School is kicking my ass but I'm back with another mediocre chapter. I've noticed I'm a bit bad with transitioning between scenes (well I think so at least) but I'm sure that's something you can live through. :)

Enjoy my lovelies.

Elsa worked best under a routine, it was just a fact. Shortly after joining the school she already established one like the archetypical Type A she was. In fact, high school was going better than she had anticipated. Not considering herself to be the most social of teens, she was content that every morning she would find Aurora and Belle waiting at her locker. She remembered the first time she saw them: Belle predictably had her nose in a book and Aurora was texting on her phone. Elsa didn't even realise they were there for her at first.

This morning wasn't different either. She had her duffel bag across one shoulder and her tote bag awkwardly hanging off her shoulder as she approached her locker.

Aurora greeted in her usual chipper voice, "Hey, Elsa. What's up?"

Belle didn't even look up, simply giving her a thumbs up. Elsa replied opening her locker, "Nothing much."

"Are you free this weekend?"

Now that was something she never expected to be asked. Hearing that made her question how many times she actually did normal teenager things as well as remember that there to pretty much everyone else there was a life outside of academics and ice skating.

She replied, "Um...I'll probably be doing homework."

Wow, that was lame, she thought to herself, I couldn't even pretend to sound busy

Aurora continued, unphased, "Okay, so you are. I'm getting my nails with Belle done downtown and you should definitely come. We're also getting brunch before which is the best way to start a Saturday morning."

Elsa quickly racked through her brain. She'd probably have practice that morning but it was definitely before brunch hours. Aurora had the friendliest of looks and Elsa felt terrible at the idea of rejecting especially knowing that her excuse to not attend was...non-existant.

"Yeah, that sounds nice. Text me the details."

A deeper voice coming up from behind her said, "Plans? I'm in."

Jack Overland

Aurora smiled, "Because I'm sure you want to get your nails pampered."

"I'll fit right in," He joked. Then added, "In all seriousness, I just came by to say hi."

He then shot a bright smile at Elsa, "See you around."

With that, he left as quickly as he had arrived. Elsa closed her locker trying to avoid Aurora's looks but Belle had also lowered her book throughout the exchange and had an interested look on her face.

Aurora cooed, "Awwww, are you and Jack talking?"

Elsa shook her head, "No, not at all."

"He's pretty cute though, isn't he? You should go for it. "

Go for Jack Overland? If he secretly turns out to be a Gold medal then yes, Elsa thought.

Jack was cute...and a few other things. There were plenty of cute guys in the world but he was one of the few she actually talked to on a daily basis. They usually communicated through small glances and smiles. If they actually conversed, it would be the typical small talk. This was the first time he had walked up to her when she was with Aurora and Belle.

"Why don't you, Aurora? Since he's apparently such an amazing guy."

Belle finally spoke, "Not gonna happen because she's just smitten with Philip."

Elsa asked, "Philip?"

Aurora's eyes lit up just at the mention of his name, "My boyfriend."

Belle added, "Since like...forever."

"Freshman year. He saved me, how romantic."

Elsa raised an eyebrow and Belle chuckled, "What Aurora meant was that she was trying to get off the bleachers but ended up falling off. Somehow Philip was in the right place at the right time and caught her."

"That is quite romantic," Elsa admitted, "but also very unlikely."

Aurora flipped her hair, "He's my knight-in-shining-armour. He knows these things."

Belle rolled her eyes playfully, "Or you know...it was a coincidence."

"Belle, my dear. He said as soon as he saw my face that he just had to talk to me."

Elsa's heart warmed, their first meeting really did sound like a fairytale. Elsa asked, "What about you, Belle?"

Belle scoffed, "Not with any of these blockheads."

Aurora laughed, "Yeah, high school boys aren't really her type."

"They're just so immature right now. It's okay, I'd rather find romance in books. Oh look, Aurora, here he comes."

As Elsa turned to look where Belle was motioning Aurora rushed passed her jumping into someone's arms. He was a tall, well-built boy and the duo looked like a pair of Calvin Klein models. They looked so perfect side by side and couldn't keep their eyes off each other."

Belle said, "We should probably get to class. They're going to be lovey-dovey for a while."

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Lunch

Elsa formed a habit of disappearing into the library every lunch period because what everyone understood as 'break', Elsa interpreted that as 'work more'. She was the first to exit her classroom and didn't even make it a couple of steps before being stopped by her sister.

