"Woah, steady...I can do this...I can do this."

Ellie loved the fact she had inherited Elsa's ability of snow and ice. It came in very handy in normal or dire situations. There was only one problem. She didn't inherit the nack to ice skate. Elsa had offered to teach her when she was little, but she never got the hang of it, unlike her sister, who was not just a graceful dancer, but a great skater. Because it was the holidays, Elsa and Jack created a small ice skating rink for the kids to use for fun. Perfect timing for one-on-one lessons.

"NEVERMIND NEVERMIND!" Ellie waved her arms out, her feet slipping out from under her as her skates gave way, falling on her bottom on the wet ice. "OWW."

"Need some help there, popsicle?"

Ellie looked behind her and to her dismay, stood Annaleise and Bjørn. Not that she wasn't happy to see them, but not so happy that they witnessed her fall. Annaleise skated over to her sister, carefully helping her up. "Dummy, your skates aren't tied properly." Annaleise knelt down and retied her skates, the laces being too loose that her ankles wobbled.

"This is embarrassing," Ellie blushed. "I guess I was so nervous to try and perfect this darn routine."

"Well, it's a start. He would probably rush to your side and help you up. And, he would probably reprimand you for not tying your laces properly." Annaleise stood up, Ellie clinging onto her. "It's a bit strange. How is it that ice skating never came naturally to you even with ice magic?"

"You know, I think the same thing every time I step foot onto the ice," Ellie replied, her gloved hands still grasping onto her sisters arms.

"Now, the important thing is that you get down the basics before attempting to do a throw jump with Fritz. Now take my hand. Don't move your feet. Let me guide you." Annaleise said, skating backwards slowly. Ellie's knees began to wobble as they got closer to the center. "Now, gently push forward and out with your right foot." Ellie carefully pushed, her skate on her left foot going forward. "Now, right foot down, left foot up and out."

Ellie did so. She slowly did the same steps, slowly moving forward. "I-I'm doing it!" She exclaimed, looking up at her sister.

"You're doing fine. Now follow my lead." Annaleise mirrored her sister, Ellie pushing her forward, Annaleise going backward.

"Having fun without me?" Fritz asked Bjørn, finally making it to the palace. In his hand, he held a suitcase as well as a decent sized white box with a purple ribbon.

"And where have YOU been?" Bjørn asked, his arms resting on a stone rail.

"Look in my hands at the object I'm about to set on the ground. " Fritz set the box down and watched Ellie skate with her sister.

Ellie looked over to her right and saw him. Fritz. HES HERE.

"Well well, here's your knight in shining armor, El," Annaleise giggled as she continued to pull Ellie around the rink.

"You're doing great!" Fritz shouted to Ellie. She let go of Annaleise hand to wave but ended up losing her balance, falling backwards taking her sister with her. As Ellie fell, her right skate missed the ice and cut a small gash into her left leg. She quickly sat up, grabbing her ankle with her hand, wiping the blood off as she created an ice bandage.

"Ellie, are you okay?" Annaleise scrambled to her feet, helping Ellie up.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Can we practice later?" Enough for one day.

"Yeah, that's fine. Why don't we all go in for something warm. Chef saved some cider from last night for us. Maybe she saved some food, I'm starving. How about you boys?" Annaleise skated Ellie to the edge, Fritz taking her by the hand, helping her off of the rink.

*gurrrrrrg* Bjørn's stomach began to growl. "Haha, I could use some food." Bjørn laughed.

"Same here." Fritz bent down, untying Ellie's skates. He gently took them off, placing her flats on as he took the skates off.

"Thank you." She smiled, taking him by the arm and following her sister into the kitchen.

Bjørn led Fritz to the room that they would be sharing for the holiday, setting his belongings on the bed, then following Bjørn to the kitchen to meet up with the girls. "Yes! Sandwiches." Annaleise exclaimed, grabbing multiple sandwiches and setting them on a large plate so everyone had their pick.

Elsa and Anna peeked through the dining room door, once again spying on the teens as they ate lunch. "After they eat, yes?" Anna asked.

"Catching them off guard. Just for the dramatic effect." Elsa winked.

"Chef sure makes great sandwiches." Annaleise said, her mouth full of peanut butter and bread.

"Sis, it's a peanut butter sandwich. Anyone can make them." Ellie replied, dipping the edge of her sandwich in her cider.

"You're definitely the odd one when it comes to food." Annaleise stuck her tongue out. "Also, you've got quite the palate."

"Heh heh," Ellie chided.

"Elizabeth, you've got some peanut butter..." Fritz pointed to his nose. As Ellie took her finger and wiped the peanut butter off of her nose, Fritz took her finger, gently sucking the sandwich filling from her finger, Ellie's face turning beet red. "All gone."

"T-takk!" Ellie squeaked as she gulped as her ears turned warm and bright red.

From outside of the room, Anna thought what Fritz did was cute, but Elsa on the other hand wasn't too thrilled. "Mmhm." She growled.

"Elsa, don't be so upset. Kristoff does it all the time, I don't know why it bothers you."

"Anna, you and Kristoff are adults. They're still teenagers, no, still children." Elsa was right, they were still children in a way, but it just made her uneasy how it was approached.

"You do know it will happen.." Anna winked.

"What will happen?" Elsa asked.

"You know...first it's a kiss, then it's licking off sandwich filling from her hand...then it-"

"ANNA!" Elsa loudly whispered.

"What? All couples do it." Anna crossed her arms, giving her sister a smug smile.

"All couples?"

"I know you won't admit it, but I've seen Jack steal a lick or two whenever you frosted cupcakes. And you don't think anyone is watching you"

Elsa turned red. She never was very open to talking about showing affection to anyone, even Jack. but watching someone showing affection to her daughter that wasn't holding her hand or giving a kiss on the hand...quite awkward. "Anna..."

"Shh. They're done." Anna whispered.

Elsa nodded, and placed her hands on the floor, a swirl of snow traveling to the boys, who were now standing. The snow wrapped around their ankles, the boys unknowing it was all happening, wrapping up their legs to their arms. Elsa pulled her arms in and "woosh", the boys were pulled out of the room as the girls turned their backs.

"Bjørn?"

"Fritz?"

The girls looked at each other and saw a trail of ice leading to the doorway. Annaleise opened the door all the way, the trail stopping at the entrance. "MOTHER!" Annaleise growled, tossing her sandwich back on the plate.

"I'm sure she only wants to speak with them, sis," Ellie chimed in. "You know mother, doing things for a dramatic effect."