Tell Me How To Fix You

By: The Duchess of Arendelle

AN: Again sorry for any mistakes made. BTW, I think you guys should really take a look at the author's note at the end of the chapter. It answers some questions you guys might have been wondering about.

Elsa didn't know why, but being around Anna really grounded her. She really couldn't explain it. She met the redhead barely three days ago and already she was declaring friendship! She'd never been so open and free around another person, not even her little brother, regretfully. So imagine the slight disappointment she felt and, denied was there, when 6:34 p.m. rolled around and Anna had to take her leave. She had to get up early the next morning for work. 'That's what normal people do for money, not sit around and mope in their house while they sometimes delegate other people to do their work for them.' Elsa reminded herself bitterly. Anna had also told her that she wanted to call Olaf and check on how he was feeling, which Elsa thought was sweet. They said their goodbyes, with Anna, after having washed her hands of her laptop thoroughly at Elsa request, grabbing Elsa hand in a gentle handshake and an 'I'll see you tomorrow!' Elsa just nodded her head and granted Anna a small smile. She was so not disappointed to see Anna go. She wasn't.

***FROZEN***

As soon as Anna turned the key to her apartment's door and stepped inside, she'd quickly deposited all the items she was carrying on her ivy green couch. She then sprinted into her bedroom, instantly plopping down, face first, on her mattress, breathing in the scent of her pillow. Yep, it still smelled like the spicy three cheese burrito she had spilled on it. There was nothing like laying in your own bed after a long day. Sure Elsa's couch was pretty comfortable, she was pretty sure it was made out of some fancy feathers or foam or something, but she had much rather preferred her own bed.

The emotional roller-coaster that was Anna's life for the past two days finally caught up to her and she felt her eyelids beginning to drift shut. She happily let them.

***FROZEN***

"Anna… Anna… ANNA!"

"Huh, wha- whos'it?" Anna's words were slurred and they ran together. She rubbed her eyes and blinked them open, only to be meet with two dark brown eyes staring at her. She let out a blood curdling scream and Kristoff had to cover his ears and quickly back away.

"Shussshhh! God, Anna! It's only me!" Kristoff said loudly over Anna's eardrum bursting scream. Seriously, he thought his eardrums just might have burst, his ears were ringing now and they wouldn't stop. Anna sat up in bed quickly.

"Kristoff? Is that you? What the hell are you doing in my apartment at… 9:15 at night?" Anna asked infuriated as she glance at the clock on her bedside table. If this was his idea of a joke she wasn't amused. She had a real problem with people sneaking up on her, it took her back to a bad time in her life. A time that she'd rather not relive right now. She shook her head and stared at Kristoff, waiting for an explanation. Kristoff, for his part, looked sheepishly at Anna as he picked up the items her had dropped in his attempt to escape from Anna's frightened screech. He then held up the items, a bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos and her favorite cheese dip. She also saw an eight pack of orange soda, and a couple of Hersey bars. The Hersey bars reminded her of the really expensive chocolates that were still in her cooler. She had meant to share them with Elsa but forgot. Oh well, there's always tomorrow. Anna then focused her attention back on the burly blonde in front of her.

"What's all this for?" she asked getting out of bed and making her way over to where Kristoff was standing.

"Well, you know, there's um, a Twilight Zone marathon on and I thought you'd maybe want to watch it with me?" he said nervously. "I know these past couple of days haven't been easy for you, at least that's what I gathered from the quick texts you sent me." He said looking disapprovingly at Anna on that last part. "I thought we could have a chill-out session." Kristoff finished. Anna stared at him for a second then smiled and snatched the Doritos.

"A man after my own heart." She said jokingly as she walked past Kristoff and into the living room. Kristoff just laughed nervously and followed after her. She had no idea how close that statement hit to home.

***FROZEN***

"Have you noticed how marathons are always on TV? And we always seem to watch them." Anna said around a mouthful of Doritos and cheese.

