The surgery finishes in time for Elsa and Kristoff to wash their hands and prepare themselves to end their shift. While the two doctors are in the locker room, Anna is waiting for them in the waiting room where there are nice and comfortable couches. She can't help but think that her father, her cousin and her doctor have an amazing job, they save life day and night, they are always ready for something bad to happen, they never let their guard down. Sometimes the redhead has the feeling that the life of a surgeon is a bit lonely and under a lot of pressure, you have a life of a living human being under your hands and you can't distract yourself when you're in the OR. Plus, you are always studying. Thinking about this makes her more determined to help her those two young doctor to have a life outside the hospital and to have less pressure on their shoulder, especially those of Elsa. Anna's proud of those little progress she made, the blonde older woman is more 'human' now and she likes her always more every day they spend sending messages to each others.
Once Kristoff and Elsa finish to change their clothes they walk to Anna and leave the hospital all together. They're approaching to Elsa's car when the redhead stops her movement. Her cousin turns his face and sees her frozen in place and arched an eyebrow.
"Anna? What's up?" at the question the older woman looks the cousins behind her.
"That's your car!?" She point at the Golf GDI. Elsa looks at her with a mix of confusion and amused by the redhead's reaction.
"Yep," Anna stays quiet while the blonde opens her car and let them in. Once they're all seated, they stay silent for a moment. "I hope you'll like her. Put on the seatbelt guys." She warns them and after checking they did what she said, she starts the engine. Elsa is smiling in her mind, she loves to drive and enjoys a lot the sound of her car's motor. It's like a child to her, she keeps it clean, in perfect condition. They're arrive at Kristoff's house in about 10minutes and the blonde driver doesn't understand how it can be possible that he's almost always late for work. He needs to change that car.
"We are here!" Kristoff says happily. He exits from the car and slams the door making flinch Elsa. Anna notices her face because she's still seated.
"Everything okay?" She asks truly concerned.
"It's okay." She deadpans.
"It doesn't seem.." Elsa sighs for a moment.
"I don't like people who slams her door." Anna is a bit confused and she's about to explain herself when the blonde speaks again. "I care about this car, she means a lot to me, that's why for me, the car is not a 'it' but a 'she'." The redhead tries to understand and nods her head, when she exits from the vehicle, she doesn't slam the door, instead she closes it carefully, making Elsa glad for the action. The owner exits too and locks it.
Kristoff opens his home's door and let the girls in. They look around and the other doctor is surprised to see that the young man keeps his house clean, she doesn't know why but she has this odd thought that he lived in something like a stable.
"Feel like you're home, girls." He smiles at them and walks in the kitchen to take some glasses and brochures of some pizzeria. They look at him and then at the pieces of paper in his hands.
"So, chose which pizza you want and later I'll make the order." He handles the brochures. "In the meantime, would you like something to drink?" Anna smirks.
"What about some beer?" the redhead proposes, Kristoff doesn't mind to drink alcoholics, he doesn't have to drive later and he has something in his mind.
"For me no, thanks. I have to drive back, so I'd like to not drink anything with alcohol. But I'd appreciate some water." Elsa says and Anna's enthusiasm goes down without a second thought. The younger women really wanted to see her trying to loosen up a bit. The guy look at his boss.
"If you want I have some cola too." He suggests and Elsa thinks about it for a moment then nods at him. He leaves the girls alone again so he can go to the fridge and grabs the drinks. Anna sits on the couch in the living room and looks the list of pizzas, the blonde does the same, she slowly takes a seat close to the redhead but far enough for them to have a bit of room between them. Both of the girls know which type they'll get, they look at the brochures only to waste some time. There's a bit of awkward silence in the couch, Anna seems nervous and embarrassed, she doesn't really understand why because it's not the first time they're alone, but it's a bit strange not being in the hospital's room in the presence of the blonde. She finds herself stealing some glances from Elsa and when Anna notices they're doing the same things she smiles.
