Author's Note: Wow, over thirty followers, I'm pretty thrilled. Sorry it's been two weeks since the last update. Due to the lengths of these chapters, every other weekend is seeming a lot more likely than every weekend as I had originally planned.


Anna stared at her computer. The sun's earliest rays had only just started to peek over the horizon, and the house was quiet, save for the gentle murmurs of the sleeping boys. She had just finished reading Elsa's email for the third time. She was holding back tears only because she had already done her makeup and did not want to ruin it before she left for work.

Gender identity? She had Googled everything. She was familiar with all of this stuff before, but only from an outsider's perspective. I don't think that's what this is about, but how can I even know? I don't know if I've really been gay this whole time, would I know if I was really a boy this whole time? What if I was neither? Esmeralda already said I could be asexual, what if I'm also agender? Come on, Anna, if you were really that complex, you would have known it by now!

The clock in the corner of her screen read 6:30. If she didn't leave now, she would be late; there would be time for introspection later.

She arrived in her classroom at 7:10, and made a few last minute preparations before class started at 7:30. After the students had trickled in, she began her lecture, but her mind was barely on the lessons, as she pondered over her sister's email and her own research, as well as Esmeralda's input. And her offer. Anna tried to clear her head as she lectured, going over the reading, discussing sentence structure, and in general boring herself to tears. Did she really mean that? How did I never realize that she had a thing for me? Have I ever missed anyone else having a thing for me? I mean, I must have, since the only crush I've ever actually noticed was Kristoff, and that was only because he explicitly used the words "I have a crush on you and would really like to kiss you sometime." A student raised their hand, and she called on them, her mind still wandering as she answered their question.

Before she knew it, her lunch break had arrived. She thought about visiting Esmeralda, but quickly grew too nervous. Then it hit her: Giselle ran the school's Gay-Straight Alliance. Giselle had gone through her own divorce, so Anna could go in there and talk to Giselle about what was going on with her and Kristoff, and then while she was there, inconspicuously, interrogate the children as to how they knew they were whatever shade of queer they were. The plan was perfect.

Her slightly off-beat shave-and-a-haircut rung out on the closed door of Giselle's classroom. Her friend called out "Come in," and Anna did as she was bid. "Oh, Anna!" Giselle cheered, "I haven't seen you in ages, come, sit."

The classroom had several students sitting around it discussing various topics and eating their lunch. There were eight students, currently seated in two groups of three and one group of two. Anna couldn't quite make out what any one group was saying over the sounds of the other groups talking, but it didn't seem to be any giant revelations, they were simply discussing their lives. Clearly eavesdropping wouldn't be enough, and she would have to actually try talking to them after she talked to Giselle. Wow, I sound like such a creeper.

Anna sat next to the other redhead, a nervous smile plastered on her face to meet Giselle's bright and genuine one. "Hey, Giselle," she announced, "I've been, well, I don't even know. Um, you know how you and Edward divorced a few years ago. Well, um, I may be doing so too. I mean with Kristoff, not with Edward, obviously. I'm just scared, I've been with him for almost my whole life, I don't even know who I am without him. How did you even manage? Oh, and how are you? I haven't seen you in a few days. You still good? You and Jack still doing well?"

Giselle stared at her, sipping at a cup of tea, a sandwich sitting in front of her, untouched on a plate. She set her tea down and took in a deep breath. "Anna," she started, trying to sort out her words. She hesitated, then pulled her friend to her in a tight hug, almost dragging her off of her chair. "I'm sorry. I've been so crazy busy these last few days, if I knew this is what you were going through I wouldn't have ignored you yesterday. I feel awful. You're my best friend. What happened? Did he cheat on you? Was it Nani?"

"No! Why does everyone keep asking that?" The club had all turned to look at her and she flushed a bright red.

Giselle instructed the students to stop eavesdropping. "I mean, I just assumed. Nani is there so often, and I can't imagine why else you would leave him, I mean he's perfect for you." A pang of guilt struck Anna. "What happened?"

