A/N: Again, thank you so much for the reviews/favs/follows! I really appreciate them. (At this rate, I'm just gonna start every chapter by thanking you guys lol) Longer chapter this time :D
On Monday morning, Megara found herself in the passenger seat of Anna's parked car.
Anna, seated in the driver seat, stared hard straight ahead of her. Her eyes searching and scanning the students entering the front gate, looking for a certain tall blonde girl with a single braid. Although Anna wasn't sure if the girl she was looking for would wear her hair in a braid again that day, but really, how hard was it gonna be?
Megara, who was growing bored beside her, found it all a little comical.
"What are we, Totally Spies?" Megara deadpanned. "What's with all this spying?"
"Sssshhh, you're distracting me," said Anna, eyes never leaving the school gate. "I told you I'll explain later."
"Well, you just dragged me out of my car into yours without an explanation, I thought maybe you were gonna tell me a secret, like, you're selling drugs or something," Megara chuckled. "Where's Kristoff?"
"I don't know," said Anna distractedly.
"Seriously, what's going on? Did something happen? Why didn't you text or call me over the weekend? How was the detention?" Megara shot her questions impatiently.
"Meg!" the redhead finally tore her eyes away from the gate and reprimanded her friend. "Fine. You might as well help me now. I'm looking for Elsa." Anna turned her eyes back to the gate. "I mean, judging by your reaction last week when I mentioned her name, I just thought maybe you might know something about her."
"And what makes you think that?" Megara asked, she leaned back and crossed her arms. "I know next to nothing about her."
"I just thought—," Anna's voice faltered. "I don't know, you're one of my best friends, but you're friends with a lot more people than I am. You're even friends with Hans' friends!" Megara raised an eyebrow at her at that last one. Anna immediately continued, "Well, the decent ones. I mean—I just thought maybe you've seen, or heard—something."
There was a pause. "Seen or heard what, exactly?"
Anna took a breath. "Is she dating Hans? Or is she Hans' ex?" Then she went on to tell Meg what she and Kristoff saw the other day.
Megara listened intently. Then she said, "I don't know, but who knows, really? Nobody ever really knows anything about that girl. She transferred here some time around last year, but I guess she never really made friends."
"Do you have a class with her?" Anna asked. "Kristoff did, last year."
"I do. She's in my Biology and World History class," answered Megara. "Listen, I don't think you should bother her. If she wants to be a little antisocial, just let her be."
"But what if she needs a friend?" Anna sighed. "I'm just really curious about her—n-not in a creepy way or anything, I'm not a stalker! It's just, I can't believe I've never seen her, you know? And she seems kinda distant, and... cold?"
"Cold?"
"Yes, cold," Anna was referring to the blonde's cold demeanor, but then she remembered something else all of a sudden. "Like... almost literally?"
Anna never gave too much thought into how she had felt that sudden cold chill that ran through her body for a moment in that room, followed by the seemingly decreasing temperature in that archive room during the detention. But now she did, and she realized all of a sudden that it was, indeed, odd.
"I've never even seen her in the hallways," Anna said, exasperated. "What is she, some kind of a superhuman who can make herself invisible?"
"That's because there's like a gazillion students in this school, and this school is huge—thanks to Hans' family—she hides herself well, and you don't pay attention to your surroundings," Megara pinched the redhead's nose, who yelped. "Seriously, you even literally bumped into Hans last week, who suddenly noticed you, then asked you out, then got you into this mess—"
"There she is!"
Megara turned her head to see Elsa walking through the school's front gate. The blonde was wearing a white long-sleeved plain t-shirt and blue jeans. Her hair was still done in a braid that rested on her shoulder. Her eyes looked straight ahead. She moved slowly with a little hint of grace in her steps.
Beautiful.
"Now or never," Anna breathed out. She was starting to get excited.
"Anna..." Megara drawled in a warning tone. Before she knew it, the door was opened. Anna was gone in an instant.
Megara buried her face in her hands, "Crap."
"Hi!"
Anna literally jumped in front of the blonde, instantly blocking her way. Elsa nearly tripped in shock, but she caught herself so quickly. She looked at the redhead in front of her, who was smiling widely at her.
"Hi, sorry, I probably scared you," Anna grinned sheepishly. "I'm Anna. I don't think we've met before. Which is silly because we go to the same school, well, by now I realize we never shared the same classes, but still, we're both juniors!" Anna paused. "Wait, you're a junior too, right?"
