Tell Me How To Fix You
By: The Duchess of Arendelle
The smell of convenient store burritos was strong in the air of Anna's apartment. After finally finishing with the unpacking of her limited possessions, she did indeed take a trip to IKEA to pick up a few things. Like the microwave she cooked her burrito in, and the ivy green coach she was currently laid out on, eating said burrito. "I don't know what's the better invention, microwaves or burritos." She mumbled to herself around a mouthful of the Mexican food. She took another bite. "Definitely burritos." As she lay on her couch, watching an I Love Lucy marathon, her doorbell rang.
"Who could that be? Most likely Kristoff or Olaf." She thought to herself. The three of them had become quite close since their initial meeting 4 days ago. They were both lovable goofballs. Kristoff always visited on his way to work, just to check in on her, and Olaf always brought her pretty flowers whenever he stopped by. It was now Sunday and she had nothing to do but prepare herself for her big day tomorrow. The doorbell rang again. "Hold it! Gees Louise! Kristoff if you think th-" she grumbled around a mouthful of burrito, instantly cutting herself off as she swung her door open and came face to face not with the rugged blonde, but a handsome red head with out of this world sideburns. "Hans!" she said genuinely surprised, cheeks puffed out with food. She hadn't seen the man since their elevator encounter. Some of the burrito had spilled out her mouth and on to the floor. She blushed as she swallowed the spicy food with a hard gulp.
Hans flashed his pearly white teeth in an adorable smile and gave a nervous wave, if he noticed the Mexican food spilling from Anna's mouth onto the floor, he didn't mention it. "Hello Anna, I was wondering if I could speak with you." He looked very nervous and Anna thought it was the cutest sight in the world. "Sure!" she said happily. Wait. Crap. Anna just remembered the state she was currently in. She looked down at herself. She was in bright green yoga pants and an old Guns and Roses t-shirt. Her hair was a mess she was sure of it, and the smell of spicy 3 cheese 3 bean burrito supreme was wafting out of her apartment. Embarrassed didn't even begin to describe what Anna was feeling right now.
"….so what do you say?" Hans was looking at her expectantly. Wait, what? The entire time she was playing 'Fashion Police' with herself, Hans had been trying to ask her out. "Uhhh, I'm so sorry Hans, could you run that by me again?" she asked with a nervous chuckle, face red. Hans smiled. "I have the feeling you're not a very good listener." He said jokingly. Anna's blush deepened. How was that even possible? "I'm sorry! I do that. It's just I go off into my own little world, and there's no coming out of it sometimes. My mom use to always lecture me about that. Then again I'd just tune her out and go back to my head world. I- "Hans cut Anna's embarrassed rabbling's off by taking her hands in his own. "It's fine Anna, really. I was asking before… if you would do me the honor of accompanying me on a date, let's say Friday around 8?" He finished flashing that drop dead gorgeous smile.
"That smile should be all kinds of illegal." Anna thought to herself. She realized she hadn't gave an answer yet. Hans taking this as reject dropped her hands a bit. "I'm sorry if I'm being too forward… it's just, I haven't been able to forget about you. Ever since I met you in that elevator I've been thinking of you non- stop. I'll just go now." Hans dropped her hands completely now, he looked heartbroken. As he turned to leave Anna instantly grabbed his upper arm, trying to halt his retreat. Oh wow… Those arms! Does this guy bench press elephants? Anna stood there holding his arm, then snapped back to the present. "Hans… I'd love to go on a date with you this Friday!"
Hans's face lit up in a smile more brilliant than the last. "That's great! So I'll pick you up here?" He asked excitedly, still smiling. Anna smiled back. "It's a date." She confirmed.
***FROZEN***
*Knock, knock, knock*
Three knocks sounded throughout a huge apartment on the top floor of a large old building. A 24 year old woman sat with her back to the locked ice blue door. A beautiful snowflake was engraved in the center of it. The apartment was cold. Icy cold. She liked to keep it like that. The girl got up and lingered in front of the door, hand out stretched, like she was going to open it. She knew she wasn't. She took a deep, shaky breath, and a few steps back as she continued to stare at the door. Three more knocks, then the sound of keys turning inside a lock. A young, pale, teenage boy came tumbling through, arms filled with a gigantic box. He closed the door behind him with his foot.
"Hey Elsa!" the boy yelled to the room, not knowing that Elsa was only about 5 ft away from him. He couldn't see beyond the box. "Olaf." The girl sighed. "I'm right here." The boy giggled in response as he navigated his way to the kitchen and sat the box down on the granite island. The apartment was very nice. He then ran over to Elsa to attempt to grab her in a tight hug, but just like every other time he tried for the last 17 years of his life she side stepped him and turned her back. He pouted and looked sad for just a second before smiling happily again and walking back towards the spacious kitchen. He began to speak to Elsa as he opened and unpacked the items from the box.
