The Arrangement ch. 52
Anna's P.O.V.
Elsa and me got back from New York and she's unsure how she did during her audition. I don't know what happened in there but it seems like it really shook her confidence in herself and her abilities as a performer. I wish that there's something that I could do to get her mind off of it but what. I feel my phone vibrating in my pocket and I pulled it out. It's a text from Kristoff.
Kristoff: Hey, I heard through the grapevine that you're back from New York. How's Elsa?
Me: Anya told you.
Kristoff: Yeah she did and is there anything that we can do?
Me: I don't know. She seems really upset even through she says other otherwise. I don't know what to do here, Kris
Kristoff: How about the beach? I mean we should go there and have fun
Me: I like your idea and I think Elsa will love it
Kristoff: I'll tell the guys and we'll be over at her place in about an hour or so to get you
Me: K see ya then
I set my phone down on my nightstand before hopping off of my bed. I walk out of my bedroom towards Elsa's room and knocked on the already open door. The blonde's sitting at her desk writing something in her notebook when she looks up at me. She smiles at me a little before putting her pencil down.
"Hello Anna" Elsa said smiling.
"Hey, I have something to ask you" I said leaning against the doorframe.
"What is it?" Elsa asked curious.
"Before you tell me no, how you feel about going to the beach with me and the guys?"
"I do not know, Anna" Elsa said apprehensively.
"Come on Elsa, it could be fun and I think you could use a little fun right about now" I said sitting on her bed.
"I think it would be better if I worked a little bit harder on my audition and my stage presence. I would have done a better job and I think that is what I should be focusing on right now" Elsa said looking away.
"Elsa, the only thing you should be focusing on is being a kid. You're only going to be a kid and you're not going to get that back" I said taking Elsa's hand in mine.
Elsa looks me in the eyes before closing her eyes and sighing. She doesn't say anything for awhile and I'm assuming she's thinking about what I said. I'm hoping that the blonde sees things my way. I know that getting into a good college is important to her but she's only 17 and soon she'll be an adult. Her childhood is only to last so long and I want her experience that she missed out while she was in Norway.
The pianist opens her eyes and leans in to kiss me on the lips. Before I could even kiss her back, she pulls away with a small smile on her face.
"Okay" Elsa said smiling.
"Okay what?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
"I will go to the beach with you and the guys"
"Awesome" I said pumping my arm into the air.
"We better get ready. The guys are coming to pick us up in a hour" I said standing.
"I think we shall be ready by then" Elsa said walking towards her closet.
I walked out of her room and back into mine to get ready. I grab my black backpack before throwing a extra set of clothes, a towel, my goggles, my sneakers, jacket, a pair of socks and my wallet. I zip it up before setting it down at the foot of my bed. I grab my blue swim trunks with black waves at the bottom and a grey tank top to change into and making my way into the bathroom.
I take a quick shower before changing into my swimwear and looking in the mirror. I turned my back to the mirror and looked over my shoulder to see if I could see my scars through my shirt. I never been shamed of my body until after what happened with the whiplashes on my back. I don't want anyone coming up to me and asking me about them and giving me looks of pity because I don't need it.
I feel my anger raising and I shake my head before taking a few deep, calming breaths. I don't want to get angry and anger isn't the answer to my problem. The talks with Mulan have been helping me a lot with my feelings especially my anger towards you know who. I have to let it go and it's hard to do but I'm taking it one day at a time.
I walk out of the bathroom and walk into my room to slip on my flip-flops. I grab my backpack and walk downstairs to wait for Elsa. I sit on the arm rest of the couch, attempting to beat-box and failing miserably. It's about 10 minutes before I hear footsteps walking down the stairs and into the living room. I turn and look to see the blonde in a light pink bikini with a pair of demin shorts hugging her hips amazingly.
The bikini contrasts her creamy white skin perfectly while holding her boobs. Calm yourself, Anna! Get a grip, will ya?! Her hair is in a small ponytail in the back while the rest flows down her back. The pianist is holding a small backpack over her shoulder and looks at me with a shy smile on her face. The older girl wringing her hands together as she takes a sudden interest in her sandal covered feet.
