I'm late. So late. I'm sorry. I'm soo sorry. I shouldn't be making excuses, but I'll hope you understand that prep for University has had really busy. That plus this chapter was a killer to write.
Most of you wanted to see the talks. And it wans't easy. If you guys have ever written you'll know how annoying writer's block is. So I belted myself into my chair and swore I wouldn't move until I wrote (but then I got hungry...then I went on tumblr...and then I had to leave for Uni stuff and then night came and I was tired...and before I knew it several days passed). But the chapter is here now!

Elsa shifted uncomfortably on the couch waiting for someone to speak. Her fingers were woven into a tight knot, securely between her knees and the gaze was fixated there. It was safer to look there than into the eyes of her parents right now. When she'd come home her father had only pointed to the living without saying a word. Anna had only been a fleeting image at the top the stairs, no doubt banished to their room so their parents could speak with Elsa.

"So…" Her mother started, and Elsa braced for the worst, "We talked to Jack's mother this morning."
"She mentioned that," Elsa didn't look up.
"She mentioned you and Jack shared a bed,"
Elsa nodded, flinching when she heard her father take a breath.
"Do care to explain how that happened? Jack's mother promised us that you won't sleep in the same room."
"Dad, it isn't her fault," Elsa forced herself to meet her parents' gaze, "Jack was supposed to sleep in his sister's room. But we started playing a game and we fell asleep. Nothing happened. I swear."
"The issue isn't that the fact that you fell asleep together. The issue is that you were both aware the implications of that. You know very well why we wouldn't want you and Jack to share a bed,"
"Yes," Elsa murmured.
"Elsa, we are aware that you're getting older. Soon enough you'll be an adult and you will start to find yourself getting into…tempting situations. We don't want to prevent from experiencing your adulthood, but at the same time we are still your parents and only have your best interest at heart. Having sex isn't something to be taken lightly,"
"I know," Elsa wanted to curl up and die.
"Do you really know?"
"Of course, you raised me, didn't you. You raised me to make right choices. And Jack's mom raised him to do the same,"
"But you are both still human, and can make mistakes. You're young, inexperienced and most importantly at that age where-"
"Okay, I get it," Elsa cut her mother before she said something too scaring (although, if Elsa had to say this whole talk so far was several levels past 'too scaring').

"We think you're old enough to sit and talk about this like an adult,"
"Yeah, I like being a teen, so can we can just stay at the that level for a couple more years."
"Unfortunately, you're not going to be teenager forever. However if you want I could just ground teenaged Elsa and forbid you from seeing Jack ever again,"
"Okay, I can talk about this like an adult," Elsa said quickly, hoping to earn a chuckle from her folks. No luck.
"I want you to be honest with me here; when you and Jack began to feel tried, how much of an effort did he make to go to his sister's room?"
"He mentioned it once," She said, her voice dropping a bit.
"And what about you?"
"I…" She blushed, "I did ask him to stay for a few more minutes," She admitted.
"Mm-hm," She father makes a sound like he was expecting this. "Why?"

Elsa didn't answer right away, because she didn't have one. Well she did, but she didn't want to tell her parents that she didn't make Jack leave because she was comfortable sleeping in his arms.
"I didn't want him to go," She finally said.
"Elsa," Her mother started, "Do you think you and Jack want a physical relationship?"
Elsa felt her brain seize. She wasn't sure if she would die from embarrassment or faint from all the blood in her body rushing to her cheeks.
"No," She managed to get out, "No. I promise, we aren't going…to do that." Discussing it like adults be dammed. Elsa was not, repeat, was not going to blatantly discuss about having sex with Jack, to her parents.
"We want to believe that, but considering how much of an effort you two made to sleep apart we're a little apprehensive to say the least."
"Mom, Dad, you know me. You know I wouldn't do something like that,"
"We know you Elsa, but Jack we only just met," Her father said.
"We just want to be sure you'll be safe, sweetheart,"
"Then believe me. If you don't trust Jack just like that, okay. But trust me when I say you can trust him. Jack and I aren't ready for that step. We talked about it,"
"You did?" Her parents sounded surprised. "If you're already talking about it then that means you've been thinking about it," Adgar said.
"No, I promise you, no. When we woke up this morning we talked about it, mostly because you knew you would freak out. And…well, it wasn't much of a discussion and more of us skirting around the topic. But we both have the same thoughts about it never the less. We're not going to cross that bridge until we're ready, and we're not going to be ready for many, many, many years,"

