"I may not have a strong desire for the boy, but, if it would make my daughter happy," Adgar took a sip of milk from the cup. "I'll talk to him."
"Far," Elsa sat the bowl of cereal down on the nightstand, carefully embracing her father. "You have no idea how thankful I am for this."
Adgar smiled, running his IV-free hand through his daughters long, platinum blonde locks. "On one condition."
"Papa.."
"I talk to him one on one before you go back to Maine. Just him and I."
"Adgar-"
"And then, your mother and I will talk to him. I can't guarantee the results, but if it would make you happy, I'll do it."
"Thank you, far." Elsa nodded. "Thank you so much."
Another hour at the hospital passed as Idunn awaited the discharge of Adgar. After seeing Elsa, his spirits were brightened just enough to lower his anxiety, resulting in a slightly early discharge. Elsa had taken the liberty of bringing everyone else, Jack, Kristoff and Anna, back to the Froberg residence, where they would be granted a well deserved nap. While Kristoff drifted off in the living room, Elsa led Jack up to her room, Jack falling right asleep as his head hit the fluffy purple covered pillows. Elsa quietly laughed as she shook her head, closing the door behind her, only to be greeted by Anna.
"Poor guy," Anna whispered. "Quite the night, huh?"
"It's not every day that you get a phone call at nearly ten at night that your father has been admitted into the hospital for arrhythmia," Elsa said, following her sister into her bedroom.
"Yeah, it's not how I would imagine a first date in what, two years?" Anna asked, plopping onto her bed.
"It's really not," Elsa sighed, taking a seat next to Anna. "Anna?"
"Yeah."
"I found... no, never mind," Elsa blushed.
"WHAT? What did you find!" Anna exclaimed, her smile widening into a grin as she anticipated her sisters reply.
"You can keep a secret, right?"
"Well duh, it's not like I'm going to go blab it to everyone on the planet. Now spill!"
Elsa softly gulped, leaning closer to her sister. "I-I found a box in the back seat of his car," Elsa began.
"A box huh? Big? Small? HUGE?"
"It was..quite small. I don't think he intended on me seeing it so early though," Elsa blushed, gently biting her lip.
"A small box, not intended for you to...see...yet," And then it hit Anna like a meteorite crashing to earth. "A SMALL BOX. Did there happen to be, I don't know, something small and shiny in there?"
"Yeah! I'm pretty sure it was a ring-"
"HE'S GOING TO ASK YOU TO MARRY YOU?! FINALLY! OH MY GOSH! ELSA!" Anna exclaimed, wrapping her arms around Elsa and tackling her onto the duvet cover.
"Anna!" Elsa shushed her sister, placing her hand over her sisters mouth. "Shh! You don't know that! It could as well be a promise ring.."
"Elsa, I know Jack. That's no promise ring. That's a one-hundred time upgrade from a promise ring. That's an engagement ring!"
Elsa's face turned three shades of red brighter, beginning to stand up with Anna still attached to her. "I...We...Engaged? N-no! I mean, yes, but...so soon?"
"Elsa," Anna smiled, releasing Elsa from her grasp. "You know just as well as I do that Jack isn't the kind of person that would do that. He loves you, and I know he does. Ever since you spilled juice onto his jacket, I knew you two would eventually fall for each other."
"Anna, I know th-"
Anna smacked Elsa with her pillow. "I'm right? I am."
"You know something, Anna?" Elsa said. "I have this feeling you know more than you're telling me."
Anna "zipped" her lips, replying with a devious smile. "My lips are sealed."
"Wake up sleepy head," A soft voice said as Jack happily slept in Elsa's outrageously comfortable memory foam bed.
"Mm, I don't want any bread," He sleepily replied, turning over to the the right.
"No dummy," Elsa softly chuckled, shaking his shoulder. "Wake up, kjekk gutt!"
