8.
It took about an hour for Elsa to finally say something regarding what happened.
The whole drive back to the house was maddening to Jack. Elsa didn't say a word, and in all honesty she couldn't, considering that she was sobbing and hiccupping the whole drive back, clearly avoiding looking at him.
Jack didn't know what to do or say, so he only settled for taking one of her hands while he rubbed his thumb on the back of it in a desperate attempt to calm her down, at least a bit.
After they finally got to her house and into their bedroom, Elsa quietly entered the bathroom, took all of her clothes and make-up off and walked back into the room in her pajamas to softly lay on the bed without saying a single word.
Jack just watched her every move as he sat down in the bed next to her.
Her eyes were bloodshot and puffy, but the only thing making her look less gorgeous was the heartbreak in her eyes. Her eyes shouldn't look like that.
He didn't want to pressure her, so he said nothing. He just waited for her to speak, and after a few more minutes, she did.
She didn't shed any more tears, but her voice quivered as she told him how her first conversation with Hans went from casual to a complete offending fest. As she described it, it came out of nowhere and apparently it was the first time Hans has said anything like what he did, because Elsa other than hurt seemed to be in complete disbelief.
Confusion was clouding her eyes... he could tell that she was questioning and maybe even judging herself, wondering if everything that idiot said was true.
Jack knew it wasn't, though.
Still, he didn't quite understand what Hans' motive was behind all of it. He thought there were only two possible options: One, he knew that Elsa still held feelings for him and wanted her to stay away. Or two, he was jealous.
So, when Elsa asked what he thought about the whole deal, he replied with the truth (as much as part of him didn't want to).
"Either he knows that you still have feelings for him and wants you to take a hint or he's jealous and his jealousy is getting the best of him" He really didn't want to say what he thought the most possible option was but "... I think he's jealous" He did.
He wasn't lying to her just to keep her hopes up; it was truly what he thought.
Plus, it was for the best.
Elsa didn't say anything to that, she looked at him for a few moments as she processed what he said and then nodded before she turned her back to him to sleep.
Jack was a bit confused at her reaction, but didn't think she wanted to keep on talking. So he just let her sleep.
X
Elsa woke up a couple of hours ago... but still didn't make a single move from the position she woke up in on her bed.
It was around 8:30 a.m. when she first opened up her eyes. Jack was still around by then, even though her back was still facing him.
She pretended to be still asleep. She didn't know if he bought it, but that was not the point. She wanted to have some time for herself to gather up her thoughts and she didn't felt like getting out of her bed yet anyways. So, she waited for him to leave the room and once he left she laid on her back, looking at the ceiling.
She felt much better now, but she still couldn't help but replay and replay yesterday's events.
It was simply horrible. Possibly one of the worst experiences in her life.
What made her more mad was how uncalled for it all has been.
She tried to find a meaning behind it all.
Jack thought he was jealous, and maybe he was right.
Still, something didn't sit well with Elsa at all.
While she acknowledged that Hans was never the affectionate type and he was rather cold towards her when they were together, he never, EVER offended her in any way.
He never even spoke loudly at her before. Not even when he was really angry.
Never in the entire time were they together, not even when they were friends at first, had he thrown a comment that could be offensive in the minimal way.
And while he got jealous in the past because he was indeed the possessive type, he never took his anger on her.
Yesterday she couldn't even recognize him.
She couldn't recognize his eyes.
It was kind of a wakeup call, or maybe it wasn't, she just didn't know how to call it.
It wasn't a wakeup call because it wasn't like she finally snapped out of the spell and got rid of her feelings for him.
But she felt like... She just couldn't ignore what happened anymore.
A day before she would think of Hans and while her heart ached she would also think about the great moments they had in the past, she'd long for them.
But, now she couldn't. As hard as she tried she couldn't long for those moments anymore, she couldn't feel the same as yesterday because all she could see were his venomous eyes and hear his malicious words.
She was so shocked.
Was she finally moving on?
Was this the 'closure' Punzie was talking about?
