Tell Me How To Fix You
By: The Duchess of Arendelle
AN: I know this took me forever and two days to upload. I'm sorry. I'm a terrible person. It won't happen again. But I've been having too many story ideas playing in my head and I've just been writing out the premises for them before I forget. I'm not starting on anything new though until I finish at least one of my two stories. But anyway you don't need to hear my excuses. Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Sunlight filtered in through the open curtains of Elsa's bedroom window. The blonde girl's eyes slowly fluttered open. The first thing she noticed was a throbbing ache in her hands and wrist. She looked down, confused to see them bandaged. "Why are my arms wrapped up? And I don't remember going to bed last night. And I definitely was not wearing this." Suddenly flashes of the previous day's events bombarded her thoughts. A frustrating conversation. A whirlwind of anger, sadness, and then a surge of pain and blood. Arms wrapping around her waist and her letting them stay. Being practically carried to her in-suite bathroom. Skilled, careful hands bandaging her wrist and hands, and herself barely flinching at the pain. Soft hands again half way carrying her to her bed and gently sitting her down. Then, and this was the one Elsa was most shocked, pleased, and confused about. Gentle hands removing her shirt and bottoms. Warm fingers running over her stomach as the red head slid on the new shirt. Elsa even remembered raising her arms, making it easier for Anna. That was actually a huge deal. She hadn't been touched by another human being since she was 8 years old. Anna was slowly breaking down the thick layers of ice Elsa had build around herself. Anna. Anna! Where was the girl now? Elsa quickly sat up and looked around but instantly became dizzy. Shaking off the feeling she slowly got out of bed, barely walking two inches before collapsing to the floor. "Great." She groaned on the floor.
***FROZEN***
Anna was fast asleep on Elsa's white coach, having a wonderful dream about an actual chocolate waterfall and lake. She was exhausted after what happened yesterday with Elsa, and after going home, taking a quick shower to wash Elsa's blood off of her, changing into some comfy night clothes, and filling Kristoff in, reassuring him that everything was fine, Anna came back to Elsa's apartment and passed out on the oh so comfortable couch. Just as Anna was about to jump into the lake, butt naked for some reason, a loud thump woke her from her sleep. "Elsa!" Said to herself. She shot up from the couch and sprinted down the hallway. When she reached Elsa's door, she swung it open. She was met with the sight of Elsa slowly trying to pick herself up from the floor.
"Elsa! Are you okay? What happened?" Anna spoke loudly and startled Elsa, making her fall right back down. 'She's still here?' Elsa screamed in her mind as she again tried to pick herself off the ground. Anna made to try and help her but Elsa just raised a bandaged hand and mumbled out, "I can stand up on my own." Anna stopped and just stood there, watching Elsa attempted to stand on her own. It was actually pretty funny and cute. Anna couldn't help but giggle. Elsa looked at her confused and embarrassed.
"What's so funny?" Elsa asked as she finally got back on the bed.
"Nothing it's just, well, you reminded me of Bambi right then. You know, when he was struggling to stand on his own." Anna giggled again. Elsa's face flushed a bright red.
"Yeah, well, you remind me of Simba, with that mane of wild red hair puffed out everywhere." Elsa shot back. Anna instantly stopped giggling and made to smooth down her wild bed hair.
"Hey! Don't hate on the bed head." Anna responded. Elsa cracked a small smile. Anna smiled back then frowned a bit.
"So are you okay?" Suddenly Anna was very nervous again and just like that Elsa's walls went back up as she realized the seriousness of what happened yesterday.
"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you." Elsa responded as she drew in on herself, pulling the long sleeves down over her hands. It was a moot point, Anna being the one to have wrapped them and all, but she felt very exposed at the moment. She wrapped her arms around herself and looked to the ground. Anna slowly walked over to Elsa, like a ranger would a wounded, cornered animal, and sat down on the floor beside where Elsa's legs dangled from her bed. She had to look up to see the girl, but once she managed to make eye contact she gave the beautiful blonde a reassuring smile. Elsa didn't smile back but her shoulders did relax a little.
"Listen, Elsa, you don't have to talk about it right this second… but I do expect answers." Anna spoke softly.
"Answers to what? There's nothing to answer. Would you like something to e-" Elsa was trying to play dumb and Anna didn't like the game.
"Don't. Don't do that Elsa. I may have only known you for barely two days, but I know you're not stupid. And please don't insult my intelligence." Anna responded back in a calm but stern voice. Elsa's head hung even lower and she mumbled out an "I'm sorry." Anna smiled sadly and shook her head.
"Well, I'm starving. Hows about we make breakfast?" Elsa looked up and Anna was now full fledge smiling. She was letting it go for now. Elsa smile back slightly and nodded her head in confirmation. Anna stood from the floor and brushed herself off. She then offered her hand to Elsa. Elsa stared at Anna's proffered limb with wide eyes. She looked back and forth between the hand and Anna's patient smiling face.
