Chapter 4

A few days later, Elsa was moving across the house with the morning mail clutched in her hands.

Even though she had twenty minutes to get to school, Elsa chose to stay in her comfy sweats and oversized Breaking Bad T-shirt. The only thing she actually fixed was her long blonde hair, which now was piled up in a messy ponytail and held up with a bandanna. Jack's IPod was in her hand and she was in the middle of lip-synching to Imagine Dragon's "Amsterdam". She had to admit that the kid had good tastes in music. Last night she found herself listening to "Demons" five times and fell asleep to "Nothing Left to Say".

"Bills for Dad, thank-you notes for Anna, a Victoria Secret coupon for…. Anna. Great nothing for….what?" Elsa suddenly squealed.

"Wow did I just hear Elsa girl-squeal?" Elsa's father Walter asked as he came out of the kitchen.

Elsa reread the letter in her hand and let out another squeal of joy. "I got in! I got in to Notre Dame!" she exclaimed.

"Notre Dame?" Walter's face tightened as Elsa ran up and grabbed him in a hug.

"Look! It say's that I've been accepted!"

"Notre Dame, one of the most expensive schools in the country? That Notre Dame?" Walter asked.

Elsa rolled her eyes and fell on the couch. "I can't believe this!"

"Honey that's great but…"

"But what?" Elsa's smile faded at the frown on the older man's face.

"We talked about this. We agreed to stay in state. You were so set on staying here in Pennsylvania." Walter assured her.

"If most of the people from my school are going there then no thank you. I'd rather run away to the far corners of the world." Elsa frowned and returned to her music.

Walter let out a weary sigh. "Elsa..."

"I don't wanna talk about it. So much for being happy for me." Elsa murmured, turning up her volume.

Nearby, Anna was skipping down the stairs, ready for school. "Good morning Daddy! I'm off!"

"Where? Your sister's still not ready!" Walter spoke up.

"I don't need Elsa to drive me, I got a ride." Anna answered and squinted at the vanity mirror.

Elsa smirked and pulled out an earphone. "I wonder with who."

"Yeah who's picking you up?" Walter asked.

Anna blushed and pushed a strand of hair behind her ear. "Well…okay Daddy don't get too excited but there's this boy…this really sweet boy who I think may be The One!" she announced.

Walter and Elsa both starred at her.

Walter's eyes narrowed. "Who?"

Anna let out a dreamy sigh. "His name is Hans Westergaard."

"Oh boy." Elsa chuckled and shook her head. "Out of all the beautiful stallions in the herd you had to pick the ass?"

"Anna care to…." Walter began.

"Ignore her Daddy, she's still half out from practicing her voodoo magic on everyone." Anna spat back.

Turning away from Elsa, Anna looked up at her father. "So as I was saying, Hans agreed to pick me up and I think today will be the day that he'll ask me out!" she squealed, jumping up and down.

"What?" Walter exclaimed.

"Anna you met this guy yesterday. Just think about that for a moment." Elsa insisted.

"So? I had all night to think and I've made up my decision. I want to go out with him." Anna crossed her arms in growing stubbornness.

"You can't go out with someone you just met. And why out of all the people did you have to pick Hans?" Elsa demanded.

Walter nodded in agreement. "You're sister's right for once. What is wrong with girls these days? What happened to personality? Kindness? Wait a minute who's Hans exactly?"

"It flew south and didn't return. And he's an inconsiderate smug two-faced asshole." Elsa answered smugly.

Anna let out an annoyed huff and slung her bag over her shoulder. "What does she know about love? All she knows is how to shut people out!" she snapped.

Grabbing her phone, Anna turned and stormed into the kitchen.

"Anna!" Walter shook his head and made a move to follow her when Elsa took his arm and pulled him back.

"It's okay, I'll drive her." she offered.

"You might want to get her a chocolate doughnut." Walter murmured, going back into the kitchen.

Elsa sighed and returned to her music as she bounded up the stairs to get ready for another torturous day in school.

A few minutes later, Elsa appeared into the kitchen, dressed in a light blue short-sleeved midriff, leather jacket, tight gray jeans and laced up combat boots. Her hair was pulled back into a simple ponytail. Approaching the island, Elsa threw her bag on the island and slipped Jack's IPod into her pant pocket, one earphone in.

"Coffee?" Walter approached her with the pot.

"Thanks." Elsa murmured.

