Nothing but Kristanna here :-) It is their first official meeting though so it might get a little shaky. Enjoy!
Kristoff lay face down in the snow. Well, that idea was kaput. Sven nuzzled him from where he sat on the front patio of Oaken's shop, his leash tied to a sign. Sven panted and barked at Kristoff, expecting his treat.
"No Sven, I didn't get your carrots." Kristoff said, his voice muffled by the snow. He pushed himself up from the ground and faced his counterpart as Sven down turned his ears and whined.
"Oh, don't worry, buddy. We'll be O.K." Kristoff told his dog, petting his head, "I did find us a place to sleep though. Hopefully it's not too expensive." Kristoff said, eyeing an RV park adjacent to Oaken's shop. He untied Sven from the sign and got up.
"Come on, buddy. Let's go get some sleep." he said, walking over to the truck. He let Sven in and fired up the truck, pulling into the RV park.
After he had paid a fairly inexpensive rate to park his camper and hook up electricity, Kristoff settled down to relax by the heater in the camper with a cup of soup and his dog munching on dog food in the opposite bed.
"Canines are better than people, Sven. Don't you think that's true?" Sven looked at him and nodded his head and yipped.
"Well, yeah of course I do, what not?" Kristoff said in a gruff voice, the voice he imagined Sven would have if he were able to talk as Sven looked at him, perked up his ears & tilted his head.
"Nobody beats you, old buddy." Kristoff replied. Sven laid his head down sheepishly as if he were to blush.
"You spoil me, Kristoff." Kristoff said again in Sven's voice, then laughed as he scratched behind the dog's ears.
"I know I do, buddy." Kristoff finished off what was left of the soup, washed up and pet Sven's head again before retreating to his bed.
"Let's call it a night." he said to the dog.
"Goodnight..." he said in Sven's voice as the dog rubbed his head against Kristoff's hands.
"Don't let the frostbite bite." Kristoff told his friend as he turned out the light.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
Kristoff awoke with a start as he heard Sven barking and someone banging on his camper door. He got down from the bed and grabbed a baseball bat off the counter, in case it were anyone bad. He inched near the door as more knocks sounded.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
Kristoff then flung open the door with the bat raised over his head.
"All right, who has the balls to come here and-" he began, then he looked down to spot someone he had never expected to see again.
"WHOA MAN! TAKE IT EASY! IT'S O.K.!" a female voice said as she ducked in cover. Kristoff looked at her with disapproval, putting down the bat. It was the girl from the store! The tiny girl with the orange hair! What was she doing here?
"What the hell do you think you're doing? Banging on my door in the middle of the night? What's the matter with you?!" he asked, petting Sven to quiet him down. The girl shrugged.
"I'm sorry, its just, I need to... uh... ask you something." she replied. Kristoff groaned.
"Look, I've already told you, I didn't see that girl you were talking about earlier, now let me go to sleep." he said, trying to shut the door, but the girl caught it with her shoulder.
"Ouch. That's not what I was going to ask you." the girl said. Kristoff opened the door.
"Well, what is it?" he asked. The girl looked a little worried.
"Well, you know I needed to have my tire replaced, but my engine was giving me some trouble too. That guy who runs the shop, Oaken? He told me he'd fix my car, but he needs to keep it overnight. So, I was hoping you could give me a ride somewhere, maybe?" she asked. There was a moment of silence. Kristoff raised an eyebrow.
"Nice try, but I don't take people places." Kristoff said. The girl furrowed her brow.
"Well, then let me rephrase that." without warning, she slammed a bag into Kristoff's chest. He emptied the bag to find the supplies he wanted from Oaken's store. Kristoff raised his eyebrow again and puzzled over this tiny girl.
"Look, I have a really good reason. Its not that I want to do something frivolous like go Christmas shopping or something, I need to go get my sister." Kristoff sighed. Great, family drama.
"You'd better come in." He said, stepping out of the doorway and allowing the girl to enter. She looked around the small camper like she'd never seen one before.
