Chapter 7: The Christmas Party
Everyone was excited. The Christmas holidays were coming up and everyone was in need of a break. Elsa was excited too. Anna was in a bit of mood though. She had a lot of assignments due before the break and it was frustrating her. It didn't help that Elsa was on top of all her assignments.
"Cheer up Anna," Elsa said helping to put a few Christmas decorations around their dorm. "Soon we will be back home for a couple of weeks."
"Yeah that's true," Anna said cheering up. "I only wish Kristoff could come."
"Well that would take a lot of explaining won't it?" Elsa said trying to decide whether or not a reindeer or a snowman would look better on the coffee table. "What do you think?" she held them up to Anna.
Anna took a hard long look at them. "The snowman."
"Good choice," Elsa said siting it down.
"But why should it take a lot of explaining?" Anna asked.
Elsa looked at her. "Okay imagine this. You and Kristoff are talking, you invite him to your home and he accepts and then you say 'oh there is one thing I left out, I'm sort of a Princess of the kingdom and my sister is the Queen.' How do you think he will react? You've only been dating a few weeks."
"Hmm, good point."
"Maybe wait a little bit while you both settle into your relationship and then tell him."
"I think that may be the right thing to do."
"I'm not saying never tell him because that would be stupid, I'm just saying hold off for a while."
"Man is he going to get a surprise."
"Yeah, most people generally have that when they find out."
Anna was silent for a moment. "Does Theodore know?"
"Nope," Elsa said simply.
The door then opened and Jack walked in.
"Hey guys, sweet decorations," Jack said admiring them.
"Thanks," Elsa said.
"So anyway, I just wanted to know if you wanted to come to my Christmas Party next Saturday just before you all go away on break."
"Yeah, we'll be there," Elsa said.
"Yeah, I agree," Anna said. "Sounds fun."
"Awesome, party starts at seven," Jack turned around left the room with a bit of a spring in his step.
Anna had the biggest grin on her face.
"What?" Elsa asked her.
"Nothing," Anna said with a smirk.
"Sometimes Anna, you really are annoying."
"I believe it's my privilege as the younger sister."
Elsa's laptop started making noise. Elsa knew instantly that it was someone Skyping her. Elsa hurried over and opened it. Erik was on the other end.
"Hello your majesty," he said.
"Hello Erik," Elsa said with a smile. "What can I do for you?"
"I'm just confirming your flights," he said.
"Okay, good."
"Okay, so you finish on the tenth right?"
"Yes."
"Okay, so your flight is set up for the twelfth, so that should give you a couple of days to pack."
"Great."
"And you go back on the eleventh of January?"
Elsa quickly consulted her diary. "Yeah that's right."
"Okay so I recommend going back around the ninth."
"Okay, that sounds good Erik."
"Excellent, glad I could be of service, your majesty. I'll have that all organised for you."
"Okay thanks, I'll see you soon."
"Goodbye, your majesty."
Elsa shut the lid of her laptop.
"What did Erik want?" Anna said.
Elsa looked at her. She was on the couch trying to hang some mistletoe and holly.
"Oh he was just confirming a few things."
"Okay."
Theodore walked into the dorm at that very moment. Elsa could see Anna giving him a small dark look. Elsa quickly shifted her attention back to him.
"Hey," he said.
"Hello," Elsa said.
"I see someone is busy with the holiday season?"
Elsa giggled. "You got that right."
"So I was wondering if you wanted to come to my place these holidays. Mum really wants to meet you."
Elsa shifted a look at Anna who shrugged. Elsa couldn't. She had to go back to her kingdom and make decisions.
"I'm sorry but I need to go home."
"Oh," Theodore sounded a little disappointed. "Okay then."
Theodore left the room. When he shut the door, Anna smirked.
"Seriously, what is up with you?" Elsa shot at her.
Anna didn't respond. She was too busy trying to control her laugher. Elsa sometimes wondered what she was going to do with her younger sister.
Anna was walking down the hallways of the Art Department. She was holding her two thousand word Classic's essay in her hand as if was a baby. She had spent so long on it; every word had burned into her brain. She had spent so long looking up sources that she doubted she could ever look at another book again for a long time. Just remembering what she had to do brought shudders to her.
Anna soon found the right slot to put her essay in. She felt such a relief as she carefully placed it in the slot. When she heard the sound of the essay landing on top of the others, she let out a whooping noise.
"Freedom!" she yelled.
"Sounds like someone is happy," Anna turned and saw her friend Rapunzel there also holding an essay.
"Well you would be too if you just handed in a two thousand word essay."
"Try handing in a two thousand and five hundred word essay on critical analysis of artwork," Rapunzel said slotting her own essay in one of the slots.
"Oh, that sounds painful."
"It was, I think I almost had a mental meltdown."
"Join the club."
Rapunzel then sighed. "Well I have to go. My books are calling me to come study for the test I have tomorrow."
"Good luck."
"Thanks, I need it."
Rapunzel left leaving Anna feeling like she was on top of the word. Anna then bounded out of the Art Department and was practically jumping with joy. She was finished! Well almost, she still actually had a few days left of term to go but who cared about that? She had done all her tests and assignments. She soon bumped into Kristoff who was walking down the main road at campus.