"It's okay Elsa, I got all my cootie shots, I promise." She joked. Elsa giggled, actually giggled at the joke. Anna's heart swelled and she began to get a tingling feeling in her chest. She decided she wanted to hear that sound from Elsa again. And often. After a few more moments of hesitation, Elsa very slowly grabbed Anna's hand. Anna's smile grew bigger, a feat Elsa didn't think possible. When Anna gently closed her hand around Elsa's and helped her up unto her feet, Elsa felt the beginnings of a panic attack. She didn't like being touched and her hand sanitizer was nowhere in sight. She pushed down the feeling of disgust from being touched and the thoughts of germs, and simply concentrated on the warm radiating from Anna's hands. She could feel it even through her bandages.
"Wow, your hands are really cold!" Anna said in amazement. Elsa's eyes widen and she tried to remove her hand from Anna's. Anna refused to let go and instead tightened her grip.
"Wait, Elsa, no. It's okay, I like cold hands. Mines are always so hot, I hate it. Besides cold hands warm heart right?" Anna joked as she and Elsa walked down the hall towards the kitchen. Elsa stopped trying to remove her hand and instead turned to Anna. She was going to tell Anna she liked her warm hands but stopped herself and instead looked down at her feet.
Making it to the kitchen Elsa's eye widened in panic and she instantly snatched away from Anna. Her house was a mess! Anna had managed to clean the glass and blood up but not much else. Pots and pans and cups and towels and various food and just about everything was scattered over the floors and counters. The island was a compete mess. Elsa ran into the kitchen picking up this and that. Throwing things away and putting them back in their assigned places. Elsa then grabbed a towel and wet it in the sink. She dropped to her knees and started vigorously scrubbing a sticky spot where a broken bottle of wine had spilt and dried. She was breathing heavily, almost hyperventilating. Tears had started running down her face and she was inchoately mumbling something under her breath. Anna was at first looking on in shock. Stunned into motionlessness. How could someone react so quickly to a dirty room? And to Anna it wasn't that dirty. Her kitchen looked like that on a good day. Seeing the tears and hearing the hiccupped sobs snapped Anna out of her shocked state. She instantly ran over to Elsa side.
Elsa didn't even notice her presence as Anna sunk down to the floor beside her. Elsa was almost deliriously scrubbing the now clean floor. Anna had softly called her name at least ten times to no avail. She then gently grabbed Elsa's hands to stop the rapid movements. Elsa's eyes snapped up to Anna's as she snatched away from the red head's grip. She looked almost wild and confused, as if she had never seen Anna before. Anna smiled very tenderly and gabbed Elsa hands again.
"It's okay. It's okay Elsa. I'm right here, I'll help you clean the mess. We can do it together, ok? Just calm down sweetie or you'll hyperventilate. Okay? Breath slowly, everything's alright. See? Great, you're doing great Elsa." Anna coached Elsa into calming down. She had to literally pry the towel out of the blonde's hands, which were now bleeding again from the grip she had on the cloth. After fifteen minutes the blonde had finally begun calming down.
Elsa was now staring down at the tiles on the floor, ashamed. She had done it again. Dr. Wealseton, Mr. Wealston's twin brother that came highly recommended to her father from the man himself, had told her and her parents that she was a lost cause. That she could learn to control her problem maybe, but would never be rid of it. 'And he was right.' Elsa thought to herself. She was never going to concur this. This problem would always rule her life. She'd never be able to control herself.
Elsa's eyes were watering up again until she felt a hesitant hand slide into her now throbbing even worst hand. She looked up and saw Anna smiling at her. For some reason just knowing Anna was there with her made her feel better. Safer. Still smiling softly, Anna got off the floor helping Elsa up afterwards.
"Come on, let's get you cleaned up, then we can come back in here and finishing cleaning up the kitchen together." Anna spoke to Elsa as she tugged her in the direction of her bedroom. Elsa looked unsure. She really, really, really, wanted to finish cleaning that kitchen, but one look at Anna and her hopeful smile had Elsa agreeing to follow her back down the hall.
Anna soon found out that showering for Elsa was a process in its own. The girl had a lot of body care products. Most Anna never even heard of. Elsa informed her that her showers lasted for exactly 45 minutes, along with a breakdown of why. 25 minutes for scrubbing her body, 15 for hair, and 5 for touch ups. Whatever the hell that meant. And that was only half of her morning routine. So while Elsa was in the shower Anna decided to head over to her place for a shower if her own. 10 minutes was the longest Anna permitted herself for a shower, and it was a much simpler affair. Anna stepped out the shower and headed over to the foggy mirror. She stared at her reflection for a minute, making silly faces and talking to herself. She then opened the cabinet and commenced to brush her teeth. 20 minutes later she was dressed in a form fitting pair of dark colored skinny jeans, a sleeveless green blouse, hair in two pigtails slightly damped from the shower, and laptop bag slung over her shoulder. She looked at her reflection in her bedroom's full length mirror and tucked a strand of white hair behind her ear. Her hand lingered on the strand as a glazed look came over her face. What was she doing? Skipping work for a virtual stranger, talking her down. Constantly worrying about her wellbeing? She had just met the girl 2 days ago. Anna had a feeling she knew why she had taken such a shining to Elsa. But she quickly shook her head. Now was not the time to think about that. She swiftly left the apartment, locking the door behind her and went back up the elevator to Elsa's apartment. She had made sure to keep the door unlocked and as she walked in she noticed Elsa still wasn't out yet.
