Chapter 12: Fancy Suit and Dress
Hans returned home after his date with Anna. Hans owned an apartment in Arendelle Central and was located close to the train station. His apartment was located on the thirteenth floor and so Hans pressed the button marked with a thirteen when he entered the elevator. Hans took out his keys when he came to his apartment – 13B – and put them into the lock on his door. Hans took off his coat and hung it on a hook by the door before he headed over to his fridge. He opened the door and examined the contents. He was feeling a little peckish. Maybe some left over noodle duck will be enough to quench it.
"Didn't you have enough to eat at the restaurant, eh brother?" Hans turned around and saw his older brother Mathias sitting on one of his chairs reading the newspapers and sipping a cup of tea.
"What are you doing here?" Hans said to him, snapping the fridge door shut as he did and not answering the question. "Also, nice of you to simply let yourself in." He said this last bit very sarcastically.
"Well, when one has a key," Mathias held his key up, "one uses it."
"That still didn't answer my question," Hans said as he folded his arms.
"You didn't answer mine," Mathias said.
"I get hungry okay?" Hans was now a little frustrated. "Now you."
Mathias put down his cup of tea and drew out something that was secretly wedged between the papers. He threw it at Hans. It was a local gossip magazine. Mathias had a page marked. Hans flicked to it and saw that it was the article that Anna had been talking about earlier. Hans looked up at his brother and sae that he wasn't impressed with his younger brother. He threw the magazine back at his brother. Mathias caught it but he still was wearing his unimpressed expression.
"What about it?" Hans asked his brother.
"You've got to be way more careful," Mathias said.
"Relax Mathias," Hans said. "I've taken care of it."
"I don't think you have –"
"Anna is very gullible. She believed every word I said."
"Well that's good to hear. We need her to keep falling for you, now more than ever since her sister is no longer an obstacle. But what about the girl you slept with?"
"Who says I slept with her?" Mathias gave him a look. "Okay, I may have but she's no one okay? She doesn't even know Anna. Besides, who will Anna believe, her loving and kind boyfriend or some girl who is trying to get between her and her boyfriend?"
"Good point. As Ru Paul would say; don't fuck this up."
"Elsa, look at this mess!"
"I'm sorry Papa!"
"You will be in a minute!"
His hand struck across her face with such force that she was struck through the glass coffee table. Glass splinters were driven into her body as this happened. Blood poured out of her open wounds. Her father stood over her with an angry look etched over her face. She looked up at him, simply terrified.
Elsa woke up with her heart pounding. She could feel the pain that the glass splinters had caused despite it happening years and years ago. It took a few moments for her to realise that the pain was imaginary. Her heart wasn't the only thing that was pounding. Her head was as well. She clutched her head. It felt like someone had played basketball with it. Elsa let out a long groan as she tried to get out of bed. The word being tried – she collapsed in her attempt to get out. Her head hit her pillow and that caused the room to spin. She might have overdone it a little last night. Last night might have its blank spaces for her but she hoped she had fun. It was time she had a little.
She could really go for a good painkiller. That was when she noticed that there were some aspirin and some water sitting next to her on her bedside table. Maybe some good soul had left them there for her. It could have been Jack; he seems like the kind of person that would do that for her. She placed the pills in her mouth and used the water to wash them down. It took a bit but after a while, she could feel it working. She groaned again as she tried one more time to get out of her bed. This time she managed to do it. She grabbed her dressing gown and slippers and headed into the kitchen where she found the rest of her roommates having breakfast. They looked a little worse for wear as well.
"There's Elsa," Astrid said in a surprising chirpy tone.
"Do you have to be so chipper?" Elsa asked as she slumped into a chair.
"Yes," Astrid said, "because then I can rub it into people's faces that I didn't drink as much as some other people." When she said these words, she looked pointedly at Elsa, Honey and Tadashi. She got glares from all of them in return.
"Why not Gogo?" Honey asked.
"I had like four drinks," Gogo said. "Besides I wasn't the one making out with Tadashi."
"I did what?" Honey thundered. Elsa giggled. That was one part of the party that she did remember. Guess Honey, on the other hand, didn't. "Tadashi and I…made out?"
"Pretty vigorously," Elsa added.
"But then he will know that I like him!"
"Is that the worst thing in the world? Besides, he may not remember."
"True," Honey said. "After breakfast, I am going next door to see if he remembers."
"Good plan."
"Some coffee?" Astrid said to Elsa.
"Yes please," Elsa replied.
Astrid filled up a mug in front of her with coffee. Elsa gulped it down in one swoop. She needed some caffeine in her system. How else was she going to function today? Thankfully she didn't have work and her school work was all caught up on. Maybe a day in bed was needed.
After breakfast, Honey went straight over to Tadashi's dorm room. He lived right across the hall from her. She couldn't believe what the others had told her about what had happened at the party. Had she really made out with Tadashi? This was so not how she wanted them to get together. She had imagined him asking her out in a very goofy but adorable way after chemistry class, not by getting drunk at a party and making out. She just hoped that things weren't taken any further. She liked Tadashi but she wanted to wait a little bit before they went down that road.
