Author's Notes: Hey guys, my apologies for the late update. Hopefully I can make up for my long absence. Anyways, hope you all enjoy!
It was a bright, clear, sunny, and peaceful day; perfect to spend skipping around with Peter Pot and do a little dancing with those A-capella groups that seemingly pop out of nowhere in the main area. A great day to go on the water rides while not having to worry about shivering to death afterward. Furthermore, it was a wonderful day that actually makes it tolerable to wait in line. To top it off, it wasn't even too crowded! Granted, there is always a crowd at Disneyland, but today it seems as though that it will actually be possible to ride on all of the highlighted rides, watch a few shows, and meet a few characters. All in all, it was just a perfect day to spend on the happiest place on Earth!
"Oh my gosh! Look mommy! Peter Pots! Can I go to him? Pleeeeeeaaasssssseee?" Olaf begged while bouncing up and down at hyper speed
"Of course," Elsa nodded "We'll be right behind you"
With the approval of his mother, the son dashed off screaming for the Disney character to wait, therefore leaving Anna with her.
The red head took a quick side glance at the young mother whom had forsaken her usual suit and tie that day (Thank goodness Anna thought I would not be able to do anything if I had to stare at that tie all day) and had on a white button up with sleeves rolled up to her elbow and dark fitted jeans, as the two of them trailed behind the excitable kid.
The three of them had been at Disneyland for more than a few hours and for the most part, Anna and Elsa pretty much did not communicate with each other seeing as how Olaf was the perfect way for silence to stay away. Now that he was gone though… It became apparent silence would be inevitable.
"So… It's a beautiful day out huh?" Anna smiled, hands clasped behind her back while playing with the back of her light blue washed v-neck.
Elsa took a quick side-glance at the shorter girl and nodded "Yes"
Silence over came them
Right… Anna sighed as she brushed out her long brown skirt seeing as she didn't know what else to do
They continued walking after Olaf in intense… awkward… nerve-wrecking… silence.
I thought this was supposed to be the happiest place on earth! Not the most awkward-est place! Anna thought to herself
"… It's been a while since the last time I have been here…" The older woman quietly commented, while crossing her arms at her waist and fiddling with her sleeves. Meanwhile, she kept an eye out for her son whom was currently waiting –bouncing- in line amongst the other children for his turn with Peter Pot.
Anna was shocked to find that Elsa was trying to fill the silence by attempting to initiate a conversation, which she nearly stumbled. Thankfully she was able compose herself in time to refrain making a fool out of herself… Well… more of a fool of herself if her past incidents of clumsiness and ramblings towards the blonde woman were any indication.
"O-Oh yeah?" the red head smiled, "I came by last summer when my family came out to visit me. Well, me and my auntie, uncle, and cousins."
Elsa turned her head towards Anna while slightly (VERY slightly) tilting her head. That slight tilt told Anna, subconsciously, that it was a sign to continue on and clarify her sentence.
"Oh right, I don't think we had talked about this before." Anna lightly laughed; she had forgotten that even though she told Olaf a lot about herself and that the child told her a lot about himself and his mother, that he didn't necessarily told Elsa everything about Anna. So she began to tell her story while madly gesturing with her hands, "Well, I came from a small town out in the Midwest. My mom and pops wanted me to grow up somewhere with clean air and with little unnatural light, which is why they moved out of the city. Anyways, both of them wanted me to go to the college near where we lived and I wanted to go out of state. So they told me that if I couldn't get into one of my top 3 choices, then I had to go to a college of their choosing. So I studied REALLY REALLY hard because the colleges that I wanted to go to are hard to get into you know? And I'm not exactly the sharpest crayon in the box! Anyways, so when I got an acceptance letter for Walt Uni., my TOP choice, you could imagine the shock on my parents face! But then we had to decide on where I was going to stay because sending my stuff and flying back home every break would be too expensive. Luckily we have relative here in California, so now I stay with them over the break. And last summer, when my parents came to visit us, they decided to go to Disneyland because my mom LOVES Disney. Which was also the last time I came here." Anna ended with a smile as they stopped near where Olaf was
"That must have been nice, having your parents come visit you." The other woman commented
"Oh yeah, I love them both to death! Except when pops hugs me. He's really tall and large, even when I open my arms thiiisss wide-" Anna said as she spread her arms out as far as they could… only to smack Elsa in the jaw.
"Oof!"
"OH MY GOSH! I'm so sorry!" the red head panicked as she stepped in over towards the older woman whom was half crouched over, one hand resting over the spot subjected to the smack. "Are you okay?"
Elsa was silent as she moved her jaw back and forth while lightly rubbing her jaw.
