Chapter two

"Unbelievable!"

North, the principal of the school was not amused. After he found out that Elsa and Jack sneaked out, he called them the next morning to his office.

"I expect this from Jack, but you Elsa?!"

"I'm so sorry, sir!" Elsa fumbled with her thumbs and looked down. "It won't happen again!"

"Well, I know that you two became friends and I'm glad about that. But since you have broken curfew and so the rules, I had no choice but to call your parents, Elsa. And yours too, Jack."

"Our parents?!" Yelled Jack and Elsa in unison.

They heard a knock on the door.

"Come in." Said North.

The parents of Elsa and Jack walked in. The four of them looked pretty displeased with their children.

"Elsa Winters!" Said her father. "What is the meaning of this?!"

Elsa shrieked and hit behind Jack.

"D-dad!"

"Well, now that you're all here, I want to talk about what your children did." North sat down at his desk. "If you would like to take a seat."

They all took a seat. Elsa felt extremely nervous. Jack too.

"Elsa and Jack here broke curfew and went out for some dinner." Said North.

Brielle, Elsa's mother gasped. Jack's mother and father glared at their son.

"What do you have to say for yourself?" Whispered James, Elsa's father, angrily at his daughter.

"Sorry, daddy." Said Elsa softly. "But Jack just took me to a fastfood restaurant, nothing special."

"He gave her fastfood?!" Yelled James.

"No reason to get angry over it." Said Jack calmly

James got red. "You little-"

"James!" Hissed Brielle. "Not in public!"

He sighed and calmed down a little. "Right."

Everyone looked back at North.

"Okay..." Said North. "Look, since this is the first time they broke the rules, I'll let them off the hook. You are excused."

Everyone, except North, walked out of his office into the hallway.

As they shut the door, James stared his daughter down.

"Elsa, I don't know what to say."

"Dad, I'm so sorry!" Said Elsa. "I didn't-"

"What is going on here?" Pitch walked towards them. He put his arm around Elsa's shoulder.

"Ah, Pitchiner!" Said James. He looked down at Elsa. "Elsa here has been breaking curfew."

"Elsa!" Gasped Pitch.

"Who are you?" Asked Jack's Mother.

"Oh, excuse me madam." Pitch made a quick bow. "My name is Pitchiner Black, Elsa's other significant. Her boyfriend."

Jack's mother smiled at him. "Oh! What a gentleman! See, Jack? That's how young men are supposed to behave."

"Mom!" Yelled Jack embarrassed.

Elsa giggled a little. Pitch furrowed his eyebrows at this. Elsa stopped smiling as she saw Pitch his serious stare.

"Well, we better get back." Said Jack's father. "I'm scared Sophie is gonna burn the house. Now that we couldn't find a babysitter..."

"You left her alone?" Said Jack while his mother gave him a kiss on his head.

"In front of the tv." Said his father. "That kid won't be doing anything else today."

"Well, we better get going too." Said James. "We have another meeting within an hour."

He quickly gave Elsa a pet on her head. Jack raised his eyebrows. Wasn't he going to hug his daughter? Even her mother just gave a quick handshake.

"We will see you soon, sweetheart." Said Brielle.

"Okay." Whispered Elsa.

The parents all left. Jack and Elsa walked back to their room, but before Jack could walk in Pitch grabbed his arm.

Elsa looked worried at them.

"Don't worry, go on ahead. I just need a small chat with Jack."

"R-right..." Elsa walked into the room. As she closed the door behind her Pitch looked at Jack.

"I told you not to get close to her."

Jack pried his arm away. "That's kinda hard when I'm her roommate. Plus she has other friends too, what does it matter to you?"

Pitch grinned evilly. "You truly have no idea how big this thing is, do you Jack?"

"What are you talking about?" Asked Jack confused.

"You don't know why she needs to wear gloves, why her father is so strict, do you?"

As Jack gave no answer, Pitch chuckled again.

"Never mind. You'll see for yourself, Jackson Frost." Pitch walked off.

Jack had a bad feeling about this.

The next morning classes were going as usual.

