BlackIris: Well hypothetically if they get back together and hypothetically if they did have a child, it would be Leif first. I just love the idea of a big brother scenario.
Enna Burnning: Well currently I am not planning on that.
maggie98: This chapter answers your question. Ah I understand now. I actually had a uniform when I was in school. Although we were never able to just change clothes and have parties after exams. I wish we did. We had mufti days instead. Ah maths exams, I remember those. Hope the exams went well, good luck for your marks. Yay, holidays for you! But man you finished late this year.
Chapter 9: The New Guy
Anna closed her gaping mouth. She and Jack exchanged a look which clearly said they were as lost as another. Elsa had some form of a boyfriend? Who was this guy? Why hadn't Anna ever heard of him? Surely Elsa would have told her that she was seeing someone, wouldn't she? The guy, Theodore, put Elsa down. They were both still looking at each other while grinning and giggling slightly. Both of them seemed to have forgotten that Jack and Anna were both still in the room. Anna cleared her throat which got both Elsa's and Theodore's attention.
"So, um," Anna said. "Introduce us," she said trying to sound casual.
"Guys," Elsa brought Theodore forward. "This is Theodore, Theodore this is my sister Anna," she pointed at Anna before she pointed to Jack, "and this is Jack."
"Wow, it's so nice to finally put a face to the person," Theodore said giving their hands a shake. "I've heard so much about you both."
"And yet, we've heard nothing about you," Jack said.
"I guess Elsa wanted to keep me to herself," Theodore said giving Elsa a one armed hug.
Anna could see that Jack was fighting the urge to throw up. He was clearly finding the thought that Elsa had found someone else really sickening. He was probably also wondering what Elsa saw in the guy anyway. It wasn't hard for Anna to see. For starters he was pretty good to look at and he did seem like a nice guy but then again first impressions aren't not always right and looks could be deceiving.
"So anyway," Theodore said. "I got to dash, Ashely is waiting for me. Just thought I would pop round to say hi to everyone." Theodore gave Elsa one last kiss which made Anna saw made Jack sick to the stomach. "See ya!" he waved before he gathered up his things and left the apartment. Elsa waved goodbye to him and when he had left Elsa had a big smile on her face. She had a dreamy look on her face which clearly screamed things loud and clear.
"So, uh," Anna said. "Can I just ask one thing?"
"Shoot," Elsa said.
"What the hell is that?" Anna yelled. "I mean hello! Weren't you like all," Anna lowered her voice so Jack couldn't hear and led Elsa a few feet away, "all caught up with Jack?"
"I was but then I decided well Jack and I were in the past and you shouldn't cry about the past, so I decided to move on," Elsa explained. "Besides Theodore is this amazing guy. Anna you will love him. He's sweet, gentle, caring, gorgeous and he treats me like a princess plus he's intelligent, sensitive, an amazing cook, good swimmer…"
"Not Jack," Anna muttered.
"What?" Elsa asked.
"Who's Ashley?" Anna said quickly changing the subject.
"Oh she's Theodore's sister," Elsa said. "He's staying with her for a while he's in town visiting. She moved to Burgess a few years ago but Theodore remained in London."
"Oh," Anna said. "So, um, how did you meet?"
"Ah," Elsa got a certain look in her eyes. She then told her story.
Elsa was in the streets of London walking around looking for a market place that she used to go to when she was a little kid. Elsa hadn't been in London since she was about sixteen and unfortunately all her travelling when she was younger had sort of blurred together so Elsa couldn't remember which city was which city. This made her feel a little embarrassed as she usually had a pretty good memory but right now it was failing her. She was currently having trouble finding the market place that she really wanted to get to. She remembered getting all kinds cool stuff when she exploring the market place with Anna when they were there together. Anna, the mere memory of her sister made Elsa swell with jealously. She didn't like taking off without even giving Anna even an explanation, all she gave her was a note and nothing more. But Elsa needed to do what she needed to do and hopefully Anna would see that and wouldn't just see her sister taking off without saying anything to anyone or keeping in touch. Elsa felt another twinge of guilt when she walked passed Anna's favourite bakery. Maybe Elsa would get her favourite pastry in honour of her and maybe take a picture so she could show Anna later. Elsa decided to move on.
It had been over a year since she had seen anyone. She did miss them all but she did still think she needed time to herself. Elsa just thought that talking to people may be a little hard. She took out her phone and opened up a map app. She tried to locate the market place using the app. She wasn't sure if it was on a map or not but there was no harm in looking. Suddenly her phone froze.
"No, no, no," Elsa said trying to fix her phone. She tried turning her phone off and on but the phone remained frozen. Elsa let out a few curse words. She needed that phone. It was her safety net. She continued walking down the street. She supposed she could get someone to help her. She decided to give her phone one last try but it didn't work again.
"You look like someone who's gotten herself into a spot of trouble," Elsa looked up. The speaker was male, with black hair and blonde highlights. He was wearing a suit so Elsa guessed he must work in the corporate business or something like that. He was carrying a newspaper which Elsa managed to glance at the headline 'Hit and run victim dies without waking from coma'.