She knocked on the door and soon found herself face to face with a shirtless Jack. Honey could totally see why all the girls swooned over him. Honey had never seen it – probably because she and Jack had been friends for many years and so that thought was quite weird for her to think about. Besides, she was into Tadashi and he was the only boy that was occupying her mind.
"Hey Honey," Jack said. "What can I do for you?"
"Hey Jack," Honey replied. Jack stood back and allowed her to walk into the dorm room. "I was just wondering if Tadashi is up."
"Oh he's still lying in bed," Jack let out a laugh. "He's been moaning and groaning all morning. He has one killer headache."
"You think he's up for visitors?"
"He might be. Maybe go knock on his door and see."
"Thanks Jack," Honey went to walk down the corridor to Tadashi's room when Jack stopped her. Honey turned around to see what he wanted. He looked like he wanted to ask her something but was hesitating slightly. Honey wondered what could be on his mind. Did he do something stupid at the party last night? Well, if he did, she wanted the dirt. Jack Frost was practically a wonder boy – that's what their friend Meg said anyway. Honey just hoped that Jack didn't screw up too badly if he did.
"Er, Honey?" he said.
"Yeah?" she said.
"I was just wondering if Elsa is alright. She didn't seem much of a drink and well, she drank a lot last night and I was just checking in."
Honey got a smirk on her face. "She's fine. Just a killer headache."
"Thanks," Jack said, "and what's with the smirk?"
"You like her don't you Jack?"
"What? No! That's ridiculous. I have a girlfriend!"
"Doesn't stop you from falling for someone else."
"Honey, stop it! I like Jules, okay? Not Elsa!"
"If you say so," Honey said.
Honey practically pranced off to Tadashi's room feeling satisfied. Jack was still calling after her but she ignored him. Her mind was switching from Jack's love life to her own. She just hoped that she wasn't going to embarrass her or Tadashi. Well maybe if he didn't remember a thing, there could still be hope for her cute chemistry romance scenario.
Honey soon found Tadashi's room and gently knocked on the door. She called out that it was her and Tadashi's tired voice came from within telling her that she could come in which she obeyed. Honey entered Tadashi's room and found him sitting up in bed with an ice pack held against his head.
"Hey," Honey said. "I was wondering if you remember –"
"Us making out?" Tadashi provided. "Jack already told me. It's starting to come back."
"So," Honey hopped up on his bed next to him, "I've been wondering if…" her voice trailed off.
"If it meant something?"
"Well, yeah," Honey paused and then decided to tell him the truth. "I've kind of had the biggest crush on you for a while now."
"Really?" Tadashi looked a little smug then winced and he held his head. Honey felt like that was karma. "I kind of have to admit something too. I've also had a crush on you for a while now."
Honey didn't speak. She just pressed her lips firmly against his. For a few moments they kissed.
"Best day ever," Tadashi grinned when they broke apart.
One Week Later
Elsa found herself, once again, working at the coffee shop. She and Astrid were half way through their double shift. Elsa was exhausted. As usual her sleep deprived, overworked self was being put through her paces but she was enjoying it nonetheless. This was university life and she loved it.
"Table four needs two cappuccinos," Astrid said to Elsa after she took a girl's order.
"Coming right up," Elsa said.
"Elsa?" the voice of her boss came from nowhere like it always did. Elsa jumped a little but then found him standing to her right.
"Yes boss?" she said.
"When you're finished today, could you come find me?"
"Sure," she was a little confused but she didn't say anything further than that. She watched Pitch leave to deliver some drinks and a muffin to a group of students. As Elsa was making the drinks that Astrid had requested, her thoughts lingered to what Pitch could want. Could there be something wrong with her job performance? She didn't think so. There hadn't been any complaints – well that she was aware of. Maybe Pitch wanted to give her a promotion? She almost laughed when she thought that. She had been working at the coffee shop for two weeks. There was no way that was what Pitch wanted to see her about. Well, she was certain that Pitch wanted her job.
"So what did the big bad bogeyman want?" Astrid asked. That was their nickname for Pitch. He wasn't the nicest guy on campus. He was hard on people. Elsa was lucky that so far Pitch hadn't been hard on her yet. Two days ago, he made Astrid come in on her day off because he had a headache that turned out be suddenly cured once he took some painkillers.
"I don't know," Elsa handed Astrid the drinks she had made. "But if I were to guess, I'd say he wanted my job."
"But you haven't done anything to warrant a firing."
"I don't think Pitch needs one."
"Guess we'll find out after work."
"I guess we will."
Elsa continued doing her job. Every now and then she glanced over and saw Pitch looking over at her. She didn't know how she felt about that. She just shrugged it and moved on with her job. When the end of her shift came, Elsa was cleaning the cappuccino machine. Astrid walked towards her. She had a jacket over her work clothes and her purse was hanging from a strap that was thrown over her shoulder. She gave Elsa a good luck smile before leaving the store but Elsa knew she wasn't really leaving. She was going to wait to see what was going to happen.
