heart sank, its beat speeding up. Maybe I should just go? No, no I need this. The red head slowly exhaled a breath she hadn't realized she was holding. Her pulse was pounding through her head like a hammer as she tried to talk. "I-I, well it's m-my s-s-sister, E-Elsa." Her voice was weak and shaken, barely audible.
"Is she older or younger than you?" Bulda's face was soft.
With great difficulty Anna piped up "O-older. She just f-finished her senior y-year of h-high school."
"Did Elsa go to the same school as you?"
"Y-yes." Anna looked at her feet and fiddled with her hands. Her palms were hot and sweaty.
"So, what about your sister would you like to discuss?" Bulda's voice was not pressing, it was very patient. This woman must have to have infinite patience at her job. She'll have to to deal with me so she'd better.
Anna raised her head to make eye contact with her counselor, her eyes misting slightly already. You can do this. "I- I'm, well, c-confused." The red head's voice was violently shaking now, as the time got closer. Her stomach had small dragons flying inside of his, reigning terror throughout her entire body.
Then, a soft voice broke through her defenses of hopelessness and rang in her ears, "what's confusing you?"
Sniffling now, Anna grabbed a tissue from a box readily available on a side table by the couch and held it. Once again the hammer was pounding her temples, and those chocolate chip pancakes threatened to evacuate her stomach. A lump was choking her, but she spoke in a small voice around it. "I- I think I h-have f-f-f" Anna couldn't finish her sentence. Luckily, Bulda understood.
"You think you have feelings for Elsa?" There was not a hint of judgment in Bulda's voice, just a calming air about it.
Anna felt burning tears escape from her eyes and her nose become runny. She nodded quickly and brought the tissue to her face, blowing her nose into it. I'm already crying, great. She felt the weight of the world lifted from her shoulders now that she had told someone her secret, but she also felt and impending doom. Like everyone in the world would forever judge her for what she had just admitted. Judge her like she is the sickest human being to walk the earth. Like she was a useless piece of scum that needs to be erased. To her surprise, when she cautiously looked back up at Bulda, the counselor had an understanding smile on her lips, making Anna feel a little bit better about herself. Maybe not everyone will hate you. Maybe only Elsa. The thought of Elsa hating her made Anna cringe in her seat, a knife puncturing her heart.
"When did you come to realize these feelings?" Once again, Bulda's voice was perfectly soothing. Like the eye of a storm.
"W-well, I t-think over winter break this past school y-year." Anna sniffled, noting her voice was slightly less weak than before.
"What happened over break?" Bulda seemed genuinely interested.
"E-E-Elsa has always been quite an i-introvert, but we have always b-been pretty c-close." Anna's voice was becoming less shaky and she was slowly regaining control of her stomach. Wiping her nose she continued, "but over b-break she let herself spill her inner feelings to me f-for the first time in forever." The red head paused, looking weekly up at Bulda, who still had a warm, soft expression. Feeling her heart beating faster at the thought of Elsa, Anna pressed on, nervous as she was. "I guess that I-I had f-feelings for her before, just it took this for me to really s-see it."
"What happened?"
And so Anna began her story.
Elsa had always been a little bit distant, but being her sister, Anna understood. Their parents were unfairly strict, giving them both a curfew of no later than 9 P.M. Elsa, not really having any friends, didn't mind so much because she mainly just stayed in her room all day every day. Elsa hated anyone being in her room, except one person, her younger sister Anna. This always made Anna feel very special.
Almost every day for the past year or so, Anna would gently knock on Elsa's door to get a response along the lines of "enter" or "come in." Elsa didn't have to ask who it was because she knew Anna's knock like the back of her hand. It was less forceful than the knock either of her parents used, letting a soft rapping noise flutter through the air. As for anyone else, well, no one came over to hang out with Elsa. Well, I think she thinks of Kristoff as a friend, after all he is my best friend aside from her and she lets him into her room with me every now and then. But she let Anna in on a daily basis, no matter what she was in the middle of. The red head was content to come in and watch her older sister play video games, in aw of the spectacular sequences on the screen, especially during one of the few Anna could remember the name of, "God of War III".
As of some point during high school, Elsa never really talked much, but every so often she'd turn around and shoot Anna a little smile that made tingly spiders crawl up and down Anna's skin. She liked it, she loved just being in Elsa's room with her. Her older sister was not one to show what she was thinking much, but every time Anna would walk up behind the platinum blonde and gently wrap her arms around her, Elsa would rest her head back and look up into Anna's teal eyes, smiling. The red head would smile back and make a deep eye contact with her sister, they would gaze into each other's minds. This was how Elsa preferred to talk, silently, with looks rather than words. Elsa would stay there for a moment and say a simple "thanks" then go back to whatever she was doing, but keep her dumb grin. Usually some sort of video game. Anna's heart would flutter slightly and she would happily release her embrace, the image of Elsa's beautifully blue eyes still in her mind.
