"I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then."

-Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)


Everyone knew his name: he was Jack Frost, the most well-known person at Burgess High. His basketball skills made him the envy of every male in the school, and his charming good looks and stunning blue eyes made all the girls swoon at the sight of him. He was well-liked by everyone and his soaring popularity made him the most likely candidate to win the title of "Prom King" at the end of the school year. They all watched his every move and he was always at the center of attention. And yet in the sea of people that surrounded him, Jack still felt lonely.

No one knew her name: she was Elsa Arendelle, the quiet girl who kept to herself. She sat in the corner of the library with her nose always in the same book, hoping to go unnoticed by others. She was easily the most intelligent person of her class, a trait that only received praises from her teachers. No one else paid attention to her much less acknowledges her existence. And despite all of this, she was perfectly content being alone.

He was always encircled with a crowd of people that wanted to talk to him, and she was always trying her best to limit any contact with the outside world. They had almost every single class with each other and yet neither one of them ever crossed paths. One day, Jack was asked to stay in after class. Mr. Aster told Jack that he was in danger of failing calculus.

"But I can't fail this class; I'll lose my basketball scholarship! Is there anything that I can do to pull my grades up?"

"If you can get a passing grade on the next exam, I won't fail you. Don't worry about it Jackson, I have asked my brightest student to tutor you. You know Elsa, right?"

The name sounded vaguely familiar. The teacher gestured toward the corner of the classroom where a blonde girl sat with a book in front of her. How long has she been there? Mr. Aster left, leaving Jack to awkwardly make his way over to Elsa; he sat in the seat in front of her.

"Hi Elsa, I'm—"

"I know who you are, Jack Frost."

Jack was taken aback slightly but the sudden interruption, "You do?"

"Of course, everyone knows who you are," she said, not looking up from her book. "Why you're Jack Frost, the most popular guy in school. You sit at lunch table number seven with the other popular kids at the center of the cafeteria. You wear that same blue hoodie almost every day but no one says anything about it, I guess when you're popular everyone ignores the little details like hygiene. And you're failing calculus because you spend almost all your time after school at the basketball courts instead of at home doing your assignments."

"Those observations are a little harsh don't you think?"

"I'm only stating the facts."

"Look, I don't want you to have a bad first impression of me based on these assumptions."

Elsa slowly lifted her head up from her book and looked straight at him. It was the first time he had ever seen eyes so blue, "We've had almost every single class together for the past few years. News flash Frost: almost everyone in this school has known each other since elementary, which includes me. But I'm going to go ahead and say that this is the first time you've ever laid eyes on me, right?" Jack remained silent. "Judging by the lack of words coming out of your mouth I'm going to say that I'm right. So yes, in response to your statement I will make these assumptions."

Jack's head was spinning, no one ever talked to him the way she did. She stood up abruptly and turned her back away from him, "When are you available to study after class tomorrow?"

"Actually I have basketball practice after school…"

Elsa turned towards him with an annoyed look on her face, "Fine, I'll tutor you in the morning. Be here at six o'clock sharp." She turned around and left the room, leaving a very stunned Jack behind.

The next day, Jack arrived at the library around 6:30 and found Elsa sitting at one of the tables scribbling intensely on a piece of paper. She did not look up when Jack sat down across from her, "Hey sorry I'm late."

"I'm not surprised," she looked up at him. "I wrote down some basic problems that you can work on for the next hour."

"Thanks, that's really nice of you," he said, flashing his pearly white teeth at her.

"Don't do that."

"Don't do what?"

"Don't give me that smile and think that I'm just going to fall for your charms like every other girl in this school. It's not going to work with me."

"Is that what you think I'm doing? Ouch that hurts," he pretended to grab his heart.

Elsa rolled her eyes at him, "You'll get over it, Frost."

"Won't you call me Jack?"

"Sorry, I don't talk to anyone on a first named basis. Now no more distractions and get to work."

"Yes ma'am," he mumbled. For the next hour, Jack did his best to understand the problems in front of him but all the numbers were jumbled in his head. He burrowed his eyebrows in frustration as he attempted to make sense of derivatives and integrals. Every now and then, he would look up to steal a few glances at Elsa.

Her platinum blonde hair was kept in a messy ponytail that looked like it hadn't been brushed in a week. She had large black thick-rimmed glasses that covered most of her face. She wore an oversized magenta hoodie and baggie black sweat pants that seem to swallow her entire body whole. She was hunched over, engrossed in her book with her eyes cast downwards. She was just an average looking girl and nothing more.

"Hey, eyes on the paper."

Jack blinked his eyes, not realizing that he was staring at her, "Sorry," he mumbled. He took a quick glance at his watch and realized class was about to start, "Hey Elsa is it all right if I leave right now?"

She waved her hand to dismiss him, "Of course. We wouldn't want the world to know that the famous Jack Frost spent the last hour of his life with someone so far beneath his social standards."

