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Glancing at her wristwatch she noted the time '8:45 PM', letting out a nervous sigh, Elsa reminded herself that she still have twenty minutes to double check her surroundings before he comes home.
Eugene Fitzherbert, her first love and first boyfriend. After dating for 3 years, Eugene finally had the courage to ask her hand in marriage which she accept whole-heartedly. Two months have passed and they decided to buy a unit in a high-class condominium and start a new life together as soon-to-be wedded husband and wife.
And now, to celebrate their one year of being engage she decided to surprise him with a candlelight dinner.
With the ideas and suggestions from her friends especially from her sister, she was amazed at how the setting of their normal condo unit turned into an ambiance of a classic restaurant: calm, relaxing and romantic.
Sighing to herself she noticed that it was already nine o'clock in the evening. 'Maybe he was caught in traffic? But it was already passed the rush hour!' she thought to herself.
Elsa decided to kill time by playing 'Stick Hero' on her phone; minutes later after failing to keep her focus on the game with so much in her mind, their telephone rang. Thinking that it was Eugene she rushed towards it and picked up the receiver.
"Hello?"
"Elsa, how's your surprise?" asked a familiar bubbly voice.
Sighing in disappointment she answered, "I… I don't know Anna."
She could feel the arch of her sister's brow, "Huh? Why?"
"He is still not here."
"But it's already quarter to ten!"
She bit her gasp when she noticed the time, "W-well…maybe…umm…overtime? "she suggested.
She heard her sister sigh, "I don't know Elsa, but Eugene has been spending his time more on his work than with you."
"Well, it's not like I can blame him. We know how workaholic he is and how important his job is."
"Still, he should know how to balance his work and you, like what you are doing for him. We all know how being a pre-school teacher is hard and all yet you still manage to have a time for him, but in those times he barely shows up AND ALL YOU EFFORTS FOR THAT JERK W-!"
"Anna," she called out before she could hear the not so appealing words of her sister about her fiancée.
"I'm sorry, it's just…you know…Eugene barely spends his time with you. Tell me when was the last time you two have sex?"
"ANNA!"
"Geez, does being a pre-school teacher makes you a little Mary again?"
"Mary?"
"You know, sweet-pure-and innocent," her sister giggled.
"Argh! Anna stop it!" she groaned.
"Hey, I'm just lightening up your mood here. Anyway, you still haven't answer my question."
"Question?"
"-sigh- the last when when you two have se—"
"Okay, okay I get it!" she could feel her cheeks burning up.
"So when was it?"
She bit her lip in thought, "Umm…l-last three m-months?"
"WHAT!?" she cringed at her sister's sudden outburst.
"Last three months," she repeated shyly.
"I-I heard it…sorry…umm… it's just you know—"
"W-well, I was actually the one who suggested it, because…umm I think the passion might lose already when we got married," she lied. Of course she does want to spend a passionate night with Eugene, how badly she wanted to do it. How many times she attempted to set the mood everytime he came home, welcoming him with a passionate kisses and touches him on his weak spots, and even wearing an oh-so seductive corsets that she knew he loves. But to her dismay, all those times Eugene's respond would be either…'I'm tired' or 'I'm not in the mood for this' and would walk straight towards their bedroom not even acknowledging the dim lights, candles and roses that she set up (thanks to the ideas of her friends). There are times also when she was so eager to surprise him even waiting for hours to welcome him, just knowing at the end that he wont be coming for the night because of his work. His work…his WORK…always his GODDAMN WORK! Still with her love for him, she couldn't stay mad to him since she understand how much he loves his work…more than her. She shook her head for that. Of course Eugene loves me…he is just busy…right? She encourage herself.
"…break up with him," she blinked her eyes rapidly.
"WHAT?!"
"I said…why don't you break up with him."
"ANNA!"
"Well, it's just you guys don't look a live-in couple anymore but instead an individuals who are sharing a unit."
"W-wel—"
"Think about what I said sis, Goodnight and goodluck," with that her sister hung up.
She sighed to herself. Her sister was just worried about her and she understand that, but she wont consider her suggestion because of her love for him. Eugene was a busy man and she knew that.
With a lot of effort she managed to drag herself to their couch and slumped there. She just need to wait.
And wait.
And wait.
And wait.
