Arc three: There'll be Magic, There'll be Fun (Part 3-Ireland)
They shelter themselves in the gazebo.
"Elsa, are you alright?" He asked.
"Yeah." She said while brushing off the frozen raindrops. Jack sees and brushes off some of frozen raindrops in her hair and cheek.
"How about you? Are you alright?" She said blushing.
"Yeah, we don't notice that it's about to rain." He said staring to Elsa.
"That explained the crazy heat before. Summer rain, I guess." Elsa said looks to Jack. They gaze to each other for a while and remember something. They remembered the scene that they saw in the TV and the kiss on the cheek at the photo booth. They avert each other gaze and blush and keep silent and only the noise of the raindrops can be heard.
"Elsa, here." Jack broke the silence and reach the paper bag to her that his holding for a while. Elsa takes it and looks what's inside.
"Ah, pastries and orange juice, did you buy this?" She asked.
"I took some in the open shelves and left the payment in the counter. I use your money to pay for it. I thought you might get hungry so I bought something." He explained. Elsa took a bite to the strawberry tart and gave Jack a blueberry tart.
"This tart is delicious. Jack how to open this bottle of orange juice?" She asked. Jack takes the bottle and twists the cap to open then give it to her.
"Oh, I see but where's the glass or cup?" She asked.
"Oh, I forgot a regal beside me." He said chuckles.
"Hey, what wrong with that?" She said frowning.
"Nothing." He said and takes the bottle and drinks.
"Are you telling me that I'm going to drink that way?" She said shaking her head in disbelief.
"Yes, you will." He said and gives the juice back to her.
"This is inappropriate." She said and drinks the juice the way he did but turning her back to him and drinking the juice as graceful as she can be. He chuckles but realizes something then he blushes.
"What's wrong? You are making fun at me again, don't you?" She claimed.
"No I don't." He said and looks away to her.
"It's indirect kiss. What am I thinking? When did I get conscious? I usually do this with the other guardians telling that I want to have a taste but then I freeze their drinks after then return it to them." He thought and slightly hit his head with his staff and emits some snow.
"What are you doing?" Elsa laughs.
"Nothing." He said. They finished the pastries and stares at the pouring rain.
"Jack, why Arendelle, why us the only one to be stuck in time? Could they experience this, all of the things that I experience today? Everywhere I looked here were magical and I have so much fun, I want them to know this. Why my kingdom can't? What will happen to them if they cross the borders? I am scared." She said teary, looking at the floor.
"Elsa, look." He said. Elsa lifts her head and she sees that the rain stopped and a beautiful rainbow painted in the clear sky while the sun is almost setting.
"After the storm, there's always a rainbow and clear sky that waits. Don't be afraid, I will stay always on your side. I promise. We will figure this out and your kingdom will be free." He said gazing to her and holding her hand.
"Ok, thank you." She said smiling. Jack carries her again and flies back to the ice castle.
"Wind, takes us to the Ice Castle." He said.
"Jack, don't let me fall." She said still scared.
"I won't. I promise." He said pull her closer. They arrived at the ice castle and the sky is dark and the stars appear. He landed at the balcony of her bedroom and put her down.
"You didn't get the chance to buy something you like." He said.
"Yeah, I still don't get use with the idea of malls." She said.
"Next time, we will better go downtown." He said excitedly.
"Next time? Maybe." She said and went to her bathroom.
"Where are you going?" He asked.
"To the bathroom." She said.
"Oh, I never knew that behind that door was a bathroom." He wonders.
"Yeah, warm bath using fire crystals." She said.
"Ok, I'll wait downstairs." He said and went out. She unbraided her hair and takes a bath then after, she wears her light blue knee length nightdress with dark blue ribbon in the waist. She sits and brushes her hair in front of the mirror then remembers the photos. She takes out the pictures in the envelope and creates a picture frame. She starts to put the pictures in the frame and laughing to their pictures then she saw the last photo and made blush and remembers what happened. She shook her head while holding her red cheeks and step back but she accidentally bumps an ice vase at the table. The vase breaks into pieces and makes a noise. Meanwhile Jack is roaming around great hall of the ice castle and realizing what happened today. He frequently blushed and shook his head.
"I should do something better next. I should not embarrass myself again." He said scolding himself.
"Where should we go next?" He thought.
He heard a crashing sound upstairs. He hurriedly flies upstairs and so worried to Elsa.
"Elsa. Are you alright?" He said pushing her door and his eyes start searching for her. He found her picking the broken pieces of the vase. He walks closer.
"What happened? You might get hurt." He said and holds her hand stop picking it. She blushes and pulls her hand.
