Asking For Trouble
2.
"Hi, this is Elsa. Leave a message and I'll call you back" The sound of her answering machine was heard, as Elsa was trying to comb her hair and brush her teeth at the same time. She was in lacy panties and a bra, her face was completely bare after being washed and the nervousness in her belly was starting to make her feel sick.
"Hi, Elsa. This is Jack, Jack Frost" That make her instantly jump and cover herself even if it was just the answering machine talking and he most definitely could not see her. "Sorry I couldn't answer you yesterday, I was in a flight and then it just got too late. I just wanted to say that I'm getting ready as we speak and I got the ticket." He said as muffled sounds of objects were heard in the back. "About your messages; I know you're nervous, and even if I don't know the details just yet, don't worry. This is what I get paid for, your family will believe we're in love" Elsa felt her chest tighten, as she sighed deeply looking at the answering machine.
"It's not my family I'm worried about" She whispered, even if no one would hear her.
"Trust me. I'll see you at the airport. Can't wait to meet you, princess" He said and hung up.
Oh jeez, why did she have the feeling that this was going to end up in a huge mess?
She shook her head and finished combing her hair into a braided up-do, to then applying little make up the best way she could. She was about to meet one of the beautiful people on Earth, and she really didn't want to look that bad (as she constantly did).
She was about to close her light-blue suitcase, but before she did it she triple-checked just in case she was forgetting about something. She was taking a lot more with her than what she really needed, but it'd be the first time she was going to see her family after everything that happened. She wanted to be ready for anything. Because knowing her family, just about anything could happen.
Most people would probably think that her family hated her, but it was actually the contrary. Sure, her mom and dad tried like a billion times to find excuses to get her back home, or just to visit her in NYC, but none of them worked. Still, they understood her. The whole issue kind of got everyone by surprise. It was out of the blue, and no one really thought something was wrong between them. Heck, even she believed that everything was perfect.
How wrong she was.
She opened a box that was in one of her shelves, carefully examining stuff such as pictures with him, gifts, and even the little yet flashy velvet box that contained her engagement ring.
She thought a million times to just throw the box and everything that was inside, but she couldn't.
It was just too painful.
She still hoped that maybe... maybe, after all these years, he'd see her like the first time, and he'd realize his mistake, and everything will be fine again.
Hopefully, he'd realize that dumping her was a mistake.
Jack's gonna help with that.
She shook her head and her thoughts away, placing everything inside the box again.
She dressed as fast as she could without destroying her hair. She opted for a white bodycon T-shirt dress, a dusty salmon jacket, dusty salmon heeled sandals, a baby blue satchel, and she was ready to leave.
She grabbed her travel cases, called a taxi, and got in immediately before telling the taxi man to hurry.
She wasn't late yet, but she was about to be.
She was halfway there when she got a text.
What's your seat number?- Jack.
She frowned a bit, confused by the question, but replied any way.
39C. why? -Elsa
Great, see you in a few- Jack.
She tried to ignore the fact that he ignored her question, and thought that maybe he just realized that they were seating together in the plane. Even if that was kind of expected.
Before she could reply anything else, the taxi came to a stop and she realized that they were already at the airport, and she also remembered that she wasn't late yet, but if she didn't hurry she would be.
After paying the taxi man and telling him to keep the change, she grabbed a luggage cart as fast as she could to then grab her luggage and rush towards the bag check-in, until someone grabbed her by the arm and yanked her backwards.
"What the-" Elsa said and turned to the person that yanked her.
"You really thought you could leave us without even saying good bye?" Moana said and hugged her.
"You're such a bitch, Els" Merida said and hugged her as well.
"Aww, what are you doing here?" Elsa said as she broke the hug.
"Saying good bye of course!" Moana said.
"You really shouldn't have" Elsa said.
"Are you kidding? This is the first time you're the one leaving. It's always been Moana and me the ones going to visit our families" Merida said.
"Yeah, it's gonna be so weird not having you around" Moana said with a pout.
"Norway sounds amazing, though" Merida said.
"It sounds a bit cold but I still wanna visit it, though" Moana said. Merida rolled her eyes and gave her a look. "What? You know I always prefer the beach" Elsa let out a soft chuckle at this.
"If I survive this, I promise I'll take you with me the next time" She said with a nervous smile.
"Oh, c'mon. Don't be like that!" Moana said smacking her arm. "Who knows, maybe you and Jack will end up like Hiccup and Astrid and you'll forget about that bastard of your ex in no time"
"Did she really rent a guy named Hiccup?" Merida asked in disbelief Moana shrugged and Elsa chuckled.
