Elsa had been informed by her parents that they had finally come up with an excuse to give Anna about Elsa not seeing Anna anymore.
It seemed they intended to inform Anna today that "her older sister was preparing for her future duties as the heir to the kingdom", and that she could no longer play with Anna because there was a lot of work involved.
As a result, Elsa was not surprised at the sudden, impatient tapping at her door that evening when Anna came.
"Elsa?" Anna's voice was quivering, as if she had been crying – gosh Elsa wished she would stop hurting her sister so. She hugged herself, sitting against the door as usual, while she waited for Anna to go on. To tell her how she felt about the news.
"Is it true? Am I really just a spare?"Elsa could hear the pain in Anna's voice as she voiced her thoughts. 'No Anna,' she wanted to cry, 'You're much more than that, don't let anybody make you think otherwise'.
Elsa knew their parents would never have used that term in their explanation – Anna must have come up with this idea on her own. She felt the room grow colder as she listened on.
"I'm not part of the town, not born to be queen, just somebody hopelessly in between. I know I'm nothing like you – I'm too clumsy, and I'm no scholar I admit." 'No Anna, you're so much better than that' Elsa was holding her feelings within.
"I mean… maybe I'm like an extra button on a coat or a rusty horseshoe, you know, but I want to be a button that's of use, you know. It's hard to say… Maybe I'm bad at metaphors, but I want to be part of something you know? I want to share so much and spend so much time with everyone, to have fun, to love, to care… Can't I be that girl?" Elsa strained her ears, now silently letting the tears glide down her face.
They stayed in silence for a bit. Elsa couldn't keep it in – she had to say something.
"You already are" it was a whisper, hardly loud enough to be heard – maybe Anna hadn't even heard it, but it had to be said.
