As soon as Elsa walked in the door, she was bombarded with questions by Anna. Anna's friends were sat around a board game in the living room, watching Anna be slightly more hyper and excited than she usually was with no surprise in their faces.
"Woah, calm down Anna!" Elsa exclaimed.
"I'm sorry, I've never been to a party. I sounds really fun! Was it fun? Tell me everything!"
"I'll tell you later, I have to go get ready for bed, and you have a game to play with your friends. Go on." Elsa pushed Anna back in the direction of the living room and went upstairs. Anna knew she wouldn't emerge until tomorrow morning. Her little sister would have to pester her then.
Anna went back into the living room and sat down in front of the Monopoly board. "Hey, who stole my hotel? Give it back!"
Monday came with gray clouds and rain that soaked through everyone's shoes. It seemed fitting, for a Monday. Elsa was usually excited to go back to school, or at least moderately pleased. But today, she felt the tiniest bit scared. Shaking her head, she suppressed the feeling. What was there to be scared of at school?
Sitting behind Anna and Hans on the bus, Elsa moodily looked out of the window at the rain. Anna and Hans were having an intense conversation about the best type of sandwiches. Neither of the sisters noticed the large amount of times Hans glanced behind him.
After school, Elsa walked to Wandering Oaken's Ice Cream Shop and Bakery in the rain. She had remembered her umbrella thankfully, but her bike would never had fit on the bus, and with it raining so hard, she hadn't wanted to bike to school. She shivered as the rain soaked through her pants, the umbrella doing barely anything to keep her dry.
By the time Elsa had arrived at her job, she was ten minutes late and thoroughly wet. Going into the bathroom, she changed into the mint green shirt that was her uniform and left her things in the back room. Hurriedly tying her semi-dry hair back, she went behind the ice cream counter.
Kristoff greeted her with a fist bump. "Hey." he said. "Pretty bad weather we're having."
"Yeah. Umbrellas are no match for that howler."
"It's because the wind blows the rain all over the place. It doesn't just come straight down, which sucks because you have to angle your umbrella into the wind to avoid the rain."
"Huh." Elsa scooped some ice cream into a cone for a customer. "I guess that makes sense. Here's your ice cream, enjoy your day!"
"It makes sense because I am a weather expert."
"Oh really?" Elsa grinned. "Then tell me, weather expert, what weather are we going to have tomorrow?"
Kristoff tugged on the strings of his hat. "It is going to be… rainy again. The storm will be worse and you will have to wear a raincoat."
"Hmm…" Elsa mused. "A raincoat would have been good to have today. But, we shall see how much of a weather expert you are tomorrow."
"I will be right!"
"Of course you will." Elsa patted Kristoff on the head as if he were a small child, even though he was a good foot taller than her. "So, have you started reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone yet?"
"Yeah." Kristoff rang up a customer. "It's pretty good so far."
"What part are you at?"
"They just got sorted into their houses."
"Oh, you're not that far in then. It gets really good later on."
"What's your favorite of all seven books?"
"My favorite one is probably Chamber of Secrets."
"Is that the second one?"
"Yeah. You know, after you read all the books, you have to watch the movies also."
"Ugh. That's a lot of books and movies."
"You have to read and watch them. I'm forcing you to. I'll make a Harry Potter fan out of you yet!"
At that moment, the doorbell rang. Elsa looked over and saw Anna and Hans entering the shop in the process of shaking off their umbrellas. Anna was giggling, probably at something he said. Or perhaps just because he was talking to her and she had a natural tendency to giggle.
Kristoff was over waiting for a customer to decide what to order, so they went over to Elsa. "Hey, sis. Hey, Hans. What type of ice cream would you like?"
"Chocolate." Anna said without hesitation.
Giggling, Elsa reached over and scooped some chocolate ice cream into a cone. "Here you go, just the way you like it. Sugar cone, two scoops, and no sprinkles."
Anna accepted the ice cream. "You know me too well."
"What would you like, Hans?" Elsa asked.
"I'm still deciding." Hans mumbled, bending over the glass.
"So, how's your job?" Anna asked, looking around at the shop.
"It's pretty fun. I get employee discounts and this very cool shirt." Elsa gestured to her Wandering Oaken's Ice Cream shirt. "Also, I'm not completely lonely. I have some friends-" Elsa thought that over. "One friend that works with me."
"Do you think I could work here when I get older?"
"Please don't. I love you and all that, but I don't think we will survive working together."
"That's probably true. I'd rather work somewhere else anyway."
"Word of advice for you: Wait until high school to get a job. It's nice to have money and all that, but it's also very stressful with homework and band on top of that."
"Thanks. I'll keep that in mind."
"Hey, I'm ready to order." Hans interrupted.
"Of course, what would you like?"
"I'll take birthday cake in a waffle cone."
"Alright, here you go." Elsa handed him the ice cream. She almost noticed how long his hands lingered on the ice cream while she was handing it to him, but it quickly slipped from her mind as he went and sat in a booth with Anna.
Kristoff rejoined her behind the counter as they waited for more customers to come in. Business was pretty slow today, giving them plenty of time to talk, and talk they did.
For some reason, Elsa couldn't shake the feeling that someone was watching her, but whenever she turned around, nobody was looking in her direction. What was even stranger was that the feeling went away when Anna and Hans left.
Yay I updated early i'm so proud of myself.
-D&ATF :)
