Well hello there, readers! I'm glad that so many of you liked the lemon chapter! This chapter is pretty fluffy, with a bit of drama, but mostly fluff!
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Anna sat across from Idun at the small square table, silently wondering if her life could actually get better than it was right now. When she got here to the hotel last night, she was certain that this trip was going to be shitty as hell. That she would have a horrible time. Then she woke up this morning, next to a still naked Elsa, and parts of her that had gone untended for a pretty significant time felt amazing.
The mentor's phone had been going off with an alarm that Elsa must have set last night after Anna gave in to sleep. She had to have been more tired than she thought, because she was exhausted after the sex, and she let it take her over. She'd quietly turned off the alarm and cleaned the room, folding Elsa's clothes for her and writing that note. While her phone had not gone off yet, she had a feeling that it would pretty soon.
The team was gathered for breakfast, even though they wouldn't head out to the fields for another two hours, and most of the girls were still half asleep. She hoped that nobody would ask her why she had a near permanent stupid smile on her face so early in the morning. She didn't have to worry about Idun noticing anyway. The girl was practically still sleeping while she sat here.
In a lot of ways, Anna had no clue how last night was going to work. She followed Elsa down the hall and even into her room, but then…she froze. She stood there in front of the door, simply watching Elsa walk around her room. She had no idea what the fuck she was doing. Was she just going to go ahead and fucking rape Elsa or some shit?
Probably not, simply because Elsa had made her feelings known first, but still. Only when she got in the room did Anna realize that she hadn't thought it all the way through. Of course, when she caught Elsa's eye, and the two of them stared at each other, Anna made her mind. She let her body make the decision for her. And what a good move that had been. They didn't say a word, and the sex…fuck, the best she had ever had.
Yeah, some of her booty calls had been pretty damn good, and that chick from sophomore year knew what the hell she was doing between your legs, but with Elsa…it was all instinct. All feelings, no planning. It was intense and primal. It was perfect, in every way. She did feel bad about tearing Elsa's sweater, but she had been so caught up in the moment, it sorta just happened. She hoped that it didn't cost too much, because she fully planned on replacing it.
"Listen up ladies!" Anna and Idun turned in their seats to look at coach, who had come out in simple sweats and a collared shirt. A standard look for him when they were on the road and in hotels. Half formal, half easy going. "I hope you all slept well last night! You know the schedule for today, so be here in the lobby at fifteen to ten for the bus! If you miss the bus, you miss the bus!"
He turned and went back down the hall towards the elevators and his own room, leaving the team in the lobby to finish breakfast. Once he was gone, the captains got up and banged their table, bringing everyone's attention back. "Most of us know what that means, but freshman, that means don't miss the bus. If you do, not only will you not play at all during the tournament, you'll probably run laps the entire time. So yeah…don't miss the bus!"
The girls laughed and went back to eating, a few getting up and heading back to their rooms. Anna got up and got her hands on her third bagel of the morning, slapping it into the toaster just as her phone vibrated in her pocket. She excitedly dove after it, practically cracking her screen as she checked the message.
(978-011-2713) [8:02 AM] I do not snore!
Anna let a wide grin break across her face as she quickly saved the number in her phone. She loved the fact that Elsa immediately jumped onto that simple little thing she wrote at the end of the note. At least the mentor wasn't feeling awkward or mad about what happened.
(Anna Springs) [8:03 AM] How did you sleep? She sent the message off just as the bell went off and her bagel popped up from the toaster. She grabbed a small Styrofoam plate and some cream cheese and went back to her table, where Idun was almost drooling over some waffles.
(Elsa Frost) [8:04 AM] Good…better than in a long time. And you? Anna snickered at the message. There were any number of ways that she could respond to this that would have her prim and proper mentor blushing. She took a minute, spreading the cream cheese while she thought of a clever enough response to the text. Finally, she thought of the perfect thing to say.
(Anna Springs) [8:07 AM] I still tasted you on my tongue this morning, so pretty good. It was a small stretch of the truth, but at the same time it wasn't. Elsa had a very distinctive taste to her, one that Anna wouldn't forget. She really did still taste it a bit this morning, and she would be a bare faced liar if she said it didn't cross her mind to get another taste before she came out here.
She mentally pictured Elsa being as red as a tomato right now, spluttering and trying to think of something, anything else to think about than that statement. The image itself was so funny that she let out a short laugh, and it caught Idun's drowsy ear.
"What's so damn funny?" She grumbled, giving Anna the closest thing she could to a stink eye. Anna smirked at her friend, momentarily taking joy in her bad mood.
"Someone not sleep well? Too much snoring?" She prodded. Idun only gave her the middle finger before going back to her waffles. After the words were out of her mouth, Anna took a moment to reflect. She must have a complex with snoring or something. She just realized that she always went to snoring when she wanted to annoy someone. Huh. Interesting.
