Chapter 4: The Day of The Concert

Bunnymund sold four more tickets the following day to a couple of high school students a few days later. Jack was now seven hundred and fifty dollars up. Jack was currently talking to a girl that he liked in class. Her name was Izzy and she was a pro skater – well used to be. She was taking break to get a degree and she wanted to be a career woman. They were chatting about the latest basketball game that had played last night. Jack watched as she opened up her computer to write down the lecture notes. Jack saw that it was Elsa Winters' latest album cover.

"So," he said, "I see you like Elsa Winters."

"Oh yeah," Izzy flushed with excitement. "I absolutely adore her."

Jack really wanted to ask to her to the concert. He had wanted to ask her out like ever since he had met her. He could always ask Bunnymund for the last two tickets.

"You going to her concert?" Jack asked with bated breath.

"Nah," Izzy looked disappointed. "It's on the same day as my grandmother's 90th birthday and I can't miss that. What about you?"

"I have a spare ticket," Jack shrugged.

"Lucky," Izzy whined. "I really wanted to go but I can't. Maybe you can find someone else to go with you."

Jack thought about what Izzy said all the way home. He knew who he should take to the concert alright. He had made a deal with Bunnymund about it. Once home, he headed upstairs and put his bag on his bed. Pippa was already home. She was just in her room on her computer jamming to Elsa Winters as usual. There wouldn't be a day that went by where Jack didn't hear her music at least ten times a day. Jack knocked on her door – a white door with the letters in different colours and styles spelling out the word 'Pippa' – and was allowed into her room. Pippa smiled at her big brother and then turned off the music and turned around in her swivel chair and looked at him.

"Yo Jack," she said. "What can I do for you?"

"You free Saturday night?" Jack asked.

"Why?" Pippa returned to whatever she was doing on her computer before Jack walked in. "Mum want us to clean the garage or something?"

"No," Jack said. "I was wondering if you wanted to come with me to the Elsa Winters' concert."

Jack prepared himself for the loud deafening noise that escaped from his younger sister's mouth. Pippa nearly fell off her chair in shock. She slowly got up from the seat and started to shake and tremble with excitement.

"Are you telling me," she said, her voice also shaking, "that you have two tickets to go see Elsa Winters, live, on stage?"

"I do," Jack said. "Well my friend does. I'll get them off him soon."

Pippa let out a shrill sound that sounded a lot like she was screaming with excitement. She had always wanted to go and see Elsa Winters live. Now was her chance. She didn't want to waste it. She knew every single song by Elsa Winters by heart. She had even memorised her dance moves off her music videos. Pippa then raced at Jack and engulfed him in a giant hug. Jack's mouth was suddenly full of her hair as she jumped up and down in her excitement.

"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you," Pippa kept saying as she jumped up and down.

"You're very welcome," he said when she had finally calmed down – well she would never fully calm down as this was a once in a lifetime opportunity for her.

Pippa gave him a big kiss on his cheek. "You are like the best brother ever. I will never be mad at you ever again as long as we both shall live."

"Sure you will," Jack laughed, "but that's what siblings are for."

Pippa gave him another kiss. "I need to go call Sophie and brag like there is no tomorrow. I want to make her so envious."

"You would do that to your best friend?" Jack laughed.

"Totally," Pippa laughed too.

"Well I best go get our tickets," Jack said.

"You do that," Pippa said. "Guard them with your life."

Jack laughed as he shut the door behind him.


As soon as her brother left, Pippa picked up her cell phone to call Sophie. She couldn't wait to make her envious of the fact that she was going to see Elsa Winters and she wasn't. Pippa found Sophie's contact in her phone and pressed the button to call her. Pippa held up the phone to her ear and heard it ringing.

"You are speaking to the most awesomest person ever," Sophie said. "Speak and be acknowledged."

"Soph," Pippa said as she flung herself onto her bed. "It's the one and the only, Pippa Frost."

"Ah," Sophie's voice said as it came out through the speaker. "What can I do for you my fine feathered friend?"

"Guess what Jack just informed me," Pippa said. She could already feel the excitement build up inside of her.

"That he's taking you ballroom dancing next week?" Sophie's bored voice said.

"No," Pippa said as she twirled her hair in her free hand. "It may have something to do with this Saturday."

