Author's Note: Have I ever mentioned that y'all are the bestest? Like, for realzies, I love ya's. So much. So much that I'm giving you this chapter. So...enjoy.

P.S. I didn't respond to the guest reviews last chapter (I'M SORRY) so I do it now, ho-kay? Ho-kay!

Guest (the first one)[y'all just LOVE makin' it hard for me, huh?]: Yeah, Elsa's just a glutton for punishment, ain't she? I think I mentioned this to one of my reviewers, but now I'll just let all y'all know; Elsa's reasons for staying with Snow will be revealed throughout the course of the story. So bear with me. And I'd also like to say that it's not a sad face up there, I just needed different parentheses 'cause I'm weird. If you don't know what I'm talking about, don't fret. Not really important anyway :D that was a smiley face :D so was that one :D and this one too, hee hee!

Guest (le second one): ILY TOO! It warms the cockles of my heart (still don't know what those actually are) to get such a passionate review on my little ol' baby! AND I LOVE ONCE UPON A TIME! I gotta go back and marathon all the episodes 'cause I've missed quite a bit but it's fine. Oh, sweet pea, you haven't creeped me out in the slightest! As Riley said last chapter (I'll prolly misquote this because I'm too lazy to go back and copy word-for-word) I will not be discreet about letting you know if something bothered me. And trust me, I will not.

Guest (the third one): You too kind! Oh, yes, the green-eyed monster was certainly camping out in Elsa when she saw Riley and Anna chatting it up. I can't give too much away, but look forward to some awkwardness between Riley and Elsa :D And yeah, Snow is a raging jealous bitchy ass nasty toed fishy smelling slut…I'm totally kidding…about a couple of those adjectives…and I'll leave it up to you to figure out which! I mean, through the course of the story you'll find out but let's see if you can't guess it beforehand. Of course, I'm not gonna tell you but…HAHAHAHA I'm so mean.

Guest (le fourth one): You'll find out why Elsa is with her later…and I may have hinted at it this chapter :D

Toolazytosignin: Um…it is an AU, so OOC-ness should be expected. The events that happened during the movie didn't happen here, so their personalities are adjusted accordingly. And the banter…to be honest, the banter is what I put the least thought into. It sort of just writes itself. As I've stated to a couple others, the banter is similar to convos that I have with my own BFFs, so…yeah. But anyway, thanks for the review and kind words!

Guest (le last one): Thanks! Hope you enjoy the chapter!

Onward!


"Anna, wake up!"

A pillow to the kisser pulled the strawberry blonde out of a very confusing dream featuring both her captain and her lab partner. "What the hell, Punz?"

"Do you not hear the alarm? We have to evacuate the building!"

"What?" Only now that Anna was slightly more awake did she register the blaring alarm ringing throughout the dorm.

"Come on!" Rapunzel darted over to her roommate's bed and dragged her from the cocoon of covers with a strength that defied her slim body. She threw her toward the door. "Get going!"

The two burst through the door, nearly colliding headlong into the crowd of other girls bustling toward the exit. As a unit, they all spilled forth from the building and gathered around the front, shivering in the two A.M. chill. A fire truck and squad car were speeding across the campus, their sirens screaming.

"What the fuck is going on?" Rapunzel asked through gritted teeth. "I don't smell any fire and there's no smoke or anything."

Anna, who had tightened her arms into herself in a bid to keep her rapidly escaping body heat from escaping any more rapidly, shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe it's a drill?"

"At two A.M.? They're out of their damn minds!"

"I don't think it was a drill," a new voice, tinged with a slight accent, joined in.

Anna turned quickly to spot one of the subjects of her recent dream with her hands in the pockets of her sweats and a smile adorning her face. "Riley? You live here?"

"Oh, no, I just happened to be walking by in my PJs at two A.M. and figured I should check out the commotion," her lab partner deadpanned. When Anna pouted, she laughed. "Chill, Anna, I was joking. Who says you can't be in a good mood at two A.M.? But, yeah, I do live here. I mean, I was out for a walk but I do actually live here."

