Chapter 23
Elsa stands on the threshold watching at Rapunzel, Flynn and Marshall walking to their car.
"I think you're finding your way to heal, Elsie." She closes the door and turns towards the other two in her living room.
'Am I? Is she my cure..?' she looks at her cat playing with some lock of red hair, the owner of it smiles warmly at the furry animal.
Kristoff stands up from the couch and goes to his boss.
"Ehy, everything is okay?" he whispers to her
"Yeah, everything is perfect.." she whispers back.
"Good, ehm…where's the bathroom?"
"The last door on the left." She points at the hallway he nods and excuses himself.
Elsa sits on the couch next Anna and pats Etta's back gently.
"You two are awfully getting closer.. should I be worried?" she teases the redhead.
"Well, you know.. she's a cutie and honestly? The pictures don't make her justice."
"Everything is better in person, isn't it?" after some other caresses from the two women Etta decides to leave them alone and trots away. "..aand there she goes." The blonde chuckles at her cat's action.
"Thanks for inviting me today." Anna speaks after a bit.
"I was afraid you couldn't come.. I really wanted you to meet them and have you here.." she confesses and looks at her hands, she refuses to meet her eyes because she knows she couldn't handle them right there and then. She wishes the evening to never end, but tomorrow both Kristoff and her have work and that means they have to wake up early.
"It was nice meeting someone who's important to you. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else right now." Anna takes the blonde's hand between hers and her eyes go to the icy blue ones that are still looking down. She's fully aware that she needs to go back home soon and can't stay at her place for too much longer, despite her desire to do so. She squeezes gently the hand and gives a shy smile. "But we both know that Kristoff and I will go in a few, I wish it was Friday."
"Me too." Elsa says quietly, it's like those words were in her mind instead of her tongue.
"I hope I won't sound too presumptuous but it's not like we won't see each other again, are we?" she says this time with a little bit nervous smile.
"I owe you the pizza evening, so you are neither presumptuous nor wrong. In fact, I'd love you to come again." 'Just you this time.. I'm sick of having to share you with others.' This time her eyes decide to meet the turquoise ones and the blonde sees something in them, like a little spark. She's not quite sure if she's reading them well but she'd swear the redhead is smiling with just her eyes.
"Whenever you want." Anna breaks for a second the stare at Elsa and checks if her cousin is around, after she's satisfied to see that they're alone in the living room she looks again the blond and smiles while her arms go to embrace the woman's figure. For a moment she thinks she's doing something wrong because the doctor is still and it's almost like she isn't even breathing but then she feels her back being hold and can't help but let out a content sigh.
At first Elsa is taken by surprise by the redhead's action and she doesn't know how to reply to this, it's not the first time they hug, but this time it feels different. It's like there's something going on inside her belly and her face becomes a bit warmer than the usual, by now she should be used to this kind of reaction of her body to the other woman's presence. Her arms move according to their own desires and minds and hug Anna back, then she lets out a breath she doesn't know she is holding and notices the same thing about the redhead: she can feel her light breath on her neck and it's a nice sensation.
The two stay in this embrace for a while and the blonde isn't aware of her hands that are now drawing circles on the woman's back. 'She smells like vanilla..' Elsa thinks about the perfume of the redheads' hair, she deepens her head a little in Anna's hair and smiles at the softness. When she moves a little to her left, her lips find the warm skin of the neck and they lay slightly there.
The younger woman can't suppress a moan at the sensation of those lips on her and that sound makes something to the blonde. She feels brave enough to kiss that neck, and so she does. She gives a light gentle kiss to the exposed skin and notices how breathing becomes harder for the redhead, she can't help but smile at that. One of her hand leave Anna's back and goes to her neck and caress it, then she moves her lips up reaching her jaw, then her cheek. She kisses it and then breaks that contact to look at the redhead's eyes, which are closed now.
When Anna doesn't feel the blonde on her anymore she opens her eyes and sees how Elsa is watching her, there are a lot of emotions on her icy blue pearls, but one in particular catches her attention: fear.
"Elsa.." she starts but the blonde closes her eyes and turns pink. "Elsa.." she tries again, this time taking her face on her hand and trying to force her to look at her.
"Anna.. I'm-" the redhead has the feeling she's going to apologize for what she did but she doesn't let her.
"If you're saying you're sorry I stop you, right here and right now." She says in a low voice that sends some kind of warm sensation to the blonde's belly. "Don't be."
"I.. I don't know what's going on with me.." Elsa admits quietly meeting her gaze, but soon enough her eyes goes down to the redhead's lips. "I.."
"You what?" Anna says after she understands that the blonde won't finish the sentence, she's aware of where those eyes are now. "What do you want..?" she asks gently at the woman in front of her, even if she has an idea of what the answer would be.
Elsa doesn't reply she just closes the gap between the two and, finally, can feel the taste of those lips on hers. 'They're so soft.. and sweet..' she thinks when keeps them connected. Anna's hands start caressing her cheeks and when she kiss her back she can't help but let a small smile.
That morning they were about to do this exact same thing but they hadn't had the chance, and now there they are, on Elsa's couch, in her living room, in her house, after a pleasant evening with-
'Shit!' Elsa ends the kiss and opens her eyes, suddenly realising where they are. The redhead opens her eyes as well with a bit of confusion.