"Yeah," Elsa answered grinning at the man. "I was looking for a market that was around here somewhere."
"You mean Steller and Smith Market," the man said gesturing with his newspaper.
"I do," Elsa said with a grin. "You know it?"
"I go there quite often," the man smiled. "I love it. You need a guide?"
"I would love a guide," Elsa smiled. "So who am I hiring?"
"Theodore," the man extended his hand. "And I am being hired by?"
"Elsa," Elsa took his hand and shook it.
"Elsa," Theodore grinned at her. "What a pretty name, Norwegian isn't it?"
"Either you have a good knowledge on names or that was an amazing guess," Elsa smiled.
"Ah but you forgot option number three."
"Which is?"
"I could be a mind reader," Theodore said very mysteriously.
"You could be," Elsa laughed. "So are you?"
"Nope," Theodore laughed too. "I'm actually good with names plus you did have a slight accent which I believed sounded a little Norwegian and so that tipped the scales a bit in that direction."
"Ah smart," Elsa said. "I'm quite impressed."
"Glad you think so. So market?"
"Oh yes," Elsa had actually forgotten all about it. She had too busy having fun talking to this guy she had just met. "Which way?"
Theodore smiled and pointed her in the right direction. He showed her the way through the crowded streets of London until they came to a large area where a bunch of tents were erected and people were stopping a stalls examining the things on sale. A big sign over the entrance way said 'Steller and Smith Market'.
"Thanks," Elsa smiled at Theodore.
"No problem," Theodore smiled back.
"I feel like I need you repay you somehow," Elsa said.
"Payment not required," Theodore said still smiling. "Helping out people is what I do."
"Well, thanks anyway," Elsa said.
Theodore gave her one last smile before he walked off. Elsa entered the market and started to wander around. For some reason she couldn't get the smiling Theodore out of her mind. He seemed to almost casted a spell on her. The last time Elsa couldn't get someone out of her head was when she started falling for Jack. Elsa tried to shake the image of Theodore smiling and laughing out of her head. Sure, he had been a nice guy, good looking and smartly dressed but she doubted if she would ever see him again. Elsa decided to focus in on what the lady in front of her was selling. It worked. Theodore popped out of Elsa's head and allowed Elsa to continue looking around the market stalls looking for things to buy. She found a few cute things for Rapunzel and Merida which she thought they might like.
However two things that Elsa had thought didn't happen. The first thing was that she thought that Theodore wouldn't pop back into her head again. He did. She kept thinking about him all the way home. He was just some guy who had helped her so why was she feeling this way? The second thing was that she thought she would never see him again. Again, she was wrong about this.
The second time she ran into Theodore was outside a coffee shop. It was about two days after the first time she had met Theodore. She had just ordered coffee and had rushed out the door. There was a shop she wanted to go to and it closes quite early in the day for some reason. Elsa's theory was that the owner didn't like to work full days so he closes after lunch for that reason. Elsa had rushed out the door and had collided head first with someone about to enter. Elsa's coffee went all over the man and they both fell down onto the hard ground. Elsa let out a small gasp of pain but went instantly to help the man to his feet.
"You okay?" she asked him. The man was trying to get dripping hot coffee off his nice shirt and pants.
"Yeah I'm f-" the man stopped and looked at her. A smile crossed his face "Aren't you that girl Elsa?"
"Theodore?" she said sounding a mixture of happy and surprised. "Well out of all the people in London, I'm sorry I had to spill coffee on the man who took time out of his day to help me out."
"It's fine," Theodore said. "This suit had just been dried cleaned but hey, if it was worth getting it dry cleaned again if I got to run into you again."
Elsa had to suppress a giggle. It was easy once she re-examined all the dark coffee stains all over his nice white shirt.
"Oh I feel awful," she said eying the stains. "Is there a way I can pay you back? Maybe pay for a new shirt or something?"
"No, no," Theodore brushed away her apologies. "No need to do that. Besides my cousin runs a dry cleaning business. I'm sure I can get it done there for free."
"Still," Elsa said, "I feel awful. Are you sure I can't do anything?"
"Well," Theodore said. "There might be one little thing you could do for me, if it's not too much to ask."
"Anything," Elsa said. "Nothing is too big."
"Well in that case," Theodore said slowly. "Dinner, tomorrow night." A grin slowly encased his face.
"Dinner?" Elsa felt a little taken aback. Was Theodore asking her out on a date? If so Elsa didn't know if she was ready or not to go on a date with someone. She was still getting over a huge relationship.
"Come on," Theodore said. "You did say…"
Elsa didn't know what to say. Theodore was a great guy despite her knowing him for only a few hours and in any other situation she would say yes. It was Jack who was holding her back. She wasn't sure if she was over him. Not seeing him in over a year was certainly helping that though. A little voice then started to speak in Elsa's ear. It was saying go for it. How often does one meet gorgeous strangers who was generally a nice guy and seemed genuine? The voice was getting louder telling her to go for it. Theodore was giving her a certain smile which made Elsa's stomach fill with butterflies. She hadn't felt like this in a while. The truth is that she had thought that she never thought she could feel like this ever again.