Elsa was just as curious as she polished the machine with a rag cloth. Pitch was currently locking up the front door. They were now alone in the coffee shop. Elsa didn't know if this was a good thing or not. She decided that Pitch was harmless. He was now walking towards her. Elsa quickly started to dry washed mugs with a different cloth. Pitch leaned against the counter and watched her work.
"So I was wondering," Pitch said, "if you are free this Saturday, we could go get a bite to eat or maybe catch a flick." Elsa almost froze. Was Pitch doing what she thought he was doing? Pitch paused after he had finished his sentence. Elsa realised that now was the moment when she was supposed to say something. The only problem was that she didn't know what she was going to say.
"Sure," that flew out of her mouth before she even had a chance to consider it.
"Great," Pitch grinned at her. "I'll pick you at seven this Saturday."
"I have a shift from six to eight on Saturday."
"Astrid will cover it," Pitch said as if it was extremely obvious. "I'll see you then."
Pitch headed out the back door, still wearing that grin. He left Elsa feeling very confused. Well Pitch had never done anything horrible to her. Well he was a jerk to other people but he hadn't been to her. Could he deserve a chance? Well, she was about to find out. She quickly finished up her cleaning before she grabbed her jacket and purse and left the coffee shop. She found Astrid checking her phone and leading against a pillar. She grinned at Elsa when she saw that she was approaching her.
Astrid put her phone into her pocket and walked with Elsa for a few moments in silence. Elsa could practically sense her eagerness to know what had transpired between Elsa and Pitch but she didn't say anything.
"So what did Pitch want?" Astrid asked, trying to sound as if it didn't really matter.
"He asked me out," Elsa said simply.
"He what?" Astrid stopped in the middle of her stride. She turned around to face Elsa with a slack jaw expression etched all over her face.
"Asked me out," Elsa said just as simply as before. She also stopped in her tracks to face her friend who was still looking at Elsa as if what she had heard was the most ridiculous thing to ever happen on this planet.
"What did he say when you said no?" Astrid folded her arms and stared at her friend. For an answer, Elsa stayed quiet and avoided eye contact. "You said yes?" she said that in pure disbelief.
"I might have," Elsa said. "Look, the answer came out of my mouth. Besides, Pitch hasn't been a jerk to me."
"Just everyone else."
"Just everyone else," Elsa repeated. They continued walking back towards their dorm room. "Oh you may have to cover for me on Saturday." Astrid groaned.
Elsa's thoughts were far away as they continued walking? Why had she said yes? Well, it wasn't like her feelings for Jack weren't going to get her anywhere. Pitch had been the first guy to pay her any attention in that way since she had arrived. Maybe a date with Pitch won't be too bad. It could be a huge mistake but she might as well see if it is. Who knows, it could end up being very fun. She just hoped she was right.
Jack and Tadashi were hanging out with Honey in her dorm room along with Tooth, Bunnymund and Gogo. Jack had hoped to run into Elsa but Gogo had said that she was at work. He was actually a little disappointed. He had grown quite attached to her over the time he had known her. However, that was making him feel a little guilty. He felt like he was cheating on Jules but he wasn't. Besides, it wasn't as if he was having feelings for another woman – was he?
Currently Tadashi and Honey were discussing where they should go on their third date. Their first date had been to go see a film. Honey had suggested going to see a cheesy chick flick. They ended up seeing a sci-fi movie about a series of extra-terrestrial robots that tried to take over the planet. Their second date was a lunch date a couple of days later. Now they wanted to know where they should go next.
"How about mini golf?" Jack suggested. The university they were at had a mini golf course. Jack had already all tried it. Jack and Elsa went the previous week where Elsa showed off her skills. She had four holes in ones. Jack had been impressed.
"We could," Tadashi said. He turned to his girlfriend. "We hadn't tried that course yet. I still have an undefeated streak from the course at home."
"You only have an undefeated streak because hole fifteen and sixteen were stupid," Honey retorted.
This made them all laugh. Elsa and Astrid soon walked through the door. Astrid was staring at Elsa in disbelief. Jack wanted to know why.
"What happened?" Gogo immediately said when she noticed what Jack noticed.
"Pitch asked her out," Astrid explained.
"That makes sense," Tooth said. "Elsa's hot. Any guy would be crazy not to."
"Yeah that's not the crazy part," Astrid said. "She actually said yes."
Everyone gaped at Elsa. Jack actually felt jealousy rise within him. He then felt confusion as well. Why would he be jealous at Elsa agreeing to go out with someone? Well maybe he was confusing jealousy with protection. Yeah, that was it. He hated Pitch. Elsa going out with the guy was making him feel protective not jealous. Well, his brain wasn't doing a very good job at trying to convince him.