"Nothing happened. We've just been together for fourteen years, we were different people when we met, and there's just nothing there anymore." She considered Kristoff's behavior the previous night. "At least not on my side."

"He still loves you though?" Giselle asked, her heart breaking for the poor blond.

"Yes, he does." Dammit, I wanted empathy, not condemnation. "He wanted to talk about us and see if there was anything we could do to fix everything, but I just don't want that. I feel terrible saying it, but I just don't want to be with him anymore."

"Have you started looking into getting divorced yet?" Giselle inquired, letting her friend off the hook. She cared about Kristoff, but Anna was hurting enough without her adding to it.

"Not yet, I think I'm going to ask Elsa about it, unless you have any ideas."

"Well, your sister's a lawyer, probably a good resource to use. Edward's and my divorce was expensive, so just don't do what I did. I probably spent more money than I'll ever receive from alimony."

Anna nodded, glad to at least have someone agree with her on something. "But enough about me, how are you and Jack doing? You never said. We can commiserate about my divorce after I plan it out with Elsa."

Giselle lit up with an innocent smile that made her look ten years younger. "He asked me to move in with him!" The class all turned to look again. "He's just so dreamy. I know he's kinda weird, and he's so tall that kissing him is awkward, but he's just perfect. He has that same optimism you and I have always been teased over."

"I know, Giselle, I've met him," Anna teased.

"But you don't know him. He's just amazing! Oh, I want to gush about him all day, but I don't want to be so mean, I know what you're going through, I shouldn't do that to you."

Anna sighed and looked at the club. "I thought she'd told you not to eavesdrop," she joked.

The latina girl sitting next to the blonde in the only group of two, looked at her apologetically. "Sorry, we didn't mean to, you just both keep shouting."

The two redheads' cheeks grew to match their hair. Anna decided to take advantage of this opportunity to talk to the club members. "I suppose we did. I don't think I recognize you, are you not in one of my classes?" She asked of the dark-haired girl.

"Oh, no, I have Mr. Frederickson instead. Naomi has you as her English teacher though," the girl indicated the blonde next to her, "and she says that you're fantastic. Mr. Frederickson just makes us read to ourselves and take tests. He's the worst."

Anna's embarrassed blush was replaced by one of flattery. "Well I'm glad you like my class, Naomi. You're one of my best students." She recognized the blonde from her sophomore advanced English class. She had earned an A on every assignment so far.

Naomi brightened and the other girl kissed her on the cheek. Anna started. Why am I surprised? This is the gay club! It would be weird if they weren't dating. "So you two are together?" she asked, trying to conceal her excitement.

"Yeah, this is my girlfriend, Elena," Naomi explained. "That's not a problem is it?"

Anna was unsure if the girl was asking out of fear or rebellion. "Of course not." She hesitated. "Do you mind if I ask you two a question?"

Elena looked unsure, but answered "No, that would be all right."

"How did you know? I mean, how did you know that you were gay? Or bi, or whatever."

Elena looked startled but tried her best to answer the question. "Well, I was pretty sure I was gay when I saw this cutie here and couldn't stop staring." She patted her girlfriend's leg. "I'd never really been attracted to anyone before, I didn't really know what it was like, but after a week of being unable to get her out of my head, I was pretty sure. Why?" She eyed the teacher suspiciously.

Anna avoided her gaze as well as her question. "What about you, Naomi?"

"Well, my parents knew when they went through my internet search history," she laughed, "But I just always knew. Even when I was five, I was flirting with other girls. We'd play house and I'd be the husband so I could have a wife. It was just something that was part of me, I never really questioned it."

Anna chewed over the girls' words. Giselle stared at her, trying to figure out what was causing her normally strange friend's extra-strange behavior. "Do most people just know? I mean, is it always that obvious?"

Elena stared harder at the redhead, Anna's eyes still failing to meet hers. "Like I said, I didn't really know. I mean it only seemed obvious in hindsight, I'm sure if I hadn't examined my feelings so much, I wouldn't have known how I felt about her." Realization struck her, "Is that why you're leaving your husband?"

