The White Shadow 17: I don't own Frozen or any Characters.
Rating: M
Pairing: Eventual Elsanna
Words: 2,619
Characters: Anna, Elsa, Minor parts: Belle, Aurora, Hans and Kristoff
Summary: Elsa confessed the truth and Anna didn't take it well. How will Anna find her way home and will she trust Elsa ever again?
Anna felt the plane start to descend and even the slight feeling of weightlessness didn't make her stomach feel any better. Elsa had lied to Anna the entire time they had known each other. How could Elsa say that she loved Anna one moment and then tell her that Elsa had lied about nearly everything they had said since meeting. Anna felt the worst thing she could have ever imagined, betrayal. Even after Elsa had confessed everything Anna still didn't know what to believe. Could this be just another lie or was Elsa trying to find some sort of forgiveness for her past.
Anna felt exhausted and she still had to find a way home. Elsa had them on a plane to Oakland which was close to home, but it wasn't home at all and if what Elsa said was true Anna still wasn't safe even from Elsa. Anna felt so alone and scared. She jumped at the sound of the screeching tires hitting the runway and that meant that she needed to make a plan. Elsa had them going places that seemed to be random and out of Anna's normal routine, which could have been Elsa's plan to take Anna or it could have been Elsa's way of keeping Anna safe.
Anna then pulled out her phone and saw that it was off. Elsa had said not to turn it on until she was at home, but after Elsa's confessions Anna didn't know whether to trust Elsa or not. Maybe turning it on would contact the police and they would be able to protect Anna, but maybe it would also tell the people who wanted to hurt Anna where she was too. Anna buried her face in her hands and wanted to cry as she felt the plane stop. All this was crazy.
"I know you can't forgive me, but please let me get you home safely. After you are home if you want I'll disappear from your life forever," Elsa's voice rang out above Anna. It was once again the cold emotionless voice that Anna had heard that first day they talked together. Anna looked up and saw that Elsa was standing next to her seat and everyone else had already got off the plane. The only thing that betrayed Elsa's calm cool demeanor was her red blood shot, puffy eyes. Elsa probably had been crying the whole rest of the trip and that thought caused Anna's heart to ache, but Anna tried to squash that feeling. None of it was real, none of the love affair, nothing it was all a lie to get Anna to put herself in harm's way.
"How can I trust you to really take me home and not to some secure location to blackmail my parents?" Anna had to ask. Everything Elsa had said she had done up until yesterday was to do a job and now she could easily do that job and maybe get back into the good graces of whoever was controlling the Yakuza now.
"Because this is what will happen, we will get off the plane, get our bags from the baggage carousel and then we will get in a cab to your home. You will do all the talking and I will just follow you. We will get into the cab together and I will walk you into your house. Once you are in your house and your butler Marcus confirms everything is safe I will then walk out of the house and stand on your doorstep. If you never want to see me again simply shut the door in my face and you will never see me again," Elsa then stepped away with her hand up signaling for Anna to go first. Anna saw that the stewardesses were cleaning the cabin and getting ready for the next set of passengers.
Anna got up and started walking off the plane. Anna still didn't know what to feel anymore. Regardless of everything Anna still loved Elsa, but the Elsa she loved wasn't a real person. It was a made up person made specifically to get close to Anna, but Elsa said that she had fallen in love with Anna for real.
Elsa's tears were real and the sadness in her voice surly seemed real. Then there was the fact that Elsa told Anna that she was to kidnap her. If Elsa really still planned on kidnapping Anna why would she tell Anna first? If Elsa was still going to do that she would have had the perfect opportunity to take Anna where ever she wanted. Instead Elsa was taking her home and even gave Anna control of the situation. No kidnaper would have done that. Anna found herself standing at the carousal and Elsa stepped forward pulling their bags off the carousal. Elsa loaded all the bags up on her back and shoulders and then walked over next to Anna. Anna then walked over to the transportation desk and ordered a cab to San Jose that took credit cards.
