A/N: OKAY I KNOW! I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while but that's because I got asked to go on vacation right before I was going to start typing this chapter and I accepted and so that's why. I had a lot of fun so….sorry I didn't update. However, if it makes you feel better, I did miss updating and I kinda went a little crazy. Not like physically, but mentally. BUT GUESS WHAT I DID! I WENT TUBING AND WATER RAFTING! I'm happy! Okay, anyways I wanted to give a shout out to Fletchdoug99 for being the 600th reviewer because I kind of forgot to give her one when she was the 600th. And to barlowbabes for being the 1,100th! Thanks guys! ONE last thing! Christabel and Alexander's birthday was on August 29th and I celebrated! Okay happy reading!
Warning: Catholicism in this chapter and religious talk. Just…don't fight it.
Elsa was rubbing cream on her swollen belly as she watched her son play with the nearby toys on the floor. He giggled and chewed on the corners of various ones and threw them shortly next to him. Elsa giggled and pulled her dress down, fixing it in the front and back and then taking one last look in the mirror before she walked over to Kenneth.
"What are you doing?" She sighed.
"Mama!" He jumbled and pointed up at her.
"Very good, but that is not what I asked you." Elsa smiled.
Kenneth looked up at her doe eyed and squealed, drool coming out of his mouth a little. "Mama!"
Elsa just rolled her eyes and plopped down next to him. He crawled towards her and situated himself in her lap which he tended to do quite a lot. Elsa didn't mind though, she liked the feeling of someone loving her.
She welcomed him with open arms and he played with his toys while he sat in her lap. She ran her fingernails through his dark brown hair and kissed his head occasionally.
"Are you going to be a good big brother to your new brother or sister?" Elsa asked Kenneth who obviously didn't understand her at all. "I know you will be. You're already so loving and sweet that there is no doubt in my mind that you will set an example for him or her. If they adore you the way I do, then you are doing something right. Do you think I am a good mother?"
"Mama!" Kenneth answered, seeming like he knew what she was asking this time.
"Really? I sometimes do not feel it. I guess we all tend to feel that way though, right?" She asked and kissed his head.
He then crawled off of her and back over to his toys where he sat in the middle of them and squealed as he looked at his mother. She couldn't help but smile back at her son's personality and his optimism. Now she knows he got that from Anna. Speaking of….
"Elsa, hi." Anna said weakly from the doorway.
"Hi Anna, are…you okay?" She asked, getting to her feet immediately.
"What? Yeah I'm….fabulous…why do you ask?" She smiled.
"Well, you are much paler than usual and you sound like you just screamed for two hours straight judging the fact that your throat sounds raw." Elsa replied.
"I think I'm just a little sick." Anna said and sniffed in her congestion. "I came to see you while the twins were napping."
"Where's Kristoff?"
Anna shrugged.
"Well I don't want Kenneth getting sick…" Elsa replied in guilt.
"Duh, of course!" Anna said and face palmed…a little too hard. "Ouch."
"Why don't I take you to your room so you can get some rest? You look really sick." Elsa said worriedly and grabbed Anna's arm.
"No! No, I'm fine really. Just…just a little sick that's all." Anna shooed her off.
"A little sick? Anna you sound horrible and it looks like you got hit by a carriage."
"Oh jeez, thanks." Anna said.
"You know what I mean. Now please go back to bed or at least lay in bed. I'll have someone fetch Kristoff so he can lay with you. You're pregnant and I want both you and the baby to be healthy." Elsa said with a warm smile.
"Can I hug you?" Anna asked.
Elsa just smiled and Anna fell into a warm embrace. Elsa ran her hand down Anna's achy back and felt her shaking from being cold.
"Are you getting a fever?" Elsa asked.
"…..Possibly?" Anna smiled nervously.
"Bed. Now."
"Ugh, fine Mrs. Bossy Pants." Anna mumbled and Elsa walked her back to her bedroom.