Anna sputtered and fell out of her chair. She stared in shock at the young girl, finally meeting her gaze. The class didn't even laugh at her, they were rapt, attention completely focused on her, waiting for an answer. "No, of course not. I mean, I don't know. No! Not that I'm not, I mean not that there's anything wrong with it. I mean my sister's a lesbian, I'm fine with it. I don't think I am. A lesbian, I mean. I am fine with it. I mean even if I am it's not why I'm leaving Kristoff. Not that it's any of your business that I'm leaving Kristoff! I don't know!" Anna cried, tears falling to the floor as she scrambled to her feet.

Giselle took her friend by the hand and led her into the hallway, away from the gazes of the club. "Anna, get a hold of yourself."

Anna took a few deep breaths and stared into her friend's blue eyes. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean for that to happen."

"You didn't mean to interrogate my students and then start crying and screaming on my floor? I would sure hope not." She hugged Anna, wiping dust off of her clothes. "It's okay. I mean, it was kind of creepy, but it's okay. You know there are groups for adults, right? You don't have to try to take advantage of one for kids."

"There are?" she asked, wiping her eyes, relieved that Giselle wasn't mad.

"There's a center in town that has done some outreach with the club, I think I have a flyer, wait here a minute and I'll go grab it."

"I can come in and get it," Anna insisted, her eyes now mostly dry.

Giselle looked hesitantly between her friend and the door to her classroom, but allowed it.

As Giselle headed for her desk to find the flyers, Anna looked out at the students. "I'm sorry. This club is about you, and I shouldn't have done that."

Elena smiled. "It's okay. We're happy to help. You just have to understand, it's different for everyone, we can't figure out who you are, that's all up to you."

Anna nodded. Giselle returned to her with a flyer. "Here, I don't know when their adult groups are, but I'm sure you'll find people that are going through similar stuff. That doesn't mean I'm not here for you, you know I always am, I just don't know how to help with this. I'm happy to listen, but I've never gone through it."

Anna hugged her friend tight and the hug was promptly returned even tighter. Anna's ribs creaked, but Giselle's hug reassured her and pulled her back together. The tears had finally stopped flowing. "Wanna grab dinner tonight? I just hate eating at home right now. I'll bring Olaf," she added to sweeten the pot.

"Sure," Giselle answered, "I'm always happy to see Olaf. I guess you can come too," she grinned.

After she returned from Giselle's classroom, Anna waited nervously in her own to see if her class would show their faces today. What if they don't come? What would I do? I can't just tell the principal that my class is refusing to attend. Yes, they'd get in trouble but they're my responsibility and I'd probably be in far worse trouble. The little shits. I can't believe they did that!

You're the one that ran off to the bathroom, crying! Well they were mean to me! Anna, you are an adult. You're thirty years old. They are fifteen-year-olds. You have to be the responsible one, you have to actually stay in your classroom, or at least find someone to cover when you have to leave, you can't just let them get away with whatever they want.

So I'll make them pay! No, we are not plotting vengeance against high schoolers. But they're really mean! Anna, think things through, just keep your head down for a few years here and you can find your way back to an elementary school in no time, you don't want to get yourself a reputation as the crazy teacher who couldn't keep her own class in line.

Said class was now sitting in their seats staring at her. She'd been so busy arguing with herself that she hadn't even noticed them enter. I hope that wasn't out loud. "Well, class," she announced, trying to make herself look slightly sane. "I've graded your tests and you all passed, so provided that there is not a single mention of what happened yesterday ever again, I will forgive your running out early." She offered. It was a weak offer, but she didn't want to start a war with her class. She was too worried she'd lose, which would just be too embarrassing.

Kion looked up at her with a puzzled expression from his seat near the middle of the class. "Mrs. Bjorgman, are you all right? We were only worried for you yesterday, but when you never came back we figured we should just turn in our tests. I tried to find you."

