4.
"I see you met my ex"
The words echoed inside his head like truck horns.
"Holy shit" He muttered, only for Elsa to hear. He couldn't' believe his odds, just of all the hundred people that where here he had to stumble on her ex, of course.
Jack took a cautious glance at side-burns guy and almost flinched at the look he was giving him.
A perfect mixture of shock, horror, disbelief and betrayal if you asked him, it seemed that his eyes were about to fall out and his mouth was making muffled and incoherent sounds.
And his expression made him thought about the confession he just made.
He is in love with a girl that came here with some other guy.
Guess he wasn't that much needed as Elsa thought. He should feel relieved. Still, for some odd reason he could feel an almost imperceptible sour taste in his mouth, but guilt covered it pretty well.
"Pleasure" He just said, he couldn't think of anything else really.
"I- I think I should go..." Hans said, stumbling in his steps and not precisely because of the alcohol. "Yeah... go" He said, stealing one last glance at them before scurrying inside.
"That's one miserable dude" Jack said after a few seconds of them just looking at the direction were Hans just disappeared.
"Wait, what?" Elsa said, snapping back to reality.
The hope in Elsa's eyes made Jack stiffen in his place.
"Yeah, I mean.. He looks a little drunk but I think he wants you back" He just shrugged. Elsa was about to said something else until someone tapped Jack in the shoulder.
"Excuse me, but have we met somewhere?" A raven haired girl said seductively. Jack opened his mouth to reply but Elsa yanked him to her with a hulk-like force to then send her the iciest glare Jack ever saw.
"No" She said coldly, and dragged Jack to a spot far away from the girl.
Jack couldn't help but grin mischievously. It was amusing watching her get all angry and perhaps even territorial.
"W-What did he say?" Elsa asked, trying to sound casual and failing miserably. "You really... think he wants me back?" She asked, playing nervously with her fingers.
"ELSA!" someone screamed before he could say anything, making both of them glance in the direction of the voice.
Rapunzel suddenly appeared and glanced at them knowingly.
"Okay, I know you were probably talking about the dirty stuff you are gonna do later, but I need alcohol in my system, and I want to get to know the guy that managed to get inside Elsa's pants, so c'mon!" She said, and grabbed them both by the arms to then drag them to the bar.
"Can my family be any more embarrassing, really?" Elsa said with her face turning the same color of her dress. Jack chuckled.
"I heard that!" Rapunzel said, and almost pushed them both to respective stools, before seating in one that was besides Elsa.
"Okay, Elsa's Boyfriend- I didn't catch your name by the way- you have to try the Fjellbekk, it's the best in the country" Rapunzel said.
"I'm Jack Frost, pleasure" Jack said with a grin and took out his hand for Rapunzel to take it, so she did.
"Rapunzel Corona, Elsa's favorite cousin, so you better not make me mad" Rapunzel said and Elsa rolled her eyes with a smirk.
"Won't ever dream of it" Jack said and slid his arm around Elsa's waist, making her blush while Rapunzel smirked.
"We'll like three Fjellbekks, please" Rapunzel said to the nearest bartender. "So, Jack." Rapunzel said. "How come I've never heard of you?" She asked, and Jack instantly felt Elsa tensing in his hold.
He rubbed softly her side to calm her down.
"We were taking it slow to avoid the social pressure, we also thought that the best way to tell both of our families was in person" He said and glanced at Elsa as to say 'don't worry, let me take care of it'.
Luckily for Elsa's poor heart, Rapunzel just nodded in understanding, and turned to the drinks that arrived just after.
Each of them grabbed a glass, and just about when Elsa moved her mouth to take a sip a voice stopped her.
"Can I have that?" a high-pitched voice said, and the three of them turned to Anna, that was suddenly sitting besides Rapunzel with her hair slightly messy and her cheeks flushed. Her eyes were on Elsa and she was pointing at her drink like a 3 year old infant. Elsa resisted the urge to groan.
Instead, she simply gave her the drink, leaving it in within her reach. She was getting married so, what the heck.
Instead of grabbing it, Anna placed a straw in her mouth, and gazed at Elsa with big puppy-eyes while motioning her to push the glass just below her straw.
With a tight smile, Elsa just did it.
Anna smiled at her innocently and placed the straw inside with her mouth.
Rapunzel rolled her eyes and Jack was looking at her slightly disturbed by her actions, before silently sliding his glass for Elsa to take it.
"Thank you" Elsa just muttered quietly, ashamed of her sister's behavior.
Anna took a large gulp of her drink, and then turned to the three people staring at her.