Jack carried his camera everywhere with him. He filmed random things. But none of those things were touching. Even people kissing was not touching. I t was just gross. Extremely gross.

"Stupid..." Muttered Jack as he had lunch with Anna and Sandy.

Sandy was a mute guy, but he was really nice.

"What's wrong, Jack?" Asked Anna.

Toothiana and Aster sat down with them.

"Nothing...have you guys already filmed something touching?"

Sandy nodded. He made a quick note on a piece of paper and gave it to Jack.

"You just filmed people on the airport reuniting?" Said Jack as he read the paper.

Sandy smiled happily and gave him a thumbs-up.

Toothiana leaned in towards him. "Hey, Jack! I heard you got busted with Elsa tonight for breaking curfew!"

"What?!" Said Anna.

Jack looked down at his food. "I just took her out for some food. But North was not too angry about it."

"You took my sister out?!"

Jack looked embarrassed and didn't say a word.

"How...how was it?" Anna asked with a soft voice.

"Fun."

"What was fun?"

Everyone shrieked as Elsa stood next to their table. Jack immediately jumped up.

"Elsa, uhm-"

She looked down with sharp eyes at his friends. "What did you hear?!"

"Nothing, miss Winters!" Said Tooth as she shivered under her gaze.

Elsa looked back at Jack.

"Jack, meet me after school for practice in the gym. Don't be a minute late, I don't like to wait."

"Yes, miss Winters." Whispered Jack.

Elsa smiled swiftly at him. "Call me Elsa, stupid."

As she walked to her own friends and classmates, Anna smiled brightly at Jack.

"Oh, Jack, she likes you!"

"What?!" Jack blushed. Elsa? "No way!"

"Come on! She smiled at you and her eyes showed some emotion! She only looks at me with that look sometimes, but you! You sly dog! You are actually in love with Elsa! Well, who can blame you-"

"Anna stop!" Jack grabbed her by the shoulders. "Seriously, I don't like her, plus Elsa has a boyfriend!"

"Oh, yeah, Pitch..." Muttered Anna with disgust.

"Don't you like Pitch?" Asked Jack.

"Pitch? I dunno, he's kinda...a prick. He always talks down to me. Like I don't know my own sister." The last part she muttered. But Jack heard it.

What was actually going on with Winters? He had to dig some up. Or ask her.

After school Jack went to the gym.

Elsa was already there, doing some stretches. Her hair was up in a ponytail again. She was still wearing her uniform and shoes on. Her bag was laying on a nearby chair.

Whoa. Thought Jack. She looks pretty.

"Ah, Jack!" Said Elsa. She turned around to face him. "You're one time!"

"Yeah, you don't like it when I'm late, do you?" Jack put his bag down. He walked over to her and stopped in front of her.

"No."

"So..." Jack looked over at the small radio in the corner. He already felt the need to dance. "What song are we going to dance to?"

"Let it go." Said Elsa. "A famous song by Idina Menzel, my favorite singer!"

"Oh, yeah! The song of this year! I've heard it a lot of times."

Elsa put the radio on. "Shall we practice then?"

"Of course, Snowflake."

Jack pulled her close by the hand as the song started to play. At first he moved slowly, as the song was not playing quick yet.

But as the song started to get to the chorus Jack moved quicker. They moved to the right, following each other perfectly. But Elsa quickly stopped him.

"Jack, hold on. We're doing it wrong."

Jack looked down at her. "Wrong?"

"Yes." Said Elsa. "The song is about 'letting go' of your fear..."

"You still have your gloves on."

"Hm?"

Elsa looked at her hands. He was right. She pulled her gloves from her hands.

Jack raised his eyebrows.

Elsa blushed and looked away. "I suppose that could be the problem...so...just for dancing!"

Jack grinned and pulled her in one swoop closer to him. "Alright, Let's dance."

