I haven't uploaded like I normally, and I'm sorry but I haven't been well for the past few days. Hopefully I'll stay well enough to keep up my every day- every other day upload schedule.

Monday morning Elsa tried to fake sick. Her mother didn't buy it though. Unfortunately by the time they arrived to school she really was feeling sick. Her stomach felt like there was a rabbit hopping around.
"It will be fine," Anna said gently placing a hand on her shoulder. "And whatever happens you know I'm going to be by your side."
Elsa nodded, too afraid that her breakfast might come up if she spoke. Anna slipped her hand in her sister's as they walked up the front walk. There were dozens of student's outside talking to one another and Elsa silently praying she wouldn't be seen. If she could make to class without anyone noticing her, then maybe her morning wouldn't be so bad.

"Hey, Elsa! Anna!" The voice made her freeze. She didn't turn right away but Anna turned around.
"Was that an awesome meet Saturday, or what?" Eric called out. "Not like there was any doubt that our little mermaid wouldn't be able to bring home the gold," He kissed Ariel on the cheek, making her blush.
"Eric, come on. Enough already. And I wasn't the only who took part."
"I know that," Eric said, clapping the boy next to him on the back, "Flounder and everyone did great to. You heard that Nemo broke a record, right?"
"We heard," Anna called back.
"Guys, I want to be in class before we hear the bell. We have music first period and you know how Professor Sebastian gets." Flounder said making Eric and Ariel look at their watches.
"Oh man, you're right, we'll catch you guys later,"

Anna and Elsa shared a confused look. That wasn't what they expected. Heading inside they realised that the only thing anyone was talking about the swim meet. They went to their lockers where Rapunzel was already, grabbing books out of hers.
"Good morning," She said brightly.
"Uh…hey," Anna said carefully, "What's up?"
"Mmh, nothing much. You know other than the fact we crushed DreamWorks Saturday." She said lightly.
"Yeah, yeah we know about that. Uh, I was thinking more along the lines of something about Elsa,"
Elsa slapped Anna in the shoulder.
"Ouch! What? We have to find out if she told anyone," Anna complained.
"Who told anyone about what?" Rapunzel asked narrowing her eyes at the sisters.
"Nothing," They said together. Rapunzel's eyes grew narrower and she tilted her head as she looked at them.
"So, did Merida talk to you about anything?" Elsa asked making Rapunzel raise an eyebrow.
"No…is there something she has to talk to me about?"
"No, no…" Elsa said opening her locker.
"You two can't lie to me. Super cousin powers, remember. What's going on?"

Anna and Elsa shared a look. "Should we tell her? She was there when Belle told us about Jack," Anna said quietly, but not quietly enough.
"Jack? Frost? Did something happen with him?" Rapunzel asked.
"Sort of…" Elsa started to say but then she saw Merida coming towards them. She grew quiet, waiting to see what she would do. She was contemplating several different scenarios; most involving her getting yelled at. In none of the scenarios however did Merida simply open her locker, take out her books and then walk away without a word. So Elsa was surprised when that was exactly what happened.

"Whoa, she is mad," Anna said as they watched the red head's back move away from them.
"One of you better fill me in," Rapunzel said her head swinging between Merida and her cousins. Anna quickly and quietly gave Rapunzel a condensed version of what happened between Elsa and Jack, and how Merida found out.
"So that explains why she was acting so weird Saturday after you left,"
"Yeah, but I'm surprised she hasn't told anyone," Anna said.
"Merida isn't one to sell her friends out," Rapunzel said.
"But she's also not one to have any love for DreamWorks," Elsa said. Rapunzel nodded once, agreeing with the logic.

The girls' conversation was cut short by the bell. Anna said a quick bye and hurried to her class, Linguistics with Mr. Thatch. Elsa and Rapunzel hurried to their own class, astronomy 101 getting to the door at the same time as their teacher.
"Girls, hurry in now. I wouldn't want to have to mark you as tardy." He smiled at them.
"Thanks Dr. Doppler," Elsa said with a smile.
"You're the best Dr. D," Rapunzel hurried in after Elsa. They both paused when they saw the three empty seats on the far side of the room closest to the window. Two of these seats were normally filled by them. They stopped because the third seat wasn't filled by Merida. With a quick glance over the room they both spotted her sitting in the back, next to Tiana.
"Ms. Winters, Ms. Corona; since you are already standing, would you be so kind as to the get the lights and windows? We'll be watching a documentary this morning," Dr. Doppler said moving to the back of the room to turn on the projector already set out. Rupunzel moved the light switches while Elsa pulled down the blinds leaving the room in near darkness but only for a moment, before the projector blinked to life showing an image of the night sky against the white board. Elsa and Rapunzel sat in their seats and Rapunzel angled herself so it looked like she turned towards the images at the front of the class, but she could still talk with Elsa, without seeming obvious.
"She is seriously pissed with you," She whispered. Elsa frowned.
"I can see that. I feel bad enough as is,"
"Have you tried talking with her?"
"We already said enough to each other on Saturday. She is probably never going to talk to me again,"
"It can be that bad. You two are best friends, you can't not talk to her ever again,"
"Tell that to the red head in the corner who hasn't looked at me once yet,"