"Yeah, well... that's exactly the opposite of what I want to happen" Elsa muttered quietly. Moana blinked at this and Merida arched a brow.
"What do you want to happen?" Merida asked looking at her suspiciously. Elsa paled for a second and cleared her throat to then barely look at her watch.
"Oh! I need to go guys, my plane's gonna leave me. Thanks so much!" She said and gave them a quick hug while both of the girls still gazed at their platinum blonde friend confused. "I love you! Bye!" She said and almost ran towards the luggage- check in.
After she finished all the procedures that need to be done, she got inside the plane and took her respective seat that was besides the window. As soon as she sat down, she felt her heart threatening to explode, the color being drained off of her face, and her lungs burning.
Why was she doing this again?
Oh yeah, her sister was getting married.
Was that really a good reason to go back to Arendelle, though?
She suddenly moved as fast as light and grabbed the first instructions sheet every plane had. She started to read it quickly as she slightly rocked in her seat back and forth. The lady in the row across from her sent her a funny look.
"First flight?" She asked, making Elsa jump a little in her seat to then snap her gaze at her. She let out a nervous and slightly creepy chuckle.
"My sister's getting married and the best man is my ex" Elsa said, and the lady gave her a pity smile. "If I chicken out, I wanna know where the nearest emergency exits are" She added, and to this, the woman gave her an odd look and turned away from her.
Elsa nearly face-palmed herself.
"I think I need some water" She whispered to no one in particular.
She got up and almost ran towards the back of the plane, stopping in front of a flight attendant, breathing loudly and erratically.
"Lady, are you okay?" The brunette man asked, concern present in his face.
"I just need some water" Elsa said breathlessly like she had just ran a marathon. The flight attendant nodded quickly and pulled a large water bottle and a plastic cup out of one of the cabinets, he poured the water in the cup almost immediately and handed it to her, but instead of grabbing the cup Elsa snatched the bottle away and took ten large gulps as the attendant just gazed at her wide-eyed.
"First flight?" He asked, too.
"No" She said wiping the water off her lips with her arm. "I used to fly all the time. The reason why I can't feel my legs right now is that in any second my date is gonna sit down in 39B, and I need to look at least decent and not like a total freak" Elsa said almost trembling. The flight attendant shifted his gaze from her to the aisle.
"There's someone sitting in 39B" He said turning his gaze to her again.
"What?" Elsa let out a terrified gasp. She turned to the aisle while still hiding behind the wall, and indeed, there was a silver haired person sitting there.
She was ready for God to take her now.
Like, right now.
"You should go, lady" The flight attendant said "And good luck" He said and turned to arrange some stuff in the cabinets.
Elsa let out a quiet cry.
She tried to calm her breathing, and then she walked towards her seat.
No one was sitting in 39A yet, so luckily it won't be too embarrassing to get to her seat.
Once she got in front of the seats, she nearly fainted.
The pictures that site posted barely did him justice. Good Lord, he was unbelievably gorgeous. He was wearing a black suit (jacket open), black leather dressing shoes and a blue shirt with no tie; all of these pretty expensive looking.
He was scrolling down his phone, so he didn't look up to her.
'You got this Elsa' She encouraged herself.
"Excuse me" She said with the softest-calmest voice she could muster. Her interruption instantly made him look up to her. "That's my seat" She said pointing to the seat beside him with a shy smile.
It was actually pretty curious the way he was looking at her.
He looked pretty surprised, eyes not leaving her for one second, with a glint inside of them she couldn't quite identify, and an almost imperceptible smirk growing from the corner of his lips.
After realizing he was staring, he shook his head slightly and looked back at her with a charming smile.
"Sorry Miss, but I think this seat is taken" He said apologetically.
Elsa blinked.
What?
"Uhm, yeah... By me" She awkwardly said. Could this get any more embarrassing, really? Slowly, she took out that little part of the plane ticket they give you back from her jacket pocket, and pointed to the part where it showed her seat number.
Jack read the seat number, and then he read the name.
There was clearly a Winters/Elsa there.
"Are you Elsa?" He asked slightly surprised. Elsa blushed crimson. What the heck was that supposed to mean.
"That's me" She said smiling nervously. Jack smiled even wider.
"Oh, sorry. Please come sit down" He said and moved his legs as far as he could to give her space to get to her seat.
Elsa tried as hard as she could to make the blush fade and to not trip and fall straight on his lap.
Once she was finally on her place, she felt just a bit of relief. At least she could breathe properly now, and she wasn't blushing anymore.
But when she turned at Jack, he was still staring at her with a funny looking smile. She blushed again.
"...What?" She asked awkwardly, and Jack let out a low chuckle.
