Hello People! Yes, I am back! I won't go into any detail. I'll just say that life is a real bitch! In regards of this new story idea I came up with this collection of One-Shot stories when I got bored. I've spent a few days putting it all together. Also I haven't written FanFiction in a long time so I might be a little rusty. Also I'm going to try something a little different when formatting these stories. So without further ado I hope you enjoy this.
Emily's Depression
Rated: T - Comedy
September 26, 1978. It was just another day at the Arendelle mansion. Adgar and his wife Iduna were sitting at the breakfast table, him reading the paper and her doing a crossword puzzle. Their butler, a rather young one with snow white hair and sapphire eyes (Not glowing green eyes. lol), was busy making them their breakfast. He is Jackson Overland Frost. Friends call him Jack Frost. He actually prefers it that way for two reasons; one it's short and easy to remember. And two… we'll get to that in a minute.
"Hmm a seven leter word for an Anti-Order individual." Iduna pondered.
"A what…?" Adgar asked, drawing his attention away from his paper.
"Fascist!" Iduna said.
"I beg your pardon?"
"System of government categorized by extreme dictatorship." Iduna explained. Dagar still looked confused. "Seven across."
"Oh, I see." Adgar said. "It's "fascism.""
""Fascism"! Of course." Iduna said cheerfully. She wrote her anwer on the crossword puzzle. "Now, a three letter word for old fart. Pfft classic!"
"Hag!" Adgar said.
"I beg your pardon?" Iduna said, looking offended.
"Evil old woman, considered frightful or ugly." Adagar explained. "It's 12 down."
Iduna looked down at the number 12 spot of the crossword puzzle and she soon realized what her husband meant. She smiled and giggled.
"Oh I see! Thank you dear." Iduna said smiling.
Adgar smirked his signature smirk. Meanwhile Jack came over to them carrying plates with their breakfast.
"Here you are, Mr. and Mrs. Arendelle." Jack said, putting the plates on the table.
"Oh thank you, Jack." Iduna said enthusiastically.
"Thanks. Jack." Adgar smiled and nodded.
At that moment, Adgar and Iduna's daughters Elsa and Anna, along with Jack's little sister Flee came into the kitchen.
"Good morning, Mom, Dad." Elsa said cheerfully.
"Good morning everyone." Anna said too.
"Good morning, girls." Iduna said smiling.
"Good morning, Jack." Flee said, hugging her brother.
"Good morning, pipsqueak." Jack said, smiling and ruffling her hair.
"Good morning, to you too. Come eat some breakfast. Jack made it himself" Adgar said.
"Really?" Elsa said, smirking at Jack.
Jack couldn't help but smile smugly and blush at Elsa. In truth Jack and Elsa are secretly dating. The other girls sat at the table with the others. They took their own plates and dug into Jack's homemade cooking. Their faces lit up with delight.
"Wow! This is good!" Elsa said.
"Just what I need for the morning!" Anna said.
"I agree. I tell you, Jack, my boy YOU are going to make your future wife a really happy woman." Adgar complimented.
Jack almost choked from embarrassment.
"M-My future wife!?" Jack stammered.
"Relax dear." Iduna giggled. "He was only teasing."
"No I wasn't. I was giving the young man a compliment." Adgar chuckled.
"If that's a compliment I sure don't want to know what an insult is." Anna said.
"Oh hush you. Eat up." Adgar chuckled. "Although, I certainly wouldn't mind if you and Elsa dated."
This created an awkward silence between Elsa and Jack as they both blushed bright red. So much for dating in secret.
"I would definitely ship them together." Flee said.
"Me too." Anna giggled as she and Flee high fived each other.
"Okay enough embarrassing them everyone. Let's change the subject. Jack, where's your mother, Emily? She's usually the one who makes the meals." Iduna asked out of curiosity.
"Oh, she's still in her servant room. She's still really depressed." Jack said with a solemn face.
"Still trying to get over that two timing ass-hat." Iduna growled.
Emily is the Arendelle's maid as she is an excellent worker. At least when she's in a cheerful mood. A few days ago she filed for deforce when her husband, now ex-husband, Jack and Flee's father, walked out on them with two women in his fancy sports car. Since that day Emily was in a depression for the last few days.
