Anna never really considered herself religious or thought about whether or not God existed or anything like that. But if there really was a God, then Anna would be throwing herself at the deity's feet and repeating many thank you's for all she was worth, because God had decided to bless her with meeting not just one, but TWO gorgeous people. That had to be a world record or something!
The first gorgeous person was Elsa, obviously. No one could come close to her level of gorgeousness.
But the man in front of her at her door (okay, well. Elsa's door, but it might as well be Anna's too seeing as how she seems to be spending more time at the blonde's home instead of her own dorm) was most definitely a distant second.
"Package for Miss Elsa Arendelle, if you could just sign here, here, aannddd here." he said pointing to 3 spaces on a clipboard.
Anna continued starring at his face. From his red hair to his side burns and narrow jaw line, from his thin lips to his green eyes, and let out a dreamy sigh.
"Ummm... Excuse me Miss?" the delivery boy looking at her with concern
"Huh? What?" Anna blubbered, snapping out of her daze
"I need you to sign..." he repeated
"Oh! Right! Sign! Yes, I can do that!" she said snatching the pen and clipboard from him
The delivery man stood there, nearly bouncing in place with a small smile on his face and decided to speak "Miss Arendelle, I have to say that it is a great pleasure to meet you. You see, I've been something like a fan of yours ever since you graduated and proved yourself worthy to work in Arendelle Firm instead of depending on your name. Ever since then, I have held great admiration for you and I must point out that you're nothing like I thought you would be. Not that it's a bad thing! It's just- I guess what I'm trying to say is... Well... Can I please shake your hand?" He asked with a slight blush
Anna looked up from the clipboard in confusion "Wait... What?" Was Elsa famous? Was Anna working under someone famous without knowing? Her last name was Arendelle? That was so cool! Wait, Arendelle firm? What's that? A family business? Did Elsa's family own a business? Why was she only learning about all this now?
"I'm sorry, it's just that I've always wanted to meet you and you're something like my role model. I mean, you've accomplished so much at such a young age! There are others who admire you of course, but it's not everyday one gets a chance to meet you."
The babysitter stared at the delivery man with a blank face and gave a nervous chuckle "Actually... Um..."
"Hans ma'm" the redhead introduced himself, seemingly excited to have been able to give his name to his role model.
Anna nodded "Hans, I don't know how else to break it to you, so here it goes... I'm not Elsa."
A short pause "You're not?"
"No"
Hans turned red from embarrassment "Forgive me, I just assumed- I thought you were, because the package is for her and you're signing so I figured-" he stuttered
Anna giggled "It's no problem, I probably would have done the same if I were in your shoes." She said as she handed over the clipboard and pen "Here you go!"
"Thank you, for understanding." Hans said with a soft smile and voice.
"No problem!" Anna grinned
Silence took over as they just stared into each other's eyes with a smile, but the moment was interrupted by a loud beeping tune from Anna's pocket causing the both of them to jump.
"I should-"
"Yeah, and where-"
"Just by the door-"
"Okay..."
The two of them awkwardly (and oddly enough) were able to decipher each other's train of thoughts as Anna checked her phone to see that she had a message from Elsa while Han's moved the large package that was about half his size into the house.
Elsa:
- - - I'm sorry if I'm bothering you, but I have a package that is supposed to be arriving today. If you don't mind, can you please move it outside my door to my room?
"Is this alright?" Hans asked
"Huh?" Anna looked up from the screen to find the package already inside "Oh yeah! That's fine, I can move it later!"
"Are you certain? Because if you'd like, I could move it for you."
"Oh, yeah. I'm sure." Anna laughed while waving her hand offhandedly
"If you insist, have a good day then" the delivery man said
"You too" Anna said as she brushed her hair out of her face
Hans hesitantly turned away, waving good bye and receiving a small wave from the shorter girl, and began ascending the front steps.
Anna closed the door and let out a long sigh with a smile on her face.
"So how's your job coming along?" Kristoff asked
Anna and her friends, Kristoff and Rapunzel, were having lunch together as per usual at a small little sandwich shop just off campus.
"It's going great!" Anna beamed "Olaf is really a sweet and easy kid, he hardly ever causes any trouble. Although, he is a little strange for a 6 year old. He's enrolling in a science fair, A SCIENCE FAIR! I mean, who does that? Did you even know that science fairs exist? Because I sure didn't!"