"Wow, she really wasn't kidding about the whole, 'Morning Process', thing." Anna said to herself. As she waited she set up her laptop. It was a plain ol thing but it got the job down, even if it did go slow as a tortious sometimes. Most times. Anna brought up her email and checked her messages. The first one was from Meg and she quickly opened it. She read it out loud.
cc: Meg
Subject: Here ya go slick.
Hey Gingy. Talked to the boss, says it's okay if you stay home today. I'm attaching your assignment and let me tell you, it. Is. Bleak. Anyway hope you fix your emergency. See ya round kid.
P.S. The girls told me to tell you they're going to miss you at lunch today. Me too I guess.
Anna smiled at the email and opened the attached file. She read the assignment and groaned. "'Upcoming bakesale at the local high school, Corona Heights. Interview some teachers and students. What goods are they selling, why are they holding the sale, etc.' Ugh, really? He literally has me covering a bake sale?" Anna was so aggravated that she didn't hear the sound of approaching footsteps. It wasn't until Elsa spoke up from behind the coach that Anna jumped and turned around to notice her presence.
"Bake sale is two words, not one." She said simply. Anna noticed the tiniest of smirks playing on her lips as she spoke. Clearly she was in a better mood. "Gees Elsa! You nearly gave me a heart attack!" Anna laughed out, smiling. Elsa giggled too which only made Anna smile even wider. "Sorry." She said clearly not meaning it as she took a seat on the far end of the couch. Anna looked over at Elsa as she started fidgeting a bit. She noticed Elsa's eyes flitting to the kitchen and she closed her laptop down.
"This can wait, let's finish cleaning shall we?" Anna spoke as she stood from the couch. Elsa smiled gratefully and nodded. She hurried over to the kitchen, Anna not far behind, and the two began cleaning in a comfortable silence. After they finished both Elsa and Anna settled back on the coach. Elsa had never felt so comfortable around someone she'd just met. Not to mention she hadn't met anyone new in over 4 years, since her parents death. For some strange reason Anna didn't fell like a stranger at all, she felt like she'd known the girl for years, and now as she tried to discreetly stare at the redhead, she felt a tightening and tingling feeling building in her chest. Elsa was startled out of her thoughts by Anna waving a iPhone in her face.
"I'm sorry, could you repeat that please?" Elsa blushed terribly. Anna just smiled.
"Nice to see I'm not the only one who does that." Anna said and at Elsa confused looked she gave a dismissive. "Never mind."
"Anyways, I was asking if you'd like to order something. We were cleaning for a pretty long time, its noon now, so I'm thinking lunch on me?" Anna smiled kindly at Elsa and that feeling swelled up in her chest again. Elsa nodded her head, at this point Elsa would agree to just about anything Anna asked her. That thought scared Elsa slightly and she mentally shook her head, tuning back in to what Anna was saying. "- so yeah I am feeling Thai, but I'm not feeling it, you know?" Elsa just shook her head in agreement, not wanting to embarrass herself again. "What about you? What do you feel like eating?" Elsa blinked at the question, she usually cooked her own food from the freshest of ingredients. She rarely order outside food, only when Olaf was around, and even still the only thing she had ever order was pizza. "Um, I don't know, I've never really ordered anything outside of the occasional pizza for Olaf." Anna stared at her. What? "So you, cook all your food, yourself?" Anna ask bewildered and amazed. "Uh, yes. Is that weird?" Elsa asked self-consciously. "No! No, it's just, if it wasn't for take-out or microwavable burritos, I would most likely starve to death. I can't cook." Anna looked a little embarrassed to admit. Elsa smiled. "I could teach you to cook sometime." Elsa offered sheepishly. Anna smiled brightly at the offer and nodded her head enthusiastically. "Elsa that would be so amazing! Maybe for dinner one day soon we could cook something together!" Anna said excitedly and Elsa nodded in agreement. Suddenly Anna remembered something. "Oh wait! I almost forgot!" Anna leapt from the couch much to Elsa's surprise, and ran over to the door. Her cooler was still there. It was a really nice, expensive one that her father bought her for their camping trips. The built in cooling system had all of her items still cool and fresh. Anna went back into the living room smiling excitedly as she held up the medium sized cooler like a roman candle.
"Sandwiches anyone?"
AN: So what do ya think? I think Elsanna is moving along on schedule. Elsa is getting more and more comfortable with Anna. Any whosers. Review and tell me what ya think. I will try to update soon. I can say it won't take me this long to update again though. I know I hate it when it takes forever for my favorite stories to update. And can I just say, I love writing for Meg? She's SOOO sarcastic! I love it. I think I want more Meg somehow. But how? I do not know. Any ways, Peace!