Her parents shared a look. "Really?"
"Yes, now will you stop grilling me about it, because I'm about to die of embarrassment,"
"Hold on, how many years exactly?" Adgar asked.
"Not until I'm finished with college, at least," Elsa said truthfully, however when her father frowned she changed her answer to, "And have a steady, well paying job and have my own place,"
He was still frowning but said, "I guess I'll have to settle for that if I want to have grandbabies."
"I always figured you were counting Anna for that," Elsa hoped it was okay for her to joke again.
"HEY!" Came the cry from outside then a quick, "oops," And the sound of hurried footsteps up the stairs.
"That Anna," Idun said shaking her head.

"So…can I go?" Elsa hopefully pointed to the door. "I mean, we've already that the talk before. And you guys know I'm going to stupidly rush into anything. And even if Jack was that kind of person I wouldn't do anything just because he wanted me to. No, scratch that. If Jack was that kind of person I wouldn't be dating him…so can I go?" She crossed her fingers waiting their response.
"Okay, but" Adgar held up his hand as Elsa leapt to her feet, "There will be no unsupervised dates for you and Jack for a while. Either he comes here, or nothing."
"What if I go over by him when his mom's home? I know his little sister will be really sad if I stop coming over,"
"I don't think I'll be okay with that."
"Dad, it wasn't Jack's mom fault. We're to blame for falling asleep. Jack's mother is a really great person, and is a concerned parent just as much as you are. Please don't allow our screw up to colour you're impression of her."
Her parents shared another look, "Now that sounds like something an adult would say," Her father said, a little proudly. "Alright, but only we get to meet her in person before you start going over by Jack again,"
"Ah, sure, but where are you going to meet?
"Invite them over for dinner,"
"His whole family?"
"It's only the three of them right? It will be a good opportunity as any." Her mother said, "And don't you think you should take every chance to see Jack that we give,"
"Good point," Elsa nodded, "Okay I'll talk to Jack…uh…I can still call and text Jack right?"
"Yes,"
"Just making sure," Elsa moved towards the door, but she stopped turning on her heel and ran back to hug her parents, "Thanks for not freaking out,"
"I'm still trying to process everything, so don't get so happy right away,"

Elsa nodded and decided to leave before her dad changed his mind and really did ground her. She gave a huge sigh as she left the room and sprinting to her room, taking the stairs two at a time.
"I can't believe I'm still alive," She said as she entered her room.
"Hey Elsa,"
"Well, well, well, if it isn't miss 'sleepover'." Neither of those voices belonged to Anna.
Elsa saw the smirking faces of Merida and Rapunzel, each in their own window on the laptop screen.
"You told them already!"
"I'm sorry, but I have to tell someone. It was just too good not too," Anna gave a small laugh.
"So, how was he?" Rapunzel wiggled her eyebrows.
"Nothing happened," Elsa said to the screen, sitting on the bed next to Anna.
"Sure," The girls said together, drawing out the word.
"I'm serious. We just fell asleep,"
"Okay, if that's true why are you wearing his clothes?" Anna giggled. Elsa hit her on the head with a pillow.
"He gave me these to sleep in. I couldn't very well sleep in my dress,"
"Your sexy dress that you bought just for the date. Oh no, if you went to bed in that something would have happened for sure," Rapunzel laughed.
"You're not going to let this go,"
"Not for a while," Anna said with a smile.

Eager to get their attention on something else Elsa said, "Mom and Dad want to invite Jack and his family over,"
"Wait, backup." Merida waved her hands in front of her camera, "How'd you get from in trouble for having sex to getting you're folks to invite your boyfriend over?"
"We didn't do anything!" Elsa hissed viciously.

