Chapter 8: Elsa's Choice

"Okay, what is up with you?" Anna asked Elsa.

They were back home in their castle. Elsa and Anna were in their library doing holiday work. Elsa had been exceptionally quiet the last couple of days and Anna had picked up on it so fast, you would have thought she was a lightning bolt.

"Nothing is up with me," Elsa said trying to concentrate on her maths homework. She was finally it incredibly difficult and it had nothing to do with maths.

Ever since Jack's Christmas party, she could think of nothing but the kiss. Anna had zeroed on Elsa and was demanding to know why she was acting so weird.

"Uh-ah," Anna said sarcastically. "Yeah because I totally believe that."

"Just leave it alone Anna," groaned Elsa.

"Aha," Anna said. "So there is something you're hiding?"

"Shut up," Elsa said throwing one of her maths' textbook at her.

The textbook landed with a very satisfying smack. Elsa grinned at the horror filled expression on Anna's face.

"How dare you!" she said. "This means war!"

"Watch it!" Elsa said holding up another one of her maths' textbooks. "This one is a calculus textbook. You better watch it otherwise…"

Anna eyed it. It was quite big and very heavy. Anna quickly left the room before Elsa could throw anymore textbooks her way.


Jack was working at his desk on his laptop. He was working on a couple of essays he had to do before the end of the break and right now he was stuck. Ever since his kiss with Elsa, she was all he could think about. His sister Pippa then entered the room.

"Okay spill it," she said.

"What?" Jack asked.

"The girl that you are hard core in love with," Pippa said smirking.

"I am not in love-how did you know?" Jack spluttered.

"Please Jack, don't take me as a fool," Pippa said throwing herself on Jack's bed. "I have a sixth sense for this stuff."

Jack didn't answer that.

"So who is she?" Pippa asked sitting up.

"Her name is Elsa," Jack blushed.

"In the famous words of the musical Grease, tell me more, tell me more."

"Well she's this really gorgeous girl who is smart and funny, she has the most incredible smile and the way she looks at you, it makes your heart melt…" Jack let his voice trail off as he was lost in thoughts about Elsa.

"Wow," Pippa said. "You really are in love aren't you?"

Jack racked his brains. Was he in love with Elsa? He couldn't stop thinking about her and whenever he heard her name or see her, his heart would start hammering.

"I think I am," Jack whispered.

"Told you so."


Elsa groaned into her pillow. She couldn't, once again, fall asleep as her brain was inventing all these fantasy dates that she could potentially go on with Jack. She hated herself for thinking like this. As if the kiss wasn't enough, she was now further cheating on Theodore with her thoughts. But somehow the kiss didn't seem like cheating, it felt right and it didn't feel like a onetime Christmas thing either.

What was she going to do with her life? And more importantly what was she going to do with Anna?

Elsa awoke the next morning and headed into the dining room where Anna was on the laptop talking to Kristoff. Apparently he lived nearby Arendelle.

"Oh here's Elsa," Anna squealed. "Say hi to Kristoff," she said turning around the laptop to face Elsa.

"Hey Kristoff, how are you holidays?"

"Pretty good," Kristoff said. "I was just saying to Anna here how I have a two thousand word essay due when I get back."

"Ouch, if it makes you feel any better, we don't have anything due when we get back," Anna said gleefully.

"Ouch Anna," Kristoff said. "What happened to my supporting and caring girlfriend?"

"She's been replaced by your gloating girlfriend," Anna giggled.

"I think I'm going to leave you two alone," Elsa said slowly backing out.


Kristoff shut the lid of his laptop feeling all giggly. He always loved his conversations with Anna. His adopted parents Bulda and Cliff walked through the door carrying groceries. Kristoff's own parents had died years and years ago and Bulda and Cliff had adopted him without a second thought.

"Who were you talking to?" Bulda asked placing the bags on the kitchen bench and started to put away the groceries.
"Oh Anna," Kristoff said getting up to help.

"She sounds like a lovely girl," Bulda sighed. "When do we get to meet her?"

"I dunno, maybe at graduation?"

"Hopefully," Cliff said.

After the groceries were put away, Kristoff went out back to the stables where he found his favourite friend and pet reindeer, Sven. Sven was also an orphan and Bulda and Cliff had insisted that he come along too to be a buddy for Kristoff. Kristoff spent the next hour feeding Sven carrots and playing with him. Sven had missed Krisoff sorely and Kristoff had missed Sven so much as well.


Anna was sitting on a bench outside in the gardens reading a book when her favourite snowman came walking up to her.

"Hey Anna," Olaf said.

"Hey Olaf," she grinned and put down her book.

Elsa had created Olaf just before she went off to university. He had been a real fun playmate for both of them to enjoy.

"What's up with Elsa?" Olaf asked.

"What do you mean?"

"She's up in her room groaning into her pillow and complaining about the world," Olaf said.

"Oh she's having a personal crisis about something; personally I'd say she's having some kind of love crisis but hey, I could be wrong."

"In that case, do you think she needs a love expert?"

"Maybe, she does," Anna said. "Maybe she does."


Anna awoke on Christmas day feeling super excited. She raced into Elsa's room and jumped on her bed forcing a very angry and grumbling Elsa to wake up.

"Wake up Elsa," she sang. "It's Christmas."

"If it wasn't Christmas you would be a popsicle right now," groaned Elsa.

