Chapter 9

The weekend finally came, much to Elsa's relief. She was looking forward to the next two days when she didn't have to walk and look at the faces that belonged to the students of Burgress High. There were no promises though, of not running into a certain silver-haired boy who Elsa wished she could avoid for the rest of eternity.

On Saturday, Elsa stood at the cash register closest to the door when she suddenly noticed Jack leaning against her car and casually smoking a cigarette.

And he didn't seem to be alone.

When Elsa leaned closer she noticed that he was standing in front of her car with Eris, a girl Elsa recognized from school. Elsa frowned and felt herself grow hot as she watched Jack laugh and give Eris a playful wink. Since when did Eris make anyone laugh? Closing the door to the store a little too loudly, Elsa straightened and began to make her way across the parking lot.

Oh no, there is no way he's going to make any moves in front of my car. she thought grouchily. As she walked out of the store, Elsa felt her marching turn into a sudden steady walk.

Even though it was the beginning of December, the weather today was not as frigid and cold - leaving Jack to wear a simple dark blue sleeveless vest. For a brief moment Elsa let her eyes take in the sight of his impressive muscles peeking out from underneath his flannel shirt and the twinkle in his eyes. For a moment a weird warm feeling swept through her before her inner survival instincts kicked in.

Stop it Elsa. He's just another two faced jerk. He's the same guy who ruined your day with detention remember?

"Hey Snow Queen! How's it going?" Jack's voice broke her thoughts.

Elsa shook her head and frowned, holding her bags close. Jack grinned and stubbed out his cigarette, while Eris gave Elsa a dark glare, clearly annoyed by the interruption.

Rolling her eyes, Elsa waited as Eris turned back to Jack and gave him a flirtatious smile. "See you around Frost."

Elsa felt her eyes narrow as Eris turned and strutted away, her tall black stilettos tapping against the sidewalk and her hips swaying. When Eris was out of earshot, Jack turned back to the platinum blonde with an innocent smile.

"Can you please take your disgusting canoodling elsewhere? Some people actually want to get to their cars." Elsa insisted.

"Sorry, the last time I checked this was a public lot." Jack teased, leaning against her car with his arms crossed.

Well good thing I arrived early. Elsa thought with a sly smirk. "Are you here to spill your soda on me again?"

"Can a guy be polite and say hi? And you seriously gotta get over that. It wasn't my fault." Jack sassed back.

"Hi, and I don't need to hear any excuses. You and Eris looked pretty tight right here." Elsa returned curtly.

"As beautiful as Eris is I can't see myself with her. Maybe I can get Pitch to go on his first date." Jack suggested.

You? A matchmaker? Ha that's cute. Elsa walked around him and opened the door to her car.

Jack turned around and propped his elbows on the roof. "Nice car, it suites you."

"Are you making fun of me? Cause I clearly know what you all like to call these cars! What were you going to say? That I drive a 'chick' car?" Elsa snapped.

"I hope you bought more of those chill pills I told you about. It looks like you can use one." Jack said and lifted his hands up into the air.

Elsa rolled her eyes and pushed him aside to get in. "You know you really need to be less of a bear."

Jack chuckled. "Okay, and you really need to be less of an Ice Witch….if that's even possible."

He then leaned over and looked into the car. "Admit it, you're not really afraid me of are you?" When he grinned Elsa could not help but stare. His teeth were so pearly and white like freshly fallen snow.

"Me? Afraid of you?" Elsa wanted to laugh. "You're forgetting that I'm not like most people."

"Okay, let's rephrase that. if I'm not scary, then am I devilishly handsome?" Jack purred as Elsa turned on the ignition.

"What do you take me as? Goodbye Mr. Frost." and without another word Elsa turned and began to pull out of the parking lot. Yet just as she was about to back up, a flash of silver pulled up right behind her.

"What the hell?" Elsa cursed and slipped her head out, smacking her head against Jack's.

"Ow!" Jack grimaced.

Elsa, on the other hand, couldn't care less about her head. "Move it creep!"

The car stopped and the driver got out. Elsa's grip on the steering wheel tightened as Hans walked around his car with a pleased smirk.