There was this silence that took over the conversation. Pippa was glad that this was over the telephone and not in person (although Pippa would have killed to see the look that Sophie was clearly showing at this very moment) as Sophie would have slapped the smirking expression that was all over her face.

"No," Sophie said almost in a whisper.

"Yes!" squealed Pippa.

"You are going to see Elsa Winters? Without me?"

"Sorry," Pippa said. "The Jack Man only has two tickets. He could have brought a date but he chose yours truly instead."

"Maybe his date turned him down," Sophie suggested which Pippa laughed at.

Pippa shrugged. "Possible. But I get to go see Elsa Winters on stage tomorrow night."

"Lucky," whined Sophie.

"I get to see her preform live," Pippa continued.

"Stop bragging," Sophie's voice was sounding rather grumpy which Pippa took absolute delight in.

"I shan't," Pippa said. "I also get to see her preform Let It Go live too."

"I'm going to hang up on you now."

Pippa laughed.


The next day, Jack practically bolted to Bunnymund's house. He had gone over the previous night but Bunnymund had stayed over at Tooth's, so he had to go over today. He was hoping more than anything that he hadn't sold the last two tickets. He could practically hear Bunnymund's voice right now A thousand bucks each. Then again, Jack could always buy some tickets off Felix if he needed. Felix had a ton of tickets to sell. He probably hadn't yet unloaded them all just yet.

Bunnymund answered the door as Jack banged on it. Bunnymund lived quite far from Jack and so he had to take his car to see him. There hadn't been parking nearby, so Jack had practically raced ten blocks to get to his house. Jack was sweaty and out of breath when he arrived.

"Hey man," Bunnymund said. "You need some water or something?"

"No man," Jack said. "Can I come in?"

"Sure," Bunnymund opened his door to reveal his lounge and kitchen combined. Bunnymund lived in a one level flat that he shared with his parents and his older brother. Tooth was sitting on the couch watching something on TV. Jack could hear Bradley Cooper (who was one of Tooth's many celebrity crushes) on the TV. Jack wondered if she was watching E as it sounded like some kind of interview show. Tooth waved at Jack when he entered and he smiled back. Bunnymund brought Jack some water even though Jack had never asked for it. Bunnymund knew that Jack needed it. Jack gulped it down in one gulp.

"Glad you're hear man," Bunnymund said. He gave Jack a couple of fake punches to the gut. "I have amazing news."

"What's the news?" Jack silently begged that it had nothing to do with the tickets and that Bunnymund was about to announce that he was moving in with Tooth or something like that. Jack could already hear the words 'I sold the tickets'. Jack's insides started to squirm. He had already promised Pippa. What would he do if he couldn't fulfil that promise to her? He would feel like some kind of fraud. He did not want to be that person.

"I have a guy who called me like ten minutes wanting the last tickets," Bunnymund said. "He's so desperate, he's offered four hundred and fifty for each ticket! See, I told you that the price will only go up!"

"Bunny," Jack said. "I offered those tickets to Pippa. She really wants to go."

"Oh," Bunnymund's face fell. "Pippa?"

"Well she practically worships the ground that Elsa Winters walks on."

Bunnymund looked like he was fighting a battle in his brain. "We're talking nine hundred dollars here!"

"I promised Pippa. I'll even throw in your three hundred fifty."

Bunnymund started to laugh. "They're your tickets. You don't have to buy them twice."

Bunnymund said that he would be over tomorrow, the day of the concert, with the tickets. Jack returned home and found that Pippa was pacing around her room and Jack could hear her talking to someone, most probably she had called every single classmate of hers (all of them adored Elsa Winters) to brag that she was going to the concert. By now, she was probably bragging about every little detail of the concert right down to the seats that they sit in. Jack had to stifle a laugh. He was just glad that he got to do this for his younger sister. The door then opened and his mother came in. She only worked half days on Fridays, so it wasn't a surprise when she walked through the door.

"Hey Jack," she said as she placed her coat and purse on the kitchen table. "Is Pippa home?"

Pippa had a long weekend due to it being a teacher only day which was why she wasn't at school when she would normally be.

"Yeah," Jack jabbed his thumb to the ceiling, "She's been using all her credit to brag to her friends that she's going to see Elsa Winters tomorrow."

"Oh is that why I could still hear Let It Go at two o'clock this morning?" his mother said sounding thoroughly amused.

