WARNING: This story contains mature themes, sexually explicit content, strong language and content that may offend.
This chapter contains content that may offend.
A/N at the end.
Anna's belongings were quickly moved into her dorm room, and everything she needed, from her laptop to her lamp, even a printer, which was bought by Anna's mom at her mom's insistence. Her clothes were quickly hung up in the closet and her undergarments were stuffed in the drawers below her bed. With some difficulty, Anna and Punz were able to fit the mattress cover over the surprisingly heavy mattress and easily laid out the sheets.
Someone knocked on the door to their residence. "Just a reminder that orientation starts in 2 hours!" A voice called out.
"Ugh. Orientation." Punz groaned. "Time for some embarrassingly cringy 'icebreakers' and group activities."
"It can't be that bad, right?" Anna asked, feeling slightly offended. Anna actually enjoyed these activities.
"Well, you might enjoy it. You've always been a social butterfly." Punz said.
Anna's stomach growled. "Wanna go grab something to eat?"
"They will be providing food during the orientation. It's probably gonna be pizza." Punz said. "But if you don't wanna wait for another 3 hours, we can go get some snacks from the nearby convenience store."
"Let's go. I don't think I can wait that long."
Half an hour later, Anna and Punz sat in the living room, sharing a family sized chocolate bar and a 2 liter bottle of cola. Punz brought out her laptop and together they played some random browser game until orientation.
"Orientation begins in 5 minutes!" A voice called from outside, sounding like it came through a megaphone. "Meet in the lawn in the center."
"Let's get going! I can't wait to meet everyone!" Anna said excitedly.
"Ugh, fine. Just let me put my laptop back." Punz said, carrying her laptop to her room. A brief moment later, someone knocked on the door to their dorm.
"I've got it!" Anna called as she opened the door, revealing a tall handsome man with long black hair. "Flynn?" Anna asked in disbelief.
Flynn was Rapunzel's boyfriend since the 2nd year of high school. At first, it seemed like your average high school relationship; date, break up, date someone else, break up, get back together, break up one last time, end the year. But it was different. When they got together, something just clicked between them, forming an inseparable bond between the two. Which leads to now, Flynn and Rapunzel are going to the same college and are still together.
"Hey Flynn. How's it goi…" Anna began before Rapunzel barreled through her and jumped into Flynn's arms, kissing him passionately. Anna chucked softly and averted her eyes, giving the two lovers a moment of privacy. After a few moments, Anna decided that she had to intervene.
"I hate to ruin your moment, but we really should get going." Anna said, smiling.
Punz pouted. "You're right." Punz said, defeated. Then she spoke to FLynn. "Guess we'll continue this later?"
"I'll hold you to that." Flynn said with a small chuckle as the three headed out to the central lawn. They walked towards the center lawn, which had a loose circle of people standing around two "residence dons" as they were known. Scanning the crowd, Anna saw two more familiar faces.
"Kristoff! Sven!" Anna rushed over and embraced them both in a hug. Kristoff and Sven stumbled backwards, caught off guard and after a brief moment, returned the embrace. Flynn and Punz quickly joined in the group hug.
Anna knew Kristoff from high school and wherever Kristoff was, Sven was close by. Anna knew that Kristoff was being watched by pros and was going to post-secondary to improve his chances at being drafted into the NFL. His best friend Sven isn't being watched, but together, no one could beat the duo in football, and the reputation that they earned was enough to have a small group of fans following them around. Kristoff had actually tried to date Anna at one point, only for him to realise, quite awkwardly, that Anna wasn't interested in him. In fact, Anna wasn't interested in any guy and after the question of Anna's sexual orientation was cleared up, Kristoff and Anna decided to remain friends. It was awkward in the beginning of their new friendship, but miraculously, they managed to push through and have remained very good friends since.
A siren sounded from the megaphone, instantly quieting the crowd. "First thing's first. My name is Ryder Nattura, and I am your residence don. " He spoke loudly without using his microphone, his voice ringing out through the crowd. "We will have residence meetings every other Tuesday. My residence number is 14, should you need me, and my class schedule is posted on the door. Attendance will be recorded, and I will send all of you emails on the day before each meeting to let you guys know."
The rest of the night passed by in a blur. There were so many activities that Anna wasn't sure she could keep up with them all. Let alone remember the rules to each one. There was dodgeball (in which Kristoff and Sven absolutely demolished everyone) some embarrassing singing mascot moments, and even a bit of charades. But surprisingly, even to herself, she managed to make it through the night with little help from Kristoff or Rapunzel.
As Anna peeled off her sweaty clothes and showered, her mind began to wander to her mother again. Anna clasped a hand over her mouth and desperately tried to hold back her sobs as she imagined her mother's solitude. She turned off the water, dried herself off, and changed into her sleepwear. Anna crawled into bed and drifted off into a fitful sleep.
Anna woke up the next morning to the sun blaring in her eyes. She checked her phone: 8:00 AM, and with a groan, she got out of bed and prepared for class, which would start an hour later. Anna changed into a simple t-shirt and jeans, then opened the door and found Punz cooking up a storm in the living room, the mouth-watering scent of pancakes flooding Anna's senses.