Shortly after Anna started school at the same high school as Elsa, the two would go to school together in the morning, eat lunch together, and come home together. Elsa drove them to and from school, she had managed to get a parking spot for the year, and she owned her own car, a 1992 Honda Accord. It was white and not spectacular but it got the job done. Anna cherished each moment she spent with Elsa, especially at lunch, because despite Elsa not talking to almost anyone, the girl would still sit by Anna and Anna's friends. Sometimes Kristoff would engage Elsa in a conversation about some video game and the red head would just smile at seeing her sister talking to someone and enjoying herself. Anna's friends had gotten pretty used to Elsa's quiet mannerisms and didn't take offense when they only got one word answers from her anymore.
Even though Anna herself didn't have that many friends, just a couple really, she knew that even that small of a group was hard for Elsa to deal with. The thought that Elsa would sit through a group of people just to be next to her sister at lunch made Anna feel light as a feather. She just wanted to yell out in joy that Elsa was that close to her. After they went home, the two made it a habit to get some snacks involving chocolate in some way and and head to Elsa's room to work on their homework. Elsa would help Anna on her homework, putting it before her own, a gesture that meant a lot to the younger girl.
Then, about halfway through the first semester of school, Anna started dating a guy named Hans. To everyone else Hans seemed like a nice guy, well, kinda. Elsa, however, instantly hated him, and Anna could never figure out why. Well, she is really good at reading people, maybe I should be careful with him, she had thought. The platinum blonde would just give Hans a death glare whenever he was near, and he never made any attempt to talk to her.
As the school year progressed, Anna and Hans slowly became closer. Anna, wanting to take it slow since it was her first real relationship, found herself thankful of her curfew sometimes. She would be on a date with Hans and suddenly yearn to talk to Elsa, to tell Elsa all the things she couldn't tell Hans. It wasn't that the red head didn't like hanging out with her boyfriend, she did. Well, at least I thought I did. Rather, it was that she couldn't tell him anything deep down that was bothering her, or even mention Elsa in passing without him becoming angry at her.
In fact, Anna distinctly remembered one night not long before winter break started when she was at dinner with Hans. She was particularly un-talkative that evening because she had been thinking about why Elsa disliked her boyfriend so much. What if she is right about him? I mean, he gets mad at me for speaking my mind all the time. That's not a healthy relationship, even someone as sheltered as me knows that. Anna was letting her mind wander as her hand idly played with her fork, spinning spaghetti around and then unwinding it again. The red head had her cheek resting on her hand and was staring into space, her stomach full of this weird unease. Her heart was working harder than normal to keep her awake, feeling the affect of its own weight as the thought about how she'd rather be sitting watching Elsa play Deathzone: Something Fall or whatever it was called on her new Playstation 4. I know it had 'Zone' and 'Fall' in its name. Uh, Deathzone? No. Killzone? Yeah, Killzone, Killzone Something Fall. A little proud of herself for remembering part of the title, Anna perked up for a moment and focused on the room around her.
She slumped back in disappointment when she saw Hans glaring at her over his food. Is it normal to only be thinking of hanging out with your sister while on a date with your boyfriend? Anna's heart fluttered as she thought about Elsa, what Elsa was probably doing right now and how she would walk up behind her older sister and give her the loose hug she did almost every day. Her arms would rest just bellow Elsa's chest, and she would feel those slender, soft fingers wrap around her upper arms just above her elbow. It always gave her goosebumps and a chill down her spine. Then, Elsa's dreamy blue eyes would look at Anna's and she would get lost in the sky that was her older sister's irises. I really do want to just be hanging out with Elsa right now. I'm completely ignoring Hans. She didn't care though, she was lost in a daydream about holding Elsa and feeling her warmth against her own body. The smile that her older sister would let grace her lips, causing Anna's heart to raise through the roof and a goofy smile to appear on her own face. She loved seeing Elsa happy. But Hans didn't. He got upset at the slightest mention of Elsa, sometimes to the point that it scared Anna. And that glare Elsa gave Hans when she saw him. If looks could kill, then Anna would have a dead boyfriend right now. In fact, Anna was pretty sure her older sister's glare was slowly killing Hans, but for some weird reason the thought didn't bother her. Instead it made her feel proud about having a sister that cared for her so much. Is that bad?
