Chapter 11: Excitement & Happily Ever After (for now)
IT had been eight months since the ordeal with Hans and Elsa's father, the night before one of the biggest days of her life; looking in the mirror she smiles.
Elsa was lost in thought, thinking of everything she and Anna had gone through over the course of a year and a half or so; how the memories will never fade for either of them with the scars on their faces.
She traces the scar that was on the top and bottom of her left eye, wishing they didn't have to go through but that it made her stronger than she had ever been before.
Two arms slide around the blonde's waist and a chin rests on her shoulder as green eyes look at her through the mirror, "Hey baby, what ya thinking?"
She leans back into Anna's embrace, "How far we have come and what we went through to get to our day tomorrow and how happy I am."
"I can't wait" Anna states squeezing Elsa a bit, "I saw you tracing one of your scars" she gently runs a finger over the scar on Elsa's right cheek then over her eye and notices the blonde's eyes sadden, "Makes you even sexier baby"
Smiling again Elsa turns in the redhead's arms, wrapping her arms around Anna's neck "You always know what to say, what happened to that girl that was all clumsy and tripped over her words?"
Giggling the redhead kisses the blonde's nose, "She's still around just a bit more grown up now a days"
"As long as you don't lose her completely" Elsa smiles and pecks Anna's lips, "But you have to leave because we are not sleeping together tonight"
"Ugh why did I agree to this?" Anna states with a roll of her eyes, "I don't sleep well when I'm not next to you"
Elsa chuckles and then laughs as her fiancé pouts, "Sweetheart it's one night, but if it makes you feel better, I don't sleep that well either."
Anna picks the blond up in a hug, "It was your mother's idea you know"
Both women had agreed on the insistence of Elsa's mother, who had finally got everything worked out in eth islands and moved in with them a few weeks ago.
"Speaking of my mother, she will be here soon and will not like that you are here" Elsa's states as the redhead sets her down, "So get your cute butt out of our room just this one night"
Laughing Anna nods, "Alright, alright I'll go but only after you kiss me"
Shaking her head Elsa cups the redhead's face in her hands, pulling her close and kissing her with passion.
Easily both lean into one another as the kiss deepens, tongues come out to dual for dominance; until the door slams open and makes them jump apart panting.
"Anna!" Liza yells her eyes narrowing on the redhead, "Why are you in here?"
"I was just leaving honest!" Anna replies stealing one more quick kiss from her fiancé, "I promise!" She tries to moves away from Elsa but instead falls backwards over a chair that was behind her, "AGH!"
Elsa busts out laughing as she sees her love turn into the clumsy girl she fell in love with, but then moves to help her up "Mom, she really was heading out, just wanted one last kiss before she left."
Liza can't help but giggle under her hand, "Alright, now get out so I can talk to my daughter!"
Anna nods and smiles at Elsa, "I'll see you tomorrow at the alter" She was going to steal another kiss, but didn't want to risk the wrath of Liza, "She is all yours Liza, good night"
Anna slides out the door and runs down to the room she would be using tonight.
Liza shuts the door, "How are you doing sweetie?" She moves to sit on the couch near the fireplace, wondering if she should have asks Anna to light it first, she was a bit cold.
"I'm alright, cold mom?" Elsa asks as she sits next to her, "I know we don't have anything to start it with, Anna usually does it."
"Yes, just a bit your room is always a bit colder than mine." The brunette states with a small smile, "Think Anna would come back to light it?"
"She will, stick your head out and call her name" Elsa states with a smirk.
Her mother gets up and moves to the door opening it enough to stick her head out, "ANNA!"
Within seconds the redhead was bounding down the hall and slides to a stop in front of the brunette, "Yes?"
Liza's eyes were wide at the display, then she smirks hearing her daughter's laughter from behind her, "Would you be so kind as to start the fire in the fireplace?"
Elsa changes how she was sitting on the couch just to tease Anna a little bit more.
"Sure no problem." Anna replies Liza opens the door, walking over to the fireplace Anna winks at Elsa and flicks her hand, small sparks hitting the try pieces of wood and twigs igniting it, "Anything else ladies?"
