Chapter 14

Aster recovered quickly. He pulled out his phone and scrolled through what Jack presumed was Facebook. He saw what Elsa had just posted and went extremely quiet. He turned his phone off and put it back in his pocket. Toothiana and John didn't notice, though. They too busy trying to speak. After all, they hadn't moved one inch and they stood there gaping, speechless. Suddenly, Tooth did an Aster; she pulled out her phone. Once she had seen the post, her eyes widened and she put her phone away.

"What is going on?" John yelled.

Nobody moved. Nobody said anything. Finally, Alyss showed him the post and John nearly fainted. Maddie and Jack watched as Elsa handed Will a twenty dollar note. Elsa didn't look too fazed about losing a bet but Will looked shocked that she actually paid up.

"I didn't think you'd actually pay me!" Will whispered in her ear.

"I take bets very seriously," Elsa whispered back.

Jack felt his phone vibrate in his pocket and looked at the notification that came up. It was Fred. Worst timing ever! He swiped the notification across the screen to get rid of it and put it back in his pocket.

Jack spread his hands wide and asked,"so, what's for breakfast?"

Everyone laughed and they all rushed downstairs. They had a great breakfast, everything was already cooked and waiting for them. There was cereal, toast, sausages, bacon and lots more and every mouth was drooling.

"Well, dig in!" Elsa laughed.

Jack ate like an an animal. He was certain that he ate almost everything. After everyone had finished eating, Jack excused himself, saying that he needed the toilet, which was true. When he had finished his business and washed his hands, he pulled his phone out of his pocket and opened his messages.

Do you have anything to report? Like a date with her where she won't have her bodyguard around? Or maybe telling her to go somewhere specific?

Jack shook his head. They really needed to give him time. He got the keypad up and started writing his response.

No, not yet. She's starting to really trust me now. It might take another week.

Hurry up and get her alone!

Jack took one look at the message and almost flinched.

He knew that he had to hurry up but he didn't want to put her in danger. He didn't want to lose his friends. He didn't want anything to happen to anyone, especially Elsa. This is a cruel world and Jack couldn't do anything to change the fact. Jack put his phone back in his pocket and walked out to the lounge room where he knew everyone was waiting. Just before he walked in, he took a deep breath to calm himself. He opened the door and the first thing that he saw was Nick pinning Aster and John to the floor, Horace sitting with Cassandra next to him, Alyss sitting on Will's lap, Maddie pinning Toothiana next to Aster and Elsa taking pictures of everything. Jack's expression was priceless. Nick cleared his throat when he saw Jack and the ruckus died down. Jack was still motionless so Elsa got a quick picture of him.

"Do I even want to know?" he asked.

"YES!"

"No."

"Not really!"

"Do you want to?"

Everyone answered at the same time and Jack just shook his head and muttered that he just wanted to forget what he just saw.

"Miss Elsa! You friends are too loud. Tell your friends to go outside if they want to fight!" the maid scolded as she barged in.

Elsa nodded and waved her arm at the other teenagers. Everyone followed Elsa to the front door. Elsa led them to the nearest park and Jack felt his phone vibrate. He pulled it out and was surprised that it was the ice-hockey coach. He saw the other boys, besides John, pull out their phones as well.

"Wow, did the boys all just go antisocial?" Maddie asked, sarcastically.

"Are you forgetting about me?" John asked.

"Nope, you're not classified as a boy."

"Well, ladies, us boys have a training session to get to!" Jack declared.

"Why? Who just texted you?" Elsa inquired.

"That was our coach, Gordon Bombay, he just called a compulsory team practice."

"When?" Cassandra questioned.

"Half an hour from now," Horace answered.

The boys all turned and left, leaving the girls behind with John.

"Well, babes-" he started.

Maddie spun and hit John straight in the face. "Creep."

"I don't know about you girls, but I want to watch them!" Alyss stated.

"I'm in!" Elsa agreed.

The girls all nodded and followed the boys. John stayed behind because he was too busy groaning in pain.

"Wait up! We're coming!" Cassandra shouted.

The boys stopped and the girls caught up.

The girls sat in the grandstands waiting for the boys to come out and start their warm-ups. The entire team was in the changing rooms listening to their coach. Just as Elsa opened her mouth to ask when the boys were coming up, they had entered the rink. The team started skating around the edges of the rink, doing a few warm-up laps, with Jack in the lead. Elsa was stunned. Every time she watched one of his away games, she was always stunned at how he could skate. To her, he always appeared as if he was flying. It was just spectacular. The boys progressed into passing in pairs. Jack was warming up with Aster, which surprised Elsa, who assumed that Aster and Nick were going to warm up together. Will and Horace were in a pair and Nick was with someone else. As the training dragged on, Elsa noticed that Jack just seemed to fly over the ice, like he wasn't even trying. Both Cassandra and Alyss noticed this and smiled.

"He grew up on the ice," Alyss informed her.

Elsa swivelled in her chair to face them. "Really?"

"Yeah. When the coach first saw him skate at his first tryout, Bombay flat-out said that Jack was the best player that he had ever seen. Bombay also put him captain that year as well. Jack has been the captain ever since."

Elsa nodded. "When I was in Arendelle a few years back, about two years ago, I watched my first game of ice hockey. It was my school's team against Jack's team. We lost and you guys won. Jack was the best on the ice. I've made sure to watch as many games as I could, and every time Jack always stood out. Has he always been this good?"

"Every game, huh? But yeah, Jack's always been this good."

Elsa smiled as the power went out.