A/N: Hi guys! School starts again next week so updates won't be as fast ;(
Anna was so excited to see Elsa again, she actually woke up early on Saturday. She spent extra time in front of the mirror practicing her lines, as well as trying on various outfits.
"Would you like to do the honor of—no, no, just no," Anna grimaced, then she tried again. "Hey, come to the game with me." Anna paused. "No, that didn't sound good." She sighed exasperatedly.
She dug into her wardrobe, and after trying on five shirts and three pair of jeans, she finally settled on a green button up and ditched the jeans, opting to wear black leggings instead. Then she went back to more practicing her lines. After an hour of basically talking to her reflection, she still hadn't perfected it.
"Ugh, get it together, Anna. You're only gonna ask her to watch the game with you," Anna slapped herself lightly. She stared at her reflection, her red mane sticking out wherever possible. She thought about Elsa's blonde hair and how she always put it in a braid. So pretty. Anna suddenly got an idea.
"What's better than a single braid?" Anna beamed at her reflection in the mirror. "Twin braids!"
Anna arrived at school at 09.50. She was still sitting in her car in the school parking lot when she realized she had forgotten one crucial detail; she wasn't even sure if Elsa would be there. What if she had completed her detention? Then all her efforts from earlier this morning would go to waste.
"I am so stupid," she buried her face in her hands. "So freaking stupid."
When she looked up again, she was met with the sight of a lone figure walking through the school gate just a few meters in front of her car. Anna beamed happily. Elsa is here!
She waited until the blonde disappeared into the school building. Then she waited for two more minutes before getting out of her car and entered the school building. She reported to the teacher in charge then stood right in front of the archive room. She took a deep breath as she stared at the closed door right in front of her.
You can do this, Anna. Just be cool, don't scare her with your—
The door opened all of a sudden and she was met with blonde hair and icy blue eyes so close to her own face. Too close. She could see freckles on the blonde's pale face. Elsa has freckles too! Wait, what—
"Eeekk!" The blonde screeched, Anna could've sworn the blonde did a little jump.
"Woah, woah!" Anna instictively took a step back. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to scare you! I was just standing right here in order to calm myself—not that I'm nervous or anything, I mean it's just detention, right? Okay so I was a little nervous about another thing but we'll get to that later and oh God why haven't I stopped talking? Please stop me before I further—"
"It's okay," the blonde cut her mid-sentence with both her hands held up. "It's okay, really. I'm okay. No harm done. You just caught me off guard."
Anna grinned sheepishly. "I seem to do that a lot."
"Uh, this is only the second time," Elsa chuckled nervously.
"Would you like a third time?" Anna realized what she had just said immediately. Her face flushed. "Oh God. That sounded better in my head. I didn't mean anything by it, really."
"It's okay," Elsa assured her. "Really, Anna."
Anna stared at the blonde, wide eyed. Her mouth was gaping like a fish. She caught herself immediately. "You remember my name!"
"Uh...yeah," Elsa trailed lamely. "Listen, I've been thinking that my actions during our first encounters probably didn't leave a kind impression. I want to apologize for that."
Anna just stared at the blonde dumbly for a few seconds. "Are you kidding? I should be the one apologizing! I scared you on Monday and I scared you just now." Anna grinned at her. "Why don't we just start over?"
Elsa smiled shyly. "Yeah, I'd like that."
Anna held out her hand. "Nice to meet you Elsa, I'm Anna."
Anna almost felt discouraged when she caught the hesitation in Elsa's face. She's not used to making friends, Anna had to remind herself. But all her worries soon vanished when Elsa's cold hand grasped hers. They shook hands again, this time longer and much less awkward than their first time on Monday.
"I'm Elsa," the blonde breathed out. "Nice to meet you, Anna."
Anna decided that she liked the sound of her own name when Elsa was the one saying it. She wished she could listen to Elsa say her name again and again.
Okay, that's not creepy at all. Anna winced internally.
They pulled their hands back and Anna immediately missed the feeling of Elsa's cold hand in hers. For a few seconds after that, they just stood there in the doorway awkwardly.
"So, uh, where were you going?" Anna mumbled.
"What?"
Anna cleared her throat. "Where were you going? You opened this door so that means you wanted to go outside to... where?"
"Oh. Oh! Yeah," Elsa smiled sheepishly then lowered her voice. "I need to use the toilet."
"Can I go with you?" Anna asked without thinking. She was immediately mortified. "Oh God. Please just pretend I didn't say that. I'm just gonna wait here in this room."
They were sitting next to each other on the floor with a bunch of archives on both their laps. Their hands and eyes were busy doing the task, but every few seconds one of them would start a conversation. It was mostly Anna doing the talking, while the blonde listened.
