"So..." Anna looked around her apartment. "You're gonna come by this afternoon?"
"Yes, well, is that okay? If it's too much trouble on such short notice, I could-"
"No! Uh, it's not any trouble at all! Just, call me before you leave okay?"
"Of course. I'll talk to you soon."
Anna set her phone down on the table and turned in her seat, scanning the apartment.
Sweep the floor, wipe the counter, do the dishes...
She looked at her sink, overflowing with plates and silverware.
Take out the trash, put the laundry away, and the bathroom- Oh god the bathroom.
The redhead groaned. She stood up, slowly walking over to the laundry room. She put on her bright yellow gloves, taking a deep breath.
Let's do this.
"And the final matter of business for today, the temporary replacement for my position." Elsa gave a sharp look at Mr. Weselton as she stressed the word 'temporary'.
"I nominate the current Vice President. He is well experienced, has worked very close to me in the past, and I believe that he is the most capable alternative for the time being. The floor is open for nominations."
Elsa scanned the room, most of the board appeared pleased with her choice, except for one. Mr. Weselton's eyes darted from face to face, becoming more panicked as the silence continued.
"If there is no other nominee, is there a second for the sole nominee?"
"Second," several board members replied.
"We will now vote. Everybody in favor of this succession, please signify by saying 'aye'"
Most of the board murmured the phrase in monotone.
"All opposing?"
"I oppose!" Mr. Weselton furiously raised his hand into the air. "This is ridicu-"
"The ayes have it, the motion has been passed. That is all for today, thank you all for being here."
Elsa packed up her things, giving the Vice President a small smile and a nod before walking past. She quickly dropped the smile and walked past Mr. Weselton, who began following her into the elevator as he ranted at her.
"This is a set up, and you are behind it! You are afraid I will surpass you!"
A smirk crept onto her face, but only for a moment before she forced the cold look back on. She walked by him again, heading towards the door.
"You are running this business into the ground! Your parents would be ashamed!"
Conceal it. Keep it under control.
"This isn't the end of this! I'm not letting you get away with this! You cold-hearted bit-"
She spun to face the man, only a moment after she heard the loud crash of a fist meeting skin. She watched as the old man tumbled to the ground, hands grasping at the swelling cheek. Elsa grabbed the assailant by the shoulder, attempting to turn him to face her.
"What the hell are you doing Jon?" She furiously yanked at him. "Get off of him!"
"Did you hear what he said about you? Why I should-" He raised a fist.
"Enough! Security!" The guards quickly pried the young journalist off of the shaking board member. "Escort Mr. Gad out of the building please."
"But Elsa-"
"And make sure to keep him out. He is no longer allowed in this building until further notice," she said flatly, glaring at him the whole time.
As the guards dragged him out of the building, she took a deep breath to regather herself. She looked back to the old man, who was bleeding from his nose.
"Mr. Weselton, I wish you a speedy recovery." She turned and walked out of the building without waiting for a response.
She waited for Kai to close the door before letting out the breath she'd been holding.
Breathe.
After a series of deep breaths, she pulled out her phone. A small smile ran across her face as she dialed the energetic redhead.
"Hello?" Anna panted as she wiped her brow. "Oh hey! You on your way?"
"Yeah... Is this a bad time? Anna, I can come by another time."
"Oh no, you're fine. I'm just doing a bit of tidying up! So, how long until you think you'll be here?"
"About fifteen to twenty minutes, depending on traffic."
"Cool, I'll see you soon!" Anna hung up quickly.
She scanned the living room one last time, finally satisfied with the cleanliness. She sniffed her arm, face scrunching up at the smell.
Just one last thing to clean!
Kristoff took a sip of coffee as he looked down at his phone. He'd sent her a text ten minutes ago, with no response.
Come on feistypants, I'm right across the street!
"So Elsa hit you?" Kristoff's ears perked as he leaned subtly towards the conversation.
"No, it was some other guy, I haven't seen him before."
"Well it's a good thing he did, or you might have done something stupid."
Kristoff heard chairs screeching against the floor.
"I have to go, you understand. You should put some ice on that."
Kristoff tried to see who the mysterious men were, only to get a hint of auburn hair under the black baseball cap as the taller man walked out the door behind the smaller bald man. Before he could give it any more thought, his phone buzzed on the table.
'Can't today, a friend is coming by today!'
He noticed the black limo stop in front of Anna's apartment complex.
'A friend' huh?
He gulped down the last of the coffee, burning himself in the process. He grabbed his belongings and headed towards Anna's apartment.
Once the redhead had finally unlatched herself from the blonde, Elsa walked in to the cozy apartment. As she looked around, she could hear the smaller girl fidgeting behind her.
"Welcome to my apartment! I know it's not as big and fancy as your place, but..."
"I like it." Elsa smiled at the girl. "It's lovely, Anna."
The redhead beamed at her. "Thanks! Well uh," she lead the girl to the table in her living room. "Have a seat! Can I get you anything? I have orange juice, apple juice, grape juice... Well a lot of juices honestly, I don't really drink anything else, except... juice... heh," the redhead's face turned red.
The blonde chuckled. "Some water would be nice, thank you." She waited patiently for the smaller girl to return to the table. "How long have you lived here?"
"Well, it's been about a year. Before that, I lived in my friend, Kristoff's apartment for like, six months before he made me get my own place. After that, I moved from place to apartment, crashing at Kristoff's whenever I ran out of money."
Elsa frowned at the thought of the redhead being homeless. "I'm sorry, that must have been hard."
"Oh no, it was pretty fun! I got to live in all different parts of New York, it's pretty amazing how different a world you can live in from someone just a couple blocks away. Like this one guy I knew-"
There was a knock at the door. Elsa watched as the redhead got up to open the door.
"Hey, um... What's up?"
"Oh just stopping by, just seeing how you're doing,"
Elsa's eyes widened as she recognized the voice.
"Is this a bad time? No? Well don't mind if I come in- Oh hey, Elsa!" Kristoff smirked at her. "Weird seeing you here!"
What the hell is he doing?
Anna followed in, clearly irritated by the boy barging in. Just before she went off on a rant, a look of confusion crossed her face.
"Wait, how do you guys know each other?"
"Well that's funny you should ask, Anna! Elsa, do you want to tell the story?"
Is he- Oh god is he really going to-
"No? Well I guess I can tell it, it's quite the story. Well, about a week ago, Elsa-"
"I went to adopt a dog!" She took a moment to calm down before continuing. "You've told me so much about the kind of work he does, and I was just curious as to what kind of animals he rescues." She glared at him. "Isn't that right, Kristoff?"
"Uh- right. Yeah," he winked at her dramatically, fortunately going unnoticed by the redhead.
Anna stepped around him to look at each of them carefully, before shrugging.
"That's great! What kind of dog are you gonna get? Can I come with you to help you pick? There's this one dog there that's so sweet-"
"Anna, can I get some coffee?"
"Oh, um... Sure thing!" Kristoff waited until Anna was in the kitchen before sitting down next to the blonde.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?"
"Relax, I wasn't actually going to-"
"You swore to me that you wouldn't say anything. You-"
"Hey." Kristoff grabbed her by the shoulders. "Shut up and listen for a second. After we're done here, I need to talk to you. In private."
"About what?"
A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed that, the next chapter will be out on Tuesday.
Thanks for reading!