Chapter 4: A Study Session

Elsa was sitting alone at lunch the next day. She was prodding her mac and cheese with her fork, sighing softly. Her back was still hurting from the previous night. Thankfully she had raced so fast out of the house that morning that she didn't see her father at all.

"Hey Elsa," Elsa looked up and saw Kristoff, Merida, Rapunzel and Flynn hovering by her.

"Hey guys," Elsa smiled at them.

They all sat down around her. Elsa faked enthusiasm at seeing them. At the moment, she didn't want to be around anyone. She just wanted to be by herself – it was always because of times like the previous night.

"So Elsa," Kristoff said, "we on for tonight?"

"Yeah," Elsa nodded. She decided to focus on the tutoring lesson she was going to have with Kristoff later. "Dad says it's okay."

"Great!" Kristoff said. "I just wish there was some way to pay you back for your kindness."

"Just don't fail," Elsa laughed.

Later that day, instead of heading to the bus, Kristoff followed Elsa to the line of cars that were parked outside the school. Elsa led Kristoff to a black Rolls-Royce. The driver was reading a newspaper as he waited. Elsa opened the door and let Kristoff enter first. He looked amazed at the luxury.

"So this must be Kristoff?" the driver asked. "Mr Winters did say we were expecting one more today."

"Yeah," Elsa nodded. She was glad that her father remembered that Kristoff was coming over. It wouldn't be awkward later when he found Kristoff at their house.

The driver started the car and started to drive the car in the direction of Elsa's house. Elsa was a little fidgety. The only people who had ever been at her house were Rapunzel and Merida who just happened to be the only people that her father allowed to come over. Elsa kept glancing at Kristoff. He seemed to be enjoying himself. He was humming something as he stared out the window. Well at least he was happy about something. The driver pulled into Elsa's driveway about fifteen minutes later. Kristoff looked in awe at Elsa's house. It was common knowledge that Elsa's family was rich but based off the look Kristoff was giving the house, he didn't realise just how rich.

Elsa gestured for Kristoff to follow her inside the house. Kristoff followed her into the house. Elsa told him to hang his coat on the hook by the door. Kristoff did so and so did Elsa. Elsa took off her scarf and hung it over her own coat. Elsa put her bag down by the front door. Kristoff placed his bag next to Elsa's. Elsa and Kristoff both got their books, pens and paper out of their bags and then set them up on the kitchen table. Elsa knew that if she had Kristoff in her room, her father would probably punish her into the next century. So that was the reason why she was going to have her study session with Kristoff in the kitchen.

"Do you want something to eat?" Elsa asked and gave him a small, half shrug.

"If you're offering something," Kristoff smiled, "I won't say no."

Elsa opened the fridge and pulled out some leftover pizza. They had pizza a couple of nights ago and it just never gotten eaten. There was enough for two people. Elsa separated the food onto two plates. Elsa heated them both in the microwave before setting a plate in front of the pair of them. There was a silence as they ate their food.

"Good pizza," Kristoff said as he finished off his food.

"It is," Elsa hadn't even gotten through her first piece. Kristoff was a fast eater. "So where are you struggling?"

The next hour and a half, Elsa got through quite a bit of the course. They went through organic chemistry, oxidation-reduction, thermochemistry, acids and bases, titrations and a bunch of other things. In their textbook were many examples and questions that the pair of them studied together. By the end, Kristoff was raving about how she should teach the class and not their useless teacher.

"I don't think I'm that good," Elsa laughed.

"I've learnt more in the last hour than I have all year," Kristoff said. "You should be like a teacher or something."

"I have something else in mind," Elsa said, "rather than teaching."

Elsa's phone then buzzed. It was a text from her father. Elsa quickly looked at the text.

Forgot the Hummel file, it is sitting on my desk. Bring it to me at my office. I need it for a meeting later.

Elsa looked at Kristoff. Could she leave him here alone while she went to her father's office? Well it wasn't like she had a lot of choice. If she didn't, her father would yell at her for disobeying him.

"Sorry," Elsa said, "dad needs me to go drop off an important file. You don't mind waiting here for me until I get back?"