Her phone buzzed in her hand and she looked down at the phone. (Elsa Frost) [8:11 AM] Please don't say things like that to me.
Anna had to hold in her laughter at the very thought of how flustered Elsa was. She had an idea that that text would prompt a response like this. While she always enjoyed messing with people, she chose this once to let it go and change that subject. She had already made so much progress with Elsa, she didn't want the mentor to now think that she was this vulgar, horrible person.
(Anna Springs) [8:12 AM] Sorry. Couldn't help it. Are you coming to breakfast?
(Elsa Frost) [8:12 AM] After I finish mourning my favorite sweater. Anna winced as she read the text, knowing that she fucked up when she tore that thing off Elsa's body.
(Anna Springs) [8:13 AM] Yeah…sorry about that too. Not a moment later, her phone buzzed with the response. She glanced up at Idun to see if the girl was getting suspicious of her small smiles and how she was staring at her phone. Of course, with the presence of waffles, that was near impossible. Idun was hopelessly addicted to them. If a marine came in the door with a plate of waffles, Idun would probably die.
(Elsa Frost) [8:13 AM] It's fine. Could you come to the room? We really should talk… Anna looked around experimentally, checking to see how much of the team was still down here. Not many, but enough that they might notice her motor out of here without any reason. She thought for a moment and got a brilliant idea.
(Anna Springs) [8:15 AM] Alright. I'll grab something and say that I'm going to sleep until practice. What do you want to eat?
(Elsa Frost) [8:15 AM] An orange, if they have any. Thanks. Anna looked up and saw a large pile of oranges, so it was time to move. She leaned back and gave a long sigh. Idun looked up at her through groggy eyes.
"What's wrong with you?" She demanded. All ideas about finesse and nicety were lost on Idun in the morning, something that Anna was used to after living with the girl for years.
"Tired. I'm going to sleep until practice." She yawned, exaggerating the motion by stretching her arms above her head. Idun only grunted in response and went back to her waffles. Seriously, how many plates has she had of those?
Anna meandered through the tables, doing her best to look tired and making it work so far. Due to her well known temper and short fuse, few girls really messed with her or anything like that in the morning when they were on the road. Sometimes it pays to have a little bit of a mean streak. She got to the orange bowl, grabbed two of them and stalked out of the lobby. Out of her pocket, she pulled her secret weapon.
When she left that morning, she noticed that Elsa had two room keys, so she swiped one. It would be far easier for them to be sneaky if she could get into the room at any time without having to wait for Elsa to open the door. When she got to her own door, she glanced down the hall, both ways, before quickly stepping to the side and speedily unlocking room 109 and stepping inside. She shut the door hard, leaning back against it and taking a deep breath.
The sight she was greeted with was not unpleasant. Not even fucking close to unpleasant. Elsa was unpacking her bags, laying out her clothes, clad in some baggy grey sweatpants and a simple light blue shirt. The woman looked up, and her eyes shone with happiness when they met with Anna's. Momentarily unable to speak, Anna rushed up, grabbing Elsa's face and pulling it down, claiming her lips greedily.
Elsa was surprised, but soon returned the kiss with equal fervor, the two women battling each other's lips for almost two minutes before coming up for air. A small pop echoed into the room, along with their deep breathing.
"Good morning," Elsa breathed out, grinning wildly. Anna pressed the oranges into her hands.
"Good morning." Anna replied, smiling just as widely. She flopped down onto the empty bed, staring at the ceiling. Who knew that this was how the first morning of this tournament would go? She heard a slight scrunch and glanced over to see Elsa at the trash can, peeling the first of the oranges. Internally, Anna agreed with herself entirely. She could get used to seeing Elsa in a bedroom in the morning.
Elsa clicked her tongue when she turned around, crossing her arms on her chest as she glared down at Anna. "So. I snore, do I?" Anna let out a bark of laughter, knowing that she had hit a nerve somewhere without meaning to. She scooched up the bed to sit at the end, and grabbed the front of Elsa's pants, pulling the mentor into her arms. Anna buried her face into the softness of Elsa's stomach, kissing it through the shirt.
"It's this small, adorable little snore..." She stopped when she felt a light smack on the side of her head.
"I do not snore! At all!" Elsa snapped. Anna let out the laughter that she had been holding in. Elsa really did snore, but it was also really a tiny, almost imperceptible little sound. Anna was truly surprised when she woke up to it in the middle of the night, but she thought it was cute. She looked up at Elsa before smirking mischievously. Her hands spread and she grabbed Elsa's butt, drawing a surprised squeak from the mentor as Anna squeezed the soft flesh through the sweat pants.