Elsa's suspicion about Merida held true. At Lunch Merida opted to sit with Mulan at her table. The 'Princesses' were all pretty close so most people didn't think anything of it. Kristoff and Flynn were another case.
"What's got the firecracker mad at us now?" Flynn asked when he spotted her at the other table.
"Uh…" The three girls shared a look, "We don't know," Anna threw out.
"Yeah right," Kristoff snorted, "Like you three don't know what's up."
"Yeah, you four are like the seasons. Eternally linked. We know that you know what's up with her," Flynn said.
"We really don't know why she's upset this time." Rapunzel said.
"Hold on, if you don't want to tell us…if must have been something one of us did?" Kristoff gestured to himself and Flynn.
"No, you and Eugene didn't do anything, this time."
"Then what is it?"
"We don't know," Anna and Rapunzel said together. Elsa didn't say anything through the conversation. She hated having to lie to her friends, but she knew telling Kristoff and Flynn would be as bad as…if not worst, than Merida. The football game was still fresh in their minds. Sure the swim meet had Disney in a better mood, but they'd both been part of the game so for them the lost stun a bit more.
"Okay, we'll drop it," Flynn said holding up his hands in defeat, "It's just a little weird, with Merida's place empty."
Elsa looked to her left where Merida usually sat then across to where she was sitting now. Mulan, Shang and the others at the table were laughing, probably at something Ling said. Merida however was just picking at her food. Someone must have talked to her because she looked up and gave a smile. To any random person the smile looked genuine but Elsa knew better, it was forced and half hearted.
Elsa sighed and let her head slump onto the table.

"The firecracker and now the ice queen, what is up with you today?"

Merida didn't talk to Elsa at all over the next few days. She spoke with the boys like normal and said some words to Anna and Rapunzel. But the way she acted around Elsa, the nickname of 'ice queen' was more suited to her in those moments. She was the definition of cold and distant towards Elsa.

Elsa, she didn't know what to say to Merida. She wanted to talk to her, but the few times she tried to catch the girl alone, Merida would find an excuse to suddenly be surrounded by people. Then there was the one instance Elsa did get the chance to be alone with her. She'd waited until after archery practice one day, knowing the red head liked to stay back sometimes to work on her own.

Elsa was walking out to the field when the team was coming back. She spotted Mulan and opened her mouth but the other girl already knew what she was going to ask.
"Yeah, she's still out there. And she is still pissed at you for whatever,"
"How'd you know?"
"I may not be the girliest person out there, but I still have woman's intuition. She's been mad at something and you've been sad. That plus the fact the fab four suddenly stopped being joined at the hip was more than enough evidence. I hope you two can work out whatever issues there are. She shoots much better when she's not mad."
"Thanks Mulan,"
"I'll see you around," Mulan offered her smile, "And good luck,"

Elsa took a breath before she walked out on to the field. There was only one person and one target set up. Elsa could see the target and she noticed that while there were at least ten arrows were stuck in the broad only two were in the red centre. As she approached she could hear Merida muttering to herself. She let an arrow fly and it hit the edge of the centre circle.

"Nice shot," Elsa said making Merida whirl around, an arrow at the ready. Elsa held up her hands. "it's just me,"
"Still think I should let this arrow go," Merida practically growled.
"Go ahead, if it will make you feel better,"
Merida kept the bow drawn for a few moments more then relaxed placing the arrow back in her quiver.
"What do you want?"
"To talk,"
"I don't want to listen to anything you have to say," Merida turned sharply walking towards the target and pulling out the arrows stuck there, not so gently.
"But Mer,"
"No. No buts. You said you didn't have to explain yourself. You don't have to explain yourself," Merida snapped. "I don't want you to explain yourself. Because I don't want to have to hear what ever half crack excuse you've come up with to explain how you could choose a moony over your friends,"
"I didn't choose anyone over anyone else. I didn't choose Jack over you,"
"When did you last talk to me?" Merida asked.
"You know when we last talked," Elsa said a bit confused.
"And when did you last talk to Frost?"
Elsa didn't answer looking down at her feet.
"I thought so." Merida's frowned deepen, "If you want to be with a moony, go right ahead. But I'm not going to be any part of it," Merida pushed her bow and quiver into a duffle and slung the bag over her shoulder.
"Mer, please. You're my best friend. I don't want us to fight."
"Yea, well you should have thought about that before you talked to Frost,"

Merida turned away leaving Elsa standing there. In a last ditch attempt Elsa yelled out "Why haven't you told anyone?"
Merida stopped in her tracks.
"I can't believe you're really mad, if you haven't told anyone. Especially since we both know the best way to get Jack and I from seeing each other is to let the whole school know,"
"You don't have to explain yourself to me, then I don't have to explain myself to you," Merida said and was gone before Elsa could say anything else.