"Not at all," Kristoff said.

"Thanks," Elsa said. "I won't be too long."

"Take your time; I will just be sitting here doing all kinds of weird problems."

Elsa gave him a small laugh before she raced off to her father's office. Sitting on a pile of folders sat the Hummel file. She knew what was inside. Her father was agreeing to by Ludvig Hummel's chain of sporting goods stores that were quite popular in America. The meeting tonight was to discuss terms of how the takeover was going to go down. Elsa knew her father wasn't exactly the fairest man when it came to takeovers. Ludvig Hummel was probably going to learn that the hard way.

Elsa shoved the file, very carefully as so not to crease it in any way, into her backpack before grabbing her keys and other things such as her phone and wallet. Elsa then headed out the door. Elsa headed down to her car and opened the door. She threw her backpack into the front passenger seat before she sat down in the driver's seat. Even though she was driven to school, she had her own license and was able to drive. Her father thought that she would be like other kids who would skip school and meet up with boys at malls. He wanted someone to keep an eye on her.

Elsa drove out of the driveway and onto the road. Her family's company's headquarters weren't too far away. It was in the middle of Arendelle and was only a short drive away. Elsa quickly drove her car – although not too fast. She didn't want her father to punish her about a speeding ticket now. She paused at the lights. Her fingers drummed against the steering wheel. She had forgotten about the pain that was emulating from the scars on her back. She figured that focusing on all that Chemistry study was good for her.

The lights turned green and her foot pressed down on the accelerator. She drove down the main highway of Arendelle before taking a right hand turn about half way down. This led into the business district of Arendelle. It was called that as there were streets of tall buildings that were used for business purposes. Winters' Corporation was the biggest building around. It stretched towards the sky and had a massive sign on the top which had the company's name in huge letters that shone in the night time.

Elsa drove her car up to a gate where in order to get in, you needed an employee's ID card. Elsa's hand reached for the glove box and pulled out one with her face printed on it. As a member of the Winters' family, her father had one specially made for her for times like this. Elsa swiped her car and punched in a code that was also required. Her father liked his security. When the gate started to open, Elsa threw the card back into her glove box and shut it before driving into the building.

It took a few trips around the carpark until Elsa finally managed to find a carpark. Elsa parked her car, grabbed the folder out of her bag and headed to the building. The walk was quite long and Elsa was starting to feel a little tired from the long walk. When she walked through the automatic doors, the receptionist smiled at her and Elsa smiled back. Elsa walked over to the elevators and pressed the up button. She got into the elevator with a bunch of men all dressed in suits. Elsa pressed the button that said 'CEO'. Elsa's phone buzzed again.

Where are you!

Elsa sighed as she read the text from her father. Elsa quickly sent a message back to her father.

In the elevator, almost there.

Almost at once, her phone pinged.

You better be. I'll see you soon.

Elsa shuddered as she put the phone back into her pocket. The various men stepped out at different floors. Soon she was the only one left in the elevator. The doors opened on the floor that contained her father's office. She found her father's secretary, Eline, tapping away at her computer. She smiled at Elsa when she approached.

"Go right in Miss Winters," she said. "You're expected."

Elsa nodded and knocked on the door to her father's office. Her father yelled for her to come in and Elsa did so. Her father had a wide, oval shaped office with a huge glass window that gave a magnificent site of Arendelle which also shone lots of rays of sunlight into the office. Her father sat behind a huge desk that had neatly stacked papers and a laptop sitting on it. Her father sat in a huge, black leather chair that could swivel around and was very comfy. Behind her father, were shelves that stood her father's many achievements. The wall next to him had a massive TV screen that he used for international conferences.

"You got it?" that was the first thing that came out of his mouth.

Elsa nodded and handed over the file.

"Good," her father looked over the file and seemed to be satisfied with it. "What about your friend, is everything going okay for him?"

"Yes," Elsa squeaked. "He understands everything now."

"Good," her father stroked his moustache. "Remember this is a onetime thing."

"I understand."

"Good," her father repeated. "We don't want a repeat of last night do we?"