Before Anna could expect to hear an answer from the blonde, someone approached from behind her. "Yes, Cupcake, she is."
Megara was now next to Anna. The brunette smiled at Elsa, who didn't return it, but Anna saw a hint of recognition in her eyes. It was subtle, but Elsa took a tiny step back. Anna raised her eyebrows. Sure, Meg could be a little intimidating, but was Elsa that afraid of her?
"Hi, I'm Meg, but you know that already," Megara shrugged, then pulled at Anna's arm. "Come on, Anna, let's get to class."
Anna stared at her incredulously. "No!" she said, a little louder than she intended. "I mean—Meg, I'm in the middle of introducing myself to her, can't you see?"
Elsa watched in silence as Megara and Anna argued. After a few seconds she cleared her throat and both the redhead and the brunette froze, their heads turned towards her expectantly. Elsa felt face growing hot.
"H-hi, Anna," Elsa tried, her voice cracked a little. "I'm Elsa."
Anna beamed at her. She extended a hand at the blonde girl, who just stared at it. Anna was just about to awkwardly pull her hand back, when all of a sudden she felt Elsa's cold hand grasping hers. They shook hands awkwardly. Elsa quickly pulled her own hand back. Anna wasn't sure if it really was her imagination, but she could feel the temperature dropped ever so slightly, for a moment.
"Nice to meet you, Elsa," Anna said awkwardly.
"Nice to meet you too," Elsa said meekly, a soft smile tugging on her lips. "I'm sorry, I gotta run, I,uh, need to—"
"Go on ahead, Elsa," Megara pulled Anna aside with her so they weren't blocking the blonde's way.
Elsa looked at Megara and said nothing, she just nodded and ran off to enter the school building.
"Satisfied, Cupcake?" Megara asked, when Elsa was out of earshot. "See, I told you not to bother her. I think she was terrified."
"She was terrified of you," Anna shook her head helplessly. "By the way, did you feel that just now?"
"Feel what?"
"It got kinda colder," Anna paused. "Well, not anymore. But earlier, around the time we were shaking hands, did you feel it? The air kinda got colder, just a little bit though."
Megara frowned. "No," she tilted her head in confusion. "No, I didn't."
"Then what the heck was that? I felt that too during detention after she entered the room!" Anna could feel her excitement bubbling. A mysterious, quiet girl who drops the temperature with her presence? Now that was interesting. And weird. And impossible.
"Look, it's a sign," Megara put her hands on hips. "The universe wants you to stop bothering her."
"You want me to stop bothering her," Anna rolled her eyes. "I think she's actually sweet, she's just very shy." Anna checked her watch and jumped. "I have a quiz in 5 minutes!"
The rest of the day was uneventful for Elsa. It was afternoon and she had only one class left, and this was the one class she was always anxious about for certain reasons.
Elsa had had a few students stopping her to introduce themselves to her before, eversince she transferred to this school last year. She would usually just smile and give them her name politely, and turned down every offer to hang out or study together then she would walk away apologetically.
After a while, most people just stopped trying, which relieved Elsa. She couldn't let people in. She couldn't trust herself yet, she didn't want to lose control...again. A few weeks ago, for the first time in a while, Elsa felt her control slip away and caused a mess. She was just lucky it happened in the less crowded part of school, and it was after the classes were over. Still, two people had witnessed it. While it was not the first time for one of them to witness her capabilities, it was certainly the first time for the other one.
"Relax," Megara leaned back against her chair beside her, her voice just a whisper. "I didn't tell her anything, you know."
Elsa eyed the brunette next to her uneasily. Usually a certain French girl—Belle, wasn't it? Elsa couldn't remember names—was seated next to her in this class, but Megara had occupied it without warning. Belle was now seated two rows in front of them, behind Hans.
"Y-you didn't?" Elsa breathed out, eyes glancing worriedly the teacher who was busy explaining about genes and chromosomes right in front of the class, she glanced at Megara again.
"No, and I still curse the day I got myself into this mess," Megara glanced at Hans' back real quick. Elsa caught it and she sighed. "But I have to say this," Megara continued. "Be nice to Anna, okay? She just wants to be friends with you."
