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"Holy sweet pancakes."
"A-Astrid!" Elsa stutters at her comment, her face immediately turns red.
"You look gorgeous!" Rapunzel squeaks while she is clapping her hands excitedly.
Elsa blinks innocently. "Do you think he will like my appearance?" she mumbles shyly.
"I am gonna throw up." Merida mutters under her breath and rolls her eyes to show her annoyance. However, there is a tiny smile tugged to her lips.
"Of course he will, Elsa! By the way, blue is definitely your color. You should wear it more often!" Rapunzel bubbles, once again, with great enthusiasm.
Elsa flushes again, but this one isn't as red as the previous one, it is more of a pink. She struggles to hold her fluttered grin, and she fails. "T-Thanks, Punzie." she manages to reply to her beloved cousin.
After Elsa told Astrid about Jack, she eventually admitted to her other friends that she was dating a guy. As soon as Rapunzel learned that Jack had invited Elsa to a ball, she dragged Elsa to shopping, in order to find her an exquisite dress.
So here she is, standing in front of Astrid, Merida, and Rapunzel with the magnificent turquoise dress of hers. Rapunzel insisted to also add a cape on the dress, but Elsa declined her offer. She is surprised she actually agreed to wear the dress. It shows her curves and gives an opportunity to make her legs be visible to the eye.
"So... Will we meet your Prince Charming tonight?" Astrid asks jokingly, but knowing her, she sounds a bit skeptical.
All of her friends are really eager to meet Jack. Eugene has already known him, Rapunzel has met Jack for a brief moment. However, Hiccup, Astrid and Merida are frequently bugging Elsa to meet Jack... Which she attempts to avoid, to be honest.
Even the thought of Jack, meeting her friends makes her extremely nervous. She is aware that she is being ridiculous, but everything is happening so fast. When she is with Jack, she feels as if she has been knowing him since her whole life, this situation also periodically makes her feel odd in a disturbing way.
Nonetheless, she wants this. She wishes to spend time with him, to get to know him further. Day by day, that desire is increasing. She does not know if it is good or bad, but she yearns to be intimate with Jack.
"He is not my Prince Charming. And no, you are meeting him not tonight. He will pick me up approximately in..." Elsa's voice trails off whereas she is checking the time. "RIGHT NOW!" Elsa screams, is uncharacteristically loud.
She wears her high heels immediately, takes one last look at her posture. Her French-braid, makeup, and dress... Everything looks fine. She rushes to the door and waves at her friends.
"Don't forget to use protection!"
"MERIDA!" Elsa shouts, her face is even redder than a tomato. She shuts the door behind her and leaves Rapunzel and Eugene's apartment with rushed steps.
She finally stops running when she sees Jack, waiting next to his car with a huge grin on his face. His eyes grow bigger when he catches the sight of her. A blush spreads on her face for the hundredth time on that day. She can see the twinkle in his captivating blue eyes.
"You look... Wow. You are the most beautiful, stunning woman that I've ever seen." he blurts out. He puts his hand on his mouth as he has just realized his words.
Elsa giggles, finds it quite amusing that he is embarrassed. Both of them are ridiculously shy, she is glad she isn't the only one. Jack is a clever, rich, good-looking and a young man, he can easily have any woman he wants, nevertheless, he is shy and distant, just like her.
"Thank you. You look wonderful in that suit." she compliments him with a gracious grin.
"Well, shall we go, my Snow Queen?" he bows playfully to her while he is offering his arm.
Elsa rolls her eyes, holds her chuckle. "Snow Queen?" she empathizes the nickname.
"Well, you like winter, you wear a blue dress and my name is Jack Frost for God's sake." he points out, still stubbornly waiting for her to hold his arm.
Elsa licks her lips, she is still grinning with amusement. What are they? Seven? "Very well then, we shall, my Snow King." she finally accepts his arm and let him lead her to the car.
She will never understand why a man like him is choosing to be with a woman like her.
"Jack!" Elsa hears a voice, who obviously belongs to a woman.
Before Elsa can process, Jack is embraced by a young, short woman. The woman has a wavy short, bob cut black hair, some parts of her hair is dyed colorfully, like a rainbow. She is beautiful, her green dress is hugging her body delicately-
Elsa realizes that she has been frowning, her muscles are stretched. She feels irritated... jealous.
"Hey Tooth!" Jack greets the young, pretty woman while he is returning the embrace.
Elsa releases the breath that she has been holding this entire time. Her annoyance and resentment disappear when she hears the name.
"Oh my! You must be Elsa! Jack told us a lot about you!" the woman squeaks with a great thrill, her attitude reminds Elsa of her cousin Rapunzel.
The platinum blonde raises an eyebrow... What had Tooth meant by 'us'? Before she can distinguish the answer, she suddenly notices two slender arms, wrapping around her body.