Elsa shuddered again. Her back at that very moment decided to twinge with pain. No, she didn't but that never stopped her father.

"No sir."

"Glad you understand. Now get out of my sight."

Elsa rushed as fast as she could out of that office. She didn't breathe again until she was in the elevator going down.

Kristoff heard the door shut as Elsa left the house. It felt weird to be in the huge house by himself. He looked around the kitchen. He knew that Elsa came from money but he didn't realise just how much money they were talking. They were probably talking millions of dollars, probably billions. Well the Winters were the richest family in Arendelle and one of the richest in the world. The walls were covered with amazing artwork and priceless antiques were like everywhere.

Kristoff decided it would be best if he didn't touch anything and just resumed his studies. Kristoff turned the page of his textbook until he found a list of questions for him to do. Kristoff saw that the first question was pretty simple. He put his pen to paper and started to do some calculations. He was glad that Elsa was able to help him out today. If she didn't, he would definitely fail that test on Friday. He may not get an A but a C or even a B was looking quite likely.

Kristoff managed to finish off the questions just as the door opened. Kristoff looked at his watch. If that was Elsa, she was very quick. However the person who entered the kitchen didn't look like Elsa. She was tall and thin like Elsa but she had strawberry-blonde hair that was woven into two long braids that hung over her shoulder. She had the same blue eyes as Elsa and even the same scattering of freckles. She wore a red jumper over some black jeans. She didn't have any shoes on, only socks. Kristoff didn't know who she was but judging by how similar she looked to Elsa, he figured that they must be related.

"Hello," the girl said. "Who are you?"

"Er," Kristoff was getting all tongue tied. The girl was exceptionally beautiful and was making his head quite dizzy. He tried hard to remember his own name. "The name's Kristoff, I'm one of Elsa's friends."

"Oh," the girl looked like she had just realised something. "Yes, dad did say that Elsa was having a friend over to do some study."

"Yeah," Kristoff held up his textbook.

"I'm Anna, by the way," the girl said. "I'm Elsa's younger sister."

Sister? Kristoff wasn't aware that Elsa even had a sister. Then again Elsa didn't talk about her private life at all. Elsa was a private person who valued her privacy. But still, Kristoff wondered why Elsa had never mentioned that she had a sister. Maybe Elsa just didn't like to talk about herself. After all, Kristoff didn't know a lot about much of Elsa's life apart from that she was from the Winters' family – a rich and powerful family – and that she grew up in Arendelle. Even Merida and Rapunzel – two people who grew up with Elsa, attended the same schools, did things together amongst other things – didn't know too much about Elsa. Although they probably were aware that Elsa had a sister. Kristoff had only become friends with Elsa in the last couple of years which could explain his lack of knowledge about her and her family.

"Oh yes," Kristoff said. "I can see the resemblance."

"Judging by that answer, I say she hadn't said anything about me."

"Well she doesn't say a lot about anything," Kristoff shrugged. "But may I ask why you're not at school with Elsa if she's your sister?"

"Oh dad shipped me off to boarding school in Switzerland," Anna said. "Thought it would help me grow or some nonsense like that."

"I take it you don't like it there."

"It's fine; I just miss my family, y'know?"

"I get it; it can be tough being away from family."

"Thanks," Anna smiled.

"So why did he ship you off and not Elsa?"

"Probably because Elsa was already settled in at school here in Arendelle," Anna shrugged.

"Makes sense," Kristoff said.

"I suppose," Anna said.

"You okay?" Kristoff asked. Even though he had just met this girl about five minutes ago, he could feel that she was holding back on something.

"Yeah," Anna shrugged. "Sorry, I must have spaced out or something. So where's Elsa then?"

"She had to go drop something off for your dad," Kristoff explained.

"Oh okay," Anna said.

"Guess you're stuck with me into she comes back," Kristoff laughed.

Anna laughed. "I can think of worse people to hang out with."

Anna nudged him with her shoulder and Kristoff suddenly felt butterflies swarming around in his stomach.

