While Apollonia was prohibited from participating in any camp activities, Anna did find some ways to keep her distracted. Some days they would walk through the woods while holding hands, go on a canoe trip across the camp's lake, sneak out of their cabin and just lay on the grass while star gazing. Every once in a while Apollonia would show Anna and Elsa modern technology like the cellphone, computer and the internet. Once the two girls got the hang of it all, they spent hours on YouTube searching random animal videos.
Every other camper and counselor were excepting of the girls' relationship and whenever they were caught in the midst of a moment, some female campers would give an, "awe," or a, "oh my god, they're so cute,". It didn't bother them because they would immediately get back to where they left off.
Elsa was the only one who didn't think the girls were "cute" together. She didn't dislike their relationship because she thought it was "wrong" or "unnatural". She didn't like it because she still had strong feelings for the younger brunette. Everyone was having lunch in the mess hall and Elsa was picking at her food. Their room mates, Apollonia and Anna and some of Apollonia's other friends were talking and laughing about some new nickname or activities. Whatever it was, Elsa wasn't listening. "So what do you think, Elsa?" Becca asked. The blonde's head snapped up when she heard her name being called.
"About what?" She asked.
"Well we talking about how Abby needed a new nickname so we gave her the name 'Roller Coaster'."
'What the hell is a roller coaster?' Elsa thought. "Why Roller Coaster?"
She asked. The mere mention of the ridiculous excuse of the nickname made everyone snicker or giggle. Except Anna. "Because," Becca began. She paused because the teen burst into a fit of giggles. "Everyone wants to ride her!" Then everyone burst with loud laughter. Elsa felt her cheeks heat up. She might've been twenty-one but just the mention of something sexual made her blush.
Anna wrapped a protective arm around Apollonia's waist. The brunette stopped her giggling when she saw the hint of jealousy in Anna's eyes. It was very rare that Apollonia saw Anna jealous or frustrated but when she did, it was quite adorable. "Anna, it's okay. They're just kidding." Apollonia said, clasping the red head's free hand in her own.
"I know but don't you think it's a bit inappropriate?" Anna asked.
"Yeah, but it doesn't bother me. We've all been friends for years and this is practically nothing compared to everything else they say, trust me."
"Some how that doesn't make me feel better." Anna grumbled. Apollonia smiled and kissed Anna's cheek in an attempt to calm her a gong was heard through out the camp, signaling that lunch was over and to get back to their activities.
Apollonia and Anna didn't have much planned so they tagged along with Becca's group while they practiced hand to hand combat. Although Becca just really wanted the extra help considering she's been taking Apollonia's group with her own. One nineteen year old girl can't handle twenty five campers that were twelve to seventeen year old all by herself, and her friend thankfully understood. While Becca was busy talking roll, Anna pulled Apollonia to the side. "You're not really going to fight are you? The doctor still doesn't want you in any activities for another day." The brunette just smiled and said that she would just give some pointers to the campers and to her and Elsa if they wanted to participate. "Alright guys, start on your stretches, we begin in five minutes." Becca ordered. Elsa wasn't too far away so Anna pulled her along to the practice mats so they could practice too. "Okay, everyone find a partner of the same level of experience as you, then you may begin," Apollonia said. "And no powers!" A series of grunts and groans erupted from the groups but went on to their practice.
Apollonia walked to and from every pair of campers, pointing out their small errors and occasionally gave out a few complements. When she came to Anna and Elsa, though, she had to walk them through every move they had to know. It was a little tiring but it was understandable, having to live in a highly guarded castle for a large part of your life was a good excuse as to why they couldn't perform a simple round house kick or block a punch. Them fighting each other, was pretty funny because neither of them knew what they were doing. A flimsy punch here and a weak block there was all the girls had to offer but Apollonia was sure that with a little more practice, they could be pros. After Anna had tried (and failed) to make a kick over Elsa's head, Apollonia simply explained that she wasn't ready for such a move and just needed to focus on her blocking. "Abby," Becca yelled from the front row of campers. "Let's give these guys an example of a good Jeet Kun Do match."
