Here Comes The Sun
Chapter 12
By: The Duchess of Arendelle
AN: I apologize for any spelling mistakes. I appreciate you guys telling me about my mistakes, but I don't appreciate people leaving me reviews and PM's saying things like "You need to learn how to spell." Or "This story would be so much better if you knew how to spell." I've re-read my stories, both of them, and I have very few spelling mistakes, like maybe five words or less per chapter. SO while I do thank you guys for telling me, I get it and I'll try to do better. With that being said, I hope you enjoy this chapter!
"Let Me Explain."
"Please do." Anna responded, as she gingerly took a seat in one of the chairs, Elsa taking up residence in the other.
"You see, Anna. Father and I had a… unspoken agreement that mother did not approve of but could talk neither father nor myself out of. We both agreed that I'd stay away from you, for your own protection, at least until I was able to control my powers." Elsa paused and looked down. "The first year of my solitude I stayed locked in my room. I would only receive father, and only to practice controlling my powers. At first I was very optimistic. I thought that I would have complete control in no time, and then I could see you again and things would go back to normal." Elsa looked back up, she had a ghost of a tiny small on her face. "I couldn't wait to move back into our room, I was worried that by the time I had gotten control our room would have been messy to the point of no return." Anna giggled the tiniest bit at that but it somehow sounded hollow. Elsa continued, all traces of humor gone.
"But days turned into weeks, and weeks turned into months. The opposite of what I was hoping happened. Instead of getting better control over my powers, I got worst. I started freezing my toys, my hairbrush, my bed, everything. I remember watching you playing outside in the snow one of those rare days father actually allowed you out the castle, I'd never seen someone look so happy and so sad at the same time. I tried leaning closer to get a better look and before I knew it, I had frozen the entire window and window seal. I stared at your distorted figure through the iced over glass and I think that's when it really hit me. How I'd never have control, things would never go back to normal. And as father gave me the gloves, we began a new saying, 'Conceal. Don't feel. Don't let it show.'"
"Elsa-" Anna began but Elsa instantly cut her off.
"Anna, no. I have to finish my story. Please, you have to wait until I finish." Elsa looked at Anna pleadingly and Anna nodded solemnly. Elsa exhaled deeply and then continued.
"Two more years passed and my powers were getting stronger, my control steadily getting worst. I missed you terribly. Every day you came to my door, asking, begging, and pleading for companionship. For me to come out and play with you. To ride our bike. To at least speak to you through the door. And I couldn't. Every day you came to my door, with the optimism that I had long since lost, and everyday my heart would break a little more. Father came in to check on me on a particularly bad day. You had just left after camping outside my door for three whole hours, before you had finally given up. The entire room was frozen, there was snow suspended in mid fall, and I was curled in the corner crying. Father instantly ran over to me and asked what was wrong. I told him how much I missed you. How much I missed just seeing you, and if I could only see you again, I'd be so much happier." Elsa paused again and Anna felt she was about to find out exactly where all this was going.
"After I finally calmed down and there was only a chill left in the room, father sat me down in these very chairs. I was sitting where you are. He asked me how much I missed you. I told him, more than words can describe. So with a heavy sigh he made me an offer I was all too happy to accept." Elsa gripped the arms of her chair remembering that day. Anna was sitting opposite her, she was about to explode with inquiries.
"He- he told me, I could see you again. But only from afar. So the next week he hired Lady Branson to start giving you 'etiquette lessons'. They were to always be held in the library and I was allowed to stay for thirty minutes, in a dark corner so you wouldn't see me. Every day you had your etiquette lessons I was right there watching you. And for thirty minutes a day, life was bearable. After… after mother and father passed, Kai came to me and asked if you were to continue your lessons. I told him yes, and two weeks after the funeral I went back to watching you. In that same corner, wishing things were different. Wishing I was different. Wishing I could be the big sister you deserved. That continued all the way to my coronation. That's why I wasn't surprised to see how beautiful you grew up to be."
"Oh, Elsa." Anna was now crying. She had no idea. Elsa must have been miserable, watching Anna from a cold dark corner, wishing she were a different person.
"I wish you would have said something. You could have made your presence known. For you to have suffered in silence like that, it breaks my heart Elsa."
Elsa stayed quiet. Anna rose from her seat and walked over to Elsa's. She grabbed the blonde queen's hands as she kneeled in front of her. Anna looked her in the eyes as she spoke.
"I love you. Truly and deeply. Elsa, I'm sorry for digging all of this back up. It's all over now. The past is in the past, and let's keep it that way." She gently kissed the palms of Elsa's hands.
Elsa's eyes were full of tears that she refused to let fall. She stared into Anna's eyes. They were as blue as the ocean, and seemed as endless.
"I- I love you too Anna." Her voice was strained from all the talking and the immense amount of effort it was taking to not cry. Anna, quickly embraced Elsa in a bone crushing hug that lasted for minutes. When they finally parted they stared at each other for a second and then burst out in a fit of giggles. They both looked disheveled and exhausted.
"We look terrible!" Anna giggled. Elsa looked at the clock hanging on the wall and smiled.
"It's late and I think it's time for some much needed rest."
"I think you're right!" Anna said as she stood and stretched her muscles. Elsa soon followed.
"Are you going to stay tonight?" Elsa asked nervously, not sure if they were on good enough ground to share a bed. Anna didn't answer and instead went over to one of the dressers, taking out a night gown, quickly changing into it while Elsa tried and failed not to stare. She then climbed into Elsa's huge bed and looked over at her expectedly.
"Are you coming?"
Elsa swallowed hard and tried not to think about the possible double meaning, she instead smiled and went over to her dresser to change into her own night clothes. She quickly finished and climbed into the bed. Anna instantly snuggled close to her under the covers, and they both sighed in contentment.
"I love you, snowflake." Elsa whispered, her face snuggled into the crook of Anna's neck. Anna smiled sleepily.
"I love you too."
AN: Not a long chapter but this was more of a continuation of the last chapter anyway. So, review and tell me what you guys think. Peace!