Heya! I'm back. Sorry for the late update. This should be posted three days ago but unfortunately there were few changes and I didn't bring my laptop (so I had to fix it by my cellphone). But look, this is the longest chapter… than the other three. I hope I can write longer for the next chapters ahead! Enjoy!

Tattering Thrones

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4 : Frost Is a Friend

Elsa hurriedly ran to her classroom. She hadn't realized that it was the next period; Toni was busy showering her with compliments and eventually started a new interesting topic that kept her away from looking at the time. Once she opened the door, every eye fell on her.

"Uh, I'm sorry, Sir." Elsa said.

"What time is it now? 10.21? Class started at 10:15, Blanche! You're not allowed to come in to my class and you shall come to me after school for detention." Mr. Gaston glared at her. He sure was strict about time, and Elsa couldn't try to reason. If she told him she was busy texting, all hell would break loose.

Just as she was about to step away, a boy came and stood beside me. "I'm sorry too, Sir! I guess I'm late."

"Oh? You are late, Westerguard. Although this is rare for you to be late, I'm afraid you have to join Blanche as well. Now get out from my class." Mr. Gaston closed the door in front of us.

"Gee, six minutes late and he made it a big deal." He grunted. His brown eyes gazed the girl who was standing beside him and looking down, sort of refusing to acknowledge the boy's presence. "Hey, you're Elsa, right?"

But Elsa couldn't do anything. She looked up at him. The boy with auburn hair and sideburns, one of the five stars of West Everbranch. He was standing with Eugene, Naveen, and Hercules yesterday, but he didn't join them flirting with her. The only thing he did was looking at her with an indescribable expression.

"Yeah. You're the guy from yesterday." Elsa said plainly.

"Ah, excuse my friends' behavior yesterday. That's just what they basically do every day." He smiled. From that smile, she could tell why he was popular. This boy was elegant and good-looking. Girls love that. Noticing Elsa's strange silence, he asked, "You do know my name, right?"

Elsa laughed sheepishly. "Uhh, no. Sorry."

"I'm Hans. Hans Westerguard. We don't have anything to do for the rest two hours, right? What about we skip class?" Hans asked.

He was elegant and all, but he wanted to skip... class. Interesting. "I don't think that sounds great..."

"It sounds very great! It is break time after this class. So we have total three hours to do anything!"

"I don't know..." Before Elsa could mutter another protest, Hans grabbed her hand and ran. "W-wait! What are you—"

"Sssh! Keep your voice low, you don't wanna make Mr. Gaston double our detention, right?"

Elsa sighed. Another new experience for her, skipping class. Whatever it feels like, it must be fun, right?

Hans guided her to a mall not far from school. There were few people, since it was weekday and far from lunch time. He suggested that the arcade was fun. Since Elsa hadn't been there before, surely she accepted the offer with excitement, even if she wasn't aware of it.

"Sooo, do you know how to play this game... Zombie Attack?" Hans asked.

"No."

"Well, hold the gun and aim at the zombies... Then press the trigger to shoot them until they die."

"And why should I play this game?"

"The loser has to sing Twinkle Twinkle loudly in front of people!"

"Oh, you're on!" As she grabbed the gun, Hans laughed at her funny reaction and slipped two coins inside the game machine.

An hour passed and not once Elsa felt regret for leaving school. They played many games and Hans would often lose and Elsa would laugh about it. After feeling enough from playing games, the duo went to an outdoor food court to grab lunch.

"What do you want to eat? I'll pay." Hans said.

"Oh, no. I'll use my own money and order by myself."

"It's alright. Consider this as an apology for dragging you out from school. So, what do you want?" Hans asked again, now with an assuring smile.

This guy definitely has tons of charm, Elsa thought. "Alright. I'll have chicken steak and strawberry juice."

Hans nodded and left her. Elsa used the opportunity for being alone to text Toni. Unfortunately, Toni didn't reply any of her texts. When a sense of déjà vu hit her, she instantly face palmed. One time there was a situation like this, she got a reply that Toni was studying and his phone kept ringing, so his teacher had tried to take his phone. Luckily, he managed to slip away. She didn't want to repeat the same mistake, so she locked her phone, put it in her pocket and waited for Hans.