He sounded genuine. Other than trying to be a bit of a class clown he didn't seem to have the same viciousness that others in the class had. Certainly not like her. "Forget it," Anna replied. "Let's move past that. Did everyone complete last night's reading? I realize I wasn't here to remind you, but it was still in your syllabus, and I've told you all several times when everything is due."

The usual chorus of grumbles echoed back from the class. Anna had grown skilled enough in interpreting teenage grumbles to realize that, surprisingly, at least some of them had.

"I'm glad you all did your reading, because it's time for a pop quiz." I can still have a little bit of vengeance.

Hiro had been glaring daggers at her this entire time, and his glare intensified at the spectre of a pop quiz. "You didn't say anything about a pop quiz!" He shouted.

"First off, Hiro," Anna began, "that's what makes it a pop quiz. Second off, you don't know what I may have said at the end of class yesterday, as you weren't there. So everyone put your books away, you can only have a pencil on your desk. I'll hand out the quiz."

In all of her time spent trying to figure herself out the previous night, she had not had any chance to plan a quiz for her students, or even to do any grading. She had however, arrived just early enough at school that she had the opportunity to run all of their tests through a Scantron and find a particularly difficult quiz for the chapter they were supposed to have read from a teacher resource website. It was not the vengeance that she wanted, but it would have to do.

Every single student groaned as they were handed the quiz. It was six pages long, with 18 short answer questions and two essay questions. Kion looked particularly hurt when she passed out a copy to him. However when she handed a copy of the quiz to the pale girl who had caused her so much trouble the day before, Anna was prepared for the worst.

The girl stared at her, looking like she may not even take the paper from her instructor. Her red lips parted as if to say something, but after a moment, they only narrowed into a slit of a snarl. She and Anna had clearly made each other enemies for life. Look at me, arch enemies with a teenager, clearly I'm doing something right. Her face formed a smile as she finally took the paper with a bow. "Of course, Mrs. Bjorgwoman, whatever you wish. I already did all of the reading." The little bitch.

"Well that's very nice, I'm glad you're reading ahead. You're such a good student." Anna stared down at the girl, her teal eyes flashing with barely-hidden disdain.

"I'll tell my step mother you said so, she'll be so pleased. I always tell her how you're my favorite teacher." She began to put her name on the test.

"Keep the tests flipped over until everyone has one, no writing." The girl glared at her and set her pencil down. "I'm glad you think so highly of me. Your step mother has been very concerned about your progress in this class, but I've only told her how much of a perfect student you are. I'm glad you have such an active parent in your life."

"Of course, she's the best. She deserves my heart, she cares so much." The girl feigned a fond smile.

Anna smiled back and continued to hand out copies of the quiz. When she was all done, she instructed the students to turn their papers over and start writing. Quizzes weren't worth a terribly large portion of their grade, so any vengeance would be quite petty, but Anna was still savoring it. Yeah, big woman trying to scare a bunch of children.

When the bell rang, most of the quizzes were still unfinished and students scrambled to attempt any unanswered questions. The problem children had of course already finished theirs, and Anna had no doubt that they had performed spectacularly. Dammit.

The remaining quizzes were all thrown on to her desk as the class filed out. Anna graded them all as her next class had some silent reading time, and she was very annoyed to find that her assumption had been correct. Most of the students that had actually been causing her trouble were her best students and had actually done their reading. She felt someone staring at her as she finished grading.

Anna looked up from the papers to meet Naomi's gaze. She was standing before her desk, looking nervous. "Mrs. Bjorgman?" She asked.

"Yes, Naomi, what is it?" Anna asked, hiding the anger from her voice.

"We all finished the chapter, did you want us to keep going?"

She hadn't meant to take so long grading. "Oh, no, that's fine. We'll have a class discussion. Was there anything anyone had any problem with in the reading?'

"No, I think we all got it."

