itsmorefuninthephillipines: 'Old flame' defined as old lover, old boyfriend.

BlackIris: That's actually kind of where I got inspiration for this from. I was watching Friends and this story kind of popped into my mind and I shaped it from there.

Kahmartis: This should have a few flashbacks so your wonderments will be answered.

MirkaKarolina: Yeah it's nice and lush here. However if you want crisp air, we got that too in summer. We get all the seasons in summer in New Zealand. It was like pouring and blistering with rain yesterday before it fined up and became nice.

TPATFan16: It may be snowing where you live but the sun is shining where I live! It's summer because in December, that's our summer months. I live in the Southern Hemisphere so my seasons are swapped compared to yours. I've never actually seen snow, so you're lucky.

Chapter 2: The Neighbour

Elsa continued to stare at Jack. Her eyes soon found his eyes. The same eyes she used to gaze into many times before. She saw the smile that he always gave her turn into something that resembled shock horror. She opened her mouth but nothing came out. So many things ran through her mind but every single word got caught in her throat. She was frozen. She didn't want to say or do anything. It was Jack. What would she say to Jack? What could she say to him after everything that was said and done? She wanted to turn around and run. She didn't want to stay but she forced herself to stay and to continue to stare right at Jack. She forced herself to keep staring into those eyes, those bright shining blue eyes.

Jack had frozen as well. It appeared that neither one of them expected to see one another after all this time nor especially not after they left it. Everyone else was staring at them as if waiting for the shoe to drop. They looked tensed. They were waiting for one to explode at the other but it never came. Elsa didn't have it in her to yell anymore. She had let that go. She was tired of yelling, she had yelled so much and she just couldn't summon up the strength to yell. She had finally found herself again and then this happens. She ran into him after all this time of trying to forget him, trying to forget their time together, trying to finally move on. Anna gave Elsa a look but Elsa ignored it. She just kept looking at Jack.

"So you're back," Jack said in the smallest of voices.

Elsa nodded. She couldn't say anything. She just couldn't say anything to him. Her voice had deserted her. Maybe it was because she was afraid of what she might say. One of the last things she had ever said to him was that she hated him. That had really hurt Jack when she said it. Elsa hadn't meant it or had she? Did she say to hurt him or did she say it because it had been true? She still didn't know.

"How have you been?" Jack asked. He was now avoiding eye contact. He was looking at Elsa's sneakers with one hand gripping the kitchen counter.

"Okay," Elsa could only manage one word sentence. It was all that she could get out.

"You look…" Jack stumbled on the word but it still came out, "good. You look good."

"Thanks," Elsa replied. "So do you." The corners of her mouth twitched as if Elsa was about to smile.

"So are the pizzas ruined or not?" Eugene asked suddenly.

"Way to kill the moment Eugene," Anna said rolling her eyes.

"I'm hungry," he said. "You know my stomach controls my brain."

"Yeah but you couldn't have waited like maybe another few minutes," Anna said.

Jack looked a little embarrassed as he scooped up the pizza boxes from the ground.

"They're fine Eugene," Jack said. "They're fine."

"Oh thank goodness," Eugene said. "I thought I would pass out from the hunger."

Elsa watched as everyone dove in for pizza. Elsa decided that they should have their time together. She then quietly slipped away for some time on her own.

"Holy mackerel," Eugene said. "The fish pizza is good." He then paused. "No pun intended."

Anna rolled her eyes again. Jack took a seat in between Kristoff and Merida as he grabbed a slice of the Meatlovers pizza. Jack the shoved the whole piece into his mouth at once. Anna slightly recoiled at the sight.

"Sheesh Jackson," she said. "Don't forget to chew and this thing called breathing. I hear it's quite beneficial."

Jack grinned sheepishly. The others started diving for more pieces each complaining to the other that they wanted the last of piece of this or of that. Anna's attention moved away from pizza onto her sister who was standing outside on the balcony. It had darkened since she arrived so the balcony lights had gone on. Anna quickly placed some pizza on a plate for her and headed outside. She was just leaning against the balcony wall with her hands clasped together while looking out at the street before her. Anna's apartment had a great view of Burgess and you could see everything that Burgess had to offer. Anna could see that Elsa was deep in thought and hadn't heard Anna approaching. Elsa was probably reflecting on the past and she had a long one with Jackson Frost.

"Hey," Anna said walking right up to her, "I brought you some pizza." Anna held up the plate which had a few pieces on it.

"Thanks," Elsa smiled at her. "I'm not sure if I'm hungry or not."

"Aw come on," Anna said. "It's Hawaiian, it's your favourite."