"Yeah," Jack laughed. He too could hear Pippa singing Let It Go in the early hours of the morning. He would normally have complained about it but he just grinned into his pillow and tried to block it out.

"Might I ask how she managed to get those tickets?" his mother looked straight at him. "Did one of her friends ask her to it?"

"I might have managed to score some tickets," Jack said.

"How much did they cost?" his Mum asked.

Jack grinned. "Not too much."

His mother matched his grin. She gripped his shoulder in affectionate way before she grabbed her stuff and headed up to her room.

The next day, Jack was getting ready while he was waiting for Bunnymund to drop off the tickets. Jack was wearing one of his nicer pair of jeans (a dark blue colour) and had a black t-shirt on. He was wearing some black, leather shoes as well. He would put on his grey blazer later before he went to the concert. It was only six and the concert wouldn't start till eight. He could hear the shower going and knew that was Pippa. She had already been in there for the last ten minutes. Jack knew that she wanted to look her best for the concert. Jack headed downstairs and looked out the window in the lounge. Where were you Bunnymund? Jack thought as he looked out the window. Bunnymund had promised to be at his place by five and it was an hour later.

Jack got out his cell phone to check if he had any messages. He didn't. Jack started to pace up and down. He called Bunnymund a few times but there was no response. Pippa came down wearing a short skirt with some tights underneath it and a t-shirt that matched the skirt. She smiled at Jack.

"Everything okay Jack?" she asked.

"Yeah," Jack lied. Man did he hate to lie to his baby sister but he was sure that Bunnymund would be here soon with the tickets. "Keep getting ready. Bunnymund is just stuck in traffic but he will be here soon with our tickets."

"Great," Pippa sang as she raced back up the stairs. She started to sing what sounded like Let It Go.

Jack called Bunnymund again the second she was out of sight. This time Bunnymund answered the phone.

"Hey man," Bunnymund said.

"Where are you?" Jack snarled into the phone. "You promised you would be here an hour ago."

"I was talking to that guy before," he said. "I told him that the tickets weren't for sale but then he offered five hundred for each of them. I told him that they were promised for a friend. He then offered six hundred!"

"No!" Jack said.

"We're talking twelve hundred dollars!"

"I promised Pippa."

"Alright," Bunnymund sighed. "I'll be over soon."

Jack was happy to hear that. Pippa came down a while later, looking like she was ready for a night out. She flung herself onto the couch and got out her cell phone. Jack kept checking his watch every few minutes.

"He still not here?" Jack's and Pippa's Mum came down the stairs. "I would have thought you would be nearly gone by now."

Jack thought so too. If you had sold those tickets, I will kill you, Jack thought as he stared out the window.

His Mum turned to Pippa. "Now you do everything Jack tells you."

"Yes Mum," Pippa didn't look up from his phone.

She turned to Jack. "You take care of your sister."

"Yes Mum," Jack said.

"Good," their mother seemed satisfied by their answers.

Soon Jack saw Bunnymund's beat up car come up to the driveway.

"About time," Jack muttered.

Bunnymund got out of his car and headed up to the house. Jack opened the door for him and felt relief course through him.

"What took you so long?" Jack demanded.

Bunnymund ignored Jack's question. "Hey Pippa, are you ready to rock 'n' roll?"

"Yes," Pippa threw her hands in the air and screamed the word. Bunnymund high-fived Pippa in the excitement.

Bunnymund laughed before handing over an envelope. Jack peeked inside it and saw that the remaining two tickets inside it. Jack grinned when he saw it. He was really glad that Bunnymund had come through for him and Pippa.

"Just remember," Bunnymund said, "be flexible."

"Alright," Jack said.

"You hear what I'm saying?" Bunnymund said. "Be flexible."

"Yeah, I hear you," Jack didn't have time for any of Bunnymund's nonsense. They were running a little late and getting to the concert venue would be a nightmare. Everyone will be out in full force in order to get to the concert on time. There would probably be traffic all the way to The North Pole. This was a once in a lifetime for Burgess. It's not every day when someone as high profiled as Elsa Winters comes knocking on the old Burgess door. Jack turned to his younger sister who had jumped eagerly to her feet. She was ready to have a rocking fun time.

"Let's go," Jack grinned at her.

"You kids behave now," their mother said. "Don't come back with tattoos or piercings."

"Relax Mum," Pippa said as she kissed her on the cheek. "It's not a rock concert."

