Chapter 12

"This is it!"

Anna smiled and stepped back from her life-size mirror. She stood in a casual olive green skirt that reached to her knees, a tight deep green blouse with a low-cut neckline, and black heels. Her hair was in a neat French braid that twisted at the back of her head and a green matching ribbon was tied into the strawberry blonde. She lifted her chin and made sure her necklace wasn't crooked and she gave a final nod of approval.

Rapunzel bounced beside her. "You look adorable."

"Thanks! And so do you." Anna giggled and grabbed her handbag. "Let's go."

The two girls walked out of the bedroom just as Elsa was coming out of hers with her nose buried in her book. Anna stopped abruptly and starred at the plain dark purple blouse and tight teal jeans Elsa wore. Her sister's long hair was pulled back in a neat bun and accessorized with only a light blue headband. Anna and Rapunzel exchanged a silent glance.

"Aren't you getting dressed?" Anna finally asked.

"For what?" Elsa's eyes remained on her page.

"Hiccup's party." Anna reminded.

Elsa raised one hand. "Hey you said you're going by yourself. I want no part in this charade."

Her sister rolled her eyes and brushed past her. "Fine!"

"Fine. Good luck getting past Dad." Elsa mumbled, turning around and going back into her room.


Slowly and steadily Anna began to tiptoe down the stairs with Rapunzel behind her. When they reached the bottom, they noticed Walter sitting on the couch with the newspaper in front of him and luckily his back facing them. Anna turned back to her friend and gestured on.

"C'mon!" she mouthed.

Rapunzel nodded and they began to tiptoe past him. He still didn't make a single movement, which relieved the girls and prompted them to continue onward.

"You should've used the window." Walter suddenly spoke up.

Anna and Rapunzel straightened as Walter turned and stood from his seat. "And may I ask where you two are going?"

"We're meeting up with some friends for a movie." Anna announced with her best smile.

"Oh and where are you planning to sit? In the back with the rest of the couples?" Walter asked with a smirk.

Rapunzel blushed beet red while Anna rolled her eyes.

"Okay it's actually an innocent house party." she assured him.

"And Hell is just a sauna. No one's going anywhere tonight."

Anna crossed her arms with a disbelieved pout. "This is so unfair."

"I'm doing you a huge favor, you should be thanking me." Walter declared, grabbing his newspaper.

As he walked back to the couch, he noticed Elsa walking down the stairs. "Do you know anything about this party?"

Elsa looked up from her page and shook her head.

Scowling, Anna marched behind her sister. "Yes she does! She knows about it!"

Elsa on the other hand, remained composed and focused on her book. "Please leave me out of this."

"People expect me to be there. Hans is waiting. How do you think he'll feel if I don't show up?"

"Is this the same Hans whose car was bumped by your sister? Good grief what's so special about this boy?" Walter asked.

Rapunzel gave him a mute shrug. Anna opened her mouth to answer when Elsa suddenly cut her off.

"Absolutely nothing." the blonde answered, receiving a roll of the eye from her younger sister.

"If Elsa's not going then you're not going, whether Hans is there or not." Walter announced finally, settling back down on the couch.

Anna began to fume. She spun around and marched up to her sister, who was just taking out a piece of chocolate to eat. "Why can't you just forget about your life as a depressed hermit for once and think about others for a change?"

Elsa crossed her arms. "Define depressed."

"Well let me just point out that Hiccup's party doesn't qualify." Anna said.

On the couch, Walter frowned. "Sheriff Stoick's son? That Hiccup?"

Elsa chuckled. "What other Hiccup is there?"

"Huh I didn't think that kid had it in him to host a house party." Walter said, looking quite amused.

Sighing, Anna turned and walked over to her sister. Moving away from Rapunzel and their father, she gripped Elsa's shoulders and gave her sister a desperate look.

"Can you for just tonight forget about being the Ice Witch for once and just be my sweet sister? Please? It's only for today!" Anna begged softly.

Elsa raised an eyebrow and she felt Anna's hands squeeze her harder.

"Please? For me? I'll do anything, even hand over my candy stash. Think about all that smooth, delicious, creamy chocolate." Anna pouted her lips and batted her lashes.

Her sister gave her a long tortured look before she rolled her eyes. She could never resist her sister's ridiculous puppy pout, nor her sister's prized candy stash. Damn it Anna always knew how to bribe her.

"Fine! I'll go." Elsa decided.

Anna let out a squeal and threw her arms around her. Just as Elsa thought it couldn't get any worse, Rapunzel bowled behind her and she was crushed in between the two squealing girls.

"But just this once! And you better keep your promise! I want the whole stash in my room by the end of tonight!" Elsa demanded.

"Thank you thank you thank you!" Anna giggled.

"I can't believe this!" Walter groaned.

The girls pulled apart and Anna fixed her blouse with a large smile. Elsa huffed and crossed her arms, clearly un-amused.

"It's only a party Daddy. I can assure you Hans will be the perfect gentleman." Anna assured him.

