Chapter 6
Two months had passed since the amazing news, making it April. One morning, Anna was rummaging through her wardrobe, trying to find a suitable dress for the beautiful spring day it was. She found one of her favourites, a green silk dress with yellow and orange flower rosemaling. Anna had been told rosemaling really suited her.
The dress slipped over her head easily enough, but when it came to doing up the buttons at the back, she nearly popped them all off. That's strange, she thought. This dress fitted me perfectly last time I wore it. The young woman sighed. Her pregnancy bump was starting to show now. She went back to finding a loose, comfortable dress which actually fitted her. Sadly, she pushed all her old, figure-hugging dresses to the back of the wardrobe, and brought the baggier ones to the front. Mental note; buy bigger dresses, or get Elsa to make some.
The princess wandered downstairs to the breakfast table. Luckily, her morning sickness had stopped a month before, but now and again she got strange cravings for foods she'd never even tried before. A couple of days ago she had woken up thinking she could smell potato waffles, though she'd never had one before in her life. The 'smell' had given her an enormous craving and she would not rest until the cook had made her some waffles. Elsa had laughed out loud at this situation, finding it hilariously funny for no particular reason.
The months progressed, and Anna's baby bump got bigger and bigger. Elsa thought they should probably start painting the nursery. Kristoff and Anna could not decide whether they should paint the nursery pink, blue or yellow. This caused multiple arguments, so in the end Elsa decided to make them paint it white. "You can add decorations when you find out the gender."
That night, Anna spoke to Kristoff. "Do you think Elsa is trying to take over too much?"
"Not really. Why?"
"Just earlier, I thought she was a little bit interfering. Maybe she was just being clever."
Kristoff nodded. "Maybe."
"Oh, sometimes I wish I had her wisdom. I'm always doing stupid things."
"Do you know what?"
"What?" Anna looked surprised.
"I love you just the way you are."
"Aww, thanks!" The married couple lay in bed together, arms around each other (which proved a little difficult given Anna's state).
Elsa's words echoed in her own mind as well. Maybe I was too bossy. Perhaps they would've worked it out themselves. The queen sighed. The family tension was piling on top of the important documents she had to sort out, making sleep even more impossible. Life is going to get even harder.