"I thought it was pretty sexy." She growled lowly, eying Elsa like she was a piece of meat. Her left hand came around and lifted the hem of the shirt, and Anna began to press light, teasing kisses to the warm skin of the mentors stomach. She grinned when she heard a soft moan come from above her, so she intensified her work, adding in little nips to the soft skin. Just when she was going to start pulling the sweats off, Elsa pushed her back to sprawl on the bed.
Anna glanced up and saw Elsa breathing heavily, but with a single hand held out. "Not yet, naughty girl. We have to talk first. Just...just give me a moment..." She turned around and put her hands on her face, as if she was trying to cool herself down. Anna smirked victoriously, knowing that she had managed to get Elsa going a little but with a just a few kisses and her skillful hands. She laid there on the bed, enjoying the knowledge that she could make her mentor horny in about a minute and a half.
"So…last night…" The mentor started, facing her again.
"Fucking awesome." Anna interrupted firmly. Elsa cocked an eyebrow at her, and Anna remembered that she had some stances on hard language. She shrugged sheepishly. "It was…"
Elsa smiled softly and came to sit on the bed next to Anna's sprawled out form. She leaned down and gave the soccer player a soft kiss. "It was. No doubt about that, Anna. It was awesome." Once again, Anna was confused. As soon as Elsa said it, her face fell. That was definitely not the look someone should get when remembering something awesome, whether it was sex or not.
"What's up, Elsa? Why the long face?" Anna prodded. She couldn't have this now. Not after last night.
The mentor got up and started pacing, looking like a woman who had all the worries in the world. "I need you to understand the risks here…but I feel selfish…"
Anna surged up to a sitting position, supporting her weight on her arms. "Selfish? How can talking about the risks be selfish? We're both at ris-"
"No, Anna. There is no we in this," Elsa interrupted softly, shaking her head. Anna felt a twinge of anger run through her for a second, but she batted it away.
"Of course there's a 'we' in this!" She growled, not knowing what the fuck Elsa was getting at. This kind of relationship is super taboo! They might as well be sisters and doing this is was so taboo in the NCAA world!
Elsa shook her head. "No, you don't get it. The risks are only applic-"
"I know what the fucking rules are!" Anna burst out, rising to her feet and crossing her arms on her chest as she came to stand in front of her mentor. "We could get kicked out of the NCAA, and possible the school an-"
She was suddenly silenced when Elsa put a hand on her mouth, her blue eyes soft and begging. "Please, be quiet and listen to me." She asked quietly. Anna wanted nothing more than to take the hand off her mouth and keep going, but Elsa looked genuinely upset or worried about something, so she just nodded. Elsa kept her hand on Anna's mouth as she began to talk.
"If…if we do this…engage in a sexual relationship and are caught…I would be fired immediately, then banned by the NCAA, then most likely arrested and handed felony charges of sexual deviance as well as rape. Chances are I would spend at least five to seven years in prison for it all." Elsa said, wincing as she spoke. She slowly removed her hand from Anna's mouth, but the soccer player was reluctant to talk.
She had known that the rules were stiff, but not that stiff. "And…what would happen to me?" She asked hesitantly. If the rules on Elsa were so terrible, she had to assume that the rules for her are just as bad. Elsa took a few moments before allowing a small smile onto her face.
"Nothing."
Anna blinked in surprise several times before anger surged through her. "Whaddya mean, nothing!?" She demanded indignantly.
Elsa put a single finger on Anna's lips. "Shh. Not so loud, Anna. Yes, nothing would happen to you, as you would be the victim in this case. Generally, the concept would be that I raped you…"
Anna took a careful minute to make sure that she kept her voice down, even though she was pretty angry still. "How does that work though? I'm twenty one, and it would be consensual!" She protested. Elsa nodded knowingly, wrapping her arms around Anna's neck.
"I know, Anna, but the NCAA doesn't care. It's a legal technicality…" Anna felt the woman's arms tighten around her neck, and she reflexively wrapped her own arms around Elsa's slim waist. This was entirely unexpected, not to mention unfair on about a thousand levels. However, through the anger and annoyance, something heavy and sad began to settle into her stomach.
"So…if we did this and got caught…you would take the fall? Everything would be put on you alone? Nothing would happen to me?" All of a sudden, last night didn't seem like such a great thing after all. Anna was really the only one who was getting just pleasure out of this. If they were caught…if they were caught, then Elsa is completely and totally fucked.
"Yes. You would be given access to psychological counseling as well as legal guidance. Chances are that the courts would force me into a financial settlement with you and your family as well." These rules were so fucked up. That was the only thing that she could think of at that moment in time. Elsa was taking all the risk in the world with this.