"You were out for a walk at this time?" Rapunzel asked incredulously. "Weren't you freezing your ass off?"

"Nah, I've always been rather comfortable with the cold." Riley then stuck out a hand. "You must be Anna's roommate. I'm Riley. Riley O'Connell."

Rapunzel shook the hand with a small smile. "I've heard about you."

"Really? Could it have anything to do with her crush on our T.A.?"

"Riley!" Anna immediately slapped her own hand over Riley's mouth. "Not so loud!"

The raven-haired girl chuckled behind Anna's hand before removing it. "Dude, you need to chill. It's kind of early to be all bent out of shape, yeah? Besides, you've got good taste; our T.A. is gorgeous."

"You know, Riley, I think you and I will get along great," Rapunzel commented with a laugh.

"Sweet. Never hurts to meet new friends, right?" Riley turned her gaze up to the building, frowning slightly. "You know, not that it bothers me because I don't sleep, but it was real uncool of someone to pull the fire alarm."

"You don't sleep?" came out of Anna's mouth as Rapunzel asked, "You think it was a prank?"

Riley grinned. "No, I don't sleep. I suffer from insomnia. And yes, I do think it was a prank."

"I'm so sorry," was said at the same time as, "We should kill whoever did it."

"Rapunzel, we're not gonna kill anyone!" Anna scolded her.

"Oh, did you want to?" Riley asked. "Cause I know a guy."

Anna rolled her eyes. "How do you both know someone like that?"

Riley and Rapunzel traded a look before smiling and saying simultaneously. "Because we're awesome."

"Oh my god, I'm seriously regretting let you two meet."

"Why would you say that?" Riley said as she threw an arm over Rapunzel's shoulders. "She's cool as fuck."

"And she's pretty chill herself," Rapunzel teased.

"I hate you two."

"You love me."

"And we don't know each other very well, but you love me already, don't try to deny it."

"Ugh."

Their R.A., a sophomore named Vanessa, held up a megaphone. "Listen up, freshmen! The firemen have informed me that there was no actual fire!" Several voices rose angrily. "Yeah, I know, it sucks. So, until we figure out who pulled the alarm, we have to stay out here to make sure they don't pull it again."

"You're fucking kidding me," Rapunzel said under her breath.

"But don't worry. It shouldn't take that long. We just have to review the security tapes. Should be no more than ten, twenty minutes, okay?"

As it turned out, it took them five hours before the girls were let back in. When they reviewed the security tapes, they discovered that the perpetrator was wearing a ski mask and black clothing. They then had to pull up a list of every girl that lived in the dorm and check each room for the evidence. Once it was determined that none of the girls owned that sort of clothing, they called up several administrators to check all over campus. Anna thought it was a bit much but apparently U of A did not take matters of these kinds lightly.

And of course, even with all of their sleuthing, they had come no closer to figuring out who had done it. So, around seven A.M., all of the girls trudged back into the building, bleary-eyed and royally pissed.

"I'll see you guys around," Riley said brightly with a wave.

Rapunzel and Anna simply grunted and headed to their own room. "That was utter bullshit," Rapunzel groaned into her pillow.

"Yeah, but at least we can go back to sleep now," Anna mumbled as she closed her eyes.

Her eyes then snapped open as her phone began blasting "Happy" by Pharell Williams not two seconds later. It was Thursday. She'd forgotten about her eight A.M. class on Thursdays. And didn't she have an exam?

"I fucking hate everything."


"Hey, feisty-pants!" Kristoff greeted as he approached her at the café.

"Have I told you how much I fucking hate everything?" she greeted in return.

"No, but I figured you'd say something like that. But before we get into it," he brushed his fingers lightly over her forehead, "how are you feeling?"

"Oh, this? I'm all better. Just needed some rest. Kinda wish I'd gotten more though…"

"They didn't find out who pulled the fire alarm, did they?"

"Nope. How'd you know about it?"

"Are you kidding? It's a small campus. Any big news spreads like wildfire. And pulling the fire alarm when there's no actual fire is like a capital offense here."