"You know what I love about all this, Els?" She asked with a sweet smile, and Elsa just gazed at her with a straight face.
"That there's finally a reason for the world to revolve around you?" Elsa simply guessed, and Anna grinned even wider.
"Exactly" she said, and Rapunzel snorted loudly.
"Like you weren't the center of attention since Elsa left" She said rolling her eyes. "You're just saying that because now that she's here, you're afraid that the attention is gonna be taken away from you again" She said giving her a side glare.
Anna sent her a nasty one.
"There you are!" A big, dirty blonde man said, kissing Anna's cheek while being followed by Hans. "My lovely future wife. Am I not the luckiest man on Earth" He said teasingly, making Anna giggle. "Oh, Elsa! I didn't see you before, you look great!" He said taking the stool next to Anna, and Elsa sent him a warm smile.
"So do you, Kristoff" She said, trying hard not to look towards Hans direction, that was now sitting next to Kristoff.
"And you are?" Kristoff asked to Jack in a kind manner.
"Jack Frost, I'm Elsa's boyfriend" Elsa couldn't help but look at Hans quickly, catching him scowling with his eyes stuck on his drink. She wanted to laugh.
"Woah, really? Pleasure, man" Kristoff said with a wide smile and Jack nodded in acknowledgement. "So, what are you all doing" He asked.
"Catching up, but you can go take care of your other guests, we don't mind" Rapunzel said a tad bitterly and with a tight smile.
"But we all want to catch up" Anna said smiling. "I want to know all about your New York City life, Elsie. And how you two met, of course"
Elsa shifted in her place, and gazed at Jack with a panicked look on her face, but Jack easily covered her panic by kissing her cheek to then give her a charming smile.
"I think you should start with your NYC life first, babe" Jack's deep voice said, making Rapunzel scoot closer to them with excited eyes, and Elsa melt on the stool. "I'll tell them about us when you finish" Elsa let out a nervous laugh.
"Okay" She said, stretching the word and focusing in everything but Hans. "You all know when I moved out" And why. She said, trying to ease the awkwardness of the situation. "I decided for new York because, you know... Such a big city, many people and tons of opportunities, it was the best choice and I always wanted to go there, anyways" She said. "I stayed the first week in The Four Seasons while I was looking for an apartment and getting to know the city. It was crazy and overwhelming at first, but then it turned fun and exciting. I finally found an amazing apartment at Union Square. It was like, all I've ever dreamed of" She said with a sincere smile. "It took a few weeks to settle down, but I managed to do it in record time. I also managed to turn one of the rooms in a studio where I could paint and just work" She explained. "I spent the first's months just painting, painting a lot; and exploring the city. Once I was doing my daily exploring I found a beautiful art gallery just a few blocks from my apartment. I went in and I talked to the owner and showed her a few of my paintings. She loved them instantly and told me that she'll love to sell them there. So, that month I actually started making my own money for the first time in my life." She said chuckling. "I became good friends with the owner, her name is Moana and she's kind of an artist too. She does these weird but amazing tribal-like paintings, and she also sells a lot of paintings from artists from her island, Motunui"
"Oh! I heard of that island, one of the best beaches in the world. South Pacific, right?" Rapunzel interrupted. "Sorry, keep going"
"Anyway, we became good friends, and then she introduced me to a sculptor that lived in Brooklyn. Her works were amazing too and she's incredible at wood craving, you won't imagine how much money she makes with one little sculpture. Oh! Sorry, her name is Merida by the way, and she's also an archer, she even makes her own arrows." Elsa said. "So.. that's probably all, I mean, I spent all this years painting, writing and enjoying New York with them, it's been really fun to be honest"
"Woah, Elsa, that sounds great" Kristoff said.
"It does! Oh my god I bet it's so exciting! Do you have any pictures of your apartment? I'll love to see it" Rapunzel said, and Elsa took out her phone and tapped on an album in her gallery, to then pass the phone for everyone to see. Everyone gaped, and Jack tried hard not to just because he had to pretend that he'd been there before. "Oh my fucking gosh! Elsa, this place is gorgeous!"
"For real, Elsa. I love how sun-filled it is" Kristoff complimented.
"One of the reasons why I settled for it" Elsa said, grabbing her phone back.
"Are you sure you're not part from Manhattan's elite now? I swear you're the Blair Waldorf in real life, except for the hair" Rapunzel added.
"Right" Anna said cutting, but with a smile still adorning her face. "So, I guess that means that you're staying there, right? You're not coming back here" The last part sounded more like a statement than a question.
