Anna woke up, finding herself in a completely white room. Her vision was still hazy, and her head pounded with pain as she tried to bring herself up off a worn, brown bed covered in a protective paper.
What happened? Am I in the hospital?
She managed to get herself to sit up and immediately began to rub her temples to soothe the pain. As she took a proper look around the room, she noticed she was in no hospital. The design was similar to that of her school's front office. She noticed the branded medical cabinets and figured out where she was. The school infirmary. Just as the redhead was about to stand up, the school nurse peeked in the room and rushed to her side.
"Anna Williams, don't you dare get up! You need to lay down a bit longer," the middle aged, blonde haired woman commanded. The nurse was known for being notoriously motherly, as in she would put a cast on and give a bucket of ice cream to a kid who got a paper cut.
"Mrs. Bjorman, please! You know I'm fine! I just need to get some air," Anna insisted to the panicking woman. She was good friends with the nurse's son, Kristoff, before he went out of state for college.
"Anna, of the long time I've known you, you've always been stubborn! Please listen to me just this once!" Mrs. Bjorman cried with desperation in her eyes.
Anna only chuckled at this. The woman always tried to keep her and Kristoff safe, but she was always unsuccessful. "Look, I'm just going to head back to class! It's not like I'll be skydiving now!"
The blonde only shook her head and responded, "Anna, it's already eighth period." Seeing as she knew she couldn't dissuade the redhead, Mrs. Bjorman sighed with irritation. "You should- you can head home."
Anna's eyes widened, either shocked from how long she'd been unconscious or from happiness that she could just go home. She hugged and thanked the woman, collected some books from her locker, then made her way to her car.
Once she got home, Anna threw her backpack on the living room and floor then made her way to the kitchen. She got on her toes and reached to the medicine cabinet to get some aspirin for her headache. After successfully getting the pills, she went back into the living room and plopped on the old couch. She huffed in exhaustion as she pulled out her phone. There was still so much going on.
Hans was the first person on her mind. She was getting conflicted feelings about the boy. After the confrontation, she didn't know what to think anymore. Anna had gotten so fed up with the way he's been acting but to find out it was for her made her pity him and hate him at the same time. She sighed and texted him, asking to talk later.
The next person to pop up in her head was the beautiful French girl that she had not seen for quite some time. She sent a message to Elsa. Her heart hurt thinking about what could be happening to her right now. She was so worried about the blonde girl.
There was one more person that Anna thought about. Her father. Not hearing from him in days caused her great distress. She called and called, but her results were the same as the day before. Still no answer.
Just as she was about to let out a few tears, there was a knock on the door. Before going to answer, she looked out the window to see who the mysterious visitor was. All Anna saw was a rental car parked on her driveway. She made her way to the front door and was shocked to see who was standing at her door.
Elsa sat on her bed, frustrated with the exchange program representative she was on the phone with. It wasn't the first time she had made this call, but it certainly didn't feel like the last.
"I'm sorry, Miss Elsa, there are no more available host families near your area." the man said apathetically on the phone.
"Êtes-vous sérieux? C'est quoi ce bordel? Personne?" Elsa yelled.
"Ma'am, we've been through this. I don't understand you. I'd be more than happy to forward your call to someone who can." the man said with irritation in his tone. He's already explained this to Elsa several times before.
The blonde sighed with greater irritation and frustration and said, "Je suis désolé. I'm sorry." She took a second to catch her breath and calm down, "Are you sure there's no one left in my area?"
Even though she couldn't see, the representative on the line smiled now that she would cooperate without yelling in his ear. "I'm sorry. There really is no one left. I'm on your side on this one, though. I have two options for you. You can either switch areas, the nearest being in Corona, or you could always go back home."
Considering how miserable she was with her host family, Elsa almost accepted going home immediately. Before she could say anything, there was notification ring in her ear. She frowned and looked down at her phone. It read, "Hey Elsa! Where have you been! Call me later?" Anna. She couldn't leave the adorable redhead, especially after the romantic evening they spent together. It would break both their hearts. Elsa didn't know what to do.
The French girl sighed then said to the man on the phone, "I'm sorry. I'll tell you my answer later. I'm not ready to make that decision." Then she hung up. She wanted to speak with Anna before making any big decisions. Anna was all she cared about.
When Hans got home, he didn't say a word to parents but rushed to his room. He slammed the door shut and sat on his computer chair, staring at his reflection on the mirror perched on top of his desk. He sat there for a good half hour just thinking about the argument with Anna. He thought about everything he's done to himself, everything he did for her. He just wanted her to be with someone cool, someone popular. Deep down, he couldn't brush off the feeling that he may have taken it too far. Hans' temper flared and he shoved everything off his desk, papers and combs flying everywhere.