"Why?"

"Well, for starters, administration believes that since this is a college campus and we're all adults, we should act like it. Pranking is something for kids. Second, it ends up affecting a lot more people in the long run, because they have to call the fire department and the police and those sirens are loud. Third, they do a lot of studies on what helps students succeed, you know, because they care, and sleep is like top of the list. Therefore, whenever something happens that interrupts students from quality sleep, they take it very seriously."

"It's awesome that they care but I can't believe they didn't figure out who did it after five hours."

"Whoever did covered their tracks nicely."

"I'm fucking pissed at them! I don't care how smart they were!"

"Dude, I know. You don't need to get mad at me."

Anna sighed. "I'm sorry. I had a test in my eight A.M. and I'm pretty sure I bombed it. I couldn't fucking stay awake! I've never failed a test before!"

"Anna, it's not your fault. Did you explain to your professor what happened?"

"Yeah, but he's an asshole! Said that life was full of obstacles or some bullshit and that I needed to learn how to acclimate. And then I tried to get him to explain how the hell you're supposed to acclimate to losing out on like five hours of sleep because of something that you didn't do but no! He just waved me away and said he'd consider taking it a little easier on me!"

"Wow, he is an asshole."

"No shit."

"Good morning, you two." Elsa, seated at a table close to them, was delicately sipping on a latte.

"Oh, hey, Elsa," Kristoff responded as Anna reddened and spluttered out, "H-hi, Elsa!"

For fuck's sake, Hagen, can you not become a blubbering speech impediment when you're around her?

Quieting her mind, she spoke again, this time without fumbling all over herself. "Uh, how long had you been sitting there?"

"This entire time," the blonde responded with a chuckle.

"Why didn't you say anything before?"

"I was enjoying the conversation. You're quite cute when you're sleep-deprived." A wink accompanied her words.

"Oh! Thanks." Missing the look Kristoff shot at the junior, Anna coughed once, at a loss of what to follow with. Thankfully, Elsa rescued her.

"So, I heard about someone pulling the fire alarm in your dorm last night," the blonde commented with a slight frown. "You're not looking so good, Anna. Is your head okay?"

Anna nodded absently. "My head is fine now. I lost out on like five hours of sleep, though, so I'm pretty pissed."

"I would be too. And they haven't found out who it was yet?"

"Nope. Which makes me even more pissed."

Elsa sighed. "How many classes do you have today?"

The younger girl chuckled humorlessly. "Four. I had an eight A.M. and then it's back-to-back from twelve to three. Hopefully I can get a catnap in before practice…"

"Damn, Anna, you've got a long day ahead of you," Kristoff said. "Any way you can skip your last class?"

She shrugged. "I mean, it's only English but I don't know. I'm not so sure I like the idea of skipping."

"Okay…just don't be surprised if you fall asleep during one of them. Or during practice."

"If I fall asleep during practice, I may actually suffer a concussion this time…ooh, maybe I should skip class…but I don't want my professor to think I'm that kind of student…but, wait! If news travels fast like you said, Kristoff, then she would probably know about the fire alarm thing, so then maybe she'd understand…or…she'd think I'm the kind of student who can't hang with sleep deprivation…ugh, what do I do?" As she finished, she turned to the older pair with her arms outstretched, clearly waiting for an answer.

They traded a look and Elsa spoke first. "Well, Anna, I think you should do what you want."

Kristoff nodded. "I agree. You're the one who has to deal with the consequences, whether positive or negative."

"Of course…it's college, right? We're adults now. We make our own decisions."

"Right."

"I guess…I'll just see how I'm feeling by my one o'clock. I'll make the final decision then. Thanks guys." She checked her phone. "I gotta get going. I need to print something out before class starts. Bye!" She bumped fists with Kristoff and, after only a slight hesitation, did the same with Elsa. Then she was out the door.

That left the other two to nurse an awkward silence, even with the hubbub of the café.

"So," Elsa finally spoke, "how's it feel to be a starter this year?"

