A/N: No current promise of an update schedule. I'll simply update when my time permits. That being said, barring unforeseen circumstances, I will finish this story.
Usual disclaimer: I don't own Disney/Frozen, and I don't own Harry Potter – that creation goes to the amazing J. K. Rowling.
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An Elsanna Fanfiction
Chapter 1: How the Tables Have Turned
Anna managed to make it to her dorm room without further complications. Upon entering her room, she discovered that one half had been claimed by a petite brunette who was currently lying on her bed reading a book, glasses slowly sliding down the bridge of her nose. The brunette looked up as the trio entered the room, smiling slightly and offering a,
"Hello, you must be Anna?"
"And you're Belle, right?" Anna smiled at the brunette. Belle placed a bookmark into her book and set it on her bedside table before climbing down and offering her hand to Anna.
"That's right, a pleasure to meet you, Anna" Belle smiled again as Anna accepted Belle's hand and shook it. "Do you mind that I took this side of the room? We could flip for it or something if you'd like?"
"Nice to meet you too, Belle, and no problem, I didn't like that side anyway" Anna grinned as she concluded meeting her new roommate without bungling it up, and even managing to throw in some humor to boot.
Meanwhile, Anna's parents had concluded unloading the carts that contained Anna's possessions and stood quietly at the door, watching their daughter make her first friend in college.
"Anna, Would you like us to help unpack anything, sweetie?" Siobhan asked, a tear starting to form in the corner of her eye.
"Thanks but it's okay, mom" Anna turned to face her parents. Upon seeing her mother, Anna quickly advanced and wrapped the two of them into a big hug,
"I'll be fine, guys, and it'll be great! You'll see, I'll call all the time and let you know how everything's going, okay?" The moment Anna hugged her, Siobhan lost control of her emotions and began to outright sob into her daughter's shoulder. Aiden, sensing Anna's discomfort at being cried on in front of her new roommate, offered a short goodbye and a promise to keep in touch as he ushered Siobhan out of the room and back toward their vehicle, leaving Belle and Anna alone in the dorm room. Anna turned back to Belle with an apologetic look on her face,
"Sorry about that… my mom gets a little… emotional sometimes" throwing Belle a sheepish grin and rubbing the back of her neck before beginning to sort through her bags.
"It's no problem; my uncle was the same way when he dropped me off earlier" Belle assured Anna. "Would you like any help unpacking?"
"Thanks, but I've got it. What are you reading?" inquired Anna, hoping to start to get to know her roommate. They had talked a little over the phone during the summer about who was going to bring what, but she didn't' really know that much about her.
"Harry Potter" Belle said simply, Anna's face turned to a look of confusion, so Belle continued,
"Oh, it's a story about far off places, daring swordfights, magic spells, and it even has a prince in disguise!"
"Oh I know Harry Potter. I guess I just didn't take you for a Potterhead Nerd. I mean, not that that's a bad thing. It's totally cool! I'm… just going to shut up now" Anna looked down at her feet. "Great job, Anna. Try to get to know your roommate and insult her based on the first thing she says. Hey everyone, we have a goddess of social ineptitude over here!"
Meanwhile, Anna missed Belle giggling so hard she was doubled over. "I mean seriously, Anna, get a grip, she seems nice and even greeted your parents and you have to go and pick on her for liking Harry Potter? You even like Harry Potter! Hypocrite! I mean, if she said she liked…"
"Anna?" Belle interrupted Anna's train of thought as she looked up to finally realize that Belle was still giggling, albeit trying to stifle them.
"I… was thinking out loud, wasn't I?" Anna face palmed herself, giving up trying to explain herself, climbed up and just flopped down on her bed, legs over the side, one arm draped over her face, the other stuck out to the side in a dramatic gesture of failure.
"Yes, and it was adorkable. Don't worry, I don't' feel insulted, but now that I know you like Harry Potter too, we'll have to do a marathon sometime?" Belle offered as a gesture of peace between the two.
"Hm, you witness my complete social awkwardness and still want to hang out? Best. Roommate. Ever! I would love to have a Potterthon with you… wait, did you just say, 'adorkable'? I am so stealing that word!" Anna sat up and smiled at her roommate who was either immune to Anna's awkwardness, found her a source of comedic relief, or, more likely, a mix of the two. Anna didn't care though, she could see that Belle was looking at her completely non-judgmentally; she had found someone who she could be herself with. To hell with trying to be hip or cool, she'd be cool in her own way with her new dork of a roommate, Belle.
"There" Anna sighed contentedly as she placed the last of her clothes in the armoire that was to house her wardrobe for the semester, "all done".
Belle casually glanced up from her book and gave a reassuring smile to the strawberry blonde before returning her attention to the pages before her. Anna glanced at her alarm clock resting on the nightstand next to her bed to discover that it was already four in the afternoon.
Feeling slightly sticky from the August heat and the manual labor of moving in, Anna decided to grab a quick shower before heading to the hall meeting. As Anna headed down the hall in her flip flops, carrying her shower caddy and a change of clothes, her mind drifted; the hall meeting… I'll have to see Elsa again. I wonder what she's going to talk about; probably rules and regulations mused Anna, She could probably read the instruction manual to assembling a baby's crib and it'd still sound wonderful. I wonder if she's any good with kids. I bet she'd make an adorable mother, her kids pulling on her braid trying to climb into her lap… Anna shook her head violently trying to clear the images from her head as she found herself stopped outside of the girls' bathroom.
Elsa wrapped her towel around her head, twisting it to squeeze her hair out. Sliding on a simple ice blue pair of cotton panties, she proceeded to pull on a new pair of dark blue denim skinny jeans. After strapping on a matching ice blue underwire bra and adjusting for comfort, Elsa threw on a new Arendelle University RA Polo shirt. Stepping out of the curtained area of the shower stall, Elsa proceeded to a sink and mirror and shook out her hair, running a brush through it quickly. Finally, Elsa packed her things, and headed for the door.
