Hey guys, sorry this took so long. I was taking a short break, kinda. Haha anyway I don't have much to say so, here's chapter 8 I hope you guys enjoy it.

Chapter 8

The truck pulled to a stop in front of the large brick warehouse. Anna stopped for a moment, her mind kept playing back what had happened. She leaned her head on the steering wheel, turned her music up a bit, and cried.

Her door opened shortly after and someone climbed in, Anna hoped it was an ax murderer. It was Elsa. "Hey, whats wrong?"

Anna only shook her head.

"Well would you like to come inside and get something to drink?" The soft, sweet voice asked. Anna could hear the girl shift in her seat. "By the looks of it, you need a place to stay. Come on, I'll have Derek get your bags."

Anna felt her door open then Elsa was lightly pushing her out of the truck. She stood up and stretched her tense muscles, she wiped away the wetness on her face and followed Elsa inside.

Derek was smiling at them while he dried off glasses. Anna looked up at him and saw his beautiful grin fade away. "What happened?" He asked as they sat down at the bar.

Elsa shrugged. "I don't know, but she's gunna stay with us for a bit." Anna knew Elsa was happy about that.

She folded her arms and rested her head on the cool concrete. "I'll get your bags." Derek said as he walked away. Anna felt a cool hand on her back.

"I understand if you don't want to tell me, but when you change your mind I'll be right here, okay?" This made Anna cry harder.

Why is she so nice to me? She thought. Because she likes you dumbass. She cares about you. The little voice said.

The hand left her back and Anna heard the girl stand up. "I'll be right back." Elsa said softly.

Anna's head spun up and grabbed the girl wrist, pulling her into a hug. "Don't go. Please." She begged, crying into the blonds shoulder.

Elsa wrapped her arms around the girl. "I need to finish setting up, come with me." Elsa began to move but Anna wouldn't budge. They stood there for a moment longer in silence, Elsa knew people would be arriving soon. So she picked Anna up.

Anna stifled a giggle when she was picked up, her legs wrapped around Elsa's slender waist. She knew Elsa was walking to her stage. Anna was set down on the couch and she released the DJ. She looked up into a set of blue eyes and smiled.

"There she is." Elsa smiled back and wiped away a stray tear.

Anna giggled and brought her legs to her chest as she watched Elsa, turn some knobs and click on songs in her computer. There were tables set up around the floor, that she hadn't noticed before. People began to walk in with backpacks and other bags. Soft, relaxing music began playing over the speaker system. It wasn't too loud but it would definitely be hard to have a normal conversation.

"So." Elsa said as she flopped down next to the girl. "What shall we do for the next five hours?"

Anna leaned into her blond friend. Her body relaxed and her eyes slipped closed, a soft hand brushed through her hair as she fell asleep.

Anna jolted awake, her chest rose and fell, she looked around the dark musty room. The sun was just beginning to peek through the open window. The door creaked open and Anna sat up.

"You're awake." The girl said, an obvious smile on her face.

Anna ran a hand through her hair, trying to settle it. She yawned as Elsa sat down on the bed. "Breakfast is down stairs when your ready." She said.

"Thanks." Anna mumbled. She looked into the blonds eyes for a moment then hoped up from the bed and began to braid her wild hair into pigtails.

"Okay. I'll uh..see you down stairs then." Elsa's fingers tapped the door as she lingered, then disappeared down the hall.

Anna slipped out of her day old clothes and put on a pair of gray sweats and a tight green tank top. She looked around the room once more, there was a candle burning on the night stand, a book case sat against the windowed wall, an old worn and beaten chest sat next to a set of shelves.

Her legs carried her out of her room, her eyes were met with a sign, an arrow pointing down the hall. It was pointing away from the library and the stairs down into the warehouse. So, curiously, she followed it.

Arrows led her down hallways and through doors into a large dinning room. She looked around, amazed by it's massiveness.

"We own the warehouse right next to the clubs." A soft voice came from the center of the room.

"How do you guys afford all this?" Anna stunningly asked.

"That's a secret." Elsa giggled as she pulled out a chair and sat down.

Anna joined her as Derek burst out of door with plates in his hands. "Breakfast, is served." He said, placing a plate of eggs and a plate of chocolate chip waffles down.

"Are those..." Anna gaped.

"Chocolate chip waffles? Yes." Elsa could barely contain her excitement as she grabbed three. "Where my whip cream?" She asked Derek.

But he had already gone to the kitchen, he came out once more with a plate of bacon and three bottles of whip cream. "One for you, one for you, and one for me." He placed them at the girls seats.

Anna spooned eggs onto her plate along with two waffles and lots of bacon. There was very little conversation during breakfast, which she didn't mind at all. This gave her time to get her story straight, because she knew they would want to know what happened sooner or later.

"Alright, we have chocolate, cookies and cream, mint oreo, or half and half." Derek announced as breakfast began to slow down. There were three waffles left, so each person took one.

"You know what I want." Elsa said, eying her waffle.

"Anna, what kind of ice cream do you want for your waffle?" He asked like she had done this before.

