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CHAPTER FIVE

The next day dawned bright and hot, prompting the directors to allow the campers to spend the morning by the lake in order to keep cool in favour of their usual activities. Anna cursed herself for taking yesterday's advice about her choice of dress a little too seriously. She had chosen a pair of loose jeans instead of shorts, but now her legs felt like lava in the sun-warmed denim and the sand stuck uncomfortably to her legs. Her skin chafed whenever she shifted positions due to the combination of sweat and sand.

However, she was nice enough to allow Elsa to be the one in the water to take care of the kids that were swimming, seeing as the winter blonde looked like she was just about ready to melt in the heat. 'Just like old times,' Anna remembered fondly.

Now she was sorely regretting her decision.

"Anna!" Elsa called out from the water, waving at her. Her figure was on full display in her swimsuit, even though it was a one-piece. The neckline was high, but the size of her chest made that not quite high enough, and the tight material left nothing to the imagination about her shapely curves. "Are you sure you don't want to switch out for a while?"

Anna's cheeks burned for reasons unrelated to the sun as she glanced away. That was the other reason she let Elsa go in the water instead of her. When her older sister was under the waves, her jaw-droppingly gorgeous body was mostly out of sight; which kept the butterflies in her stomach and sinful feelings that heated her core at least ignorable.

"I-I'm okay!" she called out, inwardly cursing herself for giving up on her chance in the water. But Elsa needed the cool waves more than she did and Anna was reluctant to move now that she finally found a position comfortable for her.

With an exaggerated shrug, so Anna could see it from far away, Elsa yelled, "Well, alright! Are you keeping a close eye on us?"

'That's a loaded question.' Anna gave an exaggerated thumbs up to her sister and grinned despite the uncomfortable twist in her stomach. Her eyes unwillingly glued themselves to the trim stomach and lean legs that seemed to go for miles before disappearing into the water and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't stop the delicious thought of Elsa's legs wrapped tight around her while she-

"Miss Anna?"

The redhead was jolted out of her lewd thoughts by Olaf's curious voice. She smiled as convincingly as she could at the boy, all while trying to desperately shake off her thought process. "Y-Yeah, buddy?"

The maladroit boy sat right down on her blanket, as if he had been invited. "Are you thinking about asking Miss Elsa to marry you?"

Anna's eyes widened as she choked on her saliva. "W-What?" She stared at the boy as she coughed, finally able to snap, "Olaf! That's not very appropriate to ask!" 'Even though the thought of it isn't nearly as repulsive as it should be…'

His large brown eyes blinked up at her in oblivious confusion. "Why? Ohhh, is it because she's already going to ask you? Gosh, did I ruin the surprise?"

"W-What?" she stammered. "Olaf, we're si..." She frowned at herself, not sure why she had stopped that word from coming out, but then continued, "We're girls, Olaf, girls can't… get married." She knew that it wasn't true and it hurt to say something she thought was morally incorrect, but she couldn't help but fear the repercussions of saying otherwise in this place. Maybe she was overthinking things. Maybe it wasn't as bad as she feared...

Still, she was already different enough without deliberately flaunting it.

"Nooo," he laughed, as if she were being funny on purpose. "Two girls can get married. They just can't make babies together; Mom and Dad told me that. You need a boy and a girl for that part."

"Olaf…" Anna licked her lips and looked around nervously to see if anyone was listening in. No one was paying attention to her or the boy. The kids she was supposed to be watching were busy working together to build a sandcastle; so she looked back at Olaf and gave him what she thought was a firm look.

"You might get in a lot of trouble for saying that here, Buddy." Her tone was gentle in contrast to the look on her face. "So why don't we drop it for now and you go play with the others?"

Again, he just gazed at her in utter confusion. But after a few seconds, he shrugged as he pushed to his feet. "I don't get it, but hey, you're the counselor. I'm just a kid." Then he smiled at her and said, "Good luck with Miss Elsa!" Then he was off to join Tish's side as they attempted to build a moat.

Anna sighed and slumped back against her blanket, looking back towards the water. The sun made the whole lake shimmer beautifully and Anna's heart started beating quickly when she caught sight of Elsa, dripping with water that shone under the light and making her look almost ethereal. Anna's breath was stolen at how beautiful her sister was.

'She looks like an angel. A waterlogged angel.'

After another twenty minutes or so, Elsa and her hyperactive charges rejoined the rest of them on the shore as they prepared to head back to camp, their time at the lake done for the day. Her hips swayed gently from side to side as she paced up the sandy grass to the blanket, shaking out her wet braid so that her hair now flowed back on the wind, fanning out like a cape behind her.

Anna felt her legs go weak as her sister approached and her cheeks went a deep shade of pink. Her eyes followed a drop of water's trail from Elsa's exquisite collar bone down to the curve of her breasts, where it disappeared into her cleavage. She gnawed her lip in flustered embarrassment.