Elsa said nothing. Her mind went back to this morning when the redhead surprised her. Elsa couldn't put a finger on it, but there was something different about the way Anna looked at her. It was almost invasive, as if Anna could see all of her, right through her mask, and it kind of scared her. She wondered if she'd see the redhead again this coming Saturday in detention. The blonde still had one more session left.
At the same time, Elsa thought, she couldn't shake off the unexpectedly pleasant feeling of Anna's intrusion. As unsettling as it was, she actually didn't mind Anna's presence as much as she thought she would. She even thought the redhead was kind of adorable.
Wait, what?
Anna spent the rest of the week constantly looking out for the blonde girl that had captivated her. Megara had been right when she said Anna never really paid attention to the surroundings. She was always busy talking with her classmates in the hallway in between classes, but now she tried to focus on her surroundings instead, looking out for Elsa, effectively ignoring her classmates who tried to talk to her.
"Anna? Is there something wrong?" Jasmine asked on Wednesday.
"Huh? Why?" Anna turned to her friend briefly before letting her eyes wander again.
"You seem distracted lately, you keep zoning out of the conversation," Jasmine explained.
Belle nodded. She added, "Is this about Hans? Does he still bother you? If you're in trouble you know you can talk to us."
"I'm fine," Anna said, smiling softly at her friends. She felt a little guilty for ignoring them.
"Do you still have to do the detention this Saturday?" Belle asked.
"Yep," Megara answered for Anna. "Little Miss Badass still has to serve her punishment for two more Saturdays."
"That's too bad," Jasmine shook her head in disapproval.
Anna felt that at this rate, detention might be the only time she could ever see Elsa again, so she didn't complain.
On Thursday morning, Anna was walking with Belle. They were on their way to Math class.
"Belle, I know you and Meg are in the same Biology class," Anna took her chance. "Are you familiar with a student named Elsa?"
"The one with the braid? I always sit next to her in Biology," Belle answered. "Well, almost always."
"You do? Do you guys talk a lot? What is she like?" Anna asked rapidly.
Belle frowned. "We don't really talk. I tried to get to know her, but she seemed indifferent, so I didn't push it."
On Friday afternoon, Anna was eating with Kristoff in the cafeteria. Their class ended early so they were able to get lunch earlier than usual.
"Kristoff, I think I'm going crazy," Anna put her head in her hands.
"Hey, what's this all about?" Kristoff asked, he took a bite of his food and chewed. "Tell me."
"It's Elsa," Anna sighed, she looked up at him. "I don't know, I can't stop thinking about her."
Kristoff blinked. He swallowed his food, "Have you talked to her?"
"I haven't seen her again since Monday," Anna said. "I swear, she could've been just a figment of my imagination."
"She's real, I saw her yesterday in the library," Kristoff shrugged.
Anna stared at him. "You actually go to the library? Since when?"
"Since I nearly failed two tests," the boy sighed. "The big game's next week. We've been practicing a lot so our studies are kind of, well, neglected a little bit."
Anna put a hand on his shoulder. "Do you need help? Hey, I can be your tutor!"
He smiled softly at her, "Thanks, feistypants, but I can manage. At least for now." Kristoff then added, "Speaking of that, I found out that Elsa is actually Hans' tutor."
Anna blinked. "Whaaaat?" she nearly screeched. "How did you know that?" Elsa has been tutoring Hans? Since when?
"I heard it from him this morning in Gym," said Kristoff. "His friends was asking him how he had maintained decent scores lately, because a lot of us in the soccer team haven't been doing well. Hans said Elsa had been tutoring him."
"Oh. Wow. Okay," Anna still found it a little hard to believe. "Okay, so she's his tutor. And he actually acts like a decent human being to her. Like, a totally different person."
"Still doesn't really explain why, I know, but who cares, really? Good for Hans," Kristoff shrugged. "But if you're interested in her, I have an idea. Why don't you invite her to watch the game with you next week?"
"That's actually a great idea! I'm gonna ask her!" Anna beamed happily, then she realized what Kristoff had said. "Hold up, I'm not interested in her, you know. I mean I am, but not like that! That is so not the drama." She rolled her eyes.
The boy smirked, "That is so the drama."
A/N: Yes, as some of you may have noticed, I totally love Kim Possible. Thank you for reading :) Btw, there might be a few grammatical errors here and there in my story, hopefully nothing major. But if they bother you, you can let me know and I'll try to correct them xD