Across from her, Anna was eating her waffles, still upset and angry with her father and sister. She refused to push the chocolate syrup towards Elsa and look up at her father when he sat down.

"I'm the only girl in school who's not dating." she finally demanded.

Across from her, Elsa rolled her eyes and opened her book. "Oh boo-hoo you're a lucky girl then."

"Your sister doesn't date." Walter insisted.

Elsa chuckled. "And from what I saw in the last four years, I don't plan to."

"And why is that?" her father asked.

"You wouldn't last a day in our high school. Things changed from when you were forced to go there." Elsa said as she sipped her coffee.

This time Anna rolled her eyes. "Can you be normal for once in your life?"

"And what does it mean to be normal?" Elsa fired back. "Does normal mean that I have to dress like a Barbie to get everyone's attention?"

"Elsa! Anna!"

"At least I don't go around and shut people out because I don't have a life!" Anna exclaimed.

She turned back to her father and grabbed his arm. "Come on Daddy. Please can I just have this one shot? It's just gonna be one little date, a movie, a trip to the mini-golf. If Elsa comes she'll just scare him away!"

"The movies? Oh that's perfect. Nothing like a dark room and comfy seats to spark the romance." Elsa smirked.

Walter gave her a scowl before turning to Anna. "Alright how about the three of us sit down?"

Anna sat down stubbornly and Elsa sighed.

"Do you know that last night I came home at midnight? I never ever had to stay up that late. Now why did I come home that night? Because I had to deliver a set of quadruplets to a sixteen year old girl."

Anna shrugged. "Sucks to be her."

"That's not the point! Do you know what she said to before her sons came into the world?" Walter turned to Elsa and then Anna.

"She cursed her jackass of a boyfriend for wearing a tiny condom on the night they screwed?" Anna guessed.

"No…she said that I wish I listened to my father!" Walter answered.

"She didn't say that!" Anna protested.

"She would've if she wasn't so doped! The final answer is NO. Now if you excuse me I'm going to go upstairs and have my 'I wish to be away from all teenagers' time. Elsa get your sister to school before she stabs someone with that fork." Walter mumbled.

As their father stood up to leave, Anna spun around to Elsa."Can't you for once stop thinking about yourself?"

"I'm against you going out with Hans aren't I?" Elsa growled.

"Oh yeah that's so sisterly of you. Now what? Are you gonna scare away all my boyfriends like the Knight in Black Armor you are?" Anna snapped.

Elsa turned back to her father. "Dad do you hear her?"

Walter rubbed his chin in thought and then perked up."Okay I got a new rule. How about that?"

Elsa and Anna turned to their father expectantly.

"Let's ditch the old rule and stick with this one. Anna, you can date and go out with this Hans kid…." Walter explained.

Anna perked up and her frown turned upside down, while Elsa gave her father a disbelieved glance.

"…if Elsa dates." Walter finished.

Elsa smiled deviously and Anna's mouth flew open.

"Are you kidding me? Look at her! What if she never dates?" she cried.

Walter chuckled. "Then you'll never date, wouldn't that be a joy? I'm a genius aren't I?"

Elsa stood up and grabbed her bag and car keys. "I gotta go, I like it Dad."

"Daddy please can we at least talk about this?" Anna pouted, standing up as well.

Walter smirked and opened the newspaper. "Nope, it's sealed and stamped. No dating unless Elsa dates. Now run along, the last thing I need is a phone call from the school about my daughters being late. Oh and we'll talk about Notre Dame later Elsa."

"Fine!" Elsa called back.

Anna let out a huff and propped her sunglasses over her eyes before following Elsa out the front door. "This is not over!"

On the way to school, neither Elsa nor Anna spoke to one another. The only sound that filled the car was Kristin Chenoweth's "Popular". After hearing the first three minutes, Anna turned it off. As they stopped at a red light, Elsa sighed and turned back to her sister, who immediately turned away.

"Look I'm sorry about making you mad back there but you gotta be more sensible Anna." Elsa said.

Anna rolled her eyes. "I'm sixteen years old."

"And still stupid and young! You don't even know Hans that well! He could be a deranged pyschopath for all you know." Elsa assumed.

The younger girl smirked and turned to the window. "Right, And I suppose you know him well enough?"

Elsa paused and turned back to the road. "We're in the same English class, so yeah I think I know him a little more than you do."

"He's obviously nicer than you. Don't you know what people are calling you in school?" Anna asked.