She's being so cute yet so sexy right now.
Weren't you just saying that you needed to get a grip on yourself.
Shut up, Drew
You're only telling me that because you know that I'm right
No, I'm telling you to shut up because you need to shut up. I can thinks these things about my own girlfriend. It's not like I'm doing to some random stranger,
Point taken but remember to cover up if one thing leads to another.
What are you talking about?
You know exactly what I'm talking about and I'm just saying. It's very easy to get caught up and mistakes are made. That's how teenage pregnancies happen.
No, teenage pregnancies happens because they don't think about the consequences while they were doing it.
You just said what I said but in your own words, idiot *face-palm*
Oh…right *nervous laughing* Sorry
I swear that you worry me sometimes but wrap it up just as a pre-caution.
I will and I'll talk to you later
"Look beautiful. Not that you don't look beautiful everyday but you look especially beautiful today" I said smiling.
"T-Thank you A-Anna" Elsa said blushing.
"Awww you're blushing" I said teasingly.
"Anna" Elsa said smacking me on the shoulder.
"Elsa" I said pulling her by the hips.
Elsa rests her forehead against mine with either hand on my shoulder and I lean up to kiss her on the lips. The blonde kisses me back when a car horn cuts in making me groan out loud. Dammit, I swear they have horrible timing. I stand up and takes my girlfriend's hand in my own before leading her outside. I locked the front door behind us to the guys and Anya in blonde guy's family mini van.
We walked towards the green van when Olaf opens the one large side door with a goofy smile on his face. He hops out before pulling the two of us in a warm hug.
"If it isn't the happy couple, I missed you guys" Olaf said smiling.
"It is good to see you again, Olaf and I missed you too" Elsa said smiling back.
"I didn't. I needed a breaks from you mofos" I said snickering.
"Well" Olaf said in mock offence.
"Oh you know that I was kidding" I said rolling my eyes.
"Me thinks that the lady protests too much" Elsa said smirking.
"Whose side are you on?" I asked half glaring at my girlfriend.
"Don't get your boxers in a twist and just get in the van" Marshall said from the passenger's side.
"Obviously your crankiness hasn't changed since we've been" Anna said as I helped Elsa into the van.
"I'm not cranky. I just wanna get going before hit traffic on the freeway and get away from a certain redhead" Marshall said frowning.
"What did I ever do to you?" I asked frowning.
"Not you the other redhead in this group" Marshall said pointing his thumb at Anya.
Anya simply smiles and wiggles her fingers at the raven haired boy. She's wearing a red bikini with a white wrap around her hips and her hair is in a loose ponytail.
"Will you just admit that you like her and get it over with" Kristoff said rolling his eyes.
"For the umpteenth time, I don't like her and will you drop it" Marshall said glaring at Kristoff.
"I'm just saying dude. For someone you don't like a certain someone, you sure were concerned about how she was doing in New York while they were gone" Kristoff said pulling away from the curb.
"Awww you was concerned about little old me. Marshmallow, I'm touched" Anya said batting her eyelashes at him.
"I wasn't concerned" Marshall said folding his arms.
"What would you call it?" I asked smirking.
"Curiosity" Marshall deadpanned.
"You know that curiosity killed the cat, bro. If you don't ask her out then I will" Olaf said smirking.
"Go ahead, it's a free country" Marshall said rolling his eyes.
Olaf turns to Anya giving her a discreet wink before taking her hands in his. The older redhead giggles a little before straighten up in her seat. Marshall watches the two through the rear view mirror. Elsa covers her giggles with her hand. Oh this is gonna be good.
"Okay then. Anya, will you go out with me tomorrow night?"
"Of course I'll go out with you, Olaf. Pick me up at seven" Anya said smiling.
"What? You're actually agreeing to going out with him" Marshall said frowning.
