A/N: Hello again! I just want to say thank you to everyone for taking the time to read it. And a big thanks to followers/reviewers. I didn't really expect any thanks! Anyways, upwards and onwards! (Again, don't own jack).

- MMM

CHAPTER 2

From the moment she woke, Anna felt it was not going to be a good day. In her haste to shut off the alarm, she made the mistake of looking at the photo on the nightstand. All of a sudden, the self-doubt from last night came flooding back.

Today is gonna suck so much. Elsa's probably already gone and school is never fun. And I didn't even get to hang out with her last night. Not that it's her fault. She's wonderful. I didn't think yesterday night through properly. Of course she'd be busy... Stupid Anna. Think about Elsa next time instead of being selfish.

Anna huffed and turned off the radio.

Her morning routine was the same as before: showering into breakfast into Kristoff's car. However, rather than her usual dash to the passenger seat, she leisurely strolled. At Kristoff's confused look, she merely stuck out her tongue.

"Change of pace."

"I'll say."

"Humph, chauffeur, I don't pay you to sass. Drive. Our destination awaits." Anna stated in her best posh voice.

As they set off, Anna couldn't help but think of Elsa. She didn't even her sister this morning. No sign or sound from her room. Elsa might as well have disappeared. Meanwhile, Anna's path out the front door meant she did not know if Elsa's car was still in the garage. Even if Elsa mostly ignored her, she still cared about her sister. She was her first friend. Anna couldn't even remember much of her initial childhood. What she could remember was the front of the orphanage where she spent the first six years of her life.

Everything seemed blurry and distorted until she met Elsa. Her adoptive parents, Adgar and Idunn, had come to pick her up. She remembered walking towards their car, hands clutching her small stuffed snowman. They opened the passenger door, and the first thing Anna saw was blue eyes staring back at her. Anna ducked her head in equal parts embarrassment and shyness. Then, a sweet voice broke through her fretting.

"Hi. I'm Elsa. I think I'm your new sister."

Anna looked up.

"R-r-really? You wanna be my sister?"

Elsa smiled in response.

"Of course. That's why you're coming with us, silly! Come on! We're gonna be best friends!"

Anna's face split into a wide grin.

"Yay! Let's go play!"

Anna could not help but smile at the memory. Kristoff leaned over the center console and bumped her with his shoulder.

"Feeling better now? You looked kinda glum for a bit there."

"Yeah I'm fine."

But both Kristoff and Sven noticed the way her grin felt stretched and artificial. The two boys made eye contact. Anna noticed.

"What? I said I'm fineeeeee. Humph. What's the world coming to, that a girl can't be grumpy once in a while?"

Sven threw his hands up in surrender. Kristoff tried to placate her.

"It's fine Feistypants. It's just that normally you're super excited about Friday. Ya know? Like end of the week, time to party 'it's Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday' sorta thing?"

"Ewww don't ever say that again. Or try to sing. Even Sven is better than you."

By the time they got to school, Anna was giggling. It still felt forced, but her two goofball of friends had helped immensely.

I guess fake it till you make it does have some use after all.

The rest of the day was normal, except for another encounter with Hans at lunch. He sauntered up, customary smile in place. Seeing his approach, Anna tried to psyche herself up.

"Alright, you can do it. Just don't ramble. Yeah, short sentences. But what if he thinks I'm rude!? So then normal sentences. But I can't do normal sentences. Imagine it's Kristoff. Ewww gross. Oh my gosh, even my thoughts are rambling..."

Anna was broken out of her fretting by the sound of a throat clearing.

"Oh h-hi there Hans." Anna attempted to look nonchalant but only succeeded in looking more flustered.

"Hello Anna, how are you this fine afternoon?"

Anna couldn't suppress the blush in her cheeks.

"I'm good. Yeah, really good. How about you? How are you I mean."

Kristoff and Sven, much to Anna's annoyance, both grimaced.

Hans either did not notice or ignored the two.

"So I realized yesterday that I didn't even give you my number. How could we schedule a date if I can't even call you? I can be awfully forgetful sometimes."

Anna could not help but swoon a little. "Oh don't worry. I make mistakes like that all the time. Well maybe not all the time. Just sometimes. Oh right! My number! Do you want me to tell you? Or I can just enter it into your phone myself? I mean it's up to you."

Hans chuckled. "Just enter it in. Here."

Anna quickly typed in her phone number before handing the phone back.

"Thanks. I'll call you about our date tomorrow! I'll see you around, Anna."

She watched him go with a blush and smile on her face.

"FINALLY he's gone. If he stayed here any longer, I swear."

"Kristoff, be nice! Sven is nice, why can't you be?"

They both looked at Sven, who let his hair cover his eyes to avoid eye contact with both, dodging the potential argument.

"Look, I don't like him. I know you think he's cute, but he's just gonna hurt you. I want you to be happy, but I'm trying to look out for you! You're like a sister to me."

Anna's stern expression softened.

"You're just a goofball. I'm a big girl! I'll be okay!"

As she turned to go to class, she couldn't help but hear Kristoff whisper to Sven, "I hope she knows what she's getting into."

Self doubt began to creep into Anna's mind, bringing up old insecurities.

Come on Anna. It'll be okay. Hans wants to hang out with you. Kristoff is just being dumb. I mean, he's been nothing but nice so far. He asked ME out. Well, almost. But it means he wants to spend time with me!

Feeling somewhat relieved, the rest of the day passed uneventfully, albeit better than expected. She wasn't completely miserable and managed to laugh at Kristoff's antics.

Today, however, Kristoff and Sven had to care for their younger siblings, parting ways with Anna right after school.

Elsa didn't come home either.

Anna spent her Friday night alone.