"So after I spend a couple of hours her with you big sis' I was thinking of stopping by Anna's again! That's who these flowers are for! I brought you some too of course!" he said happily. He continued unpacking food and household necessities and putting them in their usual spots, all the while chattering on about different things. By now he knew he would most likely not get a response from his blonde sister but he keep on trying. Elsa was now sitting on a window seat, staring out the window at the view, overlooking the city. Her ears perked up a bit when she heard Olaf mention his new friend's name. Anna. Elsa had heard so much about Anna. Olaf would often come straight from Anna's apartment to her own, telling her tales of his visit. She knew a lot of small facts about the girl now. She'd recently moved here from Arendelle, a small town in the Midwest where a lot of Norwegian immigrants had settled back in the day. Elsa knew this because she immediately googled Arendelle after her brother had told her it was where Anna hailed from. She also knew Anna had just gotten her dream job, a journalist for, Mirror, Mirror; a big newspaper that dealt with international news. The girl's favorite color was green, she was a fan of horses, she loved to dance, and her favorite food was chocolate. "Just like me." She thought as she looked up and saw Olaf staring at her, grinning.
"You wanna meet her." He simply stated. It wasn't a question. "What are you talking about Olaf?" she was grateful for her little brother. She also felt guilty because he came to see her every day, bringing her the supplies she'd order and always with a smile. She felt guilty because she was always so cold to him and he acts like he doesn't even notice. She felt guilty because… She cut that train of thought off quickly and looked at her brother, square in the eye. "Annnna. You want to meet Anna." He said, taking a sit on the floor next to Elsa's dangling legs. Elsa scoffed and rolled her eyes. Shit. How did he know? "I have no clue what you are talking about. Who's Anna?" she tried to play dumb. Bad idea. Olaf's grin only got bigger. She should have known better than trying to feign ignorance with Olaf, the boy literally knew her better than anyone else.
"Okkkay Elsa, whatever you say." He said slyly, letting the subject drop for now. Who knew Olaf could even pull off sly? Elsa once again rolled her eyes and stared back out the window, thinking about the stranger that she knew so much but so little about. Olaf was right. She did want to meet the girl. Badly. But Elsa was a realist, she knew that she would never meet the girl. She let out a barely audible sigh. Olaf smiled. The wheels in his head were turning but he said nothing as he got up and dragged Elsa to the couch with him. He turned on the television, to an I Love Lucy marathon, and talked through every episode. Just a normal day for the pair of siblings.
***FROZEN***
16 hours later.
It was around 7:00 in the morning when Anna's cell phone blasted off the hook. Anna awoke with a start and without thinking answered the phone. "No mommy that's my unicorn…" she said sleepily into the phone. "What?" The voice on the other end asked confused. "Anna, are you awake? It's me Kristoff." Anna was dosing off again. Phone still in hand. Snoring loudly into the receiver. "What? No, I wasn't asleep." She said, continuing to drift. She startled herself back awake with an extra loud snore. "Who is it?" she said into the phone. "Still me." Kristoff responded. Anna rubbed her eyes then looked at her clock. "Kristoff? It's like 7:10 in the morning, I ought to get out of my nice warm bed, walk all the way down the hall, open your door, and punch you square in the face." She said to the boy a bit angrily. She was having a great dream that included Hans, chocolate and unicorns. And a chocolate coated unicorn named Hans. "Well I'm actually not in my apartment right now anyway. I'm at the hospital," he told her. Anna shot up straight out the bed. "WHAT?!" she screamed into the phone. "ARE YOU HURT? ARE YOU OKAY? OF COURSE HE'S NOT OKAY ANNA! IF HE WERE OKAY HE WOULD'NT BE IN THE HOSPITAL STUPID! JUST HOLD ON KRISTOFF! DON'T GO TOWARDS THE LIGHT!" she continued her screamed panicking. "Anna...Anna…ANNA! Calm down! Christ! I'm fine gees. It's Olaf that's hurt." Before Anna could start yelling questions about Olaf he cut her off. "Olaf's fine Anna, he got in a little accident while on his bike, on the way to school this morning. Anna let out a few deep breaths then said. "What hospital are you guys at? I'm on my way." Kristoff told her the address and name of the hospital and she quickly pulled some clothes on. She was out the door in five minutes.
***FROZEN***
Anna burst through the doors of St. Corona's General Hospital about 30 minutes after she got the call from Kristoff. She was out of breath, but went up to the nurse's station and spoke to the first nurse she saw. "Umm… hi. I'm Anna, I'm looking for an Olaf…Olaf. Can you tell me where his room is?" She asked lamely. She had just realized that she didn't actually know the boy's last name. The woman behind the counter looked her up and down and rudely spoke to her. "Are you family?" The woman sneered. Anna thought about lying and saying yes but she thought better of it and shook her head and said a quiet no. "Then no." The woman with dark green eyes and sharp cheekbones said then pointedly turned away from her. Anna was about to bitch slap the woman, when a kind looking Asian woman, looking to be in her early to mid-thirties, came up to her. "Excuse me, but I heard you inquiring about an Olaf. Are you Anna Summers?" The stranger, Anna could now see was actually one of the doctors, asked her. Anna looked confused and slowly shook her head yes. Shit, shit shit. She was about to be thrown out the hospital. The woman smiled at her worried expression and introduced herself.