"Yes, and I don't care. Everyone just wants to be like each other. That's never going to be me. If you want to be like everyone else then fine, go ahead." Elsa shrugged. She then heard Anna release a small sigh as she fumbled with opening a candy bar.

"I'm sorry." her sister whispered.

Elsa froze and casted a glance at her. "Excuse me?"

"I'm sorry about being all mean to you too, especially in front of Daddy. I just really want this one chance with Hans. He's really sweet and I think he likes me." Anna insisted in a small voice.

Elsa let out a short sigh, knowing that Anna will not step down from this.

"What about that kid who spilled his soup down your shirt? He looks descent." Elsa admitted.

When Anna went quiet, Elsa let out a laugh.

"Oh God don't bring that up! I'm still waiting for the stain to come out! He was such a klutz."

"Aren't all guys in their own ways?" Elsa laughed as she drove into the school parking lot.

She parked the car and turned to her sister. "I'm sorry too."

Anna smiled and reached across the car to hug her sister. Surprised, Elsa returned the gesture.

"So were cool then?" Anna asked.

"Sure."

"Well this was a fun ride for once." Anna admitted, propping her sunglasses over her eyes and grabbing her purse.

Elsa did the same and for once she had to agree. "I agree, so what are you going to do today?"

They slipped out and began to walk towards the school building.

"Urgh I gotta study German. I got this new tutor who I'm supposed to meet in the library during study hall. Wish me luck." Anna waved and hurried over to Rapunzel.

"Luck!" Elsa smiled and headed into the building.

"So how do I look?" Kristoff asked, standing next to his locker.

Hiccup sighed and crossed his arms. "Will you relax? This is just a tutoring session, not a job interview."

"With her!" Kristoff exclaimed.

"Are you going to eat soup?" Hiccup asked.

"No but…"

"Then you got nothing to worry about. You're the lucky guy." Hiccup mumbled with a large yawn.

Kristoff looked at his friend and he raised a brow at the dark bags under the brunette's eyes. "Are you okay? You look like you just came from the Walking Dead."

Hiccup snorted. "Oh I'm great. I gotta say having Jack Frost live next door to me is the best thing that has ever happened to me."

Kristoff closed his locker. "What happened?"

"For three straight hours I had to listen to his ranting about his stolen IPod next door. Trust me you don't wanna get this kid angry by stealing his music. He actually ended up throwing his lamp out the window." his friend rubbed his eyes.

"Did he find it?" Kristoff asked.

"Heck no! Seriously I thought this kid was going to destroy his house to the ground. That was how pissed he was. Crap look away!" Hiccup turned and Kristoff noticed a frowning and clearly-ticked off Jack march past them.

The moment he turned the corner, Kristoff and Hiccup exchanged a disbelieved glance.

"Damn." Kristoff whispered.

Hiccup shuddered. "I know right, and I though the Ice Witch was evil."

During study hall, Kristoff was sitting in the library and waiting for Anna. As he waited for his study partner Kristoff leaned back in his seat and glanced around. The small study section of the library was empty except for him, Snow White and her boyfriend, who were sitting at a far table and making out behind their shared textbook.

"Hi! You must be my German tutor…..wait it's you!"

Kristoff spun around and stood as Anna approached him with a surprised look. His eyes took in her short, cute purple sweater dress and flats and for a brief moment he was speechless.

"Yeah…..I'm Kristoff…..and look I'm sorry about that." Kristoff held out a shaky hand.

Anna took it and they both sat down across from one another.

"Kristopher…. hmm must be German. And anyway I'm all over that. So…can we make this quick? I hear Merida's going to go after Cindy, and Rose again. It's probably another feminist fight." she said, getting her German textbook out and dropping it on the table.

"Sure…I mean what….what do you wanna start first?" Kristoff stammered, unsure if he can keep his eyes on his own book.

"Let's do food. I like that!" Anna decided, picking up her bright pink pen.

"Alright….hey here's an idea, how about we um…go try and learn about German cuisine at this new restaurant in downtown?" Kristoff suggested, trying hard not to stammer the question out. This wasn't supposed to be difficult!

Anna smiled sweetly. "Are you asking me out? That's so sweet Kristopher."

"It's Kristoff….and it's not actually a date….just think of it as dinner for me getting my lunch allover your...shirt." Kristoff insisted. What made her think he wanted to ask her out right away? Hiccup was right, this girl was naïve yet there was something cute about her.