They started to dance at the second couplet. Elsa put her hand on his shoulder. They moved to the right. Jack smelled pretty good. Elsa moved together with him. They danced slowly at first.
But when the chorus came on, singing "Let it go!" Jack spun her around. He caught her again and moved quicker. Then he moved to the side with her in his arms. He twirled her around again and let her fall back a few times and grabbed her each time. Elsa kept her attention on him and her steps. She followed him like they shared the same body. That was why she choose Jack as her dance partner. They moved so good together. And she could trust him. He hadn't told her secret to anyone yet. She was sure that someone like Rapunzel would tell everyone. She didn't hate her, but Rapunzel was a blabber-mouth.
Jack made sure that he would grab her carefully, too not hurt her.

As the song ended they both stopped.

Elsa was panting and so was Jack.

"Whoa..." Whispered Jack. "That went well..."

"Did it?" Elsa parted away from him. She put the radio out.

"Okay, we need to practice of course."

"You bet."

They grabbed their stuff and went back to their dorm room. Jack grabbed two soft drinks from the vending machine.
They sat down on Elsa her bed and both drank their drink.

Elsa pointed down at his camera. "Do you need to make an emotional film?"

Jack looked at her in question.

"Yeah, I had that lesson last year. One tip; just film a beautiful winter scene. Always works."

"Hmmm..." Jack put his camera on. "Or I could film your beauty."

He picked it up and pointed it at her face. Elsa blushed and pushed him away. "Jack no! I'm not-"

"Come on..." Whined Jack. "We can at least do a practice interview! For when you're the new CEO! And I'm one of the reporters."

"One of the reporters? You?" Elsa giggled again. "Sure Frost. I'm not..."

She stopped talking when she saw his puppy eyes staring at her. Okay, how could she resist against that?

"Okay...fine..." She put her drink down.

"Alright, miss Winters, how is it to be the new CEO?"

Elsa looked down nervously. "Uhm...it's good...uh...our stocks our up 20 procent!"

"Boooring!" Yelled Jack. "You need to put more enthusiasm in it! How else are you going to represent Winter Corporation?"

"Fine..." Elsa took a deep breath before speaking up again. She straightened her chest and looked right in the camera. "I'm presenting Winter Corporation, one of the most famous film making corporations in the world. It is amazing to take over, the people here are truly amazing and every movie comes from the heart. As a new CEO I shall give them the right guidance to create films that will extend beyond the mind..."

She sighed and looked at Jack again. "How was that?"

Jack coughed a few times before speaking up again.

"Uh, that was pretty good."

"Really?!" Elsa excitedly clapped into her hands.

Jack laughed as he saw how enthousiast she was.

Elsa stopped clapping and raised her eyebrows at him.

"What's so funny?" She put her hands onto the bed and crawled towards him.

"Nothing."

"Come on, tell me!" Elsa moved even closer. Now she was just a few inches away from his face.

Jack blushed nervously and turned his head away.

"Uh..."

"Tell me, tell me ,tell me, tell-uwaah!" Her hand suddenly slipped off the bed. She lost her balance. Jack tried to keep his, but Elsa grabbed his t-shirt with one hand. The two of them fell hard on the ground. The camera remained on the bed, untouched.

Jack his eyes widened.

He was leaning on his hands, so he was not hurt. But under him lay Elsa. She was looking up at him in surprise.

"Are you okay?" Muttered Jack.

"Yes..." Elsa then realized their position and pushed him away. "Eek!"

Jack stumbled back and fell on his ass.

"Ow..." He rubbed his head.

Elsa immediately felt guilty and sat up on her knees. She held her hand out to his head. "Oh no! Are you okay? Did I hurt you..." She stopped talking and retracted her hand. Tears formed into her eyes.

Again. I hurt someone again.

She held her hand close to her chest and looked down.

"Hey..." Jack wrapped his arms around her. Elsa her eyes widened. "Don't feel bad, I'm okay, see?"

"B-but y-you...I..."

"Geez, you're such a handful, Elsa. But it wasn't your fault. I hurt myself." Said Jack. "You didn't hurt me, sweetie."

Elsa blushed as he said 'sweetie.' Jack calmly pushed her away. He held her by the shoulders and looked her into the eyes.

"So, no bad feelings, got it, princess?"

Elsa sniffed and wiped her tears away. "H-how many nick names are you gonna give me, Frost?"