"Hello Miss Summers, I'm Mulan Fai, Olaf's doctor. Don't worry you're not in any trouble." Anna breathed a sigh of relief then asked her, "Can I please, please see my friend? Please?" The woman laughed a bit and answered, "Of course. You are one of his emergency contacts." Anna seemed surprised by that but asked no questions. "If you would please follow me, I can take you to Olaf's room." Anna shook her head and followed the doctor. As she passed the nurse's station she turned to the evil witch she encountered earlier and stuck out her tongue. The woman sneered in returned then checked her face in her mirror.
As the doctor, she insisted Anna call her Mulan, walked her to Olaf's room they struck up a conversation. "So what exactly happened doc?" Anna asked. Mulan turned to her and raised a brow. "Sorry. Mulan." She corrected. Mulan smiled and then explained to her. "Apparently Olaf was riding his bicycle to school and rolled the wheels over some broken glass by accident. The wheels of the bike then popped and caused the bike to violently throw him off, into the street. He was lucky he didn't get hit by a car. He has sustained a badly broken arm and leg and a slight concussion from the impact of his body hitting the pavement." By the time Mulan finished her explanation they had reached Olaf's hospital door. Mulan turned to Anna, hand placed firmly on the door knob. "Look, Anna, I've known Olaf and his guardians for a while now. I treated him for his first accident years ago. I know all about his sister and what he does for her. What I'm trying to say is, Olaf needs friends like you and Kristoff now more than ever. He's going to need help and I hope you'll be there for him, no matter what." Mulan finished, and with that she opened the door for Anna and stepped in after her. Anna took everything Mulan had told her to heart. "First accident?" she thought to herself. Olaf had quickly worked his way into her heart. There was practically nothing she would deny the boy.
***FROZEN***
"No way." She denied Olaf. After Mulan checked on the boy, who was still bubbly as ever with a cast on his right arm and left leg, she left to check up on her other patients. Anna was soon introduced to Olaf's legal guardians Kai and Gerta. They were a nice older couple and they immediately fell in love with Anna. After a while they had to leave, telling Olaf they would be back as soon as they could. After some mindless chatter from Olaf the boy asked Anna if she could do him a teeny tiny, itsy bitsy, favor. "Sure Olaf, what is it?" she asked, thinking it would be something small like buying him a soda, or scratching his nose. Anything but what he'd asked.
"Welllll." He started and shot a knowing glance at Kristoff. Kristoff looked at them both with a smirk. "I was wondering if you could take over my job for a little while. Just till I get back on my feet!" he giggled at his own joke and wiggle his cast free toes for emphasis. Now Anna looked wary and alarmed at the word job. She had just remembered that she had work in… she looked at her watch. 20 minutes! "Oh God! I'm going to be late for my first day of work! Uhh it depends Olaf, what's your "job" exactly?" she asked getting up from her seat beside Olaf and collecting her bag and jacket. "It's not an actual job pre se." He said. "It's more like a service. Every day I go up to the top floor to visit my sister. And every Sunday I deliver her things that she orders, like food, soap, etc. And Kristoff picks up the laundry on Wednesdays. Since I can't really walk or carry anything, was hoping that you'd stop by her place every day, even if it's just for 30 minutes." Olaf asked. She looked bewilder. She glanced at Kristoff who was shaking his head smirking. And here we are. No way was she going to do that. And she told them just that. She had to go and had no time for arguing.
"But…but…please, Anna." Olaf begged. He looked at her with big round eyes that were tearing up. "I'm all she has…" he said quietly, in a rare moment where he was anything but happy and loud. One look at Olaf's face had Anna quickly changing answer. "Fine! I'll do it! But I really have to go now, I'm already going to be late." Olaf instantly smiled, all traces of tears disappearing. That little sneak. "Yay! Oh thank you Anna! Thank you! I'll tell her you'll be stopping by around… 6 p.m!" he exclaimed. She cast another glance at Kristoff who was trying and failing to hide his smirk. Wait a minute. "Wait, why can't Kristoff do it?" Kristoff shrugged and responded. "You're a girl, she'd probably feel safer around another girl than a ruggedly handsome mountain man." He said crackling the knuckles on both of his hands. Anna rolled her eyes and threw an empty bed pan at his head. "Whatever." She said grumpily, running out the hospital room. "Bye, bye!" she hear Olaf call out. She also heard the groaning and low curses Kristoff was letting out, and smiled at the sound. "Well…I did want to get to the bottom of her story." Anna thought to herself as she jumped on the express subway, back to her apartment to wash up and change.
AN: I'm already halfway finished with the next chapter so I may upload it today or tomorrow. Leave me a review telling me which Disney character you'd like to see in the story. Don't want to spoil anything so I'll see you later kittens. Peace!