"Pitch is a douche Elsa," Tooth said. "We went to school with him," she pointed at herself, Tadashi, Honey, Jack and Bunnymund, "we know what he's like. He's a jerk. You don't want to date him."
"Many people are jerks at school," Elsa said. "I have this friend who had a friend who used to run about and get into trouble with the law. He's fine now." Elsa almost teared up at the thought of Flynn who just reminded her of her best friend Rapunzel. She forced herself to stop. She had to let go of those feelings.
"Well maybe he changed into who he really was," reasoned Bunnymund, "but we know Pitch. He's a fucking jerk and a selfish one too."
"He wants to be a doctor," Elsa said. "He wants to help people."
"He just wants to fuel his ego," Jack said. "He is a self-centred, narcissistic ego-maniac. Pitch is a jerk. You know this. Why did you agree to this date?"
"Pitch has never given any reason not to say yes," Elsa said. "I'll give him one chance. One date won't hurt. If he turns out to be a jerk, then I'll ditch him. Let me figure that out for myself."
"Okay," Tooth said. "Besides, if he ends up being a jerk we can do some serious damage to him. We know his weak spots."
They all laughed. Jack's jealousy was slowly returning but that wasn't all that was returning. Tooth had just given him an idea. She had mentioned Pitch's weak spots. Jack knew one very well. Pitch would do anything to succeed even if it meant breaking every rule that was in the rule book.
He was sure that he knew what Pitch was up to. The only thing now that he had to do was fine proof and he was sure he knew how to get that proof. He was going to use Elsa's date with Pitch.
When Saturday came, Jack was spying on his neighbour's door. Thankfully for him, he was alone in the dorm so that nobody would question his decision to spy on Elsa's front door. He was waiting to see when she was going to go out. He constantly had been checking her door for the past two hours. Thank god Tooth wasn't here. Otherwise she would say that he had an obsession and tease him about his 'obvious' crush on her. He didn't have a crush. He was nowhere near that. Arguing with himself was only going to make things worse and he would miss when Elsa came home.
His phone buzzed – it was a message from Bunnymund. Tooth has us seeing a chick flick. WTF? The new Star Wars movie is playing at the same time! Jack had to laugh when he read that text. Bunnymund and Tooth had this deal, one picks the date and the other picks the other. Jack texted back his message. Her choice man, you gotta live with it. Tadashi was on a movie date as well. He and Honey were marathoning the Lord of The Ring movies at her apartment. Meanwhile, Sandy was at a study group with Hiccup. Hiccup was supposed to be on a date with Astrid but she was covering Elsa's shift at the hospital so he tagged along with Sandy.
The door across the dorm opened and Jack quickly closed his – he had it ajar just enough so he could see the other door. He heard footsteps walk down the hallway and Jack quickly opened his door. He saw Elsa walk down the hallway dressed in a stunning blue strapless dress with high heels to match. Her usual braid was up in an elegant bun with a couple of strands falling gracefully into her face. Her fingers were clasping a black clutch which matched the blazer she was wearing. Jack couldn't help but stare at her. She looked absolutely gorgeous. His heart started to race and he could have sworn he was blushing.
"You okay Jack?"
"What?"
Jack was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't realise that she had heard him bolt out of his door. He hadn't exactly been quiet. She was giving him a grin nonetheless and now she was waiting for him to answer.
"I just going out for a walk," Jack came up with an answer on the spot.
"Oh, how nice," Elsa smiled at him. "The weather is just perfect for a causal stroll, besides the fact it is pouring down with rain." She continued to grin at him. "What's going on Jack?"
"Look," Jack said, "could you do me a favour? Could you text me when you and Pitch come back from your date?"
"Why?" Elsa was looking at him with a puzzled expression.
"I need to do something. Please Elsa."
"Alright," Elsa continued to look at him suspiciously but she didn't say anything more.
She turned around on her heels and walked down the hallway. Jack waited for a few minutes before he raced down the corridor. He then stopped. He had thought of something. He raced back into his room and grabbed some generic textbooks. They would be his ticket in. He quickly left his dorm room and headed back into the hallway. He didn't go down through the main doors. Instead he took the back stairs and the back exit. If he went out the front, Elsa and surely Pitch would see him. He doubted Pitch would buy his 'walking around in the rain' story.
Once Jack was outside, he bolted to Pitch's dorm room. He hated the fact that Pitch was in a dorm room that was on the other side of campus. However finding it would be easy. He soon entered the Wayne Building – one of the oldest buildings on campus and housed two hundred students. Jack walked up to the reception desk where an old lady was waiting. She was just typing away on her computer. She looked up when Jack approached. Jack put on his best smile for the lady.
"Can I help you?" she asked.
"Yeah," Jack said. "A buddy of mine left his medical books at my dorm room when we were studying last night. Problem is, he's on a date right now and so he's turned his phone off. I thought it would be best if I returned them to his dorm room as he needs them tomorrow for a test." Jack held up the books he was holding to her.
"Ah, every students' nightmare," the old lady seemed to sympathise with his situation. "So you need the dorm room right? Name of student?"