"I don't know, I'm still prohibited from any-"
"C'mon, Apollonia!," a camper encouraged. " You're the best at this, you can beat her!" A series of mumbles and chants of encouragement were quickly followed by the statement. Apollonia looked to Anna and weighed the pros and cons of the match. Pro: She would to demonstrate how a proper fight would go. Plus, she loved a challenge. Con: There was a good chance that her stitches could get unhinged from her wounds and that they weren't ready to be removed.
Anna pleaded with her eyes that Abby wouldn't accept the challenge. Why did she have to plead with her girlfriend? Abby knew that her stitches were going to be removed the next day, why was she even contemplating this? 'Please, Abby, don't do this. You could get hurt and I don't want you to land in the medical ward again!' Anna thought. "Alright, let's make this a good one." Apollonia said, causing cheers and chants to erupt from the teenagers. She walked over the main fighting mat and started to stretch, her stitches were long forgotten by that time.
Becca had called for another counselor to coach the fight, because god knows that fights like that could start off friendly but then turn into a series one. "Bow to each other," the male counselor said. They bowed, never taking their eyes off each other. That was the first rule in fighting, after all. "Begin!" They took to their stances and waited for a perfect opportunity to strike. Apollonia started to jump on the toes on her feet, making sure she didn't give Becca the chance to punch or kick her. Finally she sees an opening and threw a jab at her side, Becca blocked it, but Apollonia brought her other hand up the back of her friend's head and , well, smacked her. "Very good shadow boxing!" The Italian girl commented.
"Not cool, Abby!" Becca rubbed the spot where her roommate had hit.
"I have ice powers, I think I know what 'cool' is."
Becca saw a good opening and lunged forward, hitting Apollonia right in her stitches that were on her stomach. Apollonia recoiled but swept Becca off her feet, literally. She knelt down and gave a single, powerful punch at her friend's face, almost missing her eye. The young Japanese girl caught a fist and lifted Apollonia up and made her land on her back. She lifted her leg and planned to hit the fallen counselor's sensitive stomach but Apollonia stopped Becca's foot with her own leg, catching it between her calf and the back of her thigh. Becca still pushed on her leg, making Abby feel tremendous pain. She again swept her foot, making her friend fall on her back again. Apollonia jumped high into the air, bringing her knees to her chest. Chris, the counselor that was coaching the fight, felt his eyes widen. Apollonia never attempted a move this dangerous before. She knew that this was lethal, was she actually thinking?! Thankfully though, she smashed her feet on the sides of Becca's head and twisted her body the side. She moved to the side and offered a helping hand to her friend. "Uh . . . Apollonia wins!" Chris yelled. The girl received a series of applause from the onlookers, even from Becca. Elsa even found herself clapping, still amazed by the style of fighting they taught, but stopped when she saw Anna's angry eyes directed to her girlfriend. Without another word from the usual chatty red head, she stormed off to god knows where. Elsa has never seen her little sister so angry before so she didn't bother stopping the red head.
After receiving many praises from the campers, Apollonia came face to face with a worried looking Elsa. The blonde told her what happened and immediately knew where to find Anna. Since the red head still didn't know the camp very well, Apollonia knew Anna would run off to her room.
She knocked lightly and waited for the door to open but it didn't. She knocked again. "Anna, I know you're in there. Please open the door." Apollonia pleaded. Silence was all she got. "Anna, if you open the door, you won't even have to look at me, just listen." Still nothing. Apollonia sighed deeply, boy, was the red head stubborn. "I know you're mad that I accepted the fight but I couldn't help it! Two weeks is too long for me to wait to get any type of exercise in. I mean, you know that-"
"Oh! So it's MY fault you accepted the fight?!" Anna swung the door open and was greeted with her beautiful girlfriend covered in sweat, strands of her black, charcoal hair stuck to her face. 'God, why does she have to look so damn good?' Anna's mind screamed. She ignored her urges to kiss the girl and contained her angry composure. "I never said that, it was my decision." Apollonia replied on a calm tone.