The next day, Anna awoke to the sound of her phone ringing. She sleepily reached for her phone.

"Hello?" she mumbled.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING SLEEPYHEAD!"

"Ahhhhh!" The phone flew from Anna's hand, landing amongst her covers. Fully awake, she bolted upright and angrily reached for the phone.

"KRISTOFF YOU BIG, LUMBERING, OAF! I just woke up and you yell in my ear. I could be deaf! Maybe I'm already deaf. What if I can't hear anymore huh? What then?"

She was quickly cut off.

"Hey hey hey, calm down feistypants. Sorry sorry. Sheesh. Just having a good time. Anyways, we are still hanging out today right? You didn't forget?"

"..."

"You forgot didn't you."

"Ha, of course not. I was just testing you."

"Riiiiiiiiiight."

"I require a tribute of chocolate first, since you deafened me."

"...Fine."

"Yessssssss. Anyways, yeah I'll see you in an hour. Now I gotta go shower and tame my hair. Byeeeee. Phone hug!"

Anna hung up before she could fully hear Kristoff's answer. Jumping out of bed, she rushed through her morning routine. As she sat down to her breakfast, her phone rang again. Without looking, she answered.

"What now, Kristoff?"

"Oh, this is Hans."

Anna's blush was immediate.

"Oh, h-h-hi Hans! Sorry Kristoff called me earlier today so I thought it was him. Not that you two sound the same. I'm just a klutz. I should have checked my caller I.D. I mean I have it so I should use it right?"

Holy crap Anna, stop rambling. Just tone down the whole Anna weirdness thing.

Hans laughed, much to her relief.

"You probably should. But I was calling to ask, are you are free today to get coffee this morning?"

Anna muffled the excited squeal in her hand.

"Yeah! We should totes go! Where are you thinking?"

"How about Oaken's?"

"Yeah! I love that place! They have the best hot chocolate. Like actually the best. It's addicting."

"Haha I'm sure Anna. So I'll see you in an hour?"

"Yeah sure!"

The moment Anna got off the phone, she could not stop herself from jumping for joy. "Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes. Whoooooo! I am the bomb! Oh wait. I should let Kristoff know." She quickly whipped out her phone and sent him a quick text.

Anna: Hey I cant hang out

Reindeer Boy: wait what? why not?

Anna: Hans asked me to a coffee date :D :D :D

Reindeer Boy: -_- dont go. hes an ass

Anna: Okay you gotta stop. Hes been nothing but nice and youre just being mean

Reindeer Boy: i cant believe youre ditching us for him

Anna: Its just one time! Im not gonna apologize. Be a stinker then!

Anna pocketed her phone with a huff. Why couldn't Kristoff just be happy for her? She felt her phone vibrate but was in no mood to continue talking with the burly boy.

I mean, what does he know? He's just jealous. And rude. And mean. I mean, I just want him to be happy for me. Like Hans is talking to me. ME! I see those two all the time anyways. I need to think of what to wear to this date anyways. WAIT WHAT AM I GONNA WEAR? All of my clothes are too simple! Gogogogo Anna. Time to prepare!

The panic of getting dressed pushed most of Anna's other thoughts aside. But doubt still remained in the back of her mind. She sprinted into her room and flung the closet door open. She pushed various T-shirts aside, some falling to the floor in the process. Anna began to quickly sort through the dresses.

Why do I own so MANY clothes? Hmmm how about this black one? Nope, not a funeral Anna. What about the orange one? Ewwww makes my freckles look bleh. White? I don't think the stain from last time is completely out yet… Green? Yeah that green one with the flower patterns looks pretty good.

Looking down at her phone, Anna realized that she was running out of time.

"Looks like it's the green one! Come on let's go Anna!"

She slipped into the sundress and, after a second, decided to go with her typical braids. Running to the garage, she hopped onto her bike and made her way towards Oaken's. The door chimed merrily as she walked in.

"Yoo hoo! One of my favorite customers ya? How are you today, Anna dear?"

Anna could not help but laugh.

"Hi Oakan! I'm good! How are you?"

"Not bad ya? Busy day."

"Isn't it always? Your drinks are so good! Especially the hot chocolate. Speaking of which, can I have one?"

"Of course! You find a seat dear. It will be right out. You get comfortable ya?"

Anna giggled and waved as the man squeezed his way into the kitchen. Finding a seat next to one of the windows, she sat and waited for Hans to arrive. Barely any time had passed when Anna spotted him, alerted by the telltale chime of the bell. Her hand shot up, frantically waving to get his attention. When he noticed, she could not repress the dreamy sigh at his charming smile.

"I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long?"

"Not at all. Like not even five minutes. Do you know what you want to get? Oaken's hot chocolate is legendary. You should get some!"

"I don't know Anna, I don't have much of a sweet tooth. I think I'll just settle for a coffee."

Anna could not suppress a gasp.

"You don't like chocolate?"

"Not really. It's too sweet for me."

"Hans! I mean, to each their own I guess. No judgment." Anna coughed nervously, embarrassed by her outburst.

The date passed in a blur. Before she knew it, she had gone through 2 cups of hot chocolate and had no doubt made a fool of herself multiple times. But Hans was his charming self and was awfully kind through the whole thing. He even paid for both of her drinks. They parted ways with Hans promising to call her soon. The entire bike ride home, Anna could not keep the dorky smile off of her face. Saturday turned out to be much better than expected, and much much better than Friday.

Hans turned out okay. Actually, better than okay. Yeah, much better than just okay. Kristoff was wrong! Hans is a nice guy. I have to tell him! Kristoff I mean. And hopefully he won't be mad at me anymore. I really hope not. I'll make it up to him tomorrow! I'll call him and we'll hang out and everything will be alright.