"Pitch Black," answered Jack.
"Ah excellent," the old lady started to type away at her computer. "He's in room 4-21." She handed a spare key to Pitch's room. "So you can get in. Leave in here on counter when you're finished."
"Thank you very much," Jack gave her a thankful grin before heading into the elevator. He jabbed the button marked with a four. The doors closed and then they opened on the fourth floor. He quickly left the elevator and headed down the corridor. He was in a rush because he didn't know how much time he had.
He slotted the key into the keyhole and turned it. A satisfying click was heard when the door was unlocked. He pushed open the door and entered Pitch's room. It was incredibly clean and neat. The floor was spotless, the bead was made military style, his clothes were hung up in the wardrobe and were evenly spaced apart, everything on the desk was neatly organised and there were medical posters on his wall including The Vitruvian Man and some strange looking anatomy posters that had Jack thought looked very weird. Pitch's room was cleaner that Wasabi's room and that was saying something. Well it at least it wasn't messy. It will make looking through the room a lot easier.
There was only one bed in the room – Pitch didn't have a roommate. He somehow weaselled his way out of that. The Wayne Building specifically had one or two people rooms unlike the rooms that Jack was housed it in which up to six people can room. Jack started to look through the room. He had to look as if he hadn't been in the room. Now he was regretting being relieved that the room was tidy. Pitch would notice if a single thing was out of place. A messy room would cover any searching he did.
Jack started going through his drawers. Inside the drawers were several papers. Jack went through all of them. None of them were remotely helpful to him. They were just scrap pieces of paper that Pitch had scribbled notes on. He started to look through all his books. They were all useless too. Even anything around his bed was nothing helpful. He wasn't about to give up. This could be his only opportunity to search his room. He knew that Pitch was hiding something. He just had to find it.
Saturday soon came and it came too soon for Elsa. She was starting to regret saying yes to Pitch. She knew the others had a point about Pitch but he hadn't been a total jerk to her. Well, it sounded like she was trying to find a reason to date the guy. Maybe she should see where this goes. She was trying to do things that the old Elsa wouldn't do after all. She needed to live a little – something she never did back in Arendelle.
So that's how Elsa found herself getting ready for her date on Saturday night. She had picked out a dress she had bought earlier that week – Astrid and Gogo had taken her shopping after school on Tuesday. Elsa had picked out a strapless blue dress with matching high heels. The dress thankfully covered her scars but she threw on a black blazer just in case. She threaded a pair of diamond earrings through her earlobes. They had been a gift from her grandmother when she had turned sixteen. She looked at them and instantly felt remorse and guilt about leaving Arendelle. She took the earrings out and instead placed some gold studs in her ears. They had no ties to anyone special to her. Her hair was done up on an elegant bun but she had a couple of strands that had been curled. They fell gracefully into her eyes. She grabbed a black clutch, that went well with the blazer she had picked out from her desk, and headed out the door.
She found Gogo sitting at their kitchen table. Astrid was at work – she had grumbled all day about working on a Saturday and had shot death glares at Elsa whenever she could – and Honey was out with Tadashi on a date.
"You look hot for your date," Gogo said looking up from her robotics assignment.
"Thanks," Elsa said. "I have to go. Pitch is waiting."
"Have fun."
Elsa left the dorm room and started to walk down the hallway. Then she stopped. She realised that someone was following her. She turned around and saw that Jack was following her. She gave him a quizzical expression,
"You okay Jack?"
"What?"
Jack seemed to not realise that Elsa was looking right at her for several long seconds. Then it clicked with him.
"I just going out for a walk," Jack seemed to come up with the first answer that came into his head. Elsa had to stop herself from laughing. It was obvious he was lying.
"Oh, how nice," Elsa smiled at him. "The weather is just perfect for a causal stroll, besides the fact it is pouring down with rain." She continued to grin at him. "What's going on Jack?" She knew that something was up. The only thing she had to do was get him to say it. She had caught him in the lie. It would be easy to do that.
"Look," Jack said, "could you do me a favour? Could you text me when you and Pitch come back from your date?"
"Why?" Elsa looked at him with another puzzled expression. That was an odd thing for Jack to request. He clearly was going to do something that didn't need Pitch finding out about. The question; what was it?
"I need to do something. Please Elsa."
"Alright," Elsa continued to look at him suspiciously but she didn't say anything more. She knew that Jack had to do something and he wasn't about to tell her. Besides, if she did this thing for him, he would owe her and then maybe she would find out the truth about what Jack was about to do.
She turned around and walked down the hallway. She headed down the stairs and into the lobby of her building. That was where Pitch was waiting for her. He was dressed in a stunning black suit completed with black tie ad black shirt. It went remarkably well with his black hair. He grinned very broadly at her. That smile almost gave her the chills. She still had a chance to back out of this date. She could say that Gogo was sick and needed her help since all other roommates were out or maybe she could say that homework had piled up. But then she stopped. She needed to go on this date. She needed to see for herself what was out there. What was the point of living this new lifestyle if risk wasn't part of the equation?
