Chapter 7
Elsa walked determinedly along the golf course. She knew that her father liked to play a game every Tuesday and Friday, and that his normal tee-off time was at one o'clock on the dot. It was nearly an two o'clock so Elsa assumed that Dr. Winters wouldn't quite be to the halfway point yet, especially if he had a friend or two with him. She spotted him, and a man with salt-and-pepper hair whom Elsa had not yet met, at the 7th hole with a golf club sitting on his shoulder. She quickened her pace, hoping to catch her father before he and his friend moved on to the next hole. She checked to make sure that both men had finished their turn before she yelled her father's name. He turned around and she waved her arm as she jogged towards him.
"Elsa, what a surprise! Kevin, go on ahead!" her father yelled to the man who nodded and continued the walk to his ball. "What brings you out here?"
"Daddy, I need help." As soon as the words left her mouth, all traces of humor were gone from his face.
"What's wrong? Are you hurt? Is Anna hurt?" he asked.
"No! No, Daddy, no one is... hurt per say. I just know someone who is in trouble, and you told me to help people who are in trouble." she replied.
"What do you need my help with?"
"I need $500." Elsa's father stared at her. She bit her lip and fiddled with her fingers while she waited for her father to move. "Daddy?" He blinked.
"That's a lot of money. What do you need it for?"
"You've given Anna more for shoes! I'm actually helping someone!"
"I'm not saying I won't Elsa. I just want to know what it's for."
"I can't tell you. I wish I could, but I can't Daddy. I'm sorry."
"You always said that you could tell me anything."
"I can't tell you this."
"Is it illegal?"
"No, Daddy! Don't you trust me?"
"Of course I do. That was a stupid thing to ask, I know." He sighed and ran a hand down his face. "Alright, I'll have it for you by dinner. Are you sure everything is alright?"
"Yes, Daddy, I'm perfectly fine. And thank you. You have no idea how much of a difference this will make." Elsa sprung forward and wrapped her arms around her father's waist. He hugged her back, tightly, and kissed the top of her head. She let go and motioned towards his friend who was already on the putting green. "You should probably go back to your game. Thank you Daddy."
"I love you Elsa." he said.
"Love you too." She smiled at him one last time before turning and running off of the golf course.
Elsa sat at the vanity in the room she shared with Anna. She finished braiding her hair up into a bun and reached for the mascara lying on the table. Anna burst in, singing at the top of her lungs, and flung herself onto Elsa's bed.
"What's with you?" Elsa glanced over at her sister before turning back to the mirror.
"Hans is the most wonderful person I have ever met!" Anna sighed. Elsa stiffened with the mascara wand centimeters from her eye. She tried to think of a way to tell Anna that Hans was a lying, disgusting excuse for a human being without letting her know that he had gotten Tooth pregnant. She doubted that Anna would take well to that, and Elsa didn't want to be the reason that Tooth got fired.
"How so?" Elsa asked.
"He had this huge, beautiful bouquet of red roses delivered to me with the most romantic note attached to it that said how sorry he was about last night and how he couldn't sleep because I was on his mind. Isn't that just the sweetest thing you've ever heard?" Anna squealed. Elsa doubted that Anna was the reason Hans couldn't sleep last night.
"Yeah..." Elsa trailed off and continued getting ready for dinner. Anna looked over at Elsa who was studiously coating her eyelashes in black mascara.
"What are you getting so primped up for?" Anna looked at her sister suspiciously.
"What are you talking about? I'm just putting on make-up." Elsa shrugged.
"Uh-huh," Anna smirked. "Are you sneaking out to see Romeo?"
"God, Anna, I'm just getting ready for dinner! Which you should be doing too, by the way."
"Sure." Anna sang, raising her eyebrows suggestively. Elsa screwed the cap back on to the mascara tube, her eyes officially finished, and threw it at her sister. It hit Anna in the forehead and she made a noise somewhere between a "hey!" and a laugh.
"I'm serious. On both parts. Jack and I are just friends, if even that. Let it go Anna, it was a one time thing." Elsa told her sister.
"Fine. But if anything happens between the two of you, I want to know immediately!" Anna demanded.