"What's up with you tonight?" Hans more demanded than asked, he was clearly annoyed at Anna's silence. "We've been here for like half an hour and you haven't said a word or started on your food."
Anna looked down at her plate, he was right, she had ordered spaghetti and meatballs and not taken a single bite. She blushed lightly and quietly replied "sorry."
Even though Anna was smiling Hans was scowling back at her. It made her uncomfortable and she shifted a little bit in her seat. "What's on your mind?" His tone was a little softer now.
Sitting up, Anna looked her boyfriend in his greyish eyes. They don't have the same shine as Elsa's. Anna wanted desperately to escape the question, she knew if she told the truth Hans would explode, but she was terrible at lying and hated doing it. Her heart racing, the red head looked around for and out and spotted a restroom sign in the back corner of the restaurant. "I-I need to use the restroom, I'll be right b-back." Anna hurriedly got out of her seat, almost tripping over the leg of her chair.
As she burst into the bathroom, Anna dashed over to the sink. She took water in her hands and splashed it on her face, bringing her out of her panicking frenzy. What are you doing? Looking in the mirror she saw her reflection looking right back at her. Just tell him you were daydreaming of Elsa, it's not like he'll judge you. So much of her wanted to believe that thought, but she just couldn't. Hans had lashed out so many times before at just the mention of Elsa. This scared Anna quite a bit, if he was going to be that childish about her sister, wasn't Elsa right about him? She did tell you outright that she doesn't like him when you first started dating him. I mean, he is a sophomore, so she has probably seen him around the school and knows who he is, right? Another voice in Anna's head was screaming out to not tell Hans, just tell him that she's tired and needs to go home. Fake being okay, because telling him how she was feeling would only make it worse. Even if, how would I go about telling him? 'Hey yeah, so I've been daydreaming about Elsa this entire time and frankly I'm a little bit scared of you sometimes.' Yup, wonderful. Just wonderful. Collecting herself, Anna decided to lie to Hans and say that she was simply tired. Her nerves calmed a bit knowing she had found a solution, but still, she hated fibbing, no matter how small.
Taking a deep breath, the red head walked out of the bathroom, small spots of water visible on her face and dress. She walked back to where Hans was sitting, knees a little wobbly because she knew she was about to lie to him. Anna slowly lowered herself back into her seat and went to face Hans. Her heart started pounding as she met his eyes, they looked lifeless and gray.
Over the pounding of her blood, Anna heard Hans. "What was that all about?" He asked, clearly a little bit annoyed.
"Well I'm just um," You can do it, just say that you're tired. "I've just been, well," No, say you're tired and you need to go home. "You scare me sometimes." Anna instantly realized what she said and began to panic, hands racing up to cover her open mouth. Her heart was beating like a drum, she could feel the pulse bolting through her. Her stomach knotted and tore itself to shreds. WHAT?
"What!?" Hans was clearly mad. His face was a little red and he gripped is fork tighter, white appearing at his fingertips. Anna's mind started racing, she couldn't slow it down so she grabbed the first thought she could.
"I mean, when I'm with Elsa I feel calm a-and when I'm with you I feel tense and scared and like you won't support me. Like I can't talk to you, and that not how it should be if you're my boy-"
"Always bring up your stupid sister, huh!?" Hans was shouting, Anna sank in her seat, she could feel the eyes of everyone else in the restaurant burning holes in both of them. I knew he'd get mad.
"Hans, please, I-"
Hans lowered is voice to a fierce whisper, but it was still loud and scared Anna to death. "Have you ever thought maybe I don't care about you? Huh? I'm with someone else, and man how innocent you are not to figure it out. You are a stupid, sheltered girl. I don't need you, Anna, I don't want you. No one wants you. Why don't you leave? You can walk home, maybe your sister wants you. After all, you seem to have crush on her."
A knife stabbed Anna's heart, then twisted and yanked and jerked around, tearing the organ into a thousand pieces. She felt like vomiting, and probably would have if she had touched her food. Anna couldn't move. Instead, she sat there in shock, staring blankly at the man before her, insides on fire. Elsa was right. The red head tried to stand, she couldn't. Her legs weren't working. How could they? With everything Hans had just spat at her, all of her energy was being used up to try and calm the torrential flood of thoughts ravaging her mind.
The atmosphere of the restaurant had changed now, it was tense and awkward. People were mumbling, watching, and judging the couple.
After an eternity and a half sitting idly in front of him, Anna's legs finally obeyed her commands. Slowly, she got up, violently quivering, with weak knees and a very red face. As one last thoughtless act for the night, Anna grabbed her almost untouched cup of ice water and splashed the water all over Hans. She felt a certain sense of satisfaction and managed to regain herself a little bit. Frantically trying to think of an adequate reply to what she had just been told, Anna shot a thousand insults through her head, but none were even kind of good. Giving up with a bit of frustration, Anna turned an walked away from a fuming wet Hans, pulling out her phone to call Elsa.