"I can't believe that dumbass!" Adgar fumed. "Leaving a beautiful woman like, Emily! If I ever see that bastard again I'll make him eat his own teeth!"
"I like to join you for that." Jack said.
"Me too!" Iduna said.
Meanwhile in Emily's room, she was still lying in bed. Her hair was messy and eyes were baggy. She never left that room unless for bathroom breaks. Her radio is playing the song "All By Myself". Emily groaned as she changed the station, but that only gives him the same song. She tried changing the station again, and the same song is being played.
"Fine. I'll just listen to A.M…" Emily growled.
She changed the radio and it was now it playing "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood & The Destroyers.
"That's just cruel." Emily whimpered.
In frustration she throws the radio off the table and it breaks and stops playing. Or so she thought, miraculously it continues to play "Bad to the Bone."
"Oh for fuck sake." Emily groaned.
Later that day, Jack took Elsa shopping, while Anna went out with her boyfriend, Kristoff. Jack dropped Flee off at their cousin Jamie's house to play with Jamie and Sophie. So now it was just the three adults in the house.
Adgar is still reading the paper, when Iduna comes in
"Okay, okay, I got Emily out of bed. She's on her way down. Now remember, don't say anything about that basard. She'll talk when he's ready." Iduna whispered.
"Okay." Adgar nodded.
Right at that moment Emily comes into the kitchen.
"Mr. and Mrs. Arendelle! I-I'm sorry I haven't been present for my duties! I-I promise I'll make up for it!" Emily said, stuttering in fear.
"Oh, Emily, it's alright. We're not going to fire you." Iduna smiled warmly. "You're going through a tough time. We've been best friends for years. We've known each other since we were children."
"Exactly! You're practically one of the family." Adgar said.
"T-Thank you, sir. Thank you, Iduna." Emily said.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Iduna asked.
"No." Emily answered.
"Okay. Are you sure?"
"Yes. Yes, I'm sure."
"Okay. You eat some breakfast. You look like you haven't eaten for a week." Iduna said
"It's only been a few days, honey." Adgar said.
"Hush, dear." Iduna said. "Come sit with us. You're son made us some lovely meals."
"Jack? He certainly is a good boy." Emily said with a warm smile.
Emily joined Iduna at the table to ate her son's creation.
"This IS good." Emily said.
"Told you." Iduna giggled.
"Say Emily…" Adgar spoke up. "I understand where you're coming from. In fact, did I ever tell you the story about Bobby 'No Leg' Mulligan?"
"Well, I can guess. He had no leg?" Emily answered.
"Bobby was a buddy of mine who lost his leg during the war. And then, on his way back to the States ol' One Leg, at that point we were calling him One Leg, had his ship go down and a shark ate his other foot. But he made it all the way back home. And do you know what happened to him when he got here?" Adgar narrated.
"He overcame his handicap and ironically, became a shoe salesman?" Emily asked with a smirk.
Adgar laughed.
"That would be hilarious." Adgar said. Then he got serious. "No. His girlfriend dumped him."
"Well, thank God it had a happy ending." Emily said sarcastically.
"Look, the point of the story is you've got both feet. You'll be fine." Adgar said cheerfully. "Now, put some shoes on, go on down and trim the hedges. I'll give you a hand."
"Yes, sir." Emily said.
Emily finished her breakfast and left the kitchen to wash up and change. But Adgar noticed Iduna giving her the disappointment eye. Adgar sighed a groan. He was not good at this.
"Okay, what?" Adgar asked.
"Dear, I know you're trying. But could you maybe try a little harder?" Iduna asked. "You know, be uplifting and cheerful."
"And I wasn't before?"
"No!" Iduna said sternly.
"Okay, okay! I'll try harder." Adgar said.
"Thanks darling." Iduna giggled.
She got up and kissed his cheek. Adgar however is still wary about this. This was going to be a long hill climb.
Outside, Emily and Adgar were trimming the hedges. But Emily was lost in thought while she worked. Next thing, she starts to talk out loud.
"I thought we were in love." Emily said.
"Oh, God." Adgar murmured a groan.
"And then it all just blows apart. And all that's left is this big hole, you know?"