"Ooh! What is he doing?" Rapunzel asked excitedly
"Something about whether or not plants need more sunlight or water to survive..." Anna grumbled "He's taking 2 of the same sort of plants, I forget what, but he's planting one in a tank of water and covering it up to make sure light doesn't get in and putting the other in a normal pot of dirt and keeping it under a light while limiting its' water source."
"Oh my god..." Kristoff gaped with a look of what seemed to be distraught, while Rapunzel stared wide eyed at him and Anna confused.
"I know..." Anna sighed "He came up with it by himself too."
"That's even worse!"
"And he entered willingly."
"No! Stop it!"
"I don't get it," Rapunzel finally said "What's the big deal you guys?"
"What's the big deal? Are you kidding me?" Kristoff asked "Some 6 year old kid is willingly enrolling in a science fair and came up with a pretty brilliant experiment by himself!"
"...So?" The short haired brunette asked
"So he's obviously trying to get ahead of his peers and reign as their boss in the future!" Anna stated "Everyone knows that the one kid who stays inside reading or doing homework or something or another, will end up being their boss in the future! So he's going to end up being bullied!"
"That poor kid, he's never going to have any friends" Kristoff said, wiping an imaginary tear
Rapunzel rolled her eyes "You guys are being dramatic, I'm sure he'll make plenty of friends!"
"Oh yeah? Did you have any friends growing up Miss I-stayed-in-my-room-every-day-growing-up-playing-guitar,-knitting,-cooking,-making paper maches,- playing chess,-doing pottery,-ventriloquy,-candle making,-maybe sketching,-make a dress,-and painting?" The blonde asked all in one breath as he put on a smug smile
Rapunzel's mouth fell open for a moment... then closed. "Well... No... But that's because my foster mother never let me go out!"
"Uh huh"
"Anyways!" the art student said, abruptly ending the subject "So Anna, how's Elsa?"
At this the auburn haired girl let out a happy sigh "She's perfect... Not that I would know at the moment though, because you know, we don't text or see each other on a regular basis. But- it's just- well... The last time- Which was last night, we texted each other good night. And well, she -as usual- Not to me personally though, but like... through texting. Which are the only times. She smiled. So yeah. I think that- you know, she's perfe- I mean. Good. Not that, she's doing good deeds. I'm sure she is though. But that, she's well. Content even! At least, I think so. From what Olaf says." Anna blubbered out, cheeks turning red at the thought of the gorgeous woman.
"Aww, look at you!" Rapunzel cooed "You're so smitten by her you can't even speak properly!"
"I too can! I mean, I cat coo! Er- Too I can. I mean, Can too I! Wait- What?" Anna shook her head, confusing herself from the gibberish coming from her mouth
"I think Anna finally has a legitimate crush." Kristoff stage whispered
Rapunzel nodded and pretended to wipe an imaginary tear and say in a, what seemed to be a sad voice, "Our little girl is growing up!"
Anna groaned "You guys! I do not have a crush on Elsa!"
Kristoff quirked an eyebrow "Are you sure? Because from just about every day in the past two weeks you've been going on-"
"And on-" Rapunzel added
"And on, about how breathtaking and sexy she looked in a tie and blazer."
"That's because she did!" Anna slapped her hand on the table "And you guys would have agreed too if you saw her!"
"I highly doubt that." The blonde man said
"That's because-"
"We never saw her before." her two friends deadpanned in unison "And if we had, then we would totally agree with you because Elsa is the most gorgeous person on the face of the earth. And if god existed, then he most definitely took his time on her and did one hell of a job." they both said as if they had rehearsed the same lines multiple times over again. "We know."
Anna huffed as she grabbed her cup and pretty much hugged it while grumbling a "Whatever." and began sipping out of the straw. Sulking over what she had been robbed of.
"So when's the wedding?" Rapunzel asked after a moment of silence
"Ugh! You guys are ridiculous! There will be no wedding! I don't even like girls!" Anna growled
Kristoff snorted and mumbled "That's because you like a girl."
This caused Rapunzel to burst into a fit of giggles
Another groan "Good bye!" Anna huffed as she stood up from the table, grabbed her backpack, and slung it over her shoulder.