"That's right, just go back to your dumb sister, I bet she won't even answer the phone." Anna's blood was boiling, she could almost feel the steam bursting through her ears as she selected Elsa's name in her contacts. Elsa will pick up. She always does.
Crossing the doors to the outside, Anna held the phone up to her ear, listening to it ring. It had gotten noticeably colder outside, and she began to shiver, or maybe she was shivering because of how angry and humiliated she was. She just wanted to sink into the ground and be lost in a void forever, no one else to judge her. Just then she heard a voice on the other end.
"Anna? Aren't out on a date with.. Hans?" Elsa paused before saying his name. Anna flinched a little when she did.
The red head tried to conjure up a response but instead just started crying into the phone. Tears ran down her cheeks, tickling her as they went. Her nose was running and she had to wipe it with her free arm. Each of the thousand pieces of her heart was bleeding. She just wanted to curl up and hold onto Elsa and hear her older sister tell her it'd be okay. Elsa understood the crying and she spoke on the other end of the phone. "Anna, just stay there, I remember where you said you are eating, I'll be there in fifteen minutes, okay?"
Anna's voice came out almost nonexistent, impossibly feeble. "O-ok-kay." Heavy sobs overtook her and she leaned against the restaurant's wall.
"Do you want me to stay on the line with you?" Elsa's voice was like a safe haven, nothing could hurt Anna as long as it was there.
"Y-yes."
"Okay, I'll stay on. I'm leaving the house now."
For the next twelve minutes, Elsa spoke softly into the phone, assuring Anna it would be okay. She didn't know exactly what happened but she had a hunch. Elsa is such an amazing sister. Her voice helped Anna calm down a little bit, and the girl managed to stop crying, though a large lump was still ringing her neck.
Finally, Elsa pulled up to the entrance of the restaurant and waved a small wave at Anna. The red head raced over to her sister's car and pulled the door to get in. She sat down and no later dove at Elsa, holding her sister in a tight embrace. The platinum blonde hugged her back, melting all of Anna's unease away, making her feel like someone cared for her. The feeling of her older sister's body against her own was warm and cheery, and she couldn't find happiness anywhere else right now. Elsa pulled away from the hug and looked Anna in the eyes. Her eyes looked more like a deep blue in the dark and she spoke softly enough to tame a cobra, "it'll be okay, Anna. I'm right here for you." Anna couldn't help but smile, even though tears were still spilling from her eyes.
The drive home was silent. Elsa had her right hand on Anna's shoulder, slowly rubbing circles on it, and for some reason this motion eased the red head's insides. It worked so well that when they got back she barely had to try to get out of the car. She could walk again and her heart was beginning to piece itself back together. The two girls walked in the house, Elsa's hand placed tenderly on the back of Anna's shoulder. Once inside they made their way up to Elsa's room, where they had spent so many hours. Anna was sure that Elsa would plop down and continue playing whatever game she had been playing and her heart began to drop. Then, to Anna's surprise and great joy Elsa sat down on the bed and motioned her Anna to sit right next to her. Why did I doubt her? The red head's heart felt a little bit better, but a heavy wrench was still churning inside of her.
The younger girl crossed over to her older sister's bed and sat herself down so that their shoulders were touching. Elsa turned to face Anna and took her younger sister's hands in her own. The act combined with the touch sent a warm fuzz through Anna's arms, and it bounced around her body. Elsa's eyes were a lighter, softer blue in the light of her room, and Anna got a little bit lost in them, that is, until Elsa spoke. "What happened?"
Two simple words, but spoken with such great care, such great fondness and sincerity. Those two words being spoken from Elsa showed Anna that her older sister did care, that she was there for her. The thought almost melted the younger girl's heart. Taking a deep breath, Anna spoke the best she could around the lump that was forming in her throat at the recent memory. She felt her eyes start to burn as she recounted the event. "H-Hans s-said he was not only c-cheating on me, b-but that no one wants or n-need m-m-m" Anna began to cry, tears once again traversing her face and mucus running from her nose.
Elsa quickly pulled Anna tight, Allowing her younger sister to cry into the crook of her neck and patting her lightly on the back. "Hey, Anna, that's not true." She paused and heard a sniffle caress her ear. "I need you. I want you." Elsa pulled back to look her sister in the eyes, a little startled at what her own mouth had just spewed out. Anna chuckled a little bit at her sister's awkward wording. She quickly corrected "tt-hat came out w-wrong. What I mean, Anna, is that I love you. Unconditionally. I will always be here for you, and I will always need and want you in my life."
