Chapter 6

Fireworks

As Anna leaned back, Elsa's eyes were once again as wide as could be. Her body frozen.

Anna just kissed her. She couldn't believe it. Anna was still sitting next to her, and she had grabbed the blondes hand back into hers. Elsa's normally cold body felt like it was on fire.

"Elsa..." Anna seemed just as nervous. "Elsa please say something.

A moment passed by. A second, or an hour, Anna couldn't tell. But then Elsa broke the silence.

"Anna...it's been...well it's been a long time since anyone has... been so nice to me" Elsa seemed on the verge of tears again.

"Elsa, your lips..." Anna said, her body still warm from adrenaline. Did Elsa like the kiss.

"I know.." Elsa said, looking down to her lap. "They're cold..."

"No..." Anna said, using her finger to lift Elsa's chin, so they were once again looking into each others eyes. Anna leaned forward again, and stole another kiss. If it was sparks that had flown before, it was now a nuclear blast. If the first kiss hadn't confirmed, then the second one had. Elsa was falling for Anna.

Anna broke the kiss and leaned back, her lips curled into a tiny smile.

"...not cold. Warm. Soft." Anna was mesmerized. She didn't know this woman a few hours ago. Now she had kissed her. Twice. What was happening to her? And did she care?

They just stared into each others eyes. They both were lost for words. They sat in silence for who knows how long, just wondering.

Surprising them both, it was the waiter who broke the silence, with a light cough.

"Ahem... your drinks." He said, looking at both the girls.

"Oh, umm..." and released Elsa's hand, and got up to go back to her side of the booth.

Elsa seemed almost sad, she had enjoyed the warmth of the redhead against her, even if it was only their legs touching. And their hands. And their lips. Oh, Anna's lips...

"A margarita for you..." he said as he placed the chalice in front of Elsa.

"And a water for you." He placed the glass in front of Anna.

"Now, would the ladies be ready to order?" The waiter asked as he pulled a notepad out of his apron.

Food. They had almost forgot what they were doing at the restaurant. Was this a date? It really felt like one, to them both.

"Umm, I'll have the...what did you say was good here Elsa?" Anna looked up from her menu to see Elsa just staring at her. Elsa's eyes shown as blue as polar ice in the light. Anna couldn't help but blush.

"Oh, uh..." Elsa was still stunned by Anna's kiss.

"Uh, the fish. Fish tacos."

"Well then my good sir," Anna said to the waiter, handing him her menu, "I will have the fish tacos, side of fries please."

"Very good ma'am." He said as he took the menu from Anna, and placed it under his arm.

"And for you miss?"

Elsa seemed to struggle with her words.

"Um, I'll have..I'll have the same." She stuttered as she handed the menu to the waiter.

"Very good, I'll have your food out in a few minutes." As he walked away.

Anna looked back at Elsa, who was once again staring at her lap.

"Elsa?" Anna said, breaking the blonde out of her trance.

"Oh, um, yes Anna?"

"What's wrong?" The redhead asked.

Elsa blushed again, and fiddled with her braid that rested on her shoulder.

"You...you kissed me."

Anna giggled. "Of course I did silly. Twice"

Elsa's cheeks grew redder.

"You didn't have to do that...if you thought I wanted to...I mean, if you wanted too..."

"Elsa, I wanted to." The words seemed to surprise her.

"You did?" The blonde said, surprised.

"Of course. I wouldn't have done it otherwise." Anna winked at her, smiling white she took a sip of her water.

Elsa not knowing how to respond, picked up her margarita and took a sip. The sour lime and tequila mix mix hit her tongue made her body shiver.

A minute or so of silence passed between them, the only sound was the waves crashing on the beach a couple hundred feet from the restaurant.

It was Elsa who broke the silence.

"Anna, was I...well, was I the first girl you..." the word still couldn't leave her lips. Kissed.

Anna giggled. "Yes."

Elsa was still stunned by the whole situation. Anna had never kissed a girl? Why Elsa, why her for the first time?"

"Why...why me?" Elsa asked, almost afraid of the answer.

"Well..." Anna was now fiddling with her braids. "You're, you're just so sweet. Sweeter than anybody. You're cute, and you're nice to me. And ever since that day that you woke me up with you're motorcycle..."

Elsa now remembered the day Anna had told her about. She felt guilt wash through her.

"Anna I'm sorry that I..." but before she could finish, Anna interrupted.

"If you haden't woken me up, I wouldn't have seen you that morning. When I first saw you, that's when I...well I felt..."

Elsa was afraid of what the redhead was going to say next, but she also wanted to hear.

"...I felt something. Something I've never felt before."