"Then I'll just help you all get ready for the test," Anna smiled, remembering that she actually liked teaching. The remainder of the period was spent going over themes, characters, and every other detail that the test was likely to cover. Anna had already decided on the makeup of their exam, so she made sure to guide them to the proper subjects. By the time the bell rang, she was quite certain that they could all pass the test next week if they'd paid attention, even though they still had a few more chapters to go before then.

Her last class of the day was AP English. As usual, it consisted of going over an incredibly boring book that Anna had barely understood with students that seemed to have grasped it easily and who made her feel absolutely stupid. It was always a horrible way to end the day. It was like living with Elsa all over again. She tried to shake that thought. Her sister never meant to make her feel stupid. It just didn't change the fact that she so often did precisely that.

Finally, 2:45 struck, and she was free to tidy up and to pick up Olaf. The thought of seeing her son re-energized the redhead and rid her of some of the strain of the day, as well as the greater strain of her major quandary, which she'd finally managed to put out of her mind for a little while in all of the other commotion.


She found Olaf and Lilo in their classroom together with Nani. She must have arrived just a minute or two before her. "Hey," Anna announced, joining them.

Nani gave her a quick hug then replied, "Hi, sorry, running late. Have to buy groceries, get dinner started, then drive Lilo to rehearsal. It's great seeing you, sorry I wasn't free yesterday."

"Nani, wait" Anna gripped the Hawaiian woman's arm as she started to run off with her sister in tow.

She turned back to her, looking confused. "What is it, Anna?"

"Could we talk? I mean, I really need to."

Nani faltered, she stared at her friend, perplexed, "Is something wrong?"

"How about I go grocery shopping with you? Kill two birds with one stone? I could use some stuff too. Olaf and I are having dinner with Giselle—"

"We are?!" Olaf chimed in, excitedly.

"You two are welcome to join us I'm sure, but I could really use this. I've barely seen you in almost a month." Anna pleaded, her hand still on the other woman's arm.

Nani slowly nodded, looking down at Lilo, who had started to wander off. "Lilo, get back here, we're going to the store. I swear, I can't take my eye off of you for a second!"

The four of them gathered in their two cars and made their way to Costco. It was a good bit out of their way, but Nani always bought her groceries in bulk, she hated having to do it more often, since she could never find the time. Anna was growing increasingly worried that this is what life would be like for her very soon. It's not like Kristoff won't still be around. I'll have weekends off, or every other week, or something. She has to do it all on her own. Just like Elsa did.

They arrived, Olaf squealing with delight. "Can I try all the samples, mama? They don't even stop you from getting more than one!"

Her child's childlike glee always made her feel better. Anna took Olaf's hand as she met up with Nani by the entrance. She found her stopping Lilo from trying to cause a grocery cart stampede. "No, Lilo, you can't release all the carts to run over the other shoppers!"

"It's survival of the fittest!" the girl screamed, trying to shove at the carts while her sister held her back.

Nani instead raised her off of the ground and placed her in the baby seat of one of the carts. "No, it's time for grocery shopping."

"This seat is for babies!" Lilo screamed.

"Then don't act like a baby and I won't put you in it!" Nani screamed back.

The two locked eyes, both waiting for the other to blink. "I'll behave if I can walk with Olaf," Lilo finally conceded.

"Good. No destroying things!" Nani insisted, placing Lilo next to her friend.

Lilo and Olaf promptly ran past the greeter to go look at electronics. Nani and Anna tried to follow after them, but had to stop so that one of them could show their membership card. Several minutes later, they finally caught up to the five-year-olds, who were patiently watching the new Star Wars on one of the televisions inside.

Anna and Nani both internally debated scolding the children, but this was precisely the least amount of trouble they could have caused, so it was difficult to be too upset. "All right, Olaf, Lilo, want to go hunt down samples?" Anna asked cheerily.

"Those samples won't know what hit them. They'll need to mount a whole army in their defense, but I, General Lilo, and my lieutenant, shall overcome the odds and obtain the food!" Lilo announced, leading her friend in a charge to the nearby sample stand, where they were able to relieve the local forces of their stockpile of pigs-in-a-blanket.