Elsa smirks from the couch but stays silent, her mom yelled for her she can tell her to go back.
"No thank you, Anna we just needed well I needed the fire" Liza explains, wondering why the two women were smirking at one another, "Am I missing something."
"Oh nothing, I better go before I uhh yeah" Anna blushes and quickly leaves the room, before she launches herself at her soon to be wife.
"Was she referring to…wait" Liza looks at Elsa who quickly changed how she was sitting and had a bright smile instead of the smirk from before, "You were teasing her weren't you!?"
Elsa blushes and nods, "Just a little"
"You two are insatiable!" Liza exclaims, sitting back down happy to have some heat, "So are you nervous for tomorrow at all?"
Now Elsa has a full blown smile on her face, "Not at all, I mean I know I'm supposed too but why, I'm marrying the most wonderful person in the world."
Smiling Liza remembers when she felt that for her husband, but things change "I do hope you keep your connection with her, Elsa it is so important"
Elsa watches her mother carefully, the brunette had explained to her privately how things with her father started to fall apart way before the incident with Hans, "Mom, one thing I am sure of it that Anna will never be like him, or me for that matter."
Liza smiles "I know, I just worry…so have your dress and everything thought out?" She leans back on the couch and stares into the fire, but notices something, like there were faces in the flames, "Wait….are those faces?"
Elsa looks at the fire and smiles, "Yes, Anna puts in everyone who is important to us, you are in there, Olaf, Kristoff and many others. And to answer your question, yes but I won't be wearing a dress."
"What, I don't get to escort you down in a beautiful dress?" the brunette states a bit sad.
"I'm sorry mom, but I feel I need to do this, I'll be watching Anna come down the aisle…Kristoff is walking her down the aisle" She moves closer to her mom, "Remember when I asked you to stand with me?"
The woman sits up thinking, "I do…oh that's what that meant, I didn't understand at the time." She smiles, "So I'll be standing with you at the altar, I like that"
"Good, alright it's late and I need my sleep, I just hope I can sleep" Elsa states as they both stand.
Looking at her daughter, Liza frowns "What do you mean?"
"Both Anna and I are very restless when not sleeping by one another so tonight will be a bit difficult." Elsa explains as they walk to the door, "Don't worry we will manage, love you mom and I hope you rest well"
They hug and Liza slips out thinking, she wanted both her girls fully rested for the big day, if that meant they slept together who would care; she quickly makes her way to Anna's room.
Anna was reading a love letter that Elsa had given her not too long after they had arrived back from the Southern Isles, tears streaming down her cheek as she relives the emotions in that letter; she almost didn't hear the knock on the door.
Slowly she gets up, and walks to the door with letter on hand opening the door she wipes her eyes, "Liza?"
"Anna, are you okay?" She asks with concern, "Something wrong?"
"Oh no, happy tears Liza happy tears I promise, why are you knocking on my door?" the redhead asks as she tucks the letter into a drawer of a table next to the door.
"You should go to your soon to be wife, so you both can rest well." Liza replies with a smile, "She told me how difficult it is to sleep apart, and I don't want to keep you apart even for a minute"
"Really?"
"Really, go to her Anna, you need each other…just don't tell me anything I don't need to know." Liza states as she begins to walk away, "See you tomorrow"
Anna smiles as she closes her door and runs back to her and Elsa's room and opens the door, shutting it and looking at Elsa who stood shocked to see the redhead.
"Anna what are you doing here?"
"Your mother told me to come back here, because she rather us be well rested…and didn't want to keep us apart even for a minute." Anna states as she walks over to the bed and turns down the covers, then wipes a couple stray tears away.
The blond moves to Anna's side, "Have you been crying?" She wipes a tear off of the redhead's cheek as she frowns.
"Not bad baby, I was reading your letter again, the one you gave me after we got back." Anna smiles and pulls Elsa into a tight hug. "I love you"
"I love you too" Elsa leans her head down and captures warm lips between cool ones, both women leaning into each other, as she tangles her fingers in loose red hair; gently grazing her nails on her fiancé's scalp.