The other three laughed. "I'm only joking." The red head said, "You're going to have to learn to laugh at that joke because we're going to using it for the next…what you guys think, three months?"
"Maybe four, it all depends," Anna.
"Three for the least," Rapunzel nodded. Elsa moaned.
"That's it, you are fired as my best friends,"
"You can't fire me. I'm your sister,"
"You're fired from that too,"
The three girls stuck their tongues at Elsa together.

"But seriously, they actually said to invite him?" Anna asked.
"Yeah. They want the chance to meet his mom. Right now we're on probation. They're not going to let me and Jack see each other unless there is supervision,"
"For how long?"
"I don't know. I hope not that long,"
"Oh, and why's that?" Anna asked poking her sister playfully.
"Shut up. Like you would want mom and dad coming on your dates."
"Elsa, about the dinner you sure you're dad isn't just trying to get close to Jack so he can…" Merida drew her finger across her neck.
"No, Dad isn't that extreme," But she frowned thinking for a moment, "…he won't do that right?" Elsa asked Anna. The younger girl shrugged.
"He's never been that extreme before. But then again one of his daughters has never slept with a guy before,"
"I did not sleep with Jack!"
"You fell asleep with him, didn't you?" Anna teased.
"Oh, don't try to pretend you meant anything other than 'sleep together' when you said 'sleep together'."
"We're all big girls here Elsa, you can say sex," Merida teased.
"Yea, I'd rather not. I've had enough of that word for a long time,"
"Alright, teasing aside," Rapunzel said, leaning a bit closer to her computer screen, "In all honesty what was it like spending the night with him?"

"Ah…" Elsa lay back on the bed, "It was…" A small smile flickered across her lips and she pulled up the collar of Jack's hoodie to hide it, "It was cosy,"
"Cosy?" Came three voices as one.
"Yeah, cosy is the best way to describe it. We stayed up playing checkers and when we got tried we just fell asleep. He held me while we were sleeping, and he was so warm. I just didn't want to move. It felt safe, and comfortable."
"AWWW!" Anna and Rapunzel chimed together.
"Oh god," Merida pinched the bridge of her nose, "My niece or nephew from you are going to the spawn of a moony, aren't they?"
"You are so lucky I can't hit you right now," Elsa glared at Merida, "Let's not get ahead of ourselves. I've already promised dad the 's' word isn't gonna happen until I have a job, at least. So you three getting fight over who's the best aunt is even further off. And even if my kids are mixed you're nieces and nephews from Anna and Rapunzel are going to pure Disney anyway,"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't even think you can change the topic Elsa," Rapunzel said.
"I'm going to be here for a while,"
"Until we know everything that happened last night."

Jack had tried pushing off facing his mother for as long as possible. He shoved the snow form the driveway, taking his time. But he couldn't stay outside forever. So when it after one and his stomach was start to quarrel with him he figured he might as well get it over with. He found his mom in the kitchen.
"I thought you were going to stay outside all day,"
"I was trying too," He sat on a bar stood facing his mother, "But I think I'm ready to talk." He took a deep breath.

"What were you thinking? You had to know what I would I assume, and what Elsa's parents would assume,"
"I…I wasn't thinking. I'm sorry. I know it was stupid. I know that. It went through my head that I should go to Ellie's room when I started to feel sleepily."
"But you stayed,"
"I stayed." He repeated. "I'm sorry. I was stupid."
"We've established both those facts already. Elsa is a sweet girl. You said so yourself. She's better than most of the girls who throw themselves at you. Girls who will probably do anything so they can be with them. Do you want to jeopardise your relationship with Elsa?"
"No. Of course not. I l…" He cut himself off and gulped.
"Jack?" His mother caught his hesitation.
He shook his head, "I would never do anything to hurt Elsa. I would never make her do something she wouldn't want to do. And I know that she and I aren't anywhere a point in our relationship where we should even be thinking about…having sex," He said the last two words like they tasted sour.

