BlackIris: Maybe, I'll probably not go into detail on the dress. I'll just leave that up to the imagination of the reader. Ah well it was evening when I got your review.
Samantha-anonymous: No Tooth is the girl he dated not cheated on Elsa with. He cheated on Elsa with Marissa, the bar waitress who works at their local bar.
Guest Reviews: Answer to the quote question; Squidward in the episode Pizza Delivery (I adore that episode). I came across Jelsa when I found pictures of them on Facebook and barely a few minutes later, I started to see them as a great couple so I started to ship them. No wedding crashers, I will promise you that. I don't even think Hans will even be in this story (I haven't yet decided yet). The main antagonist I feel is going to be Pitch. I actually don't consider Marissa an antagonist at all. Just someone who took an opportunity when presented to her. On your request, hmm, maybe. I'll see if I could add it (that's if Elsa is going to break up with Theodore). But at the moment Elsa does like Theodore a lot but there are lingering feelings for Jack which will make a comeback. Why are you lecturing me on internet safety? I've had that already at school. A few times in fact.
Guest (Banana): Oh I don't think that's too personal. I was at my Aunt's 60th birthday and just couldn't be bothered be writing. Yeah I could totally do that, I'll probably have people up the walls waiting to see what will happen next (I've had that in the past)
Guest: Sorry, Theodore is not a cheater. I have another idea for Theodore and Elsa. But Theodore will be a good character in this.
Geekinqueitx: Theodore is just one of those guys. I'm afraid in this story he will not be a bad guy as he is a good guy. I have other plans for Theodore and Elsa.
Marissa: Funny, I don't actually consider Marissa a bitch. I just feel like she had an opportunity and she took it.
Chapter 13: Something Old
Several Weeks Later
"Okay," Anna said while she was pacing around her apartment and tapping a pen against a list she had made. "Date it set, cake is done, band is hired, dresses are chosen, decoration had been selected, caterer is booked, food is organised, invitations have been sent out." Anna stopped pacing. She turned to face Kristoff and Elsa who were watching her pace from the kitchen table. They were also eating waffles that Kristoff had cooked up for them. Anna hadn't touched hers. She was too busy worrying about her wedding that was to take place in a couple of months so her waffle had gone cold. "Is that all?" she asked them with a nervous expression on her face.
"So far, yeah," Elsa said.
"Calm down Anna," Kristoff said with his mouth full of waffles and ice cream.
Anna didn't know how Kristoff could be so relaxed. Here she was worrying about potentially the most important day for her and there Kristoff was, sitting down and eating waffles. She went through the list double checking everything was in order.
"How can you be relaxed?" she asked him. "This is the most important day of our life."
"I dunno," Kristoff shrugged. "I just am."
"Did you pick up your tux?" she suddenly asked Kristoff.
"Relax," Kristoff said. "Jack and I are going to pick them up later today."
"Okay," Anna breathed a sigh of relief. "Did you pick your best man yet?"
"Yes," Kristoff said. "I choose Jack remember? Bunnymund and Eugene are my groomsmen."
"Good," Anna said ticking that off her list. "So Elsa is my maid of honour while Rapunzel and Merida are going to be my bridesmaids. Am I missing anything?"
"Have you got your something old, something new, something borrowed and something new?" Elsa asked. "You have to that that."
"No," Anna said in a state of shock.
"Well I have something borrowed for you if you like," Elsa said. "Why not use Mum's old earrings for your something old?"
"Of course!" Anna's eyes lit up. "They're sapphire earrings so they can be my something old and as well as my something blue."
"Do you know where they are?" Elsa asked.
"I think so," Anna's began to think. She had an idea where they could be. She headed into her bedroom to have a look for them. If she was correct they would be in an old jewellery box that Anna had got from an antique dealer back home in Arendelle several years ago. The earrings had actually been left to Anna in her parents' will. Elsa got some other things but Anna got those earrings which she loved. They were the same earrings that Anna's mother wore on her own wedding day. They were brand new back there. Anna's grandfather had given them to his own daughter as a gift.
Anna started going through her wardrobe. She knew there was some stuff in there but she couldn't reach it. Besides she was sure it wasn't in there anyway. That's when she started going through draws. But she still couldn't find it. She wondered where it could have gotten to. However in one drawer she did find something she had thought had gotten lost over the course of time. She had opened the top drawer of her nightstand, a place where only special things were such as her engagement ring when she wanted a safe place to put it, some special jewellery and the letter from Elsa. The letter was the very letter which Elsa had left her that day before she had disappeared. Anna sat down on her bed and reread the letter.