"Yeah yeah anyway I kinda can't. Just this morning my daddy made this new rule up. He says I can't go out unless my sister goes out too. My youth is officially over." Anna said with a helpless sigh.

Kristoff arched a brow. "Your sister?"

"Yup, also known as the Ice Witch of Burgress."

"So I've heard. Why is she like that? So…. anti-social?" Kristoff asked curiously.

Anna shrugged and played with her pen. "Believe it or not she used to be one of the most likable girls in the school. She was the Snow Queen because she was the best figure skater and not to mention she had a way better taste in wardrobe. But then…I guess she changed after some time and became the Ice Witch."

Kristoff slowly nodded. "Interesting."

Anna raised a brow. "Huh?"

"I mean wow, that must suck. Should we got back to um…German?" Kristoff turned to his books.

"I guess, just tell me one thing." Anna said.

Kristoff turned to her and Anna crossed her arms and leaned in.

"Do you think there's a chance for Elsa to you know….find her match out there? Someone just like her? A hot café poet or….I don't know rock hipster…guy?" she whispered.

Kristoff smiled. "Maybe, some people do with craziest stuff for their crushes, like jumping out of airplanes and swimming with the sharks….pretty extreme stuff."

Anna giggled. "Do you think you have a chance of finding that kind of person?"

Kristoff shrugged and suddenly Anna placed a hand on his. He froze and looked up at her.

"Can you help me find one for her then?" she pleaded.

Kristoff nodded quickly and Anna's hand left. "Sure….there's gotta be somewhere out there who can thaw her frozen heart."

"Thanks Kristopher." Anna smiled. "You know you're not such a klutz like I thought you were. You're actually kinda sweet."

"You thought I was klutz?" Kristoff exclaimed.

Anna's face flushed and she quickly shook her head.

"Oh no! No I'm sorry! It was just that you bumped into me and kinda got hot soup….sorry!" she squeaked and opened her book to cover her embarrassment.

Kristoff covered his mouth to hold back his laugh and opened his own book.

He had to admit that she was definitely something.

"And here we go to the worst class of the day." Hiccup announced.

He pushed the doors to the huge gym opened and the two of them walked in. The top athletes Merida, Sinbad, his girlfriend Marina, Hercules, and the twins Tuffnut and Ruffnut were stretching. The more quiet individuals like Belle and Snow White were reading or absorbed in their phones. Jack was sleeping against the bleachers with his hood over his eyes.

Kristoff sighed and turned to walk towards his class. Yet the moment he sat down on the bleachers, he jumped back when he caught sight of a certain strawberry blonde walk through the doors, dressed in a similar gray gym shirt and small black workout shorts.

"Oh yeah did I forget to mention? Juliet's in the class. Apparently she got moved here while Astrid went up a level." Hiccup added, coming over and slumping down beside his friend.

"Can you stop calling her that? She's not my Juliet!" Kristoff declared. He suddenly blushed when Anna lifted her eyes and gaze him an odd glance.

Hiccup chuckled, clearly amused. "If she isn't then why are you blushing like the love-struck Romeo?"

"Hi Kristopher!" Anna greeted, standing beside Snow White.

Kristoff gave her a weak wave in return, his heart somewhat fluttering. Hiccup caught sight of his glare and he quickly nudged him.

"This is it. Your one chance to impress her. Today's Dodgeball Day, if you can make her last the entire game and help her win, then she'll be in your arms before you know it. I bet Hans doesn't have the muscles like you! Be her meat-shield!" the boy insisted.

"Dodgeball? Meat shield?" Kristoff gulped as he tuned to the athletic group. Ruffnut shouted and grabbed Tuffnut in a waist lock before flipping him over. "Can't wait."

"Alright lets get our teams together and play some ball!" the gym teacher blew his whistle as the class began to play.

As Hiccup ran around the gym and tried to duck the flying balls, Kristoff followed his advice and moved to Anna's side. He was surprised that she was still in. At the moment she was the runner – grabbing every scattered ball and handing it out to her team.

"Hey mind if I join you?" Kristoff breathed.

"Sure! Here's some ammo!" Anna tossed him two colorful foam balls.

"So I ran into Hans today after our tutoring session and guess what he did!" she exclaimed as she dodged a zapping ball that almost struck her head.

"What?" Kristoff mumbled, grabbing a ball and throwing it across.

On the other side, Belle groaned and returned to the bleachers.

"He bought me a sandwich!"

"What's so special about that?"

