Early in the morning, Elsa awoke from a pleasant dream feeling an unfamiliar weight on her. Her eyes fluttered open and peered over her shoulder. She saw her sister sticking to her like a magnet of affection. She had an arm hanging over Elsa's shoulder in mid-air and curled a leg over her hips. Anna had her other arm hooked back underneath her soft, red hair that was styled as a cross between a bird's nest and Frankenstein's bride's hair do. A feral strand of her hair clung like static to an upper corner of Anna's gaping mouth while a lower corner was occupied by a trail of drool dripping to her chin. Elsa watched her sister with odd fascination. One part of her was horrified by the state her sister trapped her in while another part of her was amused by her sister's atypical morning charm that came with how well she slept the night before.
Elsa could care less how ungraceful Anna was in her present state of rest. She just cared that her sister had a good night's rest while simultaneously soundly sleeping herself. With her heart at ease, Elsa carefully lifted her sister's limbs off her body and slid out bed without disturbing her sister from her blissful sleep. Anna lightly snorted and gurgled incomprehensible words in her sleep as Elsa made her way to her closet.
The platinum blonde beauty scanned for a dress to wear. She wanted to make sure it professional yet at the same time playful. She was sure she would need to pick her attire carefully knowing she had to appeal to both the King and Queen and to their daughters. Elsa's blue eyes zoned in on a dress that had a dark purple skirt, black bodice, and purple sleeves and raised collar with a green jewel underneath. Elsa pulled it out along with tights and heels that went with it and laid everything down at the edge of her bed. Anna scrunched up her body in a ball and mumbled.
"Elsa...Kristoff….Don't leave me. Ah! Giant snow ball-Oh, hi Olaf. Thanks, Olaf. Elsa. Mama, Papa. Elsa and I are fine. We take good care of each other. Good to each other. No, Elsa. Don't shove that snow down my dress….Cold!"
Anna swung up from her curled position into a sitting one. Her eyes were wide and she hugged herself shivering. "Cold…." Then she came to her senses and dropped her arms. Anna looked around and saw no frost or ice. She just stared at her sister staring back at her in bewilderment.
"Elsa. Um, good morning."
Elsa encased her laughter in her right hand. "Good morning, Anna. I see you slept well."
Anna knitted her brow in confusion at first then it dawned on her what her sister meant. A rosy blush blanketed her freckled cheeks. She self-consciously touched the top her head before her blush turned maroon. Pressing her hands in shame against her scalp, Anna cracked her voice like a chef breaking an egg.
"Did I disturb you, Elsa?"
"No, Anna. I slept just fine. Thank you for your concern though."
Anna slid her hands down from her scalp to the sides of her face as slow as a snail. She still felt flustered.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. Now get up out of bed. We need to get ready for our guests."
"When are they supposed to be here?"
"Ten."
"What time is it now?"
"I would assume it's nearly eight."
Anna allowed her hands to collapse on the bed sheets. She pulled the sheets off her and hopped out of bed. She scurried over to her sister and leaned over her shoulder examining her dress for the day. Anna gave an approving smile at the purple and black dress Elsa had laid out for herself.
"It's beautiful, Elsa."
Elsa turned to Anna with a curious look. Anna pulled her head back to see her sister's face more clearly.
"I mean, everything that you were looks beautiful on you, but I think this dress will be perfect for today."
Elsa softly smiled at Anna before the younger girl continued.
"But that only means that I need to find an equally appropriate dress for today. Excuse me, Elsa! I'll meet you for breakfast."
With that, Anna hiked up the skirt of her nightgown and scurried out of Elsa's bedroom. Elsa had followed Anna out the door with her eyes. Her smiled widened and shook her head in sheer amusement. Sometimes her sister could be such a goofball that at times that even Elsa couldn't handle Anna's goofy behavior. Elsa walked over to her door and closed it. She turned around and looked at her room. She saw the dolls still placed on her vanity.
"Anna forgot the dolls. Oh well. I can give them back to her later."
With that, Elsa made her way back to her bed and began the tedious task of changing out of her night gown and into her purple dress.
To Be Continued…
