Anna Anderson was used to being clumsy. Actually, she's accepted the fact that gravity had it in for her and that the ground was on the attacking side. This was normal. Anything less would be concerning. Today, her job was meant to be a simple one, she just had to help out with her brother's birthday party. You know, distract the children so that the parents could have their parental circle jerk in the corner of the kitchen while simultaneously sipping wine and conversing about the workforce. Anna was okay with this. It was a hell of a lot better than hearing about how 'Megan is a bitch and is trying to take my position'. Anything is better than that.
Anna really wished she stayed inside listening to that bitch Megan story.
"Whoa, that looks painful." Kristoff was wincing at the sight of Anna's leg.
"I wonder why?!" There was only the sound of grinding teeth and sarcasm.
"Like seriously, your ankle is the size of my thigh!"
"I can't help that your fat and I'm in pain!"
You know what Newton said: Whatever is in motion tends to stay in motion until an external force is applied.
"I can't believe you made Olaf cry on his birthday." Kristoff was sitting beside Anna on a cushioned seat. He looked disapproving and ready to be murdered by her hands.
Anna was only registering the sound of Kristoff's annoying voice, the smell of disinfectant, and the pain of a thousand knives continuously stabbing through her leg and ultimately trying to ruin her life. In short, everything was fine. She's been in the hospital before; of course it was usually minor things. Besides, the birthday party wasn't completely ruined. Olaf was just overreacting as he watched his older sister rolling around on the grass in pure agony.
"I can't believe your foot is looking worse than before! I mean seriously, the color should be unnatural along with that angle. Totally deformed."
If glares could kill. "I will beat you with my deformed foot." Anna hissed through clenched teeth. "I could care less about the extra pain as long as you feel it with me."
"Every flavor and you choose to be salty…" Kristoff slumped in his seat with arms crossed.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry…" Even though her pain was the size of the Titanic, she probably shouldn't threaten to murder everything that breathes.
Kristoff and Anna have been friends since before time…well, not exactly, but it feels like it has been that long. She doesn't really remember a time before Kristoff. Their parents had been really good friends, so their children had to follow suit. So, they've been together for a long time. So long in fact, that they thought they should start dating a few years back. That is when they found out that Anna is super gay. Obviously the relationship didn't work out so well.
"Look on the bright side, you won't have to go to school for a while!" No, no Kristoff this was not good.
"College is different…" Anna groaned, sinking deeper into her failure. If that was possible. She was already deep enough. "I could skip and month of high school and not give a flying shit. College is the opposite way around! They will eat me alive!"
Kristoff snorted. "I'm sure they'll understand once they see you in your crippled state."
Her eyes narrowed. "Kristoooooooff, you're not even going to college!"
Instead of going to college, Kristoff decided to thrust himself right into the workforce. His dad owns an electrical business, and Kristoff thought it was an easy in, so he took it. Anna had no idea what she wanted to do. During high school her mother had seated her interrogation style to try and see what possible major she could go in to. It didn't work. She was undecided. In retrospect, she is still only a freshman, so she had some time.
"Your mom texted and asked how you're doing." Kristoff was scrolling through his phone.
Way to go mom. Text him and not me. "Just tell her they have to amputate."
"'kay." His phone began to ring. "No, no, Ms. Anderson! We were just kidding!" Anna snickered, happy for a distraction. "She hasn't even been checked on yet!"
While Kristoff was arguing with her mother, Anna took the time to take in the atmosphere. And by that, she means people watch. Saturday seemed like pretty good day to get hurt, because this place was pretty packed. All she could do was stare at a person and guess why they were here. No wonder it was taking so long to get checked on. Anna hoped that her injury would be bad enough to get her checked on sooner.
"We're in trouble when we get back." He stated simply as he hung up the phone.
Anna shrugged. "We'll just cry." Kristoff nodded as if that was the most obvious solution.
"Anderson!" Anna's head shot up and zoned in on the nurse.
"Finally!" She lifted her arms up. "Lend me your shoulder, young gentleman!"
