Sooo, my dear friends. Today a bit of a long flashback, hope you'll like it. I added it because you need to know the character's past to understand their decisions in the present. Plus, I enjoy writing about how they met or what had happened. And no worries about the Jelsa romance. It'll come. Just have a lot of patience because my story will be quite big. As you might know, everything takes time. Even writing a fanfic :)

Elsa is content, the class is working quietly and everybody really tries their best. Some pupils are whispering and giggling but Elsa lets them. She finds it already an achievement to get them to do some work, she can't ask too much all at a time. A girl and a boy in the back grab her attention. They are giggling like mad and kissing each others cheek. Must be a couple then. Elsa smiles. Young love, so cute. When was the first time she fell in love ? She remembers it very well. The first time, a boy gave her attention. The first time she felt important, like she mattered. The first time she met John.

"Oh come on Elsa, it'll be fun. I know it !" Anna drags her sister into the disco.

It's the first time Elsa goes to a disco and she's not amused. There are too many people and too much noise. It's crowded and sweaty people bump into the sisters non stop.

"Anna, I am really not liking this. How do you expect me to enjoy this ? I'm gonna be deaf in any minute if that music doesn't stop !" Elsa screams at her sis, who still drags her through the disco.

"You have to give yourself Elsa, just let it happen !"

Anna sits down at the bar and orders drinks for both of them. Elsa sits next to her. The barman winks at the girls and then makes the cocktails.

"Here you are ladies, this one's from the house." He winks at Elsa.

"Ooooeehhh, Elsiieee ! He likes youuuu !" Anna sings.

"Would you please stop that, he only does that so we buy another drink." Elsa sighs, sometimes her little sister can be so annoying. "And what on earth is this ? There's no way I'm drinking this stuff !"

Elsa points at her cocktail. Anna laughs and drinks hers, then she drinks Elsa's and orders a coke for her sister.

"If you want to let yourself go, you first have to get drunk !"

"Anna I want to go home. I'm not enjoying this at all. Come on, this is no place for us to hang out !" Elsa tries to take Anna with her but her sister already has spotted a cute guy.

"Wait Elsa, I just want to talk to him. You stay here, I'll be back in a minute."

And with that, Anna is gone. Elsa sits at the bar and drinks her coke, the barman keeps looking at her and smiles polite. It's a little annoying but what could she do ? Elsa looks if she sees Anna, but there are too many people and Anna is nowhere to be found. After half an hour of waiting Elsa gets impatient. She's waiting here until Anna comes back but she still hasn't come to fetch her. What is taking her so long ? From frustration Elsa keeps looking at her watch, she doesn't notice that a man comes over and sits next to her at the bar.

"Ehm, hi ?"

Elsa jolts at his sudden words. She turns around and faces a handsome man with light brown hair. It looks like he spoke to her.

"Hi me ?" Elsa asks confused. He nods. "Oh, hi !" Elsa feels totally embarrassed.

"What brings you up here ?" The man asks.

"My sister."

"Oh ok, and where is she now ?" The man laughs soft.

"She's with some guy over there. She said she'd be back in a minute but she's been gone for half an hour now. I think she forgot about me."

"Well, that isn't very nice. I mean, to leave you here all by yourself."

"No, no, it's ok. I like to be alone…sometimes." Truth was, Elsa didn't really like being alone, she thought it was ok. It's just that she didn't know better. She didn't know how to behave with other people because she's always been on her own.

"Me too." The man says to Elsa's surprise. "Wanna go outside for a moment ? It's too crowded for me anyways."

"Ehm…" Elsa has no idea whether she'd go or stay. Maybe she couldn't trust him and he'd kidnap her or drug her or worse, kill her. But something inside her says she should take the moment so she agrees. Suddenly, he grabs her hand and drags her through all the people outside. His hand is big but soft and really strong. In an alley he stops and sighs from relieve. He walks up to an old car wheel and places himself on it. Elsa stays where she is, she doesn't really know what she should do next. Should she sit next to him or is that too close ?