"What are you doing here?" A familiar voice asked that brought Elsa's head to look up at the voice owner.

"Jack? What are you doing here?" Elsa asked with surprise.

"Woman, answer my question first, will ya?" Jack sighed. "I'm skipping class. You?"

"I'm... Skipping class too."

"Whoa, I never expected that coming. Just all by yourself?"

"No, I'm with Hans." Elsa replied, and then looked at a board Jack was holding. "Is that a skateboard?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"Nothing... Do you skip class because you just wanna play skateboard?"

"Of course not! I always ride with my skateboard everywhere, even to school, if I'm not in the mood to drive. School is boring, don't you just wanna skip class?"

No matter how dedicated Elsa was to study, she couldn't help but to feel bored eveytime she stepped her foot into the building. Sure, who doesn't? Homework. Pressures. Everyone in there! Upon closer inspection, Elsa found Jack's skateboard quite cool. The deck was cerulean blue with frost design tracing around it and the wheels were white. It just suited him well. Her eyes also didn't fail to notice the wheels' white color that wasn't perfectly white anymore, as the skateboard has been used frequently.

Jack noticed Elsa's interested look at his skateboard. "Do you want to ride on this?"

She shook her head. "I never ride skateboards."

"Now you can ride one! C'mon, it's super easy." He offered her a hand.

At first, she was hesitant. Why should she even try? But an image of herself skateboarding like a pro that suddenly appeared in her head tickled her stomach. Elsa usually watched skateboarding shows in her room whenever she felt the day was ultimately boring. One of the episodes she most remembered was starring a guy with helmet on his head and pads clamped on his elbows and knees. He slid down a ramp by his skateboard and then somehow he managed to fly and did tricks mid-air. It was cool but Elsa always managed to cover her eyes whenever the guy fell. It must be very hurt. Elsa wasn't the type to like the feeling of being hurt physically. But one try doesn't hurt, right?

So she took his hand and stepped on the deck. When Elsa almost fell, she held Jack's hand tighter with both hands, and tried to balance herself on the board. Jack chuckled at this. "Don't be afraid of falling! Just focus and relax."

"How can I!? This thing keeps moving every time I breathe!"

"What a drama queen. Here, I take a step back and you—"

"Don't you dare step away from me!" But Jack pretended to not listen to her and took a step back. "JACK FRICKING FROST I SWEAR I'LL MAKE YOU DROWN IN THE AMAZON SEA WITH MASSIVE PIRANHAS AND—"

Elsa's bluster halted into a stop as her balance slipped away and her petite figure couldn't longer stand on the skateboard. She was falling, indeed, but when she waited for the impact of her face or her body into the ground, there was none. Instead, she was in contact with something... Soft? Elsa slowly opened her eyes that had been closed due to her superb reflexes. Dark blue was what she saw. Dark blue... That was the color of Jack's jacket... Wait...

A cough was heard clearly and made Jack and Elsa's head to turn at Hans, who was holding a tray of food, with confusion written over his face. "Uh... Am I interrupting something?"

Elsa looked up only to meet Jack's eyes on her, and in split second, a summary of occurring events appeared in their brain.

I fell.

I caught her.

They scurried away from one another's arms in a flash. Elsa noticed that Hans was still standing confusedly and holding a tray of their food. She was confused why he was still standing like a stone, so she grabbed the tray from his hands and put it on the table. "Shall we eat?"

Hans regained his composure and sat down with her. His eyes travelled to Jack. "Do you want to join us?"

Jack waved his hand. "Nah, I'm good. See you two later." And then he skated away.

Hans eyed the platinum blonde girl, who was eating her chicken steak normally like nothing had happened. Usually girls would freak out or be totally embarrassed being in touch that close with the popular Jack Frost, but man, this girl was surely different. Back then, when a sophomore bumped into Jack, she stuttered and flabbergasted when he asked her if she was okay. Then the sophomore ran away, leaving Jack behind, confused. Hans, who was there with Jack, decided to shut his mouth because if he explained what happened with her to him, he would say, 'why would she be embarrassed? I don't bite!' Jack was naïve and he didn't like to make a big fuss about such small thing.

Elsa, feeling a stare upon her, looked at Hans. "Is there something on my face?"