"Oh, I got thousands up my sleeve, princess."

"Jack, no." Elsa stood up. "By the way, your camera is still on."

"Now way, I put it out. By the way, I have an important question."

"Ask away, Frost."

"Why are your parents so distant from you? And why are you so afraid of hurting people?" Asked Jack.

Elsa sighed and sat down on Jack's bed. She crossed her legs and motioned for him to sit next to her. Jack stood up and sat down next to her.

"Alright, when I was 10...something horrible happened...I was alone at home. My parents were gone for the day and Anna was in daycare. But I wasn't completely alone. I had a babysitter named Rachel. I didn't like her. She was really strict and mean...and that day she got mad at me for something I did. She slapped me, grabbed my hair, hurt me...And before I knew it...my powers flew out of control."

Jack put his hand on her shoulder. She smiled at him before continuing.

"Everything froze...everything...including Rachel."

A tear rolled down Elsa her cheek. Jack kept his hand on her shoulder and didn't back away.

"My parents got home. They were horrified at what I've done. My mother...I can never forgive myself for how much I hurt her. After that...there was a funeral and a case. My parents told the press that the girl had fallen in the lake and froze to death...my poor parents actually covered up a murder...I committed...it was all my fault...I was kept hidden from the world, given gloves and got homeschooled. But of course the press asked to see the new CEO. And when I was 18 I needed to appear in an interview along with my father...it was really awkward and then my parents decided to bring me to this school ,where I could learn more and stay away from Anna. And in the meantime I met Pitch..."

"Do you love him?"

Elsa looked up at him. "Love? What is love even? Some people call it-"

"Again. Do you love him? I just need one answer. It's a simple question." Said Jack.

Elsa bit on her lip. Love him? Sure, Pitch was attractive... but love him?

"I...I...I...sure." Said Elsa.

"Sure? Just sure?"

Elsa her eyes narrowed. "Jack, you're a underclassman. Don't talk to me like that."

Now Jack also became irritated. Why was she not being honest with herself? It really started to irritate him.

"Like what?! Like friends? Are you seriously afraid that we might become friends?!" He said with annoyance.

"Friends?!" Elsa threw her arms up in the air. "Since when are we friends?!"

"Oh, I don't know, since we became roommates!"

Elsa rolled her eyes and put her gloves back on.

"And now you're putting your gloves back on? Great, how about I'm not even staying here?!"

"Fine, then go, you idiot!" Yelled Elsa.

"Fine! I'm leaving!" Jack stood up and walked towards the door.

"Fine!"

"Fine!"

Jack slammed the door behind him shut. He groaned and lay his head against the door. He let out a deep sigh.

What was happening? Why did he care about her? He had just known her for a few days and now...it was like they were good pals. He even knew her secret. He knew about her ice powers. He knew how cold she could be towards others and sometimes to him. Now, why did he care? He could just walk away from this door and ask for a new roommate. Her life would then go on, without him. Anna would be mad, sure, but Elsa would return to her daily life. If he would just walk away, then he could maybe make a fresh start...

Jack chuckled lightly. Who was he kidding? He was now in too deep. And he liked Elsa. As a friend, of course.

"Jack?" Asked Elsa from the other side of the door.

"Hm?"

"Oh, you're still there." He could hear her sigh. Was she happy that he was still there? But why?

Jack groaned again. He didn't understand himself!

"I'm sorry..." Said Elsa.

Jack smiled a little.

"I said some mean things to you...I'm sorry..."

Jack shook his head. "No, I shouldn't have brought it up."

"Brought what up? That we're friends? Jack, I'm sorry about how I treated you! Of course you are my friend..."

Elsa opened the door up. She looked up at him. Jack could see that she had been crying a little.

"But you are also a stupid...head!"

Jack tried to hold in his laughter.

Stupid head? Seriously?

"What?"

"Nothing..." Jack coughed and lowered his voice. "Nothing..." But he couldn't hold in. "Not...hin...Ha...Ha...hahahahaahahaha!"

"Jack!" Yelled Elsa in embarrassment.