It felt like a huge weight has been lifted off of her, but she couldn't be completely sure just yet.
The door opened, interrupting her thoughts.
"Hey" Jack greeted, looking her from the door.
She could tell there was concern in his eyes.
"Hey" Elsa said with a small, sincere smile, looking at him from the bed.
"How are you doing today? Sleep well?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'm good" Elsa assured.
Jack smiled at this, trying to hide his relief as best as he could.
He was actually surprised to see her like this. She seemed perfectly fine or even more so. He was kind of expecting the complete opposite.
"So" He said as he finally started to walk towards the bed "What's in for today?"
Elsa groaned at this.
"Ugh, Stags and Hens" She said, covering her face with a pillow while groaning.
"You seem pretty excited" Jack said jokingly.
"You bet I am" Elsa said taking the pillow off of her face and rolling her eyes as she sat down on the bed. "Today I do have to live up to Anna's expectations after all, and knowing her she'll probably more demanding than ever"
"Right. I forgot about that" Jack said, getting her point. "And speaking of Anna... She's expecting you downstairs, they have a brunch going on and I'm actually here to fetch you" He said while he looked at her pressing his lips together, knowing that she probably won't be too excited about that either.
"Fantastic" Elsa said. "I'll change and I'll be down in a sec" She said, finally getting out of bed.
"I'll wait for you" Jack assured.
X
When the two of them finally got down, Elsa was half surprised and half not surprised when she saw the extremism her sister has taken a simple 'brunch' to.
The dining room looked better than breakfast served at the Four Seasons, and it was able to feed the whole town of Arendelle, too.
She side-eyes Jack and he was already looking at her with an 'I know' look. After all he'd seen it before he went to wake her up.
Despite everything, Elsa put on her best smile and walked inside.
"Morning!" Elsa greeted.
Her parents were there and also Punzie's parents. Anna and Kristoff were at the center of the long dining table and Hans was at Kristoff's side.
She paid him no mind.
"I think you mean 'Good after noon'" Punzie was of course, the one who said that. "Stayed up late with Jack?" She added, wiggling her eyebrows.
"Babe" Flynn teasingly warned, and it was only then Elsa saw him for the first time.
"Oh, hi! " Elsa said, as she awkwardly walked to where he was sitting and greeted him "Sorry I haven't stopped to say hi yesterday. It's nice to see you again!" Elsa said as she took a seat beside Flynn and Jack took a seat beside her.
"Yeah we kinda missed you yesterday" Flynn commented. "You left quite early"
"Something happened?" Punzie asked.
Hans was quick to hear his throat.
Jack sent him a warning glance, but he pretended he didn't see it.
"Nothing happened" Elsa assured, not even bothering to look at Hans. "We were just tired"
"So" Anna then chimed in. "Did you enjoy yesterday's party sis?"
"Yeah, it was great, Anna" Elsa simply said, smiling at her. "Pretty crowded too"
"I know right! I couldn't even walk properly!" Anna added laughing.
"I'm so glad you all had fun then" Idun said, looking at her daughters sweetly.
"Yeah, we had a divine night as well, I swear Fjord's food just keeps getting more exquisite every time I go there" Aunt Primrose said.
"Definitely one of the best things Arendelle has" Uncle Thomas agreed.
"Definitely" Elsa said chuckling "We've been there with Jack a couple of days ago, he was-"
"To eat the salmon tartare you like so much? That was your favorite. I can't even remember how many times I took you there to eat that just because you were craving some" Hans' voice resonated in the room and it felt like the entire planet was put on mute after that.
Everyone was looking at him with wide-shocked eyes, dropped jaws. Punzie's fork even fell off her hands.
Elsa was looking at him so bewildered, mostly because he was looking at her 'sweetly' despite everything he spat out at her yesterday.
He had some nerve.
"Yeah we ate some" Jack's voice cut out the awkward silence, and everyone's gaze turned to him now. He was looking at Hans, challenge written all over his face "But she discovered a new shrimp dish she really felt in love with, so I guess that's the one that holds her heart now"
The tension could probably be cut with a sheet of paper.