Well... She tried to sling it over her shoulder.
Instead, she she had forgotten to take into account the heaviness of her backpack, causing her to lose balance and begin to fall backwards. She reached out trying to grab something to prevent her fall, and luckily she was able to grab something.
Or rather, someone grabbed her.
Looking at who helped prevent her back from meeting the ground, only one thought came across her mind
Oh my- There IS a God!
Because the one who grabbed hold of her hand, was none other than the delivery man from the day before, Hans.
"Glad I caught you" He said as he pulled her back up, while still holding a tray of empty plates in the other
"Hans! Oh... Haha. Yeah." She said nervously as she brushed her hair behind her ear. "I mean- uh. Thank you. For catching me."
Hans smiled down at her "You're welcome"
The two just stared at each other like the day before, until Anna's friends decided to embarrass her.
"No! Anna!" Rapunzel shout whispered in a whiny voice "What about Elsa?!"
"And her suit and tie?!" Kristoff whined
"Are you cheating on her?!" they gasped dramatically
Anna was red, although whether from anger towards her friends or embarrassment from them, she couldn't tell. "I-I'm so sorry about my friends. They're just messing with me." she explained to Hans, unable to look at him in the eye
He merely laughed "That's okay, that's what friends are for right?"
The auburn haired girl finally looked at him in the eyes and smiled, grateful for him being so understanding as the two of them returned to just staring at each other.
"Anna~" Rapunzel singsonged "You're going to be late~!"
At this, the other girl's eyes widened as she began backing up "Olaf! My job! I-I need to go!" she bumped into an empty chair "Oof, I-I better go. I-I have to go... Bye!" she waved as she turned around and walked out of the sandwich shop
Hans waved good bye and watched her leave.
"... So... Hans was it...?" Kristoff asked, sizing the man from head to toe.
The ginger haired man turned, looking at Anna's friends as though he were a deer in head lights "Oh no..."
"And then, we watched this movie about insects! Which was SO COOL! Did you know that spiders aren't insects?!" Olaf asked. He was retelling Anna about the events of his day as he did every school day, with a huge smile as they were returning to his house from walking the demon Marshmallow.
"What? They're not?" She asked, probing him to tell more although she already knew that fact.
Anna noticed that whenever Olaf talked about his day, he never really talked about what he and his friends did during snack or lunch time. Or about other kids really. The only times she has ever heard him mention other kids is when it was regarding questions that were asked or answers that were given, and test results. Olaf was shockingly and incredibly competitive, but in such a sportingly way that was still consistent with his happy and optimistic personality. If he lost or wasn't at the top of the class, he would grumble and sulk about his mistakes, but accept his lost and say how the other person deserved it because of whatever.
… Anna sometimes felt that she had a lot to learn from the 6 year old.
"... and then after the movie, the class sang Happy Birthday to me!"
Oh, her bad... she had a lot to learn from the 7-
"Wait, what?" she asked right when they stopped in front of the door, with the key in the lock.
"They sang Happy Birthday to me" He repeated, hopping off Marshmallow "Are we going to go inside?"
"Today's your birthday?" Anna asked
"No...?" He said, looking at her as though she grew another head "Why aren't you turning the key?"
"Then why did they sing happy birthday to you?" she continued
"Because my birthday is tomorrow..." His eyebrows scrunching down, confused as to why Anna was asking these questions when the answers were so obvious to him and why she wasn't opening the door. Maybe she forgot how to unlock it. "Just turn the key"
"Tomorrow?!"
"Yeah... Why?" he asked "Does she know how to unlock the door?" He whispered to Marshmallow, who barked
"I didn't get you a gift that's why!"
"Oh, it's okay." He said. He really didn't mind that she didn't get him a gift, but he did mind that she wasn't opening the door.
"It's not okay!" she exclaimed as she unlocked and opened the door, bursting through the entrance and throwing her hands in the air
"No really, it's fine! Because you're spending all day with me and mom tomorrow!" He said as though it were clearly obvious.
"No it's really- Wait, what?" She paused. Those words were really starting to become a major part of her everyday vocabulary.
"Mom didn't tell you?" He asked
"...No..." Anna said as she checked her phone to see if his mom messaged her.
