A/N- HEY Hows every one doing. I'm glad for so many of you leaving reviews and telling me that you like the story. There is one thing to address though. The reason that i'm not updating often and the reason there weren't multiple chapters in november like i hoped was because I work 3 jobs and all of them happen to fall in the category of Retail and thusly i have been busy to the bone working. So i'm sorry if the updates are slow but real life takes presedence. And this FanFiction will continue even if there are 1 or 2 month breaks due to RL getting in the way. Any ways Everyone have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEARS.
Elsa leaped through the door and shouted. "Belle! Wait Belle is that you?" The figure was gone, the footsteps on the stairs falling away from her as Elsa followed. When she got to the bottom Anna was there with a look of confusion on her face.
"Elsa why is Belle running away?"
Elsa stopped and stared at her sister. "That really was Belle?" There were footsteps on the stairs behind her and then a hand on her shoulder.
" Elsa who was that, oh and who is this?" Elsa looked behind her to see Ariel there.
"Ariel. This is my sister Anna, and the other person." The thought hadn't sunk in yet. Belle was back. Belle was back and she had run away when she had seen Elsa with Ariel. "Ariel I'm sorry would you mind going with Anna up to my apartment. I have to go find Belle. Pull the cookies out of the oven please i'll be back as soon as i can." Elsa started running. She had to find her. She had to find out if it really was Belle.
"Elsa wait!" Elsa stopped and looked back at her sister with Ariel. "I think she ran for the park. Please make sure she is ok." Elsa didn't say a word she just ran.
Anna looked at Ariel who was still standing on the stairs. " Well i don't want the cookies to burn so lets go get them out of the oven." Anna smiled at Ariel, but her feelings were torn.
Of course she has a girlfriend. Why would she not. I've been gone for years and haven't even bothered to call, to write, nothing. I abandoned her. Why did i think she would just be waiting for me. How could if think she wouldn't have moved on.
Belle had just run. She had taken the stairs two at a time and flown straight past Anna who had been at the bottom of the stairs, no doubt thinking she was giving Belle time to meet Elsa again. The look of confusion on Anna's face as Belle had run past her with tears streaming.
She had no idea where she was. She saw a light illuminating a small park in the complex and she headed for it. She found a play set and a few benches. Belle didn't want to be seen she didn't want anyone to know about the tears on her face. She climbed under the play set and hid underneath the slide. She pulled her knees up to her chest and cried.
How could i be so foolish?
It really had been Belle. Anna confirmed it. What am i supposed to say, what am i supposed to do? She's been gone 3 years and…
Elsa lost her train of thought as she ran and got to the park "Belle! Belle where are you? Please answer me!" Elsa stopped in the light of a street lamp and looked at the park in her complex, lost.
"Belle! Belle where are you? Please answer me!"
Elsa? Why? Why would you follow me? You looked so happy next to that other girl. The girl with red hair.
"Belle please." Belle looked up from her spot and saw her. She saw Elsa standing in the harsh light of a LED street lamp. Elsa was wearing a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. Her hair was down out of a braid and it flowed around. Her chest was heaving, breathing hard. Her eyes were searching the darkness in the park. Looking for someone.
Oh why do you look so beautiful. How can you be so perfect standing there like some kind of queen. Tears flowed down her face as she stared at her ex-girlfriend. The one she had let go of so she could go to college.
"Belle answer me please, i need to see you." Those words brought more tears and a sob from Belle. She covered her mouth but it was too late. Elsa stared at the play set and started walking to her.
Elsa heard it. The sound of some one crying coming from underneath the slide. She walked over and ducked her head so that she could see better. As her eyes adjusted she saw Belle. Pants dirty from crawling under the slide and a makeup smeared face from where she had cried. Oh Belle. "Belle please come out. Please talk to me. Its been-"
More crying.
"Belle please let me see you."
Elsa heard it then but faint
"...away. Elsa please go away."
"Why would i do that? After three years why would i go away when you're right in front of me." Elsa got on her knees and started crawling towards Belle.
"No Elsa don't. Please don't, don't come closer please." Elsa stopped for a moment but then continued on. " Elsa please no." But it was too late. Elsa was there. She was there in front of Belle. Her hair was a shade against the light, but it didn't stop Elsa's eyes from twinkling as Belle's own eyes met them. She couldn't help herself, she just did it. Belle leaned forward and put a hand on Elsa's cheek. She leaned up and laid a kiss on Elsa's lips. It wasn't long and then she pulled away
"Belle?"
"I love you Elsa."
Ariel and Anna were in Elsa's kitchen. They had pulled the cookies out though they were a little burnt on the bottom. The two worked in silence as they put the cookies onto a plate and the tray in the sink. But Anna could stand it no longer. " Ariel was it? Hi. I'm Anna." Anna held out her had to Ariel. Ariel took her hand and shook.