"I'll have Gerda bring you some soup or something." Elsa said and kissed her sister's forehead as she lied down in the bed. "By the way, why did you ask if you could hug me?"
"I…I don't really know. I didn't know if you'd want me to because I'm sick and all." Anna shrugged and sniffled again.
"Sick or not, you never have to ask to give me a hug." Elsa smiled and headed towards the door. "Get some rest, you hear?"
"Yeah I hear you. And Els?"
"Hm?"
"Thank you for taking care of me." She said weakly with a smile.
"I love you."
"I love you…." Anna dozed off.
Elsa gently closed the door and walked back down the hallway, her back aching from the weight her stomach had on her. She accepted the back aches though because she knew that it was for her second child. She made her way back into her room where she left Kenneth playing with his toys.
"Hey love, I'm back." Elsa smiled and picked Kenneth up in her arms and automatically felt it. "Oh Kenneth…why?" Elsa whined.
Kenneth started whimpering at the warm sensation on his bottom and looked up at Elsa for help. She rolled her eyes and took him over to the changing table and expertly changed his diaper. He smiled in satisfaction and Elsa picked him back up and cradled him lovingly.
"We need to potty train you." She sighed.
"Knock, knock, knock!" Nicholas sang through the doorway of Leia's room where she was lying with Danielle on the bed.
"Hi! Hi! Hi!" Danielle squealed and stood up on the bed.
"Careful, sweetheart." Leia scolded gently and grabbed her arm pulling her back on the bed.
"Hello my sweet girls." Nicholas said and kissed Danielle on the cheek and then bent down and smooched Leia on the mouth.
"I missed you." He whispered.
"I missed you…a lot." Leia said truthfully.
"I'm sorry I've been gone for a while but things are getting bad with my sister and she just needed my help." He said, his smile disappearing.
"Is everything alright now?" Leia asked, her attention fully on him.
He sat down on the bed next to her and she rested up against him as their fingers interlocked.
"She seems fine. She had just gotten sick or something and didn't operate very well and she didn't really move much." He said.
"There must be a bug going around because Anna has a fever." Leia said.
"Does she? Hopefully no one else gets it."
Leia nodded and smiled up at him and he gave her a kiss in return. Danielle, feeling a little left out of this love circle, decided to sit right on Leia and take her mother's arms and wrap them around her own waist. Leia watched Danielle do this whole thing by herself and laughed when she was done.
"Proud of yourself, dear?" Leia asked, amused.
"Yup!" Danielle answered and nuzzled closer to Leia.
"I actually wanted to talk to you about something." Nicholas said to Leia. "Alone." He said whispering the last part.
"Um…okay." Leia said and told Danielle to go and play with her toys over on the other side of the room. "What do you need to talk about?"
"I need to know if you want to be with me forever." Nicholas said honestly.
Leia rolled her eyes and smiled. "Of course I want to be with you forever, we've talk about this before."
"I know but people's minds change and I wanted to make sure you were still happy being with me and if you felt loved."
"I feel happy, safe, loved, spoiled, and cherished whenever I'm with you and I want to feel that way forever so of course I want to be with you. The last time I felt happy before you was…when Danielle was born and after that I fell into a depression. You were such an ass when I first met you and you know it!" She laughed.
"Hey, you were so stuck up!" Nicholas retorted.
"Well you didn't even help me pick the apples up and then you asked me out even though I had a baby with me! You didn't even suspect that I was married!" She laughed.
"I looked at your finger before I made my assumption thank you very much." He said and stuck his tongue out at her.
"Really? I had no idea."
"Really." He said and kissed her nose.
"Well, then I guess you were sort of a gentleman that day." She playfully nudged his shoulder.
"Anyway, I just want this to be real and I want you know that you're fully committed to me the way I am to you before I let this continue."
"Do you not feel like I'm fully committed to you?" She asked with hurt.