Until she felt herself slowly and slowly drifted off to sleep.
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She jolted upwards when she heard footsteps behind her. She looked up and saw the man she had been expecting last night dress in his suit and tie. Sighing to herself she glanced at her watch. '6:30 AM'.
"What time did you got home?" she asked still looking at her watch.
"Around twelve," he called out from their kitchen.
So she drifted off to sleep while waiting for him. That thought made her angry at him, her efforts at decorating their room and cooking his favorite meals had been wasted. She contained herself to not to cry and just sat there waiting for him.
Minutes later she felt arms around her neck, hugging her from behind. "I'm sorry… I got overtime," Eugene apologized as he kissed the top of her head.
She didn't respond.
"Elsa…," Eugene held her chin and gently made her look at him.
She averted her gaze for she can't stand to look at him now, "I-it's okay," she whispered.
Eugene smiled and kissed her; she didn't respond but just let him.
"I love you," he kissed her forehead for the last time and drew back.
"I-I love you too."
Eugene made his way to the entrance as Elsa stood up.
"U-umm… Eugene I f-forg—"
"By the way, I won't be around this week," he said, cutting her off.
"W-why?"
He shrugged, "Business trip," with that he turned around and opened their door.
"E-eugene I-i!"
"Take care Elsa," he smiled before closing the door shut.
Elsa sighed again, and sat, " I just wanted to say Happy Anniversary," she muttered.
She didn't how to feel, he didn't even noticed the candles, roses and all the things that she have done for her surprise and didn't even greet her 'Happy Anniversary'.
'Maybe he just forgot to tell you because he has been busy!' said a voice in her mind.
That might be right but still those words from him, his appreciation and love from him were what mattered to her.
'He apologized to you'
"But he didn't even said anything about their anniversary," she fought back.
'At least he kissed and told you 'I Love you', right?'
She didn't respond to that. Everytime she would get mad at him, with just a simple kiss her anger would disappear and that annoyed her.
"Is it really this complicated to love someone?"
Shaking her head she grabbed her phone and texted her three favorite girls.
'Burgess Coffee Shop.
ASAP!
-Elsa'
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"HE DID WHAT?!" shouted a red head girl.
"Calm down Merida,"
"But Elsa, how can we calm down. All your efforts has been wasted because of him—"
"Coming home at midnight with Elsa already asleep," said Rapunzel.
Merida nodded her head, "And—"
"Didn't even put you to your bed when he came home and found you asleep on your couch," Anna gritted her teeth.
Merida once again nodded her head, "An—"
"He didn't even notice the changes that you made for him for your candlelight dinner," said the blonde
The red head gave up from saying anything knowing that she would just get interrupted by Anna and Rapunzel, so she just listened and nodded her head agreeing in what the two has been saying.
"He forgot about your anniversary,"
"And now he is at work even though it's Saturday! It's his day off now right?!"
Elsa looked up. Rapunzel was right, Eugene's day off was every Saturday but then he just left for work earlier. Shouldn't he just be at their home and spend their time together knowing that he wouldn't be with her for a week?
Hearing that Merida jolted up from her seat with a loud gasp, making everyone from the coffee shop looked at her with annoyance.
"I KNEW IT!" she exclaimed.
The three women ushered their friend to sit down, but Merida shook her head and leaned to the three. "He's meeting someone else," she whispered while gritting her teeth.
Elsa choked on her coffee, "N-no…Eugene wouldn't d—"
"He's right," Anna interrupted while rubbing her chin.
That made Elsa groaned, she looked at Rapunzel, "Come on Punzie convince them that Eugene wouldn't do such a thing!" she pleaded.
The blonde woman on the other hand was knitting her brows in thought, "I'm afraid Elsa…but I think they might be right," she muttered.
Elsa narrowed her eyes, "He will NOT do that, I know Eugene and he loves me only me."
Rapunzel gasped, "But Elsa—" she was interrupted when her phone rang. Rapunzel sighed as she answered her phone, "Hello?"
The three noticed their blonde friend's face lighten up, "Honey! I'm with my friends…yeah…yeah…Bye! Love you!" with that she hung up and noticed her friends looking at her in question. "Ummm…"
"Boyfriend huh?" Merida smirked.
Rapunzel gulped, "Y-yeah."
"How long have you been together?" asked Anna.