"Don't got a choice…" He mumbled, basically carrying the girl.
As Kristoff dragged the dead weight, they were met with another girl. A girl that Anna would properly describe as 'the best thing since sliced bread'. This girl was better than bread. Heck, she was the bread of a heavenly sandwich. She wasn't sure what the best trait was: the perfect hair, those enticing eyes, or the gorgeous face.
"This idiot's an Anderson." Kristoff's voice broke through Anna's stalker like thoughts.
Anna made eye contact with the girl. Oh sweet shit, let me dive into those blue eyes…wait, what? Thank god Kristoff was holding most of her weight.
"I'm here for Anna Anderson." The nurse looked at her paper. "Elsa Anderson?" The blonde goddess nodded. "Your nurse will be out in around five minutes. If you two could follow me please." The nurse gestured to Kristoff and Anna.
Before making a move, Anna had to at least make one horribly awkward comment. "I like your face!" She practically yelled at this girl. The blonde haired girl's eyes widened and she opened her mouth as if she was about to say something, but she just ended up cradling her injured arm tighter. Oh god. "Kristoff! Let us limp away into our social solitude!" I fucked up big time. Why do I have to be so gay?
"Let us limp away into our social solitude?" Kristoff let out another bark of laughter.
Anna was lying down in a white hospital bed with curtains, acting as walls, surrounding her from three sides. With much effort, she was forcibly stripped and put in one of those awful hospital gowns. Her foot was propped up on a pillow. They were just waiting for her x-rays to come back. She should probably have gotten a CAT scan as well, since her brain was obviously damaged beyond repair.
"I couldn't help it!" Anna whined, trying to disappear into the covers. "Did you see her?! You had to have seen her!"
"Yup!" He popped his lips on the 'p'. "You know what they say, Anna?" He leaned in closer to Anna. "All is fair in love and war."
Her eyes widened. "Hell no! I already voiced my interest in her!" Of course telling her that I like her face is a bit too forward…even for my liking. "You always get all the ladies!" Anna huffed and crossed her arms, clearly upset with the outcome.
It's sad but true, Kristoff always won in the end. Sadly, since the two of them were so alike, they also had similar taste concerning love. Anna constantly got the short end of the stick, since nine times out of ten the girl ended up being straight, making Kristoff the winner. This war was totally not fair.
"She had really nice hips…" Kristoff snorted as he witnessed Anna muttering to herself with a faraway look in her eyes. "Well, it's not like-"
"The results are in, Ms. Anna." Doctor Kai waltzed in with the x-ray in hand. "I won't go all technical on you yet, but you really did a number on your leg." He hung up the x-ray on the wall box light. "What on earth did you do?"
A blush found its way to Anna's cheeks. "Well you see…"
"Yeah, Anna." Kristoff was trying to hold back his laughter. "How'd you do it?"
She shot him a glare. "Well…you see…" The doctor was waiting for her to answer, probably judging her as well. "It's my brother's birthday party today…uh…there was the ground…and I was in the air…"
"She jumped out of a bouncy house too aggressively."
Anna's mouth fell open. There was no way to do damage control. Today was not her day. "Okay, it's not how it sounds! Actually, it's exactly how it sounds, but you had to have been there! The jump was pretty sweet too!"
The doctor held up his hand to silence her word vomit. "I'm sure it was an awesome jump," He pointed to the x-ray. "but you really need to work on your landing." He started pointing to specific areas of the x-ray. "Alright, so you fractured your fibula, have a torn ligament, you have a fracture in your cuboid bone, a hairline fracture in your navicular, and your ankle joint isn't looking too hot as well." What the hell is all of this?!
Anna met Kristoff's eyes and they both had the same look of 'Wow she really effed this up'. "Just take my entire leg! Take it! It's useless to me now!" She had the right to freak out. Her leg literally looked like something out of Willy Wonka except with a lot more pain.
Kristoff placed a hand on her flailing arm. "Don't listen to her, doc. She secretly really loves that left leg." He said it with such seriousness that it even made Anna snicker.