"Nothin' it's just..." He said and gazed at her again. "I wasn't expecting you to be the way you are"
What in hell was even happening.
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Elsa asked carefully, already fearing the worst. Jack chuckled again.
"Good thing, of course. A really, really good thing" He said with a playful smirk.
"I... don't understand. Didn't you see my picture or something? They asked for a scan of my I.D. and stuff" She said slightly confused that he didn't even recognize her to begin with. After all, she was really easy to identify due to the hair color and stuff.
"Not really, they just ask for the I.D.'s in case something happens, but they don't show us who are we gonna work with" He explained. Elsa frowned in confusion.
"Why not?" She asked.
"Because we're gonna call in sick a lot if we don't like the clients... which happens most of the times" He said, and Elsa's mouth's formed a perfect 'o'.
"And... do you wish you'd have called in sick now?" She asked pretending to be casual, making Jack chuckle again.
"No, definitely not" He said, and Elsa felt butterflies inside her tummy. "You're definitely not the type of client I'm used to work with"
"What's the type of client you're used to work with?" She asked.
"Older" He said immediately. "Way, way older women" He added and chuckled. "Uh, I don't know. Just... Women that have a really hard time getting men I guess" He said. "Not gorgeous women like you that can get any men they want" Elsa blushed for the billionth time in the day.
"That's not true" She immediately said, trying to hide her face.
"Are you serious?" Jack asked with a playful smirk. "Are you expecting me to believe that no man you know would want to go to a wedding with you for ten days?"
"I don't really have any guy friends in New York" Elsa said shyly. "I moved in a few years ago and between work and New York City life I really didn't have the time to meet too many people"
"So, you're from Norway, too, right?" Jack asked and Elsa nodded. "Yeah, I can hear a faint accent. It's pretty sexy" Jack shrugged like nothing.
Why didn't she get the seats next to the emergency exit door? She would have jumped from there already. Death by getting so flustered by a Greek god-like man. Not a bad way to leave this world if you ask her.
"Stop it" She just managed to say, making Jack chuckle.
"You really blush a lot" He noted.
Okay, now he was torturing her.
She refused to answer and just hoped that for once God would help her not blush even more. Fuck her fair complexion.
"Sorry" He said after a few seconds. "I never introduced myself properly now that I think about it" And he held out his hand. "Jackson Frost, but please call me Jack, unless you want me to hate you" He said with a charming smile. Elsa slowly placed her hand in his.
"Elsa Winters" Elsa said timidly, but her breath hitched when Jack kissed her hand, eyes not leaving hers.
"Pleasure to finally meet you, princess" He said still very close to her hand, making her shiver as she felt his breath tingle on the back of her hand.
Elsa gulped.
Jack let go, and they both shifted in their places, staying in complete silence for a few moments.
Then, the plane finally took off and they were already flying.
"So, I've got to ask" Jack spoke again once the seatbelt sign turned off. "Why does a girl like you hires someone for an insane amount of money to accompany her to a wedding?" He asked, and Elsa paled a bit. "I mean, don't get me wrong. You don't have to answer or anything if you don't want to, but there're a lot of women that prefer to be alone rather than with someone they don't even know" He said. "Plus, you're young, I don't think people are expecting you to be married yet, right?"
Elsa stayed a few moments just gazing straight into his eyes, trying to put words together for a not-so-embarrassing answer.
She sighed.
"My little sister's getting married in my hometown as you might've figured it out already" She said quietly, and Jack nodded. "I haven't been there since I left, and that was three years ago" She continued. "If this wasn't her wedding, I wouldn't have come back, ever" She said, making Jack frown slightly in curiosity.
"Why did you leave?" He couldn't help but ask.
"I... was engaged to someone, for a really long time" She said. "We both knew each other really well, it wasn't like a summer love where you get engaged and then realize it's all just a fling or whatever. We've been together for like, five years, we knew what we wanted" She said. "I mean... I guess I thought he wanted the same thing I did" She said with a dry laugh. "We broke up" she said sighing. "And if you're asking why... Well, just like you, I want an answer for that, too" Jack gazed at her in complete disbelief.
"You mean you don't know why he left you?" He asked frowning. Elsa just shrugged. "What?... Like, he packed all his stuff, wrote a note and left?"
"Actually, he came to our apartment, packed everything he could, told me that this wasn't gonna work out-not now, not ever. Then, he left" Elsa cited. "I tried to talk to him, multiple times, but he just told me to leave it alone because it wouldn't change a thing" Elsa shrugged again.
Jack stayed quiet for a moment, unsure of what to say.