Jack could now vouch that Elsa's little sister was jealous of her, maybe even envious. It startled him a bit the way she acted when she first saw her, shouting for everyone to hear that she was getting married, and once she got enough attention turning to someone else. The drink episode was disturbing enough, the way she behaved like a spoiled child and how she made Elsa gave her the drink instead of asking for one. Then, the confirmation of her loving the complete attention. But, the undeniable proof was the shadow in her eyes, not even getting excited about her sister's good life.
He remembered Elsa's mother saying that Elsa was pretty popular with the boys at school (not that it was a surprise) but maybe that could be one of the reasons of Anna wanting so much attention?
But the most surprising part of the whole deal, was that Elsa seemed completely used to the behavior. Clearly unimpressed.
Still, he felt the need to step up in front of such negative vibes that Anna was sending towards her sister.
"We're actually about to move together" Jack said, loud and clear, and for the first time Hans actually looked up from his drink. "We were just in the process to, but your wedding kind of surprised us" Jack said, with a challenging glint in his eyes.
Anna's smile tightened.
"Sorry my wedding was such an inconvenience" She said in a fake- but believable- teasingly manner. Jack just smirked.
"Apology accepted" He said.
Rapunzel was about to go and make some pop-corn.
"So" Anna said after a few seconds of tension. "You still didn't tell us how you met"
For the second time in the night, Elsa was the one that gave Jack a quick peck in the cheek, and even if the meaning of it was actually 'Your turn' he still glanced at her adoringly.
"If you want a title for it, it'll be: 'The night I became the luckiest bastard in the world'" Jack said teasingly, making Elsa blush and Rapunzel squeal. "Really it was just like that" He said and chuckled. "I went out with a friend to a nice pub in Manhattan called 'Icicle' just to catch up with a few drinks and then I saw her, sitting with her friends at the other side of the bar"
Anna snorted, and clearly in a not-kindly manner.
"Elsa, in a bar?" She said in mockingly, and Hans started chuckling quietly. Rapunzel glared at both of them.
"She hadn't been in a single bar here, ever" Hans said, and chuckled along with Anna, making Jack frown at them.
"It was Merida's birthday" Elsa said with a plain face, hiding her embarrassment. "Plus, if I remember correctly you two barely spoke with me in three years. Three years of me living in New York, the city that never sleeps, surrounded by the best night-life places on Earth, quite different than the two only pubs that the small town of Arendelle has. It's not my fault that you're okay with going to places that suck just to pretend you have fun. Unlike you, I prefer to go to nice places instead of shacks" She said, snapping at both of them.
"OOOOHHH" Rapunzel screamed boyishly, and Anna and Hans just stood there with flushed and beyond embarrassed faces. Kristoff was barely holding a chuckle and Jack was just smirking smugly. "You want some ice for those burns you two?" Rapunzel said and began laughing again, making Anna scoff.
"Are you gonna continue?" Kristoff asked Jack, trying hard not to laugh.
"Right, right! Continue" Rapunzel said wiping tears from her eyes.
"Okay, well..." Jack said, and glanced at Elsa proudly. "Once I saw her I couldn't take my eyes off of her. I just spent some good 40 minutes just staring at her like an idiot, and then I just thought 'Goddamn, where are you ever gonna find a girl like that ever again?' so screw it! I got up and walked to her, and offered her a drink..." He said gazing at all the attentive eyes looking at him "Aaaand she rejected it" He said chuckling.
"Oh my gosh, Els! What a bitch!" Rapunzel said laughing. "And then what happened?" She asked impatiently.
"Her friends took the offer, so I bought the three of them Long Island Ice Teas, and luckily for me, her friends dared her to do a bottoms up. If she lost, she was gonna dance with me" Jack said.
"And she did" Kristoff said.
"She did" Jack said. "We danced a lot that night, unfortunately nothing really happened, the further I got was getting her phone number" He said chuckling.
"That I just gave him because I was drunk" Elsa said smirking.
"Hey!" Jack said pretending to be offended making Elsa giggle as he placed a kiss on her cheek.
"Aww, that was so sweet!" Rapunzel said fawning over the two of them.
"Yeah" Anna said. "The most surprising part was that Elsa turned out to be a social person" She said in a bitter-sweet tone, making Kristoff chastise her with a glance.
"Oh, shush already" Rapunzel said to her sternly. "I so happy for you Els, you deserve it after all the stinky shit you been through" She said, looking straight to Hans who turned to his drink again. "And your stories actually served for something" Rapunzel said, and Elsa gazed at her with a confused frown.
"Really, for what?" Elsa asked.