Elsa opened the door to her house. She felt a little relieved that she had managed to not have put her father in a bad mood. Elsa headed into the house and found people chatting in the kitchen. She found that Anna had come home from spending the day with friends and was now chatting with Kristoff. Kristoff had a bit of a grin on his face as he talked to her. He didn't even seem to be aware that Elsa had come home.

Elsa leaned against a pillar and stared at the scene. She could see the pair of them just laughing with each other. Elsa almost started to think that there might be something between them. There was something about the way that Kristoff was smiling at Anna. Could Kristoff be developing a crush on her younger sister? Elsa couldn't help but smile. Kristoff would be a much better boyfriend for Anna than who she was interested in at the moment; Hans Westergaard.

Elsa decided that it may be best if she announced her presence. Elsa cleared her throat quite loudly. Anna and Kristoff looked up and smiled at her.

"Sorry, am I interrupting something?" Elsa said.

"No," Anna said. "Christopher and I were just getting to know each other."

"It's, er, Kristoff," Kristoff said which made Anna blush with embarrassment.

"Should we keep going?" Elsa said.

"Sure!"

Elsa and Kristoff continued to work hard. Anna had found them boring and so had decided to go do something else. Elsa could hear her music playing in the background a few minutes later. Elsa tried to ignore what Anna was up to and to concentrate on helping Kristoff. Elsa pulled everything towards her and flicked her textbook to a random page.

"I think this question," Elsa said pointing to a question. Kristoff didn't answer. Instead he was staring off into space. Elsa clicked her fingers in front of him. "Kristoff!"

"What!" Kristoff jumped to.

Elsa grinned. "I think someone likes someone."

"What?" Kristoff suddenly looked embarrassed. "No!"

Elsa laughed. "Come on! We still have to get to learning some diagrams."

Kristoff laughed too.

A while later Elsa realised what the time was. She told Kristoff that she would be back in a few minutes. Her father would be home soon. She didn't want him to come home and see that she had abandoned her duties – as he called it. She made sure that his dinner – leftovers from the previous night; a roast duck – was ready for him as well as the longue for when he wanted to kick his feet up. Elsa had sat back down and it was only a minute later when she heard the front door open again and the sound of shuffling feet. She knew that her dad had now entered the house.

He came into the kitchen and looked down at the pair of them. He seemed to be sizing up the situation. Elsa wondered what was going through his head. She hoped nothing terrible. He then stomped off and picked up his dinner without another word. He placed the dinner in the microwave for two minutes. His constant staring during that time made Elsa feel really uncomfortable but she didn't let it show.

Conceal, she thought to herself, don't let it show.

"How's studying going?" her father asked.

"Really good Mr Winters," Kristoff answered in a jolly like manner.

"Excellent," Elsa's father said. "Glad to see that you two haven't been procrastinating."

"No dad," Elsa said. "We're nearly finished."

"Good," her father replied. He then stomped out of the room carrying his dinner.

"I think I better get home," Kristoff said as he looked over his notes. "Mum will be freaking out by now."

"You need a lift home?" Elsa asked.

"Nah," Kristoff said.

Elsa walked with him to the door. She watched as Kristoff packed up his stuff.

"Thanks for all the help," Kristoff said. "I think I got the hang of it now."

"You're more than welcome," Elsa smiled.

"Thanks again!" Kristoff said as he swung his backpack over his shoulder.

Kristoff waved at Elsa as he left. Elsa closed the door when he had made it to the gate. Elsa waited by the door before she heard her father shout. She knew this was coming. He was about to grill her about what happened. Elsa walked into the living room and found her father drinking beer and eating his dinner. The TV was on – Elsa saw it was flicked to the evening news – and it was flickering in the background.

"Yes father?" she said.

"I want to know what happened," he said to her. "Don't you dare leave anything out."

Elsa took a deep breath and slowly explained what she and Kristoff had gotten up to. Her father just grunted every now and then during her recall.

"Alright," he huffed. "Now go and have dinner, don't forget to tell your sister that dinner is ready. You forgot a couple of nights ago."

"Yes sir!" Elsa hurried out of the room. She was surprised to find that her father didn't push the story or claim that it was false. She, of course, left out the part when Kristoff was falling for her sister. Instead she just said that Kristoff and Anna had a little talk about themselves. Her father didn't push it. Maybe Elsa's luck was starting to change.