"No, no not at all. I'm just reassuring myself is all. I know you love me but I….I just need to hear it I guess."
"Nicholas, I love you. I love you so much and nobody and nothing will ever take that away from me. I am yours forever and always." Leia said honestly.
"We're each other's." He said happily.
"And that is the best we can be."
"Daddy? Brush my hair?" Danielle asked Nicholas.
"What did she just call me?" Nicholas whispered in Leia's ear.
"D-Daddy." Leia whispered back. "I think."
"No sweetie, I'm Nicholas." He said with an awkward smile.
"But you act like daddy." Danielle said innocently.
"Oh yeah? How?" Nicholas asked and Leia moved out of the way while he picked Danielle up and cradled her in his large arms.
"You kiss me. You hug me. You sing and read to me. You love me and mama. You don't make mama or me cry." Danielle answered simply. "Don't daddies do that?"
"Well I…I guess they do." He smiled and kissed her cheek. "I'm your daddy, honey."
"I love daddy."
"Daddy loves you too." He said and looked at Leia who was silently crying with the biggest smile on her face.
Elsa put Kenneth down for his nap and decided to go visit her parents grave just by herself. She needed to get her mind off of things for a while and with her upcoming meeting in about two hours, she needed time alone. The carriage brought her to the two large, grey tombstones with her parent's names inscribed on them.
"Thank you." She said as the coach helped her out of the carriage and onto the grass. "I shall be ready in an hour and a half."
"Yes your Majesty."
He rode away and Elsa took the hood off of her head and walked slowly over to the tombstones. The wind seemed to be picking up and Elsa's bangs whipped across her face, her eyes blinking constantly. She looked down and placed a flower at each one and kneeled down, her back starting to strain.
"I decided to see you two today because everyone is just kind of doing their own thing and I had nothing to do. Not that I come here last choice but it is the perfect opportunity. Anyway, things have been going alright I guess, except for the fact that my husband left me. I kind of expected it to happen after a while but I didn't expect it to happen so abruptly." Elsa said with a sigh.
She smiled up at the sky.
"I know he'll be fine and cooled off once he returns in two weeks but until then, I miss him so much. Kenneth is starting to talk more and I think next week I am going to begin potty training him. I have Gerda to help me, but I'd much rather have my mother there to do it instead. Just help me out with it and make sure Kenneth behaves himself." She laughed.
Elsa turned to see two people racing on horses far off into the distance, happy and carefree.
"I was blessed with love." Elsa said as she turned her head back around. "I know we had troubles with my powers when you were still alive but I know you're proud of me for what I have accomplished but you need to be more proud of Anna. I mean, without her unconditional love, nothing would be as it is now. I still haven't thanked her enough…"
Elsa felt a warm feeling surround her body and she automatically felt the need to cry happy tears. She hugged herself as if she was being hugged by her parents and smiled brightly.
"I wish you could meet all of your grandchildren. You have three right now and two on the way. You'd love them so much, truly. I love them all so much. I also came by because I wanted to simply tell you that I miss you a lot. I need my mom here with me to hold me and give me motherly advice and I need my dad here to kick Derek into shape and teach my son things Derek and I cannot. However, things are the way they are and we need to embrace them rather than despise them. The past is in the past, right?" She smiled.
The wind picked up a little more as the sun shone as the clouds separated. Elsa looked up once more and smiled up, feeling her parent's presence.
"I love you guys."
She left her parent's grave with a kiss to each stone and decided to walk over to the Arendelle cathedral that was connected to the castle. She dipped her finger in the holy water and made the sign of the cross before sitting in the front pew in front of the cross. She looked around the candle lit room and sighed. Feeling solace was what she needed desperately at the moment. She folded her hands together and closed her eyes.