"Hey! Swallow your food before you talk. What, were you raised in a barn?" Kristoff jokingly scolded. Anna swallowed and stuck out her tongue.

"Yes actually I was. Back in Arendelle my parents owned a horse ranch. We had a couple of chickens, cows, pigs, you know the whole Old MacDonald bit. So ha! The joke's on you." Kristoff just rolled his eyes and took a sip from his soda. He longed for a beer, but he knew he had to get up extra early in the morning and it wouldn't do to go chop wood out of town with a hangover. Lumberjacking was his second job and one that he always made sure he was sober for. Too many of his co-workers had wooden or hooked hands, including his boss, who was appropriately nicknamed Captain Hook. Kristoff was pretty sure the man had never captained a ship a day in his life. And he was kind of an asshole.

"Oh, oh! I love this episode! The Eye of the Beholder! It's one of those episode that really gets you thinking." Anna exclaimed excitedly. She was currently curled up, snug as a bug in her favorite blanket. Kristoff looked down at her and smiled. He was about to say something when Anna started talking again.

"I wonder if Elsa's watching this too. This seems like her kind of show." Anna spoke with a kind of whimsical tone, like she was remembering a particularly good memory. Kristoff instantly closed his mouth. Anna seemed pretty damn interested in Elsa, this was the fifth time she brought the girl up since they started their little Twilight Zone party.

"So, you and Elsa are getting pretty close, huh?" Kristoff tried to ask in a nonchalant tone.

"Yeah, I'd like to think so. At least I hope we are." Anna responded, not turning away from the screen.

"She's a really sweet girl." Anna continued. "I can't wait to go back to her place tomorrow."

"Yeah, but can you really trust being around her? I mean, how much do you really know about her. No offense, but she is an OCD shut in. She hasn't left her apartment even once in years. Plus you just met her." Kristoff wasn't sure why he was getting so worked up. Anna was allowed to have other friends. But deep down in the pit of his stomach he felt like it would turn into more than just friendship, by the way Anna talked about the girl, and that didn't sit well with him. This made Anna turn from the screen and stare at him in disbelief.

"Whoa, whoa. What? What are you talking about? Elsa is a great person, she's shy and she has her problems…" her mind flashed back to the pool of blood on the kitchen floor and the bandage's that were securely wrapped around Elsa's hands and wrist. "...but we all have our problems. And I just met you not too long ago, can I not trust you?" Anna challenged and Kristoff shook his head. "And besides, if you remember correctly, it was yours and Olaf's idea that I start visiting her in the first place." Anna was getting a little angry. Who was Kristoff to speak so negatively about Elsa? He didn't even know the breathtaking blonde. 'Neither do you. Not really.' Said the voice in the back of her head, but she quickly shook that thought away to be revisited at a later date.

"Okay, okay, feisty pants! You're right. I just don't want you to get too attached too quickly. I mean… Elsa has a troubled past. It's obvious that the girl is scarred and has some major issues." Kristoff said, awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck.

"And isn't that all the more reason to get closer to her? She needs help and I think I'm the one who can give it to her. She's not as hopeless as she and everyone else thinks." Anna huffed. Kristoff looked down, finding his blue jeans very interesting.

"You're too good, Anna." Kristoff mumbled, finally looking Anna in the eye. "I'm sorry, and you're right. I guess I just got a little worked up for nothing." he continued. Anna looked at him for a long moment. His shoulders were slumped and he did look genuinely sorry. She sighed and slid over to his side of the couch, cuddling up against his arm.

"I'll only forgive you… if you give me the other half of your Heresy's bar. I already finished mine." She smiled up at him. Kristoff smiled back and reached for his chocolate bar.

"Deal."

***FROZEN***

Elsa was back in her bedroom, alone and laying on her bed and staring up at the ceiling. She was in very deep thought.