Elsa hurried to her sister's bedroom and knocked on the door. She then entered to find her sister lying on her bed with her phone out. It looked like she was texting. Music, very loud music could be heard over the stereo.

"Yes?" Anna said when Elsa walked in.

"Dad wants me to tell you dinner is up," Elsa said but Anna just giggled at whatever was on her phone. "Anna?" Elsa said but again Anna ignored her. She was too busy giggling at whatever was on her phone. "Who are you texting?" Elsa peered over Anna's shoulder to get a good look at whomever she was texting.

"Elsa!" Anna shirked when she saw what her big sister was doing.

Anna whipped her phone away from Elsa's prying eyes but it was too late. She had already seen who Anna was texting; Hans Westergaard. Elsa's heart sank. She had hoped that Anna had ceased all communication with the boy but apparently not. Anna was a love sick teenager. Telling her not to do something simply made her want to do the thing even more. Elsa realised that she shouldn't be surprised to see her texting him.

"How dare you look at my text messages!" Anna screamed at her.

"Hans, Anna!" Elsa said to her, careful not to make her voice go any higher. "Really?"

"It's none of your business who I'm texting!" Anna shouted.

"It is when dad has said not have any further contact with him," Elsa said, doing her best not to let any emotions show.

"I can do whatever I like," Anna said. "I don't need dad's permission to text someone."

"I think when he expressly said you shouldn't have anything to do with him, yes."

"What's the matter Elsa?" Anna asked. "It's almost like you're afraid of what dad will say if he finds out."

"Er," Elsa didn't know what to say. Anna was wrong though. She wasn't afraid of what her father will say but rather what he would do. She had the strongest feeling that her father would blame her for Anna's behaviour, saying stuff like how it was her fault that Anna was running off with a man he did not approve or like that she should have stopped Anna before it was too late. "Not afraid, per say, just worried that he will be disappointed."

"Oh phish posh," Anna waved her hand as if it was no worry. "Dad doesn't need to know, now does he?"

"Er," Elsa felt a very bad feeling coursing through her veins. "This may not be a very good idea, Anna. What if dad asks about it?"

"Then lie."

"Lie?" The very idea shocked her. Lying to her father has never produced any good results, in fact the complete opposite. The times that she had, the belt had been used. She had the scars to prove it.

"Yeah Elsa," Anna said. "Can't you be a cool sister for once and not nark on me? I really like Hans. I think it could go anywhere."

"Anna, please. Just think what you're doing. Hans isn't someone who you should be hanging around with. He's a bad influence."

"Oh nonsense," Anna brushed away Elsa's concerns in one swish movement. "You're just seeing stuff from dad's point of view. Honestly Elsa, if you get out for once in your life, you would see that he's actually a nice guy."

Elsa doubted that very much. Anna didn't come to Arendelle too often so she didn't quite get the full story. Hans was a player and often was found drinking and seducing many women in clubs or bars. Elsa just hoped that Anna wasn't the latest on a long line of women. Well, Anna could be right. That could all be the media blowing stories out of proportion or maybe Hans had in fact turned over a new leaf.

Something told her that hadn't happened.

"So please, just don't tell dad about this?" Anna begged. She had her hands clenched out in front of her and had her puppy dog eyes out.

"Oh fine," Elsa said giving in. "I won't say anything but if Dad asks, I will tell him the truth, okay?"

"Thanks Elsa!" Anna said.

Anna gave Elsa a quick hug before getting her phone out again. Her thumbs darted across the screen as she texted Hans again. Elsa felt worried again. Elsa turned around on her heels and left Anna's room. She had half a mind to go tell her father everything before it got too late. She knew what was going to happen. If she didn't do anything then Anna will continue to flaunt herself in front of Hans. Hopefully nothing bad will happen in the meantime. Anna could come to her senses before anything like that happened. Well one could hope.