"No, not at all. After we finished our lunch, let's go back to school, alright?"

"Alright."

One second after Elsa stepped into the school, she thought of all the teachers standing in front of the hallway, blocking Hans and Elsa's way in, with detention paper on their hand. But no, the hallway looked actually... Normal. Students and teachers did notice they walked, but no one said a word to them. It was like no one suspected a thing. West Everbranch High was a well-known school because of its numerous academic achievements. Maybe the students were sneaky here.

"So, Elsa, I'm going to go to my friends now. Do you want to join me?" Hans asked.

Elsa remembered how the three popular boys from yesterday flirted with her. It gave her an icky feeling in her stomach. "No, thank you. I gotta study for Geometry."

"Are you sure? It's break time now. Don't you want to have fun or something?"

"One hundred percent. I'm always like this." She gave him a small smile. Hans returned her smile and began walking away, only to be stopped when Elsa called his name. He turned around. "Thank you." She said.

"You're welcome." He waved his hand and walked away.

Elsa sighed and walked to her class. Along the way, she saw four girls chatting happily. They were talking about a ripped celebrity. There was also a couple who was fighting and in the verge of breakup. Then there was a group, huddled beside the lockers, gossiping something. The school was lively as always. She was used to walk past them normally, but now, something nagged at her chest. Her temple rubbing tried to relieve the feeling, but nothing helped. She wondered. This was something vexatiously new.

When she got to her class, she hurriedly took the farthest seat away from the whiteboard, which was something unusual for her as she always sat on the front row. She took out the geometry book and tried to solve questions.

Geometry was always Elsa's favorite subject. She would always excel and get A+ on every test. She was into designing houses, skyscrapers, and heck, castles even, if she was high on her imagination level. Her creative art skills really helped it. She once made a sketch of an ice castle, out of boredom, and decided that it was her masterpiece throughout every piece she had made. Weeks later, she colored the sketch and Kai was impressed with the drawing. He encouraged her to put it into a frame and hang it on the wall. Of course, hanging the drawing on the wall was the most she could do. Her dream was to be an architect, but her fate as the oldest child of the Arendelle family didn't really help it.

But now, she was hard to collect her concentration to solve the questions. She bit her lip while tapping her pen on the desk. Find the area of the triangle enclosed by the x - axis and the lines y = x and y = -2x + 3? This was usually easy for her.

At the perfect timing, her cellphone buzzed in her pocket. She immediately took it out and saw a displayed new received text on the phone screen.

tonisolarskate: Hi. Sorry for the late reply. did u play ur cellphone in the middle of a lecture again?

snowflakekitkats: Nah. Guess what? I skipped class!

It took a while to receive a reply from Toni.

tonisolarskate: WHOOOOO GURL R U FOR REAL!? Congratz bae! U just stepped into a whole new world! I'm so mindblown by dat! PROUD OF U

snowflakekitkats: Is... Is it bad?

tonisolarskate: Oh gurl, definitely not. Sometimes u hv to try different things in life, maybe they r better than what u always do. Gotta get out from the cage, yes? But dont get addicted to skipping class, teachers would know n hell break loose ;p

Gotta get out from the cage. Toni's words seeped into Elsa's mind. She was always a bird with beautiful wings trapped in a cage. How she wished to come out from there and fly freely to the world full of blazing colors. Yeah... Fly as high as you can before that cage is locked forever.

snowflakekitkats: Okay. Thank you so much! Will try to not to tho :p

tonisolarskate: K, c ya, gotta eat lunch!

Elsa locked her phone and sighed. Now that Toni is not available, what should she do? She can't do her lovely geometry exercise papers. Lunch break was still half an hour to go. She began to think of her decision rejecting Hans' invitation to come with him earlier. If she accepted it... No, no way. No way Elsa's gonna love the time she spend with them by being flirted again. But then again, there must be Jack there.

Wait, why Jack appeared in her thoughts? Yes, Jack was one of the Five Stars. He was her first actual friend in high school, that must be why. Elsa was still not used to the fact that she accidentally befriended the annoyingly chirpy guy and the way he acted toward her; like he was cool with the bond between them, even though she couldn't tell the guy saw her as a friend or just a mere acquaintance.