Anna leaned forward and pressed a kiss to Elsa's chin, absently thinking about how terrible it all was. How one sided the law was. Who were those fucks to tell people who they could and couldn't be in a relationship with? There has to be a good reason for the law to be present…but shouldn't there be a clause somewhere to allow for something that isn't rape or something like that?
The two of them stood there in each others embrace, neither of them talking, but both of them thinking. There were so many ways that this could go wrong. So many tiny things that could give them away. All it took was one, single little thing, and they would be done for. Finally, Anna pushed away, but only took a small step back, grabbing Elsa's hands before they fell away.
"Elsa…I'm in for this, but if you aren't…I get it. I seriously thought that we would both be at risk with this…but we're not. It's not fair for me to demand that you do this if it can send you to jail." She hated it. She really did. She didn't want to let Elsa go. Not now. Not after their first night together. She wanted to blame Elsa for leading her on. She wanted to yell and shout and scream and break things. She wanted to be angry, but she couldn't.
She didn't want to be angry. Not at Elsa at least. For the first time, Anna actually felt like she wanted to fight for something. To fight for this. She had been a lesbian since she was in seventh grade, and never once had she had a relationship, or at least a prospective one, that she was literally willing to fight tooth and nail for. She felt that way with Elsa right now. Something about the women had turned something on inside Anna, and she was loving it.
And her anger would be entirely unfair as well. How could she be angry with Elsa about anything when she was almost signing off her life with this? The mentor was staking her job and her freedom on this. Anna couldn't believe that the rules were so harsh, but she wanted this. She wanted it badly.
When Elsa didn't respond, she started getting worried. "I'll keep this secret. I-I-I'll reset all my passwords so Idun can't get into my phone or laptop or anything. I'll ignore you in study hall. I-I-I..." She trailed off when Elsa softly pressed their lips together. The kiss was short, but it said a lot more than words probably could.
"Shh…" She whispered, but even as Anna looked into her eyes, she knew that the indecision was still there. The undeniable worry that something, anything was going to happen and then she was done for.
"Talk to me, Elsa." She said quietly, not wanting to push the mentor into anything. They shouldn't have to deal with this now. Not after last night. Not after finally taking that step beyond athlete and mentor. The blonde took a deep breath, letting it go in a long sigh.
"I just need to think everything over, Anna. Give me some time…" She almost whispered it, and although Anna wanted nothing more than to say 'fuck the NCAA and the law', she knew she couldn't do that. At least Elsa hadn't said that she wanted out. That was a point in her direction.
Anna dragged her mentor in, hugging her tightly and pressing a hard, firm kiss to her cheek. "Take all the time you need, Elsa. I have practice at ten, and I don't know when we'll be back." She kissed again, taking a moment to revel in the sweet taste of her lips before leaving. She carefully opened the door, glancing down the hall both ways. When she was sure nobody from her team was around, she jumped out and went to her own door.
Coming to sit on her own bed, she laid back with a sigh. What the fuck was she going to do? She now had what she was hopelessly addicted to, but as soon as she got it, it could be gone again. There were so many things about this that could go wrong. And so many things that could go wrong, but all of them would only affect Elsa. Sure, she might get some lip and bad reputation if she was caught in a relationship with her mentor, but that was chump change compared to what Elsa would face.
As quick as a flash, and it was time to leave for practice. She got ready in a minute and was out of the door, getting ready to head for the bus. As she passed Elsa's door, she had to fight the urge to go in and kiss the uncertainty out of the mentor. She had to get down to the bus, but…she just wished that it wasn't so bad for Elsa to have what she wanted.
She shook her head and stomped down the hall to the bus. She had to practice now, and that meant that she was going to lock everything else out. Soccer time was soccer time, and she would only think about that for the time being.
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Sports information time!
The rules regarding relationships between athletes and faculty members are specific to the institution, although the NCAA does have a policy regarding it. That policy sets out some basic penalties and rules, but for the most part, official rules and punishments are the responsibility of the institution to set out and enforce. There are some schools which allow relationships, as long as there is no evidence of wrong doing or exploitation, and there are others than ban it entirely and enforce punishments equal to and in some cases more severe that what Elsa explained.
The majority of NCAA institutions, and I mean probably at least 90-94%, do not allow relationships and set out harsh rules against it. In some cases, there exists clauses that allow a faculty member and student-athlete to be in a relationship, as long as that relationship began before the student's admission into the institution. In other, VERY seldom cases, athletes have beaten the rules against relationships with faculty members through legal action, but like I said, very seldom has that happened.
So, to bring this all back to the story, the punishment that Elsa would face here is better interpreted as the rules that have been set out by Arendelle University, although should she and Anna be caught in the act, the NCAA would do the prosecuting via the court system.
As an athlete myself, I can say that, having witnessed something like this take place, it is a messy and muddled rule. Cases of this nature often take years to sort out because of the shitty wording of the policies.
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