'I let Anna touch me and my hands so many times I've lost count. I rarely granted my own parents, back when they were alive, that privilege.' She thought in wonder and once again stretched her hands out in front of herself to inspect them. She had recently changed the bandages, though she did a terrible job at it.

'I wonder why I fell this strong urge to be around Anna...'

'You know why.' Said that nagging voice in the back of her mind. Elsa shook her head. She refused to listen to any of its nonsense. Not today, not while she felt lighter and happier than she had in years.

'And you know why that is. You're just too ashamed to admit it to yourself. And you should be, I mean really Elsa, it's only been what? Three days since you two met? Do you get so attached to every pretty girl that take's pity on you? Because that's what Anna's doing, she's taking pity on the OCD riddled, shut- in freak. Every smile, every laugh, every touch, is just a selfless act of pity on her part.' The voice spoke again. Elsa rolled over on her side and grabbed the remote to her stereo from the bed side dresser. She would not listen to that damn voice tonight. She pressed the green button and the stereo sprung to life, she then proceeded to turn it up as loud as it would go. She would drown that voice out with music if she had to.

After about three Broadway cast albums later, she was finally back in control of her own thoughts, but now she was way too tired to even think. She got out of her four poster bed, turning the stereo off and heading to her in-suite bathroom. She began her painstakingly thorough routine of getting ready for bed. After 45 minutes, exactly, she emerged from the bathroom in a towel, her damp hair down and not in her usual over the shoulder braid for once. She walked into her closet and picked out a light colored night gown. As she padded back over to her bed she looked down and saw what appeared to be a tiny blood stain. Elsa was not an idiot. She knew Anna was holding back the thousands of questions she had about the previous day for Elsa's own sake. As she went into the cleaning supply closet and retrieved a rag and some heavy duty cleaning solution, she wondered how long Anna would afford her that courtesy.

She finished cleaning the spot and put the cleaning products back in their proper place. She then washed her hands for about ten minutes before finally crawling in bed under her covers. The lights were off and as she once again stared up at the ceiling, now pitch black, she let her mind go back to that dark place for just a second before sleep overtook her.

'What if Anna is just taking pity on me?'

AN: So you guys this is just kind of a direct continuation of chapter 10. I just wanted to hurry and get chapter 10 out because I hadn't updated in a while so this kind of got cut out and served as a new chapter, nothing big really happenes but I felt it necessary to post. Some things I want to clear up. Yes, this is an Elsanna story, and yes they will eventually get around to kissing and you know, stuff. And also brunhebrought up some good points in a review. One, being the progression of Elsa and her feels for Anna. Really for both of them it's this kind of love at first sight thing going on, they just don't realize it yet or they have some idea of what their feeling they just won't accept it yet. Also Anna just haves that calming aura and likable personality that instantly makes you want to be around her.

Another good point/question by brunhewas and I quote, lol, "…why Anna seems to be so trusting of Aurora and the other Vault members, but when it comes to one thing; their advice/stories of Hans, she has absolutely no respect for their opinions; she isn't even a little suspicious just because Hans has been nice to her?"

That's a really great question and the answer I gave to it was,

"You know how stubborn and blind Anna can be. She does trust her new friends, but she only hears and sees what she wants to hear and see. She hears her friends talk about how bad Hans is, but she doesn't see it so she just brushes it of as "Oh, he's probably not as bad as they make him out to be." Hans was also the first person to be nice to her and show interest in her in her new life in the city. This naive young girl with a past terrible past, you guys don't know about yet, moving to the city, expecting everyone to be mean and here's this extremely polite and charming handsome guy showing interest in her. So yeah, when it comes to Hans and her friends advice she's kind of like, "Uh huh. I hear what you're saying, but um. I don't give a f***. All I know is Hans is really nice. And hot."

Anyway, sorry for the long author's note guys, but I hope I cleared some things up. :)

P.S. THANKS FOR 100 STORY FOLLOWERS! YAY THAT'S CRAZY!