Anna's eyes were locked on the monitor just beside the examining table. Elsa was just behind her, watching the monitor over her shoulder. The doctor gently moved the probe across Anna's slick belly. Once the black and white static began to take shape, the red head gasped, surprising the blonde as a hand slid into hers, squeezing tightly. The babe on the screen was tiny, a scale in the corner hinting at its size. Elsa smiled warmly, looking at the ghost-like image of her niece or nephew on the screen.
"My baby…that's my baby, Elsie…" Elsa smiled, leaning over and with her free hand brushed aside a stray tear.
"Your baby is gorgeous, Anna…" They both looked back at the screen, watching the child stretch, then relax once more. The doctor watched them quietly, snapping a few screenshots of the image.
"Would you like to know the sex?" Anna blinked and turned to Elsa, wanting her opinion. Elsa smiled softly at her sister and shrugged her shoulders.
"It's up to you…" Anna smiled and nodded, turning back to the doctor.
"I think we'll wait, but thanks." The doctor nodded, getting a few more stills before shutting off the machine, setting down the probe and wiping Anna's belly clean carefully. Once she was ready Elsa assisted the red head off the cot, glad she was in better spirits. The doctor prescribed new pre-natal medication, they made their next appointment, and were told that they'd have photos in a day or two of the ultrasound.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so excited! We saw my baby, Elsa! I do wonder if it's a boy or a girl, but it doesn't matter. I just want to make sure it's healthy and happy! Oh it was so tiny! I can't wait till we get those pictures, we definitely need to send some back to Rapunzel and her parents. Oh! Are you going to want one? We can get a framed one, too! It'll be so cute!" Elsa smiled, listening to her sister ramble adorably about the baby as they made their way to the car. As they reached the passenger side door Anna's rambling was interrupted by Elsa's phone going off. She frowned, glancing down at it and shook her head, helping her sister in before answering the call, sliding into the front seat.
"It's my day off, Mr. Bjorgman….What do you mean they're at the office? Did you tell them…Right, of course…" she released a heavy breath. "I'll…I'll be there in a few moments, go ahead and sit them down, print out files AX-94853 if you don't mind. Thank you." She hung up and gave her sister a small smile. "I've got a small work emergency…you mind going with me for a few moments? We'll head back to the apartment and relax right after." Anna smiled brightly and nodded.
"I don't mind, this is important. Besides, I get to see you in action for the first time." She grinned, Elsa smiling bashfully.
"My work isn't that exciting, really." She put the car into gear, making her way down the road towards work, her office sat in a quiet area just at the edge of the busier part of the city, close to several law firms, many of them her colleagues who happily share clients with her. Her job was to make sure the parties stay out of court, and hiring a mediator worked just as well. She pulled into her personal parking space, right behind a pick-up truck that looked out of place amongst luxury vehicles. Elsa helped her onto the side-walk and up the steps into the brownstone. She made her way towards an elevator, the sisters riding up together in comfortable silence to the third floor.
Once the doors opened Anna jumped, not expecting the loud bark as a huge brown dog hopped onto the elevator with them, causing it to shake. Her hands protectively covered her stomach in surprise rather than any actual fear of the dog, though she was kind of stiff as it sniffed her aggressively, though its tail wagged. A large blonde man wearing a messily put-together suit came into view, Elsa holding the elevator door open as the mans large hand grabbed at the harness on the beast.
"Dammit, Sven! I told you to stop that!" Sven did not seem perturbed at all by his owners gruffness, Elsa gently leading Anna out of the elevator finally so the doors could close. "Hey, they're in the meeting room already, and arguing like dogs over a bone." Sven gave a small groan, nudging his owner. "Yea, fine, whatever, Sven." Anna giggled at the way this man acted with the huge dog. He glanced at her curiously, finally noticing her. "Who's this? Did the Ice Queen get human enough to knock someone up? At least she's cute." Anna and Elsa both blushed until they matched the ginger's head.
"Sh-shut up, Bjorgman, this is my sister, my baby sister Anna. Anna, this is Kristoff Bjorgman, he's my assistant…allegedly." Kristoff rolled his eyes, flipping her off as he made his way back to his desk.
"Hey, I do my job just like anyone else, so fuck off." Anna frowned, not liking the way he was talking to her sister. She always knew Elsa wasn't exactly an extrovert, Anna had always taken on the role of leader whenever the two had been together despite the age gap. Where Elsa was shy, demure, humble, Anna would quickly move to the front of the pack, be the loudest one in a room, the one who tripped frequently but didn't stop moving. She glanced at Elsa and noticed a small smile, and let herself calm down, obviously this guy was okay. She glanced back at Kristoff who was now focused on his computer, large fingers moving expertly across the black keyboard.
"Anna, you can sit out here for a bit? That's my desk there, feel free to watch some videos or just make yourself comfortable." Anna smiled, nodding as she leaned up to kiss Elsa's cheek, surprising even herself at the sudden and easy show of affection. They'd been having such a good day but at the same time she knew things weren't completely back to 'normal' between them yet. 'Like we can even remember what that's like, anyway…'
Elsa made her way into the meeting room once Anna was settled behind her desk. "Gentlemen, a pleasure to see you today." Anna watched the doors shut and turned back to the computer as it hummed to life. She glanced at Kristoff curiously, then smiled down at Sven who'd wandered over, big eyes gazing up at her before nosing her belly. She grinned at the great beast, scratching his chin gently. Kristoff quietly worked, not looking towards Anna at all, unbothered by her presence. She couldn't stand the silence so cleared her throat, attempting to catch his attention, but he was focused.