Elsa groaned and buried her head between her palms. It's not a day yet and I'm already tired, she thought.

Ah, the sweet melody of the last school bell of the day. Friday is over, NO SCHOOL FOR TWO DAYS... And then I have to go back to school again. Cool.

"TGIF!" Jack shouted chirpily as he pumped his fists in the air.

"What does that mean?" I asked.

"It means Thank God It's Friday. What are you, caveman?" He teased.

"Cavewoman." I simply smiled.

After all, I don't really learn all the cool abbreviations teenagers use nowadays. Poor me used my middle school years to study unimportant things such as calculating the mass of a ball when it's dropped from a fricking 95 meters tall building with the speed of 984 m/s. Now that's a super impossible problem. I don't even know what I'm saying…

We walked together out from the school. Actually, we didn't intentionally plan to walk home together, but all I know that after I stepped out from my last class, Jack was already in my field of vision. I don't know what was he doing but I'm sure he was waiting for me. Dunno, maybe he wants to take me to Smoothie Island again. I'm fine with that because I'm in love with their kiwi smoothie and Father is currently on his business trip to Europe, according to Kai. Did I mention I felt daggers stabbing on my back? Pretty sure it must be from the girls that adore Jack. What else? I was almost invisible these three years and suddenly they start noticing me after I got along with this white haired guy.

But hey, I honestly don't really care about it. I have spent my life almost with no school dramas because I'm active in Tumblr. I learn and quickly identify what I should do and what I should not do during a drama thanks to every school drama posts my Tumblr friends have posted. So yeah, social media can be pretty helpful to me.

After we stepped out from school, I noticed Jack was holding his skateboard. "You're not riding that?"

"I doubt you'll be able to catch up on me." Jack sneered.

"Hey, that's mean! I ace Phys Ed, you know!"

"Really? I'd like to see that."

In the blink of an eye, Jack dropped his skateboard, stood on it, and rode off. I stopped walking in surprise, but then a smirk tugged on my lips as I realized what he meant. "Oh, you're on." I whispered.

We were engulfed in our own race. I wasn't lying when I said I aced my Phys Ed; I was running fast that if I lunged my arm, I would touch Jack's back. Noticing the close distance between us, Jack took a sharp turn to the right, me following suite. There were many people walking so Jack had to avoid them. I was honestly amazed by how Jack did his turns perfectly. I can't do that; I might have just collided with the second person I was trying to avoid. He made another turn again, this time he went to a park. He pushed his skateboard again to grind on the stairs railings. Egad, how can I catch him now? If I go down this stairs, I'd slow down my pace. Oh, maybe I can try skipping the stairs?

I jumped through the stairs and landed on the ground perfectly. Thank heaven I don't wear skirt today, otherwise it wouldn't be cool. I was about to run again, but I stopped when I saw Jack was looking at me. I quickly realized that he didn't have any clue that he was about to hit a fountain.

"Jack! In front of you!"

He quickly spun his head to look what I was trying to show, but he couldn't do anything but dilating his eyes, "Oh sh—" Splash!

I quickly ran to the fountain and found the dude sitting in the fountain, completely soaked, with his dearest frost-looking skateboard. I couldn't help but to let out a chortle.

Jack's cheeks slightly blushed pink in embarrassment. "H-hey! Ladies don't chortle!"

"I take it you like the water very much."

"Woman, it's autumn now and yes, I do appreciate if you could give me a hand!"

I laughed again. This guy is silly. I dropped my bag on the ground before lending him my hand to help him stand up. Unfortunately, I didn't suspect a thing when Jack stared at me mischievously. He pulled me swiftly into the fountain, earning a scream from me as my body hit the surface of the cold water.

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...What the hell?!

I formed a big O with my mouth, completely speechless at how soaked I was. How dare he!?

"I take it you like the water very much." Jack mimicked me with a triumphant smile.

"Y-you doofus! I'm. Completely. Drenched!"

"Aw, my pet name is now doofus. Thank you, doofus-ie!"

"JACK FROST!"

"Elsa Blanche!" Jack guffawed while holding his aching belly.