"You know you could've gotten hurt, Abby! Do you think I want to see you unconscious in the medical ward again?"
"No, and why are you making a big deal out of this? The stitches are coming off tomorrow, I think I can get back to my life a day earlier."
"I'm making a 'big deal' out of this because you should've known better! I don't want to constantly look over your every move!"
"You're my girlfriend, not my mother. No one is asking you to look after me like a child, Anna!"
"Well it's hard not to! Abby, you're so smart but you make such irresponsible decisions!" The red head yelled. Did Apollonia hear her correctly? Was she seriously getting yelled at by the most child like girl she had ever met, for not being responsible?
"I'm not responsible? Did you forget that you're the one who convinced me to break the camp's most important rule, just because you wanted to look at the stars?"
"That has nothing to do with this, Abby! I just want you to be careful! If something happened to you, I'd be broken. You make me so happy, I just don't want to lose you!"
"I appreciate it, Anna, but you forgot, I have stitches. The worst that could've happened was those things getting torn. And even then, I could've gotten them fixed!"
"You don't get it! It's not just about the stitches, what if you had a more serious injury? Would you have still accepted?" Anna's face was now turning to same shade of her hair by then with all her anger.
"Do you really want me answer that? 'Cause I think you already know the answer."
"Just forget it. I can't talk to you while you look like . . . this!" She waved her hands up and down Apollonia's appearance. She meant that she couldn't talk to her while she looked so damn gorgeous, even if she did just get out of a fight. Only Apollonia didn't know what Anna meant, so she assumed that the red head couldn't stand her being sweaty. "Ok . . . I'll just take a shower. Sorry I look so bad." Before the Italian girl could turn around, Anna grabbed her hand. "No, I didn't mean it like that. I meant that you look too sexy right now." 'Wait, what?'
"Did you just call me sexy?" Apollonia laughed at Anna's adorable awkwardness. "W- What? No, I didn't mean it. I mean, no! You are sexy it's just that I didn't mean to come out so bluntly . . . No! I mean-"
Apollonia then silenced Anna's rambling with her lips on the red head's. Anna deepened the kiss by grabbing her girlfriend's waist and pulling her in her room. They weren't going to have sex, after all, they only have been together for a little over two weeks. But they still made out occasionally. When Apollonia was pulled on top of the red head to kiss down her neck, Apollonia's mind did something . . . strange. When she was nibbling on Anna's tender spot, her mind trailed to a certain icy blue eyed girl. Anna's red, auburn hair turned platinum blonde, her hair was done into a long, single braid over her shoulder, her tan skin was now pale, her freckles slowly faded to light ones and her teal eyes turned to a icy blue color. Apollonia pulled away momentarily and looked at the girl beneath her. She was no longer facing her red headed girlfriend, no, she was now on top Elsa. "What?" The girl beneath her asked. 'God, she even has that beautiful voice.' Apollonia thought. "Nothing." Then she gave her a long kiss, one that was filled with so much passion and love. Slowly, she trailed down ' Elsa's ' neck, gently biting and sucking on the beautifully pale skin, earning a moan from the imagery blonde, making 'Elsa' tighten her grip around Apollonia's waist. The Italian girl couldn't help but run her hands through the blonde locks, savoring the feeling of the smooth hair between her fingers. "Oh, Abby." Anna moaned. That was when Apollonia's little fantasy fell apart. Elsa never called her 'Abby'. Her friends and Anna, sure, but never from Elsa. The blonde always said she didn't like the nickname and she never once called Apollonia 'Abby' to her face.
The Italian girl pulled away, much to Anna's displeasure, saying she wanted to take a shower. 'What the hell was that? Do I really still have feelings for Elsa?' She thought. She grunted as she grabbed a towel and headed to her bathroom. 'Oh, who am I kidding? I never stopped!'