Elsa's POV
The crisp autumn air whipped across my face as I leaned against the trunk of the tree I was in. I had climbed it about fifteen minutes ago, deciding that climbing it would help take my mind off of everything. I wore a black zip-up hoodie with a skull above my heart, some skinny jeans with some rips in the thighs, and a black beanie on top of my platinum blonde hair that was twisted into a braid over my left shoulder. Typical me.
I left my skateboard, trucks up, at the base of the tree along with my sketchbook. I figured that if I was near them then no one would bother taking them. At least I hoped no one would take them. My skateboard deck was white with some very intricate light blue snowflake designs all over, the trucks were silver, and the wheels were the same blue as the snowflakes. My sketchbook had dozens of doodles that had accumulated during the past several weeks as I almost always could be seen drawing in my classes- I mean come on, who pays attention to their senior year in high school?
I sighed as I remembered that our English teacher was supposed to assign us partners for our most recent project in class tomorrow. I put my headphones in and turned on my iPod before putting it back in my sweatshirt pocket. I shifted in the tree so that my right arm was slung around my right knee as my left leg dangled off the side of the thick branch I was sitting on. It was rather comfortable.
I looked at the beautiful Rocky Mountains to my right; they were one of the best things about living in Colorado. I glanced down as I saw movement and observed as a strawberry-blonde haired girl and auburn haired man walked by holding hands. They didn't see me and I was quite glad; I am not a people person…at all. I close my eyes and let the music playing in my ears consume me.
A sudden piercing scream jolts me from my thoughts. I snap my eyes open and sit up looking toward the source of the sound. I see the strawberry blonde girl from earlier several yards away cowering in front of the auburn haired man who has his hand raised. I pull the headphones from my ears and drop out of the tree, leaning forward as soon as my feet hit the ground so that my momentum propels me forward and I roll. As I pop up I see him slap her hard across the face. She yelps in pain and I am infuriated. How fucking dare he.
I sprint towards him. He sees me just as I'm about to hit him. "What the h-," is all he gets out before I drive my shoulder into his gut and roughly tackle him to the ground.
"What the hell, bitch?!" He yells at me as I stand protectively in front of the girl, who is still clutching her cheek.
"You have absolutely no right to hit a girl like that." I say coldly, my words laced with venom.
"She just tried to break up with me-." He starts angrily.
""I don't give a fuck about what she did or tried to do."
With that he stepped towards me, his face contorted in fury. He grabs my arm hard. I grab his arm with my free one and twist his arm so his grip breaks and I am holding his wrist. I hit him in the nose with the heel of my hand while stomping hard on his foot. He doubles over in pain and I knee him in the gut before wrenching his arm hard so he falls to the ground.
"Don't you ever fucking touch another women again." I say viciously as he stumbles to his feet and back the way he came originally. I watch him leave and when he's far enough away I crouch down next the girl who is now sobbing into her knees.
"Hey…it's okay, he's gone now." I say. She turns to face me and pulls me into her so that she's crying into my shoulder. Poor girl.
"Th-th-thank y-you." She stutters out, still shaking and crying. "N-no one's e-ev-ever stood up f-for me before. He w-was my boyfriend a-and I told him I w-wanted to break up and h-he got m-mad and…"She sobs again.
"Don't worry about it. No man should ever treat a women like that, no matter what." The girl sobbed again.
I looked down at her and despite the fact that I could only see the left side of her face (seeing as the other side was buried in my shoulder), I noticed the many freckles dotting her tear-stained cheeks. How cute! Wait, no, stop it Elsa. Conceal it. Don't feel it.
The girl sniffs and sits up. "I'm Anna." Anna…That's a beautiful name.
""I'm Elsa." I say to her.
" I'm so sorry to drag you into this, it isn't your problem. Hans didn't hurt you did he?" I shake my head no. "Oh… that's good then.. So.. Uh…do you go to school around here? I mean, I'm not trying to seem creeperish I just wanted to know because I've never seen you around before-. Not that I've been looking around for someone like you before-It's just I wanted to be friends- and yeah I'll shut up now." I lift a hand to my mouth to suppress a small giggle. This girl is just too cute. Wait, no. Elsa stop. She just broke up with her boyfriend-she's obviously not like you.
"Yes I do," I reply, "I go to Arendelle High."
"No way, me too! What year are you?"
"I'm a senior." I say, smiling slightly from her enthusiasm.
"Me too! We should be friends! I've never seen you before, what classes do you have? What lunch do you have? Wait, do you even want to hang out. I mean it's totally cool if you don't, I just thought-"
"Anna!" Despite her awkward talking spell, Anna couldn't help but smile again. She wants to be my friend…that's a first.
"What? Oh, sorry. I tend to ramble…a lot. At least that's what my friends always tell me. I see what they mean though. It's just so easy to let your words carry you away…"
"It's okay, there's nothing wrong with it." And by that I mean that it is the most adorable thing that I have ever seen anyone do. "Of course I'll hang out with you. I have English with Calhoun first hour, Bio with Gothel fifth, Calculus with White seventh, and Art with Baloo eighth."
"Wait, seriously? I have English with Calhoun first and Calculus with White seventh… how have I not seen you before?"
"You probably have, I just try hard not to be noticed by anyone." I said, the smile fading from my face; Anna was oblivious.
"Oh, well I should probably be getting home now. I'll see you again in class tomorrow. Thanks again for getting rid of Hans."
I watched, somewhat disappointed, as she walked away. Tomorrow…You'll see her again tomorrow…With that thought I couldn't keep the smile off of my face.