"Oh yeah! We had some of that yesterday" Elsa's dad was quick to save the moment and ease up the situation a bit. "Truly delicious, my little angel. You have a great taste as always" He said as he smiled sweetly at Elsa.
"Anyways" Anna said after that. "I was meaning to ask you something, actually" She said quite nervously actually.
Oh, so that's what this whole brunch was probably about.
"Kristoff and I will be taking dance lessons tomorrow, for the wedding... and I was wondering if y'all could join us?" Anna asked, looking at the four of them: Elsa, Jack, Rapunzel and Flynn.
"No way in fucking hell" Punzie was quick to say.
"RAPUNZEL!" He mother chastised immediately.
"What!? I don't want to!"
"Dance lessons just two days before the wedding?" Elsa asked slightly confused.
"It'll be fun!" Anna promised.
Elsa sighed as Punzie and her mom were still barking at each other and then casted a glance at Jack. He simply shrugged with a playful smile.
"Okay, we're in" Elsa said finally. She didn't really want to, but what the hell? It was Anna's... week or whatever.
"You see! Your cousin's being a good sister and a good person. Where did your manners run off to, Rapunzel?" Primrose said with a big frown on her face.
"Don't know, don't care" Punzie simply dismissed her.
"Well... I'm pretty sure Eugene will be delighted to participate, right?" Primrose said with a malicious glint in her eye, knowing that she'll win.
"Uh..." Flynn said at first, but catching a glimpse of Punzie's dad looking at him with murdering eyes made him answer immediately. "O-Of course!"
Rapunzel rolled her eyes at her boyfriend's cowardice.
"Fine" She hissed. "Let's fucking dance"
Anna squealed while jumping on her seat.
X
The day passed by without many events. The brunch was almost dragged till 4 p.m. since they were all so entertained talking about details of the wedding and so, that they lost track of time.
It was 6:30 p.m. now, and Elsa was finishing getting ready for Anna's bachelorette party.
Jack was laying in bed reading a book, already dressed up in a black shirt and grey pants for Kristoff's bachelor party and Elsa was finishing touching up her makeup in her vanity.
Elsa couldn't help but steal a glance at Jack almost every two minutes. She suddenly felt a rise of curiosity coming from her.
She didn't know if it was because he was quietly reading a book and she didn't quite picture him like that before or what but... he was just so - surprising?
It was like... at first she thought he was definitely the jock of the school in his teenage years. That unreachable popular guy every girl would faint for and then... He told her he majored in Psychology just because.
It's not like people couldn't be both types of person... She probably wasn't making any sense.
What she meant was that he seemed to surprise her at every turn every single time she discovered something new about him, no matter how small it was.
So, of course, she was curious.
But if she was being completely honest she was particularly curious about a specific part of him way more than the others.
His job.
There were so many questions bubbling inside her regarding his profession, but she didn't know if she should ask about it or not.
Still, he told her that she could ask whatever she wanted before, right? He'll let her know if he was allowed to spill or not.
Maybe she should...
After a few more minutes finishing her last touch ups, they both got out of the room and headed downstairs to the garage. Picking the keys of the same car they've been using ever since.
"What's with the outfit?" Jack asked. He was meaning to ask earlier because he didn't consider it to be an outfit someone would take to a bachelorette party, or any party for the matter.
Elsa was wearing a Lacoste tight-fitting white shirt with the famous crocodile big enough to spread across her chest. She matched it up with a highwaisted vintage tennis mini-skirt, and she finished her look with varsity black and white socks and white sneakers.
"It's a tennis-themed bachelorette. Anna loves the sport" Elsa explained. Jack just hummed in response.
As they got in, Elsa finally gave into her curiosity.
"Have you ever done a wedding before?"
Jack was kind of surprised by the sudden question but he didn't have any problems answering it.
"Some. Not like this one, though" He said as he started the car.