"You look absolutely stunning," Pitch handed her a single red rose.
"Thanks," she said as she accepted the rose. She took a whiff of the flower. It smelled simply divine. "You don't look to bad yourself."
"Thank you," Pitch offered her his arm and Elsa took it. They started to walk out of the building and into car that Pitch had waiting. Elsa was glad that they would be driving wherever they were going. That rain didn't look too appealing. Elsa climbed into the backseat of the car as so did Pitch. It didn't take Elsa more than a couple of seconds to realise that Pitch had a driver. As soon as they were buckled in, Pitch told the driver to go. The driver started up the engine and headed for the university's exit.
"So where are we going?" Elsa asked Pitch.
"Some place where I know you will have a great time," he said this while wearing a grin.
They rode in silence. Elsa didn't know what to say to Pitch. This was going to be a super awkward. She had tried opening her mouth several times to initiate a conversation but it didn't work. Pitch just looked at her from where he was sitting. He had leaned up against the window with a glass of wine in his hand – there had been a bottle in a cooler left in the car and two glasses in glass holders. Elsa wondered what was going on in his head.
The driver pulled into some fancy restaurant. The driver opened the door for the pair of them and helped Elsa out of the car. The driver then sped off to park the car. Elsa walked into the restaurant with Elsa on his arm. Pitch asked for the table that he had reserved. The waiter walked them over to what looked like the best table the restaurant could offer. The waiter informed them of what the specials were and brought them water as well as menus. Elsa carefully looked at hers.
It was lucky that Elsa was brought up in the world of the rich and famous because otherwise, she wouldn't have understood the language that was used on the menu. If the menu didn't show that this was a fancy place then the prices certainly did. Elsa couldn't believe that she used to come to these places all the time and just ordered whatever. The waiter came back and took their order; Pitch ordered the steak and Elsa went for the fish. The waiter came back a few minutes later with their drinks.
During the time they waited for their meals to arrive, Elsa studied Pitch. They had only shared a few words but nothing conversation worthy. So far, everything was super awkward between them – for Elsa anyway. For one, he was her boss. If they started dating, it would turn super awkward – well unless she ended up really liking Pitch. There was also the problem that Pitch was a bit of a jerk and she didn't know if she had anything in common with him. Conversation might be a good way to find out some things but she had no idea how to start this. But nothing came out of her mouth.
So they sat in silence. Pitch seemed to be studying what she was doing; the way she held herself, the way she drank her water, the way she tapped her fingers against the table. It didn't seem creepy the way he seemed to be staring. Elsa didn't know why.
"So tell me about yourself," the words just flew out her mouth. Pitch smiled when she spoke. He leaned forward to speak.
"I have lived in Burgess my entire life," Pitch said. "You know a few of the people I grew up with, they practically all live across from you." Elsa smiled at this. She already knew that Jack and the others grew up with Pitch. She had 'we know Pitch and we know he's a jerk' speech. Pitch continued to speak until the dinner arrived. He had gotten to finishing school and getting accepted into medical school when their food arrived.
"So medical school huh?" Elsa said. "That is amazing."
"My plan is surgery," Pitch said. "Being a surgeon has always been my dream. I want to help people." Elsa would have thought was very noble unless Jack had already told her that Pitch wanted to become a surgeon to fuel his ego. However it could still be true. It may just be a side effect of him wanting to save people.
They continued with some light conversation while they ate their dinner. Pitch had enquired about Elsa's blazer as he had been wondering whether or not she had been too hot but Elsa, who was feeling fine (and didn't want any of her scars poking out) eased his worries. Throughout the rest of their time together at the restaurant, Elsa just let Pitch talk about himself while they ate. She didn't particularly like talking about herself. It was just easier to let him talk about himself. Once they had finished, Pitch took the bill and paid for both of them – despite Elsa's insistence that she would pay her half. After they left and got into the car, Elsa texted Jack like he asked. The wonderment of what Jack was up to returned to her.
Maybe she will find out the truth and she may not. Who knows? Only time will tell.
Jack had spent the last hour searching Pitch's room and found nothing. He now wasn't even sure that there was even something to find in his room. The only thing in his room was medical things like textbooks, notes and equipment. Nothing personal at all was found. Jack wondered how someone could not personalise their room. His own room had picture of his friends and family splattered all over the walls.
Jack sighed after he looked through Pitch's drawers for the umpteenth time. He collapsed onto Pitch's bed. There was nothing here. This had been a huge mistake. Maybe Pitch wasn't up to something. Maybe he really had turned over a new leaf. But the way he was talking to that guy in the hallway made him think that something was up.
Jack sat straight up. It was as if a lightening had struck him. He had a sudden idea. Pitch had been talking to a guy about getting him something. Jack had an idea on what that something could be. He decided to search the one place he hadn't looked because he thought that there would be nothing relevant there. He opened Pitch's closet and started looking through his clothes. It was in his jacket that he was wearing the night of Jack's party that he found what he was looking for the past hour. It was test answers.
