Lots of excitement (and punctuation) ahead!

And you'll find out who was watching Hans and Elsa from the end of chapter 7 eventually, I promise!

The day started out like any other. Elsa woke up and had breakfast. She signed papers in her study. She ate lunch and then went for a walk in the gardens. Now it was about midafternoon. Elsa was reading in an armchair near the fireplace in the library. Hans was sitting in an adjacent armchair, also reading. Although Elsa did prefer to read alone, she thought it rude to ask him to leave. Plus it wasn't like he was making much noise or anything…

Elsa had just started the next chapter in her book when the door opened. Both Elsa and Hans turned to see Faltin standing in the threshold.

"Your Majesties," he bowed slightly to them. "I am here to inform you that Princess Anna has gone into labor and the baby should be delivered shortly."

Elsa's eyes went wide and she dropped her book. "What?!" She stood up. "What do you mean 'shortly'? How long has this been going on?"

"A c-couple hours…" Faltin answered, his voice trailing off in slight confusion.

"A couple hours!? Why didn't anyone tell me this was going on!?" Even though she tried to conceal the panic in her voice, Elsa could very easily detect it showing through.

She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around to find Hans. "Elsa, calm down. She probably-"

Elsa flung around to glare at him and then cut him off. "You be quiet!" She said, pointing her finger at him. Both Hans and Faltin looked a little taken aback about the sternness in her voice. "Oh my poor baby sister!" Elsa's tone changed drastically from anger to worry. Her hand immediately flew to her mouth. Where she started biting her nails, a bad habit she was trying to break. Oh well.

"Elsa, please listen to me," Hans continued anyways, gently pulling Elsa's hand away from her mouth. "I'm sure she will be fine. Don't worry too much about it."

"Childbirth is no walk in the park mister!" Elsa said, shoving a little index finger in his face.

"I know, I know, but Anna is strong, she can handle this. Plus she has Kristoff." Hans said, pushing her hand down and out of his face.

"And me!" With that, Elsa was off to see her younger sister.

Elsa did have to ask a maid on the way where Anna was. One crucial detail she forgot to ask Faltin. The maid wasn't certain exactly which room Anna was in but once Elsa made it to the corridor that she supposedly was in, she just followed the sounds of screaming and tears.

The first thing Elsa noticed when she opened the door was Anna lying in bed, drenched in sweat, and a hyperventilating Kristoff by her side. Despite everything, Anna was the first one to notice Elsa standing in the doorway.

"Oh, Elsa! Thank God you're here!" Anna shouted towards her. Elsa smiled, closed the door behind her, and walked/ran over to her sister's side.

"How is everything going?" Elsa asked, once she had reached the edge of the bed.

Anna let out a groan of pain, so a midwife answered for her, "The princess is doing very well and this should all be over shortly."

"IT'S SO HOT."

Anna's complaints were ignored by the bustling midwives. Elsa chuckled, and with the flick of her wrist, created a small snow cloud above her sister's head.

"OH SWEET JESUS THAT FEELS SO GOOD."

"Anna that sounded really dirty." Elsa said.

"DO I LOOK LIKE I CARE RIGHT NOW?"

Elsa looked over to Kristoff. He responded with a look that seemed to say "she's been like this all day."

Two stressful hours later, a healthy baby girl arrived. Both Elsa and Kristoff were kindly asked to leave so Anna could spend some time alone with her daughter. After about a half hour, however, the two were permitted to enter back into the room. When they walked in, Anna was smiling down at her now sleeping daughter. When Anna noticed Elsa and Kristoff, she quietly but enthusiastically motioned the two over.

"Kristoff Bjorgman," Anna whispered, "would you like to hold your daughter?"

Kristoff was smiling ear to ear as he took the small bundle from his wife's arms. "She's so beautiful…"

It was all so sweet Elsa had to try hard to hold back her tears of happiness. After about a minute of silence, Elsa asked, "So what's her name?"

Anna and Kristoff exchanged excited glances. "Well…" Anna began. "We've been doing a lot of thinking, and the name we finally decided on for a girl is…" Anna paused for dramatic effect, "Alida Elsa Bjorgman."

Elsa just stared at her for a minute. "Alida Elsa Bjorgman?" Elsa asked in disbelief, her voice barely above a whisper.

