Anna's POV

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

I groaned as I slammed my fist down on top of my screeching alarm clock. God I hate mornings.

I slowly untangled myself from my blankets and unwillingly pushed myself to my feet. I stumbled into the bathroom to start my morning ritual of showering, brushing my teeth, picking out clothes, and drying my hair.

When I'm finished I walk downstairs to get a little breakfast before driving to school.

"Good morning Dad." I said as I walked into the kitchen to warm up a bagel. He was sitting at the table reading the newspaper. Do people even read those still?

"Good morning, Anna."

"Alright, well I'll see you when you get home from work tonight. Say goodbye to Mom for me." My mother worked night shifts at a nursing school so she often slept until mid-morning.

With that I grabbed my bagel and walked out the front door. I got inside of my car (a ruby red Ford Focus) and drove off to school while munching on my breakfast.

I parked my car in the senior lot and walked into the building. I walked to my locker and-Wait, what was my combination again? 16-04-21? No. 16-04-12? Negative. 16-40-21. Ah, come on Anna! Remember! 16-40-12? There was a small click when I pushed up on the handle and the door easily swung open. Oh thank goodness.

I retrieved my English notebook along with my Calculus textbook before closing my locker again. I opened my bag and dropped the books in before slinging the single strap back on my shoulder. The first bell rang and I sighed. I do not need Mrs. Calhoun yelling at me for being late… again.

I entered the classroom and looked around for Elsa. I skimmed over everybody and didn't see her. That cant be right, she said she was in this class. I looked around again, slowly this time. I finally saw her in the very back doodling absentmindedly. Wow. She wasn't kidding yesterday when she said she wasn't very noticeable.

I was about to walk back to her desk and greet her when the tardy bell rang and Calhoun stood up. I begrudgingly took my seat.

"Alright class. Today we'll be discussing the reading you were assigned last class and assigning partners for your next project. For this project you will write up a ten-page script for a modern version of Romeo and Juliet. Your partners are as follows. Michael and Jenny. Lucas and John. Maggie and Abby. Anna and Elsa. Kobe and Trevor. Wade and Emma."

I couldn't help the smile that instantly formed on my face when Calhoun paired me with Elsa. Now we have to get together and talk.

The class ended about two hours later and Biology followed. I tried to hang back to walk with Elsa when she rocketed past the rest of the class and was the first one out the door. By the time I left the room she was already lost amongst the sea of students. Remembering that I would see her again at lunch, I walked off to my Biology class.

The bell rang as I took my seat. Ms. Gothel stood up and smiled widely at the class.

"Good afternoon everyone. Today we will be watching a video about genes and Gregor Mendel, the Father of Modern Genetics. I will pass out the worksheet that you will need to complete by the end of the period."

The class groaned. "Come on now children. Would you behave like this if your mothers were in the room? I thought not. Trust me kids, as a mother myself, I know that your education is key to our society's future. I speak to all of you when I say mothers know best." Gothel smiled again. Yes, okay okay, we get it. Now give us the worksheet and stop talking. Ms. Gothel is my least favorite teacher. With that loud screeching voice, and fake annoying smile, she could easily make anyone do anything. And she's always ranting about flowers. The only thing I can think when she starts rambling is -gosh, no one cares, lady.

When the bell for the first lunch rang I walked to the cafeteria to get lunch and meet up with my friends.

"Hey Red!"

I recognized the voice and turned around smiling. Sure enough, my friend Meg was walking towards me with another friend of mine, Rapunzel.

"Hey Meg, hey Punzie. Where are Kristoff, Eugene, Olaf, and Sven?"

"They're out there waiting for us already."

"Oh, okay. Well lets not keep them waiting any longer."

With that, we walked outside with our lunches and spotted the four boys already eating and chatting at a table. Olaf was a tall lanky boy with black hair and a kind, caring personality. He was one of the stars of the Arendelle Wolves-the school's basketball team. Kristoff sat next to him, speaking with with a big goofy grin on his face-he must be telling a joke. His large nose and shaggy blonde hair contrasted sharply with the orange pull over he was wearing. That dude has got to get a sense of fashion. Sven sat next to Kristoff and was crunching on some carrots and listening adamantly to the story. He and Kristoff we brothers even though they looked nothing alike. Sven was older, but by less than a year, so they were both eighteen. Eugene sat on Sven's other side. He was handsome, with black hair that was slicked back and a small goatee on the tip of his chin. He was Rapunzel's boyfriend.

We walked over and joined them, plopping our lunch trays down next to them.

"And then she said, 'Well at least I don't smell like a reindeer!'" Kristoff chuckled as the other boys roared with laughter. Meg and I looked at each other and burst into a fit of giggles, only because it was so bad.