It was a simple letter. It was only a few sentences long but somehow it seemed longer.
Dear Anna, it said.
I'm sorry for doing this but I couldn't cope with staying in Burgess anymore. I can't bear to be even in the same continent as him. So please forgive me, I'll don't know how long I'll be gone but please don't call or contact me. I need some time alone to think.
Thanks for everything. I love you,
Elsa.
Anna continued to stare at the words. The memory of that day swam into her mind. It had started out like an ordinary day though. It had only been a few weeks since Elsa and Jack had broken up. Elsa had been staying with Anna and Anna had been doing the best she could to get Elsa up on her feet. That would take some doing. She would usually just lie on her bed, crying and curled up in the foetal position. She was frozen in shock. She wouldn't eat, she wouldn't sleep, she couldn't do anything but remain paralysed in the state she was in. Sometimes Anna would hear her crying at night and it would make Anna's heart ache. Jack had come around a few times asking if he could talk to Elsa. At the time, Anna hadn't been sure what had happened between them as Elsa had refused to say anything which gave Anna the impression that something terrible had happened between her and Jack. Anna had refused stating that Elsa seeing Jack would only upset her. After the fifth time of Anna refusing to let him in, Jack had walked away. Anna just hoped that would have been the space that Elsa needed to get back on her feet.
It hadn't.
Anna and Kristoff had an extremely busy day. Anna was helping Kristoff prepare for his adoptive parents' wedding anniversary which was to take place in a couple of weeks. It had been a spur of moment decision so nothing had been planned. Kristoff and Anna had torn around places making sure they had everything they needed for the event. They had gone to a cake shop to place their orders, had gone to at least thirty stores looking for a particular flower that Bulda had worn on her wedding day and then got to another twenty stores looking to see if they could find decorations that Kristoff thought had the vibe of his parents. It had been quite physically draining.
They had left Elsa alone in the apartment. Anna had wanted Elsa to come but she knew it was going to be a long day and even though it would be a good distraction, Anna thought that some time to herself would be beneficial. Besides there was no way they could get her off that couch. She had made some progress and had moved from her bed to the living room couch where she would like to watch TV. She had already gone through Anna's entire DVD collection (all sixteen movies) and had started watching some really weird stuff on the TV. Anna did see this as a sign that Elsa was getting better though. She had started eating more and more and without Anna's insistence. Anna just hoped that she had conquered the worst and was finally coming out of the woods.
When they had left, Anna had asked Elsa if she was going to be okay. Elsa had been sitting on the couch and watching Dragon's Den. Elsa had replied back that she would be fine and Anna had accepted this. But just in case, she asked her next door neighbour, Mrs. Zimmerman to check on Elsa. Mrs. Zimmerman was a woman well into her eighties but had a kind and gentle heart who loved to tell stories about when she was a nurse in the war. Mrs. Zimmerman had agreed and that allowed Anna to go with a peace of heart. It had been the first time she had left Elsa alone after the break up. Anna had asked Kristoff if he had needed her and he replied he wouldn't be able to get a single thing done if she didn't come. This was true so Anna had decided to make the decision and leave Elsa alone. If Elsa hadn't been getting better, there was no way she would have let Elsa be by herself. Anna had called Mrs. Zimmerman at least a dozen times to check on Elsa and she said that she was fine. Knowing, that Mrs. Zimmerman had an eye on things, Anna decided to leave it be and instead got emerged in Kristoff's parents' wedding anniversary.
Anna had wandered up to her apartment while Kristoff had driven off to his parents' place to drop what they had gotten off. Anna had wanted to go home and check on Elsa and Kristoff had agreed. Anna had climbed what felt a billion steps. It was quite unfortunate that the elevator had decided to break down earlier that week and maintenance was taking their sweet time with repairing it. There had been quite a lot of grumpy people as they had to carry up their grocery shopping up multiple floors. Anna had been one of these people. At least she wasn't like one of her upstairs neighbours who had ordered a couch and had made the mistake of not having it delivered straight to his door (he was a bit of a cheapskate). Anna had spied this event happening because she had been in the lobby when it did as she had wanted to pick up her mail. She had watched him and a female friend try and get it up the floors. She had offered to help but her neighbour refused. Anna had been stuck in the lobby for several hours until the neighbour and his friend accidently got it stuck in the staircase. Anna, who had enough of the entire situation, had just climbed over the couch and had headed onwards to her apartment. Anna had found out that the man had never actually gotten the couch into his apartment as when he tried to get the couch unstuck, his friend pulled the fire alarm and people, in their rush to get out of the building, had destroyed the couch. It had been a funny story that Anna liked to tell people.