The two guardians watched on as they did their shopping, but the children didn't cause any trouble other than pretending to shoot lasers at the employees, who almost all good-naturedly surrendered food items before dramatically dying. Only a few ignored the children's game, with only one actually growing irritated, but no further problems arose.

"So, Anna, are you going to tell me what's going on?" Nani finally asked as they looked at giant boxes of cereal.

Anna hesitated for a moment. She'd been trying for two years to keep all of this bottled up, but it had become abundantly clear that that was no longer working, and she had committed herself to telling her friends. Actually doing so however, was still more than a bit unnerving. "Well, first off I'd definitely say go for the Rice Krispies, Lilo does not need the extra sugar." The girl had just scaled the cereal shelves while they were speaking. "And that Kristoff and I are getting a divorce, I'm actually talking to my sister again, I'm starting to freak out that I'm not sure what my sexuality is or if I've ever been attracted to anyone at all, another woman seems to like me, and I'm losing control of one of my classes and I'm not sure what to do. How about you, how've you been?" She smiled meekly.

Nani stared back at her friend. The redhead's hair was up in a messy bun today and only made her smile look more awkwardly adorable. Nani fumbled for words. Before she could find any, Lilo knocked down a box of Frosted Flakes. Nani was barely able to catch it before it hit the floor. "Lilo, if you don't get down from there this instant, you're going to be grounded until you're twenty-four."

Lilo sadly climbed to the floor as Nani replaced the box of cereal. "I'm sorry, Nani. Olaf and I needed to find a new dilythium crystal for our ship."

"I thought you were conquering the samples. You don't need a warp drive for that." Nani replied, kneeling down to talk to her sister.

"But we're full now, so we needed to go off in search of new life!"

"You're full! We're having dinner in three hours."

"I'll be hungry by then!"

Nani stared down at her sister. "Stay on the ground, the ground is the bridge. Off the ground is the neutral zone."

"I don't think you understand scale," Lilo retorted, but she agreed.

Nani turned back to Anna who appeared to be oscillating rapidly between an amused expression and a terrified one. "Anna, I," she had never found her words. "I don't even know what to say. I'd definitely noticed that things were a little odd with you and Kristoff of late: only one of you would ever bring Olaf over at a time, you didn't seem as close, and I don't think I'd seen you two kiss in ages, but I had no idea it had gotten that bad already."

"You noticed all that?" Anna had really thought she'd managed to keep everything hidden. No one else had seemed to know.

"Anna, I'm your best friend, of course I knew. I mean, I've lived with you before. I know what you're like. I don't know how you thought staying in the dorms was a good idea instead of just getting an apartment with your boyfriend, as I have seen Kristoff's penis almost as many times you as you have." She laughed. "That boy did not like clothes. It's been 12 years, I notice things. Though I have to say, I don't recall you checking out any other girls. Where is that whole thing coming from?"

"I don't know!" Anna screamed in the middle of the store.

"We're suppose to use our indoor voices," Lilo informed her as she and Olaf finished repairing their warp drive.

"I don't know, Nani. Elsa finally came out to me yesterday, and I've just been going crazy. It's had my mind going all over the place. I don't know who I am. All I've ever known is Kristoff. I got together with him because he liked me and that made me feel good, I never really thought about if I liked him too. I just knew that I should so we got together and then everything would magically be perfect. How do I even know if I was really attracted to him? Or anyone else? And now I've found out that Esmeralda has apparently been flirting with me for ages, and I didn't even know she swung that way either!"

Nani attempted to process her friend's explanation. It was somewhat of a Herculean task. "How did you not know Elsa was gay?"

"What?"

"I mean, you're friends with her on Facebook. I know they don't have their relationship status posted, but I'm friends with her on there too. She has posted pictures of her and Tiana kissing. Like she doesn't post often in general, but she's not closeted at all."

Anna stared at her in confusion.

"Seriously, how did you not know?"