"It's pretty sweet. I'm glad Oaken noticed my improvement."

"How could he not? But you should've been a starter as a freshman too."

He blinked. "Wh-what? You really think so?"

"Sure. You were quite good, especially for your size. I think it was just that Oaken wanted to let the seniors make the most out of their last year."

"Yeah…" he responded lamely. "Uh, thanks."

"No problem." She took another sip of her latte and silence reigned yet again. "Has Hans or Shang come up with the theme for the party tomorrow?" she then asked abruptly, trying to fill the quiet.

"Yup. Theme is 'Librarians and Barbarians'."

She snorted. "And here I was thinking Hans would start with a black light party."

"Oh, don't worry. He says that'll be the next one."

"Of course…so, lemme guess: guys are barbarians and girls are librarians?"

"Actually, no. Other way around."

She cocked an eyebrow. "Breaking down the gender barrier, are we?"

"I guess. Although I think it's mostly just because that means the ladies will have to show up wearing very little clothing."

"And the guys?"

"Oh, you know us, we'll find a way to lose our shirts while the night's still young."

"Now that doesn't surprise me in the slightest."

"Do you like Anna?" he blurted out suddenly.

Elsa's cocked eyebrow somehow managed to move further away from its normal position. "I guess I spoke too soon."

The sophomore blinked twice before he frowned. "Sorry, I know it was sort of sudden, but I do need to know: do you like her?"

"Of course I do," was her immediate response.

"I don't mean as a friend, Elsa."

"I know."

He ran a hand through his thick blond locks. "Look, Anna is…she's my little sister. Her parents took me in when mine were too busy getting fucked up to remember they had a son. She and I grew up together. So trust me when I say I'm very protective over her. You're a good person, Els. Why you're dating Snow is beyond me." When she went to open her mouth defensively, he raised his hands in placation. "You don't need to explain it to me. Just…don't hurt her, Elsa."

"What makes you think I'll hurt her?" she replied hotly.

"You're with Snow. Who has hurt her more than once, from what I hear."

"That wasn't my fault."

"Doing nothing is just as bad."

"Are you blaming me for what happened to her?"

"Not necessarily, no. I'm simply suggesting that you figure out what you really want before Anna pays the price." With a final grim nod, he left her alone, his words resonating through her head.


"Hey, kid, how you feeling?" Rapunzel asked as she walked through the door to their shared room and spotted Anna tying up her cleats.

The strawberry blonde yawned widely before giving a nod. "Super, like I could conquer the world."

"You sure about that? 'Cause I'd say your sleep deprivation is making you wonky."

"What? What gives you that idea?"

"Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact that you're about to brush your hair with a book?"

"What?" Anna looked down at her hand and found she was indeed attempting to comb her current novel through her locks. She tossed the book onto the bed and located her hairbrush. "I'm fine, Punz."

"Yeah? Next thing I know, you'll be trying to wipe your ass with poison ivy."

Anna squinted at her. "Did you seriously just say that?"

"I know…it was the first thing I could think of."

"You need to work on your material, then."

"Pff…my material is flawless. I'm just lacking the proper audience to appreciate it."

"Whatever helps you sleep at night."

Rapunzel stuck out her tongue as she pulled her shorts up. "Okay, you ready to get going?"

"Mmm…" Anna collapsed onto her bed and yawned again. "I don't wanna…"

Her roommate sighed. "Anna, if you're tired, why don't you-?"

A loud snore interrupted her words. Looking closer, she discovered that the younger girl was fast asleep, clutching her stuffed moose tightly. Shaking her head with a smile, she carefully removed Anna's cleats without waking her, ruffled her hair affectionately and turned off the light before leaving the room.

The brunette made the solitary walk to practice, dropping her bags next to the few that were already there.

"Hey, Rapunzel, where's Anna?" Aurora asked. Both captains, as well as Jasmine and Pocahontas, were lounging about their belongings.

"Uh, asleep, actually. I hope that's cool. She was actually all dressed and everything…"

"It's alright. We all know about the fire alarm fiasco this morning. And with the injury she suffered yesterday, I can imagine she'll need the sleep, especially with tomorrow's mandatory partying."