"For me to decide that Eugene and I are gonna move to New York and not to San Francisco" She said, quickly tapping on her phone to then place it on her ear. "Hey babe! I got something to ask you-well actually to inform you—" She said and moved away from them.
Jack and Elsa just chuckled.
x
Elsa was now regretting about how much clothes and stuff she has brought.
After a insanely long -but useless- discussion with her parents about her and Jack just staying in a Hotel, her parents were actually serious and stern for the first time in years, so she just did what it was best for her well-being.
So now here they were, her dad, her mom, Jack and her getting her luggage upstairs because somehow all the staff disappeared when they needed them.
She was kind of embarrassed.
"Here we are" Adgar said clearly out of breath, as he un-locked the door to Elsa's old room.
"Thank god! Martinis so not help with physical conditions" Idun said while she left one of her suitcases in the floor, making Elsa blush even harder.
"Thanks, mom" Elsa said quietly.
"Thanks again for having me here" Jack said for the fifth time, making Elsa think he was actually nervous about staying in her house.
"Oh, don't be silly. It's to have time to know you better" Idun said. "Although technically, I didn't know you even existed-" She said but Adgar cleared his throat loudly and sent his wife a scowl. "But I love surprises!" She said trying to correct it.
Elsa shifted nervously in her place after that, hoping that for once, God and all the saints and deities will help her and enlighten her mother to follow her lead.
"Where's Jack gonna sleep?" She asked with a sweet smile, and then turned to Jack " My mom has this rule about sharing a bed when there's no ring involved..." She said, but got quickly interrupted.
"What?" Idun said chuckling. "We sent Anna to a room further away from ours the first month she and Kristoff met because it was getting impossible to shut an eye, and they weren't even dating!" Idun exclaimed, making Elsa turn completely red.
"W-What?" Elsa managed to ask.
"Don't worry, Jack" Idun said dismissively "I'm not as close-minded as my daughter seems to think, I'm a fun mom!" She said and Elsa really wanted to gag at the comment, remembering the words of Regina George's mother.
Her mother was only missing a chihuahua biting her nipple, and the fake balloon-like boobs of course.
Ugly thoughts.
Elsa just shook her head in disbelief and pushed Jack inside the room, closing it loudly once all of her suitcases were inside.
"I'm so sorry about this—all. About all really" Elsa said rubbing her temples. "It was an insanely embarrassing evening and this is only starting. Let's hope I don't bury myself under the ground after this" She said but Jack didn't answer her.
When Elsa looked up he was observing her room, and she suddenly felt self conscious.
"I... I really love winter" She said trying to explain her blue, snowflake-covered bedroom. She saw how Jack went to pick up Olaf, her old snowman plushie, to look at her amused. "And snowmen" She said blushing crimson and Jack sent her a flirty smile.
God is good.
Jack opened her closet with no shame whatsoever, and snorted at the poster that was hanging inside.
"Jonas Brothers? Really?" He asked and Elsa blushed again.
"I- Uhm... my parents had a... American exchange student a few years back" She said and walked quickly to where he was standing. "They must have left it here" She said and snatched the poster from her closet door. "Everyone knows their songs, anyway" She said with a visible pout.
"Right" He said sarcastically and gazed at her. Her pout was adorable.
Elsa shifted under his intense glance, and Jack seemed to notice because he quickly turned to his suitcase.
"Do you mind if I hit the shower first?" Jack asked, clearing his throat.
"Oh, no. Go ahead" Elsa said quickly, and turned to one of her suitcases as well. "There should be a towel and everything you need inside" She added stuttering just a tiny bit, not daring to look at him.
"Thanks" He said.
Once Elsa heard Jack closing her bathroom door, she let out the breath she was holding.
She still couldn't believe what's happening, her chest felt like she just ran a marathon and she didn't even know why. She was completely fine before.
A thought came to her mind and she couldn't brush it away. She wasn't feeling nervous before because Jack was by her side through all of it; and know it felt like all the nerves that didn't appear before came back triplified.
If her Crazy-Elsa moments came just when she was alone, like this, she didn't mind. She just hoped the two of them could put an act for the rest of this tortuous days. Well... just her. Jack was a professional in the matter.
She picked some midnight-blue silk pajamas that consisted in a short- not so short- shorts and a loose camisole top. It was pretty hot (for a hot-hater like her anyways) so she wanted the less clothes as possible but without looking like a complete whore in front of a -ironically- prostitute.
She was against paying for sex, and she didn't want him to get the wrong idea.
She waited patiently for the bathroom to be free for her to use, just lost in her own thoughts; so of course, when Jack opened the door she jumped slightly.