The platinum blonde is just about to respond to the hug in order to be polite, but Tooth has already been pulling away. The short-haired woman opens Elsa's mouth and brings her closer. "Oh my God! Your teeth! They are as white as freshly fallen snow, just like Jack's!" the woman yelled enthusiastically.
"Tooth! We have talked about this!" Jack cries out.
Tooth finally removes her hands and grins sheepishly. "Forgive me, Elsa." she apologizes with a cute expression on her face.
"I've told ya million times not to randomly examine people's teeth, love." a man appears out of nowhere and joins into the conversation. He is probably in his late twenties, just like Tooth. He has gray hair, still, the color looks good on him.
His green eyes eventually rest on Elsa. "Nice to meet ya, mate. Name is Aster." he greets Elsa and offers her a handshake, like a normal human being. Elsa gladly accepts the handshake. The man has a thick Australian accent, which really suits him.
"Elsa, this is Tathiana and Aster. Tathiana is a dentist and as you have experienced, she is obsessed with teeth, that's why everybody calls her Tooth. And we call Aster, Kangaroo. Tooth is a really dear friend of mine while Aster is... Well, just Aster." Jack introduces them with a cheeky grin on his face.
"Bloody show pony... People call me 'Bunny' not Kangaroo." Aster growls at Jack, then informs Elsa with a softer tone.
While Jack's mischievous is growing wider, Bunny attempts to walk over him, but Tooth puts her hand on his chest to stop him.
A soft, fond smile tugs to Elsa's lips. They seem like they are really close to Jack. "And how did you earn the nickname 'Bunny'?" Elsa directs a question to distract both men, causes Tooth to sigh in relief.
"Well, don't wanna sound egoistic but I plan the best parties for Easter."
Tooth and Jack burst into laughter simultaneously. "Don't get the wrong idea, Elsa, Bunny prepares the best Easter eggs and the best places to hide them. Children adore spending Easter with him. He is like Easter Bunny... That's where the nickname comes from." Tooth explains whereas she is wiping a teardrop from her face. Bunny's answer is obviously really funny to her.
"Anyway... How can Jack date a woman like you? He is way out of your league." Bunny successfully changes the topic by making a rude remark.
Though, Jack doesn't seem annoyed by it. "I also ask myself the same question over and over." he admits abruptly, causes Elsa to flinch and stare at his eyes. His deep blue eyes look warm, kind and... full of affection.
Tooth makes an 'awe' in astonishment, is probably jumping crazily and babbling out many other things-However, Elsa can't bring herself to care. Nobody has ever told her something like that before. He seems he is really meaning those words.
She wants to kiss him, while his blue eyes are staring through her, while she can see his soul. The world fades away and vanishes instantly, there is only her and him.
"Dance with me." Jack softly speaks, then turns to Bunny and Tooth, excuses himself and Elsa hastily.
He looks so, so damn incredible in that black tuxedo. His messy snow-white silvery hair, his smile, the way he holds her, how he speaks to her... His mesmerizing blue eyes... He is perfect. At that moment, Elsa realizes that she would never get enough of this man.
"I don't dance... I don't know how to." Elsa replies nervously, averts her eyes shamefully.
He stubbornly reaches out his hand. "Do you trust me, Elsa?" Elsa's breath hitches but she manages to nod in approval. Without saying anything further, Jack simply wraps his arms around her thin waist then swirls her, his unexpected action provokes her to gasp.
So they dance. He brings their bodies closer, she wraps her arms around his neck and buries her head on it, not to focus on anyone else. What if people are glancing at them? Even the thought of it makes her extremely anxious.
Jack moves calmly, is allowing Elsa to easily accommodate his steps. The young man presses his lips against her forehead almost lazily, but with great passion, then he once again takes Elsa's breath away by twirling her around. After that, he begins to accelerate his steps slowly. His breath is caressing her hair while their hips and legs are moving simultaneously.
This is it, as she senses his chest resting against hers, as they leave each other in control of their bodies and dance as if they they are the only ones in the world... She desires nothing but to desperately feel his lips on her lips. She wants to taste them, to measure their softness... her body, her soul need so badly to feel the passion of those incredibly attractive lips.
So, Elsa tiptoes to be longer, moves her head to capture his lips... "Jack! What are you doing?!"
Withing those words, she feels the lack of his touch. She almost feels naked. Instead of feeling annoyed, she feels confused and hurt.
"Jackson Overland Frost!
At that moment, Elsa understands that their lovely night has been ruined brutally.
"Mom! What the hell?!" Jack yells, his irritation can be easily seen.
"You shouldn't dance with a random girl, instead of dancing with your fiancee." Jack's mother emphasizes that word with a sinister smirk.
Elsa stumbles, manages not to fall. She gets a lump in her throat. "Fiancee?" she mumbles quietly.
Jack turns her hand to her, his eyes grow bigger in fear. "E-Elsa, it is not like what you think!" he stutters out and attempts to approach her, but Elsa steps back. Her blue eyes are wide, she knows her resentment and sorrow is noticeable due to her stressed features.
