CH.3

Elsa. Twelve.

Jack approached me when I was in my room reading one night. It was one of those rare nights were Flynn and Hiccup were out camping and it was just Jack and myself with our moms.

"Wanna do something tonight?" he sounded casual as he leaned against the door.

I tried not to act too excited, "like what?"

"Let's go to the boardwalk. I'll get you a candy apple," he knew I loved candy apples. Jack knew everything about me.

"Sure, I guess." I put on my best causal face and when he left I jumped out of bed as quickly as possible. My hair had been in a braid all day so I let it loose and it fell into soft waves around my face. I put on mascara, blush and lip gloss then, quickly changed into one of my prettiest sun dresses. It was a blue and green Hawaiian print dress that was a bit shorter and very girly. It gave me extra curves on my hips because I was pretty petite.

This was it! The day I had been waiting for was about to happen! Jack was going to ask me out or maybe kiss me. The idea made me grab my lip gloss and put it in my purse - just in case I needed to reapply.

Our moms drove us and the whole way Val kept smiling in the rear view mirror. I gave her the 'quit it' look but that didn't stop her, which made me blush so hard my cheeks burned. Jack bought me a candy apple and we walked around the boardwalk before stopping just short of the ring toss game.

Jack was fixated on the worker. She had red fiery hair and was petite. The girl wore a pretty pair of yellow shorts and a white tank top that hugged her curves - obviously she was older than I was and wore a super big push-up bra.

Suddenly, I realized why we had came to the boardwalk. We came here for her because Jack didn't have the courage to ask her ask her out and didn't want Flynn and Hiccup to give him a hard time.

"Do you know her?" I asked nodding towards the game. When I took a closer look at her I could see she had mossy green eyes which contrasted her hair and her face was scattered with freckles but on her it looked cute.

"Who? Her? No." he put his hands in his pockets.

"Well do you want to?" I asked impatiently and he gave me a funny look when I took off towards the game.

"Can we take three please?" I smiled at her and she smiled back at me confidently. She looked about fourteen or fifteen.

"We should probably go home, Els," Jack said from behind me but I ignored him and spoke to the girl.

"Jack is so over protective, do you have an older brother?"

"No," she laughed and looked at Jack, "do you really have to go? You should stay and try to win her something."

He blushed. I don't think I have ever seen Jack blush before - it looked good on him. Just like everything else he did. At that moment I made a big show of looking at my watch and said, "hey Jack, I'm gonna ride the Ferris wheel one last time before we leave. Win me a prize, okay?"

He nodded, and I said bye to the girl before walking as fast as I could to the Ferris wheel so they wouldn't see me cry.

Later on, I found out her name was Meridia and Jack ended up winning me a bear holding the chocolate kiss. I told him I would have preferred a monkey, but thanks anyways. I named him minty and he stayed where he belonged at the summer house.

~.~.~

Jack was out again surfing and I stayed on the deck lounging by the pool. This time I kept my promise to myself and refused to talk to him or be around him for too long. I answered quickly and with only as little words as I could.

I ignored him as best as I could while still trying to appear normal. But after so many failed attempts at small talk I think he finally got the picture and decided not to engage anymore. Which made it easier for me to stay away from him.

"You're going to burn laying out like that," Hiccup said from the sliding door. It wasn't even Friday yet and he was here!

Excitedly I ran over and jumped into his arms. Hiccup made a grunting noise as I catapulted into him.

"You're here early!" I exclaimed and he gave me a dashing smile.

"Couldn't wait another day to get out here."

"Summer has officially started!" I laughed and he gave me a mischievous grin.

"Well not until -"

"We've had our first Elsa Toss," Jack finished Hiccups sentence as he came in from the sliding door. When did he come inside? I didn't even notice.

"I'm way to old to be doing this! Plus, Fin isn't here!" I backed away slowly, hands in the air. Any sudden movement and they would chase me. Jack and Hiccup smiled at each other mischievously before lunging at me. Hiccup grabbed my feet and Jack grabbed my arms. They brought me over to the dive tank of the pool and swung me back and forth. Usually I would have tried to fight them off but this year I decided to be a good sport about it.

"One, two -"

"Three!" Jack finished and they launched me into the air. I landed with a huge splash and came up laughing so hard I was choking on water. The boys were laughing too.

Elsa Toss was something they had invented as far back as I could remember. All three of the boys agreed that it wasn't summer until they had tossed me into the pool. They took pleasure in the fact that I would scream and cry and tell mom on them but Fin would just say I was a taddle tale.

I swam over to the deck in three strokes, "You guys are so immature I think you pulled something." I complained and Jack walked over to me and squatted down.

"Aw, your okay princess," in a quick motion I grabbed his arm and yanked him into the pool. It was more satisfying than I ever would have thought because he was dressed already. On the deck I heard Hiccup laughing again.

When Jack surfaced, he gave me a hard look and instantly he was in front of me.

"Don't!" I warned lifted my foot up as protection which he grabbed and yanked my leg closer to him.

Hiccup mumbled something about going inside to eat, and suddenly it was just Jack and I. He was still holding my foot as we both were treading water.

"Let go," I warned and he grinned moving closer to me. His white shirt was stuck to his golden chest and his hair was plastered to his forehead.

"If I don't?" He teased and I tried yanking my foot out of his grasp.

"Jack, I said let go!" He finally did and swam back to the shallow portion of the pool and walking back inside.