Elsa was stunned

"I wanted to get to know you more. I was afraid you would be, you know, this scary biker chick who would just think I'm some kind of ditz."

Their eyes met once again, but this time it was Anna's eyes who held some small amount of fear. Curiosity, but fear.

"Anna, I would never call you a ditz. The first day I saw you...well I only saw this beautiful red haired girl. One who I craved to know. But I never would've guessed...that you wanted to know me too."

They were both fiddling with their braids. Anna's cheeks were flushed, her freckles now almost invisible with the redness underneath.

"Hey Elsa, lets play a game" Anna said gleeful that the blonde shared her feelings.

"A game?" Elsa said curiosly.

"I'll asked you a question, then when you answer, you ask me a question. It's an icebreaker, so we can learn more about each other."

Elsa smiled a small smile, trying to hide the fact that she was overjoyed the cute redhead wanted to know her better.

"Okay Anna, but you have to go first. I've never done this before."

"Okay!" Anna said excitedly. "Ummmmm" she had her finger on her chin, staring at the ceiling in thought. "Where are you from?"

Elsa looked slightly down, again looking slightly ashamed.

"Well, my family had lived in the same house for a long time. Many generations. I spent most of my life in...in Beverly Hills."

Anna was stunned by the answer. "Beverly hills?!" She couldn't help but blurt quite loud. "You're from Beverly Hills?"

Elsa looked up to look at Anna. "Yea, I know it's a ritzy area. It's probably why I didn't have many friends growing up. The popular preppy kids, they didn't understand me. Didn't understand my...preferences."

Anna was still stunned. Her mounts hung slightly ajar.

"My parents own a real estate business, and have done very well. We lived in a very large house. It was really nice, and they were very loving and, well, understanding of me and my...well, the kinds of people I liked."

"But as soon as I turned 18, I left. I couldn't go to school there anymore. No one other than my family seemed to understand me. So I left, only some clothes in a bag, and I hopped onto my motorcycle and rode off."

"But, but, where did you go?" Anna asked. She was leaning forward, eyes full of curiosity.

"Well I finally ended up finding a job at a Harley Davidson dealership. Though my father always had a mechanic in his garage I insisted on doing maintenance on my motorcycle myself. I got pretty good at it. So when I showed the manager at the dealership my bike, and the work I had done, he gave me a job that day." Elsa said, proud of herself.

She was a mechanic, she worked with her hands. 'Father would surely like that' Anna thought. "Wait" she thought, "am i thinking of introducing her to my parents?"

"Anyway" Elsa's soft voice broke Anna's train of thought, bringing her back to reality. "That's was 2 questions Anna." Anna giggled.

"Does that mean I can ask you 2?" Elsa asked.

"Oh, um, sorry Elsa, I didn't mean too." Anna had never blushed so much in one day. "Yes you can ask me 2."

Elsa smiled. "I'll just ask one. Where are you from?"

"Oh, I'm from here actually. Seal beach." Anna haden't noticed until after the sunset, but they were by one of her favorite places, seal beach pier. Her family came there almost every weekend when she was younger. There was a bronze seal state at the end of the pier, and Anna always loved to rub its nose. Her father told her it was good luck to rub the nose of the seal.

"My dad is originally from Norway, he moved here to be a mechanic. He worked for cal fire for a while, thats where he met my mom. He was offered a job at a bigger station in Long Beach, so they moved here. Living in Norway there's not many 'warm beaches' so he liked the idea of having a beach house. After a few years, I was born, and I lived with them my whole life. I spent a lot of time at the beach growing up, it's probably why I have so many..." she motioned to her arms, which were covered in freckles. Her face, shoulders, chest, her whole body was covered in freckles. Unlike most people who tan, Anna, being a natural redhead, would instead freckle. A feature she always found to be not so cute.

"Well I love your freckles," it was now Elsa who reached for Anna's hand and grabbed it. "I think they look lovely."

Anna was beaming, as was Elsa.

"Okay" Anna said with a little laugh, "now you get to ask me another question, since I asked you 2."

"Okay, ummm...why did you move in with your uncle." Elsa asked

"Oh, well, although my parents were happy to let me live with them, I thought it was time I go out on my own. And it's closer to Disneyland, where I'm about to start working in a few days."

Elsa's eyes lit up at the mention of the park.

"You're going to work at Disneyland?"

Anna giggled "Yes, in a few days. I'm going to be a tour guide. I went there all the time as a kid, and picked up enough knowledge to be a guide there. Figured I'd put my knowledge to some good use."

Anna used her grip to pull the blonde closer, and whispered, only inches from her face.

"And that counts as another question." She teased, her face close enough to feel Elsa's warm breath on her cheek.