"Why not? Got a problem with it?" Anya asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, I got a problem with it. You can't go out with him"
"Why is that?" Anya asked curious.
"Because for one he's a child trapped in a teenager's body and two, I lo- like you… kinda" Marshall muttered under his breath.
"Kinda?" Anya asked raising an eyebrow.
"Okay okay I like you… a lot" Marshall said as his cheeks turn pinkish.
"Awww I knew it and I like you too… a lot and you can pick me up at seven. Sorry Olaf" Anya said patting Olaf on the shoulder.
"No problem" Olaf said leaning back into his seat.
"What just happened?" Elsa asked curious.
"Marshall got played into revealing his repressed feeling for Anya and it was funny" I said snickering.
"Don't make me stop this Anna and come back there" Marshall said menacingly.
"Okay, okay calm your ovaries. Sheesh" I said rolling my eyes.
Elsa giggles a little as she rests her head on my shoulder. I wrap my arm around her shoulders pulling her close to me as we get on the freeway and it's smooth sailing from there. There's next to no traffic as we cruise down to Venice Beach. By the time we get there, it's about 11:30 with all of the surfers are on their board catching waves and the beachgoers are either playing volleyball, playing in the sand or in the water.
We flied out of the van with me and the guys taking the stuff out of the back. Kristoff had asked the girls to go ahead and find a good spot on the beach since it's gonna take us two trips to get everything out of the van. I grab my, Elsa's and Anya's backpacks as Marshall and Olaf grab the ice chest and Kristoff grabs the small barbecue that his Dad let him borrow.
We walks onto the beach to find the girls found a rather good spot. It's a good distance from the ocean but close enough to the parking a lot. The guys set up the spot before getting the rest of the stuff from the van and I sat down on one of the beach blankets when I feel something cold against my arm. I jumped and look down at my arm to see that something white and sticky there.
Phrasing Anna, phrasing.
Get your mind out the damn gutter, Drew. You know what I meant.
Do I Anna, do I? You could've meant a lot of things.
I can't stand you sometimes.
Oh well, you're stuck with me
Dammit
I smell it and it's sunscreen. Two hands rubs the sunscreen into my arm and I see that it's Elsa. Why is she rubbing sunscreen on me?
"Because I do not want you get sunburned"
"Did I just say what I was thinking?"
"Yes, you did" Elsa said nodding.
"Damn I thought I got over that" I said shaking my head.
"It is quite alright Anna. It is not a big deal" Elsa said smiling.
"If you say so but I don't think I'm gonna sunscreen though"
"It is better to be safe than sorry" Elsa said rubbing sunscreen on any visible patch of skin.
I sigh a little because I hate sunscreen. It always smell too strong and it lingers. The manufacturing company couldn't make it feel better or something when they made this stuff. I feel a shift in body weight and snap out of my thoughts to see Elsa sitting in-between my legs. She hands me the bottle of sunscreen with a shy look on her face and I raise an eyebrow at her.
"C-Could you… c-could you p-put some on m-my b-back?" Elsa asked shyly.
Awww, she's being cute again. I take the sunscreen from her before moving her hair over to one shoulder.
"Sure" I said squirting some into my hands.
I rub the sunscreen up and down her back and over her shoulders. I rub it in good before closing the sunscreen bottle when the guys finally come back with the rest of the stuff. Kristoff starts up the grill and put some burgers on. Olaf pulls out a soccer ball from his backpack and asks me and Marshall to play with him. I ask Elsa if she wants to play with us but she politely declines to talk with Anya.
I bounced the ball on my thigh when the white boy round house kicks the ball onto the ground. Marshall and me chase after him in an attempt to get it away from but it's easier said than done since Olaf is faster than the both of us. I'm having fun and I look back at the blonde to see that she's talking with Anya and some guys that I couldn't see their faces.
I don't want to be the jealous girlfriend and best the crap out of the guy but I don't like how close he is to her. The raven haired boy sees what I'm staring at and a scowl rears its ugly head onto his face. The same can't be said about him and it looks like he's ready to fight someone. He rushes over there but I catch him by the arm before he does something he'll regret later.
