Austrian: I am glad that you liked the chapter, I honestly don't like it... At least now you know that Jack wasn't a jerk for nothing. Do you start to like him, now? Waiting for your lovely review as always! (Mein Deutsch ist wirklich nicht gut aber ich probiere meine Beste zu machen.)
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CHAPTER 12: Everything Will Be Alright
Elsa tapped her foot with her usual fast rhythm, she was embracing herself as he waited next to the bathroom door. As soon as they came to Jack's flat, he headed to the bathroom, took a shower for half an hour. And five minutes ago, the sound of the water had stopped.
The human detective finally stepped out of the bathroom, his messy hair was wet but he was fully clothed. He was drying off his hair with a clean towel.
As usual, he looked bored, calm, strong and harsh. His weak, devastated, horrified and scared attitude from earlier was long gone. He seemed as if he has just never interrogated a psycho who killed his own sister.
He didn't say anything as he was finished with his hair. He walked to his bedroom slowly, didn't even look at Elsa. As expected, Elsa immediately followed him.
The detective lied down on his bed and pulled the covers to himself. His eyelids were shut down, his features were distressed and exhausted.
Feeling a little bit tense, Elsa tried to think a way to make him feel better. "Do you want me to massage you, detective? Or how may I assist you?" she suggested softly while she was standing next to his bed very awkwardly.
Jack opened his eyes in sudden annoyance. "Call me Jack when we are not in work, alright? You can lie down here, next to me... if you want to of course." he snapped grumpily, but as his gaze fell down to the bed, a hint of blush spread to his handsome features.
Suddenly, from ear to cheeks, Elsa was completely blue. "I... I don't think it is appropriate, Jack." she managed to choke out.
Jack grunted with vexation. "Elsa, when a man and a woman lay on a bed together, it doesn't mean that they will always do something sexual." he scolded her, a deep scowl represented on his handsome face.
Elsa let out a low breath. She slowly got on the bed, let the quit cover her plastic and metal body. With a hint of hesitation, she felt Jack's muscled arms around her body. The human detective pulled the android detective closer, then buried his face to her platinum blonde hair with a desperate need.
A bitter smile spread to Elsa's face whereas her face was resting on his chest. If the earlier events of today didn't happen, she surely never would feel that happy in her life.
"Jack... You need to let it out. I believe, talking about your feelings will help you." Elsa reminded him with a low, relaxed tone.
"I need a cigarette. No scratch that, I need packages of cigarette." Jack huffed in irritation.
Elsa shook her head with sudden indignation. She darted her deadly gaze to Jack. "You don't have to always act so tough. Even the strongest person can sometimes be weak. It is okay to be weak, Jack, it means you are a human. Look... don't shut me down, please." her rigidness vanished as her voice became sorrowful.
The sergeant didn't respond. Elsa closed her eyes in pain, her artificial heart ached. He didn't lose his grip though, so they continued lying on the huge, comfortable bed, both felt the sweet feeling of safety in each other's arms.
For Elsa, an eternity of silence passed. But she didn't attempt to break it, didn't expect him to say anything.
"When I was eight years old, my father... He died because of illness. He wasn't a great father, but wasn't bad either, that's why I didn't feel anything when I learned his death." Jack abruptly blurted out as he shifted in the disturbance.
Elsa directed her gaze to the snow-white silvery haired young man. His face expression was completely solid, emotionless.
"At that year, Emma was born. My mother also died at that time, her body couldn't take the termination of the pregnancy. So I was alone, I was an eight years old kid with a baby on his hands. Emma and I ended up in the orphanage. I met Eugene there, he was an orphan just like me. He easily became my best friend... I owe him a lot, he always supported me, never broke my trust. Anyway, life was too fucking harsh, but Emma and I were okay." Jack stopped to take a deep breath, Elsa didn't say anything, although she began to caress his soft, messy hair.
"A year later, North adopted both me and Emma, he didn't want us to be separated..."
"Wait! Do you mean Captain North?" Elsa gasped in shock as her eyes grew wider.
Jack nodded in agreement. "I would surely be a bad person if he wasn't the one who adopted me. North... He really is a great dad, he showed his affection, love, everything that a father should have. I guess I idolized him too much when I was a kid, so I ended up with a huge desire of wanting to be a cop." the ex-soldier continued, let out a tiny smile as he remembered the old good memories.
He began to caress the back of Elsa's neck while the platinum blonde's fingers were refusing to leave his hair.
