With a bag of makeup over her arm and a list of makeup she 'absolutely needed to get' in her pocket, Elsa bicycled home, her insides in turmoil. She was so confused about the things Jason wanted her to do. In fact, her mind was moving so fast, she decided not to think about it.

Anna and her friends were sleeping on the living room floor when Elsa unlocked the back door, stepping quietly so nobody would wake up. She was almost to the kitchen when she heard a noise behind her.

"Elsa?" Anna whispered, extracting herself from the pile of bodies in the living room. "What are you doing?"

Sighing, Elsa turned around. "I was just going upstairs." she whispered back.

Anna looked at the clock, rubbing her eyes in the process. "It's six in the morning, Elsa."

"So?"

"Did you even have any fun at your sleepover?"

Elsa hesitated, then replied. "Yeah."

"Then why did you leave so early?"

"I just felt like it."

"Right. Did you even get any sleep?"

"Not really…"

"Whatever," Anna said, yawning. "I'll deal with you in the morning."

"Goodnight." Elsa whispered, but Anna was already asleep, or at least pretending to be.

Elsa had officially decided her sleep schedule was whacked, and she was definitely suffering from it.

On Saturday, she slept from early morning until dinnertime, missing two out of three meals and leaving her wide awake when the rest of the house had gone to sleep. She even saw Dad come home, which had never happened before. He always worked too late to come home before she was in bed.

If Elsa had been older and more reckless, she would have snuck out of the house and went someplace just because she could. As it was, she had money and wheels, but fourteen year olds are generally not allowed to roam the streets after dark. Also, there's probably a law about it. So, Elsa passed the time cleaning her room, reading, and occasionally stalking places on google maps.

The next day was Sunday, the day before school started again, and as usual Elsa had put off all her homework until then. It didn't help that she was functioning on only four hours of sleep. It wasn't until two in the morning that Elsa finished all of her homework, including a project that was due the next day, and she had to wake up at six to get to school.

Monday was awful. Elsa had trouble paying attention in her classes she was so sleepy, and even a nap in the media center during lunch didn't help. Her friends noticed she was even more unresponsive than usual, as did her teachers. By the time the school day had ended, all Elsa wanted to do was go home and sleep, preferably for the next week. Unfortunately she had to go to work at Oaken's. Kristoff took over her job after she almost fell asleep while holding ice cream… multiple times. So, she got to go home early and continue to work on homework until midnight.

The lack of sleep caught up to her on Tuesday, when she awoke with a cold and a mild fever. Of course, the one time her mother was home when she woke up was the day Elsa didn't want to go to school. After checking her temperature and judging that she hadn't thrown up yet, Elsa's mom decreed her fit to attend school.

As Elsa boarded the school bus, she felt the usual stares received from the front seats, only today they were decidedly more judging. Ignoring the posse of popular people, she walked to her usual seat near the back and sat down. Ever since the party Jason had taken her to, more and more people were noticing her, which meant more judgement. Even though they didn't say anything to her face, Elsa was sure they said plenty behind her back.

Looking down at her outfit for the day, Elsa could see why they were particularly judging today. Sweatpants and old shirts with worn letters that nobody can read isn't exactly the top trend of the season. It probably didn't help that her hair was in a messy ponytail and her makeup-less face was sporting a red nose to rival Rudolph's.

"I'm sick." Elsa announced to the people sitting at the library table, setting her bag down beside her as she flopped into her chair.

"Ew, don't get near me. I don't want to be sick." said Milo, moving his chair away from her.

"Don't worry, it's only a cold. If I had something life threatening I would be at home and not in this stupid place." she said, gesturing to the school.

Milo practically bristled. "Well, I happen to like this 'stupid place', so there!"

Stifling a yawn, Elsa nodded absent-mindedly. "Sure, fine. You do you. I'm just going to take a nap. Wake me up when we have to go to class." she said, putting her head down on the table and promptly fell asleep with the sound of Shang calming Milo in the background.

Per usual, Jason was waiting for Elsa at her locker after school to walk with her outside. He silently surveyed her outfit, frowning disapprovingly when Elsa was turned away, focused on packing up her backpack. They started walking in silence, until Jason said, "I thought the girls taught you something about looking good at the party Friday."

"Oh yeah, they gave me some makeup and stuff, but lately I've just been too tired to put it on in the morning. I have a ton of stuff that I have to do this week, and I haven't really been sleeping great."

Jason frowned. "Why don't you just wake up earlier?"

"Oh, no I couldn't do that. I need all the sleep I can get nowadays."

They walked for a few minutes in silence, until Jason said, "You don't look super great today."

"Sorry, I'm sick. You can't expect me to look perfect when a bucket load of snot is coming out of my nose and my head is pounding like a steel drum."

"Well I expect you to look acceptable, at the very least!"

"Why is my appearance so upsetting to you?"

"Because…" Jason looked around. They had arrived at the front of the school and there were too many people around. He didn't want to explode over something as trivial as this. "Never mind. See you tomorrow." He pecked her on the cheek and walked away, silently fuming.

Elsa stood there in shock. Had he really just kissed her? A large smile spread over her face. Breaking out of her reverie when someone shoved by her, she ran to the buses, giddy and smiling, just making it in time before the bus pulled out of the parking lot. Beaming to herself as the watched the world pass by out the window, she thought, "Maybe this wasn't such a bad day after all."

My updating schedule is almost as whacked as Elsa's sleep schedule.

Sry for putting Elsa through all that. She was just experiencing everything I have experienced in the past few days at a largely exaggerated scale.

So, if you didn't know, I have a cold. Hooray for sickness!

I will try to update Friday. No guarantees.

-D&ATF :)