~.~.~

I was happy to have Hiccup around, he was just the distraction I needed to stay away from Jack.

"I'll be life guarding at the club this summer, so I don't know how often I'll be around. We'll still have a great summer, yeah?" Hiccup and I decided to take a walk on the beach just before sunset. I hadn't been down here yet this summer and it just felt right to be doing it with Hiccup.

"Of course! Good for you, you got the job," He smiled down at me before stopping. He grabbed my hand lightly and held it.

"How're you holding up, by the way? This being the first.." He didn't need to finish his sentence. I knew exactly what he meant. This was the first summer without my mom.

I turned away, taking my hand back and running it through my loose hair, "it's different. I don't know when it'll stop being weird or feel like there's something missing. Flynn wouldn't even come down here and that just seems to prove that this summer will be different than the last."

Hiccup stepped around me, "different is good you know. It lets you grow and can sometimes change a person for the better."

I laughed at this but he continued, "you're different, Els. Something is new about you this year." I glanced up and he was looking at me with those jade eyes of his. Suddenly it felt like he was looking at me like I was an actual girl and not just someone's little sister. I blushed and looked away.

"Good different?"

"Very good different," Hiccup smiled and lightly touched my hand again. This time I let him take it in his own and it felt good. We walked on the beach, holding hands and stayed out until the water turned golden with the sunset before walking back up to the beach house.

We got in and heard a girl laughing form the living room. I gave Hiccup a look and he shrugged, "didn't know he was dating anyone."

Jack was lounging on the couch and Zel from the carnival was perched on his lap. When she saw me she perked up and glanced at Jack.

"Isn't she your -"

"No." Jack said harshly without looking at me. Zel smiled and waved at me, "I never caught your name!"

"Elsa," I said.

"Cool name! I wish I had a cool name like that." She pouted.

"You do, you have a very cute name," Jack pulled her into him and she giggled. I watched as she planted a kiss on him before turning around and almost hitting Hiccup's chest.

I actually didn't really notice how bulky Hiccup was this summer. He's probably bigger than Jack is. I stepped around him and went to the kitchen to grab some juice.

What on earth was she doing here? My world was spinning.

From the other room, I heard Hiccup engaging in a conversation with the girl, which I kind of hated. Couldn't he just ignore her and come make sure I was okay?

"Hey, Els wanna watch a movie with Jack and Rapunzel?" Hiccup finally strode into the room. I didn't really have a chance to answer and before I knew it, I was sitting in the living room on the laz-e-boy.

They were torn between two movies. One of them was my absolute favorite, Titanic and the other was Reservoir Dogs.

"Well, Elsa will pick Titanic that's her favorite movie," Jack teased across from me with Zel on his lap. He gave me a quick grin and I looked away.

"Well, I vote Reservoir Dogs then!" Zel raised her hand. She was way too optimistic and bubbly, it kind of gave me a head ache.

"I vote Titanic. Reservoir dogs sucks harder than Titanic." Jack said nonchalant. I gave him a hard look.

"You know what, I vote Reservoir Dogs." I crossed my arms and glanced at Hiccup who second my vote.

"Well then I choose Titanic too!" Blondey said.

"Who are you? Does she even get voting privileges?"

"Do you?" Jack remarked and it felt like he had slapped me across the face. I think he noticed what he had said right after, his eyes softened and his face dropped. In an instant he knew exactly what he had said - it shouldn't have bothered me so much, but it did.

"Elsa -" he started but it was too late. I was already stalking out of the living room. Hiccup followed closely on my heels as I grabbed my coat and keys.

"We'll watch our own movie okay?" Hiccup was putting on his shoes, his voice calming in my rage. Jack was at the corridor suddenly, his hands in the air as he stepped closer to me.

"Elsa, I didn't mean that -"

"Just stay away from me, Jack." I tried to sound calm but my voice was shaky. My insides were burning and I was shaking so hard I kept my hands in my pockets, turning around I flew down the steps of the porch trying to get to my car as fast as possible.

Hiccup grabbed my hand and took my keys when I was at the driver door.

"Maybe it's best I drive," his voice was light and I didn't even argue. I sat in the passenger seat replying the moment again and again before I knew I had to stop.

Jack made it seem like I didn't belong there - that I never should have been there. Didn't he know that house meant the world to me? That summer was everything to me. He didn't care to go to my moms funeral, he toys with me and now he says I didn't have a right in that house. I was done with crying, and the burning sensation in my cheeks began to go numb.

Hiccup was right, things were changing. People changed and sometimes it was for the good, I'm glad Jack changed to the person he is now. Now I didn't have to love him, I didn't have to look back on the old Jack and love him. That Jack was dead and he was never coming back. It meant I could finally move on and stop loving him and giving him my heart. He didn't deserve it and he never will.

"It'll be okay, Els." Hiccup reached out and touched my hand. I didn't recoil it back, instead I laced my fingers through. We didn't let go for the entire night. It was time to give my heart to someone who I knew always cared for me and who was always there for me. Someone who meant the world to me and who I meant the world to them. It was time to move on from Jack Frost. No, he was no longer the keeper of my heart.

Hiccup squeezed my hand and found myself smiling up at him. Things were changing and this summer was about to prove that.

^.^

Authors Notes:

Things just get more interesting from here! Keep following, and we'll keep finding out what is happening to Elsa's perfect summer!

This series is perfect for me to write because as I write, it's snowing like crazy! I can escape just like Elsa

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XoXo Cassie