"Eugene and I met Astrid and Merida in high school, we became close friends, although Merida and I were rivals at the beginning. High school and university years were... awesome. I had nearly perfect grades, according to North I had high intelligence. And I was lucky that I had three reliable best friends." Jack's smile grew wider, but then died when sadness decided to take control over him.
"You should have met me then, Elsa. I was social, mischievous, energetic, joyful... I was the definition of fun. You would... You would see that I was capable of being a good person." he choked out in sorrow.
Elsa raised an eyebrow in pure confusion. "You are a good-hearted man, I have already been aware of that. And the funny Jack Frost... I am working on that, so I am sure I didn't miss anything." she playfully responded as she finally let out a positive smirk.
Jack blushed faintly as he grumpily muttered his usual "fucking plastic". It was fond and sweet though. He wasn't being serious, and Elsa was glad that she dissolved the ice walls between them.
When she finally felt a hint of happiness, Jack suddenly broke the contact. He sat on the bed as he didn't even dare to look at Elsa. Of course, Jack had to surprise her, like he always did.
The platinum sighed in exhaustion and sat, just like Jack. She scanned him curiosly. His heart beat faster, body temperature was slightly below... He was trembling, too madly.
"At my graduation day in university... Emma was killed. I thought an android was responsible for my sister's death, so I started to detest androids. At that day, instead of being a cop, I decided to be a soldier so I assigned to the army. I went to Antarctica and stayed there for six years and became a sergeant... You know the rest anyway. End of the fucking story."
"Jack..."
"I blamed that android for fucking years. Now I learned, that android tried to protect Emma. On the top it, Elsa... You have always supported me since I've met you. You made me... have sympathy towards the androids. But it is too late, the hate that I had for androids had already made me a fucking monster. I am nothing but a fucking broken mess." Jack hissed with a sudden irascibility as tears prickled around his eyes.
The ex-soldier let out a loud hiccup. He grabbed his pillow and buried his face to it, he let out muffled screams, started to swing in rage and indignation. His whole body was shivering heavily, both because of anger and sadness.
"Fuck... I am gonna kill that sick fuck for raping and killing the person that I love most. I am gonna make him regret so hard for what he had done to my precious sister!" he threw the pillow, and yelled, his voice was full of hatred.
He was full of abhorrence, enmity whereas a series of tears were unboundedly streaming down his face. His fingers slipped into his hair, his both hands grabbed his hair roughly and turned into fists. He was swallowing heavily, his breaths became disorganized and shaky, he was gritting his teeth instead of continuing to scream.
Intermittent explosive disorder... The risk of it increased in people who were male, were under the age of 40, experienced multiple traumatic events as a child... Elsa was eighty-five percent sure that the human detective was having 'intermittent explosive disorder'. He always had anger issues but this one wasn't healthy.
"Hold on just a little while longer
Hold on just a little while longer
Hold on just a little while longer
Everything will be alright
Everything will be alright" Elsa started to sing that same song, the one that Jack heard in the car, once again.
Her voice was like an angel, it was pure, melodious and innocent. The way she sang relaxed Jack, it made his muscles loosen, his frown dissolve, his breaths become organized and calm.
"Fight on just a little while longer
Fight on just a little while longer
Fight on just a little while longer
Everything will be alright
Everything will be alright" Elsa continued to sing the song as Jack finally stopped trembling.
He lied down, so did the platinum blonde. The android detective pulled the covers and their hands found each other' bodies. He held her so tightly, thankfully she was an android, if she wasn't, she would definitely try to suck some air. He let his eyelids to shut whereas Elsa was snuggling to his muscular body.
"Sing on just a little while longer
Sing on just a little while longer
Sing on just a little while longer
Everything will be alright"
Elsa planted a kiss to Jack's forehead.
"Everything will be...alright"
Jack relaxed, but his heart still ached. "I miss her." he mumbled in pain while he was swallowing thickly.
Elsa sighed whereas she was stroking his cheek. "I know... But you have to move on for the sake of Emma. I will help you." she murmured back as Jack pressed his forehead to hers.
"Good morning sleepy beauty!" a joyful, familiar voice greeted him in a clear enthusiasm.
Jack groaned in annoyance as he felt something poking his head. He opened his eyelids, they immediately started to observe, his detective skills have already been active.
His first instinct was to check on Elsa. She has still been laying next to him, her arms were wrapped around him protectively. Her features looked peaceful, she was still asleep.