Elsa's smile got wider. "Maybe just a little."

Anna watched as Elsa started to eat the pizza. She knew it would be this difficult for her if Elsa had ever decided to come back. Anna had just hoped that Elsa would had stayed in Arendelle, taken control of their parents company or maybe continue practicing Law rather than come back here to Burgess. She had hoped that Elsa had moved on with her life and maybe had found a new one in Arendelle where they grew up. But Anna knew she would come back. She was there along with all of Elsa's friends. However Burgess also contained Jackson Frost, Elsa's ex-boyfriend, the love of her life who just happened to be Anna's across- the-hall neighbour. Anna had been prepared to kill Jack when she found what happened to them but somehow she ended up being his neighbour, sharing food, having game nights with him and his roommate Aster Bunnymund, a good friend of Jack's. Bunnymund had moved in when Jack's last roommate, Jamie Bennett, moved out to move in with his girlfriend Emma who he married about a year later. Bunnymund had gotten kicked out of his apartment due to some misunderstanding with the landlord and so he needed a place to crash and so Jack had offered him Jamie's old room. Anna had no idea how they ended up being neighbours. At first, she was angry and mad at him but then over time, Anna fell back into the familiarity of being his friend like she had been at school.

But now things got more complicated because of Elsa returning. Anna knew that she would return eventually, she just didn't know when. Anna didn't know what kind of state she would be in or if she would even be over Jack, something that Elsa had considered impossible when they broke up. Jack had moved on fast only because Elsa had made it really clear that she didn't want to see him ever again. She had been hurt by his betrayal so badly that she had told him that she never wanted to lay eyes on him ever again. Anna hadn't been too sure on the details of it all. She only got a few things out of Elsa before she left and Jack never said anything. He was too hurt by it all.

Anna shivered and brought in her cardigan in tighter around her. She was now only starting to feel the chilling night. Elsa noticed this and smiled at her.

"You should have worn an extra layer," Elsa said. "You know how cold Burgess can get."

"You don't," Anna muttered. Her sister always somehow managed to resist the cold. It would be like snowing and she would be in shorts and a t-shirt.

Elsa finished off her pizza and placed the empty plate on the balcony wall. She continued to stare out into Burgess, the smile disappearing from her face. Anna knew that her thoughts had returned to Jack again.

"You okay?" Anna asked.

"A little heads up would have been nice," Elsa said. She folded her arms together and then turned around to face Anna. She leaned against the wall without taking her eyes off her younger sister.

"I would have told you but I wouldn't have known what to say," Anna said.

"I'm just a little surprised that Jack is still hanging around you guys."

"He's our friend and neighbour," Anna shrugged. "He is like Kristoff's and Eugene's best friend. It just kind of happened. We were all friends at school. We were like one big group. I guess that just continued onward past school."

"Oh I'm not mad, just a little surprised," Elsa said. "I would have thought that maybe you, maybe Rapunzel or Merida would have ripped him to shreds or something. I vaguely remember you guys planning to do something of the sorts."

Anna let out a laugh. "Yeah we did plan it. It just didn't happen for some reason. Maybe we just couldn't figure out a way to get away with murder."

Elsa laughed to. "It's okay you didn't. That way I didn't see it happening."

Anna nodded and then something else crossed her mind. Anna was now struggling to ask the question she really wanted to ask. Elsa could see this in happening in Anna's eyes.

"It's okay you can ask," Elsa said.

"What happened?" Anna asked, the words bursting out of her. "You guys had this great thing, you guys were in love, you guys were thinking about living your lives together and then this great thing then dissolved into nothing."

"Well," Elsa said. "Things happened. I got busy with work, really busy, I lacked time to spend with him and Jack felt neglected and then things happened."

"I got that part already," Anna said. "It's what came after that I don't understand. I remember being called by you for help. You were crying and were angry at Jack."

Elsa shrugged. "Things happen when you're angry or upset or mad."

Anna nodded her head. Maybe Elsa wasn't quite ready to discuss what had happened. Anna knew there had a lot of shouting, argument after argument and then something that sounded like a cheating incident. Anna was a bit hazy on the details so she wasn't sure who cheated on whom or that was even related to why Elsa broke up with Jack.

They stayed outside on the balcony, just standing there in silence, staring at each other with small smiles on their faces. Anna didn't know if it had been ten minutes, half an hour or an hour. She could see that Jack had been talking to Kristoff and Eugene, definitely about Elsa. Elsa looked at him and sighed.

"He's dating," Anna said.

"I know," Elsa said. "I sort of did as well."

"Did you meet some hot French guy?" Anna teased.

"No," Elsa said but she blushed anyway.