Walter gave her a long look before he stood up and walked over towards a trunk. "I want you to wear the sling."

Anna's face changed from happy and flushed to pale and horrified.

"Oh no!" She shook her head. "No Daddy please don't. What'll Hans think? Please don't do this to me."

"He'll stay away." Elsa guessed as Walter returned with an ugly baby sling completed with a fake baby tucked inside.

Anna held up her arms helplessly as her father strapped it on. Nearby, Rapunzel looked mortified, while Elsa smiled wide. She only wished she had a camera to capture the depressed look on Anna's face.

"Just for five minutes." Walter said.

"Mr. Northland don't you think that's a little extreme?" Rapunzel asked. Elsa nudged her in the ribs and struggled not to laugh at the sight of her sister.

"I'm perfectly aware of what I'm getting myself into." Anna insisted loudly as Rapunzel handed her purse over.

"Just listen to me this once Anna. If you ever think about kissing this hunk I want you to imagine yourself nine months forward, in the hospital, cursing this Prince Charming and waiting for Junior to come out!" Walter exclaimed.

"Good grief Dad! You're so unbalanced. Maybe you need the night out more than I do!" Anna said as Elsa approached the three of them, holding her bag.

"We're going!" she announced.

Walter turned from Anna and to his oldest, who knew what he was going to say. Elsa crossed her arms expectantly.

"No drugs. No drinking. No stripping. No piercings. No tattoos. No smoking. No tickling. No Truth or Dare. No twerking. No groping. No kissing. No fondling. No voodoo magic. No animal sacrificing. And ABSOLUTELY NO GOING INTO A ROOM WITH A BOY NO MATTER HOW CUTE HIS BUTT IS." Walter listed.

He suddenly flushed and turned away. "Crap I'm giving them ideas."

"Yes sir." Elsa smiled and turned to the door.

Yet when she turned the knob and pulled it open, Elsa was surprised when a body fell right through the threshold with a cry.

"What the…" Elsa rolled her eyes down and sure enough she caught Jack's glance as he blinked up at her from the ground. Leaning against the door, the blonde smiled haughtily.

"Haven't you ever realized how every time we're together, one of us has to be on the ground?" she asked.

Jack gave her a large smile in greeting. "And haven't you realized that it's always you?" and in seconds he sprung up and brushed down the powdery snow from his clothes.

Elsa on the other hand, felt her eyes widening at his appearance. He was dressed in a dark blue dress shirt, a black jacket, dark gray skinny jeans, and converse. A silver watch was draped around his wrist and a whiff of good-smelling cologne hung around him. Elsa's grip on the knob weakened and her heart fluttered. She didn't want to admit it but he looked…hot. And obviously his additional Jack Frost smile and twinkling blue eyes did little to ease the flip-flop of her belly.

After a single blink though, Elsa returned to reality. What was he doing here again? "What are you…"

"9:30 right? And oh look. Right on time. It must be the first." Jack grinned, eyeing his watch.

Elsa gave an irritated huff. "I hope you didn't bring your tank. We're carrying two excited girls wearing skirts." she murmured, nodding towards Anna and Rapunzel.

"That's exactly who I bought. And speaking of…. is that a baby?" Jack gasped, his eyes growing humongous at the sight of Anna.

"C'mon!" Elsa groaned, grabbing his arm and pulling him out.

Anna grudgingly followed behind them with Rapunzel giggling beside her.


While the four of them were on their way to the party, Kristoff and Hiccup were standing in Hiccup's room, getting ready as well. They spent the entire rest of the day decorating the house and getting all the refreshments and, to Kristoff's disbelief, supply of beer. The blonde never considered himself a social butterfly, but if this was a way to get him closer to Anna, then he was ready.

As Hiccup fixed his dark brown shirt, Kristoff pulled on an expensive and tight leather jacket with a huff. Leave it to Hiccup to help him dress for a party. All Kristoff planned on wearing was a nice dress shirt and jeans, but Hiccup just had to step over the boundaries and he ended up being forced to buy an expensive leather jacket that made the blonde look like he just jumped out of Grease.

"So how many people did you actually invite to this house party?" Kristoff asked gruffly.

"Uh….the whole Burgress student body maybe. You say free beer and they come stampeding." Hiccup picked up a bottle of gel and looked at the description. "What the heck….is this in Norse?"

"Do you seriously think Anna will show up? I mean she is a sophomore and you know how crazy these parties can get."

"Remember what I told you about that girl, she's desperate. And have you forgotten our plan? You clearly want to talk and get to know Anna more. Why not a good old house party? Look can you stop thinking about your love life and let me think about mine!" Hiccup groaned.

"Is Astrid gonna be here?" Kristoff asked.

"What do you think? Snotlout's picking her up and driving her here. How do I look?" Hiccup threw a scarf over his neck and flexed his muscles.

"Like my great Uncle Jimmy. Loose the scarf and put some cologne on. You're starting to sweat!" Kristoff scowled.

He grabbed his watch and threw it over his wrist. "Let's go."