Elsa wants to say something but doesn't know what, so she just looks at the redhead next to her, every time her eyes go to her they stay a little bit longer enjoying the view. When the blonde sees that little cute and a nervous smile she can't help but blush a little, she loves that smile, she doesn't want to admit she likes the redhead but deep inside of her she knows that her feeling are getting stronger every day.
"I'm glad we are here now." Anna says.
"Me too. Plus, I promised you another pizza evening even if I'm sorry that we aren't alone.." She whispers the final words.
"Well, maybe the next time." She assures the blonde and her smile doesn't fade away. After a while Kristoff comes back in the living room and Anna takes her beer, while Elsa thanks the guy for the cola.
"So did you decide?" He smiles at them and they nod.
"A Four Season for me!" the redhead exclaims happily. He shakes his head.
"What a surprise.." He says sarcastically and then looks at Elsa to know her decision.
"I'll take a Vegetarian." She admits politely. He writes the orders on the paper.
"So, you want to eat right away or we wait?"
"We could pick up a movie and then watch it while we eating! What do you think Elsa?" The two are looking at the blonde woman now waiting for her answer. Usually Elsa when eats she doesn't look TV or a movie, she just eat and have a conversation, if she's in company. But lately she's experiencing new stuff, so even if she's a bit reluctant she's willing to do something different this time.
"That's okay for me." The two cousins smiles at her and nods simultaneously.
They all look for a movie to watch and they chose to see Guardians of Galaxy, Anna insisted on seeing it because she loves Groot. Kristoff calls to order the pizzas, the redhead and Elsa are preparing the table. The young man has the dinner and the living room together so the table is placed in a way that is possible to see the TV without problems. The movie is ready to start and the only thing that is missing is the dinner, but soon enough the doorbell rings and the man of the house goes to take the pizzas and gives them to the girls after paying the delivery boy. They sit at the table and the movie starts.
During the dinner Kristoff can't help but look at the two girls in front of him and notices how they steal glances from each others. He tries to fight back some smiles but he fails and when Anna notices them he says that it's the movie who makes him smile because it's funny. He's already watched it several time and he doesn't mind to not focus his attention on it, he prefers to watch how the girls act with each others, he wants to see and know how their relationship will develop.
On the other side Elsa keeps thinking about how everything is changing in her life, she has friends now, or at least someone who's like a friend. She's really enjoying this time with the two cousins, even if she has to admit that all of her attention is on the redhead, it's like she's ignoring Kristoff, but she doesn't mean to do it.
Anna tries to focus on the movie but she keeps glancing at her doctor, it's like her eyes are telling her 'Anna, the movie doesn't matter, Elsa matters.'
"Aw.. I love Groot!" Anna exclaims when the big humanoid tree says for the hundredth time 'I am Groot.'.
"I prefer Rocket." Kristoff answers-back, while Elsa keeps her thoughts in her mind without sharing them.
Before the movie started Elsa admitted that she never saw a movie of Marvel and she was interested in seeing one.
"So are you enjoying it?" Anna whispers, trying to not bother her cousin who's always focused in this part of the movie, the final big battle.
"Yeah, it's interesting and even funny sometimes." She admits making Anna smiles.
"I knew it! You need to see more movie from Marvel, we can watch some together sometimes." She says without thinking. 'Oh shit.. I keep assuming she would be willing to stay with me outside the hospital..'
"I'd like that." The blonde replies with a little blush covered by the lack of light in the room. 'If I could, I'd stay with her every day and night..'
The movie ends and when Kristoff is about to turn it off Anna stops him.
"Wait! She needs to see that part!" the song I want your back starts in the background in the movie and there's a little Groot who's dancing. Elsa looks at the screen and can't help but chuckle.
"Aw he's so cute." She mumbles at herself, but the other two are able to listen at her.
"Yep, he is." The redhead agrees. After that little cute dancing scene Kristoff turns the TV off.
"So, what do we do now?" He asks, Elsa and Anna looks at each others. Anna looks at the console and smirks. Her cousin has several games and she has something in mind.
"We could play with your play station 3."
"You know that I have only two controllers, right?" He arches his eyebrow. She nods.