"That's not true," he said defensively, but in the back of his mind Jack knew that it was. He was expected to only talk to the cheerleaders and queen bees, not the nerds and geeks. If anyone knew that he was spending time with the school's biggest nerd, he would lose his place in the social ladder.

"Sure, sure" she said lightly. "Same time tomorrow, and try not to be late Frost."

Over the next few days, they built a routine of coming to the library early in the morning and leaving separately when it was time to head to class. Elsa helped him solve various math problems and showed him tricks that made it easy for him to understand. He was thoroughly impressed by her knowledge and even found himself starting to like doing math problems. And despite their initial meeting, Jack began to talk to Elsa more.

"So Elsa, what book are you always reading?"

Elsa looked up quickly from her book, "Why do you want to know?"

"I'm curious because it must be super interesting since you always carry around the same book."

"It's none of your business," he widened his eyes, giving her his best impression of a sad puppy dog. She sighed, "But if you must know, it's a book of old fairytales."

"Funny, I never thought someone like you would enjoy something like that," he teased. "I don't know why you're reading those when you've got a real life prince charming right in front of you."

"You pretty boys all think alike," she scoffed. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"So you think I'm a pretty boy?" he pretended to bat his eyelashes at her. "How pretty am I, Elsa?"

"You're gorgeous," she said sarcastically.

He looked at the page that was opened in front of her and smirked, "I see that you're reading about Jack Frost. Could it be because he bears the same name as the devilishly handsome person in front of you?"

Elsa grew red in the face, "Oh shut up and do these problems so I can check them over."

Teasing Elsa became one of Jack's favorite hobbies. He started to look forward to their study sessions and made it his goal in life to make Elsa smile at least one time through one of his jokes. And even though she rolled her eyes at him, she would never admit it out loud but Elsa began to enjoy his company as well. After two weeks of studying together, Jack took his calculus test and was stunned at the grade that he received. During lunch, he ran to the library and snuck up behind Elsa to give her a big hug.

"What are you doing, we are in a library," she hissed. "Let go of me!"

"Elsa, I got an A on my calculus test!"

"That's wonderful now if you could be so kind as to let go of me, I'd like to be able to breathe right now."

"Oh sorry," he grinned sheepishly. "Thank you so much Elsa, I don't know how to make it up to you."

"Just do me a favor and don't hug me again without my permission."

"Fine," he laughed. "But I definitely owe you one!"

He waved goodbye to Elsa as he left the library. One of his team mates called his name, "Hey were you just talking to that Elsa chick or whatever?"

"Yeah," Jack shrugged. "Why does it matter?"

"You know we can't talk to people like…them."

"And explain to me what you mean by 'them.'"

"You know people who aren't popular like us."

Jack frowned, "she's actually cool once you get to know her."

"Yeah right," his friend snorted. "And next thing you know you're going to be telling me it's fun to do math."

"Actually it kind of is once you get the hang of it."

"Dude what's wrong with you, you're acting totally weird."

"Whatever man, let's just go to class."

The next morning, Elsa found Jack waiting for her at the library. "What are you doing here?"

"Just because I don't need tutoring anymore doesn't mean I can't hang out with you right?"

This took Elsa by surprise, "Did someone pay you to be here?"

"Is it hard for you to believe that I actually enjoy your company?"

"You like hanging out with me…?"

"Yeah I do," he grinned. "Is that all right with you?"

"Do whatever you want," she said casually, unsure how to feel about what he just said. He came every day, sometimes in the morning and sometimes during lunch. He always brought her food, pointing out how skinny she was. They did homework together; all though it was more like Elsa did homework and Jack tried his best to distract her with his stories. Even though Jack did most of the talking, Elsa found him amusing to listen to.

"Hey Elsa, want to know a secret?"

"What is it Frost?"

"I actually own twenty of the same hoodies."

She looked up from her book, "Are you serious?"

"Yep I am dead serious."

"And why are you telling me this?"

"Well a certain blonde said that I wore the same thing every day, and I don't want her to think that I'm some kind of slob!"

"And why do you care about what I think?"

"I don't know actually, I guess I just do."

They started to spend an increasingly amount of time with each other. When they passed by each other in the hallways, he would wave to Elsa. His team mates gave him strange looks but he didn't care. They couldn't hang out after school because Jack had basketball practice, but he always made the effort to stop by for a minute or two just to talk. They were sitting in the library one day eating some oranges that Jack brought her.

"You know you're different from most girls around here."

"You mean I'm not just another carbon copy Barbie doll that can't stop looking at herself in the mirror?" Elsa dramatically flicked her ponytail in the air. "Guess how many times I can flip my hair in one minute?"

"Oh come on not every girl is like that."

"You want to bet?" Elsa pointed to a nearby red head who was examining her refection in a nearby window; they both mentally counted to sixty. "24 times, that's got to be some kind of record."

Jack laughed, "Well besides the hair flipping, you're different in other ways."

"Thanks," she looked away in embarrassment. "You're different from what I thought."