"So, uh, how long have you worked for my sister?" Kristoff shrugged.
"Since she opened? We went to school together, I couldn't pick a major, I was tired of wasting my family's money and she needed an assistant. Here I am." He finally glanced at her after a long moment of silence. "What about you? She mentioned you a few times, how come you never visited? Kind of odd to not see your sister, I mean, she never even mentioned you were married." Anna blushed and looked at the computer, the log-in screen asked for a password.
"I'm not married, I kind of…it's a long story, but I'm…Elsa's letting me stay with her right now." Kristoff nodded, remembering the log-in screen and stood, coming over and tapping a few keys, the screen loading the desktop up.
"That's nice of her. Well, the two geezers in there are probably going to be at it a while. You hungry? I'm gonna order some Chinese." Anna nodded, smiling slightly as he grabbed a take-out menu and tossed it to her across the gap between the desks.
It was three hours, and long shared stories about Elsa and the pair of them when the doors finally opened. Anna sat up straight, wiping her mouth clean of sweet-and-sour sauce, watching first a skinny little man with a bad toupee and nose that was much too big for his body leave the room, followed by Elsa and a familiar face. Her eyes widened as she recognized the older gentleman, his now peppered hair did not match his thirteenth son, but otherwise the similarities were powerful. Strong jaw, enough sideburns to strangle a baby, charismatic until you got him angry. Hands went over her stomach protectively, eyes narrowing as he honed in on her and he frowned.
"What are you doing here? How did you find me?" Anna was about to speak but Elsa cut her off, turning to her client she stood between him and her sister and narrowed her eyes at him.
"Mr. Surennis, I advise you not to speak to my sister that way. She is here because she is visiting me." His eyes widened slightly and then he frowned.
"I should have known, you look similar but you are very different people. In any case, thank you for helping us reach a decision in this matter." He eyed Anna again and frowned, turning back to Elsa. "I request that she not be present the next time I must see you." Elsa quirked her brow.
"And why is that?" He sniffed indignantly, glancing once more at Anna before focusing on Elsa alone. The short man had known when he wasn't wanted. 'For once…' Kristoff thought, standing at his desk as he watched everything unfold.
"I will be honest, and hope that our professional relationship will remain intact. But your sister attempted to…entrap my youngest son. She claims the child is his, not enough he proposed, she saw it as an invitation to not only ruin her own life but his as well." Elsa said nothing, Anna could not see her face from behind her, but she could tell her older sister was tense, she could see the hands at her sides in tight fists. She gave a curt nod to the older gentleman.
"Very well, I will see you again." he nodded, satisfied she understood his position and entered the elevator once it returned, and descended to the ground floor so he could make his way home. The room was quiet except for the whir of the computer fans, and Sven's panting. Anna was beginning to feel panic, that Elsa would believe him, that Anna had somehow and for some reason planned to get pregnant to 'trap' Hans in some odd scheme.
"Elsa…?" Elsa shook her head, rubbing her face, before finally turning to Anna, the red head flinching as the kind and humble sister was now hard, and carrying an authority that was hard to dispute, and this was all from a single look. "Y-you don't bel-"
"No, I don't." She shook her head and moved towards her desk, leaning over Anna and tapping furiously at the keyboard. Elsa's arm was against her own, she could see the muscle's flexing and twitching beneath the skin, feel how tight Elsa was wound from the exchange. A warmth filled her, replacing the cold tightness that seeing Hans Surennis Sr. had caused within her. She found herself leaning slightly against Elsa's shoulder, trying not to look at the computer, she was curious as to what Elsa was doing, but didn't want to pry into her client's files. When the blonde felt Anna leaning against her she calmed slightly, slowing her typing as she reached down and squeezed Anna's hand gently, giving her a small smile. "It's going to be alright…He's an important client, but I can spare him." Anna's eyes widened, hands grasping Elsa's quickly.
"NO! You can't do that for me! J-just…I just won't come by when he's here, okay? It'll be fine, really, I don't want to risk your business, too!" Elsa looked down at Anna, sighing softly as she stopped her typing.
"Let's talk about it at home, okay…? I want to know more about this, though, okay?" Anna nodded, squeezing Elsa's hands gently.
"I promise…" Elsa noticed the empty Chinese food containers filling her trashcans and smiled.
"I guess you ate already?" Anna grinned sheepishly, and shrugged.
"I wouldn't mind eating again?" Kristoff rolled his eyes from his other desk where he was filing away all of the notes of today's meeting.
"She's a bottomless pit. I'd watch your grocery bill if I were you." Elsa rolled her eyes at her assistant.
"Go home, Bjorgman." Kristoff scoffed, hooking a thick leash to Sven's harness.
"You don't have to tell me twice, maybe now we can actually have the time off. See you next week." He gave a wave, Sven struggling to give Anna one last lick on the hand before bounding after Kristoff and into the elevator. Anna smiled at them, turning to Elsa once more.
"Hey, I'm so-"
Elsa rolled her eyes and smiled at Anna. "Stop, Anna, it's okay…really. Come on, let's go home, I'll cook us dinner and we can relax okay?" Anna smiled warmly and nodded slowly, hooking her arm through Elsa's. The computer was shut off, doors locked, floor locked once they reached the bottom.
The pair entered the car, Elsa driving them home, despite the tense moment a few minutes ago, it seemed they could make it through.