"Elsa?"
"Sorry.. I.." she starts
"Everything's okay..? I did something wrong?" Anna is afraid of rejection or she doesn't know what.
"No, no! it was.. it was amazing, but.."
"Oh.." she says sadly. 'Rejection, here it comes..'
"Damn, sorry, I didn't mean it like that! I.. it's just that.. Kristoff.."
"What about- Oh! Right!" then she realises that her cousin could have been there and found them kissing. Both of them start to looking around and they don't find him in the room and let out a sigh of relief.
"So.. that's why you stopped." Anna states.
"Yeah, sorry about that.. I was thinking about this morning in front of the locker room and then I realized where we are and.. well I sort of panicked." She says with a nervous smile.
"Wow.. you're so cute.." Anna can't help but says while she looks at the blonde.
"Excuse me..?" now her smile fades away and her face is like on fire now.
"Even if you're clearly nervous, your smile is beautiful and it's like the first time I see one on your face." She says trying to recompose herself and then the blonde smiles again, this time is a genuine shy one. 'I could die right now.. she's just perfect.'
Finally Kristoff decides to walk in the living room, having the feeling it's safe and clear to go there. He knows what was happening, when he left them to go to the bathroom he stayed there for a while and when he was returning to them he heard the moan of his cousin and tried to not chuckle at that and walked back to the bathroom, since he didn't know where else to go. When he heard voices he understood they finished whatever they were doing.
"Elsa, I think I got lost in your bathroom, I think I fell asleep for a bit in there.." he sees the flushes on the girls' faces and decides to not make fun of that.
"As soon as you haven't broken anything, it's okay." Elsa tells him and stands up.
"Well, it was a nice evening and I'm sorry to kill the mood but I guess it's time for us to go, I don't want to be late at work tomorrow morning, I know how you are when it happens." He doesn't want just go away right now but he knows what time is it and the girls needs a cold shower, damn he could cut with a knife all of that tension that there's in that room in that exact moment.
"Yeah.. well, thanks for coming guys." She says while reaching their coats.
"No, thanks to you." Anna smiles at her and wears the coat.
They hug and the blonde walks them to the door.
"See you tomorrow morning, Dr Bijorman." She says smirking.
"Sure thing, Dr. Winters." He smiles and then they walk to the car and leave the woman alone in her house.
She looks at the table that previously was full with people and smiles with a bit of sadness.
She has forgotten how nice it is to have people around you, and she can't deny the wish to have more days like this one. What's the point in having a big house and not sharing it? Thinking about the evening she realises how lonely she is, and even if there's Etta, it's not the same. It has never bothered her much, but now, her life is different, she's not alone anymore, she has friends and sometimes she thinks if that's right for her to have them, in her mind it's like she's not worthy, but then she remembers the evening, she remembers the room full of joy, and if she wasn't sure about the what day of the year was, she would have swear it was Christmas.
After she turns off the light in the living room she walks to the bathroom and checks if everything is in order and she starts with her night routine. She washes her face and brushes her teeth, then she goes to her bedroom and changes herself in her pyjama, but once she's in her bed she realises she isn't sleepy. She turns her face to her right and sees on the night table a photo of her parents and her when she was 2 years old. What would they think about her? What would they tell her about what is happening with Anna? Would they be okay with it? Would she be able to talk about it with her mother? How would it be if they still were alive? So many questions and neither an answer.
She is so deep in her thoughts that when she hear her phone buzzes she is startled by it. She takes it and unlocks it in order to read the new message.
"Ehy Elsa, I don't know if you're sleeping and if so, I hope I won't wake you up. I just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed every second of our evening and I hope you too.. and.. I hope you don't regret anything, I mean the kiss, I liked it, I wanted to tell you this before, but well.. Kristoff came so I stayed quiet. Anyway, I'll leave you to your sleep. Good night and have sweet dreams."
"Anna, quoting you, I enjoyed every second of our evening and no, I don't regret the kiss. Actually, I was afraid you did and I have to admit that I didn't know what I was doing when I started kissing your neck, I mean, we were hugging and then.. I don't know, I just felt it right to do so. I'm glad you liked it. I'm going to sleep right now, but I just want to say you that I can't wait to see you again. Sleep well and have wonderful dreams, I'm sure I will."
She press the send button and smiles at herself.
She doesn't regret it.
Honestly? She wants that to happen again and again, because even if at first she wasn't too much pleased about having to deal with the redhead, now she looks forward to see her, talk with her and yes hug and kiss her too. She doesn't know what tomorrow will bring, but she's more than sure that she wants to find out what will happen next.
'Maybe Rapunzel is right, maybe my broken heart can heal, hell, maybe it's healing right now.'
Elsa locks her car in the hospital's parking lot she's pleased to see that Kristoff's car is already there.
'That's a first.' She walks inside her workplace and as soon as she wears her white coat her pager buzzes. She takes it and read the blue display.
"Dr. Summers' office asap."
Author's Note: Hi everyone! I'm back! I've finally finished my university's exams and this winter session is over! Thanks everyone for waiting, for reading, for following and for letting me know your opinions. I hope you'll enjoy the chapter
Have a nice day everyone