"Rise and shine, bestie!" Punz said. "We gotta start off our first day of classes right, so I took the liberty of making us breakfast!"
"You didn't have to!" Anna exclaimed, her jaw dropping.
"I wanted to. Go comb your hair, Anna." Punz said, trying not to laugh.
Anna self-consciously reached for her hair, only to realise that she probably had a horrendous bed-head. Anna scrambled into the bathroom and braided her hair into twin braids, brushed her teeth, and washed her face.
Anna joined Punz at the table, Punz carrying a large plate overflowing with stacks of pancakes. Anna laughed as one pancake slipped and fell onto the floor before Punz could set the plate down on the table. Punz pouted, picked up the fallen pancake, and whipped it into the trash can on the other side of the room. The pancake thankfully went into the trash can before it exploded into a million pieces on impact with the trash can wall, which rested against the far wall of the kitchen.
"So, Anna," Punz said cheerfully. "What class do you have?"
"Art in AH-302 at 9:00" Anna said after consulting her schedule. "Wherever that is."
"Wait, really?" Punz asked, incredulous. Anna nodded. "Me too. Arendell Hall is not too far from here, we can go together, and I can spare you the embarrassment of getting lost and being late."
"It was only that one time!" Anna said, her face reddening from embarrassment.
"That one time in grade 9 first semester, grade 10 second semester, or…" Punz stopped as Anna jokingly threw a piece of pancake at her face.
"Shut up." Anna said playfully, then looked at the time, her eyes widening.
Punz followed her gaze, until her eyes rested on the clock. 8:45. "Shit! We have to go!"
The two grabbed their backpacks and ran down the busy streets of Arendelle, somehow arriving in a record time of 5 minutes later. Punz and Anna quickly found a seat in the middle row of the mostly empty lecture hall and struggled to catch their breath. They vaguely noticed the short, severe-looking man on the podium with a light grey English-style moustache and thinning light grey hair.
"Are… you… sure…" Anna panted. "We… are in… the right… classroom?"
Punz nodded. "I've… checked."
At 9:00 on the dot, a tall girl with long platinum-blonde hair done in a single braid walked into the classroom. Anna noticed that the man at the podium cast a disapproving look at the blonde, which the blonde met, and after a brief moment, the man looked away. The blonde turned towards Anna's general direction and studied the empty seats.
Anna studied the blonde's face. She had pale skin, rosy cheeks, cherry-red lips, purple eyeshadow and bright blue eyes. She was wearing an olive green t-shirt and black leggings that hugged her slender legs and rear. Anna caught herself staring and looked away, feeling heat rising to her cheeks. When she decided that the coast was clear, she snuck another look at the blonde, realising that she sat in the front corner of the classroom, the last place perhaps anyone would want to sit.
"Good morning, everyone!" The man speaking had a rather squeaky voice. "Welcome to ARC 100, Drawing and Representation 1. I am Professor Weselton and I'll be your professor for this course." Anna caught a few whispers and snickers from nearby students. Professor Weasel said many. "Unfortunately, you will not be painting anyone like Jack's French girls in the Titanic." Some awkward laughter filled the brief pause, before he continued. "Please pull out the course syllabus and follow along. If you do not have the syllabus printed, just this once you may follow along on your electronic devices."
The professor began to drone on about "academic honesty" occasionally leveling disapproving glances at the blonde, who followed along on a printed document oblivious to the glances, or making crude jokes. Anna vaguely registered the professor's words, which sounded like they were a million miles away. Her thoughts were about the blonde sitting in the corner. She was thinking about talking to her. Seeing her smile. Seeing her laugh. She imagined the blonde's bright blue eyes staring at her, imagining the feel of her hand in Anna's, imagining the feel of her lips on Anna's.
A/N
Someawe45- Hello everyone. I would like to apologise for our lack of activity, but life got in the way and we were unable to spare a lot of time to write this chapter. Things have cooled down a bit and we should be able to regularly publish chapters. Also, sorry that this chapter is a bit short, as we had difficulties writing this chapter, mainly due to lack of real-life experience, and we intended for this chapter to be a filler chapter as well. Thank you for your patience, and we promise that the following chapters will definitely start picking up the pace of Anna and Elsa's relationship. As usual, feedback and criticism is appreciated.
RiasSenpaiBae- Hello as well. Just like Someawe45, I would like to apologise for the lack of uploads or updates on what is going on. But life struck us hard. And we, luckily, are a lot less crammed and have a chance to work on this story. I'm just hoping that we are able to satisfy and achieve the quality I imagine. But even through the toughest times, I hope you (the reader) will continue to persevere through it with us. Thank you for reading and we will try to get chapter 3 out to you as soon as we can. As usual, we accept feedback and criticism. But I would like to clarify, if you have nothing good (or helpful) to say, don't say it. Just leave and find another fic.
And now, replying to a review we got.
Pricefieldftw: Thank you for your feedback, and sorry for the late reply. This is a non-related Elsanna Modern AU ship. As for the incorrect name "Alexandra" on paragraph 10, Anna's mom (Idunn) is suffering from CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease), which one symptom is memory loss. Perhaps we didn't do the best job in portraying it.