"Sorry, b-but...haha...stupid head..." He couldn't believe that she would something so silly.

"Aargh!" Elsa slammed the door shut. "Stupid-head, meanie face, ugly, weirdo!"

Jack laughed even more when he heard those words. It was funny how Elsa tried to curse at him, but that she didn't know how.

As he heard nothing he knocked on the door. "Oh come on, I was just teasing ya!"

He didn't hear anything back.

"Okay, I'll assume that you're not mad anymore, so I'm going to wait until you open up!"

Still no answer.

Jack sighed and leaned with his back against the door.

He was probably gone.

There was no way that he would still be there.

Just...no.

Elsa opened up the door. It was already evening. She'd stayed mad at Jack for hours and eventually cooled down. After calming down, she decided to see if he was still there. She didn't expect him to, since she already had missed dinner and so would Jack.

She looked down to see Jack against the wall next to the door. He was sitting on the floor with his eyes closed.

"Jack?" Elsa kneeled down beside him and tried to wake him up by shaking him.

As he really was fast asleep, Elsa stopped shaking and found herself staring at him.

He was actually really cute for an annoying guy. And handsome...he had a really nice jaw line...

Jack suddenly opened his eyes up.

"Huh...? Oh..Elsa?" Muttered Jack in a low voice.

Damn, he sound sexy with that voice...Elsa shook her head at the thought. No, what am I thinking?

"How long have I been laying here?" Jack stood up again.

Elsa stood up as well. "Well, we missed dinner again."

Jack yawned. "So...what, are we going out again?"

"Jack!" Elsa gave him a slap on his shoulder. "We are going to grab some from the vending machine again. So let's go."

They walked down the quiet hallway to the vending machine. They took some fruit and drinks and walked back to the room. They sat down and enjoyed their snacks. After they were done with eating, they both got dressed and lay down in their own bed.

"Goodnight." Muttered Jack. The light was out and he was about to turn around, but when he didn't hear an answer back, he got worried.

He stood up and walked over to her bed.

Elsa was with her back on him. She couldn't fall asleep. She was afraid of having the nightmares again. The nightmares in which she killed Anna, her parents...Rachel...in which everything froze...

She got tense when she suddenly felt two arms wrapped around her from behind. She could feel Jack's chest against her back.

"Elsa, what's wrong?" Whispered Jack in her ear.

"N-nothing." Stuttered Elsa.

She could feel his breath against her neck. Jack chuckled lightly.

"Are you nervous, snowflake?"

"Y-you k-know I have a boyfriend..." She waited for his answer, but he said nothing anymore. "Jack?"

Then she heard him snore a little. Was he asleep? He was asleep!

Dammit!

What now?

The next morning Jack woke up with Elsa in her bed.

He shrieked when he noticed how close their face were. And were his hand was.

And of course Elsa woke up as well. She yawned and raised her eyebrows.

"Oh, good morning, Jack..." She looked down at her breast. His hand was on her breast...Jack got nervous and quickly removed his hand. Elsa her eyes lit up.

"Uh-oh..."

Jack fell out of the bed. Elsa stood on the bed, made a snowball in her hand and was about to take him down.

"You...!"

"E-e-e-elsa! L-l-let's n-not g-get a-angry! Aren't we friends?"

Just as she was about to throw it onto him, they heard a knock on the door.

"Elsaaaa..." Sang Rapunzel. "Hurry up, you're gonna miss breakfast! You already missed dinner twice!"

"I'm coming!" Elsa quickly dissolved the snowball in her hands. She grabbed her clothes and ran into the bathroom.

Jack stood up and sighed in relief as he changed into his schooluniform. Thank goodness, he was almost toasted there...

Elsa ran out of the bathroom in her clothes, grabbed Jack and dragged him out of the door.

It was full in the big cafetaria. A lot of students were eating and everything.

Elsa, Jack and Rapunzel already all grabbed their plate. In the short time they walked together, Jack learned that Rapunzel was really a fun girl to hang with.

And Elsa and Rapunzel were just about to walk further to their table when Jack stopped them.