"Was he Italian?"

"No."

"Kiwi?"

"No."

"German?"

"No."

"Chinese?"

"No."

"Spanish?"

"No."

"You're going to say no even if I guess right?"

"Yep."

"Thought so."

They both laughed at this.

Jack looked out at the balcony. He could see Elsa and Anna talking and his guess, they were talking about him.

"I think we can go ahead and call this a code blue," Kristoff said.

"You spend waaay too much time at your girlfriend's work," Eugene said.

Jack was still staring out of window. His eyes were fixed on Elsa. He could see her laughing at something that Anna had said. He had always loved her laugh. He missed the times when he made her laugh despite the fact she would usually be laughing at him because he did something stupid. But still, how could Elsa have shown up now without any warning whatsoever? A warning would have prepared him and allowed Jack to readied himself for the undoubtable meeting that would have taken place between them. Instead, he had walked in; his eyes snapped to her and then have gotten the shock of his life.

"So," Kristoff said to Jack. "Whatcha thinking?"

"How can it be Elsa?" the words burst from Jack. "Why couldn't it be someone else related to Anna? Like a cousin? Or maybe like a third cousin eight times removed?"

"Well we all knew that this day would come," Kristoff said.

"Sadly that is true," Jack agreed. "I just thought that when it came, I would have a little warning. Maybe like a phone call saying 'hey it's Elsa, I'm coming home in an hour' but nope, nothing."

"I think Elsa came back on a spur of a moment," Eugene said. "Like Elsa had done all that she needed to do and she decided to come back."

"I believe there is a phone at the airport," Jack said.

"Yeah, that is true," sighed Kristoff.

"Man it is so weird to see her," Jack said. "She looks the same as when I last saw her and yet so different."

"Maybe because she's not yelling at you," Kristoff said.

"Maybe," Jack said sighing again. "Or maybe she's different because the trip was good for her."

"That's what she said," Eugene said.

"Oh," Jack said.

Anna and Elsa eventually came back into the apartment. Anna noticed that Jack was no longer in her apartment. He had probably gone back to his apartment to think things over. Well when you see you ex-girlfriend after two years, it would be quite a shock. Anna had noticed that Eugene and Rapunzel had started going through what Elsa had brought with her. They had opened her backs and were pulling out clothes.

"How did you survive on like four different outfits?" Rapunzel said looking amazed. "I mean you have more books than clothes."

Anna supressed a laugh. Rapunzel was one of those people who loved to have a different outfit every week.

"I don't know," Elsa shrugged. "I just did. I wanted to rough it. Not rely on luxury."

"You have a family fortune and you didn't take advantage?" Rapunzel looked as if Elsa had slapped her in the face.

"I just wanted to rough it," Elsa said. "I didn't go to many luxury places anyway. I wanted to experience the world as it is."

"You are not the Elsa I know," Rapunzel said. "You're different. I don't know if I like this new Elsa."

Elsa laughed. "I'm still the same geeky, bookworm, rule follower best friend that you befriend back in like year nine. I haven't change that much."

"Phew," Rapunzel said. "I'm glad to hear that."

"So, you got a place to stay?" Anna asked Elsa. She had been wondering that for a bit of time now.

"I just figured I would stay at a hotel or something," Elsa said. "I don't know what Jack did with our old apartment."

"He sold it," Merida said in a small voice.

"After he couldn't live there anymore," added on Anna, "after the breakup."

"Ah okay," Elsa said. "So I guess a hotel then. I remember Hotel Burgess was good. I remember being there for a wedding or something of the sorts. It looked nice."

"Nonsense," Anna said. "I have a spare room. You can stay here with Kristoff and myself."

"So you have moved in with Kristoff?" Elsa looked impressed.

"Yeah," Anna smiled. "About a year ago. So you in?"

"If you're offering a spare bedroom then I would be more than happy to accept the offer," Elsa smiled back.

"Then maybe we can get the rest of your stuff, I put it in storage for you ages ago," Anna said holding up Elsa's bag. "I mean like, what, a quarter of your clothes are here?

"Maybe," Elsa shrugged. "Maybe less."

"I think you may have brought all your books though," Anna said pulling out the Harry Potter series. "You always travelled in a travelling library."

Elsa laughed. "You know I needed my books."

"So come on," Anna said. "The spare room is this way."

Anna led Elsa into the spare bedroom that was next to hers. The room was simple. It had a large double bed already made up as Anna liked to keep it that way in case someone dropped by, kind of like how Elsa did, a large wardrobe, a small mirror next to the wardrobe and a bedside table complete with an alarm clock and lamp.