"Anna, let me go. I'm gonna get some surfer ass" Marshall said struggling against me.
"I know what you're feeling and I get it but you don't want to do something you'll regret later" I said frowning.
"I'm not gonna regret kick that guy's ass for flirting with my girl" Marshall said frowning.
"Do you wanna look like the jealous, possessive boyfriend? If you do then go ahead but I can't say that it's gonna look good on you" I said letting him.
"So you think that I should do nothing?"
"I didn't say that but I do I have a plan though" I said smirking.
"I'm listening"
I whisper the plan into his ear and he looks at me with a smirk on his face. We causally walk over towards the girls and the surfer jerk faces before pulling the girls into our laps.
Elsa leans into my embrace and I kiss her on the forehead as I discreetly glare at the surfers. No one flirts with my girlfriend while I'm not looking. No one said that I couldn't be an undercover jealous person because it causes less problems that way. It's not that I don't trust Elsa, I just don't trust the guys that try to hit on her. The surfer jerk faces looked away in defeat as Marshall and me high-five when the girls weren't looking.
"Care to explain what that was all about?" Anya asked raising an eyebrow at us.
"I have no idea what you're talking about" Marshall and I said in unison.
"No seriously, we were talking when they showed then the two you come in all of a sudden and get all affectionate. Fess up" Anya said crossing her arms.
"No paranoid" I said holding my hands up.
"There was no need to be jealous" Elsa said kissing me on the cheek.
"Who said that we were jealous? We weren't jealous" Marshall said shaking his head.
The girls looked at each other with a look that says that they don't believe us before giggling. What was that about? Why are they giggling? When we asked, they just giggle before kissing the both of us on the cheek. I may be a girl but I still don't have a clue about what goes on their heads. I swears girls are a complete mystery to me but I plan to unwrap that mystery one clue at a time.
"Guys, the foods ready and it's delicious if I do say so myself" Kristoff said puffing out his chest.
"We'll be the judge of that" Olaf said grabbing a burger.
Marshall hesitantly wait as Olaf chews and swallows his burger. We waited for 5 minutes to see if he kneels or not and he doesn't. The raven haired and me grab a burger and I have to say that it's not bad. The blonde guy smiles happily as we inhaled the food. I look at the water and I wanted to jump in but I know that I have to wait 30 minutes after eating.
I hate waiting but as long as I have Elsa by my side, it's not too bad. I leaned on my palms as the blonde leans against with her head in the crook of my neck and draw imaginary designs on my stomach. It's tickles but I like it. Kristoff and Olaf go play volleyball with some people that they just met. Marshall and Anya decided on going for a walk along the shore leaving the two of us alone.
"Anna"
"Yeah Elsa"
"Thank you" Elsa said smiling.
"For what?" I asked confused.
"For convincing to go beach today. It's taken my mind off of the audition and I am having fun" Elsa said looking me in the eyes.
"Good to hear and I'm glad that you're having fun" I said smiling.
"I was so sadden about the audition but it does not matter any more. I have you and good friends to look after me and I cannot thank you enough"
"That's what friends are for and I'll always look after you. You're very important to me" I said kissing her on the lips.
"You are very important to me as well" Elsa said kissing me back.
A idea popped into my head and I feel myself smirk before placing my arm underneath the blonde's knees with the other at her waist. I take her in my arms before making a mad dash towards the ocean like a bat outta hell. The surprised pianist holds onto my neck from dear life before I jumped into the freezing cold water. The older girl squealed loudly as I laugh my ass off and was rewarded by a smack on the shoulder along with a adorable pout on my girlfriend's face.
I'm sorry but I couldn't help myself as the blue eyed beauty stands and I was about to ask where she going but the question never got past my lips. I nearly got drowned by an oncoming wave making that pout turn into a small yet sexy smirk on her face. I guess that I deserve that after what I did but it was well worth it. Elsa holds her hand out towards me and I graciously take before quickly jumping to my feet so I wouldn't get almost drowned again by waves.