"Same with you." Elsa replied. "Oh, and Anna?"
"Yeah?"
"You're not going to... sleep with Hans, are you?"
"Not yet."
"Not ever. He's done some bad stuff."
"And your guy hasn't? Come on Elsa, Jack is ten times worse than Hans." Anna defended. Elsa simply kept quiet, thinking about how Jack hadn't gotten any girls pregnant.
Elsa could barely choke down her dinner that night. She was bouncing in her seat, jiggling her foot, and messing with her dessert spoon throughout the entire meal. She kept shooting nervous glances at her father, Anna kept looking at her quizzically, Camellia Winters kept up a stream of oblivious chatter, and John Winters was focused entirely on his meal.
Please Daddy, she thought to herself. Please tell me you didn't change your mind. Please have brought the money.
Finally, after a dessert of double chocolate cake which Elsa unfortunately couldn't stomach, her father asked her if she wanted to play a card game on the balcony overlooking the resort. Elsa shot up out of her seat so fast that it would've fallen over if Hans hadn't been there to catch it.
"Good evening Mr. and Mrs. Winters. I hope you don't mind if I take Anna out for a walk on the golf course." Hans greeted. Anna sighed. Elsa rolled her eyes and shot Hans a glare.
"If that's what Anna wishes." Dr. Winters replied. Hans wasn't able to catch Anna's chair and it toppled to the ground with a loud clatter.
"Oops." Anna cringed. Elsa scrambled to think of a reason why Anna shouldn't go on a walk with Hans, but all she could come up with was wanting to hang out with Anna and Elsa needed to talk with her father. She decided that the top priority at the moment was Tooth and that Anna could, hopefully, take care of herself.
"How about that card game, Elsa?" her father asked. Elsa tore her gaze from Hans and Anna's retreating figures and instead smiled at Dr. Winters.
"Of course Daddy." They weaved their way through the crowd and out onto the surprisingly empty balcony. Her father led her to a table at the very edge: right next to the railing. He pulled out a chair for her and moved to the opposite side of the table. Elsa slid into the chair and folded her hands on the tabletop. Dr. Winters produced a pack of cards from a jacket pocket, and he began to shuffle them.
"What shall we play?" he asked.
"Slapjack." Elsa said without a moment's hesitation.
"Alright then. Let's play." Her father placed the stack on the table and began flipping cards, each person scanning the face carefully for a jack. Elsa's hand slammed down on the first one, and Dr. Winters groaned in good humor. Elsa smiled and began collecting the cards that had been placed down before the jack.
"Elsa?" her father's voice shocked her out of her victorious state of mind.
"Yes, Daddy?" Elsa watched as her father reached into yet another jacket pocket and pulled out a white envelope.
"Do you promise me that this is not for illegal purposes?" He put the envelope on the table, keeping one finger on it in front of him.
"I swear it Daddy." He pushed the envelope over to his daughter and she clutched it in her hands. She looked down at the money, willing herself not to cry with joy. "Thank you! Do you mind...?"
"Go ahead. I'll see you back at our room. Ten o'clock sharp!"
"Of course Daddy." Elsa pushed back from the table and set off in search of Tooth, Hiccup, or... Jack.
Hey everyone! Sorry it's been so long, but I've been having a hard time lately. Everything I used to take joy in, I just ... don't anymore. So, my writing might be affected. Hopefully it won't be bad, but it might take a while for me to upload stuff. So, sorry, but please be patient with me. Now, onto happier topics!
I know this is a little shorter, but I wanted to leave it that way so that's the way it shall be left! :D Please review, follow, favorite... Whatever!
On a side note, I just finished watching Soul Eater(another reason it took me so long to update) and I'm kind of in the mood to write some fanfiction about that. If anybody is a fan, let me know your thoughts! (I'm skeptical because I already have a couple of stories I'm writing on here soo...) and if anybody isn't a fan, I highly recommend the show because it is A-MA-ZING! Ugh, I love it so much!:D
Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter. Hopefully one will be up soon! Goodbye loves and don't forget to review!:)
~Isabelle
