Author's Note: Yay, I'm finally caught up! Today's back to a modern fic for Anna's birthday.
Anna awoke to the smell of omelets and hot chocolate. She was in Elsa's bed, which was not uncommon, she'd been sleeping over a lot the last year, but she couldn't recall a single time that Elsa had cooked for her. She slowly started to sit up, blinking bleary eyes until she could see the room clearly. It was past noon, the sun was high in the sky, the two had slept quite later after their activities the previous night. Anna grabbed a shirt from the floor and threw it on before creeping out to the kitchen to see what was going on.
"Good morning, birthday girl," Elsa cheered, upon spotting the sneaky mound of red hair. "Sorry, did I wake you? I just wanted to make sure you had a good breakfast."
"You really made me breakfast?" Anna asked, still failing to believe it.
"What kind of girlfriend would I be if I didn't make you breakfast in bed for your birthday? Now get back to bed so you can eat it," she added with a grin.
"I can eat at the table," Anna insisted, taking a seat. "I'll just get crumbs in your bed, let's eat here. Thank you though."
"All right, if you insist," Elsa agreed, placing an omelet and cup of cocoa in front of each of them. "I hope you like it, I haven't made omelets in a while."
"I'm sure I'll love it," Anna squealed, cutting into the omelet and leaving specks of meat and vegetables on the plate while she brings the fork to her mouth. "Mmmmm. It's really good. Honestly it might be one of the best omelets I've ever had."
"I'm glad you like it. It was our mother's recipe, she taught me to cook it when I was a little girl. I haven't since she..." Elsa faltered; even after all these years it was still painful to say. She instead decided to take a bite herself. "Oh wow, this really did turn out perfectly, it's just like she used to make."
"I don't even remember her cooking. It must have been good though if it's anything like this," Anna added in an attempt to cheer up her sister. "Seriously Elsa, this is amazing. Thank you." She took a contented sip of her cocoa before dropping it and fanning her tongue. "Too hot!"
Elsa laughed, "Sorry, you should still wait a little bit on that."
"So is this the big birthday surprise you told me you had in store for me?" Anna asked, her mouth still burning.
"No, you'll find out later," Elsa teased.
"But I want to know now!" Anna whined.
"Nope, sorry. You have to wait. You can however have one of your presents now, but only one."
"A present?" Anna asked excitedly. "Gimme!"
"All right," Elsa laughed; her sister was adorable when she got like this. "I'll go grab it, finish your breakfast."
Anna devoured her omelet hungrily while waiting for her girlfriend to return, wondering what the present could possibly be. She said one, so what else could she have gotten me?
A few minutes later, Elsa returned with something behind her back. Upon reaching the table, she dramatically revealed an exquisitely wrapped rectangular object to the redhead, a coy smile on her face as she watched her open the present. "What is it?" Anna asked.
"Find out," Elsa replied, as Anna finished removing the wrapping paper, revealing a white box. Anna gazed at it eagerly, prying open the box. Inside was a gorgeous blue dress, trimmed with silver. "Put it on."
Anna ripped off the shirt right in front of her sister and put the dress on excitedly. It fit her perfectly. Seriously did she measure me in my sleep? When she turned back to Elsa, the blonde's jaw had dropped and she was practically drooling. "What?" Anna asked, blushing.
"You look amazing," Elsa confirmed. The dress was fairly conservative, almost reaching the floor and having sleeves that covered Anna's entire arms, but the neckline plunged down enough to offer a pleasant display of her girlfriend's freckled cleavage. "Wow."
Anna grinned and curtsied playfully. "I'm glad you appreciate it so much. I assume I'm supposed to be wearing this tonight?"
Elsa only nodded, still staring.
"All right, then let me go shower and get ready," Anna chirped, taking a large sip of her hot chocolate before gingerly taking the dress back off and handing it to Elsa.
About an hour later, Anna was ready. She checked the bedroom for Elsa, but found her in the kitchen again, also dolled up. She was wearing a seafoam green dress that stopped just above her knees, offering a view of her fit pale legs. Her dress didn't have a plunging neckline, but the collar was made of a thinner material and Anna could still see a little bit through it. "You clean up nice," Anna remarked, admiring the blonde.
"You're one to talk. So are you ready?" Elsa asked, grinning mischievously.
"Ready for what? You haven't told me anything," Anna fumed, frustrated by the secret.
"For our first date," Elsa grinned.
"What?" Anna asked, staring perplexedly at the older girl.
"I was invited to this summer solstice ball. It's a pagan thing, there's not a single person that knows we're related there. We can actually just go out without having to worry. It'll be amazing."
Anna's expression slowly morphed into an ecstatic grin. "You mean it? We can actually like kiss and hold hands in public? You're not gonna be staring over your shoulder? We won't have to stop the second someone walks into the room? We can just be ourselves? That's amazing! Isn't the summer solstice not until tomorrow?" She squealed, kissing the beautiful creature in the green dress. "I'm so excited."
"I thought you might be," Elsa smirked before kissing Anna again. "Ready to go? You have another present in the car, and the party is almost an hour away and it starts in an hour, so we have to get going."
"You don't have to tell me twice," Anna screeched excitedly. "Let's go!" She took her sister's hand and began dragging her to the door.
"Let me put my shoes on first," Elsa insisted and did so before grabbing her purse and following the bouncing redhead out the door.
When they found themselves in Elsa's car, the blonde handed Anna a small box before starting up the car. "Open it," she added, as Anna stared at the box in wonder while she pulled out of the apartment's parking lot.
Anna did so, squeaking in delight when she saw the dangling sapphire earrings that waited inside. "They're gorgeous. How much did all this cost you?" she asked worriedly.
"It's your birthday, we can worry about money later. Put them on, they'll look amazing with that dress. And your eyes," she added, smiling over at her sister at a stoplight.
Before Anna knew it, they were there. There was a large number of people in fancy clothes standing about outside smoking, talking on their phones, and greeting each other. It was the nicest party Anna had ever been to. There was a large mansion in front of them, which she assumed was where the ball was going to be. "Are you sure we can be here? Everyone here looks so nice."
"So do we," Elsa pointed out. "Come on."
They exited the car and walked up to the manor, past the expensively dressed party-goers. When they arrived at the gate, Elsa showed their tickets, and they continued on unimpeded. This is really happening. Anna clung tight to her partner's arm, thrilled and terrified in equal measure.
Soon she found herself dancing in the older girl's arms. No one was staring at them for being together, Elsa didn't back away nervously when she tried to kiss her, and everything felt so natural. Neither of them really knew anyone here, other than the acquaintance that had invited Elsa, but it didn't matter, they had each other, and for the first time they were able to be together without fear. Best birthday ever. Anna sighed contentedly, relaxing in her sister's arm as they danced.