Just as she reached out to push the heavy door open, it was pulled open from the other side. Elsa had already committed a good portion of her weight to pushing open the door so when she met no resistance, she flailed. Her shower bag went flying across the hall, smacking into the wall with a dull thud. Meanwhile, desperate to not fall, Elsa's hands reached forward for support, and to her surprise and immense relief, found some. Smirking in triumph, Elsa raised her head to give the girl who had opened the door an apology for, in all likelihood, smacking her with her shower caddy when time seemed to slow down.
The first thing Elsa realized is the look of shock that covered every inch of the face of the girl in front of her. A split second after, Elsa realized the face belonged to a slightly perspired Anna, whose cheeks were rapidly acquiring a red hue rivaling that of a ripened tomato. Lastly, Elsa discovered the reason for the look of shock plastered on Anna's face which also happened to be the cause of Elsa's newfound stability – Elsa had reached out, grasping at anything that could break her fall – the anything she managed to grasp was two handfuls of Anna's dress-covered breasts.
Time suddenly snapped back into full speed for Elsa. A blush rapidly encroached on her cheeks as Anna, feeling a mildly uncomfortable pain from the hands currently engaged in mangling her chest let out a grunt as she begun to reach up to dislodge the offending appendages. Meanwhile, Elsa, with a shriek, made to tear her hands away from Anna while practically shouting an apology. Unfortunately, in Elsa's haste to disengage herself from Anna didn't quite manage to open her hands fully before tearing them away, stretching the already low-cut neckline of Anna's dress and pulling it downward from her chest. To make matters worse, Elsa's left ring finger became caught in Anna's bra and pulled the cup downward as well, fully exposing Anna's right breast to Elsa's deer-in-the-headlights eyes. Fortunately, Anna managed to catch the dress before it fully slipped off of her shoulders. Clinging to it for dear life and shooting Elsa a panicked look, Anna, still clutching her chest, pushed past Elsa and into the bathroom, running to a shower stall and pulling the curtain shut.
"I saw nothing!" Elsa yelped as she threw herself out of the bathroom making a mad dash to collect her things, a bright red rushing to her pale cheeks. Luckily, most of her things were still packed in her shower bag so nothing of consequence was dirtied. Finished collecting her things, Elsa wanted to run to her room, but her feet seemed to have other ideas. Elsa slowly opened the bathroom door and poked her head inside.
"I am so sorry, Anna! I didn't mean–" Elsa grasped for the words that would repair the damage done as she slowly slipped inside the bathroom again.
"It was an accid–, I wasn't expecti–, they're very nice!" Wait, WHAT!?
"I mean, oh forget it, I'm sorry, Anna!" Elsa slumped to the floor, cradling her head in her hands between her knees as tears began to run down her face. "Please say something… Anna?"
As Elsa tried to assemble a non-embarrassing sentence, Anna stood very still behind the shower curtain.
I can't believe she grabbed my breasts, and then saw one of them! I'm going to die of embarrass- wait, she thinks they're nice? Elsa likes my breasts? Anna gently hefted her breasts in her hands. Elsa thinks my breasts are very nice. Huh, cool. I totally need to call Olaf. Deciding that things weren't as bad as she feared, Anna finally gave Elsa a response,
"Elsa? It's okay. It was an accident, right?" Anna slowly opened the shower curtain to see Elsa quietly sobbing on the floor. Upon hearing the curtain open, Elsa slowly looked up, partially shielding her eyes in case Anna were to end up revealing more of herself to Elsa on accident.
Seeing only Anna smirking at Elsa's precautionary hands, Elsa deemed it safe and lowered her hands and pouted, "I'm so sorry, Anna. Yeah, it was an accident, but I'm still really sorry… forgive me?"
In a rare spurt of verbal clarity, Anna offered, "Of course! You didn't pick on me for running into the sign outside, what would it say about me if I didn't forgive you for accidentally grabbing my breasts?" seeing Elsa flinch at the word, 'breasts', Anna continued, "Besides, it's not like you haven't seen a pair of breasts" Anna put a little more emphasis on the word than was necessary, "before, right? Come on, let's get you up off the floor" Anna offered Elsa her hand as she finished her tease.
Elsa accepted and was surprised as Anna easily hoisted her to a standing position again. Yeah, I've seen my own, but yours are… wow. I didn't' realize your freckles went that far dow- stop it, Elsa! Anna is a girl! You've got a boyfriend! Hans is handsome, and smart, and witty, and Quarterback of the Arendelle Ice Picks. He's – how did my mom put it – 'quite the catch'?" Elsa nodded to herself, confident in her decision about Hans.
"We have got to stop running into each other like this – apparently figuratively as well as literally!" Elsa laughed as she headed for the exit. Better hurry though. Floor meeting is in 20 minutes!" Elsa looked over her shoulder and gave Anna a parting smile before exiting the bathroom, albeit a little slower this time.
Anna stood in her spot and gave a goofy crooked grin back at Elsa as the blonde left. As the door shut, Anna exhaled a long contented sigh as she stared after the blonde, imagining she could still see her through the door.
I am so screwed.
A/N: Thank you for your patience with me on deciding whether or not to continue writing this story! I hope it's a fun ride for all of us. I know it's starting out slow, but darn it, there are character introductions to be done! That being said, would you all be interested in longer chapters (which, most likely will come less frequently for obvious reasons), or shorter chapters, but some/many may have little to do with the plot and may contain mostly fluff at points? Feel free to tell me via PM or in a review. Thank you again for your time!