"F-four months."
"FOUR MONTHS AND YET YOU DIDN'T TELL US!" yelled Merida.
"HEY THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE!" yelled a man from the other side of the restaurant probably pissed off from her yells.
"FUCK YOU!"
"MERIDA!" Elsa smacked her friend playfully.
The red head sat down and rolled her eyes and faced Rapunzel, "So care to explain?"
The blonde woman scratched her forehead, "Shouldn't we talking about Elsa and Eugene."
The red head eyes widened as she remembered their last topic.
Anna on the other hand immediately placed both her hands on Merida's shoulders to prevent her from standing up again, while Rapunzel squished Merida's cheeks tightly to stop her another set of yell.
"Wyeah! Abouwt thwat Bwastard chweating," Merida said.
Elsa shook her head at her friends, "He won't do that I swear," she said packing up her things.
"But Elsa—"
"Stop it Anna," she warned.
"Still he s—"
"Stop," Elsa said tightly.
Anna sighed as she looked her sister standing up from her seat. "Are you mad?"
"No."
"B-but y-you're leaving,"Anna mumbled.
"I'm going to school."
"School? But it's Saturday," Rapunzel arched her brow in question.
"I will be distributing the grade cards of my students to their parents."
"I see."
"See you later," giving them a smile she turned and walked towards the exit door leaving her three friends.
"Uwmmm…"
Anna and Rapunzel looked at Merida.
"Youw two cawn gwet your hwands off mwee."
With reluctance the two slowly removed their hands off her and sighed.
One.
Two.
Three.
"I SWEAR THAT BASTARD IS CHEATING!"
"HEY SHUT UP!"
"FUCK YOUU!
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Elsa slumped at her chair, it was only ten in the morning yet she's already exhausted.
She couldn't stop herself from thinking about earlier events. There was no way that Eugene will cheat on her, she was sure about that. Right? Eugene was a very very very busy man, there were paper works, appointments, meetings that he had to finish everyday and night that even a complete twenty-four hours wasn't enough.
'At least that was what you are thinking.'
She jolt from her seat as that thought occurred on her.
'Even though your father is the C.E.O. of the famous Winters Corporation, why can he able to spend his time with you, Anna and your mom?'
"Because he is the boss, and he owns the company. He can have day-offs as much as he wants."
'But isn't being a C.E.O is much harder than what position Eugene has? So it means even a complete twenty-four hours wasn't enough to finish a C.E.O's task, yet why does your father—'
"I got it already," she hissed as she clutched her head tightly, attempting to shut up the little voice in her head.
When she finally cleared out her thoughts, she brought her right hand upward and gazed at the diamond ring—their engagement ring. She could still clearly remember what happened that night when Eugene took her out on a romantic dinner, and their dance, then the proposal happened which she gave him the sweetest 'Yes' and then they ended up having an endless lovely night with the presence of each other. Every conversation and every details she placed it in her heart to cherish it forever, because it was the best night that ever happened to her…but why was looking at it now made her cringed? As if it lose it's meaning unlike the first time she wore it, just gazing at the diamonds surrounding it made her sigh lovingly.
Without hesitating, she pulled out the ring from her finger and dropped it on her bag. She couldn't stand looking at it now. She sat properly on her chair and breathed dismissing her thoughts about Eugene to focus on her task.
When the clock struck at 9:30 people begun to fill out the classroom. She smiled at the parents of her students as she welcome them whole heartedly. Silently having a countdown, she finally started the meeting.
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An hour had passed and the meeting has end. Elsa stood at the doorway as she bid the exiting parents politely.
"Goodbye Miss Winters," said a smiling old woman.
"Goodbye Mrs. Potts, say 'hi' to little Chip for me!" she smiled back and waved at Mrs. Potts.
"He would like that."
She chuckled and watched the old woman (who was the last person to walk out of the room) walked through the hallway until she disappeared from her sight.
Sighing in relief for a successful meeting, so far no parent complained about the grades that she gave to their child.
Well, she loved her students so much that she treated them as her real children without having favoritism and gave them an equal attention and praises, resulting them to work hard on their activities, and with that they would go home happily to show their mommies the 'star' that she stamped on their hands. Oh how she knew the way compliments and acknowledgements would enlighten a child.