Elsa loaded up the bags in the trunk, except her guitar case, Elsa set that between them in the cab. The cab ride was silent the entire hour and a half to her house in San Jose. Anna normally hated silence, but Anna didn't know what to say anymore. Before it was so easy to talk to Elsa, but that was gone and it was replaced with nothing but suspicion. When the car pulled up next to Anna's gate Anna finally started to relax. The house lights were all on and the guards were still patrolling the grounds.
Anna paid for the cab and Elsa grabbed the bags out of the back. Elsa followed Anna up to the gate and Anna typed in her code and the gate swung open. Anna walked towards the door when all the guards around the house surrounded them. "Ma'am are you ok?" the question was repeated over and over again. Anna just nodded over and over again.
When they reached the main door Marcus stood there with a clear relieved look on his face. Anna walked up to him "Ma'am your mother and father will be relieved to hear you are ok. After the hotel staff found your guards dead and you missing we feared the worse. Thankfully you mother got Miss Elsa's message and we hoped you would be ok. I'm also glad you are ok," Marcus said, and Anna had to smile at him. Marcus even had a slight smile for Anna.
"Marcus is everything quite here tonight?" Elsa asked, around Anna.
"Ma'am everything is fine the Secret Service cleared the house yesterday," Marcus answered, as they walked into the house. Elsa set down Anna's bag at foot of the stairs and looked around a little bit. Elsa then walked over to the door with her own bags. "Leaving so soon Miss Elsa?" Marcus asked, as Elsa opened the door and took a step outside before turning around.
Anna walked over to the door and Elsa just stared at her with eyes that made Anna's heart scream. Anna knew that she didn't want Elsa to disappear from her life forever even though everything got so complicated. "So I'll see you tomorrow at school," Anna said, and Elsa started crying and smiling at the same time.
"Yes you will. I can't wait and if you want I can give you my new address," Elsa said, and Anna tilted her head to the side. "Marcus if I could have a pen and paper?" Elsa asked, and Marcus brought what she asked for. "After the incident I had to find a new place," Elsa wrote down an apartment address and Anna had to try to remember that Elsa wasn't a rich daughter anymore, but an orphan with only one purpose in her life.
Elsa turned and started walking towards the gate "Do you want a ride?" Anna asked.
"I wouldn't mind one thank you," Elsa said with a smile and she still had tears streaming down her face.
Elsa woke up, worked out, showered and got ready for school that she didn't even need to go to. The fact that Anna didn't just slam the door in Elsa's face meant something. Elsa hoped that it was because Anna still loved her and might want to be with her still. So Elsa was going to go to school just to be with Anna and to keep Anna safe.
Elsa had to leave two hours early to be able to make it to school on time now, but at least she could ensure no one followed her. Elsa found herself walking up towards school and saw that the amount of guards had been increased nearly tenfold. Elsa walked into the school and saw Anna standing at her locker with Aurora standing next to her. Elsa wasn't sure how to act around Anna so Elsa had decided on the way to school that she would leave it up to Anna. Elsa went to her locker and then walked to her homeroom.
Elsa heard Aurora ask "Is Elsa ok?" as Elsa walked into homeroom sat down and pulled out her notes. Then Elsa realized that she didn't need to take notes, there was no scouting that needed to be done, no notes on people to make or anything. Elsa just sat there and waited for the class to start. When everyone walked in Elsa noticed a new face in the room. There was an Asian girl sitting in the corner near the front of the room. Elsa wrote a quick note and passed it to Belle that was sitting with in arms reach. Who is the girl front left of the room? Belle was quite good and looking at notes and things during class because she was always looking down at a book.
Belle wrote something on the paper and passed it back to Elsa. Elsa opened it and gave a glance that most people wouldn't be able to read anything, but Elsa got everything she needed. The new girl was a Chinese foreign exchange student named Mia. Elsa was dubious about anyone new to the school. The way the girls acted when Elsa arrived made her pretty sure that new people didn't come around often. First Elsa and now this foreign exchange student, in one year, it seemed too good to be coincidence.