"Oh... Well mom said she would ask you if you wanted to go to Disneyland with us tomorrow for my birthday! You're coming... right?" He asked, looking up at her with his big black eyes while his mouth began forming a pout
"I-I..." Was she going? If she was, how would she be able to afford it? How would she get there? But... It was Disneyland! With Olaf! And better yet, a WHOLE day with ELSA. How could she NOT go? Wait... An opportunity to spend a whole day with ELSA! … THERE REALLY IS A GOD Taking money out of her savings would totally be worth it! "Of course!"
Olaf beamed "Oh yay! Mommy will be so happy!" he cheered
"Mommy will be so happy about what?" Elsa asked as she walked out of the hallway, causing Anna to jump and yelp from surprise.
Olaf gasped "Mom!" as he rushed over to her and jumped for a hug, Marshmallow following as he stood on his hind legs while placing his front paws on the woman.
"Hi Olaf," the mother smiled as she caught him and placed a kiss on his forehead "Hello Marsh." she greeted, ruffling the top of the dog's head.
"Mommy! Anna said she can come with us to Disneyland!" Olaf said, bouncing in her arms excitedly as Marshmallow went back to the ground
"She did?" Elsa asked, eyes slightly widening.
"Yup! Isn't that great?! You were-"
Elsa immediately covered Olaf's mouth as she glanced in the opposite direction away from Anna. "Olaf, I was planning on telling her today." she said as she took her hand off his mouth and placed him down.
Her son's mouth opened, letting out a drawled out "Ohhhhh... Well, why don't you ask her right now?"
"She's right here you know... and she can hear you two." Anna deadpanned
Elsa straightened up and lightly coughed into her clenched hand "My apologies," she quietly said "Olaf? Why don't you go upstairs and start doing your homework?"
"Okay!" He smiled as he ran up the stairs with Marshmallow trailing behind him.
Silence fell over Elsa and Anna, the only thing that could be heard was Olaf's and Marshmallow's muffled footsteps above them. When they could no longer hear him rummaging around, Elsa decided to break the silence.
"Would you..." she sucked in her lips a bit and let them out "Would you like to sit down at the dining table?" she asked
"O-Oh! Yeah! Sure!" Anna spluttered out
The two women awkwardly shuffled over to the table, Elsa waited for Anna to pick a seat, which was closest to the door as always. Elsa took the other chair that she sat in previously when they all had dinner together, which was also the seat Olaf would usually sit in.
Another silent moment as the two of them looked anywhere but at each other. Anna took a lot of interest in the corners of the ceiling as she quietly bounced her legs and lightly drummed her fingers that were holding onto the seat. Elsa was unmoving, with her legs crossed, hands in her lap while fiddling with the end of her black skinny tie (which Anna was trying with all her power to ignore, along with the fact that Elsa was in a gray tailored suit), and her gaze was fixed on an imaginary point on the table.
"So..." Anna broke the silence "Disneyland..."
"Oh! Yes, I apologize for not asking you sooner. I was going to ask you today seeing as I came home early." Elsa started as she began to rub her neck "But I suppose Olaf beat me to it. At any rate, seeing that you will be joining us, I'll go ahead and purchase the tickets. Will you be carpooling with us as well?"
"Wait, what? No!" Anna stated. "I mean, not about the carpooling. That would be nice because I don't have a car-"
"You don't have a car?" Elsa asked, eyes widening, hands joining together as they rested on the table
"Yes, I mean. No, I don't have a car. But that's beside the point!"
"I thought you had a car." Elsa exclaimed, voice slightly rising but barely noticeable
"I don't, can we please get back on track? I can't let you pay for me!"
"You've been walking home alone at night..." the older woman mumbled "Why did I not know of this?"
"Because I never told you. Are you even listening to me? You can't pay for my ticket, I won't allow it!"
Elsa stared blankly at Anna, then slowly – ever so slowly- one of her eyebrows raised, the other scrunching down, as the corner of her lip curled up. It was so minuscule, Anna wasn't even sure it was there. "You won't allow it?" she repeated
Anna didn't hear the question at first, too busy starring at her employer's pink lips and the small, tiny, barely there quirk at the corner of her mouth, pondering on what the heck it was. Was it a smile? A quirk of annoyance? What was it? Was it even there? "Huh? What?" she mumbled, then the question settled it. "Wait! No! Absolutely not! No! I'll pay for it!" Anna resolutely said, hands slamming on the table as she looked into Elsa's dreamy light blue eyes.