"So, again Hi. I am John Parker. I'm 24." He says friendly.

Elsa decides to sit next to him. She smells his odor, it's a nice scent. Wait, what ?

"Hi, I'm Elsa Winters, 20." She offers him her hand, he seems very nice.

"Nice to meet you Elsa." John shakes her hand. Elsa smiles, he's giving her some strange feelings, good feelings.

"Are you from around here ?"

"Yes actually, I live four blocks away. But my little sister dragged me over here, I normally don't find myself in places like this." Elsa is nervous. She tucks an invisible strand hair behind her ear.

"Me neither, it's just today to celebrate I came home."

"You came home ? From what ?"

"I came home from a mission in Koeweit. I work for the military. I've been away for a year now, today's the first night I'm back in my homecountry. What do you do ?"

Elsa's eyes go wide, the military, a mission ? He's a soldier ?!

"Ehm, currently I work at a high school. I've always wanted to work with kids but at a kindergarten would be too simple for me. You know, with my brains and stuff. So a high school suits me better. I teach maths by the way."

"Oh, I really liked maths. I'm really good at it !" John rubs his neck, what should he talk about next with her ? She isn't that talkative, though, she's good company.

John looks over at Elsa. She is really pretty, he thinks. He lets his eyes hoover over her, totally checking her out. She's waring a white t-shirt with a blouse, unbuttoned. A navy-blue skinny jeans and all star shoes. On her wrist, she is wearing a white ice watch and a ring on her finger. In her ears are small earrings and it seems like she applied little make up. God, she's gorgeous. Her beautiful platinum blonde hair is tied in a messy bun, like she's given everything time to dress up, except for her hair.

From her eye corners, Elsa stares at John. He's handsome and seems very fit. He's wearing a dark green t-shirt with a V hals and two buttons on a blue jeans. His shoes are sporty and the laces are half tied. The shirt has short sleeves, revealing his muscular manly arms. His eyes are amber colored and his hair is light brown and very short. Then, her eyes meet his and they stare at each other for like ages. Feeling totally comfortable, neither of them notice a shadow hovering over them.

"Finally, there you are ! I've been looking for you since, well since forever. You know, you weren't at the bar anymore so I started to panic and then I thought maybe she's already home so I went outside and-… Ooopss. Is this a bad time ?"

It's Anna, who else could it be ? Elsa recognizes her immediately from the high pitched voice and the rambling. She giggles and looks over at John.

"Yeah, we should go home. I am sorry, it was nice meeting you."

"It was nice meeting you too. I really enjoyed talking to you. See you, maybe, next time ?"

"I don't know, maybe. Bye."

Elsa waves goodbye and then walks away with her sister. She grins. Tonight is the first night she really enjoyed being with someone who is the opposite sex of her. It had been totally relaxed and he is really nice. What is his name again, John Parker who works for at the military. She is totally going to keep that in mind. John, John, Johnnnn. The name rolls of her tongue nicely. Then she looks next to her and sees that Anna is smirking at her.

"What ?"

"Your in loohhhuuuuveeee !" She teases and Elsa can't help it but laughs. Yeah, maybe she is. Maybe she is.

Elsa sighs as she thinks at that night. John had been calling her the next day, said he first called her sister and thought it was her. Elsa had laughed so hard at that story, Anna was an ass and totally had played along until Elsa herself came in and heard her talking about a certain John. From that moment on, she and John started to see each other more often. He would come over to her work or just visit her unexpectedly. At the moment, he didn't have to leave the country so he had a lot of free time to spend with her. Elsa enjoyed every moment of his presence, he had been so kind and gentle. The first time he met her father, Elsa felt terrifying. This was the first time she brought over a boy but her dad reacted very kind. He liked John immediately and saw the pure love between his eldest and her boyfriend. When John wanted to court Elsa, he'd been given immediately permission from her dad. Yeah, Elsa is lucky to have him. He's a gem, one of a kind. But now he's gone, off for a mission to serve the country. Though his job might be very important, she misses him like crazy. Five months are too long to live without a love. Elsa can't wait till the moment he comes back. She silently hums and bends over her paperwork. Let's be productive.

