Jack groaned rolling over to lie on his back. Elsa giggled jumping on to her bed so that she was sitting next to him.
"Jack! can you show me the castle in frost again?"
"Elsa.. one more frost castle and I don't think I'll live to see the real one tomorrow."
He picked up one of Elsa's embroidered throw pillows and stuffed it in his face. Elsa frowned and snatched the pillow off his face. Her 8 year old eyes gleaming with excitement. It had been 2 weeks since they met and Elsa was estatic with excitement and it burned Jack's energy like he never experienced before.
"Go away." Jack muttered
"Uh it's my room." Elsa said bossily
Jack groaned again covering his face with his hands. Elsa studied him nervously. He had changed a lot in the first couple weeks she had known him. He had replaced his mangy hoodie and torn pants(at Elsa's command) with a nicer pair of brown trousers and a nice white tunic with a dark blue overcoat. despite his attempts to make it look just as dirty as before it looked good on him and Elsa was proud of her makeover. She had tried to fix his ruffled white hair but that was crossing the line to Jack. He had flown on top of her dresser and chucked snowballs at her
"Really." Elsa had complained after getting a snowball in her gut "I won't cut it or anything, just brush it and use a bit of shampoo." her answer was a snowball in the face. The ambush stopped only when Elsa promised on paper that she would never fix his hair.
A polite knocking on the door rose Elsa from her thoughts.
"Do you want to build a snowman?" a small voice asked from behind Elsa's door.
Elsa turned as pale as the moon.
"It's Anna!" she hissed to Jack
"So? let her in."
" I can't do that." she said stubbornly then in a softer tone " I don't want to hurt her again."
Jack bit his lip.
"Go away Anna!" shouted Elsa
"Okay...bye." a pitiful voice responded.
Elsa looked down at her lap and both she and Jack listened silently as the small foot steps receded down the hallway. Once they disappeared Elsa's lip started to quiver and Jack tentatively patted her arm as tears rolled down her cheek
"I miss her so much Jack." the girl whined
"I know Elsa" he whispered "I know."
Elsa buried her face in Jacks shoulder and let out a sob. Jack froze and patted the girls heaving back. That just made Elsa cry louder. She rose from Jacks now wet shoulder and rubbed her eyes free from any tears. She wiped her hands on her silk dress and. She crawled off the bed and looked Jack directly in the eye.
"My parents gave me something." she walked over to her dresser and withdrew two white gloves. She placed them on her hands and tread back over to Jack. She held out her hands.
"They are for my powers." She noted "It helps me not use them."
Jack sat up "Why would you not want to use your powers?! They are amazing and unique and make you who you are!" He yelled, flustered.
Elsa sighed "I just don't want to hurt Anna again. it's my fault any of this happened."
It was Jack's turn to sigh, "But Elsa, your powers are a gift. If would be horrible for you to not use them."
" I can't risk hurting people Jack."
"Elsa-"
"Stop! I don't want to talk about it,please."
Jack got the memo. He shut up. Elsa hardly saw Jack for a week. He seemed distant and spacey checking in on her for one minute and then disappearing for two days. So Elsa waited...and waited for him to come back. Finally when he came back to Elsa's room after three days of being absent His blue overcoat was gone, replaced with a brown scarf that was so long and wide he wrapped it around his shoulders and let it trail behind him like a cloak.
"Jack!" Elsa cried with Joy running to her doorway and embracing Jack in a hug. "I've missed you."
Jack chuckled hugging the little girl back "I missed you too Elsa."