"Well well well, it's nice to see you Elsa." Hans chuckled, waltzing past her and Jack.

"Do you mind?" Elsa hissed.

"Not at all Princess, this spot looks perfect." Hans's smile grew and he twirled his keys in the air.

Shaking her head in growing anger, Elsa turned back to the front. Jack's eyes widened as he watched Elsa turn the gear and her car wheels roll back in reverse. Oh no.

"Uh Elsa what are you…." his voice was cut off as he watched Elsa back up and slam her little bug's rear right into the driver's door of Hans's shiny and spotless car.

The sound of metal crunching and a loud thud filled the air as the cars made contacts with each other. At the sound of the hit, the door to the store flew open and Hans appeared out. Jack remained standing on the sidewalk, biting back his grin.

"You bitch! What the hell did you do?" Hans cried, moving past her and towards his car.

Elsa merely rolled her window down and slipped her head out. "Take your keys and move your ass out of the way Westergaard! Or you'll be driving with no windows next!" she growled. Hans turned to Jack, a look of evident fear on his face.

"Do it!" Jack hissed.

Hans took out his keys and moved past Elsa.

"You'll pay for this bitch!" the auburn shouted as he got in and turned on the ignition.

Satisfied, Elsa leaned back against her seat, a smug victorious grin stretching from ear to ear.

"Oops," she giggled.

Shaking his head, Jack watched in complete disbelief as Elsa's car pulled out of the parking lot and drove away. A good distance away, Hans was standing by his own car and talking on the phone, his face bright red in anger.

That girl's definitely no picnic. Jack concluded as he turned and began to make his way to the grocery store himself. He neared the building and was about to step on the curb when a sudden silver flash caught his eye.

"Huh?" Jack frowned and approached the yellow line that Elsa's car stood by.

Sure enough, when he leaned in, he noticed a simple silver bracelet lying on the snowy road. Leaning over, Jack snatched the bracelet up and held it in his hand. It was pretty simple, with small neatly carved snowflakes along the edge.

With a brief nod, Jack slipped the bracelet into his coat pocket and turned to walk into the store.

"I'm home!" Elsa announced, opening the front door and throwing her keys into the bowl that stood on the vanity table.

A few seconds later Anna's light footsteps were heard as she skipped down the stairs, dressed in her favorite snowmen pajama pants and sleeping shirt. A terrible bedhead possessed her head and she looked like she was just woken up, judging from her half-opened lids and clumsy steps. Elsa shook her head in disbelief and looked at her watch.

11:00 AM.

Anna yawned and stretched her arms over her head. "Did you buy the ice cream?"

"I thought you wanted face cream so no I didn't…oh no!" Elsa stammered, setting the groceries down on the vanity and stuffing her hands into her coat pockets.

"What's wrong?" Anna frowned as she reached into one of the bags and pulled out a box of Pop-Tarts.

Elsa's head snapped up. "My bracelet! I…it's not here!" she exclaimed.

Terrified Elsa began to look into the bags and all around the area. "No no no!"

"You always wear it. Where would it go?" Anna asked.

"I don't know…I never dropped it…..no no I can't loose it. It's my favorite bracelet, you gave it to me last….no no I can't loose it." Elsa looked like she was about to break down.

Now clearly awake, Anna held up her hands. "Okay keep calm and breathe. You look like you're about to hyperventilate!" Go check your car, maybe you accidentally dropped it there." she insisted.

"You think? Okay I'll go look!" Elsa nodded and snatched up her keys.

Anna began to look at the floor as Elsa turned and approached the door. She threw the door open and all of a sudden her feet froze to the ground and Elsa found herself looking up at Jack. Her hand on the knob tightened and she arched a brow.

"Can I help you?" she questioned.

Behind her, Anna looked surprised beyond belief at the sight of him. Since when did Jack Frost visit anyone?

"You dropped this back at the parking lot." Jack revealed. Elsa's eyes narrowed as Jack fished out a silver bracelet and held it towards her. The moment she saw it, her face lit up like a child's on Christmas, her suspicious frown gone.

"Oh my God!" Elsa breathed, snatching the bracelet and hugging it to her chest.