Anna sighed. "I don't follow her. We're friends, but I don't see any of her posts. I just got tired of seeing all of her success, and just 'cause we didn't talk or anything. This week is the most words we've exchanged since I left home."

"Oh." Nani let out a sigh of her own. "Okay, so do you like Esmeralda too?" She asked, finally moving on from the Elsa conundrum.

"I don't know," Anna squeaked.

"So you're just going to go from being unhappy in a relationship because you don't even know if you like the person, because you only started dating them because they liked you, to dating someone else because they like you and you aren't sure what you feel for them?" Nani crossed her arms and stared down at the shorter woman.

Anna blinked. "No! I mean, I don't think so. I wasn't going to just go and date her!"

"Oh, so just a one-night stand then?" Nani asked. "Yeah, go right ahead, you could definitely use to get laid, girl. How long has it been?"

Anna gaped up at her friend. "What? I've never even had a one-night stand before, let alone with a girl!"

"But Mama, you have a night stand in your room," Olaf reminded her helpfully.

Both women turned red. They had just said a lot more around their children than they had meant to, though fortunately, it seemed to have all been lost in translation. "That's right, honey," Anna agreed. "Thank you for reminding me."

They stayed silent as they finished their grocery shopping. Olaf and Lilo's ship had at some point during their conversation come under attack by Klingon Warbirds. The two children kept violently rocking back and forth, frequently right into the grocery carts, as their ship was bombarded by phasers and photon torpedoes. Against all odds, the Federation ship somehow managed to survive, when Olaf had suggested that they focus phaser fire on the enemy's shields so that they could transport photon torpedoes directly onto the other ships. Kristoff watched the show with him a lot, and that was what had happened in the last episode they'd seen together.

Their ship safe and their groceries purchased, Captain Lilo and Commander Olaf of the USS Enterprise led the way back to the cars. Nani and Anna hugged, promising to text more on the subject, so that the brave officers could not overhear anything more, and went their separate ways.

After dropping off the groceries at home, Olaf and Anna continued on their merry way to see Giselle. Kristoff's car had been in the garage and Olaf had shouted a goodbye to him, but Anna hadn't seen him anywhere. She was relieved. I feel like such a child avoiding him, but seeing that look on his face is always so painful.

Giselle and Anna had agreed on pizza. She pulled into Pizza Hut, with Olaf bouncing out of his seat. She had no idea how he could possibly be hungry after he and Lilo ate the entire store worth of samples, but he certainly seemed to be.

Giselle was just sitting down at the table when Anna entered. She went over to join her friend and asked the waiter for a booster seat for Olaf.

"Hi, Aunt Giselle!" Olaf crooned, climbing into his mother's lap while they waited for his seat.

"Hello there, Olaf," Giselle greeted him. "I see you brought your mother along too. I'm glad she could join us." She grinned.

"Hey, Giselle. Sorry again about earlier," Anna offered, smiling back.

"It's all right. I know what all you're going through."

The waiter arrived with the booster seat, so Anna hoisted her child off of her and into his own seat where he could squirm to his heart's content. Several crayons and a kid's menu were placed before him and he promptly seized the opportunity to doodle.

"Wanna split a vegetable lovers?" Anna asked. "Olaf can get a personal, he always just wants a cheese pizza."

"That sounds great," Giselle agreed. "I'm famished, I never did get to my lunch earlier."

"Sorry," Anna squeaked.

"It wasn't your fault. After you left I had to help out Mr. Frederickson with a printer jam. It was just distraction after distraction."

"Mama?" Olaf asked, looking up from his coloring.

"Yes, honey?"

"If you start dating Esmeralda then what am I going to call her? Would she be my step mom?"

The two redheads stared at the young blond. He was listening earlier. Crap. "Um, honey-"

Giselle interrupted, "Where did you hear this?" A mischievous smile crossed her lips.

"Mama and Aunt Nani were talking about it while Lilo and I were playing," Olaf informed her. "Apparently she likes mama. I haven't met her yet, but she sounds nice." He beamed.