"Hey, how about you girls sit with us today?"

"Us?" Asked Elsa.

Jack gently pushed her forward to his table where Anna, Tooth, Sandy and Bunny were sitting.

They all looked up in confusion when they saw not only Jack, but also Elsa and Rapunzel.

"Elsa!" Said Anna in surprise. "What..."

"Today they are going to sit with us. Elsa, sit next to Anna."

"Here?" Elsa sat next to Anna, who moved a few centimeters away.

Jack smiled at her and sat down with Rapunzel next to hem.

Everyone at the table got quiet and stared at the two seniors.

"So, Elsa..." Said Jack. "Got any more tips for my camera project?"

Elsa sighed as she smeared her bread with peanut butter. "Jack, I'm not helping you with the project."

"Oh, come on..."

Jack gave her a puppy eyed look. But Elsa didn't budge.

"I said no."

"Elsa, don't be so tough!" Said Rapunzel. "Plus, if you give them some more tips, you're helping Anna too. In a way."

"Please..." Jack put his hand onto her hand. This time Elsa wasn't wearing any gloves. And everyone gasped as they noticed it.

"You're not wearing any gloves!" Exclaimed Anna.

"Oh that..." Elsa looked at Jack with a smile. "I suppose I don't need them in the morning."

Jack blushed as he found himself smiling back. The rest of the table all grinned at each other. Elsa and Jack, huh?

"So..." Anna moved a little closer to Elsa with a grin on her face. "How's Jack in bed?"

Almost everyone at the table fell over in anime-style. Elsa became bead red.

"A-A-A-Anna!" She pulled her hands away from Jack to cover her mouth.

"We are not dating!" Yelled Jack.

"Oh...but you are flirting!" Said Tooth. "You like each other!"

"We don't!" Exclaimed Jack.

Elsa looked at Anna. "Plus, I have a boyfriend."

"Pfft, boyfriend?! He is such a jerk!"

"Who is a jerk?"

Everyone shrieked and looked down as Pitch sat down next Elsa.

"No one, I was talking about a professor..." Anna stopped talking as Pitch gave her an angry stare.

Pitch looked down at Elsa her hand. "You're not wearing any gloves."

"Sorry, I forgot."

"You forgot?" Pitch put his hand on her shoulder. Elsa immediately got tense.

Jack raised his eyebrows. Why was Elsa so afraid of him? Weren't couples supposed to love each other? Something here wasn't right...

"When you are the CEO, you can't just forgot stuff, Elsa."

Jack stood up and slammed with his hands onto the table. "Well, I think-"

"Does it matter what you think?" Said Pitch as he stood up as well.

"When it concerns one of my friends, yes!" Jack narrowed his eyes. He looked with anger at Pitch who looked down at him.

"Sure, right." Pitch scoffed. "Let's go, Elsa."

He pulled her up by her arm and was about to walk off with her, when Jack intervened and jumped in front of him. Anna slammed her hand on her forehead.

"What are you doing?!" Said Pitch with annoyance.

"We were having breakfast. Let her go."

"Jack, it's fine, really..." Whispered Elsa in fright. She didn't want this to escalate.

Pitch poked him in the chest. "You have some guts to talk against me like that, Jack."

Jack ignored him an looked at Elsa. "Els, do you want to go with him?"

Elsa narrowed her eyes. "Jack, this is none of your concern. Get back to eating you breakfast at once, I will see you later."

Jack couldn't believe what he was hearing. Did Elsa seriously feel this way?

"You heard the lady, now excuse us." Pitch grinned mischievously and took Elsa with him.

Jack sat down, baffled.

"Woah..." Said Anna. "Jack, you stood up to Pitch! Nobody ever does that!"

"Well, someone should. Did you see how he was treating her? Why is no one doing something-"

Kristoff a friend of Elsa sat beside Anna. Anna blushed a little and moved a little away from him.

"Don't you know that Pitch is one of the A-students and basically owns the school?" Said Kristoff. "If you touch him, you can transfer immediately."

"Ridiculous..." Muttered Jack.

TO BE CONTINUED!