As she was packing her things she noticed an envelope lying on her desk. It was a brown envelope and she didn't have to open it to know what was inside. Instead she looked at the back of the envelope and sure enough, there written at the upper left side of the envelope was a name of one of her students.
"Ethan James Bennett," she read. "Guess I should stay for minutes," she sat down again on her chair to wait.
When ten minutes had passed and still no sign of a parent coming she stood up and grabbed her bag and placed the brown envelope inside. "Guess I should just give it to them on Monday," she slipped her bag and walked outside the room after making sure that the air conditioner and lights were turned off. She closed the door and locked it.
Elsa started to walk through the hallway, "I wonder why Pippa nor Jamie cannot make it." She said to herself as she mentioned the parents of Ethan. This is the first time when none of them could attend the meeting so she couldn't stop herself from thinking about the possible reasons of the sudden absence of Ethan's parents.
"They might be out of town," she said. She was so into her thoughts that she didn't notice her surroundings.
And when she turned right that's when her senses came back but it's too late for she could feel a sudden pain in her forehead and her weight dragging her down.
She closed her eyes for the impact but then…
Someone held her hand preventing her from falling.
She slowly opened her eyes and met a pair of blue one.
And that made her heart beat wildly that it hurts.
But that didn't stop her from gazing at the man in front of her. She noticed how his unique silvery-white hair spiked, his perfectly shaped black eyebrows that girls would be envy at, his striking blue eyes that could look through your soul, and lastly…his lips, his oh-so perfectly shaped lips were—
Were smirking?
He was smirking?
At her?
And that made Elsa realize the situation she was in. she was standing with half of her body bending downwards, and her hand outstretched and was held by a man whom she goddamn didn't know, and they were like that for who knows how long!
Geez, if somebody saw them there, they might think that they were rehearsing a classical dance pose. Well that might apply only those who appreciate classical dances, unlike the janitor who was happened to pass by; looked at them weirdly and brought his right hand to his ear and drew a circular motion while tsking muttering the word 'crazy' again and again.
Watching the man still smirking and hearing the janitor still saying 'crazy' Elsa got pissed off and stood straight, she faced the janitor behind them who was about to go down the stairs.
"Now, you tell who between us is crazy!" Elsa couldn't contain her tone, she was embarrassed with the sudden turn of events.
The janitor looked at her.
Looked at her.
And still looking at her.
To her dismay, the janitor once again started to tsking and repeated the 'crazy' word again and again while doing the circular motion around his ear.
Elsa let out an annoyed groan and faced the silvery-white haired man.
"Still smirking huh?" she asked really pissed off.
The man's smirk widened, "Thank you."
"W-why are you thanking me?" she could feel her cheeks reddened.
"Well, I'm really flattered that a gorgeous woman is checking me out."
"C-c-checking y-you out?" Elsa's face was really burning now.
"Yeah, and I think it took you sixty seconds to examine my face that's why we were stuck in that position and got called crazy. So how was it? Did I pass your standards?" the man wiggled his brow.
Elsa scoffed, "Sorry to burst your bubble mister but I think I am so distracted with your gray hair that I started to battle with my thoughts about what to call you when I will be thanking you, should it be just a simple 'thank you' or to make myself a courteous woman should I said 'thank you so much grandfather'. Geez, I almost thought you're a seventy year old man with your hair."
The man narrowed his eyes, "It's not gray…it's silvery-white like snow!"
"Sure old man!"
"Really huh? Then explain to me why were you gaping like a fish at an old man like me?" once again his smirk appeared.
"G-gaping?"
"Uhuh."
"W-what?"
"Admit it."
Elsa balled her fist from embarrassment and anger, "Fine suit yourself, I was studying your face but sorry you didn't pass my standard, jerk!" and with that she turned her heel and started walking she could still hear the man chuckling.
"Hey missy!" she stopped on her tracks and reluctantly looked from her shoulders at the silvery-white haired man.
"What?"
The smirked appeared on his face.
"My name is Jack Frost. It's nice to meet you!"
And he winked.
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A/N: So that's it. This story just suddenly appeared on my thoughts and I just wanted to type everything in here. SO I hope you like it…or not?
Still, I will be continuing this. Please leave a comment. Any, constructive criticisms are welcome.
See you on the next chapter.
-PrimAveRa