Anna moan's into the blonde's mouth, but then pulls back "Baby, as much as I love where this could go, I think we should just sleep," she bit her bottom lip hoping Elsa wouldn't be too put off.
"Mmmm you may be right, but hard to stop when I have you in my arms," the blond nips at Anna's bottom lip then let's go, letting her outfit completely melt away and climb's into bed.
Shaking her head, Anna lets her PJ's disappear into the air as she follows the blond under the covers, they quickly entangled their legs as they cuddle and close their eyes without another word; just a smile on their faces as they fall asleep.
~Wedding Day Elsa's Dressing Room~
The Queen was pacing in her dressing room, it was fifteen minutes before the wedding was start; it wasn't that she was nervous, she just had a lot of energy.
She had already gone to the great hall and made an ice arch that Anna would later come in and add her touch of fire too it so it was a combination.
"Elsa honey, calm down I thought you weren't nervous?" Her mother asks as she inspects herself in the mirror, the ice dress her daughter created for her was gorgeous and modest.
A high collar in deep blue that slowly flowed to lighter blues as you gazed down the dress, like night turning to morning in blue hues; the slit on the side came up to the knee, and finished off with elegant pumps.
"I am not nervous, excited and full of energy…so much energy" Elsa states as she checks her outfit once more, making sure the creases in her pants were straight and the way the blouse hung was right, "I just wanna call her my wife already!"
Elsa's outfit was whites and light blues, with hints of dark blue throughout the fabric and she wore knee high boots of deep blue to contrast the lighter colors; her hair in the traditional braid over her shoulder helped tame the look.
Liza begins to laugh, her usually poised daughter was freaking out and it was funny to watch.
"What, why are you laughing?" the blonde asks confused.
"Because you are freaking and it's cute, don't worry you will be wives soon" Liza states tucking a stray blond hair behind her daughter's ear, "We need to head to the altar anyway, c'mon miss impatient"
She takes her daughter's hand and they head to the great hall.
In another room not far from the great hall entrance, Anna was pacing back and forth in a very beautiful strapless dress.
The fire dress itself was a simple design with no puffy skirt, it was sleek and straight with a slit up to almost mid-thigh.
The heels were an inch and a half taller than the shoes she would usually wear, but it made her the same height as Elsa.
What rounded out the dress was the small crown and veil that she wore, it lightly covered her face and part of the train went down her bare back.
"Kristoff, how do I look?" Anna asks as she turns a full circle, smiling at her best friend.
"You look amazing Anna, Elsa is a very very lucky woman," He states as gently straightens the crown on her head.
"Thank you, what time is it?" She asks wondering.
He smiles and offers his arm, "Almost time" he replies grinning.
Anna was happy that her best friend was walking her down the aisle but she did miss her parents; in honor of them Kristoff was actually wearing one of her dad's uniform's, tailored to fit him of course.
It was a dark green uniform with green accents, and by Anna's request, he wore a few of her father's medals to give homage to the man that had raised her.
She takes his arm but stops in front of the mirror to make sure her hair, which was half up and half down was still in place with all its curls; then they headed to the doors of the hall.
Inside many dignitaries that did business with Arendalle had arrived for this historical occasion as well as acquaintances; but what mattered to both women were the friends and family in the first few rows.
Rows that were full of trolls, as well as Prince Edward and a few others they met on their journey.
The place was decked out with snowflakes and what seems like small floating spark, showing everyone the unity of both women not just as a couple but their powers belonged together.
Elsa and her mother slowly walk up to the altar where the priest was standing, collecting her thoughts the queen nods to begin the ceremony.
The choir above begins to sing, no instruments accompanying them and the doors to the great hall swing open to reveal their princess.
A collective gasp was heard when they saw the redhead, which made the bride blush under her thin veil as they begin to walk forward.
Elsa's eyes were glued to the woman was walking up to her, the dress itself didn't do Anna justice at least to he, however she was seeing all the ways she could get that off her quickly.
Anna on the other hand was almost drooling at seeing Elsa in pants, something about the Queen in pants just did it for her, 'how long is this thing again?' she wondered until Kristoff gave her to Elsa.