Jack could have shouted his joy but he decided not to. He relished in the thought that he had Pitch right where he wanted him. All he had to do was show this to the Dean and Pitch will get the boot. Jack's phone then buzzed. He saw that it was a text from Elsa. It was telling him that she and Pitch and Elsa were on their way home. He needed to get out of here. He quickly tidied up Pitch's room so it looked like it was before he intruded into it. He stuffed the test answers in his pocket and headed out of Pitch's room.
Pitch returned to his dorm after dropping Elsa off at her dorm room. He was practically crowing after his date. He had thought it had gone swimmingly well. He pushed open his room and found his friend for many years, Katherine Night sitting on his bed. Katherine Night was a tall lady with long raven coloured hair. She wore a scraggy white t-shirt that had a punk rock t-shirt on. The jeans she was wearing were ripped in several places and looked about ten years old. Her feet were bare and were lying on Pitch's pillow while her hair draped over the end of the bed and onto the floor.
Katherine and Pitch had been friends for many, many years. They had met at school all those years ago. Katherine was in the same building as Pitch – in fact she was just down the hall from Pitch.
Katherine looked up from the magazine she was reading. She looked unimpressed as always. She watched Pitch take off his suit jacket and hang it up in his closet. He sat down on the bed next to her while she looked back at her magazine.
"How was the date?" she asked him as she turned a page.
"Quite nice," Pitch replied.
"That's good to hear," Katherine spoke in a darkened tone.
"Jealous are we?" he asked. He then grabbed her by the mouth and pulled her closer to him. "You better not be as jealousy is an ugly colour." He released his tightening grip.
"I am not jealous," she said. She then grabbed him and kissed him full on the mouth. "Because you will be mine and not hers."
"We shall see," Pitch said. He leaned in and kissed her again. They've had this friends with benefits relationship for a while now but never made it official despite Katherine's insistence. Pitch, on the other hand, didn't want one. He enjoyed having her as someone he could sleep with no strings attached. Besides, he had started having feelings for Elsa. As they broke apart from their kiss, he realised that something wasn't quite right about the way he dresser was organised. It wasn't like that when he left.
"You okay?" she asked him.
"Did you move stuff around?" he asked her.
"No," she said, looking confused. "I know you're a nut job when it comes to people touching your stuff."
Pitch then got a horrible idea. He quickly headed to his closet and looked inside one of his jackets. It was gone. His test answers were gone. Pitch cursed very loudly.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck," he kept repeating.
He ignored Katherine's confusing gaze. He knew who had been in his room now. It didn't take a genius to figure out what low life bastard had decided to invade his personal space and go rummaging around in his room. It was the guy who had always been on his case, who had witnessed his little scene the other week and who wanted him out of the university.
It was Jack Frost.
Elsa returned to her dorm room after her date feeling a little confused. Her date with Pitch was nice but it wasn't how she imagined a date would go. She thought that after a date, her mind was supposed to be filled with thoughts of her date which would make her feel like she's floating on air. Her brain was not sending this feeling. Was that her answer on how she thought the date went?
She found everyone in her dorm room when she entered it. They all looked up when she entered. It didn't take them one second before they started answering questions.
"How was it?" they all asked at the same time.
"I don't know," Elsa said as she headed to her room. They all looked like they wanted to keep asking questions but Elsa didn't stay around to answer them. She didn't know how to answer them and so she walked away. She stepped into the shoulder after she undressed. She allowed the water to fall onto her face. The date left her confused. She had thought that the date would allow her to decide whether or not to continue dating him. She didn't like him in that way but she had the strangest feeling that Pitch wasn't a guy to say no to.
Once she stepped out of the shower, she caught sight of her past scars. It had been a while since her last beating but her scars still looked as fresh as they did the night they occurred. She sighed as she stared at them. She quickly got into her pyjamas and head into her bed. She didn't go straight to sleep. She stared at her ceiling. Dark memories of her father's attacks came back to her as she lay in that one spot.
"Daddy, please," eight year old Elsa begged to her father. "Please don't do this to me! What did I do?"
"You didn't do what I asked," her father said. "You need to be punished."
His hand smacked across her face. She got to her feet and ran. She didn't know what else she should do. If she stayed, she could be hit again and she knew when her daddy hits her, she needed to get out of the way. She raced into the garden. She didn't stop running until she came to her secret spot in the garden; it was behind a tree near a stream. The earth dipped into the ground around the tree creating a small space. Elsa squeezed into this small space. It wouldn't be long before she would outgrow it. She dreaded that day's arrival.
Once she was inside this small enclosure, she let the tears stream down her face. She placed her hand to her cheek and winced. It hurt a lot. She could feel her heart thumping in her chest. It seemed oddly settling to her.