That was it. The first time Elsa had ever really let Anna see inside the defenses that were her mind for a long time. All the times Anna had told her older sister she loved her, Elsa had only smiled in return. That was her way of showing affection, smiling, or some action, not talking. Elsa wasn't good with words, but right now she was. Now Anna knew for sure, Elsa really did care. Everything felt different now. This means that Elsa was opening further up, and Anna being the closest person to Elsa, knew that this was new ground for her older sister. Right then is when Anna went unsure of her feelings for Elsa to one hundred fifty percent sure about them. When her mind clicked, when her heart jumped and never came back down. But does Elsa care for her in that way? Is Anna just a sister to her? A sister is all Anna needed right then, so she didn't let the thought bother her.
Instead, she buried her face back into Elsa's neck and wrapped her arms tight around her sister. She was nowhere near done crying yet, but she was getting there, all thanks to Elsa. "Thank you, Elsa. I love you too." There was no audible response, but rather a tightening of their embrace. Anna let idle tears wander her face until they found the skin of Elsa's neck. Her stomach still was twisting, but her heart was slowly healing itself with the help of the words Elsa had thrown at her. Anna knew she would be okay as long as Elsa was with her.
"And that was when you were sure of your feelings for Elsa?" Bulda's voice startled Anna a little bit. She had forgotten she was ranting to a counselor.
Fresh tears staining her face, Anna looked up at the woman. "Yeah." She wiped her nose. "It really feels good to get this off my chest."
Bulda smiled warmly at Anna. "Talking always helps. Unfortunately, our time has run out for today." Her voice was sympathetic.
Anna looked down at the ground. Oh yeah, time limits. "Yeah... I still am scared to you know..." she let herself trail off.
"Tell Elsa?"
"Yeah."
Bulda looked at her and said "have you come to terms with your feelings?"
Smiling a true smile Anna looked up and said "yeah. Yeah I have." There was great triumph in her voice, like she had just single handedly won a war. Well she kind of had, an internal war. She was more at peace with her feelings after recounting the story to someone.
"Would you like to come back and talk again next week? I can help you build up courage to tell Elsa how you feel, or even offer support if something happens." Bulda didn't want to say if Elsa rejected Anna, but the red head understood, heart sinking a little at the thought.
"I would like that. Same time?" Anna's voice was melodic now.
"Yes, same time, same place a week from now." Bulda said, smiling at Anna.
"Okay, I'll talk to you then." Anna felt herself grin. She was relieved to have someone to support her. Walking into the place she was sure that any counselor would judge her and try to talk her out of her feelings, but Bulda was refreshingly understanding. It made Anna feel fuzzy inside.
Getting up to walk out, Anna felt like she was in a dream, warmth coursing through her body. She looked down to check her phone, and there was a text from Elsa. It read "I'll be parked in the front of the building. Take your time, sis."
Smiling at her phone, Anna typed up a reply "Just finished up, I'll be down in a couple minutes." She returned her phone to her pocket. Elsa really is an amazing sister. She agreed to drive me to and from counseling and never asked what it was about. With a higher heart, Anna almost skipped down the hallway.
Walking, well more like jumping, out of the door into the sunlight, Anna was blinded momentarily. She quickly adjusted and spotted Elsa's white Accord. The older girl smiled and waved at her younger sister. Anna ran over to the car and hopped in, eyes still aching a little from the new light.
"Hey, how'd it go?" Elsa was smiling a big, goofy smile. She looks adorable with that smile!
"It was amazing. I feel like a feather now." Anna exclaimed, an equally dumb grin on her face.
"Good, am I driving you back next week?"
Anna looked at her sister and said, a little less excited, "If you don't want you to you don't have to."
Elsa looked at Anna, her eyes were a light blue in the sunlight. "Of course I want to, silly!" This made Anna feel better and she went back to being high as a kite. She was bouncing a bit in her seat when Elsa held out her hand, in it was a Hershey's chocolate bar. "I got this, I figured no matter the outcome of your first session chocolate would be a good way to end it."
Anna couldn't help but let her eyes light up. You are perfect, Elsa! "Thank you!" she squealed, already attacking the chocolate bar.
"Now, back to playing video games." Elsa was poking mild fun at Anna for not playing any. That felt a little backwards, usually Anna would be poking fun at Elsa for playing them all the time. Poking fun, she is opening up even more.
"And for me, back to watching you play." Anna gave Elsa a playful push on the shoulder. The older girl turned and grinned at her sister as they drove back home.