"Anna?"

"Why do you sound so surprised to see me?" Anna asked, putting her hands on her hips.

"Er-"

Anna interrupted, "Don't answer that. I know why. You didn't think I'd catch you on your way to the library but now that we're togetherrrrrr, you can have lunch with me."

Elsa didn't see any point in trying to sneak away. Lunch with Anna sounded perfectly fine, "Okay. Where are we going?"

Anna smiled motioning Elsa to follow her, "Good. You're gonna love them. Flynn, Hiccup, Merida, Astrid-"

Whoa, I agreed to lunch with Anna not a whole squad.

Elsa stopped, "I thought it was just us two?"

Anna grabbed her sister's arm and dragged her along, "Don't ask questions! You've already said yes and it's not normal that you've gone two weeks without properly meeting mine or Punzie's friends."

Feeling powerless, Elsa complied. It's just one lunch. I can socialise for one lunch. Am I really getting worked up over one lunch? That's incredibly sad.

Shame and embarrassment quickly flooded her thoughts and she tried to suppress them as she followed Anna to the table.

Rapunzel looked up, "Finally, Elsa! Flynn, move over."

He groaned, "But I always sit next to you."

"Suck it up and MOVE."

Elsa took the newly vacant seat muttering a quiet 'thank you' to Flynn. It was quite a big group and by the sounds of it there were more people than just those present at lunch. Introductions weren't as unbearable as she expected them to be and ended up taking a few notes.

Hiccup seemed just as shy as her when she arrived. Astrid was brooding and opinionated frequently butting heads with the fiery Merida but it was all in love. Flynn couldn't stop getting the attention on him or trying to talk to Rapunzel. Anna was chatting with anyone who would listen, today being Tooth. Jack had joined them later and they had a small conversation before Flynn cut in.

Rapunzel noticed Elsa observing everyone else. She leant in and asked, "So...what'd you think?"

Elsa replied, "Everyone's really nice."

Rapunzel smugly joked, "Well...duh."

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After School

Instead of doing gym Elsa had her practice sessions slotted in. The final bell had just rung indicating the end of the school day, her coach Mrs Losevsky had already left but Elsa was still gliding around on the ice. Humming the melody to the songs of one of her routines she redid the routines to the best of her memory.

Her mind was like a blue sky; no clouds just free thoughts.

She had just come up from a sit spin and was started to see Jack leaning against the barrier. Elsa asked, "How long have you been there?"

Jack stood upright with a grin, "Long enough. So did you just make that up on the spot?"

Elsa skated a few inches closer to hear him better, "No, it was from two years ago."

"You were skating like that, two years ago? You're some kind of prodigy."

Hopefully father thought so too. Elsa replied feeling herself heat up, "Thanks."

Jack asked, "Are you part of the team?"

Elsa shook her head and he smiled once more, "Ah, not a team player?"

She replied, "I've done a routine in pairs before but yes I compete solo."

"How competitive?"

"Very."

Jack picked up his hockey stick that was previously on a bench and made his way to the ice. He asked loudly, "How good are you at hockey?"

Elsa looked at him in an inquisitive manner, "I've never played."

He looked shocked, "You've been on ice but never played?"

"I don't find hitting hard rubber particularly entertaining."

"Coming from someone who's never even played," Jack teased.

He had skated a few feet closer to her and in response she shuffled back slightly. Jack pushed back his hair and smirked, "Well I mean it is pretty hard. Maybe you're too dainty to play."

"Dainty?" Elsa's face morphed into chagrin. He's not cute anymore. Elsa took pride in her sport, it required resilience, grace and power. She didn't even have the luxury of wearing protective gear.

Jack's laughter broke her away from her thoughts and she noticed he was much closer. He remarked, "Wow, I did not think you would take that seriously. I was clearly joking."

Elsa felt her ears go pink. Of course he was joking. He had pouted his lips, who even pouts their lips when they try to be serious?

He lifted a finger, "It's still a demanding sport though."

"True but you're not trying to defy gravity and your own body mass."

"There's other peoples' masses. People are heavy. We're also trying to get a realllyyyyy small puck through an entire rink and between the really thick shin pads of a probably really bulky goalie."