What is this guy laughing for...? I don't know why he is so amused despite the condition he is in. That laugh—guffaw, even, sounded so happy and carefree. Like he doesn't have any care about the world. A tiny part of my heart felt somewhat glum.

When was the last time I was that happy?

How long has it been?

Why can't I be like that... Wait. Again, when I looked at his face, I saw something... Something that answered one of my questions.

He is enjoying the moment.

Of course... Of course! I always worry about the future. I never got to enjoy things because I always worry what might happen next. But is being carefree wrong?

Heh... Every time I'm with Jack, I always get new experiences.

Slowly, I let a smile crept up to my face and evolved it into a hearty laugh. As if carried away by my sudden gush of emotion, I splashed water on his face.

"Easy woman, easy!" He tried to defend himself from my relentless water attacks. "Oh God, are you seriously picking a fight in a fountain?"

"It's your fault you didn't look forward."

"But it's your fault you jumped!"

"Oh?" I raised an eyebrow and smirked. "You were worried about me?"

"Is a quiet and reserved girl suddenly performing parkour normal to you?" Jack crossed his arms.

I stood up and gave him a hand. "I'm not that quiet. Come on, get up." He took mine and we stepped out from the fountain. "Alright, now that we're drenched, what are we going to do?"

"We go home." He shrugged.

Well okay. I'm sure Kai will bombard me with questions after seeing the state I'm in. I picked up my bag and walked away. But not long after that, I felt something... Cold and wet draped my body. I then realized that it was Jack's jacket.

"What are you doing? I might get cold!" I hissed.

"Just keep it around your body until you get home, kay? You can return it whenever you want." That was his answer. "Besides... Why were you with Hans this morning?"

"I told you I was skipping class. Hans was the one who made me do it."

Jack raised his eyebrow. "He asked you?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"Nothing."

I eventually got home and was welcomed by a shocked Kai. I had to assure him I was okay and he never bought it, considering Kai was very worried and he always saw me come home in any condition but wet. Mrs. Corona appeared behind him and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Let her be, Kai. I'm sure she's okay. Are you, Miss?" She said.

"Yeah, I can promise you anything for that!"

"Now Kai, why don't you go and make Miss Elsa some tea? She needs something warm. I'll take care of her." By that, she successfully made Kai stopped ranting and went away, even though I could still hear him grumbling.

"Thanks. If you weren't here, that would continue for an hour." I said.

"No problem. Whose jacket is that, if I may ask? I believe it's not yours since I never see you wear it." Mrs. Corona asked.

"Oh, it's my friend's."

"Really? That's good." She spoke with surprise. I never mentioned her I have a friend, and this is the first time I mentioned the word 'friend' and 'my' in a same sentence. "She's a good friend, then."

"What does that make my friend good? He was just lending his jacket..."

I could see the double of Mrs. Corona's surprise when she knew that my friend is a guy, not a girl. "You do realize you're wearing a white shirt, don't you?"

Wait what? White shirt? I looked down and yeah, I just realized that I am wearing it. So that's why Jack lent me his jacket. All girls know that when you wear white shirt and you get drenched, the shirt will cling to your skin and... Everything underneath it will be visible. You know what I mean. Jack sure is kind, really. But ugh, I'm so embarrassed now...

"Ooh, look at your face." Mrs. Corona teased. "Anyway, is this hero cute?"

"Hey, what are you trying to say?" I pouted.

She laughed briefly before motioning me to come with her. "Go take a bath. I'll wait for you in the study room, okay?"

snowflakekitkats: Toni? You there?

tonisolarskate: Yep, as always. Wassup?

snowflakekitkats: I'm having a really good day today! :D

tonisolarskate: Rly? Thats great! Me too :) what happened?

snowflakekitkats: I think I know what it feels like to have a best friend!

tonisolarskate: Wat, oh gurl, u r not talkin abt me arent ya? :p

snowflakekitkats: Naww, you are my super ultimate best friend! No one could ever match the great toni!

tonisolarskate: Lmfao. See? Ur life is not bad. Everything happens for a reason. The bad to make u stronger n the good to remind u to be grateful. Flake, always keep ur head up :)

snowflakekitkats: I'll make sure I always follow your words ;p if you're here, I'd prolly hug you to death.

tonisolarskate: Pfft, i'd do it first before u

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