Elsa sat down in the kitchen after making herself a cup of tea. She took a sip. It tasted really nice. At that moment Anna came into the kitchen, her eyes glued to her phone. She raided the pantry before racing off back to her bedroom with a biscuit in her mouth and others in her hand. Elsa heard her giggle before she raced off.

What had she encouraged?

Kristoff got home after catching a couple of different busses from Elsa's home to his home. Before he had left school that day, he had worked out a route to get home. He had arrived just in time for dinner. The moment he had entered his grandfather's house, he heard his mouth calling that dinner was on the table.

Kristoff entered the kitchen and found it heaving with food again. His mum was an excellent cook and so Kristoff could always look forwards to a good meal. Kristoff tucked into his steak. The first mouthful was enough to send his taste buds on a holiday.

"So Kristoff," his father said. "Learn anything?"

"Oh yeah tons," Kristoff said. "Elsa really knows her stuff."

"I hope that your mind was on studying and not on other things," his father said, giving him a stare.

Kristoff almost chocked on her food. "Elsa's a nice girl but no, I don't like her like that."

"Stop torturing the boy," Kristoff's mother said but she sounded quite amused.

Kristoff scowled but returned to his meal. When he finally made it to bed, his mind was buzzing about the youngest Winters' daughter. Anna seemed like one heck of a girl that Kristoff was more than keen to get to know even better.

A/N: So a little Kristanna in this chapter (I love them so much) but it looks like Hans is still on Anna's mind though despite Elsa's warnings. Anyway, I hope everyone enjoyed this update. Please review =)

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ElsaTheSnowQueen2: Thanks so much! Yeah I feel bad for Elsa too but I have a feeling the worst is yet to come.

Gracialoveme: Thanks very much! I'm blaming you for the long chapter, although I do want to write longer chapters. Hans will appear in the next chapter but he's not going to be a main character in this story (at the moment, that is what I have decided but who knows what I will decide). Yeah the whole belt thing was serious. I know you like to rap as you have rapped on Skype. I found it quite amusing. Glad school is going well for you. On Beg for It by Iggy, you make me laugh Irene, I love it.

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QueenMaylina8Candy: Thanks so much for the awesome words! Updating soon as asked.

Miki Fubuki: Yes the bratty, irrational side of Anna came out. Well she is a lovesick teenager who can't handle it when no is the answer. Thanks for the idea! I wasn't going to have Anna sneak out but that so fits in with the story. Well, you may just have to wait for Anna to find out, I have a special idea on how she finds out the truth.

ziabee99: Thanks so much! I hope you have been enjoying Thirst as much as you have been enjoying this story. Well her dad is a different character from her dad in Frozen as different circumstances have arisen compared to Frozen. I never read Goodnight Mister Tom (I know I should) but the movie is great which I have seen multiple times. Yeah it is sad that he threw up on his birthday (a little too much cake, I think) but, God, I hate his mother. Oh on the 'worse things' simply means that Elsa has been hit with worse things than a belt (I'll leave it up to your imagination to figure out what those things are before the big reveal). Well, I know it's sad stuff what I'm writing but I think nothing goes through my mind as I know it's fictional and my creation but when I picture stuff like the belt hitting, I do wince a little. Updating soon as requested!

ZERO-xxx: You're welcome. Thanks so much for answering my questions, glad that Jack didn't give the poison necklace (I didn't think he would, just wanted to double check he didn't) and hopefully he won't suffer too much more. It's fine for you to hijack my review section but I will be sure to PM you or leave a review if I have anymore questions, thanks so much. Well Anna is a brat as she is an emotional, lovesick teenager who has been told that she can't hang out with someone she really wants to hang out with. Elsa doesn't say anything as she wants to protect Anna (Anna has this view of their father and Elsa doesn't want to damage it). Yep, the dad is just a prick. Thanks so much! Jack will come later, I had planned for him to come earlier than this but then my mind went crazy with ideas, so we may have to wait a couple more chapters, hopefully it will be worth the wait.

Jemepo: Jack is in Burgess, currently we are in Arendelle. We have to get to Burgess before Jack comes onto the scene. Jack is going to be introduced later. I had planned for him to appear about this chapter but I have things I want to do before that.