"What do you mean?" Elsa asked, curiosity spiking in even more.
"I've never traveled ten days with a stranger for a wedding" He simply explained. "If I do travel it's mostly for clients that go on vacations that normally don't include any family members"
"Oh" She just said.
They stayed quite for a while, the music playing on the radio the only thing breaking the silence.
"So, have you ever been attracted to one of your clients?" Elsa didn't even know how she managed to get the words out of her mouth. The question came out more nervous than she expected it to.
She was curious, okay?
Yes, she did know that most of the ones that have rented him were older than him, but she also acknowledged that there probably were younger women, too.
She found it impossible for someone to act so romantically or straight out be intimate with several someones and never get attached to anyone.
(She knew that they've barely did anything other than hand holding yet, but she knew he went way further with other people)
She didn't understand why her heart was threatening to explode as she waited for his answer, though.
Jack nearly chocked at the question while he fought as he could a blush threatening to possess his entire body.
He masked it with a chuckle well enough.
"I know you're curious, Princess, but I can't really discuss that with you" Can't and won't. Ever.
Elsa also masked the shame that suddenly filled her.
"Come on! Do most of them want to sleep with you?" She pretended to tease.
"Why? Are you interested?" Jack asked smirking at her.
Elsa coughed at this, face flushed red as she tried to look anywhere but him.
"Yeah, no offence but I find the idea of sex for money morally repugnant, so..." She said trying to laugh it off.
Jack didn't seem offended by the comment and she sent a quiet 'thank you' to god.
"You know..." He said after a while, while finally parking in front of the place Anna rented for her party. "It's really not just about the sex. I mean, not every time at least." He said as both got out of the car.
"Yeah, right" Elsa instantly said.
"I have more people renting me to accompany them somewhere than for sex" He pointed out.
"Yeah, because you're expensive as hell" Elsa said with a 'duh' face.
Jack chuckled at this.
"No, really... It's not like that. It's about getting them what they actually need" He was trying to explain.
"An orgasm? With rubs on the back after sex?" She suggested, trying to hide a smirk. Jack chuckled again, this time unable to fight a faint blush.
"It's not about me, Princess" He said. "It's about you... or whoever I'm working with"
Elsa hummed at first, eyes not leaving his.
"Show me" She dared.
"Huh?" He was a bit startled at first.
"Show me what I need" She insisted. Jack lifted an eyebrow at her challenge.
"Hmm.." He said at first, in full teasing manner. "What's holding me back, though? I think it's the words 'morally repugnant'"
Elsa rolled her eyes playfully at this, and proceeded to leave her clutch in the hood of the car before crossing her arms on her chest, challenging him.
"Go on" She said.
Jack sighed at this, he would be lying if he said he wasn't a bit nervous at least. He didn't know why, though. He'd done this a hundred times.
But he wasn't about to back out of it either.
He stepped towards her, into her personal space, watching as her eyes grew wider for a moment. He didn't stop, though. He carefully made her lean against the car as he got as close to her as he could possibly be without touching her.
Elsa's eyes were frantical, clearly overwhelmed by the sudden situation as she scanned the street in case anyone was watching them.
"Close your eyes" He ordered.
She looked at him like a deer in the headlights.
"Close your eyes, Princess, and relax, okay?" Elsa seemed to be a bit hesitant at first, but he felt her relax just a bit. "Don't worry, there's no one on the street, we're okay" He added. Elsa closed her eyes but tensed again instead. Jack sighed quietly. "I'm not gonna kiss you" He assured.
Elsa's chest tightened at his words, she couldn't help it.
It was getting a bit blurry between the lines of this make believe game they had going on. Sometimes she seemed to forget that Jack wasn't crazy about her as he pretended to be... and that he probably won't ever kiss her if it wasn't for the sake of his work.
She couldn't hold back a frown, even if her eyes were still closed.
Jack carefully caressed her cheeks, creating goosebumps in Elsa's entire body as she felt the familiar icy-hot shiver that seemed to consume her every time they touched.
