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Elsa sat in her ice cold car thinking about whether or not she should go to Olaf's get together later. She still hadn't left the precinct's parking lot fearing that Pitch would be waiting for her at her apartment. Nothing was going the way she had planned. She had moved to New York so that she could further improve her career without any obstacles, not to end up in the same position she was in when she was younger.
'Breath' She told herself.
She waited another few seconds before turning on the car's engine and pulling out of the parking lot. The drive home was a quiet one and the only noise that she could hear was the sound of the wheels turning against the road.
She arrived at the apartment within 15 minutes and started making her way up to the 5th floor where she lived. As soon as she got out of the elevator she couldn't help but notice the police tape barricading her neighbor's door. She walked over to it and stepped under the tape taking cautious steps into the main room where the victim had been emotions quickly surged and felt overwhelmed with a feeling of sadness. It wasn't often that case affected her so badly and the thought that Pitch might be responsible made her sick.
Although the entire place had been meticulously been searched for evidence the last people who had left the scene hadn't tidied up behind them leaving coffee cups and lunch leftovers littering the kitchen. Elsa walked around silently picking everything up and and putting it in the trash.
'Does nobody have any respect for anyone here? This woman has lost everything, and no one has the decency to clean up after themselves?'
Her hands started shaking but she could't tell if it was out of anger or her being on the verge of tears. The longer she stayed there, the worse she felt so she quickly walked through all the rooms to double check that everything was the bare minimum of what she considered to be clean. She tied a knot in the bag and promptly left the apartment to throw it out. Once she reached her door she stared at it for a few minutes wondering if there was someone already waiting for her inside. Slowly and quietly she inserted the key and turned the door knob trying to make as little noise as possible.
She turned on the lights.
No one was there.
Jack didn't know what had come over him when he had asked Elsa if she was planning on going to Olaf's get together. It was an act of impulse that he hadn't been expecting, and clearly she hadn't expected either. He didn't wait around after she had left to think about what had just happened and he walked quickly back to his office where Lucy was waiting for him.
"What was that all about?" Lucy asked him.
"What was what about?" He answered trying to change the subject.
"Do you always answer questions with more questions?" She said smiling at him.
"Are you not being a little hypocritical?" He retorted sitting on his desk facing her.
She laughed and put a hand on his shoulder and leaning up against him. He felt uncomfortable being so close to her. She seemed like a nice persona and all but he had the feeling that the way she was acting was more of a flirting technique than a friendly thing. He stood up and put some distance between them.
"What has everyone been saying about the case?" He asked trying to be professional.
"Oh you know, this and that most of it is assumptions without any evidence to back it up." She paused. "You think Pitch is responsible for the murders?"
His eyebrows creased and he started opening his mouth to respond to her but she quickly interrupted his thought process.
"I saw his name on the board when Detective Snow was writing on the board. Do you really think he's back?" She seemed slightly annoyed.
"I think it's a possibility. He's done it before so what's to say he won't do it again."
"Well either way." She started smiling "I'm sure he won't get away with it this time if both you and Elsa are working on it."
Jack noticed that Lucy had called his partner by her first name. 'Am I the only one who doesn't get to call her that?' he wondered to himself.
He realized that he hadn't answered Lucy and quickly nodded "I hope so."
He sat down at his desk and started working hoping that she would get the message that he was busy at the moment and that she didn't need anyone's help right then, but clearly she didn't get it.
"Did you want anything else?" He asked.
She seemed to just be staring at a photo on Elsa's desk, however as soon as she realized that he had been speaking to her, her head shot up. "Sorry?"
"Did you want anything else?" He repeated hoping that she would understand that he wanted her to leave him alone so that he could start solving the case and analyze the evidence that they had gathered.
"Oh, um no I'll be on my way out." She said almost sounding upset. Jack felt bad for once. He normally wasn't this rude to people around him but if he wasn't in a good mindset. If Pitch was really the person behind all of this then they had a big storm coming and he was going to have to gather all the evidence possible to make sure that he wouldn't let the bastard get away with it this time.
4 hours later
Elsa arrived at Olaf's house at exactly 8 o'clock and the nerves were starting to kick in. She hardly knew anyone from the precinct and that only person that she felt she got along with best was Lucy and she wasn't even sure if she would make it. She rang the doorbell and almost instantly Olaf answered it with a huge smile on his face once he realized who it was.
"Elsa, I wasn't sure if you were coming or not." He said leaning in to give her a hug.
She froze on the spot and stiffly reciprocated it putting on a smile. "Well, here I am."