Jack rolled back over, staring Elsa right in the face, sticking his tongue out at her. He let out a yawn, stretching his arms, nearly smacking her on the left cheek. "Hey!" Elsa said, smacking his hand. "Watch where you're stretching those long noodles of yours," She said, jumping off of the bed and tossing a helmet onto the mattress.
"Mmm," He stretched again. "What the..." It took him a few seconds to register that in his lap, laid a deep black helmet. "Helmet..."
"I won't be having a piece of road for a boyfriend, so you better wear this." Elsa replied, sitting at her vanity and wrapping her braid into a bun.
"Okay, seriously. You know, that was only one time that I hit my head against the windshield of your Beetle," Jack said, rolling out of Elsa's bed. "AND I even replaced it, thank you very much."
"This isn't because of that, elske," Elsa smiled, applying a light layer of pale pink gloss on her lips. "We're going to explore New York in style, like we did before you moved to Maine."
"You mean on "Poofer?" Jack asked, his eyes bright with glee.
"Better than Poofer," Elsa replied, turning to the brunet. "We're taking his little brother Tank." Elsa winked. "But first," She said. "You need a shower."
"I don't smell that bad," Jack said, smelling his arm. "Really, I don't."
"Shower or else no trip. You don't want to be stuck here all day long, do you?"
"Urrg, fine." Jack rolled his eyes, Elsa sticking her tongue out at the brunet as he slumped into the walk-in-bathroom.
"If you want to smell nice, I have some apple shampoo!"
"Yeah, yeah," Jack called from the bathroom door as Elsa giggled in her vanity mirror.
"And this is why I love you," She whispered, staring longingly at the picture of her and Jack sharing an ice cream cone at Coney Island after high school graduation.
"So...this is tank," Jack said, astonished by the size of the ice blue motorbike.
"Tank is Poofer's little brother, and Poofer is now Anna's since she's old enough to ride it by herself," Elsa said, pressing the garage opener.
"So,Tank is just as safe as Poofer, right?" Jack asked, placing the helmet on his head.
Elsa winked, boosting herself onto the motorbike and placing the key into the ignition, turning it and revving the gas. She placed her helmet on, holding her hand out to Jack. "Do you trust me?"
"I take that as a yes," Jack smiled, sitting on the back of the bike. "You sure you don't want me to drive?"
"I got this, Frost," Elsa said, kicking up the kickstand. "Apparently you've never ridden on a motorbike with a Froberg and made it home in one piece."
"Well, you kn-"
"HOLD ON!" Elsa exclaimed, kicking her feet off the ground, the motorbike zooming out of the driveway, giving Jack a slight spook. "Did I scare you?" She asked, watching the road for traffic.
"Nah," Jack lied, holding onto dear life around Elsa's waist. "You just gave me a-"
"Here we go!" Elsa turned the handles to the right, a laugh leaving her mouth as Jack continued to hold on for dear life.
"Mother, have you seen Elsa?" Anna asked as she pulled a pitcher of juice from the refrigerator.
"You just missed her. Your sister and Jack just left for Coney Island and they won't be back for a few hours." Idunn said, sorting out Adgar's medicine on the table.
"Need any help?" Anna asked, pouring herself glass of apple juice into the clear glass.
"Actually," Idunn turned in her seat, taking her glasses off. "If you could take your father his medicine and a glass of water, you'd be doing me great deal of help."
"So, mor?" Anna asked, getting a glass of water for her father.
"Yes, elske?"
"What exactly is papa going to talk to Jack about?"
"To be honest Anna, he won't tell me. I will try to pry it out of him later and let you know what's going to happen."
"Elsa found the you-know-what in the backseat of Jack's car," Anna whispered.
"The you-know-what," Idunn thought to herself. "OH! THAT! That young man isn't very good at hiding things, is he?"
"I have this feeling he was about to ask her last night, hence the box in the backseat," Anna said, taking a sip of juice. Uncle Kai owes me ten bucks now," She smiled.
"And why's that?"
"We made a bet that Jack would propose to her within six years of dating," Anna said. "And I've just become ten bucks richer."
Coney Island adventure in the next chapter!