Jack grinned as he kissed his mother on her cheek as well. She didn't know that Pippa had a tattoo already. She had gotten it at one of those mall tattoo parlours that didn't care about age or ID. Pippa and some friends all had gone to get one during one weekend several months ago. The tattoo was of three snowflakes intertwining with two smaller snowflakes as decoration. It was located on her right shoulder and was often kept covered by clothing as so not to alert her mother who would ground Pippa until the end of time if she found out what Pippa was hiding.

"Goodbye Mum," Jack said giving her a hug.

"You keep a sharp eye on her," she said to Jack.

"Sure Mum," Jack grinned.

Jack then headed out the door with Pippa right behind him. Jack noticed that the time said twenty three passed seven. The concert started at eight. Thankfully, if Jack was lucky, getting to the concert wouldn't take too long. Jack clicked his seatbelt into place and grinned over at his sister. Pippa looked as Christmas had come early. Jack turned on the radio and Elsa Winters' most famous song came onto the radio.

The snow glows white on the mountain tonight,

not a footprint to be seen.

A kingdom of isolation and it looks like I'm the queen.

The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside.

Couldn't keep it in, Heaven knows I tried.

Jack looked over to his sister who was singing along with the music. Pippa threw the song over to Jack who sang the next part of the song.

Don't let them in, don't let them see.

Be the good girl you always have to be.

Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know.

Well, now they know!

"Nice," Pippa said. She then continued to sing along with the radio. She added dance moves this time.

Let it go, let it go!

Can't hold it back any more.

Jack sang the next part of the song while Pippa held her hand out, clenched in a fist which looked just like a microphone.

Let it go, let it go!

Turn away and slam the door.

I don't care what they're going to say.

Let the storm rage on.

Jack and Pippa sang the last line together.

The cold never bothered me anyway.


Elsa had woken up that morning – the morning of her concert, staring at her hotel ceiling. She was often nervous when it came to performing but that often went out the window when she lost herself in the music. Elsa stayed in bed longer than she normally would. She looked over at her alarm clock. It read that it was ten after eight in the morning. Elsa should have been out of bed ten minutes ago as Pitch liked to keep her under a strict schedule; a schedule that Elsa didn't like having.

Elsa rolled over and nearly rolled onto her soft toy; her little snowman Olaf that her parents gave her when she was little. Elsa liked to keep it on her as a sort of good luck charm. Elsa cuddled it for a moment before she got out of bed. It took her five minutes to throw something on. The moment when Elsa pulled her jumper over her head was the minute when Pitch and her Aunt Irena came through the door.

"You ready?" Pitch asked.

Elsa shrugged.

"Well you better be," Pitch said. "We have a concert at eight tonight plus a whole day of rehearsals. The car leaves at nine and you need to be in it."

Elsa nodded which made Pitch smile.

"Good," Pitch gripped her shoulder. Elsa thought it was supposed to be in an affectionate way but Elsa doubted that Pitch was capable of such emotion. His grip was tight and felt like ice on Elsa's exposed shoulder.

He then left with Elsa's Aunt. As soon as they left, Elsa flung herself onto her bed. She just needed a few moments with herself to get her thoughts together. Tonight was just going to be like any other concert. That was the hope. Elsa's moments of peace were soon interrupted when Elsa saw her door opening and her sister leaping onto her bed. Anna lay down right beside her.

"Hey," Anna said. "You okay?"

Elsa shrugged.

"Nervous I supposed," Anna suggested.

Elsa could only shrug. Her voice had suddenly failed her but Anna understood. Anna patted Elsa's arm affectingly. Anna then sat up.

"Well it looks like there is a show we got to do," Anna said.

"Yeah," Elsa sat up to. "Guess we do. Are you going to be there?"

"Of course," Anna said. "Have I ever missed one?"

"Maybe that one in Berlin two months ago," Elsa joked.

"I had glandular fever," Anna said. "I think missing one concert in three years was quite acceptable."

Elsa laughed. "Joking, joking."

Anna smiled and shoved Elsa in a joking like manner. "Well come on, we got to get this show on the road."

"Indeed we do," Elsa grinned.

She gathered up her stuff and with Anna right behind her, left her hotel room.

A/N: Nearly at the concert, next chapter should do it. Anyway, I hope that everyone enjoyed this update. Please review =)


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