Rapunzel chuckled. "I'm sure she'll appreciate the extra rest when she's getting plastered."

"Why should she get extra sleep when the rest of us are out here busting our asses?" Snow asked angrily as she joined them.

The brunette rolled her eyes and Snow advanced on her. "Don't roll your eyes at me, freshman!"

"I'll roll my eyes all I want, thanks." To demonstrate, Rapunzel made a motion of pretending to pop her eyeballs into her hand and toss them like dice.

"You're a little smart-ass, aren't you?"

"And you're just a big ass, so you have no room to talk."

"You stupid-!"

"Enough, Snow!" Elsa barked. "Leave her alone."

"And there you go, jumping to their defense again," Snow snarled back. "How is it that you're never on my side?"

"Because your side fucking sucks!" Rapunzel interjected.

"Was anyone talking to you, bitch?"

The brunette glared at her. "Keep talking big, Snow, you go right ahead. You'll get what's coming to you."

"And what would that be?" she sneered.

"Hopefully? A giant ass-kicking."

Whatever response Snow was ready to fire back was drowned out by the sound of the rest of soccer players coming to join them, as well as Oaken's cheery, "Hoo-hoo!"

When everyone was gathered around, Oaken took a quick look. "I see Anna is not with us. Rapunzel, is she sleeping?"

"Yes, sir."

"Oh, that poor dear. She needs the rest, so we'll just run practice without her. Captains, warm-ups?"

Throughout the practice, Snow kept shooting Rapunzel nasty looks. Whenever they passed one another, Snow would make sure she rammed her shoulder into the brunette's. When they were paired up for different shooting and passing drills, Rapunzel often found herself on the receiving end of soccer balls to the face or sliding tackles to the ankles. By the end, she was sure she'd have quite a few new bruises to take care of.

Despite Snow's attempts, the practice finished with little trouble (for anyone else anyway) and Oaken dismissed them with a stern warning about the following day's festivities.

Rapunzel sighed as she took a seat on the grass to remove her footwear and slip on her sandals. A soft hand on her shoulder caused her to look up into icy blue eyes.

"Are you alright?"

The brunette shrugged Elsa's hand off with a frown. "I'm fine."

She missed the sad look that flitted across the captain's face. "…I'm sorry about Snow."

"If you really were, you'd actually do something to stop her."

"I'm sorry."

"Just…stop apologizing, please. I have no time for empty words." With that, Rapunzel gathered up her things and left the field.

She didn't look up from her feet until she was back in her room. Anna was still out like a light so she collapsed into her desk chair with less flair then she wanted.

"R…Rapunzel?"

"Anna…go back to sleep. You need it."

The strawberry blonde stretched, another yawn ending in a cute squeak as she popped her back. "That was a great nap…oh shit!" She hopped out of her bed, looking around frantically. "I completely forgot about practice! Why aren't you there? We need to get going, come on, Punz!"

Her roommate held up her hands. "Relax, Anna, practice is over. You slept through it."

"Wait, what? I slept through it! Oh my god, Rapunzel, why didn't you wake me up?! What did Oaken say?!"

"He was cool with it. Everyone knows about the fire alarm thing, remember? And I didn't wake you 'cause you needed the rest, duh. I mean, you fell asleep on your own."

Anna calmed and sat back on her bed. "I'm sorry. You're awesome, Punz. Thanks."

"No worries. What are friends for?"

"Being my bitch?"

"Glad to see you've returned from the land of the sleep-deprived. Remind me why I didn't wake you up and have you take the brunt of Snow's underhandedness?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, I got a little mouthy with her at practice and she didn't like it."

"What did you say?"

"Well, she was being her bitchy-ass self and tried to say something about you not deserving to miss practice, so I defended you and then Elsa stepped in and then I stepped in again and then she called me a bitch so I said she'd get what's coming to her," Rapunzel deadpanned.

"Whoa…sounds like I missed a good practice."

