Happy Endings?-Chapter one.
She's not entirely sure what made her go over to him. I mean it was an impulse decision really. He had been staring at her across the library for what seemed like a lifetime. Anna checked her watch. Okay maybe she had exaggerated, it had been 4 minutes exactly. Of course she was partly to blame, she was looking back at him, taking note of how his shaggy blond hair fell back across his forehead whenever he put his head down so she wouldn't notice that he was looking at her. She did though.
She decided enough was enough, she wanted to know what on earth he wanted and Anna being Anna did just that.
She walked straight up to his chair in the corner of the secluded public library, "Um, hi." Anna tried to keep calm as he looked up. He was looking directly at her, showing off his alluring brown eyes. And boy was she getting lost in them.
"Hi."
Anna snapped out of her daydream, or rather looked away from his eyes to focus back on the point she was really trying to make. "I couldn't help but notice that you keep looking at me. Is there something wrong with me? Do I know you or something because I'm really good at remembering faces, not so much names.. But definitely faces. Like this one time I remembered a woman I saw grocery shopping once. Funny story actually because she ended up being-"
She was cut off by the man's voice. "I was just looking at what you were reading, I couldn't really make it out from over here."
Anna's eyes lit up. "Oh, oh, I'm sorry I jumped to conclusions, and then proceeded to ramble, I do that a lot." Anna then chuckled for a second or two longer than she should have and realised that there was a silence lingering amongst them.
"So what is it?"
"What's what?" The man just looked at her. "Oh the book?" Gosh he must think I'm an idiot, Anna thought. "It's just a random one I just picked up off the shelf, it's about a girl who moved from London to New York in search for a new life, then she runs into this guy who ends up being the love of her life and ah it's just so sweet." Anna hugged the book to her chest.
"Oh, so you're that type of reader?"
Anna frowned. "What do you mean?"
"I mean you're a sucker for a love story."
"Well duh, aren't all girls? I can't vouch for everyone but I certainly love, well love. I mean my last boyfriend, Hans.. Well I guess he was my fiancé but then again we were only engaged for a few days and I'd only known him for about a month."
"Wait what?"
"I know I'm an idiot blah blah, I heard it all off my sister. Well he was all about his job and never put any time into our relationship. I just felt like a chore to him you know? Well of course you don't know. Anyway that ended."
"And you're telling me this because?"
"I'm not entirely sure. I'm sorry I ramble when I meet new people." He smiled, good progress on the cute guy Anna. "Oh, I'm Anna by the way."
"Kristoff." They shook hands and Anna couldn't help but notice how rough his hands were. She also couldn't help but notice how his hand fit perfectly into hers.
"Right, Christopher."
He sighed. "It's Kristoff, but don't worry, I won't hold you to it. You told me you were bad with names, I should have seen it coming."
"Oh oh, I'm so sorry Christopher. Gosh darn it Anna why can you never get anything right.. Sorry, Kristoff."
He smiled wider than before which made Anna's face light up. He was so, well, cute.. And hot. "It's okay. So what brings you to England? Shouldn't you be in New York living the dream with the love of your life or something like that?"
"Wanna know a secret?" He nodded. "I only chose this book because it had an intriguing cover."
Kristoff held his hands up. "Well well, didn't even read the blurb?"
Anna giggled. He liked her laugh, it was sweet and reminded him of sunshine. Maybe he could get to know this girl. She seemed like a really fun person. And wow did Kristoff need someone bright in his life right now, especially after how crap his life had been lately.
"Nope."
"What a rebel you are." Kristoff chuckled and picked his book off the desk to show Anna the cover. "Just so you know, I'm one of those readers too."
Anna's eyes widened, a muscular boy like him was reading fluffy romantic stories? Anna wasn't one to stereotype but that was a bit odd. "I never pegged you for a romance guy."
"That's because you've only known me for a few minutes. You must be a poor judge of character."
Anna sighed rather loudly. "Yeah I guess I'm just a poor judge of character. I've been told that before, quite a few times."
Kristoff frowned. "Hey, I didn't mean to offend you or anything, I was just joking."
"I know, it's just.. You know what, never mind. I talk to much. I'm going to go back over there and read my book. If you wanna keep staring, go ahead. At least I know you're not a psycho or some kind of stalker now." Anna began to walk back to her own chair until she felt a tug at her arm.
"Wait." Kristoff said rather loudly, probably to loud for the likes of the librarian. "Do you maybe, well do you want to.. What I'm trying to say is."
"Gosh Kristoff spill, you're worse than me."
Kristoff sighed, maybe it wasn't best to ask a stranger for coffee. And why was he suddenly all hot and bothered, he was never like this. "You know what, never mind."
Anna frowned, why had this guy brought out all her emotions in the space of 10 minutes. She didn't even know she could feel frustration until now.
"No, I'm sorry. I promise, I'm not usually like this, it's just my ex called this morning and let's just say I'm not in the best of moods." Anna's lips turned into a smirk as she looked into his eyes. "What did you want to say."
Wow she was beautiful. Her beautiful long hair was plaited in two braids on either side of her head. She was wearing a flowing turquoise summer dress which fell to just below her knees. Kristoff noticed that she was wearing a necklace with a snowflake charm on it and a bracelet to match. She was simply stunning. However, she obviously wasn't in the best place right now. Truth is, he didn't even know if he was in the right mind set himself.
"You know what, it doesn't matter. Maybe I'll see you around. Enjoy your book."
Anna smiled back at him and pointed towards his novel. "You too, Kristoff."
A/N: I'm finally trying something new. I'm feeling rather Kristanna inspired right now so I'm going for an AU multi-chapter. Each chapter will be short because I'm just getting to terms with writing so I do apologize. I've already wrote the first few chapters so I'm hoping for quick updates, I just need to proof read them. This is kinda OCC so just roll with it. Set in the UK because I'm British and I'm not going to pick a country I know nothing about because knowing me, it won't be accurate! Thanks for reading the first chapter.
-Ellie x