"Yeah I know, we'll play in turn, but I don't know if Elsa's ever played." She looks at the blond.
"Well, I have a PS3 at my house, so.. who wants to go first?" She smirks, this is the first time she smirks in front of them and they are a bit surprised at the action, Anna is the first to recover herself.
"Let's see what you can do." The redhead won't admit that she loves this side of the blonde, the challenging one. They start Resistance 2 and starts to play. Since the beginning Elsa doesn't want to go easy on Anna. She finds her every time and manage to kill her. Kristoff has put something to divide the screen, so they can't see where the other player is.
"Ah find you!" Anna shouts. Elsa bites her lower lips and tries to fight for her character's life, but she loses.
"No!" She exclaims defeated.
"Yeah! I killed you!" Anna puts her hands up in victory. Kristoff can't suppress a laugh.
"Dear cousin, even if you defeated her, you didn't win the game, she's the winner. I'm sorry" With that he kills her mood and now she sends him an intimidating look. He raises his hands in a defensive way. "Sorry, sorry!"
Elsa looks at the cousins and keeps thinking about how nice would it be to have a family like that. She doesn't have a real connection to her relatives, sometimes she receives a call from her cousin Rapunzel, but she sees her only at Christmas or Easter when all of her relatives decide to be together for the festivities. Before her parents' death she went more often to them but then everything changed, she closed herself and didn't visit them a lot. Only when needed. Maybe a reason of that decision is because it's hard for her to see the rest of her family. She sighs internally, being in this situation, seeing how much love there can be between people, she can't help but think about her parents, but she wants to shake those thoughts away because this is supposed to be a nice evening with friends.
The evening go on nicely between beers for the cousins and different games, such as Need for Speed, Killzone and even Fifa. After a while Elsa notices that it's late and looks at the other two beside her.
"Ehy guys, it's getting late.. I think it's time to go." She says standing up from her seat on the couch. "Anna you're a bit drunk, you'll stay here tonight or I'll bring you home?" the blonde says quietly coming closer to her.
"Oh, yeah Heart's Doc, bring me to my house, pleeease!" Anna giggles, Elsa rolls her eyes and helps her to stand up.
"Kristoff, it was a really nice evening, thanks. Good night and see you at work."
"Bring her home sound and safe." Kristoff says trying to sound mature. His boss nods and exits from the house after taking the redhead and her stuff. The boy looks at them from the window and smirks at himself.
"Nice job Kristoff. She's bringing her home." He mumbles at himself. "Okay, I'm drunk enough to speak alone.. it's time for bed!"
Elsa helps Anna to sit in her car and after the blonde assures that both of them have the seatbelts on, she starts the engine. She tries to focus on the road and to the indication the redhead says, but she's a bit distracted by the hand of her passenger which is on her own in the gear shift. Jolts of electricity are sent by the touch of the other girl. Once they arrived at her parents' house, they stay still for a moment.
"Thanks Elsa dear!" Anna turns to face her and she smiles. "I really liked our evening." Her hand takes Elsa's and squeezes it. "I really hope we could have another one soon, maybe alone." She blushes a little.
"Yeah, I'd like that. I liked being with you today, it's refreshing. It's nice having you around and I can't wait to go out soon." She replies and at that Anna's face becomes even more red than before. Elsa is looking into her turquoise eyes and is lost in them. She doesn't know what is that feeling she's experiencing right now, the same one that is killing the redhead inside.
'Now or never.' She leans forward and gently brushes her lips on the blonde's cheek.
"Thanks for the drive, good night Elsa." She says before exits from the car and closes the door, leaving the blonde alone, frozen in her driver seat with an hand on her kissed cheek.
Author's Note: Ehy guys, I am so sorry for the late of this update, I had terrible busy days... University and personal stuff is keeping me a bit busy, I hope everything will be okay soon. So, I hope you'll enjoy this new chapter and let me know what do you think. I really want to thanks everyone for the nice feedback I'm receiving from this story. It's nice to see you're enjoying it and thanks a lot for your support!:)
Have a nice day!
Christy