"You are right." She agrees. He didn't notice her blushing face because he is picking the pieces of the broken vase.
"Jack, stop it. It's made of ice so I can recreate it." She said when after realizing.
"This is so embarrassing, I should realize it soon. I'm just too distracted of the.. kiss." She thought and shook her head.
"Yeah, you're right. Clever queen and that is very convenient no need for replacement." He said and chuckles. She moves her hand and recreates the vase.
"Old as new." Jack commented and puts the vase in the table.
"What happened?" He asked referring to the vase.
"It's nothing. I just accidentally bump in it." She said averting his gaze.
"So, you are the clumsy queen now. I thought you are some sophisticated grace." He said teasing her.
"No, I am not." She said annoyed.
"I'm just distracted because of you." She mumbled.
"What?" He didn't hear what she mumbles.
"Nothing, just go downstairs." She said queenly.
"No, I won't." He said and grabs her down in her bed and starts to tickles her.
"Stop it, Jack." She said struggling and bursting into laughter.
"No, you must tell me first." He insisted.
"Marshmallow, help me." She yelled then there is some shaking on the ground of the ice castle. Jack got surprise when something grabs him. Marshmallow grabs Jack in his right hand and the other is his staff, so it left Jack defenseless. Marshmallow is about to throw him at balcony while holding him at his foot.
"Wait, Marshmallow. Don't throw him; just hold him for a while." She said stopping Marshmallow.
"Hey, let me go and return my staff." He commanded him. Marshmallow roars in his face and Jack covered with snow.
"That's what you get for tickling me." Elsa laughs. Jack brushes of the snow.
"You are so ticklish and too cute. I can't help it." He said and winks at her then reaches his staff and grabs it. He got loose to Marshmallow's grip and flies inside her room and throws a snowball to Marshmallow and hit his crown.
"That's a bad Idea." Elsa said grinning. Marshmallow gets mad and let's out his icicles in some parts of his body. Jack got surprise but thought something mischievous.
"I don't think so. This going fun instead." He said grinning and throws another snowball but instead to Marshmallow, he throws it to Elsa's grinning face. It surprise Elsa and she got irritated.
"Oh, you are so dead Jackson Overland Frost." She yelled and creates a giant snowball. Jack flies laughing downstairs while Marshmallow and Elsa trying to catch him. Elsa throws the giant snowball but he luckily dodges it and Marshmallow almost grabs him but makes the floor slippery that makes it to slip. While Jack was busy to Marshmallow, Elsa creates another giant snowball and throws it to Jack and it hits him.
"How about that, Jack Frost?" She said smirking while her left hand on her waist and a snowball in her right hand. Not bad. He said while buried with the pile of snow and hit again by Elsa's snowball in his face.
"That's it. This will be fun." Jack declared smirking and floats.
They keep on throwing snowball and Marshmallow keeps falling with Jack's trickery. The snowball fights end and all of them were exhausted and lying on the pile of snow even Marshmallow. Elsa giggles but her eyes were close.
"It's been so long that I have fun and usually with my sister." She said.
"Why? Aren't you playing with your sister anymore?" He asked and lying beside her.
"Hmm, sometimes we played with her children but you know, I am too busy with my royal duties and she has a family to take care off. I just miss this kind of fun, playing snow in hours." She said smiling.
"We can play anytime you want." He said chuckles. Elsa yawns and covers it with her hand.
"You're sleepy, your highness." He said and stands up and brushes off the snow on his clothes.
"Yeah." She said still lying in the snow and eyes close.
"You look so comfortable in there but better sleep in your bedroom, even if there's no difference in the bed."
"Yeah." She said still not moving. Jack smiles.
"Too exhausted, I guess." He thought and carries her. Jack got surprise because she isn't complaining and he smiles.
"Good night, my queen." He whispered. "Good night, my knight." She whispered smiling and lean closer to him. It surprises him but it makes him happy.
"You are something." He thought.
"Hey Marshmallow, have some rest too." He whispered and sees Marshmallow cleaning the piles of snow in the hall. Marshmallow groans in disagreement and fixes the crown in his head and continues cleaning. Jack only chuckles and flies to her room. He gently lays her in the bed. Jack smiles seeing her sleeping peacefully and went out in the balcony. He looks at the moon that shines so bright.
"Why did you send me here? Is she really a threat?" He asked. The moon keeps silent. Jack sighs.
"Where should we go next tomorrow?" He thought.
"Ah, I know. She will love it." Jack said grinning. He returns to inside and watches Elsa in her sleep.
Author's Note: I apologize for this short and late update. But I've done the drafts till arc five. Hehehe. See you next week.