"It's nice to finally meet you."
"It's nice to meet you too. Do you mind if i ask how you know Elsa?"
"We met at the gym."
"So you're Elsa's friend?"
"Yes, and a little more."
Ariel went to the fridge and pulled out the jug of chocolate milk. She then went to the cabinet and pulled out four glasses and poured milk into two of them. Anna leaned against the oven and folded her arms. "What do you mean by 'and a little more'?"
"Elsa and i haven't really put a label on it but if i had to classify it, I'm her girlfriend." Ariel handed Anna one of the glasses and a cookie, which Anna took gracefully.
"How long have you two been together? Elsa's been busy so i hadn't asked what she has been up to in a while."
"We've been going out for a couple of months now."
" Wow that long?"
Ariel stared at Anna. " What do you mean by that?"
Anna shrugged and took a bite of her cookie. When she finished she looked at Ariel. " It's just that since.. Since her first girlfriend left she hasn't really stuck with anyone. I'm glad she finally found someone but….nevermind."
Ariel set her glass down on the counter and stared at Anna. " But what?"
Anna's face flushed red then a sad look came across her face. "Belle. The girl that Elsa is out looking for. She was Elsa's first girlfriend. She's been gone three years at college in the UK and she wanted to surprise Elsa that she was back."
Ariel's face fell at the news. "So that girl is her ex?"
"Yea"
The two stood in silence.
There was confusion within Elsa. She wanted with all her heart to kiss Belle again but she knew she shouldn't. Not with her current girlfriend sitting back at her apartment with Anna. Not when the girl in front of her had broken her heart.
As Elsa thought, Belle watched. She watched the confusion, recognition, regret, and sorrow flow across Elsa's face all at once. She realized that her hand was still on Elsa's cheek and she pulled away.
"Elsa i-"
"Belle. I can't return those feelings any more. You were gone for three years Belle."
"But Elsa-"
"Look Belle just come inside. I missed you Belle. More than you can imagine."
Belle's eyes filled with tears as she realized what those words meant, what the words Elsa had not said meant. "B-but you don't love me any more?" Belle's words were a question searching for the small hope she needed.
"Belle I can't answer that. I can't answer that because three years ago you left for school Belle. You left and didn't look back. You cut me out of your life so completely it broke something inside of me." Elsa watched as Belle's eyes streamed more tears down her face. " And i am so sorry if this hurts you Belle I really am. But a few months ago i found Ariel and I'm just starting to heal. She is healing the hole you left, but she isn't just filling in for what you took she is putting something new in my heart and i can't help but love her."
Belle looked at Elsa's face and let out a big sob. She pulled her knees to her chest and just cried. She let her tears take her and drowned out the rest of the world.
Elsa didn't know what to do. She didn't know what she should do. Did she try to comfort Belle and say everything was going to be okay or did she just let the crying girl wallow in her tears. She finally gave up and pulled out her phone from her pocket. She shot Anna a text asking for her and Ariel to please come to the park. Elsa then put the phone back in her pocket and looked at Belle and sighed. It really was Belle's fault for cutting Elsa out of her life, but she looked so fragile to the blonde. Elsa sat down and put her arm around Belle and waited.
Anna's phone buzzed in her pocket. She pulled it out and unlocked the screen. It was a message from Elsa.
"What does it say?" Anna looked at the other red-head and showed her. Ariel bit her lip and nodded. " Okay then. Lets go."
"What are you going to say to Elsa?" Anna looked at Ariel expectantly as if she deserved an answer.
" I don't know. That depends on Elsa." The two exited the apartment and started down the stairs.
"What if she says she wants to be with Belle?" Ariel stopped dead in her tracks on the stairs and turned on Anna.
" She won't say that."
"But what if she does."
Ariel shook her head and stared down the other girl. " In the last months Elsa has been so patient with me. She has left me the room to leave at any second and i haven't because she doesn't push. She doesn't try and force anything and leaves it all up to me most of the time. She is kind, caring, and the girl that i think i'm falling in love with. So i know Elsa won't say that she wants to be with Belle because, and i know i'm selfish in saying this, she loves me too. If this Belle girl had wanted Elsa, if she had loved her the way i do, then she would never have let go of Elsa in the first place. Not even to go to a prestigious school to get a fancy degree."
Anna's face was blank when Ariel finished. All she could say was "Oh".
"Look i'm sorry if i snapped but having my girlfriends lover from a different time in her life suddenly show up on her doorstep in place of you her sister who i was and am so excited to meet is a bit of a shock."
Anna shook her head and smiled a little. " I'm glad my sister has you even if this will complicate things with Belle. Come on lets go." They finished down the stairs and headed to the park.
Elsa had managed to convince Belle to move to one of the park benches rather than hiding under the slide. The two were sitting in silence as Ariel and Anna showed up. Anna went to Belle's side as Elsa went to Ariel. Elsa hugged Ariel tightly and she whispered into her ear.