"Lord, please help my sister from her sickness and please help both of our pregnancies. We need to stay healthy and alive for our children and I know we can do this with your help. I know whatever you have planned for our futures will be the right one and I shall except whatever decision you make. Thank you Lord for giving me everything I have now and for everything you continue to give me. Also, please keep Derek safe across seas and help us to mend our relationship. Amen." Elsa prayed to herself and then made the sign of the cross when she was done.
"Came here for solace too?" Kristoff's voice rang out at the other end of the cathedral.
"You scared me!" Elsa jumped and placed her hand over her heart. "And yes I did. What about you?"
"Yeah I come here almost every day. It's the only place I can get my mind off of things and the only place where someone actually pays attention to what I'm saying." Kristoff said.
"You know that isn't true. I always listen to what you have to say and so does everyone else." Elsa said sternly.
"Fine, but I feel like I'm understood better here." Kristoff corrected.
"I just needed some time to pray alone and reflect my poor life decisions." Elsa smirked.
"What bad life decisions, Elsa?" Kristoff laughed and genuflected before kneeling down in the pew next to her.
"Yelling at Derek." Elsa said quietly.
"He yelled at you too."
"Yes but he had a reason to. I was being naive and not putting my people before myself. I didn't want him leaving because I wanted him to stay with me."
"Well of course you'd want him to stay with you, he's your husband. I'm almost positive that Derek didn't want to leave you either."
"I think he did. He was so keen on leaving and I kept yelling at him to stay and I…I told him that I wouldn't be happy to see when he arrived back. What if he doesn't come back?" Elsa cried.
"Elsa! Of course he'll come back! He may be angry with you but that doesn't mean he doesn't love you. He loves you and your two children so much and he would do anything for you and you and I both know it. I promise that you two will be happy again but it will take time before you reach that satisfaction. However, if you're still worried and unsure, this is the best place to come to ask for help."
"Care to help me?" Elsa asked.
Kristoff nodded with a smile and the two bowed their heads.
The clock struck five in the morning a little too loudly which made Anna jump awake. Her little nose scrunched up and she groaned in frustration at how early it must be by the look at how dark it was outside. Sighing, she shifted her body so she was facing Kristoff who was facing her. She smiled at his messy hair and mouth open as he peacefully slept dreaming about God knows what. She gently pushed the hair out of his face so she could see the whole thing and smiled. She just loved watching him sleep. As she continued her staring, she felt a weird movement in her lower abdomen and instinctively held the bottom of it. She grunted in pain and sat up in the bed with her legs hanging off the edge and one hand gripping her stomach and the other hand placed on the bed.
"K-Kristoff!" Anna breathed. "Kristoff wake up now!"
Kristoff didn't budge. He was a deep sleeper and the only time he'd wake up is if someone shook him violently or if someone screamed. Either way, Anna managed to do both to him periodically.
"Wake up!" Anna yelled and Kristoff bolted up in his bed, looking around the room as if someone had broken in.
"What's wrong?! Are you okay?!" He asked, rubbing his eyes.
"My stomach hurts! I don't know what's wrong." Anna struggled to say.
"Did you feel a weird like….watery thing…between your legs?" Kristoff asked. He should be an expert by now.
"No not yet, my stomach is just really hard and whenever I move it hurts really badly. I don't know what to do I'm scared! I still have two months to go, what if this baby comes now?!" Anna cried.
Kristoff crawled over to her and wrapped her protectively in his arms, trying not to hurt her. She started breathing heavily and tears streamed down her face.
"AH!" Anna yelped as she felt the baby shift. "Get the doctor now!"
A/N: OOOOHHH! What do you think is going to happen?! Don't hate me please! Anyways, I JUST FINISHED WATCHING THE MAKING OF FROZEN ON ABC! I think I died and my ghost is writing this. I hope anyone who watched it enjoyed it! Um I'd like to see more reviews than last chapter because I got half of what I usually get. Okay now NEXT CHAPTER….will be….amazing and will answer all of the questions! PLEASE review and stay amazing! Love ya!
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