"Sorry to ask again but, what does this has to do with the wedding?" He asked. "I mean, I never been to Norway but I'm sure there're low possibilities to run into him in the city, why hire someone?"
"He's the best man" Elsa simply said.
"Crap, that sucks" He said and Elsa smiled for a brief moment remembering Merida's reaction.
"That's why... I couldn't show up there alone" Elsa said. "Looking probably worse than when I left. Getting tons of awkward comments and pity questions"
"So, you want to show him, and everybody that you're happy?" He asked carefully.
"Not just that" Elsa said almost immediately. Jack frowned.
"What else?" he asked.
Elsa opened and closed her mouth several times, but no words came out.
"You can tell me, Elsa. We work just like lawyers, everything stays between you and me if you want that" He encouraged her.
"I want him to regret" She said whispering. "I want him to regret what he did to me" She added. She was pretty ashamed to say this out loud, but she couldn't help it. "I want him to get jealous and wish he hadn't dumped me like he did"
"...Do you want him back?" He asked suddenly, looking at her suspiciously.
"What!? No!" She said, obviously lying.
"Elsa, remember you don't need to hide anything from me. I won't judge-"
"I don't" She cut him off. Lie.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. I'm sure. I don't want him back; I just want him to be jealous" Another lie.
"Okay then, but you have to follow my lead on this" Jack said still not entirely convinced of what she said. Elsa frowned.
"What? Why?" She asked.
"Because I've actually been hired for this multiple times, I know how to make guys jealous" Elsa rolled her eyes.
"Really? And how do you know?" She asked sarcastically, and Jack snorted.
"Because first: I'm a guy, I know what bothers us and what doesn't; and second: Experience." He said smugly. Elsa scoffed.
"Okay, whatever" She said. "How are we're gonna do this, oh master of experience?" She said sarcastically and Jack chuckled.
"Well first of all, dear apprentice, you need to know that I'm gonna take care of the acting when we're together, you just follow my lead okay? Just... don't freak out or act awkwardly." Elsa narrowed her eyes at him and he winked at her. "Second: we need to work in our story now" He said and made Elsa blush slightly. "So, you're supposed to be the star here, so let's pretend that you were the one playing hard to get" He explained.
"Okay" She nodded unsure.
"Well first, what do you like? Any jobs or?" He asked.
"I'm a writer...and an artist, too" Elsa said proudly. "Oh! Maybe we could say that we met in the library-"
"Boring." Jack interrupted and Elsa's jaw dropped.
"Excuse me?" She said offended.
"If you say that this ex of yours will just be glad of his decision" Jack said. "You want him to get jealous, right?" Elsa nodded. "Then leave the potential snoring out" He said and Elsa pouted. "How about this: I was at a fancy pub having a drink with a friend. I saw you at the bar with your friends, you were..."
"Celebrating Merida's party" Elsa fills in and Jack nods.
"I couldn't take my eyes off of you, so I walked to where you were and offered you a drink" Jack continues.
"I refused" Elsa adds.
"You refused" Jack agrees. "Your friends take the offer, though and they tell me that's Maria-"
"Merida" Elsa corrected.
"Merida's birthday, and I bought all of you drinks" Jack continues and Elsa nods. "You all ask for Long Island Ice Teas, a cocktail that has a lot of alcohol, okay?" Elsa nods. "The drinks arrive, that's when Merida and.."
"Moana" Elsa says.
"And Moana dare you to bottoms up your drink, if you were the last one to finish it, you had to go and dance with me" Jack said.
"I lost"
"You did, so we danced and we had a really good time, nothing else happened. We just exchanged phone numbers and we met the day after for coffee" Jack finished with a satisficed smirk. "How about that?"
"Well, it sounds... daring" Elsa said truthfully. "Something that they wouldn't believe I'd do if I was still living in Arendelle" She said. "But, they don't know me anymore. I'm not that girl anymore" Elsa said and then smiled. "Plus, it sounds freaking cool" She said and Jack chuckled.
"Well, if we have the princess approval I guess it's okay" He said, gazing straight to her eyes and piercing her soul. Elsa smiled while biting her lip.
They didn't talk much about it after that, the sky was dark already and the plane was in complete silence, almost all lights out. Elsa just told him a few past stories and experiences and he was happy to listen.
Both of them were pretty surprised with what the other turned out to be. Jack was gorgeous, but that Elsa already knew. What she didn't expect was for him to be so funny, and friendly. She was expecting someone more serious, someone that just showed up to do a job. But he was really sweet, and she was pretty happy to find out that that mischievous glint in his eyes she saw in the picture of the site was actually there, same went for his smirk.