She looked up and actually forced on a relieved smile. "Thank you….I mean thanks…..I don't know what I would've done without this…"

Jack chuckled and shook his head."Next time don't loose it alright? We don't need the town searched."

Her smile instantly disappeared and Elsa found herself shaking her head. He was just unbelievable! "Whatever, I would've found it myself if I just looked." Elsa huffed, slipping her bracelet back on her wrist.

"That's what they all say." Jack teased.

"Well it's true." Elsa argued, her cheeks turning red. God he was even more intimidating then before.

"So anyway I was thinking since my last drink went allover your nice butt, I thought a latte would be the perfect reward for my generous deed." Jack suggested with a smile.

"Thank you Jack, but it's too bad that I don't do coffee dates. And thank you for your compliment. I do think my butt is quite a sight. Goodbye." Yet before Elsa could reach out and shut the door, Jack moved forward and lodged his elbow between the door and threshold.

"Okay then how about tea and a movie?" he offered.

Elsa rolled her eyes with slight annoyance. "You'll never give up do you? Can't a simple thanks be enough?"

"You really are a witch aren't you? Can't you just for one second get that broomstick out of your ass and have a little fun?" Jack snapped.

"Oooh that's cold!" Anna squeaked behind her sister.

"Excuse me? Spending time with a bad-ass like yourself is definitely how I wanna use my precious time!" Elsa shot back.

Jack lifted his arms up in the air. "You know what? You're more convoluted then I thought you were! I can't believe I wasted half an hour trying to look for this house just because you have to loose the stupidest things like a bracelet!"

"Sorry to have wasted your precious time then!" Elsa growled and slammed the door right into his face, ignorant of the curses behind it. She turned around and prepared to leave when she suddenly collided into a frowning Anna, who stood in place with her arms crossed.

"What was that?" her younger sister exclaimed.

Elsa glanced at her sister in disbelief. "He insulted me!"

"Should I remind you that he also found your bracelet and generously gave it back to you?" Anna reminded in a harsh voice.

"But I..."

Anna pointed a finger at the door. "Go back there and give him a proper thank you. Right. Now."

"Fine." Elsa let out a long sigh and turned back to the door. She opened it and sure enough, Jack was still standing there, arms crossed and frowning. His lips were pressed into a tight, displeased frown and his neck was flushing red.

"What I meant to say was thank you again!" Elsa snapped.

"You're welcome!" Jack hissed.

"No problem!" Elsa shouted.

"Whatever!" Jack shouted back.

"Just forget it!"

"Oh I will!"

"Fine!

"Fine!"

"Goodbye!"

"Bye!" and without anymore thought Elsa shut the door and moved away from it. As she passed her sister Elsa gave her a glare.

"Happy now?" she retorted.

Anna smirked and gave her a small nod. "At least he walked away alive."

Grumbling, Elsa spun around and began to march up the stairs, her fists clenched and pressed firmly to her sides. Anna neared the stairs and sure enough she was able to hear her sister's stream of curses.

"Whatever…why should I care and play Miss. Sincere? He's such a flipping argh! I hate him!"

The sophomore, unable to help herself, covered her mouth to hold back her giggles before she turned and carried her groceries back to the kitchen.

"Oh Elsa."

Outside, Astrid was just walking along the sidewalk with her English bulldog Stormfly when she suddenly noticed Jack Frost march across the Northlands' front lawn and across the sidewalk.

Huh, what's he doing over at Elsa's? Astrid wondered. Stopping, Astrid tugged at her dog's leash. She was never cared for the latest drama, but this had to be interesting.

"Hey Frost." she greeted.

Jack, on the other hand, ignored her completely and brushed past, his hands in his vest pockets and a scowl on his face. "I can't believe her. I try to be nice and she goes ballistic just like that! How can Anna even be related to that creature?" Jack cursed to himself as he crossed the street and approached his pick-up truck.

Surprised, Astrid only watched as Jack threw open the door to his car and slipped inside. As the truck roared to life and Jack pulled away from the curb, Astrid rolled her eyes down to Stormfly, who met her gaze.