She could feel him getting even closer, but more towards her right side as he continued to caress her.
Jack let out a shaky breath before finally whisper in her ear.
"He's gonna be so sorry he lost you. He'll realize how much of an idiot he was" He whispered as he watched Elsa's face frown. "So, stop worrying" He said. "Forget about everything. The past, the pain, what people think about it and just... remember, Elsa. Remember that you're an incredible and beautiful woman" he said, truthfully. "If you manage to do that, he'll realize what he lost"
Elsa felt like her whole body was on fire as she blinked her eyes open, immediately finding Jack's.
"Holy crap" She said breathlessly. "You're worth every penny".
Jack flashed her a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes.
"You should get going" He pointed out.
"...Right" She said awkwardly. Now she couldn't meet him in the eye. "I-uh... I'll see you later" She said, waving at him as she scurried into the place.
Once she was in she finally felt like she was able to breath properly again.
"Took you long enough!" Punzie said as she greeted her. "I swear if I got to spend two more seconds alone with dumb and dumber I was gonna loose it" She said pointing out at two girls Elsa instantly recognized as Anna's best friends.
She couldn't blame Punzie.
"Sorry, Punz... We kinda got carried away-" She regretted saying that the second it left her mouth.
"With Jack?" Punzie wiggled her eyebrows. Elsa rolled her eyes.
"Not in the way you think, so get your mind out of the gutter you pervert" She said teasingly, but was shocked to find that... She actually felt disappointed by her own words.
Heck no.
Hell had to freeze over before she started to feel disappointed about not being intimate with a prostitute.
Heck to the fucking no.
She was getting smashed tonight.
"I need a shot" She said hurriedly as she stomped towards the bar.
"That's the spirit!" Punzie cheered.
Once they got to the bar, Elsa saw Anna.
"Hey!" She greeted.
"Hey, sis! Finally made it?" She said as she sipped her drink.
"Yeap, and we're gonna do some celebration shots" Elsa said. "Can you pass around some shots for a toast?" She asked one of the bartenders.
"Coming, lady" The dark skinned man said.
As soon as every single girl had a shot on her hands, Elsa lifted hers.
"To Anna!" Elsa screamed excitedly, before empting down its content in her mouth. She was quick to grab her back-up shot that was right behind her and emptied it as well.
She wasn't a drinker, she'd never been... it'll only take her a few more shots to get to the state she wanted to be in.
Loud cheering made her turn towards whatever these horny ladies were cheering at.
Her face flushed crimson once she saw what the reason of the cheering was.
Jack was in the middle of several girls, looking at her as he tried to make his way towards her without pushing anyone.
Once he finally got in front of her, he looked down at her and revealed her clutch.
"I thought you'll need this" He said with a teasing smirk. Elsa gulped as she felt her face growing hot once again.
"Silly me" She said with a teasing smirk. "Where was my head?" She couldn't help but give him a knowing look.
"I'll catch you later, okay?" He said as he turned to leave.
Punzie was quick to stop him on his tracks.
"A fox in the hen house, huh?" She said mischievously. "Why don't you stay and have a little fun with us?"
"Uh.." Jack said a bit nervously before he turned to Anna. It was her night after all.
"Oh, it's fine" She said, even though she didn't sound too convinced.
Those were the only words all the other ladies needed to hear before he was avalanched by them.
While he said he was pretty much used to the females' attention, he wasn't used to get touched by a dozen of them at the same time. He tensed up a little bit as he manage to make a few comments they made like 'You're so hot!' 'This shirt is perfect to rip it off' 'Is your hair natural? It's so sexy!'
They were some that actually smelled him.
Goddammit, he wasn't the freaking stripper of the night! Yes, he was a prostitute but they didn't know that!
He tried to ask Elsa for help but she was back in a corner observing the whole deal with an adorable amused smile that he couldn't help but smile back at.