"Uh, no, I don't." Adgar said. "Oh! But there is a gopher hole out back. And if you shove the hose down and flush him out I'll stand at the other end and hit him in the head with a shovel."
"I'm sorry, sir." Emily said. "I'm just not used to this."
"Don't worry. You're trimming the hedges like a pro." Adgar complimented.
"C-Can I… can I be alone?"
"Sure, kiddo."
Adgar takes his sheers and walks away, leaving Emily alone.
An hour later Adgar is walking out the door, all dressed up in a smart suit. He is about to go work at the office. He notices Emily had just finished trimming the hedges and he approaches her.
"Hey, Emily, can I ask you to do something for me?" Adgar asked.
"Yes, sir." Emily said.
"I need you to be a stand in secretary. My previous one is in the hospital." Adgar said.
"Of course I can sir. But what happened to her?" Emily asked.
"Apparently, she broke her leg kicking a perverted homeless guy trying to rape her in the nuts. I hope someone posts it on YouTube. It be funny to laugh at." Adgar explained.
"Okay. I'll go get changed." Emily said in the usual nonchalant tone.
"Oh, and, uh, you don't have to worry about that gopher. It's as dead as Hitler." Adgar said, then laughed.
Emily however wasn't impressed.
"Too soon?" Adgar asked.
Sparing the details of the work hours at the office, everything went smoothly. Emily was an incredible temporary secretary. Adgar made sure Emily was distracted with all the scheduling. He gave her all kinds of compliments to perk her spirits. And for a while it seemed to have worked.
That Night Adgar and Emiliy arrived back from work, while Iduna was making dinner. All three sit down together at the table and Adgar was telling Iduna about their day. Jack and the others weren't back yet.
"...then the dumb-ass says to me 'the jerk store called they're running all out of you.' and I said 'What's the difference, you're their best seller!'" Adgar said erupting into laughter.
"Oh, darling, you really are naughty boy." Iduna giggled.
She then turned to Emily.
"Emily you are an amazing person." Iduna said kindly.
"Thank you, Mrs. Arendelle." Emily nodded.
"Oh come on now, dear. Call me Iduna, like you always do." Iduna said.
Emily opens the sandwich to put mustard on. But her depression comes back full swing as she starts to see her Ex-Husband's face on it. Emily begins so hyperventilate once again.
"Um, actually. I-I lost my appetite. I think I should turn in for the night." Emily said as she got up to leave the kitchen.
"Wait! Emily!" Iduna called.
But Emily ignored it and left the kitchen. Adgar groaned with annoyance. All that hard work for nothing. Emily was back to where she started. Depressed. Iduna glared at her husband with disappointment.
"What happened here, Adgar? I thought you were gonna help her." Iduna said demandingly.
"Iduna, I gave her uplifting compliments and cheerful perk ups all day. I don't know what else to do." Adgar said, defeated.
"Well, how did you get through your first breakup?"
"What's to get over? It happened. I took it like a man." Adgar said with a proud look on his face.
But contrary to what he thinks and believes, this was not true. This topic brings back memories as his old younger life flashbacks before his eyes. He thinks back, when he was a young man sitting in his car.
He and this girl Elise were together for a while. Everything was great. But when things started getting serious, she dumped him. And it hurt like hell. There were times when he thought he would never get over it. But time passed, and he moved on. And then the day came when he didn't think about her as much. Then a couple more days came along and why, he thought about her even less. Then one day, he didn't think about her at all. And then that made him sad.
"She was the best thing that ever happened to me. Oh, Elise." Young Adgar said to himself in the driver's seat.
Then he starts to cry.
"Oh, Elise!" He said, sobbing. "My life is over!"
Then he cried really hard. He was definitely a mess back then. He did NOT take it like a man.
When Adgar's flashback ended, his proud look was replaced with sadness and pain. Then he quickly returned back to reality and tried to hide his pain from his wife.
"Yup. Ahem." He said, clearing his throat. "Took it like a man."
But his wife thought otherwise as she eyed him with skepticism. She wasn't buying for one bit.
So that was one of my one-shots and I hope I did okay. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. This is an appetizer for more juicier stories to come.