The blonde suited woman lifted her chin up a bit as she leaned back in her chair, bringing her chin back down as if saying a very slow and drawled out "Uh-huh" as she folded her hands on her knee.
Anna had to repress a shudder. The older woman looked like a Queen in that chair. "Y-Yeah, s-so. Uh. Don't me ticket pay. I mean! Don't pay for ticket my! Ugh! No! Don't-pay-for-my-ticket!" Anna had to enunciate each word.
Elsa's face had returned back to a blank as she stared at Anna, causing the freckled face girl to fidget under her gaze.
"How about this?" Elsa said after a moment, leaning forward and placing her folded hands on the table "I won't pay for your ticket, if you allow me to drive you home from now on. And if you refuse, I will still pay for your ticket and drive you home nonetheless."
"What? No, I couldn't possibly- that's just too much trouble and-"
Elsa waved her hand "It's no trouble at all," she said "So? Is it a deal or not?"
Anna considered her options, she really didn't want to trouble Elsa by driving her home just about every night or have Elsa pay for her ticket. She could always just, pay for her own ticket behind Elsa's back and still be able to walk home. But tickets are non-refundable, so Elsa would be stuck with an extra ticket for no reason. Anna considered her second option, she could say yes and just sneak out the apartment before Elsa got in and walk home. But Elsa usually texted Anna when she had parked, so there really was no way for the college student to win.
...There was no way out from this nor any way of winning. It was either have the mother pay and drive her home or be able to pay for herself and still be driven home. Elsa had cornered her.
"Alright..." Anna sighed in defeat.
"I'm glad we could come to an agreement." Elsa said as she stood up
"More like you forced me to agree." Anna pouted
"Well I'm certainly happy that you've come to see things my way then."
When Anna looked up to form a retort, her voice went silent as she noticed the same barely-there expression from before on the suited woman's face gazing back at her.
It was a smirk... Anna realized That's definitely a smirk... And then something else dawned down upon her "You knew you were gonna win!" She gasped, standing up herself and pointing an accusatory finger at her employer.
Elsa glanced away, slightly turning her head "I don't know what you're talking about" and made her way into the kitchen
"Yes you do!" Anna exclaimed, tailing the taller woman
What are we doing? Anna thought to herself What-what is this?
"Well, I knew that there would be -as well as that there is- no use in having any sort of quarrel with me, friendly or not." Elsa confessed "What's will you be cooking for dinner?"
"The book is opened to the recipe," Anna offhandedly said as she hopped onto the bar "And why is that Miss Arendelle?"
Elsa paused "How did you-"
"The delivery man had mistaken me for you yesterday when he delivered the package." Anna stated "What's in it anyways?"
"Oh, that's Olaf's present." Elsa said as she began to gather the ingredients
"What?! Why is it so big and heavy?" the college student asked, remembering that it took her a while to get the gift by Elsa's door
The mother paused as she glanced over to the staircase to make sure her son wasn't there, and overhead to make sure he wasn't sitting above the kitchen as he sometimes did. As she took out a washing basket and cutting board, Anna hopped down and took the vegetables and began washing for her "Well?"
Elsa just stared down at the cutting board as she began cutting the vegetables that were passed to her and began in a low voice "Olaf has been wanting to learn how to play the cello since last year, but because of..." The older woman paused "Certain circumstances we were under, he was unable to. So, since it was possible this year..."
"You got him a cello" Anna finished
Elsa nodded
"Elsa that's wonderful! I'm more than one hundred percent certain that he'll love the gift!" the auburn brunette exclaimed
The blonde paused in her cutting for a moment, and the two of them fell into another silence. It wasn't awkward this time though. It was... Well, comfortable.
She resumed cutting again, and when Anna looked up to pass her another vegetable, she saw it.
It wasn't directed at her, but it was still there on the mother's face. A small, warm smile, accompanied by color on her otherwise pale skin that proved its' genuineness.
If there was a God, then the deity had decided to change her life in that moment... No, on that day. And it was changed, just like that.