Elsa added, "I can get deducted points if my spins aren't centered. My entire sport is kind of based around perfection."

"Potato. Po-tah-to. Can I show you the basics of hockey or not?"

Elsa found herself smiling, "If you insist."

Jack extended the arm with the hockey stick and she asked, "I thought you were showing me?"

"I just want to see how you think it should be held."

Elsa took the stick and gave it a go. She looked at him for approval and he stroked his chin as if he had a beard, "Not bad."

"Not bad?" Words she hated hearing. "Is that not how you do it?"

"Your left hand needs to be at the top of the stick and your fingers completely wrapped around the stick."

Elsa did as told and glanced up at him again. Jack said, "Better but you look really awkward. I'll help."

He glided over and came up from her side. She caught a whiff of his deodorant and was temporarily incapacitated, almost dropping the stick. How could someone smell that good? Jack had been talking but everything had gone through one ear and out the other.

"Did you get that?"

"Hm?" Elsa responded only just zoning back in. What did he say? I sounded so dumb.

Jack adjusted the positions of the hands and then said, "Bend your knees a bit."

She obeyed and he said, "See, it's easy."

He was close...really close. His touch was nice and his hands were surprisingly warm. Jack used one hand to lift her chin before returning it back on her hand saying, "There's the goal."

Elsa asked, "And if I wanted to score?"

Without any hesitation he brought the stick back and brought her through a swift motion, "Just like that. Obviously we wouldn't be stationary and if we were closer then you'd have to get lower down but you get the idea?"

Elsa just about managed to nod she was too busy focusing on the fact that she was essentially in Jack's arms. She felt his entire body move and flex when he abruptly did the swinging motion. She wondered if Jack was purposely trying to make her go crazy.

Jack suggested, "We could play a mini one-on-one sometime."

"Really?"

"Well not now but if you're down, then definitely."

Elsa could hear his heart beating steadily behind her. She pondered how closer her face would be to his if she turned her head right now. Part of her was tempted but the other half was stuck in place.

"I could get used to this."

It was barely audible but she heard it. Before she could even process it, Flynn and another boy came rushing in hollering Jack's name. They saw the pair on the ice and Flynn immediately grinned, "What's this I see?"

The other brunette scampered onto the ice, "Overland's having some fun."

Elsa heard Jack's hearty laughter and him slightly back up, "Shut up, Aster."

Flynn teased, "Oh, Rapunzel would love this."

If Rapunzel was here, Elsa couldn't even finish that thought, or worse Anna. Elsa's entire body began warming up and awkwardly smiling from embarrassment. She would have never thought to be in this position and her brain didn't have a clue of what to do.

Aster chuckled, "I think we might have interrupted something, Rider."

Jack moved to Elsa's side removing his warm presence from behind her. A small sigh of relief escaped her lips,hopefully he hadn't heard her slightly frantic beating heart. Her explanation for that would have been too humiliating to admit out loud.

He shot back at Aster, "At least I don't need liquid courage to talk to a girl."

Flynn burst out in laughter as he came onto the ice, "Bahahha. I remember Mandy."

Aster replied, "That was one time! Just wait 'til practice, Overland."

Flynn began taunting Aster leading to them chasing each other with their hockey sticks on the ice. Jack turned to Elsa and gave her a warm smile, "Sorry about them. They're just being...them."

Elsa softly smiled back, "It's cool. Don't worry. I think I'm gonna go home now."

Jack placed his hand on her shoulder, "This was nice. See you tomorrow, then."

"...yeah," Elsa nodded slowly skating back

"You sound hesitant," Jack said, following.

"You sound so certain."

There was a small pause as she got out of the rink. He didn't say goodbye but simply winked at her before skating over to his friends. Elsa speed walked back into the changing rooms and rapidly took off her skates.

Once she was changed, out of school and in the driver's seat she finally sighed, "Well that was eventful."

The car was so silent that she jolted when her phone started ringing. Anna's name was in capital letters across the screen. She picked up, "Hello?"

"WOMAN! Do you just not answer your phone?"

"Sorry. I was still at the rink."

"You don't even have practice today. I was waiting outside your car for sooooo long. Also I'm at the rink right now and all I see if the hockey team through the door."

"That's because I'm in my car right now."

"Seriously? I have to walk all the way back? You're lucky, I love you."

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