Anna enters in her house trying to not make a sound in case her parents are sleeping. She walks slowly in the kitchen to drink some water, once the glass is full, before to bring it to her mouth her fingers touch gently her lips. 'I've just kissed Elsa.. well it was only a kiss on the cheek, but still..' Her heart keeps to beat fast since she decided to make that move on her favorite blonde. She can feel her cheeks warmer only at the memory of what happened some moments earlier. She shakes her head and drinks from the glass. Then she places it on the counter and starts to go to her room when she stops finding her mother in front of her in her pajama.
"Hi Anna, you came back.." She says sleepily but soon she sends the tiredness away so she can talk with her daughter for a bit.
"Yeah, I hope I didn't wake you up.." She shakes her head
"No darling, I was watching a movie and fell asleep, but I didn't wake up because of you, so..how did it go? You were with Kristoff and..?" Anna before going to eat with her friends sent a message to her mother in order to warn her she might be late that evening, but within the message she only mentioned her cousin.
"There was Elsa too." She says quietly, she doesn't want her father to hear them.
"Elsa? Do you mean Dr. Winters?" Her daughter nods and Gerda smiles. "Did you enjoy yourself? What did you do?" She sits on the chair next the little table in the kitchen where she usually prepare meals. Anna follows her mother's action and sits as well.
"We ate some pizza and played with Kristoff's Play Station. It was a really nice evening, we had a great time and I think everyone enjoyed it. We laughed a lot, mostly because Kristoff decided to drink a bit too much and when he's drunk he's kind of clumsy and thinks he's funny. Sometimes he is, but other times.." The young woman can't help but smile at the memory.
"It's nice to know that the three of you had a pleasant evening. So you are all friends?" She asks curiously. Anna hesitates for a moment. Her mother just asked a simple questions, but still she can't help but feel a bit nervous talking about the blonde with her. Her parents only see her like her doctor, nothing more, so it could be odd for them to hear or suspect that her daughter could like her.
"Yeah, something like that. Elsa is new here, so we try to help her to get used to this place and it's nice spending some times with her. Those two blondes are getting along quiet well, you know? I'm glad to know that they're becoming friends. She's a kind person and deserves to be surround with people who doesn't think bad about her. I know about the rumors in the hospital, that's unfair.. she's such a good person and a brilliant doctor." She doesn't need to say those words but she can't help herself to open herself to her mother. Gerda listen carefully to her daughter. "When you start to know her you can't help but like her, she's different.. a good different." She murmurs those last words more to herself than to the older woman even if she realizes that she could have been able to hear her. She knows that she has to be careful, but again.. she can't help it. When the redhead talks with her mother there's always something that tells her to not worry, that she can tell her everything she wants to, that she's there for her no matter what. Nevertheless she's afraid to deal with the all 'coming out' issue. She wants to and sooner or later she will tell her parents everything, but not right now. She still needs a bit of time, she can't know how they could react.
Gerda stays silent for a while thinking about what her daughter just said. She has a feeling that Anna likes this woman, the way her eyes light up when she talks about her, her daughter wants the woman to be happy.
"You're right, she seems to be different, special." Gerda remembers some stuff regarding the past of the blonde doctor that her husband has told his wife when he hired her some months ago. "As I told you when we went out the hospital, since the first time I saw her I knew she wasn't like everyone keeps saying, she doesn't seem an Ice Queen. So, stay with her. Your cousin and you let her feel like here is her home." The older woman places an hand on her daughter's shoulder, she won't tell her now but she truly supports her, she loves Anna and if she likes this Elsa, she's more than happy to be there for her whenever she would need someone to talk with.
"Come on, let's go to sleep, it's getting late." Gerda speaks first and stars to stand up. Anna follows her right away.
"Thanks mom.." Gerda sends her a questioning glare.
"For what, dear?"
"For listening.." They arrive in front of Anna's bedroom. "Good night mom." The redhead says before opening her door.
"Sleep well, see you in the morning." She gives her a kiss on the forehead just in the same way when Anna was little.
The young woman enters in her bedroom and sighs when she sits on the edge of her bed and places away the crutches. Even if the plaster cast is no longer on her leg, she has to keep using them for a bit longer. She lays down on the mattress and stares at the ceiling for a long moment thinking about everything and nothing. She really enjoyed the evening, but she'd like it to last longer. She doesn't have the energy and will to change her clothes, so she covers herself with the sheets and closes her eyes waiting for the sleep to come to her.
At the same time Elsa is on her bed with Etta. She's caressing her little cute head and she purrs.
"Oh Etta.. tonight happened something strange.." the said cat doesn't move, she just enjoy the little caresses her owner is giving her. The free hand of the blonde goes back to her cheek, her fingers slowly brushes her pale skin.
"After a long time, someone kissed me. Gently. It was nice.." she sighs. She hasn't had a lot of relationship, well she had only two. Nothing serious, the first one was when she was 16 years old and the other one isn't right to define it as "relationship" since was the one with Hans. She hates to remember those moments, but she can't help her mind to remind her the kind of "kisses" the man gave her. Since then she was never kissed again, well besides the usual kisses between relatives, but those doesn't count. The one Anna gave her some time ago, it was different. It was kind, gently and Elsa was able to feel the emotions the redhead was feeling.
"It was something.. special. It was only on my cheek, but it gave me sparks, you know?" She says while turning her head towards her kitty. Etta lifts her head only to give her a curious look.
"Oh, but what am I saying...? you're a cat.. I don't think you could understand completely what I'm saying." She goes down to kiss her cat's head and she keeps purring. Then when the blonde decides it's time for sleep Etta moves next her owner. Both of their eyes are now close, and the doctor is waiting patiently to fall asleep, but her mind keeps sending her images of the redhead's smile, her voice and the time they spent together.