As Elsa took Anna's hand, she rests a hand on Anna's back, in turn the redhead rests a hand on her clothed arm.
Doing so both shot t heir powers through the other's outfit, earning another collective gasp from their audience at seeing the display for the first time.
They turn to the priest who begins.
Both women tried to concentrate as the meaning of marriage was spoken and what it meant, they understood it all but were just too anxious.
They were so preoccupied in their own minds that the priest had to ask twice for the rings from both brides.
Blushing both hand over the rings, Elsa's was a fire made of gold, with flames as the symbol dotted with small rubies while Anna's ring was silver with a snowflake that held small sapphires impeded in the shape.
"These rings are full circles…" The priest starts to talk about the unbroken circle and how it should never be able to be broken and how this would make Anna, Elsa's equal as wive and Queen; which gave way to a few murmurs but nothing more.
Finally he hands Anna's ring to Elsa, "Place this on her finger and repeat after this after me, Med denner ringen tar jeg deg til ekte" (With this ring, I thee wed)
Slipping the ring on the redhead's ring finger Elsa smiles, Med denner ringen tar jeg deg til ekte"
Then he hands Anna, Elsa's ring, "repeat after me, Med denner ringen tar jeg deg til ekte"
Anna shakily places the ring on the queen's ring finger, "Med denner ringen tar jeg deg til ekte"
The priest smiles, "Your Majesties have vows, please say them now." He looks to Elsa to start.
Looking deep into green eyes, Elsa takes a breath "My dear Anna, from the day I saw you on that pier so long ago, I knew there was something about you and that we would have something special. Throughout the years we smiled, laughed and cried, fought and made up and all those memories pale when compared to how I feel for you. There are no words to tell you how much I love you but I hope this will convey it."
Elsa takes a step back, then states quietly but loud enough to be heard, "You asked me something special once, 'do you want to build a snowman'" She moves her hands in a circle forming a snowball.
"From today for the rest of my life, that's a yes" she tosses the ball in the air and it shatters, snowflake's floating down around them, the snowflake's seem to move to purposefully caress Anna's veiled face and hair.
No one else could understand what that mean, but Anna knew exactly what the blond meant, she quickly steeled herself and began.
"Elsa, through the years we had our differences and we had overcome stuff no normal teenage girls usually had to deal with. As we grew, we parted ways for a time, but we found each other again. I still can't believe you love such a quirky clumsy girl that is me"
She receives some chuckles.
"You are the love of my life, my best friend, the one I turn to when I'm scared and when I just want to cry."
Stepping back she conjures a large flame in her hand, "I will keep you warm when you want me too and I will protect you with all I am"
She releases the flames into the air, and they seem to caress the snowflakes as they mingle together, "Now and forever I will be by your side, my Queen"
They clasped hands as the priest clears his throat, "M'Lords and Ladies, I present to you, Elsa and Anna Sverre, Queens of Arendelle!" He then whispers, "You may kiss now"
Grinning Elsa lifts Anna's veil, then cups her face and pulls her into a passionate kiss to the applause of the congregation.
As the cheers got louder, their Queens made their way out of the great hall and into one of their dressing rooms.
Elsa slams the door shut and freezes it before pulling her wife back to her and crashing their lips together again.
Both deepen the kiss as tongues dance, Elsa backs Anna up against the wall as one hand tangles in fiery hair; in turn Anna's hands move into Elsa's blond hair gripping tightly.
After about a minute they gasp for air as they lock eyes, "That ceremony though short, took way too long." Anna states with heavy breath.
Elsa nods and bites her bottom lip, "Think they would notice if we didn't show for the reception love?" the twinkle in her eyes showing she didn't care either way.
Laughing the redhead playfully pushes her wife, "Baby, we are the guest of honor of course they would."
Sighing Elsa chuckles, "Alright, let's go mingle but I want you to myself soon my beautiful Wife"
Anna beams at the title, "You know, that title means more to me than any other."
They embrace and kiss once more before heading to celebrate with their friends.
The End
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