"So that issue earlier was more than just a philosophical exercise then, I take it?" Giselle leaned in towards her friend, her smirk aglow with wicked intent.

Anna turned red and tried to sink lower into her chair. "Um, well, I-"

"Do you like her too? Esmeralda is pretty awesome. I mean, I would not have guessed her for your type at all, but she could be a good fit for you. What are you going to do?"

Anna teared up, wishing that someone would come to her rescue. "I don't know."

The waiter heard her prayers. "How can I help you ladies? And, um, child." He smiled handsomely. His name tag read John.

"We'll have a vegetable lovers and he'll have a personal cheese," Giselle explained rushing him off. "And two diet cokes and an apple juice!" She shouted after him. "So you think you might like her?"

"Can we not do this in front of Olaf," Anna pleaded.

"It's okay, Mama. I know you and daddy aren't getting back together. I just want you to be happy." Hearing this broke Anna's heart. He's so selfless. "If you like her you should kiss her." He announced. "That's what Lilo says you do to people you like."

"Oh, has Lilo kissed you?" Anna asked, trying to change the subject.

"What? No. Lilo is my best friend, that's silly mama." Of course my five year old has a better understanding of who he does and doesn't like than I do.

"So, why don't you ask her out?" Giselle suggested.

"I'm still married!" Anna insisted.

"Barely. Besides, that just means it can't get too serious too quickly, it's the perfect time to figure things out."

Olaf was drawing hearts on his place mat. This is not fair.

"I don't even know if I like her."

"Well how will you ever know if you don't at least give it a try? Ask her out. I'll even babysit for you. Just do it."

Anna stared at her in panic. "I just want to eat a pizza!"

"Well the pizza's not here yet. So, agree to give her a chance, I'll babysit Olaf whatever day it happens, and we can change the topic."

"I don't even know if I like girls," Anna attempted to reason with her friend.

"Well you like her enough you keep thinking about it. Just like Elena said earlier. So ask her. See what happens. If there's nothing there, then great, you learned, but give it a shot."

"Shouldn't I focus on my divorce, I mean how would Kristoff react?"

"Probably about as well as when you told him you didn't love him."

This shut down all argument. Olaf stared up at his mother. "You said that to daddy?" He asked.

Anna only nodded.

"I'm sorry, Mama." He hopped out of his booster seat and walked over to Anna, hugging her tightly at the waist. How did I possibly raise such a good son?"

"All right," she conceded. "I'll ask her." She stroked her son's hair as he looked up at her happily.

"There, was that so much to ask?" Giselle teased.

"Yes, yes it was."

"If you two hit it off then maybe we could have a double date some time," she chirped. "You haven't seen Jack in a while, it would be a lot of fun."

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves," Anna insisted. "I said I'd ask her out. That's it. Stop planning our wedding."

"But we need to start thinking venue. If you don't book it far enough in advance you'll never get the perfect place," Giselle teased. "Picture you two, matching gowns, beneath the Eiffel Tower, Olaf as the ring bearer. I think it could work."

"We wouldn't wear matching dresses!"

"So you're already thinking about it."

Anna glowered at her friend, prompting a cheeky grin in return. Olaf's focus was back on his artistic creations. After a while her expression softened and she playfully added, "If I was going to have a destination wedding I'd rather go back to Norway anyway. I haven't been since I was a kid."

"See, now we're getting somewhere." Giselle's face lit up again. She was always so in love with the idea of her friends finding love.

Giselle's mission accomplished, talk turned to school, to Olaf, and to her and Jack's new apartment. Anna relaxed and enjoyed herself, feeling less like she was facing the Inquisition, and Olaf was happy to see his mother smiling again. Their pizzas arrived. They were good, but way too greasy. When they were done, Giselle insisted on paying, over Anna's protests, then they hugged and went their separate ways.

As Anna was driving back home, Olaf asleep in his car seat, what she had just agreed to do finally finished settling in on her. I have to ask out Esmeralda.