Anna had never really been the one to hesitate about anything. If she thought it would do her good, she would go for it right away. Her best friends Kristoff and Megara were similar to her in that way. They were bold, loud, and fiercely loyal to Anna. Anna had been so used to being with them, that she found interacting with Elsa quite interesting.
The blonde was careful. She didn't say much, but when she did, the words were well thought-out, Anna decided. She loved hearing the blonde talk already, although she never spoke for too long. There was something about Elsa's voice that made everything just sound melodic. Anna just couldn't get enough.
Anna found out that Elsa's moved into this city some time around last year. She lived with her mom, who worked at a restaurant as the main chef and co-owner. She lived in an apartment just a few blocks from the school, so she always went to school on foot. Anna listened intently as the blonde spoke. Elsa was very eloquent, very careful, she never revealed too much, but Anna was completely mesmerized by her presence.
"I'm sorry, you're probably bored. Sorry I don't really have anything interesting to tell you," Elsa smiled sadly at Anna.
Anna shook her head . "No! Don't say that, I like hearing you talk."
The blonde raised her eyebrow at that and Anna's heart skipped a beat.
"I probably bore you out with all my ramblings," Anna mumbled and looked away from the blonde. How could anyone be that gorgeous, seriously?
"No, I actually find them quite interesting," said Elsa. "You seem to have a very lovely family."
Anna smiled softly at her. "So," Anna started again. "You never told me how you got here in detention."
Elsa frowned immediately and Anna felt the temperature dropped so suddenly. Anna panicked internally. Oh God, should I not have asked that? Did she do something pretty bad? Did she sell drugs—no, that can't be! Why is it cold? What is it with her and coldness, seriously? Is this some weird supernatural thing? Should I freak out?
"That...well," the blonde hesitated. "I—I guess I wrecked a few microscopes."
Anna blinked. "Microscopes," Anna repeated. Well, that was unexpected.
"Yes, microscopes. In the Biology lab," Elsa's voice was a little shaky, Anna noted. She clearly wasn't comfortable talking about it. "It was an accident." She probably felt pretty bad about it, Anna thought.
"Of course it was! Why would anyone deliberately break the microscopes?" Anna smiled widely at Elsa. "So I suppose I should tell you how I got here too, to make us even."
Elsa smiled at her. "What did you do? If you don't mind telling me, that is."
"Nah, it's no problem," Anna waved her hand. "I slapped Hans in front of everybody."
Elsa's smile disappeared. Anna mentally slapped herself. She was talking to Hans' tutor, she just remembered. But were they actually... friends? Is she on his side?
Elsa's smile returned. "What did he do?" She asked softly.
"Uh, well," Anna mumbled. "He sorta...asked me out on a date? But I wasn't interested—I mean sure he's very handsome! And athlethic! But I had to turn him down. He wouldn't listen to me. So I—yeah," Anna trailed off lamely. "I'm sorry, you must think I'm stupid. And violent."
"No, I really don't," Elsa shook her head and smiled kindly at the redhead. "I understand that Hans can be... difficult."
Not to you, apparently. "So, are you guys, like, close?" Anna asked her carefully. She didn't want to push her luck this time.
Elsa paused to think about it. "No, not at all."
Neither of them spoke for a few minutes after that. Anna noted that the topic of Hans seemed to make the other girl uncomfortable. Suddenly, she decided that didn't want to know anymore. She realized that all she wanted was to have a friendship with Elsa, not go all detective on her and interrogate her about her life and make her uncomfortable and possibly push her away. Anna wasn't going to ruin this.
"Hey, Elsa," Anna said all of a sudden.
Elsa's head snapped up from the archives she was sorting. Icy blue eyes looking up at Anna expectantly.
Anna took a breath. Here goes nothing. "Would you like to watch the game with me next week?" Now, was that so hard?
Elsa blinked. "You mean the soccer game?"
"Yes, the soccer game! Our school is up against West High School next week for the semifinal of the annual cup," Anna explained animatedly. "My best friend, Kristoff, is in the team. So I always watch these games to support him whenever possible. Would you like to sit with me and watch the game together?"
"I...don't really understand soccer—"
"That's alright, me neither!" Anna cut her before the blonde could refuse. "Kristoff tried many times to explain to me what an offside is, but I just don't get it." Anna grinned sheepishly.
Elsa hesitated for a moment. "When is the game?"
"Friday, next week!" Anna paused to remember. "It starts at 7 pm, I think. I have to ask Kristoff again to make sure."
"I think I can make it, I'll let you know," said Elsa after pausing to think.
Yes! "Oh, then we need each other's number then! Give me your phone, here's mine." Anna took her phone out of her pocket and gave it to Elsa, who did the same.
Anna couldn't believe she actually got Elsa's number. She didn't care anymore that the archive room was cold, she decided that it didn't bother her when Elsa was there smiling at her, making her feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
A/N: Thank you so much for reading! Let me know what you think :)