She couldn't have poked him. With that realization, Jack quickly turned his head to the in front of the bed and darted his gaze to the three people.
"What the fuck are you doing in my house?" the ex-soldier snapped at them rudely, but also in a quiet voice, he didn't want to wake Elsa up. He scolded himself that he didn't realize their existence until now.
Eugene, that smug fucker was grinning widely. "Jack, I was a thief. As an ex-thief, I just let my skills to do the work. Your lock is not that hard to open, you should change it." Eugene responded easily as if it wasn't a big deal.
Jack snarled. How come he didn't wake up by someone breaking into his apartment? He was a soldier, a very damn good one. His instincts should have warned him, his sleep was really light after all.
He felt his blood run cold. Jack sighed, almost in pain as he digested the previous night's memories. He was too exhausted and in pain to notice anything.
He didn't even attempt to break the physical contact between him and Elsa, continued to cuddle her.
"Aww... You are not embarrassed!" Eugene almost fucking squeaked, his mischievous smirk was still there.
"You are invading my fucking privacy, Eugene. I am not gonna be ashamed because of your perverted behavior. Now, Astrid and Merida, as the sane people, what the fuck are you doing in my bedroom?" Jack made a rude remark to Eugene and now, darted his question to the women detectives.
The two woman cops, who have been in silence for the entire time, wasn't even looking at him. They didn't answer Jack's question, didn't even say something.
Eugene let out a troubled sigh as he ran a hand through his brunet hair. "They are angry that you didn't say anything about Emma and now they are angrier that I know it and the fact that I hid her death." he explained, for once, with a rare seriousness.
Jack had already figured it out, but didn't make a comment as he swallowed, suddenly felt a little bit tense. He preferred not to talk, not to mention Emma and what had happened. He really had not enough strength.
"I am sorry." Merida choked out, finally broke the silence. Jack frowned in confusion.
"I am sorry that I scolded you yesterday. I should have been more supportive. Maybe that's why you didn't tell me anything about your sister, I... don't deserve to be your best friend." Merida murmured with no hints of any emotions, her beautiful blue eyes were lusterless, distant.
Jack straightened up, made Elsa's grip to loosen whereas he wasn't continuing to hold her. Thankfully and strangely, the platinum blonde was still sleeping.
He forgot Merida's soft side for him. Merida was always tough, harsh and strong, but she had also an extremely adventurous, saturnalian, amusing nature. Moreover, she had a soft spot for the people she loved. She could truly be the kindest person when she wanted to. In addition, sometimes too emotional.
"It was not a big deal, you had your own rights to explode like that anyway." he soothed her while he was scratching the back of his neck sleepily.
"Fuck, Jack... Will you give us any explanation or continue to ignore? Eugene won't open his mouth." Astrid demanded an answer and raised an eyebrow, her hands were on her waist.
"He made me keep a secret. You know that I don't break my promises." Eugene reminded her, he was even more serious than before.
Jack bit his bottom lip nervously. "It happened on my our graduation day. Eugene was next to me when I got a call about Emma's... death. He heard it accidentally, that's why he knows. Look... I couldn't bring myself to tell you. I couldn't tell anyone about Emma because I really didn't want to think about it. If I let it hunt me... I don't know what would I do. I joined the army to be far away from anything that reminded of me Emma, so I had chosen the easy way, I ignored you." Jack explained calmly and truthfully as his hand found Elsa's, under the covers. He squeezed her hand tightly to get some strength.
Astrid's gaze didn't become softer. "Best friends Jack... We were supposed to help each other, no matter what. Do you know how much we were worried over you? I am not even religious but for fucking six years, every single day, I prayed to God that you are fine." her stern voice croaked whereas her face was becoming troubled.
Jack got up as he guilt spread to his handsome features. Without saying anything, he stood in front of Merida and Astrid, pulled both of them into a loving hug.
"I am sorry." he apologized from the bottom of his heart while the girls were hesitantly returning to the embrace.
"Hey! Don't do a group hug without me!" Eugene exclaimed with a fake-irritated and an extremely childish tone.
"You are such a drama king, Eugene." Merida growled whereas Astrid was pulling him into the hug.
Jack let out a tiny, but also a hopeful smile.
Everything would be alright.
I hope you all liked this one, the next chapter will come in a week, I hope. Thank you for the support, please don't hesitate to write a review, love ya all!