"Do you live in here?" she asked.
"Yeah, it's cheaper than paying a lease." Kristoff replied, closing the door. The girl looked at the small kitchen the camper had with wonder.
"Cool. I've never been in one of these before." Kristoff could hardly believe his ears.
"You've never been in a camper before?" he asked in disbelief. The girl nodded.
"Never been camping. My dad said he would take us all one day, but when he did we just ended up staying at one of our resorts." She looked down at Sven & petted his head. Sven licked her hand.
"One of your resorts? What, are you a millionaire or something?" Kristoff wondered aloud. The girl laughed.
"Well... yeah. My family owns a hotel franchise that my sister runs now." Kristoff laid down on the bed, staring up at the ceiling.
"Which franchise?" he asked.
"Arryn." the girl replied. Kristoff looked surprised.
"No shit? Really? I brought some ice up to some mansion earlier that was supposed to be for a party for the Arryn company or something." he asked, looking over at the girl, who nodded again.
"Yeah, the party." she said, looking a little blue, "That's where it happened. My sister left and I have to go get her. And I need your help." Kristoff sat up and looked at her.
"Look, I already told you I don't take people places." The girl suddenly looked desperate as she began stammering awkwardly.
"I can make it worth your while!" she said. Kristoff stared back in disbelief.
"Oh yeah, how?" The girl looked lost.
"I can get you a job working for us!" she said, hopeful.
"I already have a job, I sell ice!" Kristoff said, throwing his hands up.
"But it's the winter! And I'll be willing to pay as well." the girl said, "That is, after we get her back." Kristoff narrowed his eyes at her.
"What?" the girl shrugged.
"Why after?" Kristoff asked.
"So I can guarantee that you won't leave me somewhere or flake out on me." she said confidently. Kristoff sighed & laid back down, dropping his hat over his eyes.
"Look, I've already payed my night here and I'm not wasting it. We'll leave at dawn so you'd better get some sleep." He heard the girl get up.
"I can get you a refund. I can be very persuasive, believe me." he heard her say.
"Oh really? Is that how you got all the supplies for me? You persuaded that bastard in that overpriced shop? Wonder how you did that."
Kristoff felt small hands grab his the collar of his flannel and jerk him up. His hat fell from his face, leaving his widened brown eyes to look into the determined blue eyes of a the feisty girl.
"Let's get one thing straight, bucko. If we're going to be traveling together, you will talk to me like the lady I am or I'll revoke my offer, slice your tires to your camper and your truck and have your electricity cut off so you can sit here in the cold until the sun comes up. What do you think of that?"
Kristoff stared at her, regretting what he had said. Bulda would have smacked his head clean off if she heard him talk to a needy stranger like that.
"O.K, look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that, I take it back. You bought me this stuff out of the goodness of your heart and I'm just stepping all over it. My apologies." The girl's mean glare simmered down as she returned to normal & let got of his shirt.
"At least you apologized." she said, "I like that." Kristoff got back up.
"I'm sorry. I'm no good at talking to new people and I often just say things that offend them, so that's my fault. As a matter of fact, because of that outburst, why don't you take my bed for the night? Its more comfortable than the other one by a longshot."
"Nice try," the girl said, handing him his jacket and scarf, "We're leaving now. Right now." she said. Kristoff tilted his head to the side and raised an eyebrow. The girl tried to look like she was the boss, but just sort of looked a little overjoyed, he didn't know about what. Maybe that she had stood up to him?
"Meet you outside." she said, turning around so fast that her braids almost hit him in the face. She opened the door and left him standing there wondering what to do. Sven nosed at the bag on the bed & pulled out the bag of baby carrots with his mouth & pawed at Kristoff, who opened it and gave him one and then took one for himself.
This was going to be a long trip.
They're on their way! We'll get to see Elsa again next chapter :-D and more Kristoff/ Anna stuff to come :-)
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