"Different in a bad way?" he asked, curious to see what she would say.

"No, different in a good way," she looked at him for a moment and smiled for a brief second before returning to her book. "Yeah definitely in a good way."

One day Jack didn't stop by lunch and much to Elsa's surprise, she was saddened by this. She kept looking at the door in hopes that he would show up but he never did. She stayed in the library as usual and left as it was getting dark. As she passed by the basketball courts, she noticed someone sitting on the sidelines.

"Frost, is that you?" He looked up at her and patted the spot next to him to which she complied. The two watched the sun set in silence. It was dark now and stars were starting to appear. She tugged at the ends of her sweater when he suddenly spoke.

"Sometimes I feel so lonely even though there are people always around me."

Elsa pulled her legs up to her chest and rested her chin on her knees, "I can tell."

"You can?" he asked surprised.

She nodded, "When you're around people, your smile doesn't reach your eyes."

He sighed, "A lot of people have been saying that I've been acting different lately, that I'm not who I use to be. I feel like I have to keep up this image of what everyone wants me to be, but in reality I don't even know who I am anymore."

"Why that's easy, you're Jack Frost. You're a huge dork with a gigantic ego, but in a good way of course. You're thoughtful in a way that most people aren't, and I guess you do have a certain charm that's hard to resist. Being around you makes each day a little bit more bearable. Even though you're the most popular guy in school, for some odd reason you choose to hang out with me. And if you ask me personally, I like this Jack Frost more than the one everyone sees you as."

Hearing this made Jack happy, "Thank you Elsa."

"No problem, now will you stop moping? It's weird to see you like this."

"You know you're actually really beautiful."

This caught Elsa off guard, "E-excuse me?"

"I said that you're beautiful." It was like something inside Jack made him suddenly see her in a new light. She still wore the same oversized glasses and baggy clothes and her hair was still a tangled mess, but there was something different about Elsa. Suddenly he started to notice the sprinkle of freckles that danced across her face and how she held herself with such elegance and poise even when no one is looking. He found it cute how she would bite her lip and tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear whenever she was reading. And when she looked at him, he could feel himself being drawn in by her brilliant blue eyes. She looked nothing like the other girls in school, no, she was much more beautiful.

"I don't believe you."

Jack frowned at her response, "Well why not?"

"Because…" she looked away from him and refused to make eye contact with him. It was silent for a moment before she spoke again, "No one's ever called me beautiful before."

Jack's eyes softened, "well I think you are."

"Really?"

"Really."

"Thank you...Jack."

He smiled, "You called me Jack."

Elsa blushed, "Yeah well don't get used to it."

"Do my eyes deceive me? Are you actually blushing?" he teased.

"S-shut up!"

Seeing her all flustered like this made Jack smile. He started to move closer to her so that their shoulders were touching. She flinched but relaxed, allowing him to make contact with her. When she turned to face him, he was already staring intensely at her leaning in closer towards her face. Out of panic, she raised her arm and slapped his face.

"Ouch, what was that for?!"

"Were you going to k-kiss me?" she stuttered.

"Maybe," he rubbed his cheek. "Geez you try to kiss the girl you like and she slaps you, do you know what that's doing to my self-esteem?"

Her heart skipped a beat, "You like me?"

"Yeah I do."

"But you can have any girl in school so why…would you like someone like me?" she whispered that last part.

He thought for a moment before answering, "Because you're Elsa Arendelle. Unlike everyone else you don't care about my popularity. You talk to me like a normal person. And maybe you haven't realized this yet but you pay a lot of attention to me, that much is obvious in all your observations of me. You don't care what other people think of you and that's a trait I really admire. But most importantly, when I'm with you I don't have to pretend to be this guy that everyone thinks I am. I can just be myself."

"Damn," she muttered.

"What?" he felt his heart sink.

"I am just like every other girl in school."

"How so?"

"I fell for you."

His eyes light up, "You did?"

"Yeah," her face getting redder than it already was. "To be honest I did a long time ago. I just never thought someone like you could like someone like me."

He smirked, "I knew it nobody can resist my charms."

"Oh shut up," she smacked his arm lightly but gave him a smile that he was hoping to see.

The next day when they entered school together, everyone had the same shocked expression on their faces. Elsa could feel all eyes on her and Jack as they walked down the hallway towards her locker. Girls were giving her nasty looks as Jack waited for her to grab her books. She could see people pointing at them and when Jack reached out to hold her hand, there were murmurs of disapproval.

Elsa bit her lip and looked down at their intertwined hands, "Jack, you know everyone's going to talk about us."

Smiling, Jack leaned in to close the distance between them. There were gasps among the crowd around them, but Jack didn't care. His eyes were only on Elsa. She looked up at him with those beautiful blue eyes of hers. Their lips were now only a few centimeters apart.

"Well then let's give them something to talk about."


This is chapter was probably a complete disaster so I apologize T_T it sounded a lot better in my head. Anyway...

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