"I'm so sorry this happened tonight. if you want i can take you home." Ariel shook her head and hugged Elsa back.
"I'll stay here tonight. Is that okay?"
Elsa pulled away and smiled. " I'd love it if you stayed." Elsa took in a deep breath took Ariel's hand into her own and turned back to the other two girls. " Anna it was good to see you tonight but i think Belle would like to go home right now. I'll give you a call later." Anna nodded in reply to Elsa and with her arm around Belle.
"I'll talk to you later Elsa. Come on Belle lets go." Anna pulled Belle to her feet from the bench and the two walked off towards Anna's truck. Elsa watched as they moved away and she gripped Ariel's hand tighter. Ariel pulled on Elsa's to get her attention.
"She means a lot to you doesn't she?" Elsa turned to the red-head next to her with a sad smile on her lips.
"She used to mean the world to me Ariel, but not any more. You're the star i want by my side Ariel, just you." Elsa kissed her girlfriend on her temple and smiled. " Come on lets go eat those cookies we don't want them to go to waste."
Anna got Belle to her truck and got her in. It was most definately not the night she had planed out. It was no where near what she had expected, and the thing she had expected least had happened. Belle and Elsa meeting had been a fiasco and now her friend was crying in the seat next to her and there was nothing she could do. Anna drove for Belle's house thinking of what she could do to make things right. Not to mention her sisters new girlfriend. She was a firecracker, but she cared. Anna just shook her head and drove thinking of the next day
Elsa and Ariel were curled up under the blonde's comforter. They had eaten a few of the cookies and thrown the rest away because they were burnt on the bottom. They had both taken showers and had set off for dreamland. Well one of them had.
Elsa lay with her new found love curled practically around her waist. She stroked Ariel's hair while thoughts flew through her mind at the speed of light. I did what was right, right? I mean what else could i have done. I love Ariel so much, but I will always love Belle. She was my first everything and i don't know if i could ever not love her. And that's not fair to Ariel.
Elsa looked at the sleeping angel in her bed and smiled as tears filled her eyes. She was going to have to give it up again. Her heart was going to break and there was nothing she could do about it. As this thought crossed her mind the tears fell and with them came shaking.
Ariel woke then. She heard Elsa crying and sat up. "Elsa baby are you ok?" Elsa stilled when she heard Ariel's voice and then she started crying more. Ariel, worried, reached over and turned on the bedside lamp. The light shone blinding her for a moment as her eyes adjusted but they settled soon. The woman she loved lay next to her, hair braided so as to be out of the way, her scent of vanilla and peppermint fresh as if her tears were the cause of the scent. Ariel sat up and pulled Elsa close. "Elsa what's wrong? What can i help with."
Elsa sat up a bit and buried her face into the hollow of Ariel's neck. " I love you Ariel i do."
" I love you too Elsa, but thats not why you're crying now is it." Ariel put a light hand on the blonde's shoulder trying to sooth her. " Come on you can tell me what's wrong. No matter what it is Elsa you're still precious to me. What's bothering you?" Elsa sat up and looked Ariel in the eyes.
" She kissed me Ariel. She hid under the slide and so i crawled under to talk to her and when i was talking to her she kissed me."
Ariel was shocked but she remained silent. Elsa took it as a cue to keep talking. " When she stopped i told her that she wasn't that person to me anymore. That you're the one i love now Ariel. That she had lost the chance she had with me because i now had you." Elsa looked up at her love eyes pleading. " And i don't want you to go, i don't want you to leave. But i do love her still Ariel. And it hurt so much to see her cry. But you are the one i'm in love with Ariel. You are the only one i want." Elsa buried her face into Ariel's shoulder once more but Ariel pushed her back. Elsa started to cry but Ariel was having none of it.
"Elsa Arendelle Jackson." Elsa's eyes swung up completely to look back at Ariel. " You have shown me love kinder and more patient than anything i have ever imagined. You love me when i act like a child and when i'm stubborn. You've shown your love for me in so many ways each time we are together i don't even need to hear you say that you love me for me to know that you do. What ever Belle was to you before is important because it made you who i love right now. And i am so sorry that it hurt to see her cry, and i want you to be friends with her. But you will be mine. We can talk more in the morning but for now i need you to know that i love you Elsa and nothing anyone can say or do will change that for me. Okay?"
Elsa's sobbing stopped as she listened to Ariel speak. Oh you wonderful girl. Elsa moved so she could properly kiss Ariel and did so. "Thank you for that Red." Ariel flicked Elsa in the forehead and then kissed it.
"Don't call me that. Now are you ready to sleep?" Elsa nodded and settled back into her usual sleeping position and pulled the red-head in tight.
"I love you Red" All Ariel could do was sigh so she did.
"I love you too Elsa."
