Chapter 7
Tears fell when Anna heard the broken voice come from the body in the bed. Her sister's voice sounded dry, and scratchy. Anna rushed over to the hospital bed and couldn't help but gingerly wrap her arms around her sister. Elsa put her good arm over Anna's back and embraced her. After a long minute, Anna lifted her head and saw silent tears streaming down Elsa's face, although she was smiling.
"Hi," Elsa whispered. She had a bruise on her right cheekbone and a bandage on her left temple.
Determined not to start crying again, Anna whispered back a quiet, "Hi."
Elsa hugged Anna again for a second. "I've missed you." Anna looked at her in surprise. She had never thought that Elsa had missed her, maybe as much as Anna had missed her. She was about to speak when a young nurse entered the room.
"Hello. My name is Charlie. I'm just gonna check your vitals and then Dr. Olsen will be in to do some tests," the brunette told Elsa.
Anna watched as the nurse took Elsa's blood pressure and other things. Just as she finished, Dr. Olsen came in.
"Hello Elsa." He turned to Anna. "It's nice to meet you Ms. Anna. I spoke with you on the phone earlier," he reminded her.
"Yes, I remember," Anna told him. She definitely wouldn't be forgetting that phone call for a while.
Over the next hour, the doctor asked Elsa questions, to make sure was no memory loss, and checked for other signs of a severe concussion. After finishing, he looked at Anna. "I think she has a very minor concussion based on the fact that there was no memory loss, but there were slight headaches and dizziness. You can be released tomorrow morning," he said and Elsa smiled at him. "Do you have a place where you can stay where someone can keep an eye on you?" he asked. Her smile faded. She shook her head and down at her hands in her lap.
Anna sat up straighter. "Of course she does. She can stay with me," Anna offered without a second thought. Elsa looked up in shock, and looked like she was about to protest, not wanting to impose but the doctor spoke first.
"That's perfect." He looked at Elsa. "Unless you would rather stay here longer," he said narrowing his eyes.
Elsa shook her head. "No that would be totally fine," she told him smiling slightly at Anna.
"Good. Well, I have other patients to see, so I'll leave you to it," he said, standing up.
"Thank you Dr. Olsen," they both said simultaneously as he walked out and they smiled at each other.
A few seconds of silence passed, when Anna caught Elsa trying to hide a yawn. "You should sleep, you're probably exhausted."
Elsa nodded. "Yeah. Why don't you go get some food and maybe take a nap?" Elsa suggested. Anna nodded as she saw Elsa's eyes drooping.
"Okay. I'll get some food from the cafeteria, then me and Kristoff will probably get a hotel room or something," Anna answered. Her eyes widened. "Oh crap, Kristoff," she exclaimed. "Bye, love you. See you this afternoon," she yelled rushing out of the room.
Exiting the room, she saw Kristoff sitting in a chair, drinking a coffee. She ran over and hugged him.
"I am so sorry. I almost forgot you were here. We were taking then the doctors came in and I got distracted. Sorry. Come on, I'll buy you food," she said in one breath before grabbing Kristoff's hand and pulling him toward the elevator. He shook his head in a mix of exasperation and amusement.
As they ate, they discussed Elsa. When they were through eating, they threw away their trash. "Are you tired?" he asked her. She nodded. "Um, did you want to rent a motel room?" he asked blushing deeply.
Giggling, she nodded again. They got in the truck and drove a few blocks, finding a nice but relatively cheap motel. They walked into the main building and went up to the desk. Unfortunately, the only rooms that were available were rooms with only one double bed. They both agreed, blushing.
Getting their key cards, they walked to their room, number 17. Opening the door they saw a semi-large bed, two nightstands, and a small bathroom. Sighing, Anna set down her bag and flopped face down onto the bed. She heard Kristoff laugh and set his own things down.
"So, um, I'm going to go change," Kristoff said walking into the bathroom. When he came back out, he was wearing a white wife-beater and black plaid pajama pants. She stared for a moment before looking away.
She grabbed a pair of sweatpants and a black tank top from her bag, heading to the bathroom. Coming back out,she saw Kristoff laying beneath the covers with the other side pulled back for her. She climbed onto the bed and lay down. She rolled over into her side and pulled the blanket up. Kristoff hesitated for a moment before scooting closer and putting his arm around her waist, pulling her closer.
Anna smiled and slowly drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
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Anna woke up to the shower being turned off. She sat up and stretched, wiping the sleep from her eyes. Looking at the clock she saw that it was 3:13 p.m. She sat on the bed for a moment before remembering where she was. She sighed sadly, thinking about Elsa.
Just a few minutes after she woke up, Kristoff came out of the bathroom dressed in faded jeans and a white t-shirt. When he saw that Anna was awake he came over and sat next to her. Reaching over, he pulled her onto his lap, holding her. Kristoff held her for a few long minutes, before leaving back slightly, kissing her forehead.
"What do you want to do now?" he asked her.
She thought for a moment. "Well, I want to go visit Elsa for a little bit, then probably go to her place to get some of her stuff. She's staying with me for a while," Anna told him, remembering.
He looked down at her and nodded. "Go get dressed real quick and pull the truck around," he told her, standing up to get his keys. Anna stood up as well, standing on her toes to give him a kiss.
"Bye," she smiled.
He grinned at her. "Bye," he said and leaned down quickly to steal another quick kiss.
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When they walked into Elsa's room she was sitting up in her bed, watching TV. She looked up as they walked in and smiled at Anna. Her smile dimmed a little as she looked at Kristoff, though.
Anna cleared her throat. "Um, Elsa? This is Kristoff, my...boyfriend," Anna told her, feeling kind of weird at using the term "boyfriend".
Kristoff smiled shyly at Elsa and said, "Hi. Umm, nice to met you."
Elsa raised her eyebrows at him, but grinned. "You too."
"So what's up?" Anna asked and sat in the chair by Elsa's bed.
"Nothing," she answered, and they made small talk until they had to leave.
Anna and Kristoff went to Elsa's tiny apartment and Anna packed a bag of clothes and other things that Elsa would need. After they finished, they went back to the hotel for the night.
They both got a decent night's sleep and went went to the hospital in the morning to pick up Elsa. Getting all their stuff loaded up into the car, the three of them started the drive back to Anna's.
I know you guys all hate me, and I totally understand. I know this chapter is very short, but I wrote it in like an hour because I got a stray WiFi signal and I won't have internet for another two days. I will update when I have internet, so until then, please don't get too mad.