"Well that had to go well." she chuckled.

"What is this?" Walter exclaimed on the next day.

Elsa sighed and pulled an earphone out of her ear. She was sitting in the lounge, hoping to have some alone time and catch up on The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest when her father marched through the threshold, as red as a tomato. Elsa rolled her gaze up and sure enough her father stood above her, holding the opened envelope and letter.

"Obviously Hans doesn't know where and how to park his car. I'm innocent and I plan to say those exact words during my testimony in court." Elsa explained.

"My insurance doesn't cover PMS Miss. Northland!" Walter cried.

Elsa rolled her eyes and laid her head down on the arm of the couch. "Sorry, then you can tell them I had a seizure. There's no way I'm opening my mouth and apologizing to Mr. Westergaard. I'd rather drink rats' blood mixed with dog urine."

Walter sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Does this still have to do with Notre Dame? Because I thought we talked about this." he insisted, while Elsa groaned and set down her book.

"We didn't talk about this. You clearly don't want to talk about it. I told you that I'm set on going to this school. Can't you just accept that like you accepted Mom's decision to…"

"Please don't bring your mother into this." Walter warned, pointing a finger at her.

"Then trust me with this one decision!" Elsa declared.

"I'll trust you when I feel like you are ready to be trusted. And obviously with what happened to that man's car, I'm still unconvinced." Walter said firmly.

"Okay then I'll duct-tape the damage!"

"Duct-tape won't cover Westergaard's car!"

"He's a rich boy, so I think he can handle a little scratch!" Elsa barked back, grabbing her book.

Walter threw his hands up in the air and he stomped into the kitchen."We'll talk about this later!"

"Can't wait!" Elsa called back.

Just as Walter was coming out, Anna brushed past him and into the living room. She was dressed to go out yet her face was fuming with anger that Elsa guessed was directed right at her.

She had her phone pressed to her ear and her dark eyes were stormy as they glanced at Elsa. "Okay okay I'll hitch a ride with someone else sheesh. Oh I'll definitely talk to her. Bye Hans."

Elsa arched a brow and looked up at her furious sister, who hung up and marched right into the spot where Walter was seconds ago.

"Don't tell me you trashed Hans's car!" Anna shrieked.

"He deserved it, that's what you get for parking your ass in front of my bug." Elsa answered simply, flipping a page of her book.

"Did you run of out chill pills? Cause I can gladly go and get a new stock for you." Anna offered.

Her older sister looked up and smiled. "Good idea, and fetch me some duct-tape while you're at it. Love you."

Anna growled and stomped back into the kitchen."DADDY!"

"You want to do what?" Kristoff cried.

He was sitting in his bedroom and reciting German phrases when Hiccup called and told him about the "New Plan".

"I'm gonna host a party next Friday…and since I'm helping you then you're gonna help me on this." Hiccup said calmly on the other line.

"I can't…I never hosted a party. And you…. you're the sheriff's son. Your dad's gonna kill you if he finds out!" Kristoff assured, leaning into his chair. Out of all the crazy schemes Hiccup came up with, this was probably topped it.

Hiccup chuckled. "No he won't, cause lucky for me he's going out this Friday and won't be back til Saturday morning."

Kristoff let out a weary sigh and pinched the bridge of his nose. At his feet, his large scruffy dog Sven looked up, his favorite squeaky carrot clamped in between his teeth.

"Is this another crazy scheme to get Jack and Elsa together? Why not go easy and just go on a picnic?"

"A picnic? With those two? That's more convoluted than my idea. No this party's the perfect opportunity to get everyone under the same roof! It's brilliant!" Hiccup exclaimed.

"Hiccup I don't know about this…" Kristoff began.

"Oh don't get your scarf in a bunch. Trust me I got everything under control."

"You said the same thing about Operation Detention Date and look where that got us." Kristoff reminded.

He smiled when he heard Hiccup scowl on the other line. "Just come by my place after school on Friday. Oh and I'll need you to scatter some invitations around. Do you think you can do that?"

"If you really want me to."

"Great! Meet me in front of the school tomorrow."

"Can't wait," Kristoff mumbled, hanging up.

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