"It is a pretty nice lookin' left leg…" She mumbled.
"Anna, it should heal nicely." The doctor started pointing to her actual leg. "Luckily, it was your fibula that was fractured. That bone holds less than 20% of your body's weight. The hardest thing to heal will be your torn ligament." He gave her a look. "Now, if you immobilize it properly and don't do anything dangerous, you won't need surgery."
Anna blanched. "Nuh uh!" She almost slapped the man's hand away from her leg. "Immobilize this bitch so I can escape!"
Damage control, featuring Kristoff. "Ignore her. Are you going to put her in a cast?"
The doctor was having a hell of a time trying not to laugh. It's not as if Anna was afraid…no, she was terrified. Surgery was no joke. First there's the actual procedure, the anesthesia and what not, then they cut into your poor unsuspecting leg, then they sew you back up like some kind of stuffed animal, and then you have to limp around while remembering this entire experience. Now she just had to figure out how not to do dangerous thing for the next months to come. Remember: clumsy.
"Soft cast first, then hard cast." The doctor already had the needed materials. "But before we begin, we're going to give her some pain medication."
Thank god. Pump me full of drugs!
And pump her full of drugs they did.
"Anna stop freaking out!" Kristoff was driving back to Anna's house. "The trees are not moving! We are the ones that are moving!"
"The trees are so fast!"
Anna was not only high on life right now, but also high on some hardcore painkillers. Kristoff was doing his best just trying to keep the girl in his car. God knows she would probably jump out and try to chase the trees. He already had to drag her ass to the emergency room, he was not about to do it again.
"Did we miss the party?" She surprisingly sounded normal.
Kristoff glanced at his dashboard. 5:15PM. "There's around an hour left. At least you got to have a little fun before you face planted."
"Damn. I really wanted cake…" Anna mumbled, slouching in the seat.
"I'm sure they left some for you…"
"My family members are all animals!" She threw up her hands in exasperation. "Every single one of them!" Why couldn't they have given her enough medication to knock her out for a week?
I could totally smother Anna with her sweatshirt…just until she loses consciousness…
Kristoff came to the realization that that was an awful idea. He pulled in front of Anna's house; cars were still parked along the side of the road, an indication that the festivities were still happening. The passenger door flung open and Anna almost belly flopped on to the concrete.
"Come on, kid." Kristoff grunted, dragging the girl into the house. "Ms. Anderson! We're back!"
"Hey mom!" Anna shouted louder than necessary, her voice showing a slight slur. The mothers of all the children were still inside the kitchen/living room, avoiding going outside especially much so since Anna found herself shipped to the ER. "Hey, hey mom! Guess what happened?!" Kristoff had a bad feeling about this.
"What happened, honey?" Anyone could tell that her mother was humoring her high-as-hell daughter.
"I met a mega hot girl in the emergency room! A goddess! She was an 8.0 on the Richter scale! And that's not the only thing~!" Anna said in a sing-song voice. "She has the same last name as me! It's fate! You're going to have a gorgeous daughter-in-law, mother dearest! You're welcome!" She slapped Kristoff's shoulder twice. "Please take me to my room, sir, so that I may plan my first 10,000 steps of courting that voluptuous bachelorette!"
As Kristoff dragged the girl up the stairs he heard Anna's mother say, "Alright, just if some of you are unaware, my daughter is what she would call 'hella gay'-" That was all he heard before he closed the bedroom door.
Anna was not able to have her cake and eat it too.
All aboard the Elsanna Train! This is actually the first romance that I have ever written and it will definitely show. I don't even think this is considered a romance yet…since it's just characters shouting at other characters that they're hot.
Looking for love in all the wrong places~
I tip my hat to those few people that are still lookin' out for me! This will only be a few chapters, since I plan on stuffing lots of words and time progress into every paragraph. Be prepared.
Also be prepared for my laziness.
And lack of self-discipline.
Thank you for reading! Be sure to check back for any updated miracles!