"Okay," Elsa said. "I'll go out to dinner with you."
"Great," Theodore said. "I'll meet you tomorrow at eight outside The Savoy Grill."
"Fancy," Elsa grinned. "Alright, I will meet you tomorrow at eight at The Savoy Grill."
The next night Elsa was in her hotel room. She had bought a nice blue dress for the evening. She hadn't bought anything nice with her as going on dates hadn't exactly been on her agenda. She still thought this was a bad idea, a really bad idea. But it would be like what Anna would say; moving on was healthy and to do that Elsa had to get back out in the world and date. If she was back in Burgess, Anna would have her prowling bars looking for dates or going on online sights. Maybe Anna even had a profile for her up already. Elsa laughed at this.
Elsa threaded some golden earrings into her ears before slipping on some heels. It had been a while since she went on a first date. She had been with Jack so long that she had forgotten what a first date feels like. Well at least Theodore was a decent guy to try that with despite her thinking that going on a date was a really bad idea. She grabbed her purse and headed out of her hotel room and outside into the streets beyond. She checked her watch to see what time it was. It was half past seven. She had a bit of time to get the restaurant. Luckily for her, she had checked with reception which was the quickest route to the restaurant and she had gotten a good answer. She made her way over to the restaurant and only managed to get lost twice. She found the restaurant and was only a few minutes. She went up to the maître d' and asked for her table. The maître d' smiled and led her over to where Theodore was sitting. He was sitting in another great suit. Elsa wondered if his wardrobe was full of them. It kind of reminded her of Barney Stinson. Hopefully that was all what reminded her of him.
"I thought you weren't going to show up," Theodore said.
"Its two past eight," Elsa said laughing. "I left in plenty of time. Besides I would never turn down a free dinner."
Theodore laughed. "Please sit," he gestured towards the second seat and Elsa did.
"You choose a good restaurant," Elsa said. "I used to come here with my family when I was younger."
"Ah," Theodore smiled at her. "So we have an expert here."
Elsa laughed. A waiter came over with menus and handed one to Elsa.
"So what happened next?" Anna asked.
"We had dinner, nice conversation and got along very well," Elsa said. "We dated for a few months before I decided to leave London and go to Germany. But Theodore and I kept in touch and he told me that he was coming to Burgess for a visit so I gave him your address and told him he could pop round anytime."
"Ah," Anna said. She was still in shock from discovering that her sister had a relationship while she had been away and it sounded like quite a serious relationship, maybe not as serious as her relationship with Jack had been but maybe it could get up there. Anna wasn't sure about Theodore, at least with Jack she had pretty much known him all her life and could see that he was serious about her. Despite the little, maybe not so little, incident that had happened she was still rooting for Jack.
"So anyway," Elsa said. "We agreed to go out to dinner, so he's coming later. I best go get ready."
Anna could see that Elsa looked really happy. Maybe Theodore had been good for her. All Anna wanted for Elsa to be happy. The look that Elsa gave Theodore when he walked in told her that. Elsa headed off to her room to get ready for her date. Jack walked over to Anna. He looked sad.
"So," Jack said. "They're…together I see?"
"Yeah," Anna said. "They met in London a while ago and have kind of been together ever since."
"Ah," Jack looked even worst at this news. "I think I'm going to go."
Anna just nodded. She watched Jack leave her apartment. Elsa had told Anna that she had sort of dated as well when she first arrived back. Anna had just thought that maybe it had been a few dates here and there but not a whole relationship. That kind of took her by a massive surprise and Jack too. Anna didn't know what kind of pain Jack was feeling. He had come to confess his love for Elsa and instead he gets the news that she had moved on and was now with some other guy.
The door opened again and Kristoff came home. He took a look at Anna's face.
"What's wrong?" he asked Anna.
"Long day," Anna replied collapsing into his arms.
Tooth lay in her bed staring up at the ceiling. She was thinking about what had transpired. She and Bunnymund had slept together. Tooth had no idea what had come over her. It had just happened. It had come out of nowhere. Tooth had thought Bunnymund wasn't bad to look at and he could be a really sweet guy, when he wanted to though, but she had never thought that she and Bunnymund would ever do anything like what they had done tonight. She had slept with him. Out of all the people she could have slept with, she slept with him. Although now that Tooth thought about it, it didn't feel wrong. It felt right. When that thought crossed her mind, it felt really strange. Tooth let a confused expression cross her face. What was going on? What was she feeling? Could she be feeling actual feelings towards Bunnymund? A man who Tooth considered one of her best friends. No, Tooth shook her head. That was absurd, simply absurd.
She sat up in bed. She couldn't be feeling things for him. She just couldn't. Tooth shook these thoughts out her bed before she went to sleep, her dreams full of Bunnymund and her, together.
A/N: So I hope that everyone enjoyed this update. Please review =)