"Oh c'mon don't you think it's adorable? He could've spent his $4.25 on something better!" Anna huffed as she began collecting the scattered balls to give to Kristoff, who was struggling to get the speedy Merida.

"Not really." Kristoff snorted. He turned to his right, where he noticed Hiccup get hit right in the face by Ruffnut.

"And then we went to the commons and he began telling me all these evil stories about his twelve brothers. Heck and I thought Elsa was a beast." Anna laughed.

She then let out a dreamy sigh."I swear Kristopher I never met anyone like him. Did you know that we thought about going on our first date yesterday?"

At the mention of the first date, Kristoff gave her a funny look. "First date?"

"Yeah, but sadly my dad and Elsa went at me and told me that…."

"Wait wait hold on you mean to tell me that you planned on going out with someone you just met?" For once Kristoff did not question Hiccup. This girl really was naïve.

"Yes pay attention! So I told them that Hans really is a sweet boy and all but then Elsa goes on and bickers about horses and now I…."

"Wait wait hold on you mean to tell me that you were planning on going out with a man you just met that day?" Kristoff cut off.

"Well yeah...what's wrong with that?" Anna protested.

"Did your parents ever warn you about strangers?"

Anna froze and felt her cheeks flush."Way too many times. But I can assure you Hans is not a stranger."

Kristoff smirked. "Oh yeah? What's his last name?"

"Oh crap I just had this one." Anna face palmed herself.

"Favorite food?"

"Sandwiches!" Anna perked as she grabbed a ball and threw it straight at Tulio, hitting him smack damn in the face.

"WHAT WAS THAT?" Miguel shouted from the bleachers.

"Best friend's name?" Kristoff continued.

"Probably Gustav, duck!"

Kristoff ducked the flying ball that was coming at him."Eye color."

Anna swooned and placed a hand to her heart."Dreamy!"

Kristoff struggled not to gag. "Foot size?"

"Foot size doesn't matter."

"Have you had a meal with him yet? What if you hate the way he eats? What if you hate the way he picks his nose?" Kristoff asked. He reached out and caught a ball that Tiana threw at him. They were starting to get the others out! It was four of them versus two of the other team!

"Picks his nose?" Anna could only stare.

"And eats it." Kristoff finished smugly.

"Excuse me sir but he is a gentleman!" Anna pointed out.

Kristoff gave her an odd glance before flashing back to the game. "All men do it!"

"Well….that doesn't matter because it's true love!" Anna declared.

Kristoff turned to face her when all of a sudden he felt a ball wheeze right at his face. He closed his eyes, ready for the blow when suddenly he felt a hand stop the aim. He opened his eyes and Anna snatched the ball away, getting a red-faced Snotlout out in the progress. Kristoff could only blink.

Whoa!

"We got her!" Anna chuckled.

Kristoff turned and looked across the gym. There, on the other side and holding a dodge ball…stood a very pale Snow White.

"Just surrender! It's us against you!" Anna shouted with her fist in the air.

Snow White nodded quickly and turned to run to the bleachers. Kristoff shook his head in disbelief as Anna turned and walked back to him.

"See? Now that's how you win a dodgeball game."

Kristoff blinked and suddenly he caught sight of a flash of white move across the gym. Oh no.

"Watch out!" he shouted and suddenly flew in front of Anna.

Jack smirked and chucked the red ball. Like a cannon, the ball flew across the gym and hit Kristoff straight in the groin. Once the ball hit its target, Kristoff gasped and crashed down on the floor with a loud thud.

"Ooooh, that's gotta hurt!" Hiccup squeaked and covered his eyes.

"Kristopher!" Anna gasped and ran over to the fallen boy with Hiccup and the gym teacher following after her.

Kristoff remained on the floor, clutching his bruised groins and moaning from the pain. Hiccup pulled off his beanie and pressed it to his chest while Anna looked mortified herself.

"Kristopher? Can you hear me? Do you need to get….um an ice pack for that?" Anna asked.

Kristoff only groaned and draped an arm over his eyes.

Across the gym, Jack wiped his hands and turned to his stunned teammates. Even the gym teacher looked surprised at his move. Snow White looked like she really regretted handing him the ball.

Jack grinned. "So….do I get my points for the day?"

"Someone help this kid to the nurse." the teacher mumbled as Hiccup helped Kristoff up.

"Forget the nurse, he's gonna need new balls after going through that!" Hiccup declared.

Poor Kristoff! Thanks for reading!