Anna put her key in her lock. From there she could hear Mrs. Zimmerman listening to daytime television. Anna would go over there later to thank Mrs. Zimmerman for keeping an eye on Elsa for her. Maybe Anna would do some baking as a thank you. Mrs. Zimmerman did love oatmeal cookies. Anna pushed open the door and hung her coat on the hook beside the door.
"Elsa?" she called out. "I'm home."
She picked up the pile of mail by door which Anna presumably had been brought up by Mrs. Zimmerman or Elsa. Anna could see the usual bills staring at her. Anna sighed before she threw them on the kitchen counter. She would deal with them later.
"Elsa?" Anna called again. No response. That was odd, Anna thought. Anna looked everywhere around the apartment, calling as she did and yet there was no sign of Elsa anywhere. Could Elsa have gone out? Like on a walk or something? That didn't sound very likely. After all Elsa had trouble just making it to the couch and last Anna checked, Elsa hadn't been a very going out mood. Anna quickly headed over to Mrs. Zimmerman and asked her if she had seen Elsa or heard or seen anything. Mrs. Zimmerman had looked perplexed at the situation but assured Anna that she hadn't heard or seen anything. The last she saw of Elsa was about three thirty when she popped by to check on her before her medical drama started at four. Elsa had been on the couch eating some ice cream and watching what looked like Murder, She Wrote. Anna had checked her watch. It was nearly seven thirty now which meant that four hours had passed.
Anna went back to her apartment. She was sure she was just over exaggerating. Elsa had just gone out for a walk. That was all. Shen went out on a walk to clear her head or something like that. She would be back soon. Anna went back into Elsa's room and started to clean up a little. That was when she noticed that the room was pretty much all tidied up. On the neatly made bed was a white envelope. Anna didn't know why she hadn't noticed it before. She picked up the envelope and held it up to her eyes. Printed in Elsa's neatly, elegant cursive writing was the word 'Anna' on the envelope. Anna gave the envelope an odd look. Why would Elsa be writing her a letter? Anna opened the envelope which wasn't a hard task as the envelope hadn't been sealed shut. Anna took out a piece of paper and started to read. As Anna read the words that were written on page, Anna's heart plummeted. Anna started to shake and tremble. She reread the note at least a dozen times to make sure she was reading what she was reading. This couldn't be true, could it? The note was basically saying that Elsa had run away but Elsa wasn't that kind of person. She would face her problems head on, take the bull by the horns as they say. But this was one big problem.
Elsa had broken up with the love of her life and it had impacted her greatly. It had caused her to stoop into depression and enter a very dark place. It had been so bad that Elsa's doctor had prescribed anti-depressants for her which had worked. Now that Anna thought about them, Anna realised where gone too. Hopefully that meant that Elsa had taken them with her. Anna started to cry. Her tears stained the note but she didn't care. Her sister was gone and Anna didn't have a clue where she could have gone. She could have gone anywhere. The note had said that she couldn't be in the same continent as Jack. So did that mean that Elsa had left the country? She could easily have. Anna didn't know what to do. She just sat there with the tear stricken note clutched in her hand. What was she going to do? Could she race after Elsa? But she didn't know where she had gone or when she had gone. Elsa could be in Timbuctoo for all she knew.
Kristoff came back a while later. He was shocked when he discovered Anna crying in Elsa's room. Kristoff had asked her what the matter was and for an answer, Anna handed him the note. Kristoff read it in the same shock state as Anna did. For ages they didn't know what to do. They had gone to bed later but they didn't get any sleep. They were both worried about Elsa. As per Elsa's request, Anna hadn't called or contacted her in any way but it had taken every bout of willpower she had not to. She wanted to make sure Elsa was alright but it was like Kristoff had said. Elsa knew how to take care of herself. She knew what she was doing. So Anna had left her phone alone despite Anna swearing it was looking at her.
When they're friends had found out it had been another round of being shocked. Anna had no idea what to tell them. Anna and Kristoff had gone down to the local bar where they liked to hang out. Everyone had been there; Sandy, Tooth, North, Jack, Bunnymund, Merida, Eugene and Rapunzel where all sitting down and having a round of drinks. It had had been Eugene to bring up Elsa. Anna and Kristoff had entered the bar. They didn't know how to tell anyone what had happened so they decided to wait and see if an approach would be best. Anna and Kristoff had sat down with a drink it front of them.