Jack sits at his table, bend over with Eugene at their homework. Today, Ms. Winters seems a little bit off guard. She is humming silently and smiling all the time while correcting homework of the class before them. Jack is pleased to see that she's in a good mood. Maybe he could get a little more attention from her now. He looks at Eugene who doesn't seem to get a single thing about maths. Eugene sighs.

"What's wrong." Jack whispers.

"I hate maths, I suck at it. I don't get this calculation. How am I supposed to know this ?" He lets out an irritating sigh. Maths had never really been his friend.

"I don't get it either, maybe I should ask her ?" Jack says while pointing at Ms. Winters. Good excuse to let her come...

"Probably, she's smarter than we are." Eugene shrugs.

Jack raises his hand. "Ma'am ? Could you come over and help us with a calculation ?"

Ms. Winters snaps out of her thoughts. "Of course." She says, she stands up and walks over to their table. "What seems to be the problem ?" She asks polite.

Good lord, she smells amazing. Shit, why do you have to be so perfect ? Jack stares at her. Luckily, Ms. Winters doesn't notice. She's bend over and talks to Eugene about his problem. He seems to have no problem communicating with her at all. But then again, he already has a crush. Ms. Winters bites her lip as she calculates the numbers in her head. That's adorable, I'm going crazy here. Maybe I should say something ? Otherwise it'll look like I'm afraid of her...Then, she takes out pencil and writes her calculation down for the boys. Her handwriting is beautiful. I'm going to claim that piece of paper ! As Ms. Winters is done with her explanation she pats both boys on their shoulders.

"I think you'll get it from here." And she walks away leaving a frozen Jack in his seat.

She just touched me by the shoulder. She just touched me by the shoulder ! She just had her hand ON it ! Jack moves his hand up his shoulder where, previously, her hand laid. The smirk never leaves his face. I am never going to change my shirt again. She freaking just touched me OMG. Eugene smirks. My, my, Jackieboy has it pretty bad !

"Hey pretty boy, watch out. You're getting looks." Eugene whispers to his friend who is still sitting with his hand on his shoulder and a creepy smile on his face.

Jack snaps out of his trance. "Oh yeah, right." He looks around if anybody saw him, nobody did luckily. Then he glares at Ms. Winters. Just perfect...

After Elsa finished the last things at school, she goes home. The dog has to go outside and she wanted to clean the house a bit. First, she has to go to the mall for food. There isn't a thing left in the fridge. When Elsa comes home, she carries the bag groceries inside but due to the heaviness and because the bag is overloaded, she drops a few things on her way. I'll pick that up later. After having unload her groceries, Elsa picks up the rest as she notices the letter that lays slightly under the mat. Curious she picks it up and let her eyes scan over the envelope. Army Air Mail Service from 'The Nation's Capitol' . As fast as she can she opens the letter. Giving herself no time to read it properly, she only reads two sentences that really matter. Her heart skips a beat and she feels like her head is going to explode ! Elsa only has one word in mind. JOHN !

So yeah, a sort of cliffhanger because I love them sooooo much. The next chapter won't be uploaded until next week. I'm so sorry, I'm going on a little vacation… I'll try to have it finished today so that when I come back next week, I can upload it immediately. My story is getting a lot of views, the most are from the USA but the second most are from the Netherlands ! So, just for you guys: Hartelijk dank, ik wist niet dat zoveel Nederlanders dit zouden lezen ! And about the uploading shit, I am truly sorry and hope you can wait that long. Please forgive meee…. :( PS. don't forget to review :)