Elsa's eyes snapped open. She could still feel her heart thumping in her chest. Elsa took in some deep heavy breaths which allowed her heart to slow to its natural rhythm. She looked at the clock. It read five past four in the morning. How could it be after four am already? She could have sworn it was eleven am the morning, the time when she went to bed? She turned over to face her closed door. Eventually she drifted back off to sleep.
When she woke up, she was just as tired as she had been when she went to sleep. She headed into the kitchen to grab some coffee. Astrid was there. She watched Elsa down two cups of coffee, put a bagel in the toaster, have another cup of coffee and when the bagel popped, put an egg, tomato and smoked salmon on it.
"You do drink a lot of coffee," Astrid said as Elsa got another cup to go with her breakfast.
"Is liking coffee a crime now?" Elsa asked before she took a bite out of her bagel.
"No," Astrid was quite for a moment. She looked like she wanted to question this further but then decided not to and go with a different topic of conversation. "How was the date? You didn't give us a lot last night."
Elsa put down her bagel and looked at her friend.
"Honestly," she said, "I think it was…nice."
Astrid grinned. "That's what I wanted to hear." Elsa looked a little confused so Astrid rattled on. "Well if it had been a good date you would have come home with the 'I had such a wonderful time on my date and my entire body is filled with a warm, bubbly feeling' grin and you weren't crowing about the date last night and certainly not now so therefore the date was an 'okay date, good food but poor conversation and wasn't feeling anything for the guy' kind of date. So putting all this together, the date was probably a five or six out of ten which is an average date but not a good stage setter for a second date. No second date, so therefore you are not going to continue dating Pitch which is good because he's a fucking ass. So, like I said, it's what I wanted to hear."
"You got that all from 'nice'?"
"Am I wrong?"
"Answering a question with a question, I see," Elsa cracked a small smile. "No, you are not.'
"Yes," Astrid threw her hands in the air in her triumph.
Jack was walking around the campus on Sunday afternoon. He was feeling quite confident about things. He was currently on his way to the Dean – he hadn't called and made an appointment like you were supposed to but he didn't think it would matter. His brain was filled with many happy thoughts. Soon Pitch would be barred from continuing his medical degree and probably even expelled from the university. He wouldn't have to continue walking the same corridors with that obnoxious, egotistical son of a bitch. Those days were about to end.
Jack passed several students that he knew and waved cheerily at them. They waved back but they looked a little confused as to why Jack was in such a happy mood.
"I think someone got some last night or this morning," one of the students, called Jacob, said.
"Because that is the only thing that can make a man happy?" his girlfriend, Racheal, said while laughing.
"Jack has a three thousand word essay and a portfolio due next week," Jacob said. "So what else could it be?"
"Jacob speaks the truth," Racheal's twin brother, Dale, said.
"So was it Jules?" Jacob said before Rachael could say anything further. "Or was it someone else?" He gave Jack a wink which earned him a glare from Racheal.
Jack gave Jacob a scowl but then grinned. "Just some good news."
He waved goodbye and then continued walking on the way to the Dean's office. He had been walking for about ten minutes when someone completely caught him off guard. He had been so caught up in his own thoughts that he hadn't been paying attention to what had been going on around him. Suddenly someone had come up behind him and threw him against the wall behind Jack. Jack looked into the eyes of his attacker.
It was Pitch Black.
Jack stared into his eyes and smirked. Pitch was giving him a glaring look but Jack wasn't intimidated. He just smirked which made Pitch even more frustrated and angry.
"You got something of mine Frosty," Pitch said in a dangerous voice.
"I have?" Jack pretended to play dumb.
"Don't play dumb with me Frosty," Pitch said. "I know you were the one to find my test answers."
"So what if I did?" Jack said. "I thought the Dean should see it."
"Listen here," Pitch's voice got even more dangerous. "If you as so much as think about taking that to the Dean and telling him about what I am up to, your father will get a call."
Jack's smirk got wiped off his face. "You wouldn't dare," he whispered.
"Well we'll see won't be," Pitch said. "You give me the test answers and forget about everything, I won't have to make that call."
Jack gulped. He wanted Pitch out of his life but at what cost? The cost of Pitch calling his father was too much. Despite Jack's intense desire to get Pitch kicked out of the university, his intense desire not to see his father was even greater. Jack sighed and begrudgingly handed over the test answers. Pitch grinned and stuffed them into his jacket.
"You made the right choice," he said before he walked away.
Jack's grin was completely wiped off his face. Defeated, he turned around and headed back to his dorm room.
A/N: Sorry it's been a while. I've been doing stuff. First off Merry Christmas and Boxing Day - for all those who celebrate that. I know 2016 is just around the corner, so Happy New Year as well! Anyway, onto the chapter, Pitch and Elsa on a date - thankfully that doesn't look like that's going to last. Also, Jack appears jealous. Jelsa may be a little bit off - everyone okay with that? They will be coming soon, I just hope that you guys can wait for it. Also, what is Hans up to? His old tricks, no doubt! Anyway, I hope everyone has enjoyed this chapter. Please review =)
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