He heard a large thud and some glass breaking. He went over to see what caused the sound. Hans picked up a broken picture frame containing a photo of him and Anna last Christmas. He smiled as he reminisced back to the fun filled night. They spent the night at Kristoff's house since it was the last Christmas he'd celebrate at home.
They watched movies, drank hot chocolate, and had a great snowball fight. Hans defeated Kristoff with a snowball to the face. Hans remembered laughing so hard that he didn't notice a short redhead coming his way and shoving snow all over his chest. Anna was so happy and began celebrating her victory against the boys. He swept her up and planted a kiss, which Kristoff's mother managed to snag a picture of.
Hans' smile faded when he recalled the slap he received at school. The emotional pain was much worse. It hurt his heart so much. To his surprise, he wasn't angry with her at all. He only felt sorrow. Seeing the girl he loved get so much hatred for him. He tried to bring back more memories of when Anna was happy. It was useless.
"I can't make her happy anymore." He thought, tears rushing down his cheeks.
As he was thinking, Hans remembered Elsa. He clenched his knuckled until they turned white. Elsa was making Anna happy. It was no longer Hans. Elsa was the sun in Anna's world. Anger started to rush through his head.
"That should be me making Anna happy. But it's Elsa. Elsa." Hans thought to himself.
He were interrupted by the buzzing of his phone. He lit up when he saw it was actually from Anna. However, the message gave him mixed feelings. Hans, I think we should talk about what happened. About this.
Without a thought, he grabbed his keys and sprinted to his car.
Anna's smile grew as she unlocked the door. Standing on her doorstep was none-other-than her cousin, Rapunzel. The redhead's eyes lit up from seeing her childhood friend after months of separation. Her parents were apparently high up in Corona. She greeted the short haired brunette with a big hug and walked her inside.
Anna sat her cousin on the couch then made her way to the kitchen to get some refreshments. "Can I get you something to drink, Punzy? We have tea, coffee, water, and juice!" Anna yelled with excitement across the house.
"Green tea would be lovely!" Rapunzel shouted back with a smile.
They sat down, enjoying their drinks, and talked about life. "It's been too long, Anna! How have you been?" the brunette eagerly asked.
Anna began her speech about everything that's been going on. She talked about how school was tough, but her grades were getting better. She, then, got onto the topic of Elsa. The redhead talked about their lovely date, smiling the entire time. Rapunzel was engulfed with the story.
"Wow! That sounds amazing! I didn't know you could be such a romantic!," the brunette teased. "But last I time I was here, you were with Hans. What happened?"
She tried to take back her question when she saw Anna's smile fade. "What the hell. Why would I ask something like that?" Rapunzel scolded herself.
Anna saw the look of regret in her cousin's eyes. "It's alright, Punzy. It's a reasonable question." The redhead sighed and explained the situation, from the moment he began acting different all the way to the school incident.
"Oh my God, I'm so sorry, Anna." Rapunzel said in a consoling manner, hugging her childhood friend.
Anna fought back tears and swayed the conversation, "Enough about me. How are things in Corona, Punzy? How's life? Wait, how's my dad?" Seeing her cousin after a long time made Anna forget about the lack of communication with her father. She got serious when the thought resurfaced.
Rapunzel began to fight back tears. "That's- that's kind of why I'm here, Anna. Your father, God bless that nice man, he-" she started to choke on her words and tears streamed down her face.
Anna gently grabbed Rapunzel's hand but was determined to know the situation, "Punzy, please, tell me. What happened?"
The brunette rubbed her eyes and attempted to compose herself. "While in Corona, y-you're father, he g-got into a bad car accident."
"Wait, what?" Anna shouted, standing up from shock. "Why am I just hearing about this, I'm his daughter!"
"Anna please," Rapunzel tried to explain. "The hospital contacted my family, because we were closer. We decided to tell them to not call you. You needed to hear this in person. Now please don't worry, he's still alive. He's just- he's just not in good condition."
"H-he? But- no… NO! I need to get to him! I need to see him! I need to- I need-" Anna choked on her words and broke down. She leaned in to her cousin who accepted her with open arms.
"It's alright, Anna. I'm here." Rapunzel said, stroking her cousin's red hair.
Anna cried for the entirety of the night.
It occurred to me that I can't post links on this. Hahaha, sorry. Well, my tumblr is themightyreindeerking. Sorry for the mishap! I also thank Eiwilia for fixing the French in my last couple of chapters. She'll probably be fixing this chapter, too! :P Till next chapter!
UPDATE: Yup, she fixed it.