"Looks good," Elsa said throwing herself onto the bed. "Thanks for letting me stay. I know I came at a drop of the hat."

"It's okay," Anna said. "I told you that if you ever needed a place, there's always one here."

"And I'm sorry for just taking off like that."

"It's okay," Anna sat down next to her. "You had just gone through the most horrible break up in the history of time. You needed some time to yourself to think and taking off allowed that."

"Thanks for understanding."

"Anytime," Anna pulled her in for a one armed hug.

"Man, I don't know what I'm going to do about seeing Jack all the time," Elsa sighed. "Well I knew it would come to this. I just have to act normal around him. That will be hard."

"Well if you ever need to talk, I am right here," Anna said.

"Thanks," Elsa smiled. "Maybe one day. I just can't right now. It's still quite painful even after all this time."

"I understand," Anna smiled back. She patted Elsa on the back. She got up and had one hand on the door. She then turned back to her sister. Something had just occurred to her. "Do you still love him?"

Elsa shrugged. "I thought I had moved on and then it was bam! I see him again and all these feelings rush back. I don't want them to rush back."

"Well maybe seeing him was a good thing," Anna said. "It allowed you to see what you want."

"I don't know what I want," Elsa collapsed on her bed. "I honestly don't. I hear that he's dating and it bothers me and yet at the same time it doesn't as I have dated other people and I knew he would date. I see him again, I want to rip him apart but then at the same time I want to grab him and kiss him. It's so confusing. I don't what to think. I honestly don't."

"Well love is like that," Anna shrugged. "Maybe you are just getting these feelings about Jack as you're seeing him for the first time in like forever and it's making you go crazy."

"Maybe," Elsa said again. "Maybe."

Anna smiled. "Goodnight Elsa. Hopefully things are a bit clearer in the morning. I always find that they are."

"Yeah hopefully," Elsa smiled at her younger sister who was still smiling at her. "Goodnight Anna."

Anna grinned before she finally turned around and shut the door behind her. Anna went back to her own bedroom and threw herself onto her own bedroom. Her sister had returned after two years after being AWOL. She had come back looking good and then she ran into her old love. She didn't know what would happen, she just hoped a repeat of the past wouldn't happen. Kristoff came into room and smiled at her.

"You okay?" he asked. That question was being asked a lot.

Anna nodded. "It's just weird what happened today. First Elsa returns and then Jack comes and they meet again after all this time. It just feels a little weird and confusing."

"I understand, it is hard to see her after this time, it should work out soon, hopefully," Kristoff flopped down next to her. He paused while he looked at her "Wanna make out?"

Anna laughed and pulled him in for a kiss.

Pitch was in his study searching through his files. He was looking for a certain one, one he had been sure that he had. He had thought he had it in a hard copy but he guessed he didn't. He had searched all through his hard drives and flash drives looking for this particular file. He needed this file. It was very essential to his work. If he didn't have it, he couldn't continue his work and then problems would arise and these problems weren't easily fixed problems. They were the kind that required a lot of effort to fix.

His assistant Mary Smith came into the room. Pitch had hired her only a few months ago and already she was proving her worth. She didn't know exactly what he was up to and Pitch liked to keep it that way. She had a bit of a moral compass and Pitch didn't like that about her but it wasn't like he could do anything about it. That kind of frustrated him a bit. Mary handed him a cup of coffee from the local Starbucks and also a file on his latest patient. Pitch took them both and took a large gulp of coffee. It was nice and hot, just the way he liked it. He smiled at Mary who smiled back at him.

"Mary," he said.

"Yes Doctor Black?" she asked him.

"You haven't by any chance seen the Arendelle file?"

Mary stopped to think for a moment.

"No sorry sir," she said. "Didn't you leave it behind at your old job?"

"Maybe," Pitch said stroking his coffee cup with his thumb. "Thank you Mary."

"No problem sir," Mary smiled again at him. She then left the room leaving Pitch quite annoyed.

This was what he was afraid of. That file, the file that he needed, the file that contained all the information on all his patients that he needed was gone. This was not good. They must have taken it off him when he had gotten fired. Not only that, they must have taken all his research as well, the research that had taken him many painstaking years to complete. He needed that research. It would allow him to continue his experiments and allow him to continue making the greatest scientific discoveries known to man. He wasn't finished. He would make his mark and give those who needed it his best served revenge.

"This round is yours Winters," he snarled. "But I will win the war."

A/N: So I got quite a bit of interest in this story. Thanks so much. As requested, I have continued and I hope that everyone enjoyed this update. Some things concerning Elsa and Jack's past has come up, more on that to come and Pitch lurks in the background, what will happen there? Please review =)