"What? Ice cream...on my waffle? Uhh, mint. I guess." She said confused about what was happening. "Actually chocolate and mint." She decided.

Derek nodded and once again disappeared through a door. Elsa was staring at her now. Her eyes like ice slicing into her body. A smile broke across her face and Anna felt the ice melt and burst into snow flakes.

"So you've really never had ice cream on a waffle before?" Elsa asked finally.

"My mom wont even let me look at a candy bar in the morning." Anna giggled.

"You poor thing! We should have done this sooner." Elsa instantly realized what she had said. "No that came out wrong. I meant-"

"Elsa, it's fine. I know what you meant." Anna forced herself to keep smiling.

"Just you wait. This is amazing." And almost on queue Derek came back with bowls of ice cream.

Elsa spooned her's onto her waffle and dug in, Derek tore up his waffle and put it into his bowl. Anna couldn't decide which way she should go so instead she took a bite of waffle and a bite of ice cream.

"What is she doing?" Derek jokingly whispered to Elsa.

"I have no idea. That's madness." Anna could tell Elsa was trying hard not to laugh.

Anna stared at both of them. Then she overly enjoyed her next bite and Elsa couldn't stop herself from cracking up. Derek was laughing too. "You-you should have seen your face." Elsa said through breaths.

The friends finished their waffles between laughs and sharing funny stories. Derek cleared the table as the talk began to wade deeper into more serious conversation. Eventually Elsa could hold off no longer. "So, what happened yesterday?" She watched as the happiness drained from Anna's face. Silence fell upon the room.

"We want to help you Anna." Derek said, not being able to take the eerie silence between them.

"I know..I just." Anna sighed.

"Anna, it's okay. You are amongst friends, besides we have both probably gone through something similar to your situation right now." Elsa assured.

"Could we turn on some music or something?" Anna asked. Derek looked at Elsa who shrugged.

"We don't have this section rigged yet, but the library is." Derek smiled.

"Okay." Anna said with a nod.

They all got up and Anna followed them through their labyrinth of a home and into the library where Derek showed her how to hook up her phone. She scrolled through her music for a minute then decided to just put it on shuffle. Secrets by OneRepublic came softly over the hidden speakers, Anna couldn't help but laugh at the irony.

She sat down across from Derek and Elsa, who both magically had coffee. There was a cup in front of her, she could see the steam rising. "Do you guys just always have coffee ready?" She asked nervously.

"French press and a power boiler. Does wonders." Elsa said before taking a sip.

Anna took a deep breath, inhaling the sweet aroma. "Well, I guess I should start at the beginning. It really started when Kristoff invited me for drinks..." Anna explained everything she could remember, careful not to leave any details out of her story.

The whole time Elsa watched her with careful eyes. She could tell Derek was on the verge of falling asleep, he hated long stories. But this was Anna. This story mattered. There was nothing more important in the world right now. The closer Anna got to the end, the closer the red head was to tears.

Four songs, a box of tissues, and three cups of coffee later Anna had finished and now they knew everything.

"I'm so sorry Anna." Elsa felt herself remembering when she came out. "You know you always have a home here. No matter what, okay?"

"Okay." Anna squeaked.

"I'm not sure what to say. I'd tell you about my experience but then I'd feel like I'm trying to one up you. Which I wrong." Elsa confessed.

"No, please, I'd like to hear it." Anna decided. It was better then dwelling on her parents.

"Well, it started kind of like yours. I was actually out with Derek, we were bar hopping. And this was back when I was super shy, except when I got drunk. Anyway, we got super drunk and Derek dares me to kiss this smoking hot chick, so I just go up to her and...never mind. That's not really relevant, so the next day when I get home from spending the night at Derek's place, my parent's were all, "where were you young lady" and all that crap. So I say, "kissin bitches"."

Anna gasped. "No way!?"

"Way. And the look on my dad's face...priceless. But then I realized what I said, I'm pretty sure I was still a bit drunk that morning. So he was all like, "What did you just say?" And me being the stupid idiot I am says, "I was making out with ladies. Because I'm a lesbian, get with the program dad." Yeah I was definitely drunk. My mom faints. No joke she faints. Then the yelling and screaming commenced. Eventually he threw me out with my clothes and nothing else." Elsa sighed. "But Derek took me in and the rest in basically history."

"Wow." Anna said.

"Yeah." Elsa replied.

Music filled the air between them. Anna looked up from her coffee and caught Elsa's blue eyes. They sat there for a moment, taking in each others beauty.

"Elsa..I-"

"Don't." Elsa said sharply. "I know what you're going to say and don't. I had no right to assume you were ready for that. We had just met anyway. It's alright. The only thing that matters is that your safe now."

Anna sighed. She heard her music pause and a chime broke over the speakers.

"Someones at the door." Elsa sighed and poked Derek, who jolted awake.

"Wha-what?" He rubbed his eyes.

"Door." Elsa smiled.

"Whore." He said. "Get it yourself. I'm going to bed." He jumped the couch and disappeared down the hallway.

So, the girls went down to find out who knocked. When Elsa opened the small door that was cut into the larger door, Anna's eyes were wide with shock.

"Kristoff?"