"Did you h-have fun?"

"I did," Elsa laughed easily enough, sitting down next to her with a sigh. "Tired, though. Need to sit for a minute." As she brushed some sand from her calf, she glanced over at Anna and her brow furrowed the tiniest bit. "You look like you've had too much sun, though; your face is all red."

"Y-Yeah, just a little." She smiled at her, trying very hard not to look down at the smooth, bare leg that Elsa was working on. "But I'm okay, promise; I put on sunscreen. S-Should we start heading towards the next activity place?" The mix of heat and arousal clouded her brain and she couldn't remember for the life of her what they were supposed to be doing next.

Misunderstanding her nervousness, Elsa smiled gently and said, "It's devotionals next. Don't worry, you'll get the hang of this." But noticing Anna was still woozy, she reached over and pressed the back of her fingers to her temple. "You're boiling… maybe you should sit this one out. Don't worry, I'll tell the counselors it was the heat; it happens once in a great while."

"I-I'm alright, Elsa, really," Anna reassured, brushing off Elsa's amazingly cool fingers from her hot face before they affected her even more than she already was. She started to stand despite her legs being like that of a baby deer due to sitting so long.

Only to stumble into Elsa with a little grunt. "I'm sorry!"

"Oh!" Elsa half-laughed, catching her and supporting her. "You're alright! Here, just…"

And then Elsa's words died away as she gazed down into Anna's eyes, their noses an inch apart. That close, Anna could see every eyelash as they fluttered, every droplet of sweat and lake-water clinging to her cheeks. Anna's heart beat quickened yet again, her blood roaring in her ears as she found herself lost in her older sister's face. Everything from the faint traces of freckles littered across her adorable nose to enchanting eyes the color of glaciers drew Anna into a trance that she really didn't want to escape from.

Unconsciously, she licked her lips and found herself glancing down at Elsa's full, damnably kissable ones and her face heated up all over again just thinking about how they must feel and taste against her own.

"O-Oh," she breathed faintly.

"You… tripped," was all Elsa whispered, possibly only prompted by the whisper of her sister. Then she glanced down at Anna's mouth, at the tongue flicking over it, and back up again. "Are… you alright?"

"I-I'm fine," Anna blinked and just as quickly as it came, the trance was broken. She became aware of just how close Elsa's mostly-bare body was pressed to her own and with a flush of pure embarrassment, Anna pulled away. "S-So, de-devotionals, right? W-We should probably get th-the kids to the next building, then!" She laughed nervously and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, trying desperately not to look at her sister in fear of losing what little sanity and self-control she had left.

Clearing her throat after a moment, Elsa said, "Um, you know what? Maybe that isn't such a good idea…" Glancing around at the kids, she then looked back at Anna and smiled gently. "Why don't you go back to the cabin, chill for a minute? I'll get them to devotionals, and see if I can hand them off to Aurora and get you an ice pack. Might not be able to, but it would be easier than doing it for an activity like 'lake time' would."

"W-What?" Anna gave Elsa a confused look. "But I'm fine, promise! It wouldn't be fair of me to dump all the kids on you, o-or for you to dump them to look after me." Even though the idea that Elsa would let go of her responsibilities for a day to make sure Anna was okay made Anna feel warm and so terribly happy, she couldn't let her do that.

"You're right, it isn't." With a little smirk, she prodded her in the stomach. "So next time, maybe don't wear those heat-trapping jeans out in the sun for this long, hmm? And listen when your big sister offers you a turn in the water!"

Anna opened her mouth to protest before she shut it again. Instead she gave Elsa a shy smile. "Fine fine, I'm going." She rubbed her stomach where Elsa poked her before turning and starting to walk back to the cabin.

~ o ~

It was about thirty minutes after Anna made it there and ditched her jeans that there came a knock at the door. Anna was stretched out on her bed like a lazy cat, clad in nothing but a loose fitting t-shirt that didn't quite reach her her rump and a pair of basic green, cotton panties. The open air on her burning skin felt wonderful. Her legs were splotchy, red and raw from the mixture of sand and sweat that accumulated throughout the morning and she was immensely relieved that Elsa had pushed her to take the rest of the work day off.

"It's me!" Elsa's muffled voice came.

"It's open!" she called out, lifting her head from her crossed arms.

The door clicked open, and Elsa shook the icepack gently as she walked in. "Got it." Then she glimpsed Anna's pale stretches of leg and she frowned. "Okay, I thought we talked about that."

"Sorry," Anna said apologetically, "I tried putting on some shorts but it I still feel all sweaty and gross so I just opted out. Besides, we're alone in here and I thought we can make an exception just this once… but if it really makes you uncomfortable, I can try and find something…" She eyed the ice pack briefly in Elsa's hand and looked up at her. Her heart was warm with love and affection. "You're the best big sister ever, you know that?"