"That is very true. Then why did you stay with her last night."
"I'm going to be honest here,"
"I hope you're going to be honest, or this talk would have been for nothing."
"But it's going to sound selfish," He paused again, but his mother didn't speak, waiting for him to continue. He took a deep breath, once, twice, "I didn't go to Ellie's room last night because I didn't want to."
"Oh?" His mom leaned forward, resting her elbows on the counter, "You want to elaborate?"
"I'm not sure if I can," Jack ran a hand through his hair, "It's just…I didn't want to waste the opportunity to be close to Elsa. That sounds weird," Jack shook his head, "But you know about the rivalry. We don't want our relationship to get out because we scared of how some people may…not may…will react. And that means we can't do things we would normal do. I just, I want to see her more. I want to be able to take her out for ice cream, or go the beach, or just hang out and not be worried about anything. When she stay over last night, that's a little what it was like. When we were playing checkers it felt like…like there wasn't any pressure to be a good boyfriend, or have to worry about the rivalry. It was just us and I didn't want to give that up."

"You know it should be safe for you to take her to beach right now since no one is going to be there. But you'd die from hypothermia."
"A joke? Should I take that as a sign I'm not in trouble?"
"Not in much trouble,"
"Better than nothing I suppose," Jack managed a smile.
"I'm going to ask you question, and I don't want you skirt around it or make a joke, okay?"
"I guess,"
"I want you to answer me honesty, yes or no. Do you love Elsa?"

Jack's jaw went slack. He didn't breathe for several seconds, afraid of the word that might come out of his lips if he did. "That isn't a straight yes or no answer," He final managed to say, remarkably without much of a pitch in his voice.
"Just say what you feel,"
"…No…" He looked up, "No, that's not true…then yes…ahh, I didn't think it's a yes…" He let out a frustrated groan, "Can we talk about me and Elsa having sex? That will be an easier conversation."
His mom smiled a bit, "You said you won't going to make jokes,"
"Why would you ask that?"
"Before, you were going to say something about Elsa, but you stopped short. I wanted to confirm my suspicions."
"Love is a…complicated word,"
"Don't I know it. You're right I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked something so big of you. I just have never seen you in a relationship like this before. Not even with Toothiana,"
"Tooth and I were different."
"How?"
"I…we were…well, with Elsa it's like…when I'm with her I'm happy. Wait, that's not explaining it right. I'm happy with Tooth too. But it's a different kind of happy. It's hard to explain with words, but it feels different in here," He touched his chest.

"Okay, stop making your brain hurt. That really isn't something you can explain in words. Once you understand what you feel, that's enough, even if you can't describe those feelings. I've stressed you enough for today."
"More like enough for a week,"
His mother chuckled, "Now as to your punishment,"
"Oh come on, this discussing hasn't been punishment enough?"
"Extra chores for the remainder of the break,"
"What? But mom!"
"You want that plus being grounded?"
"I'm going to clean my room and then I'll do Ellie's."
"I thought so,"

Jack hopped of the stool and made his way up to his room and true to his word started to clean. Half way though he heard his cell. He dropped the pile of books in his hands and dive for his table when he recognised the ring tone.
"Tell me now, do I have to grab the essential and go on the run from your dad?" He answered.
"You're safe, for now,"
"So you're still alive,"
"And you're obviously still breathing," Elsa laughed, "How did things go for you?"
"It was not fun,"
"Same here,"
"I got extra chores, what's your sentence?"
"They're not going to leave me alone with you,"
"I guess we could have seen that coming,"
"Hey, at least we can still see each other," Elsa said cheerfully.
"I'll take anything I can get,"
"I have some good-ish news. Mom and dad invited you guys over for dinner,"
"O…okay…you're dad isn't trying to lure me into some trap, is he?"
"Funny, Merida asked the same thing,"
"She knows already,"
"Anna didn't waste any time,"
"Obviously. So what day for dinner?"
"Sunday, if that's okay for you all? Say six,"
"That could work…wait, what do you mean 'you all'."
"You, Ellie and your Mom,"
"All of us?"
"Yes. Mom and Dad want to meet your Mom,"
"Should we be worried about that?"
"Very,"
"Yeah, I think so too." Jack sighed, "I have to double check with Mom but Sunday should be fine,"
"Which do you think is worst, our parents in the same room, or our sisters?" Elsa asked.
Jack pondered for a moment, "Both are equally scary,"
"And the really scary thing, they're all going to be together,"

They both shivered.

Their families getting together for a nice sit down dinner...yeah, no good can come of that.

Nardragon~ until the next page.