"Elsa, are you ready?" Marshall asks to the blonde who is in her room changing her clothes. It's her graduation day. Marshall is her legal tutor since her parents died. She's waiting to receive her degree in Medicine. She specialized in cardiology, she remembers how her father wanted her to be a neurosurgeon but she just doesn't feel the connection with that field. She prefers dealing with hearts. She doesn't know why but she always had this odd love towards the work of her mother. The brain is important, but she believes the heart as almost the same importance as the other organ. Plus, she's always found neurology a bit boring.
"Yeah, I'm ready." She exits from the locker room and walks to her only true friend. He smiles at her, even if she's wearing the usual dress for this kind of ceremony, he still thinks she's beautiful.
"Your parents would have been proud of you, you know that right?" He knows that Elsa lives her days with only a thought in mind: making her parents proud.
"Thanks, Marshall." She smiles and they reach the other students.
Once the ceremony ends the two of them go somewhere to celebrate, they arrive at an Italian restaurant. They walk in and as soon as Elsa's feet crossed the threshold she hears voices shouting.
"Congratulations Elsa!" All her relatives are there for her. It isn't a festivity so for the blonde woman is odd to see they there, but she can't deny she's glad they come over.
"Thanks guys." She speaks up after they finish to cheering her up and clap their hands. They eat all together and talk with each other, even if Elsa doesn't speak a lot. After a while her brunette cousin walks to her.
"Ehy Elsa, congrats. I'm happy for you." She says extending her arms. She knows that the blonde doesn't love the touching but she knows that with her it's different, so the other young woman smiles and hugs her.
"Thanks Punzy." Rapunzel looks at her and gives her a pat on her shoulder.
"So, cardiology, eh? You'll find a way to fix a broken heart, then?" the brunette speaks up.
"We are not children anymore." She chuckles remembering the days when they were only little girls reading at fairy tales and thinking that everything was possible. But when Elsa's parents died, they stopped thinking about those kind of stuff, even if the brunette kept thinking that there could have a way to rebuilt the blonde's broken heart.
"Yeah, we aren't anymore. That's kind of sad." She sighs. "The thing you know the most is how a heart works.. maybe you'll find a way to heal." She says placing an hand on her cousin's chest.
"Yeah, maybe." She murmurs at herself.
"True love is the key!" Rapunzel exclaims and at that Elsa shakes her head punching her arm without harming her and after that they start laughing.
Elsa wakes up some minutes before the alarms. She's a bit confused about the dream she just had. 'Why I dreamed that day?' she stands up and walks to the bathroom to wash her face. After she cleaned herself up she checks on Etta, she fill with cat's food her bowl and walks in the kitchen to prepare some breakfast.
Once her morning routine is finished she takes her car keys and checks on her phone before going in the car. She finds two unread messages: one from Anna and one from Rapunzel. 'Oh.. now I understand why I dreamed of her.'
"Ehy cousin dear! How are you? In a few days I'll be in town, do you remember Flynn? He comes too. So, I'll send you a message with the details. I miss you. Take care, kisses. Punzy." She opens the other message in which she's more interested in, but this doesn't mean she doesn't care for her cousin. She notices the time of the text and realizes it was only a few minutes ago. It's unusual to receive a SMS from the redhead this early in the morning, she likes to sleep a lot whenever she can.
"Morning Heart's Doc. I hope you've slept well. I wanted to thank you again for the ride of yesterday. Have a nice day at work!" She can't help but smile at that, even if from outsiders' eyes there's nothing that really deserves a smile for. The blonde is about to reply at it when her phone buzzes in her hands.
"P.S. I can't wait to spend more time together. A kiss for my favorite Heart's Doc." At that Elsa's cheek starts to heat up and she can feel her body gets warmer every seconds that pass. She press the reply button and starts typing.
"Good morning to you, Anna. It's nice and at the same time odd to hear from you this early. I've slept well, thanks to you. Next time we'll eat pizza or something else alone, I do own you a pizza evening. Be well, dear." After sending the message, she opens her car and drives to work.
Anna is still in her bed when she hears her phone rings, she reaches it and looks at the text Elsa sent her. She can't help but fell like a crushed teenager girl. The redhead is reconsidering to return to sleep again, since she woke up this early only to give the blonde a good morning, but now she's having something in mind. She sits up and grabs the crutches and exits from her room. After a brief stop at the bathroom she goes to the kitchen where there's her mother preparing some breakfast.
"Oh, Anna dear, you woke up early." Gerda is surprised to see her daughter up at this time.
"Yeah, well.. I couldn't fall asleep again." She lies. "Ehy, would you like to bake some cookies with me?" She casually asks.
The older woman looks at her for a moment with her eyebrow arched.
"What's the occasion?"
"Oh.. you know.. I wanted to bring something for Kristoff and Elsa at work.. just for thanking them for yesterday evening." She tries to keep her face neutral as possible, she wants to bake mostly for the woman, but it could be suspicious for her mother.
"Okay, then after you eat something we'll make some nice cookies." She smiles at her keeping her thoughts for herself. She knows her daughter and can easily understand when she's having a secret and Gerda is pretty sure the blonde doctor with the snowflakes on her cap is involved. She's never told Anna so, but she knows she's lesbian. Since her first crush on her schoolmate, she doesn't remember the name but she can't ever forget how much her daughter tried to cover her feelings for the girl. When her parents tried to find out why she was acting so strangely she came up with a fake crush for a boy, but Gerda knew who the 'boy' was. She doesn't care if Anna is lesbian or straight, she only wants her to be happy and whenever she's ready to come out, she'll be there.
Author's Note: Hi guys! Here the new update. I hope you'll enjoy it and thanks a lot for the feedback :)
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