"So how's Elsa?" Eugene said.
Anna had frozen. Anna had no idea. Even before Elsa had left, her mood had gone up and down faster than a roller-coaster. Anna gave Kristoff a sideways glance.
"What's up guys?" Rapunzel asked taking a sip of her own drink.
Kristoff gave Anna a shrug. Anna decided that now was probably the best time to break the news to them.
"Elsa is…." Anna let her voice trail off. What was she going to say? "Elsa has left."
Everyone looked confused and some had their mouths gaping open.
"What do you mean 'left'?" Tooth asked.
"I mean she has gone," Anna said. "Run away, left the country, gone AWOL."
Anna noticed that Jack looked quite sullen at this news. It was all because of him, Anna thought. The rage started to build up inside of her. If Jack hadn't hurt her sister in the way he did, she wouldn't have needed to take anti-depressants, she wouldn't have been a complete mess and she wouldn't have run away.
"Why?" Merida said after several minutes of utter silence.
"Because of me," Jack said in a small voice.
"Yeah," Anna whispered. "She just needed some time and space to herself."
"She needs it," Bunnymund said.
As Bunnymund spoke, Anna agreed with him. If getting out into the world was what Elsa needed to get back on her feet then Anna agreed that Elsa should go for it. Anna did say to Elsa that she needed to get back on her feet, that she should try and move on with her life (although Anna did know that was easier said than done).
Anna got some good news a few days later though. Anna had been quite anxious that there was no word from Elsa in the passing few days. Although, now that Anna thought about it, that wasn't surprising. Elsa hadn't contacted anyone. Maybe just talking to people was too much for her. When Anna received the good news, it wasn't from Elsa but from her cousin Astrid who was her Uncle Klaus's daughter (her father's younger brother). Apparently Elsa had gone to Arendelle for a few days to have time to think in their old house which was known as the Arendelle Mansion (which was Anna's family's house for generations and was as old as Arendelle itself). Anna had been relieved to hear that Elsa had just gone home and wasn't doing anything stupid. Astrid had told Anna that Elsa was alright and that she just wanted to be left alone. Anna had been quite content with this news and passed it along to everyone who was happy to hear that Elsa was alright.
Although the happiness didn't last long. Barely a couple of weeks later, Astrid had some more news to give Anna. Apparently Elsa had disappeared and this time, they didn't know where she had gone. This had made Anna feel very anxious and worried. Elsa was out in the world and Anna didn't have a clue where she was. She could be anywhere and Anna didn't know what to do.
Anna heard footsteps approaching. Anna quickly stuffed the letter back where she had found it and closed the dresser drawer shut. Elsa came into the room only a few seconds later. Anna grinned up at her and Elsa grinned back.
"Found them?" Elsa asked.
"Not yet," Anna said.
Elsa started to look around. It didn't take her too long to find Anna's jewellery box. Somehow the jewellery box had made its way all its way to the back of Anna's wardrobe. Elsa was a good searcher and could find anything. Elsa opened up the jewellery box and there on top of some necklaces and brackets were the earrings. Anna took them out of the box and held them in her hand.
"Oh I have this for you," Elsa pulled out a ring. It was her snowflake ring that Elsa treasured a lot. She had gotten it in Arendelle just before she had come back home. Elsa had took it as a sign that she was back on her feet. "I thought that this could be your something borrowed."
Anna took it and grinned at Elsa.
"It's also new so I figured that with that you're all set," Elsa continued.
"Thanks," Anna smiled. Anna was quiet for a few minutes.
"What's eating at you?" Elsa asked. She looked like she had figured out that something was preying on Anna's mind.
For an answer, Anna pulled out the letter and showed it to Elsa.
"You still have it," she said in a quiet voice.
"Yeah," Anna breathed. She looked up at her sister. "What made you think that leaving would be good?"
"Well Mrs. Zimmerman used to talk about her time in France and it sounded like a bit of an adventure. It sounded pretty cool. That gave me the initial idea but then the urge to leave was so great I just did. I just had to get out of there. I just had to."
Anna took the letter back and gave Elsa a smile. She finally understood everything. Elsa smiled back at Anna before she left the room. Anna looked down at the ring in her hand. Even though she had been worried out of her mind for two years, it was all worth it to see Elsa looking happy once again. Anna got up and followed Elsa out of her bedroom.
A/N: I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter and the flashback. Please review =)