And dropped all of her clothes and hygiene tools on the floor soundly once she saw that he was only wearing a towel.
Fucking bastard. This can't be fair.
Her jaw was on the floor, and her eyes were blatantly traveling across every inch of his glowing, lean, ripped and droplet-dusted upper body.
Where has her shame ran off too?
She suddenly snapped back to reality and covered her face pathetically like a five year old girl that still believed that the boys were full of nits.
Jack let out a -so fucking sexy- low chuckle that was not helping.
"You can take a look, princess. It's part of the package after all" He said with the most flirtatious smirk she had ever seen.
Was she really against the idea of paying for sex?
YES, YOU FUCKING IDIOT, YOU ARE. NOW STOP STARING!.
Of course, she tried to laugh dismissively (and a tad sexy), but instead, hybrid seal/pig noises came from her mouth.
Jack just smiled somewhat disturbed and somewhat concerned at her.
Oh my god.
"I'm so sorry" Elsa said in frustration. "I'm just a little nervous" She said, almost wanting to make more seal/pig noises at the word 'little'. "Sincerely, I never thought anything like this could happen to me"
"This happened to you?" Jack said, trying to hide his mockery but failing, earning a scowl from Elsa.
"It happened in the sense that I was so desperate that my friend had to recommend me a site to rent guys and I payed you for it. A lot, if I may add"
Jack just chuckled, and turned to put on some deodorant, filling the room with a manly scent that made Elsa's toes curl.
"Every woman has the exact love life she wants" He said gazing at her, and Elsa's eyes widened in disbelief.
"What?" She said, and Jack just shrugged with a mischievous smirk adorning his handsome face.
Scratch handsome, but just because of what he just said.
"Are you kidding me?" Elsa said, almost offended. "Do you honestly believe that I want to be single and miserable?" Elsa said. "And rent 'gents' to go to weddings!?" She exclaimed, and Jack just wiggled his dark eyebrows, making scoff. "So, you think that I want to be hung up on some bastard that led me on for years- years I can't get back if I may add- and out of the blue he just decided to kick my ass and use my heart as a punch bag?"
Jack snorted and rolled his eyes.
"So you are hung up on him" Jack pointed out suspiciously, and Elsa blushed.
"Am not- poor choice of words" She said almost immediately.
"Right" Jack said sarcastically. "Okay, first of all, there's no such thing as 'out of the blue'" He said as he messed his wet hair while looking himself in the mirror. "And second of all... yeap"
"What?" She asked, clearly offended.
"Look, princess. Maybe you don't 'love him' anymore, but you clearly can't forget about him." He simply said. "When you're ready to let go, to be un-single and un-miserable, you will" He said as it was obvious.
Elsa stood quiet for a few seconds, just gazing at his blue eyes and pouting.
"And about what you said about of 'out of the blue'... are you implying that I did something for him to leave me?" She said frowning.
"I never said that" Jack said. "What I meant was that no one just wakes up one day and un-loves someone or stops caring about them enough to not try to fix whatever its wrong" He explained, and Elsa's face started to sadden. "You said it. You didn't even know something was wrong, everything was going great. So are you expecting me to believe that he suddenly realized he stopped loving you? I don't think so, princess" He said.
Elsa's gaze fell instantly.
It made sense, even if she didn't want it to make sense.
"You should take a shower, it's getting late" Jack said, and Elsa slowly walked towards her stuff and got inside.
Once she got out she found that Jack was already under the covers on the right side of the bed, and his torso was still naked.
So she, being Elsa, built a pillow wall to separate them, just because if she felt his Adonis body at night she'll probably die from a heart attack.
Tomorrow was the 'free' day, so she was sure that Jack will have something in mind to make Hans jealous. She needed to sleep if she wanted to survive all the nerves.
Once she was ready to crawl in, she gazed one last time at Jack, who was sleeping peacefully.
She felt her belly flutter.
He was so kind and understanding.
He was definitely something else.
A.N.:
Hey guys! I'm so so so sorry that I haven't updated in over a month, but I had a lot of family troubles and college troubles and I really couldn't think of anything else. I'm so happy about all the reviews and favs and follows it pains me so much that I made you wait this long. It won't happen again, I promise.
So, anyway, I really enjoyed writing this, it was relaxing and I needed some relaxing in my life, lol.
So, some Elsa's new york life and some reactions to her being back.
And sexy Jack, obviously.
I just wanted to say that the weird-drink name is a Norwegian drink in case you were wondering!.
THOUGHTS PLEASE! They'll make me update faster I promise you.
Till next time!
Silvana.