"Hey Anna, you look happy," he said giving her a kiss.
"That's because I am finished!" she said.
"Not fair! I still have a test tonight!" Kristoff said not looking impressed.
"Do you need a study buddy?"
"I think you may be a bit of a distraction."
"Why? Can't you resist me?"
"You know I can't."
The end of one half of the semester came with a lot of cheering and relief. Everyone wanted to go home and see their families or just chill around university for a number of weeks. Elsa could feel the excitement radiating from every corner of the campus. She was excited too. She would be going home in just a few days.
Today was Saturday and Elsa was excited and that meant today was Jack's Christmas party. Anna was pretty excited too. She was dressing up extra nice for Kristoff. Ever since they had gotten together, Anna walked with a bit of a spring in her step. Elsa could tell that Anna was falling head over heels in love with Kristoff.
Elsa was just fixing her hair in her bedroom when she heard someone come in. Anna's voice then rang out.
"Elsa, it's the boyfriend," Anna's voice called out.
Elsa walked out and saw Theodore waiting there. His jaw drop when he saw Elsa.
"Hey Theo, what can I do for you?"
"Um," Theodore quickly regained himself. "I wanted to know if you wanted to come to dinner with me."
"Sorry, we got other arrangements," Elsa said.
"What kind of arrangements?"
"We're going to Jack's Christmas party," Anna said. "Come on Elsa, we're gonna be late."
"Anna the party is literally a second away, I'm sure we will be fine."
"You're going to Frost's Christmas party?" Elsa could see Theodore's hands clenching slightly.
Elsa sighed. She was getting a little sick of this. Theodore was majorly jealous of her hanging out with Jack. Quite frankly, it was starting to get on her nerves.
"Theodore, calm down, we're just friends," Elsa said. "Don't you trust me?"
"It's not you I don't trust, it's him!"
"Theodore seriously, stop worrying, now I have to go," Elsa collected her keys and headed out of the dorm with Anna.
"Man that guy's got trust issues," Anna said once the door was closed.
"He was never like this before," Elsa said sadly.
They walked down the hall and knocked on Jack's door. They could hear people talking and music pumping from behind it. Jack quickly came to the door and he got a huge grin on his face when he saw them.
"Come on in!" he said.
"Sorry we're a little late," Elsa said.
"That's alright," Jack said taking a step back to allow them to come in.
Elsa and Anna entered. The entire dorm room was packed with people. It seemed as if Jack had invited everyone he knew. Jack was quite popular on campus. After Jack had let them in he was swarmed by some of his friends.
"There's Kristoff," Anna squealed.
Anna basically vanished from Elsa's side and reappeared at Kristoff's a second later. He got this big grin on his face and he gave her a drink which she happily accepted. Elsa soon spotted Jack and made her way over to him.
"Oh Elsa these are my friends Bunnymund, Tooth and Sandy," he said.
"Tooth?" Elsa asked the girl.
"Yeah I kind of have a fascination with teeth," she said. "I'm training to be a dentist."
Why does that not surprise me? Elsa thought.
"Bunnymund is doing medical school while Sandy over here is training to be an anaesthesiologist."
Elsa couldn't help it. She was impressed.
"Wow," she said.
"So what are you planning to do when you leave HNU?" Sandy asked.
"I, uh, I'm going into my family's business," Elsa said.
"Which is?" Bunnymund asked.
Elsa was saved from answering by Anna and Kristoff coming over and joining in on the conversation. As the party went on, Elsa felt more and more elated. She felt so natural and it was easy when she talked to Jack. They seemed to be always completing each other's sentences. Soon Anna and Kristoff had decided to go over to Elsa's and Anna's dorm to be alone together. Bunnymund said something about needing to be up early the next day and Tooth and Sandy followed him. It wasn't long before the party started to thin out as well.
Elsa soon found herself Jack's balcony with a drink in her hand staring down at the park below her. She felt the wind whip around her but she didn't mind. The cold never bothered her anyway. She soon heard someone's footsteps behind her.
"Hey, what are you doing out here?" It was Jack.
Elsa turned around and leaned on the railing.
"Just watching the world go by," she said.
Jack came over to her and leaned on the railing too.
"Aren't you cold?" he asked.
"No, aren't you?"
"The cold never seemed to bother me."
"Same."
They just stayed there for a few moments, just watching the sky. It was night time and Elsa could see the first stars of the night making their appearance.
"See any constellations?" Jack asked staring up as well.
"Only the moon," Elsa said.
The moon was quite bright and was illumining the balcony, where they were standing, in a pleasant light. Jack then looked at Elsa.
"Mistletoe," he said looking just above their heads.
Elsa looked up and indeed she saw mistletoe as well.
"It's probably full of Nargles though," she said.
Jack laughed. "I guess Jamie or Kristoff must have put it there."
"Maybe," Elsa said softly.
They gazed at each other with their eyes meeting. Elsa could feel herself drawn to Jack as if they were both some kind of magnets. As if instinctively, their lips met and for the next few moments a warmth spread through Elsa's body. When they broke apart they had small smiles on their faces.
"Merry Christmas Jack," she said.
"Merry Christmas Elsa," he said.
A/N: So I hope you guys liked this chapter. Please review =)