"Come inside." He said holding the door open for her. As soon as she stepped in she could hear the sounds of people talking in the other rooms. Olaf led her through the house and into the sitting room. She wasn't sure what she had been expecting but this wasn't it. There were people playing Call of Duty sitting around on the couch with beers and empty glasses all over the room. It felt like she was at a college party.
"Serve yourself with some beer there's some over on the dining table." He indicated towards her.
"Thanks." She answered walking over and pouring herself a glass. From where she was standing in the dining room there was a pretty good view of the sitting room through the open doorway. Olaf and Eddie were playing against each other. It was almost amusing to watch everyone cheering them on. She slowly walked over to the doorway when she was denied entry by none other than Jack Frost blocking the way in.
He put his hands up when he saw who it was and a smirk made its way across his face. "I promise I'll let you in as long as you don't handcuff me again."
She rolled her eyes trying not to remember that morning but she couldn't help but find the situation a little funny.
Jack leaned in closer and whispered into her ear. "Or at least not in front of everyone." He winked at her.
She laughed at his desperate attempt at flirting and pushed past him with a smile on her face and went over to where everyone else was sitting. There were a few people who she had never met so she tries her hardest to get through the beer as quickly as possible so that she wouldn't feel so awkward.
It was starting to get late and most of the guests at Olaf's had cleared out so it was only Jack, his mates, Elsa and Lucy who were all still competing against each other to see who was the best at the video game. The small group left over finally decided to turn off the TV and call it a night, helping Olaf clean up the mess left behind by the other guests.
As he was leaving Olaf held the door open for everyone they all said their goodbyes and left with Elsa going out last. Just as he stepped outside she tripped on the step and fell over on to Jack knocking both of them over. Maybe she wasn't as sober as he thought.
"Shit." Jack said standing up. "You okay?"
"Yes, sorry." She said rubbing her head.
Jack could see that she wasn't, she had hit her head pretty hard when she fell and even though he had cushioned some of her fall she had still obviously managed to injure herself no matter how much she was trying to play it down.
"Is Elsa okay?" Called Olaf.
"Yeah, don't worry Olaf I've got her."
He put his arm around her and started walking her back over to his car so that he could drive her home.
"Where are you bringing me?" She asked him.
"I'll bring you home, you're in no state to drive."
She stopped walking. "In case you hadn't noticed I didn't actually drink that much. I just missed the step because I'm clumsy not because I'm pissed out of my mind. There is no need for you to act the hero and drive a 'maiden in distress' to her home." She was clearly annoyed at him... again.
'And here she goes again.' Jack thought to himself
"I'm sorry I was trying to help you. Next time I won't." He was starting to get tired of her taking every nice thing he tried to do for her badly. No matter what he did she always thought he was out to get her.
She glared at him for a few seconds before storming off in the other direction. She didn't get very far before her hand shot up to her head again and she stopped walking.
Silently she turned around and walked back over in his direction clutching her head.
"Where's your car parked?" She asked quietly.
"Why?" He asked skeptically.
"Because I'm fairly sure that I have a concussion and that I am going to have to accept your offer of a ride because for once you're right about something."
Jack didn't know why but he had so much pity and empathy for her, but at the same time he was glad that she changed her mind and decided to let him help her. All of the things that that Arthur guy had said to her that morning were something that nobody should ever have to go through and if it was all true, then he could't help but feel responsible for her in this moment. Even though she had rejected his help the first he had offered to help her, she was here now.
"I'll bring you there now." He responded.
Once they were both seated in his car he started driving towards the nearest hospital so that she could get seen. As usual most of the ride was in complete silence.
"Shit" Jack said loudly.
"What?" Elsa said worried.
"No, no it's nothing bad I just remembered that I was supposed to text my sister when I would be home but since we are on our way to the hospital I don't want her to wait for me."
"Do you want me to text her for you?" She asked
"Do you mind? It would really be doing me a favor the last thing I want is for you to arrest me again. Except this time it would be for texting and driving." He handed his phone over to her.
Jack heard her laugh quietly beside him while she took his phone.
"Password?" She asked.
"1, 2, 3, 4." He answered.
She turned her head slowly to look at him. "I thought you were supposed to be smart." She asked him with a smile on her face.
"What can I say? You can't be both brains and beauty." he winked at her the way he always did.
"That is true." She paused. "But it is possible to be neither."
"Oh, Ice Queen over here clearly can't have much of a concussion if she's able to come up with such insulting insults." He laughed.
She laughed and entered his password. "What do you want me to say to her?" She asked.
"Just tell her that I'm on my way to the hospital with a colleague and that I'll text her again later when I think I'll be home. Oh and tell her she doesn't need to wait for me at home." He could hear her typing away beside him.
"Is there nobody else at home with her?" He heard Elsa ask quietly.
"No" He started. "Not since our parents died two years ago."
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