"Can you believe Elsa actually gets to fuck this guy?" Punzie said while she hung in the back with her cousins observing the whole show while eating peanuts like she was on the circus. Anna snorted at this, and Elsa just tried to fight back a smile. "No, seriously, though. You should send God a bottle of wine or a lime pie or something" She added and Elsa just smiled even wider while rolling her eyes.
Still, it was enough free show for the other girls, a sour taste in her mouth was starting to grow. She needed to step in already.
"Must feel great getting paid just for being you" She couldn't help but whisper in his ear. She didn't know where all this feelings and snappy comments were coming from.
"Who says I'm being me?" He said with a hint of offence in his voice.
Elsa blinked in surprise.
"Excuse me" Anna said 'sweetly' after a while, it was clear that Jack was being ask to leave.
"Anna" He addressed her. "Thank you for letting me take a glimpse into this famous female ritual" He said making every girl in the room chuckle. He lifted his glass of whiskey (that one of the girls got him) and said "Here's to the husbands who've won you, the losers who've lost you..." He purposely locked eyes with Elsa at this. "...And the lucky bastards who've yet to meet you" He finished and everyone cheered.
"And for the cock in the hen house" Anna added and everyone laughed.
Elsa then grabbed his hand and started to walk him towards the exit as some girls waved goodbye.
She smiled at him, painfully aware that everyone was looking at them now.
She left a timid kiss on his cheek as goodbye.
"Oh, c'mon! Is that really how you say goodbye to some buns like his!?" Of couse Rapunzel would say something like that.
Elsa blushed crimson and made a face at her cousin.
"Kiss him like you mean it!" A girl screamed from behind.
"Yeah, mark your territory or else someone might snatch him from under your nose!" Another one said.
"C'mon, Elsa!"
Everyone started to cheer.
Elsa looked nervously at Jack, and he looked back at her with a 'You don't have to' face. He didn't wanna force her or make her feel uncomfortable.
But the thing is... she wanted to.
Before Jack could so much blink, he felt Elsa's delicate hands on each side of his face yanking him towards her, her lips crashing on his.
Jack's previous startlement disappeared as he felt her soft, minty lips moving against his.
It wasn't just a sweet-goodbye kiss. Hell no.
He felt as she was about to rip his clothes off. Not that he wasn't complaining.
He held back a shiver as his hands grabbed her waist and pressed her impossibly close against him, hearing a quiet-sweet little moan coming from her.
Holy shit, he was gonna loose it.
His fingers dug in her hips as he felt her sweet tongue tease his just enough to set him on fire, making Elsa dug her fingers into his hair and grip it tight as she let out another little moan.
It was only then when they run out of air.
Elsa hesitantly separated from him, ghosting her lips against his and looking straight into his eyes while she did so.
He was all flushy, and she looked fucking gorgeous.
The loud cheering was what broke them apart completely.
Elsa sent everyone a nervous smile before turning to him once again, cerulean eyes traveling from his to his lips.
"I-I'll see you later, 'kay?" She stuttered out.
He took her sight in, his gaze also stopping on her lips several times.
He could swear she never looked as gorgeous as she did right now. She was beautiful, okay? And always looked beautiful... But now...
He was holding back the need to press her against the wall and kiss her again. Fuck all this crazy girls who might watch.
"Yeah" He let out breathlessly, looking at her one more time to then leave.
"Okay now" Punzie said right after. "Who's gonna buy the luckiest girl in the world a drink?" She said as she hugged Elsa.
Everyone cheered as Elsa tried to focus on anything else other than the sweet tingly feeling on her lips.
Notes:
*insert eyes emoji* ho ho ho.. did Christmas came early this year?
We have a kiss y'all.
Anyways, I don't have much to say right at the moment. Sorry I haven't posted earlier, though. My birthday's been a couple of days ago (sept. 4) and adulating requires to celebrate with every social group you have unless you wanna look impolite... which sucks.
Also, thanks for the wonderful feedback, as always! It motivates me to write so be sure to leave some :)
Sooooo... What do you think? ;)
We'll read each other (hopefully) soon!
-Silvana