"Jack, sweetheart, I've missed you!" a black-haired, sexy woman exclaims. She is standing next to Jack's mother, Elsa and she makes eye contact as soon as she says those words. The pretty woman sneers at Elsa with a pitiful expression on her face.
"Vanessa! Stop saying nonsense!" Jack cries out with a great irritation while he is knitting his attractive eyebrows.
"Jack, you are the who is acting absurd. Just forget whoever this woman is and be with your fiancee." Jack's mother hisses with a sudden loss of temper.
His mother does not even remember Elsa. She can probably swear that she has never seen her before.
Elsa swears herself that she has never been so humiliated throughout her life. She cannot stay there for another second. So, letting her feet carried away, she excuses herself with a barely audible mumble. Jack tries to catch her wrist but Elsa moves fast, she has already been leaving with fast steps.
She eventually halts running when she sees a bench, she collapses on the bench. It is snowing, the wind is whistling quietly. It is cold, but not enough to make her disturbed by it. There is a great chance of getting sick, but at this point, she honestly doesn't care. She likes the cold because winter is the only thing that truly understands her.
"Perhaps I am too lost in the race against fate..." she whispers to herself as she pulls her legs toward her.
She does not know how long she has been sitting on that bench, which is only a couple of hundred meters away from Jack's stupid company. She is certain that he will come eventually, therefore there is no reason to hide.
She can hear the particular footsteps which are getting louder and louder within every passing second. When the footsteps cease down, she refuses to move her head, her eyes are still focused on the snowy ground. "Snowflake... I am so sorry." Jack apologizes while he is trying to catch some breath. That new nickname gives Elsa shivers down her spine.
Her tense, stretched muscles don't soften. "I heard that enough, Jack." she responds with a tremulous tone, she utterly despises the fact that she sounds a bit shaky.
"Vanessa-She is not my fiancee. My mother pressures me to marry her and Vanessa is really willing to do that because even though she is extremely rich, being greedy, she wants to get richer." Jack rambles, endeavors to explain.
"No, not perhaps. I am definitely lost in this race against fate, I've always been lost." the platinum blonde mutters under breath again.
"What are you talking about?" Jack raises a question, Elsa can imagine his adorable frown even though she is declining to see his handsome face.
"About the walls."
"What walls?"
"The walls that have been surrendered around me since my entire life." Elsa replies curtly, she is still not looking at him.
"I don't understand." he claims truthfully, he sounds confused.
Elsa let out a humorless, dry laugh. Then, her lips curl up bitterly. "Nobody does." she responds painfully.
"Snowflake, I-"
"I am drowning, Jack. I am drowning in the sea of nothingness... This world, it is so full of rage, evilness and depravity. All we think about is how to be manipulative, we are constantly obsessed with being harmful. Humans continually hurt, abuse everything. I don't want to be in a world full of catastrophe anymore. I don't want to be in this race against our dreadful fate because I know I can't win. It is yanking me, suffocating me more and more every day. It is ripping me apart. And these horrible, massive walls... They are getting closer and closer endlessly and pressuring me. I am trapped between those walls, they are suffocating me. They will kill me someday, Jack. I don't want that. I want to break them but I can't, because they are too powerful."
She stands up after those words, finally rests her icy blue eyes on the young man. He seems baffled, even shocked because of those words. His jaw was open, his index finger is raised but he isn't speaking, his blue eyes are confused and sad.
"That's why I am not ready... to be with you. Parties, too much alcohol, dramas, love triangles, business life, manipulative people... I can't deal with them. I am not gonna let myself humiliated and crushed. I am someone who is unimportant but I at least keep myself away from troubles." Elsa finishes her speech with huge determination. Her deep frown does not cease.
Jack closes his jaw, his features tighten and he swallows roughly. "Is that what I am for you? Just trouble? Aren't people who are in a relationship supposed to support each other?" he asks with a biting tone, however, he also sounds... aggrieved.
Are they in a relationship? She does not know.
Reluctantly, Elsa nods her head in agreement. "Yes, they do. However, I am so sick of dealing with someone else's problems. I am not ready to help you, I know I am being extremely selfish but for once, I want to be self-absorbed. I don't want you to hurt me."
"Do you think I will hurt you?! I am ready! I am fucking willing to change for you!" Jack yells furiously, his usual polite manner disappears abruptly. He is knitting his eyebrows tightly.
Elsa bits her bottom lip and closes her eyes, the sensation of emotional pain is running around her body. "I am sorry."
She wants to kiss him, at least one more time. They have been only kissed once and she is looking forward to tasting those soft lips again... But she knows, she can't hold herself if she crashes her lips to his one more time.
So, Elsa simply let out a shaky breath and refuses to open her eyes. "Goodbye, Jackson."
then, she turns around, eventually allows herself to see the world, but not him.
She knows, if she sees him, she can't leave him.
Well, that has escalated quickly... Please review, they motivate me a lot!