Just then, something caught my eye. I saw a flash of braided platinum blonde hair. Elsa walked swiftly by as people nearby her stared at each other and pointed at her laughing. They were laughing at her and I knew that Elsa knew it. I could tell by the way the blonde kept her eyes carefully trained on the ground; her face betrayed no emotion. She sat down underneath a tree and opened a book while taking a sandwich out of her backpack.

I stood up and began walking toward her.

"Hey Red, where you going?"

"I'll be right back Meg." I yelled over my shoulder.

I reached Elsa's tree and sat down next to her. Without looking up she started talking. "I don't know who you are, but I don't like people and chances are, I don't know you. So if you could leave, that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you and goodbye."

"If it makes you happy." I said and her head snapped up as she recognized my voice.

"Anna…I didn't realize it was you. I'm sorry." She said looking sheepish.

"Is that how you greet everyone?" I asked laughing slightly.

"Kind of."

I stopped laughing and cleared my throat. "I saw you sit down by yourself and thought would keep you company. We're project partners in Calhoun's class and I did say we should be friends after all."

"You were serious when you said that?" I nodded my head slowly with a confused look on my face. "I just didn't think you meant it. I don't really have any friends and well, as you can see," She stopped and motioned at the people around her who were still looking at her and talking to friends (they were still clearly talking about her and it didn't seem to me like they were saying nice things), "People around here don't exactly like me." She finished.

"Well, I like you." I chose not to acknowledge the slight blush on Elsa's face. "I'm going to bring my friends over here so that you have people to sit with."

"Oh, Anna, that's not necess-" Elsa started, but I had already started walking back to my table toe bring the gang over.

"Hey guys. Come on, we're going to go sit with a new friend of mine."

There were a few groans of protest.

"Really Anna?"

"Why?"

"Are you serious Red?"

"I am serious. She has no friends other than me and I'm going to change that. Let's go."

"Sorry, Anna. I have to run to the library."

"That's okay, Olaf. You can meet her another time."

I turned around and the six of us walked over to Elsa and sat around her.

"So guys, this is my new friend Elsa. Elsa, this is Megara, Rapunzel, Kristoff, Eugene, and Sven." I said, motioning to each of my friends in turn. "You'll have to meet Olaf later; he had to go to the library. But like I said, I brought them over because I watched you sit by yourself. I mean, not that I was watching you-more like noticed you go by. I know you said you're not noticeable but I don't think that's true. Your hair is very bright and your eyes are a beautiful shade of blue and-. Wait no, not that I think you're beautiful-but you're not ugly. No you're beautifuller than me and… um… I….yeah…"Oh my God, Anna. You just don't know when to shut your mouth do you?

By the time I finished rambling, Elsa was uncomfortably picking at the grass in front of her while looking at her shoes, and the other five were laughing.

"Gosh, Anna. " Kristoff chuckled. "If you say anything more, I think Elsa here will turn into a tomato. Though she's not nearly as red as you." Hmmm, I thought I felt my face burning.

Elsa remained quiet throughout the rest of lunch, only answering our questions with a few words each.

Five minutes until the end of lunch, everyone packed up and got ready to leave. I hung back and told the others to go on without me.

"Hey, Elsa?"

"Hmm."

"I was just wondering if you wanted to hang out with me after school today? I mean, I have to go to work at four, but we have time to talk and stuff before then.

Elsa once again looked genuinely surprised. "Sure, I'd love too." She said with a small smile.

"Kristoff and Eugene might be there too, is that okay?"

"Yeah sure, I guess." Her smile faltered a bit but stayed. " I'm sorry about my lack of communication with you and your friends… If you cant tell, I'm very socially awkward and don't do well with new people… Anyways… How about I meet you here after school?"

"That sounds great!"

"Cool. I'll see you later, Anna."

"Great, bye."

With that, I turned and walked back into the building, smiling. These next two classes cannot go by fast enough.

Elsa's POV

Wow. That girl must really like me if she wants to meet up with me again. Wait, not 'that girl' Elsa, she has a name. And a beautiful name at that. Anna. It sounds so heavenly. Ugh. I need to stop thinking about this- about her. She had a boyfriend so it's obvious she not gay like you are.

I huffed and shook my head, trying to clear it. You need to concentrate on your work or Mr. Baloo is going to yell at you.

Between this period and the one right after lunch, I had caught myself zoning out several times. Each time, my thoughts drifted to a certain strawberry blonde who seemed to make befriending me her mission. I know I have to focus, but I can't. No matte how hard I try, Anna just keeps drifting into my mind….

I can't stop thinking about her.

A/N

Hey! So I realized that I forgot to put one of these in the first chapter…whoopsie. Anyway, this is my first fanfic. I hope you like it so far. The plot will pick up in the next few chapters. The next chapter will be a direct continuation of this one.