"Ow" Elsa complained as Emily dug her nails into her arm, testing to see if it would make the ice in front of her falter.
"Sorry, it's for your own good." Emily said for the millionth time that day. "Okay you can stop."
With a wave of Elsa's hand the intricate ice sculpture in front of her disappeared.
"Are we done for the day already?" Elsa asked as she saw Emily pick up her jacket.
"No, were done." Emily smiled.
"Done, like forever?" Elsa asked, a little bit of worry seeping into her voice.
"Yes, there is nothing else I can teach you. There is no guarantee that you could control your powers under intense pain or fear, because I obviously can't test that without hurting you, but from what I have seen you should be fine in most normal situations." Emily explained, still wearing a wide smile.
"Oh, okay."
"Why do you look sad? You should be excited!"
"Ya I know" said Elsa as she tried her best to stretch her face into a fake smile. The truth was she was going to miss these afternoons in the garden with the girl. It was the only real time she got Emily all to herself, even if they were just practicing. Emily sensed that the girl was unhappy so she decided that they would not being going back to the castle just yet.
"We still have a little bit of day light left. Want to do something?" Emily asked, trying to cheer the blonde up.
"Like what?" Elsa asked, Emily just smiled and grabbed her hand, dragging her away from the castle and out into the open field that was behind the castle. She laid out her jacket and laid down on it on the grass, patting the grass next to her. Elsa was all too happy to accept the invitation and lay next to the girl.
"Look up at the clouds. What do you see?" Emily asked.
"Um…clouds?" Elsa smiled at the disappointed look on her friends face.
"When im back home, I like to go out and just lie on my back in a field and try to find shapes in the clouds. It relaxes me." Emily confessed. "Now try again."
"See right there." Emily said while closing one eye and squinting at the sky, pointing.
"Yep, that's another cloud." Elsa joked. She was yet to see the shapes that the older girl was pointing out in the clouds all afternoon and now the clouds were growing hard to see as the sky grew darker. The grass itched her back but she was not going to risk moving and disturbing the girl who was pressed into her side. Elsa's head was turned to stare at Emily as she stared up at the clouds, and Elsa took this time to admire her new friend. The perfect curve of her dark eyebrows led to her bright green eyes that were framed by long thick lashes. The slope of her nose and the perfect pair of red lips that Elsa wished she could press hers against.
"I bet she tastes like summer and peppermint." Elsa thought as she stared at the girl's lips.
"Here look." Emily said as she grabbed Elsa's hand, holding it so that Elsa was pointing at the sky and began to help Elsa trace whatever shape the girl saw now in the sky.
"Oh now I see it." Elsa lied; she hadn't even glanced at the clouds finding she was unable to tear her eyes away from the girls face. Emily smiled over at her, still holding Elsa's hand in the air; she beamed at Elsa and let their hands drop in between them. Elsa took a chance and intertwined their fingers; an intense happiness overtook her when the girl did not pull her hand away.
"LOOKOUT!" A voice yelled and the girls were torn from there bliss, their hands pulled apart. They looked to see Nick running full speed at them before he dived at Emily, grabbing her waist he laid on top of her before using his momentum to roll them so that they rolled down the slight slope of the grass together. Emily's laughed caused a pang of jealously to spring up in Elsa's stomach as she watched the friends roll to a stop at the bottom of the hill, Nick's body on top of Emily's. Anna walked up to Elsa laughing at their friends silly games she stood by her sister, but Elsa was far from laughing as she stared at Nickolia's face only inches away from Emily's.
"The cook told us dinner was ready so we came to find you guys." Anna explained to her grumpy sister. Nick waked up the slight slope of the grass towards the girls with Emily on his back, her legs wrapped around his waist.
"Shall we head to dinner my ladies?" Nick bowed causing a shriek of laugher from Emily as she held on tighter to the boy. They waked back to the castle like that, with Elsa pouting and the other three laughing at the events of the day.
"Fill me up ice queen." Emily joked as she held out her empty wine glass. Elsa poured more of the dark red liquid into her glass and went back to drinking her own forth glass. They were lounging in one of the castles many relaxation rooms. It was filled with comfortable couches and the candles glow made the room seem very inviting and cozy. The four friends had been there since dinner, drinking and laughing the night away.
"Okay truth or dare Anna?" Emily asked, receiving a small grimace from the princess. The foreigners had taught the girls this game and after a few drinks had finally convinced them to play.
"Um…truth?" Anna responded rather hesitantly.
"Okay...If you had to marry one person from my crew, which one would you choose." Emily said with a greedy smile. Anna considered her answer for a while.
"That boy who always throws the ball to me is cute. What's his name again?"
"Toby?" Nick asked.
"Ya him, I choose him." Anna blushed as the others laughed.
"Okay my turn!" Nick announced a little too loudly because of his slightly drunken state. "Emily, truth or dare?"
"Dare." Emily chose with a sly smile, winking at the boy.
"I dare you to kiss one person in this room, and it can't be me because that's cheating!" Nick announced with a laugh. Emily's face flushed but she stood up anyway. Perhaps it was the alcohol or maybe she just wanted to show the boy up, but she smiled as she said,
"Okay, I choose Elsa." Elsa's heart stopped, she stood slowly, unsure that her knees would hold her. "No offense to Anna of course, it's just that I don't know you as well as I know her." Emily explained to the giggling Anna on the couch. Emily stood a step forward, closing the distance between her and Elsa. She reached out and placed a hand on Elsa's hip pulling the queen too her and another hand found the girls cheek. Emily closed her eyes and Elsa realized she should do the same. Her heart beating out of her chest, she hoped Emily couldn't feel it through her shirt. Emily's lips captured Elsa's lightly, hesitating for just a second before kissing her harder.
"Don't you dare make a sound Elsa" She thought, not trusting herself to hold in the moan that threatened to pass her lips. "Just remember this moment."
Emily's lips left hers after the acceptable amount of time for the kiss, but much too fast for Elsa's liking. Her eyes fluttered open to see Emily beaming at Nick, who was laughing along with Anna, and pouring himself another drink. Emily's hands left her and she somehow found her way back to her seat next to Nick on the couch, despite the fog that clouded her brain.
A little while later and after a few more rounds of the game, a servant entered the room, giving a small curtsey to the queen.
"Yes can we help you?" Elsa asked.
"I have a letter that just arrived for Princess Emily, miss." The young servant responded before handing an envelope to the girl and taking her leave. Emily stared at the envelope for a minute before opening it, as the conversation went on around her.
"What does it say Emily?" Anna pressed as she moved closer to the girl, who seemed to be in shock staring at the paper.
"I…Um…My parents and brother are coming…to Arendelle."