Anna was sitting on the hood of the car when Elsa came up.
"Hey, how'd it go?" She asked.
"Let's go," Elsa said getting in the car and slamming the door shut.
"I guess it didn't go well," Anna said more to herself than anyone else as she hopped off the hood and got into the passenger seat.
"Merida will come around. You'll see," Anna tried to cheer Elsa up.
"I don't know,"
"She can't stay mad forever,"
"This is Merida DunDroch we're talking about."
"If Rapunzel can be okay with it, then I'm sure Merida will see reason,"
"And when exactly will that be?"
"Give her some time to steam off. It was a little over a week ago she found out. She just needs some more time," Anna placed a comforting arm on Elsa's shoulder. Elsa relaxed at the touch and rested her own hand over her sister's for a moment.
"Thanks," She softly.
"What are sisters for?" Anna offered a smile that managed to brighten Elsa's outlook slightly. She was still detected from her conversation (or lack thereof) with Merida. But Anna, being Anna knew just what to do and say to lighten her mood.

And an hour after they got home Elsa received a text from the other person who knew just what to do and say to make her feel better.

Hey princess, how was school?

Good, right up until the end.

The talk with Merida didn't go all that well I take it.

No it did not. She's still mad as ever.

I'm sorry. I can only imagine how my friends would react if they found out I was texting you everyday

When Elsa told Jack that Merida hadn't told anyone about them he figured it would be best to keep their friendship on the down low. At least until he knew where this was going. Maybe he'd tell North and the others. They were his closest friends. He wondered how they would take it. Bunnymund would probably be the worst, but North could be bad to. Or he could go the other way and be cool. Tooth and Sandy, he was almost sure they would be cool. Almost.

I just hate not being able to talk with her.Elsa texted, Merida is my best friend. It's weird to not talk to her. She's normally the person I tell everything, right after Anna

She'll come around

Now you sound like Anna

Hey, if u want I can talk to her

That's the solution, sending the moony to talk her.

It could work

And it could also backfire and u'd end up with an arrow in your chest

It's cute that ur worried about me

Actually I'm worried about how much jail time Merida would get for attacking u

That hurt Winters. That hurt more than an arrow would

I'm just being honest

Am I reading a smile in between those lines?

Maybe :)

Then this may be a good time to tell you the good news

And what that might be?

I can come over Thursday for dinner, if that's good for you and for family

Elsa groaned audibly as she read the text. That was her first mistake, because Anna was in the room. Her little sister had taken to becoming hyper alert when she knew Elsa was texting Jack. She'd make any excuse to hover around her and at the slightest provocation she try to read the text. For the most part she kept her distance, since Elsa would tell her anything important anyway. But you couldn't blame her for wanting to know the 'really' important stuff as it came. Elsa's second mistake was trying to reply to Jack before deleting the text. Anna leaned over shoulder, read the text and was out the room before Elsa could type three words. Elsa guessed where she was going and hurried after her.

Anna found their mother reading in the master bedroom.
"Mom, Jack just texted and said he could come over Thursday for dinner,"
"That's great. Thursday will be perfect. Elsa sweetheart, you can tell Jack we're looking forward to having him."
"Are you sure? Because I think I'm coming down with something. It would be awful to tell him yes now then cancel on the date."
"You're not coming down with anything," Anna grabbed the phone from Elsa and dived onto her parents bed, using her mother as a shield between herself and Elsa.
"What time should I tell him mom?" Anna asked.
"Six thirty would be fine,"
"Anna give me my phone," Elsa dived after her, but Anna leapt off the bed. Elsa was going after her, but Anna tossed the phone back at her.
"Okay, you can have it," She said smiling. Elsa sighed, knowing she'd already sent the text. She let out a grown and collapsed into the pillows.
"Hey, look on the bright side." Anna said.
"Jack Frost is going to spending a significant amount of time with you people. There is no bright side,"
"Sure there is. It might take your mind off Merida for a while."
"I'm sure it will take my mind off Merida, because I'm going to die from embarrassment,"
"There is no need to be so dramatic." Her mother said, "I'll speak to your father and make sure he won't be so serious."
"Dad's nut my biggest worry. My biggest worry is her," Elsa pointed at Anna. Anna grinned sweetly at her sister.
"Who? Me?"

I'm not sure which I love more. Writing Elsa and Jack moments, or Elsa and Anna moments. They are both so much fun to imagine.

Nardragon~ until the next page.