So Elsa watched the girl as she went from classroom to classroom with Elsa and Anna. In a half of a year the honor classes went from five students to seven that wasn't coincidence. The American school system was bad, but this was too much. At lunch the four of them sat down in the library so everyone could do homework as was usual. Today however Elsa watched as the new girl went to each table of girls and introduced herself.
"Hi, I didn't get to introduce myself before I am Mai Chan. It is nice to meet you all," Mai said, with a bow. Around the table the girls introduced themselves. When they were all done Mai turned to each of them and said something nice about each of them. Elsa thought it was unusual and started to doubt herself, maybe this was a normal foreign exchange student.
Once Mai had moved to the next table Elsa leaned in close and said "Are foreign exchange students common for you guys?"
"Never had one here before," Aurora replied.
"I have heard that the principle has wanted us to get one, but we never got one before because more male students do the exchange then female students," Belle said, without looking up from her book. Elsa watched Mai walk and move around the room. Every step was precise, measured and calculated. Mai never looked back directly at anyone particular, but was always looking around. Elsa wanted to trust her instincts, but she didn't want to cry wolf to Anna with such of a vulnerable time.
The lunch bell rang and they had to pack up and Anna had the most books out so Elsa delayed. Luckily Aurora and Belle moved out of the library to wait for them outside the library. Elsa leaned close to Anna "I just want to let you know I would be mindful of any new people to the school."
"O like I should have been mindful of you," Elsa never thought words could hurt so badly, but those words cut deeper than any knife. Elsa must have displayed some of her hurt because Anna grimaced and said "I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that."
"No I deserve it, but I swear on my life the I will first never lie to you again, second I will keep you safe and third that even if it takes me a life time I will earn your trust back," Elsa answered, as she brushed the back of Anna's hand and then walked out of the library to wait with Belle and Aurora.
The day finished with Mai in Elsa's last class with Anna, but since Elsa and Anna's final class wasn't together Elsa had no idea if Mai was in Anna's computer programming class with her. Elsa then decided to approach the choir teacher Mr. Schmidt about bringing and playing guitar for the choir. Mr. Schmidt was overjoyed that Elsa was willing to bring her own guitar in and play with the choir.
Aurora walked up to Elsa after class "You have no idea how happy Mr. Schmidt is that you will bring you own guitar. Mr. Schmidt and Mrs. Meyers have had a rivalry for years and Mr. Schmidt was too proud to ask to have a guitarist come play with the choir. Now he doesn't have to. He has you." Aurora smiled and put an arm around Elsa.
Elsa gave Aurora a smile "I aim to please." Elsa walked over to take their usual location next to the front door. Aurora dropped her arm just as Anna and Belle turned the corner and started to approach them.
"You guys won't believe how Elsa made Mr. Schmidt's day by offering to bring and play her guitar for choir," Aurora called out.
"Really Mr. Schmidt has wanted one of those for a while," Belle said, without looking up from her book. Elsa has become more and more convinced that Belle hears more then everyone gives her credit. Elsa looked at Anna and was happy to see that she was able to at least able to look at Elsa. Elsa smiled at Anna with the hopes that since smiles help start their relationship that maybe they would help repair it. Anna gave Elsa a small smile back that caused Elsa's heart to race slightly. As Anna's words could hurt her smiles could repair.
"How about we do some more shopping tomorrow after school?" Aurora asked.
"I wouldn't mind there was a new book out that I want to get," Belle replied.
"I could always embarrass Mr. Haung some more," Elsa said, and Aurora and Belle started to laugh. Even Anna had a small giggle.
"I'll always go just to get away from my parents," Anna replied, and Aurora cheered as the group moved out of school.
"Ok tomorrow after school we will meet at the mall," Aurora said, louder than Elsa would have liked. Elsa gave a quick glance around and saw Mai walking not far behind them. Elsa was worried about Mai, but didn't want to do much about it until she had a better idea of who Mai was. Elsa decided that tonight she would really break into the school and get Mai's address and information instead of Aurora and Belle's.
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