I'm completely soaked through but that's the point of wearing swimwear to get wet.
"Hey, it's you"
We turned to see that it's that stupid guy Chase again and this time he's wearing swim trunks without a shirt. It's obvious that this guy works out with his washboard abs and decent biceps. Ugh, why did we have to run into this guy again? Now I have another surfer jerk face to chase off from my girlfriend. Where's a crowbar or a really large bat when you need one? I swear that these guys can't take a fucking hint.
"Um sorry who are you? Have we met before?" Elsa asked titling her head to the side.
"Uh Chase. I was the guy in the car that try to pick you a couple of weeks ago" Chase said as his left eyebrow twitches in slight annoyance.
"Sorry but I do not remember any guy trying to pick me up" Elsa said shaking her head.
"Seriously?" Chase asked shocked.
"I am sorry but I do not remember you at all. I guess that you were just not worth remembering" Elsa said shrugging.
I cover my mouth with my hands to keep myself from laughing out loud. It was embarrassing enough that Elsa doesn't remember him at all plus getting burned like that. Laughing at his expanse would be adding salt to his open wounds and I'm not that cruel. Chase was dumbfounded and walks away slowly in an attempt to progress what just happened.
"You really don't remember him?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
"I do but it would have easier and quicker to get rid of him if I told that I did not. I am with you and I only want to think about you, no one else" Elsa said taking my hand.
"Awww how did I get so lucky to have you?" I asked kissing the back of her hand.
"I have asked myself the same thing" Elsa said giggling.
We played around in the ocean splashing each other with the water when we were sprayed by water guns being handled by Marshall and Olaf. I ducked under the white haired twin and repeatedly poked him in the side making him laugh uncontrollably. He drops the water gun which Elsa quickly picks and sprays the older break-dancer with. I hold his hand as the blonde sprays him and he laughs as he struggles against me. The raven haired twin quickly turn against his brother and soaks his twin.
"Traitor!" Olaf sad glaring at his brother.
Earning him a mouth full of water, Marshall smirks evilly. I let go of the twin and as soon as I did, he lunges for his brother tackling him to the ground. Me and Elsa watches as the twin wrestle each on the shore with slightly amused looks on our faces. I was amused anyways since this happens every once in awhile for the brothers. We stayed at the beach until it started getting dark and the guys packed up the stuff while the girl change into to regular clothes in the restroom nearby.
I hate changing in the beach restrooms because they're completely gross and disgusting. I often wonder if anyone ever cleans this place if so, they're doing a horrible job from the looks and smells of it. I walked out of the restroom wearing a plain white t-shirt, jeans shorts, white sneakers and a black jacket. Anya and the pianist walk out in their clothes and my girl walks over towards me before lacing our fingers together.
We walked towards the guys has they pack up the last of the beach stuff before heading over towards the van. A breeze comes in and I see the blue eyed beauty shudder a little. I take my jacket off and place around her shoulders as she slips her arms through the sleeves.
"Aren't you going to be cold without jacket?" Elsa asked unsure about taking my jacket.
"I'm sure that I'll live" I said wrapping my arm around her shoulders.
"Man, you two are lovey-dovey" Marshall said rolling his eyes.
"Don't hate Marshall, don't hate" I said giving him the hand. "Nobody's hatin' okay" Marshall said mimicking my pose.
"Are you sure about that? You can be all lovey-dovey with Anya now so it's all good" I said smirking.
"Elsa, would you be okay if I fed your girlfriend to some sharks?" Marshall asked turning to face Elsa.
"I would prefer it if you did not use my girlfriend as shark food" Elsa said giggling.
I stuck my tongue out at Marshall only for him to do the same thing to me. We all climbed into the van as Kristoff drives off towards home. Today has been a good day and I couldn't have asked for a better one. I got to the beach with my girl and my best friends. I could've done with all the guys hitting on Elsa but overall it's still a good day.
End of ch. 52