Jack on the other hand, surprised was a short word for what he experienced. When that gorgeous girl approached him in the aisle he just thought that he was lucky enough she talked to him. She was probably the most gorgeous woman he ever saw. It was disbelieving to find out that she was in fact his client.
She was awkward, but a cute awkward. She blushed a lot and was a bit clumsy (she'd almost spilled her drink on her dress, twice, but was saved by Jack's quick reflexes, twice) but it was enthralling to watch her move and get all flustered all the time. It was pretty amusing, too.
He knew she still loved her ex-fiancé. He couldn't believe how someone could've dumped her, but he didn't know her all that well yet. If she wanted to go back with his ex, hopefully he could help her.
He couldn't help but think about Hiccup. How from one job to another he suddenly quit all connections with their bosses as soon as he could and almost disappeared from their map without half an explanation. Jack went to his apartment, worried as hell, and was shocked to find a pretty blonde in there.
When Hiccup saw him, they went out for a walk leaving the blonde girl alone for a few minutes. Hiccup then explained what happened, how he fell in love. It was a bit disturbing for Jack at first. He simply couldn't believe that someone could fall in love so quick, much less with a person with a job like theirs, but when he saw them hug in Hiccup's apartment when they got back, he knew. Hiccup quitted all for her.
He was one lucky bastard.
Jack on the other hand, didn't believe was that lucky.
X
Elsa woke up when she felt someone close the foldable-table in front of her.
She tried to open her eyes, rubbing them off and across her face. Feeling wetness at one side of her mouth she realized she must've drooled.
'Gross' She thought, as she wiped it off as she also sobbed her back
She hated planes, they were so uncomfortable and not getting a good sleep always got her on her worst nerves.
"Good morning, sleeping beauty" A male voice said, making Elsa snap her head to the side.
'An angel'
Good grief, he was so handsome it wasn't even fair.
"You might wanna check yourself in the mirror, we're about to arrive" He said with a playful smile.
Elsa's heart stopped at his words.
She searched for her compact mirror as fast as she could.
'Jesus freaking Christ'
Who was she in her previous life that God hated her that much? The karma was getting too intense.
Her 'updo' was now just a braid, her make-up was smudged and her face was full of red marks of the seat's sewing.
"Oh my god" Elsa cried hopelessly. Jack started chuckling as quiet as he could making Elsa glare at him. "Can you just kill me already?" She said as she tried to fix her eyes make-up with a tissue.
"Never. I won't miss the chance to enjoy 10 days of moments like this with you" He said and Elsa smacked him, but he just laughed louder.
Once she finished fixing her make-up, she was about to place the braid back into the up-do but Jack quickly stopped her hand.
"Don't, I like it this way better" He said, and Elsa felt her heart beating quicker. Jack suddenly got close to her ear. "Messy hair is just so fucking sexy"
She smacked him again, but she still blushed tomato red.
"Ladies and gentlemen we have arrived to Oslo Airport in the city of Oslo. Local time is 10:52 a.m. and the temperature is of 21°; the doors will open shortly, please be sure to check you have all your belongings with you. Thank you for flying with American Airlines" The speaker said.
Elsa's breath hitched and her heart was not even beating at the moment.
She turned to Jack with a paled face, only to see his mischievous eyes and smirk telling her 'This is gonna be so fucking fun', but certainly not in a good way.
Oh god, this was the beginning of her end.
A.N.:
HEY GUYS! So here am I with another chapter just for you! Introducing a bit of Jack and Elsa! This was really fun to write, I just love mischievous Jack, and trust me, he loves this constantly flustered Elsa.
So first, thank you guys so freaking much for all the reviews! I loved them so much! Also, it's so amazing to see so many of my previous readers! It means so much!
There are a few things I forgot to tell you:
1-In case you've seen the movie, let me just tell you that Jack won't be any similar to Nick. Like, not at all. I don't like those 'suave' guys that act so correctly and stuff. Jack will be Jack, he will be fun, he will be a prankster, he will be mischievous and he'll be constantly annoying the heck out of Elsa because he loves seeing her mad and annoyed (he thinks it's cute). So, don't expect him to act the way Nick did because he'll probably do the exact same opposite.
2-For the one's wondering if I have a updating schedule like I had on 'Fix You': I don't, I'm not as free as I used to be, but I like this story so freaking much I'll probably be posting chapters in one week at the most (I doubt it, probably between two or three days max really) so don't worry! It's really just so I don't deal with my conscience telling me to post every day and staying up late to write chapters. But, I think I'll be posting next chapter tomorrow.
3-I still don't know how long this story's gonna be.
Anyway! That's it for today! Hope you enjoy this chapter :)
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Till next time guys :)
Silvana