"You could say that."

"She apologized after practice, you know."

"Snow?!"

"What? Hell no. Elsa."

"Oh. That was nice of her."

"Yeah…I may have thrown it back in her face."

"Dude! Why would you do that?"

Rapunzel gave her an 'are-you-fucking-serious?' look. "You're shitting me, right?"

"No."

"Anna, she's still dating that witch. I don't care how many times she apologizes; it doesn't mean anything if that's all she does. She knows how Snow is, yet does nothing."

"Maybe there's a reason for it," Anna tried.

"What reason could she possibly have to torture herself like that?"

"I don't know. Probably the kind of reason that she isn't willing to trust anyone with."

"Not even her own brother?"

"Not even her own brother. I mean, I've kept secrets from Kristoff."

"Somehow, I highly doubt that."

"Okay, fine! Kristoff and I have no secrets but it's different. Neither him nor I are dating anyone like that."

"But if you were…"

"I wouldn't. Someone like Snow? I could never date anyone like that."

"Hypothetically speaking, though."

"Ugh. I don't know! I guess…if I was afraid of them."

"Like of them hurting you?"

"Not necessarily. It could be fear of something that she could do to others, people I care about."

"Do you think that's the reason…?"

"Who knows? I'm not gonna pry. And neither are you."

"Okay, Mom."

"I mean it, Punz. If she brings it up herself, that's cool. But no poking around, ok?"

"Okay, okay! Geez…"


"Anna! You all ready to party like there's no tomorrow?"

"I guess sleep just isn't a thing for me," Anna muttered to herself as she threw off the covers and swung her legs over the side of her bed, checking the alarm clock on her desk. "Rapunzel…it's nine in the morning. The only thing I'm ready to do is curl back under the covers until the late afternoon."

"You're no fun! Our first official party is tonight and you're focused on sleep?"

"I'm a simple girl."

"You're weird, is what you are."

"Well, you're still my bitch, so suck it."

"You're so mean to me."

"What else does one do when addressing their bitch?"

"Ugh."

"This is what you get for waking me up early."

"Well excuse me if I was a little over-excited."

"I don't care if you're over the moon. Just don't wake me up while you're at it."

"You have a ten o'clock class."

"Yeah? So?"

"So, you're welcome."

"Whatever." Anna disappeared into their restroom and came out with a toothbrush in her mouth and a comb stuck in her hair.

"You know, I can't understand how your hair ends up like that every morning."

"Hmm? Like what?"

Rapunzel shot her an incredulous look. "Have you ever looked in a mirror?"

Anna moved her head back to look at her reflection from the bathroom mirror. "It's not that bad!"

"Not that bad? Anna, you look like a porcupine is sitting on your head."

"Well, porcupines are cute…"

"Good thing you like them, because I don't think it's letting go of your cranium anytime soon."

"You're just jealous."

"Oh, yeah, my lifelong dream is to have a rodent make a nest on my head."

"See? Totally jealous."

"You're an idiot."

"And you're my-."

"That is starting to get really old."

"Not for me. And besides, it was you who said it."

The brunette just shook her head while Anna giggled and continued to try and pull the comb through her mane. Within five minutes, she had tamed the monstrosity and wore it in twin pigtails; she'd also changed into sweats and a T-shirt. "Okay! I've got half an hour before class so I'm gonna grab some coffee before. You wanna come with?"

"Sure. Then I'm gonna come back here and curl up under the covers until my two P.M."

"I hate you."

"Love you too. Now come on, let's go get some coffee!"

Rapunzel pulled open the door and nearly ran headlong into Riley. The Irish girl removed her headphones, letting them hang around her neck. "Hey, ladies. Where are you off to in such a hurry?"

"We were just about to grab some coffee. Wanna come?" Anna asked.

Riley grinned. "Sure. That shit can't make me sleep any less than I already do."

She walked between the roommates as they made their way to the café. "So, how was practice yesterday?"

"Well, Anna slept through it."

"Oh? I didn't know you could do that."

