Elsa was sitting in the library; her history book wide open, her bun messed up, and her eyes were staring down at the pages. To anybody that passed by her it would look like she was just another student cramming for finals, but her mind was somewhere else. Particularly, to how her night ended a few nights ago.
Elsa had hopped out of the car and ran around to the other side while Jack started to wake up from his nap. She pulled open his door as he sat up, rubbing his eyes.
"Wake up sleepy head," Elsa teased him with a smile. "Come on, let's go inside." She helped him out of the car and they slowly walked into the house.
"Is anybody home?" Jack asked as Elsa unlocked the door.
"Nah, my Uncle Olaf is at work and Anna is hanging out with her friends after school so we'll be alone." She told him. She sat him down on the couch before running out of the room. But before he could look around, Elsa rushed back in the room with a hand towel and a steaming bowl of water.
"What are you doing?" Jack questioned her as she sat on the ground next to the couch.
"I'm helping. Can you, um, take off your shirt and lay down?" She asked, her cheeks heating up a little. He just raised an eyebrow at her with a smirk on his face.
"You know, if you wanted to see me shirtless you could have just asked. I would've been happy to oblige," He said while grabbing the back of his shirt and lifting it over his head. Elsa's eyes roamed down his body until she realized what she was doing. Her eyes snapped back to his as he spoke. "Like what you see?" He asked, still wearing his infamous smirk.
"Oh, shut up," She mumbled, her face as red as a tomato. He lay back on the couch and she dipped the towel in water. She took a look at his chest and pressed the towel to the biggest bruise hoping to ease the pain. He hissed in pain at first but made no moves to stop her. "Sorry," she mumbled and lightly pressed the towel to his wound again.
"It's fine," he told her. After a few minutes, she had cleaned up most of the wounds on his chest and was going to start on his face before Jack spoke up.
"Hey what is this?" He asked as he softly grabbed her arms to better inspect it. It was about three inches long but luckily it wasn't that deep.
"It's nothing, my arm just got scratched when Scar shoved me back. But I'm okay," She said nonchalantly, but he wouldn't listen to it.
"Come here, sit down," He said as he sat himself up and moved over on the couch so there was enough room. She was about to refuse but she shut her mouth, knowing full well that he was just as stubborn as she was. She sat next to him and he took the towel from her, re-dipped it in the hot water, gently took her arm, and pressed the towel against the cut. She flinched a little but otherwise said nothing. As soon as the pain subsided, she took the towel back again.
"Hey, wha-" Jack began but was cut off.
"Nope. I'm fine, it's your turn." She replied. She pressed the towel against his cheek as he stared up at her. He had never truly admired her from this distance. Yes they have hugged and he has stared at her before, but never had he been this close to her. He could see the light dusting of freckles across her face. How her light makeup perfectly complemented her complexion and her lips looked so damn soft he just wanted to lean a little closer and close the gap between them, but he didn't. And instead he found himself getting lost in her eyes, unable to look away. She suddenly looked back at him, she tried to tear her eyes away but she just couldn't. She found herself lost in the deep pools of blue that seemed to put her in a trance. She saw his eyes flicker to her lips and back up towards her eyes again. With any other guy, she would have pushed him away. But Jack wasn't just any other guy. And in that moment she would've risked it all to allow the magnetism she felt for him to just pull her a little further forward. She couldn't think straight, at least not when he was looking at her like that. Both their eyes flickered towards each other's lips again, and they began to move a little closer. But right before their lips touched, when they could feel each others breath on their faces, the door swung open, and in skipped Anna. But she came right to a stop as she saw Elsa and Jack sitting on the couch. With their close proximity and Jack not exactly wearing a shirt, she put two and two together.
"Woah, you guys move fast," Anna said, pretty surprised at the scene in front of her. Which now consisted of Elsa scrambling off the couch and Jack struggling to get his shirt on again.
"Anna it isn't what it looks like," Elsa said.
"Uh, are you sure?" Anna asked skeptically and Jack chuckled.
"Yes, I am sure!" Elsa said exasperated.
"Okay, so do you want to explain what happened?" Anna responded with another question.
"Well, Jack wanted to cheer me up-"
"Yeah I can see that…"
"Not like that Anna! And anyways, he took me to get ice cream then we got jumped by Scar and Pete but Jack beat them up and I was just helping him get cleaned up!" Elsa yelled.
"So, you were giving him a kiss to make it feel better?"
Jack soon left after that but not after a few more embarrassing questions from Anna. The thing that was keeping Elsa's mind from her studies was just how close they came to kissing. It bothered her that she almost kissed him, but at the same time it didn't. She never trusted someone as much as she trusted Jack. She already shared so much of herself with him and it had only been a few months. What if a relationship between them didn't work out? She couldn't picture her life without him and she wasn't sure she wanted to risk it. But at the same time, her heart jumped every time she saw him and she couldn't help beginning to fall for him. Her head banged on her book as she let out a frustrated groan. She heard the library doors open and she heard someone running behind her but she didn't lift her head to check who it was. To be honest, she didn't have to because she knew exactly who it was a second later.
"Hey Elsie! Hey what is wrong?" Anna asked her and she sat down.
"Nothing," Elsa mumbled. But Anna just patiently waited for her to continue while rubbing a hand over her back. "It's about Jack."
"What about Jack?"
"I don't know what to do."
"Well do you like him?"
"No. Well, yes. But, I don't know!"
"Well if you like him, go for it."
"But what if it doesn't work out and I loose him."
"Elsa, if you both like each other, which I know you do, then you should at least give it a shot. Some things might just be worth the risk." Anna said. At this, Elsa's head peeked up at her younger sister.
"Wow, when did you get so wise?" She asked in astonishment.
"Well, Hans has been kind of distant lately, and Kristoff has been helping tutor me in a few subjects, so I guess I picked it up from him." Anna replied, looking down sheepishly.
"Hans has been distant?" Elsa asked.
"Yah but it is okay, I'm sure he is just stressed out about finals." Anna said, without a doubt in her mind.
"Okay, but in my opinion, you and Kristoff would look really cute together." Elsa said while she sat up and Anna's eyes widened to the size of balloons.
"What?! What are you talking about? I do have a boyfriend you know." Anna responded flustered, but clearly Elsa's comment left her thinking.
"I know. I'm just saying," She responded with a sly smirk. Anna lightly pushed Elsa's shoulder and they both started cracking up. They spent the rest of the day studying. Well it was mostly Elsa studying with Anna helping her get sidetracked. But she enjoyed her sister's company nonetheless. And that night both sisters slept with smiles on their faces.
Hey guys! This isn't my best chapter but I still hope you guys like it!