Anna nodded excitedly.

"Oh, Anna…" Elsa said before embracing her sister tightly.

"Ow, ow, ow, too tight." Anna winced.

"Oh! Sorry!" Elsa said, quickly freeing her sister.

Anna giggled. "It's okay."

"You really named your daughter after me? I'm so touched! I really am!"

"Why wouldn't I want my daughter named after the most amazing and awesome person in the world?" Anna said playfully. Elsa laughed.

Kristoff finally chimed in. "Would you like to hold her, Elsa?"

"M-May I?" Elsa said, looking between Anna and Kristoff for permission.

"Of course! You are her aunt after all!" Anna said.

"Okay then…" Elsa said before reaching out to take her tiny niece from Kristoff.

Kristoff was right. Alida was beautiful. She had round, rosy cheeks, just like her mother. Thankfully, she also had Anna's nose instead of her father's. Her eyes were chocolaty brown and her head was topped with dirty blonde hair. Both from Kristoff.

Elsa didn't know how long she was holding Alida, just watching her sleep before Anna yawned.

"What time is it?" The redhead inquired sleepily.

"Late." Kristoff replied. "We should probably get some sleep soon."

"I completely agree. It's been such an exhausting day." Anna complained.

"Yeah I'm pretty tired too." Elsa agreed while handing Alida back over to Kristoff. "Goodnight you two…" Elsa said as she got up from her spot on the side of Anna's bed. "I mean- you three…"

Anna giggled. "Goodnight Elsa!"

And with that Elsa was on her way up to her own room.

Elsa flung her bedroom door open and stumbled in. Now that all the excitement was over, Elsa realized how tired she actually was. She shut the door behind her and barely made it to her bed before collapsing completely.

"How is everything?"

Elsa didn't even have to look up to know that voice. Hans was here. Yet another thing standing in her way from the amazing sensation that was sleep.

"Great." Elsa mumbled. She thought that if she gave minimal answers maybe he'd go away. She was wrong.

"'Great'? That's all I get. Your sister just had a freaking baby and all I get to know about it is 'great'?"

Elsa turned over to face him. "It's a girl. She's perfectly healthy. Anna's fine too. Her name is Alida Elsa Bjorgman. Yes, she was named after me," Elsa answered after seeing Hans' expression. "She has Anna's cheeks and nose and Kristoff's hair and eyes. Is that what you wanted to hear?"

"Yes." Thank goodness. Elsa thought, turning back over and getting comfortable.

"But…" Hans continued. Elsa groaned. What more did he want? "How are you doing?"

"Hans, I'm not the one that just gave birth."

"I know," Hans said. "But you usually don't stay up this late. Are you feeling all right?"

"I would feel much better if you would leave me alone so I could get some sleep. Plus if you leave now I won't question you about why you're in my room so late at night." Elsa mumbled into her pillow.

Hans chuckled. "Okay, okay, I'm leaving."

Since Elsa couldn't see him, she assumed the footsteps she heard was him walking to the door. But suddenly the footsteps stopped and Elsa felt a large, warm hand on her back. Now she was curious. She turned her head to see Hans standing over her. She raised an eyebrow at him.

Hans bent down and kissed Elsa lightly on the forehead. "Goodnight, beautiful."

He turned on his heel and walked back to the door, Elsa's eyes following him quizzically. Right as he opened the door, Elsa spoke to him. "Goodnight Hans."

Even from the dim lighting of the room, Elsa could see him smile before he turned off the lamp near the entrance to the room and shut the door behind him, leaving Elsa alone in the dark to sleep.

Elsa didn't like being alone.

Kristoff wasn't exactly sure how or when it all happened but somehow the day had started out as one of the scariest days of his life, and ended as one of the best.

Now he was carrying Anna, who was carrying Alida, back to their bedroom. Alida would sleep there in a crib for a week or two before Anna would be ready to send her off to the nursery that they had ordered to be put together a few months prior.

Both of his girls were sound asleep. Anna was even snoring lightly. Kristoff chuckled. This was an amazing day. He even had a little bundle of proof for it.

The only chapter I wrote quicker than this one was chapter 1! I'm pretty proud of myself!