"I don't think you're supposed to but our coach is really cool. He totally understood."

"That's good. I'd bet any other coach would kick you off the team."

"Good thing Oaken isn't any other coach."

They got to the café and ordered drinks. Anna and Rapunzel were slightly surprised when Riley ordered a white chocolate mocha then proceeded to dump what looked to be half of the sugar dispenser into the already sweet drink.

At their looks, she shrugged with a grin. "What? I've got an incurable sweet tooth."

"Looks more like you want to give yourself diabetes," Rapunzel commented.

"Eh. Hasn't killed me yet."

"Or so you hope."

"Your concern is quite touching. But I can…" She trailed off as her eyes alighted on something behind them. "Oh, look at that. Our T.A. is here, Anna."

"What?" She turned to spot Elsa at the cashier, paying for her drink. Before Anna could say anything, Riley called out to her, "Hey, Elsa! Over here!"

"Riley, what are you doing?" she hissed.

"I'm being a good friend," her partner whispered back as the older girl approached them.

"Good morning, Anna, Rapunzel." Elsa squinted at Riley. "You're…Riley, right? Anna's lab partner?"

"Aye, that'd be me."

Elsa nodded and returned her attention to the roommates. "So, are you guys ready for the party tonight?"

"Hell yeah!" Rapunzel cheered. Anna smiled. "I think we're ready for some fun."

"Good. It'll be pretty sweet. We throw damn good parties."

"Uh, I hate to be that person, but could someone explain what's going on?" Riley cut in.

"Shit, that was so rude of us! Sorry, Riley. See, the soccer players are throwing a party tonight and Rapunzel here has been pumped all week."

"Ah ah ah! You're just as excited, ginger ale, you just can't hide it."

"Those aren't the lyrics."

"So? I speak the truth all the same."

"Whatever. Anyway, Riley, now that I think about it, are you doing anything tonight?"

"Uh, I may be."

"Well, too bad! You're coming to this party tonight."

"Will you be there?"

"Our attendance is mandatory."

"Okay, then. It's a date." Riley took a giant sip of her drink and sighed. "I've got to get to class but I'll see you guys tonight!"

"Sweet! The theme is 'Librarians and Barbarians.'"

"Nice. We're supposed to be sexy librarians?"

"Actually, the guys are the librarians."

"Oh-ho! So we're the sexy barbarians. I like the sound of that! See ya later!" With a final wave, she left the trio.

Anna's hand lowered, as did her facial expression, when she came to a realization. "I don't have anything to wear for tonight…"

"What?" Rapunzel nearly screamed. "That's a huge issue! When's your last class?"

"One."

"We'll go shopping afterward."

"I hate clothes shopping."

"That's too damn bad, isn't it? You're going, whether you like it or not." The brunette checked her phone. "Now come on, I'll walk you to class. Later, Elsa!" Rapunzel whisked her roommate off with nary a second glance backward at the confused platinum blonde.

"Rapunzel, slow down!"

The older girl slowed to a walk, a grin spreading on her face. "Did you see Elsa?"

"What are you talking about?"

"When Riley said mentioned the word 'date'…did you see the look on her face?"

"Uh, no."

"It was promising."

"Promising how?"

"Promising like, I bet if you play your cards right tonight, your future could be looking bright."

"Sorry, I'm not following."

Rapunzel chuckled. "You'll see what I mean tonight."


A/N: I SO SORRY. This is out a wee bit later than I wanted. Thing is, that thing that happens monthly to women happened to me and I literally hated everything. I didn't want my computer to meet an early grave because of my raging hormones, so I waited until I could perform a task without wanting to murder anyone to finish this chapter. I know it's short again, but the party is next chapter. So look out for it!

-DeanneYunFarron

P.S. As if I could forget soccah hoomer! Okay:

Why do midgets always laugh when playing soccer?

Wait for it, wait for it….hold onnnnnn….because the grass tickles their balls! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

GEDDIT?

P.P.S. Any grammar mistakes...eh, whatever. Maybe I'll look back later. Right now I'm too tired to care.