Elsa and Anna headed downstairs to where a ginormous Christmas tree was. There were a number of presents underneath it and they spent the next hour happily going through them.

"Thanks Elsa," Anna said unwrapping some new tops that Elsa had gotten her.

"And thank you," Elsa said unwrapping a set of new books for her to read. "These look good."


"Thanks Pippa," Jack said unwrapping a new jacket from her.

"No problem Jack," she said.

"Who wants Christmas lunch?" their mother's voice rang out.

Jack and Pippa headed over and sat down at the table. Their mother then served up a delicious turkey for their Christmas lunch.

"Looks amazing Mum," Pippa said staring at it.

"More to come," she said putting out potatoes and vegetables.

Feeling their stomachs growling, they dived into the food.


"This is for you," Kristoff said handing his family their presents.

"Thank you so much Kristoff," they all said happily unwrapping them.

Kristoff dove into his own pile and every time he unwrapped a new present, the smile on his face got bigger and bigger.

"Merry Christmas everybody," Cliff said bring Bulda in for a huge.

"Merry Christmas," everyone else said cheerfully.

"Now who wants some food?" Bulda asked.

"Me!" Everyone yelled happily while Bulda chuckled with a grin forming on her face.


Everyone returned back to HNU when the holidays ended. Everyone was upset to be back but they soon got into the gist into things. Everyone had to return a couple of days before classes officially started. So that is how, Anna and Elsa found themselves back in their dorm room. Elsa was currently in her room.

Over the holidays, she had done some serious thinking. She had finally come to a conclusion on what she wanted to do about the whole Theodore-Jack thing.

There was a knock at the door and she found Kristoff behind it. He was coming to take Anna out to a movie date and then have dinner afterwards. Anna bade Elsa goodbye. Elsa was about to call Theodore but he beat her too it. He asked if they could meet in an hour at the fountain in the courtyard and Elsa agreed. Elsa smartened herself up before she headed over to meet her. Theodore was waiting for her. He smiled when he saw her. Elsa smiled back.

"So what's this all about?" she asked.

"I've come to a decision Elsa," Theodore said.

"And that is?"

"It's been bothering me all holidays but here we go," Theodore took a deep breath in. "I don't want you to be friends with that smarmy Jack Frost anymore."

"What?" Elsa wasn't sure what she had heard.

"It's either me or him," Theodore said.

Elsa shook her head in anger.

"How dare you," she said in a low and dangerous voice. "How dare you tell me who I may or may hang out with. How dare you!" she shouted the last part.

Theodore looked a little tense. The glare that Elsa was giving him was enough to send anyone cowering away in fear. Elsa advanced on him. Her hands were clenched. With every step that she took, frost appeared on the ground.

"You know what? I choose him," Elsa said. "Jack is a hundred times the man you are Theodore."

Elsa couldn't help herself. She then pushed him into the fountain behind him and her powers made it go extremely cold.

"We're through," she said.

"Wait Elsa," Theodore said shivering and trying to stand up but he fell back down.

"Don't come near me again," Elsa screamed back.

Elsa ran off, still fuming from the fight. She had gone to break up with Theodore anyway but he made it a hundred times easier on her. She soon found herself outside her door still shaking with anger.

"Woah," Jack's voice came from right behind her. "What's got you in a huff?"

"Oh just Theodore," Elsa said.

Jack opened his door. "You wanna talk about it?"

Elsa nodded and entered his dorm room. They sat down on his couch and Jack offered her a drink of water which she accepted.

"So what happened?" he asked.

Elsa told him all about her confrontation with Theodore. She could see as she spoke, little glints of happiness in his eyes which made her smile on the inside.

"I'm sorry I didn't believe you about him," Elsa said.

"Nah, wasn't your fault," Jack said. "He just managed to lie so well that anyone would have fallen for it."

Elsa giggled. "Thanks Jack."


Anna and Kristoff returned from their date in a very good mood. Anna unlocked her dorm room and invited Kristoff in.

"Elsa?" she called.

There was no answer.

"Guess she's not here," Kristoff said grabbing Anna by the waist and pulling her in close.

"Guess not," Anna giggled.

Kristoff kissed her and walked, still kissing, towards Anna's bedroom. Kristoff closed the bedroom door behind him.


"So where's Jamie?" Elsa asked.

"Stuck at home," Jack said. "There was a mix-up with his ticket so he's coming back tomorrow."

"Poor Jamie, what happened?"

"He booked his flight dates incorrectly."

They were silent for a few moments before Jack decided to break it.

"Elsa?" he said.

"Yeah?"

"Can I tell you something?"

"Anything Jack."

Then out of nowhere, Jack kissed her. It was as warm and as soft as their kiss on the balcony at Christmas time.

"I'm in love with you," he said.

Elsa pulled him into another kiss but this time a lot passionately.

"I love you too Jack," she said.

She had not felt like this about anyone. The way that Jack made her feel, made her feel as if she was floating on air. It was a truly magical feeling. She knew that the kiss at Christmas only made her realise this. She had fallen for Jack Frost.

Jack responded by kissing her again. Elsa pulled him in and her hands found themselves unbuttoning his shirt while Jack was unzipping her hoodie.

A/N: I know this chapter may be a bit fast chased but I really wanted to get to Elsa and Jack's relationship taking off. So I hope this chapter was enjoyable (especially to people like Street, shobbs10 and Shimmer Shine who couldn't wait till Elsa's ditch Theodore). Please review =)