Disclaimer: I do not own Frozen or its characters
Warning: mention of an appetizer made from a certain red fruit, low self-esteem, smoking, and PLL.
The teacher sits down at his desk with a huge ass bowl of tomato soup in his hands. He's late but also early at the same time. He wrote down the notes and questions on the board beforehand, as if he intentionally skipped his lunch for this just to eat his soup in front of a bunch of stupid teenagers and mock them. Elsa doesn't care, she doesn't even like tomato soup.
She drums her pencil on her desk to the beats coming from her earbuds. Elsa calls them earbuds because they're earbuds. Not headphones, earbuds. She doesn't get why people call earbuds "headphones", surely it counts as some form of racism. Elsa hates racism.
The teacher talks. He explains that the class has half the period to work on the questions and the second half to go over the answers with a partner. God, Elsa hates group work too. She realizes she hates a lot of things.
She's already about two lessons ahead. She doesn't know why. Maybe she actually likes this math stuff, it just clicks - or maybe she was just THAT bored. Probably the second one, yeah. Elsa spends the next 40 minutes doodling in her notebook until the teacher rudely interrupts her artistic vibe she had going on.
"Ok, my beautiful pupils! It's time for you to share you wonderful answers with a partner. Think of this as a wonderful learning experience!"
Elsa internally groaned. She knows she's going to be left out anyways. No one wants to pair up with a loser. Hell, even she wouldn't want to pair up with herself. But still, she can't help having the feeling that she actually wants someone to come up to her. Humans aren't meant to be lonely - just like rabbits.
"Kristoff!" A voice cut through the hubbub of students meeting up with their partners.
Elsa knew that voice and who it belonged to. Andersen, that was the girl. Well actually, "Anna" was her name. And just like her initials, she was like a double A battery herself - "cute". Not that Elsa would admit it in front of her, of course. She didn't know why she remembered Anna's full name, after all, it was just irrelevant information taking up valuable memory space in her brain.
A cough interrupted her thoughts. Anna was standing right in front of her, holding her math binder. She was looking really nervous and maybe some hyperhidrosis was going on or like, maybe she just ate some really spicy burrito or something. Elsa, taking out her earbuds, decided to end her suffering. Because Elsa was nice like that.
"Hey," she said.
"Hey, me?!" Anna's voice cracked. A symptom of spicy burrito syndrome.
"Yeah? There's kind of no one else but us in this area of the room," and that was the truth, "well except for the teacher… but he's too busy eating his damn soup."
"Heh, oh yeah...silly me. And speaking of silly, isn't it weird how Sir randomly came in with that soup today? I mean like it's like he just wants to make the rest of us hungry again."
Elsa couldn't control the words coming out of her mouth. She suddenly felt more comfortable. It's as if Anna was the laxatives to her constipation and the words were diarrhea.
"Oh, man! No way - that's totally what I was thinking of too. Definitely some ulterior motive for this stupid activity... In the end he just wants to enjoy his soup."
Anna beamed at her, her nervousness subsiding. Elsa almost couldn't take it. Her smile was blinding almost like, actual fucking beams of light were being emitted from her teeth. Elsa decided that she liked it.
"Hahaha, what a coincidence. I guess we just have some crazy mental synchronization going on."
"Well, they do say that great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ."
"What?"
Shit.
"Uhhh… nevermind. So, do you want to sit down or something?" Elsa prayed to God for the first time in her short life that Anna would say yes.
"Huh? Oh, yeah - math! The activity! I mean sure - I mean yes, thank you very much mademoiselle."
"Don't mention it, princess." Elsa smiled a genuine smile, probably due to the fact she was really happy right now and she really didn't know why.
Anna blushed 50 shades of pink, but not literally. The word "literally" could be applied to Elsa feeling proud of herself for the first time for making Anna do that. Weird.
"I'm Anna!" The redhead said suddenly.
Elsa tried to suppress a giggle but failed.
"Yes, I know." Wait no! Elsa regretted saying those words. "I mean since you're in my class and Sir says the attendance out loud most of the time."
"Oh, yeah. Of course, the roll call. Duh! Silly me, why else would you remember my name?" Anna laughed sheepishly, eyes looking away to anywhere but Elsa.
"Soo uhh.. I'm Elsa." She said holding out her hand.
Anna gladly accepted the handshake. Elsa thought her hands her warm. She decided that she also liked that.
"I know too." And there goes that damn smile again.
"So let's do some math, shall we? If not, I bet Sir over there is going to make us do extra work." Elsa said while smiling and Anna nodded.
So then they actually did math. But also talk. Ok, maybe they talked more than doing the stupid math that Anna thought Elsa was a genius for getting. And maybe Elsa did a pencil spin-y trick or two just to impress Anna, but so what? For the first time in her life, Elsa wished class would last longer. But time had other plans.
Eventually the teacher signalled for everyone to start packing up their stuff. So this was it. Her time with Anna was over. Jesus, this must be what a one-night stand feels like, not that Elsa would know... Except this is more of a one-40 minute partner activity stand. Yep, work together once, then it makes you think that at least a friendship will bud from all this crap and bam - it's goodbye and you guys never talk to each other again. Elsa can't help but feel a little disappointed. But life is full of disappointments, Elsa knows that much.
"I think… I should start packing up now too" Anna says.
"Yeah." Elsa is too bummed out to look at her face as she says this.
"Bye, Elsa. It was fun working with you" There is it. The words Elsa dreaded to hear.
"Bye." Was all she said back.
Elsa was always the last one to leave, mainly because her stuff was all over the damn place. She liked having things put out where she could see them.
"Hey."
It was Anna. Which is weird since usually she's the first person to bolt out of the door. Elsa knows.
"Are you talking to me?"
"Well, there's no one here but us," wait this sounds familiar, "except the teacher over there... but he's too busy licking his soup bowl." Anna said smirking. Smart ass. Elsa admires that.
"So anyways," Anna continues apprehensively, "I wasn't lying when I said I enjoyed working with you and I'd like to spend more time with you. I've noticed that you sit alone at lunch so maybe we can sit together? Like, maybe tomorrow?"
Is this actually happening right now? Elsa has to wait a few seconds for a breather. Holy shit!
"Or on second thought… it's ok if you don't want to. I mean I thought you had fun today too. I mean I had fun spending time with yo- "
"Yes."
"-u and if you don't feel that way then I totally get it - wait, what?!"
"I said 'yes', Anna. I'd love to sit together with you during lunch tomorrow"
"YES! I mean cool. That is so uh, cool... of you to accept my offer! Oh, wait- here. Let me give you my number!"
Anna got a scrap piece of paper from her pocket and quickly jotted down her number, giving it to Elsa.
"I've got to go now, my mom is waiting for me. Bye, Elsa!"
Elsa was just immobilized by what just happened. She was shaken out of her trance by a pat on the back.
"Nice one, Jensen! Now get out of my class, I want to get home too! There's a re-run of Pretty Little Liars at 6:00 and I do not want to miss that."
So that's exactly what Elsa did. She got out of the class and started walking home and taking out a cigarette, thinking about the possibilities tomorrow could bring at lunch. Then she stopped walking, took a deep breath and looked at the sky. Tomorrow was Saturday.
A/N: Because that first chapter was short. Also, please tell me about any grammar/spelling errors and if I should change some formatting or whatever to make it less confusing. Thanks again for reading :)