With a long sigh, she closed the door and walked over to sit on the edge of the bed, reaching up to press the pack into Anna's neck. "I guess it's fine this time. You're right, the whole point of you coming here was that you overheated; and it is our private room."

The shudder that passed through Anna at the ice against her neck made her whole body quiver but the cold also sent a pleasure through her body that made her mewl in delight. She was hotter than she realized, it seemed.

"That feels so good," she sighed happily once she got adjusted. "Thanks, Elsa."

"No problem," Elsa breathed, smiling down at her. Then she rubbed her stomach very gently with her free hand as the ice pack more or less "blotted" along her neck from side to side. "You already look better."

Anna hummed, closing her eyes at the sensation of Elsa's hand on her belly and the wonderful chill. "I hope I didn't get us into trouble or anything."

"Not at all." Then her smile turned very slightly pained. "Well… Aurora wasn't thrilled. She seems very easy to get along with, but you don't want to cross her. They call me 'frigid'..." But when she saw Anna looking alarmed, she went on, "Just make sure you apologise to her when you see her again and you should be fine, that's all I'm saying. So she knows you're not taking her kindness for granted."

"O-Oh yeah! For sure, I'll do that." Anna felt guilty for potentially getting Elsa on Aurora's bad side. "You know you don't have to stick around and watch me, right?" She let out a nervous giggle and started sitting up. "Actually, why don't I just get dressed and both of us can go? I'm really feeling much better now, thanks to you."

Sighing, Elsa grasped Anna's shoulders and pinned her down against the bed. "Not yet. You probably do feel better, but I don't want you almost falling again."

To say that the unexpected position, with Anna on her back staring up at the woman who was oh so deliciously straddling her hip and pinning her down by her shoulders, set Anna's entire body right back on fire… was an understatement. It felt like Anna had been thrown headfirst into a volcano as she found herself trapped in the same state as back on the beach: struck by Elsa's beauty and magnificence and being fully aware of the very unsisterly thoughts that ran through her brain like a marathon runner. The intense look in Elsa's eyes did nothing to cool the raging inferno in her core.

"E-Elsa?" she breathed shakily.

This time, Elsa seemed to finally grasp that it wasn't merely Anna's "heatstroke" that was causing her dizziness. Luckily, this was still the first time noticing, and she didn't automatically latch onto the true reason. Frowning down at her, she asked, "Is… is everything alright? You seem almost… scared, but that's not it. I dunno."

"It's...nothing," she said, even though her heart and her head were at war inside her about the constant rush of feeling that happened whenever Elsa did anything at this point. However, she was touched by her sister's concern and she smiled as a weak reassurance. Anna reached up and, after a moment of hesitation, she placed a hand on Elsa's chest — directly over her beating heart.

"I-I'm fine. Promise."

"Well… alright." But the hand on her heart made Elsa blink a few times, glancing down at it and then back up. After a moment, her expression clarified, and her concern turned into a bittersweet smile. "It's… been too long since we were this close, hasn't it?"

Anna's breath hitched slightly at the realization that Elsa was right. "Last time was when that storm happened when I was ten," she reflected. "You were scared of the lightning..." She remembered that day as clearly as if it happened the day before. A faint giggle passed her lips. "You clung on like a koala and refused to let me go…" Anna wondered if Elsa was still scared of storms or if she had grown out of it already.

"Y-yeah," she chuckled gently, settling in next to Anna's side, pulling the hand that had been on her heart along with her. Holding it in place right there. "I do still hate storms, but I don't huddle like that anymore. Just sit and pretend like I'm not about to soil myself."

Elsa's heartbeat was warm and strong beneath her palm, and each pulse helped Anna relax just a little more. It helped her dismiss the confusing cocktail of lust that was a constant bother in favour of just basking in the warmth of her love for her sister instead. She snuggled into Elsa's side and contemplated for a moment just how perfectly they seemed to fit together.

"I'm still afraid of spiders, too. Whenever I see one, I would have Papa get it and take it outside."

"That doesn't bode well for your time here at camp," Elsa snorted, pulling her closer and resting her arm across Anna's side now, the other one snaking under her neck. "But don't worry, I'll do the job for him for now."

Anna giggled at her. "And I'll cuddle and help keep you distracted through every storm that passes," she promised in return, unable to resist as she craned her neck to plant a feather soft kiss on Elsa's shoulder. Her eyelids started to feel heavy but she struggled to keep awake, wanting to savour the moment.

The older girl shivered, feeling the light brush of lips on her still-bare shoulder. She hadn't bothered to change out of her swimsuit, which was mostly dry by that point, anyway. But then she settled in again, sighing to herself.

"It's a sister-promise," she breathed drowsily. "We'll… watch out for each other."

"Sister-promise…" Anna smiled to herself and nuzzled into Elsa, feeling her eyes slip closed as the comfortable atmosphere caught up to her. "I like the sound of that."

To Be Continued