Olaf, who was now with Peter Pots, saw the whole thing, "Anna! Why did you hit my mommy?"
"Yeah! Why did you hit his mommy?" Peter Pots demanded
"I-I didn't mean to! It was an accident!" she exclaimed
"It's alright, I'm okay. It's not like Olaf hasn't accidently hit me in the face before." Elsa said while straightening herself and putting her hand down.
"But I always gave you a kiss afterwards so it would stop hurting." Olaf stated, rather proudly
"Maybe she should do the same!" Peter Pots exclaimed, arms crossed, while nodding to himself
Elsa paused "Wait…"
"…What?" Anna asked as her face started to turn pink
Olaf gasped while clasping his own face with his hands, "That's a great idea! Anna, you should kiss to make it feel better!"
"… Now just a moment…" Elsa started
"I-I couldn't, w-we're in public a-and…" Anna nervously stuttered while trying to quickly come up with an excuse
"And there are children present." Elsa finished
"Right, what she said!" the redhead (and red-face) exclaimed
"No one would care, right guys?" Peter Pots asked the rest of the kids around them, who all cheered and nodded
"Now calm down…" Elsa tried
"B-Besides, it's just so sudden-" Anna spluttered
"We don't even really know each other than well…" Elsa added
"Right, a-and there has to be a certain mood for th-these k-kind of things…"
As if on cue, the Acapella group came out of nowhere behind the two young women; coming up with a series of sounds and beats to create music. The song sounded familiar to the two, and it became apparent as to what was about to be sung.
"Oh no~ No you don't." Anna started, "Don't you dare!"
"There~ you see her," the singer began
"Standin' there across the way,
She don't got a lot to say,
But there's somethin' about her
And you don't know why,
But you're dyin' to try - you wanna,
Kiss the girl"
While a crowd of people began to gather around them out of curiosity, Elsa had folded one arm over her midsection supporting the other as her hand began to massage the bridge of her nose.
"C'mon Anna! Just kiss her!" Olaf exclaimed while grinning.
"I thought I was just supposed to kiss her jaw," Anna pointed out, eyes narrowed at the little boy.
"Yeah! But now everyone wants you guys to kiss!" Peter Pots proclaimed
Anna gave the Disney character a hard glare; it was because of that mischievous brat (who was most likely Anna's age) that she was in this mess.
"Sing with me now
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
My, oh, my
Look at the girl too shy
She ain't gonna kiss the girl
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Ain't that sad
Ain't it shame, too bad
You gonna miss the girl "
At some point, the kids began singing along while couples around them were looking at each other with adoration and or kissing each other. The romantic and lovey-dovey mood was making Anna more uncomfortable and nervous causing her to fiddle with her hands in front of her while burning a hole into the ground with her eyes. There was no way for her and Elsa to stop the romantic atmosphere around them nor the singing.
If it were anyone else, like a couple for example, it would be extremely difficult for them NOT to kiss. But Elsa and Anna weren't a couple, and last Anna checked she still liked guys. Well, at least she still thinks she likes guys, but looking at Elsa…
Using the corner of her eyes, Anna looked over at the blonde woman. Elsa didn't seem to look nervous, at least to the onlookers, she was just looking up a little while fixing her collar with one hand. The taller woman seemed to noticed that Anna was looking and quickly glanced over, only to break eye contact in less than a second, briefly suck in her lip, and lightly folded her arms over her midsection to fix the end of her sleeves.
Anna went back to looking at the floor and brushed a strand of her hair behind her ear. Now that she thought about it though, Elsa had this tendency to fix her cuffs (and at this moment, her sleeves) even when there was no need to fix them from time to time. Actually, now that I really think about it, she did that when Olaf talked about her riding the beast, she does that when Olaf leaves her alone with me, it's like she's-
"Anna?"
"Huh? What?" the redhead said as she was suddenly brought out of her own head and face towards the sound of where she heard her name, which was towards Elsa whom was now facing her.
"I… Well-" Elsa quickly glanced away, sucking her lips back in while bringing up a hand to rub the side of her head her neck
She does that a lot too… Anna thought to herself. "Yes?" her body now facing the woman
Elsa glanced back at Anna, eyes meeting, as her hands went back to fixing her sleeves. "Well, it's obvious that they won't leave us alone until we… kiss. So… " Once more, she quickly glanced off to the side and sucked in her lips.
Again… Is she…? Anna took a step forward, invading the other's personal space, as she began to understand the woman's subtle body language ...Nervous…?
"Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Don't stop now
Don't try to hide it how
You wanna kiss the girl"
When the lawyer glanced back to meet Anna's eyes, if she was surprised to find that she was suddenly so close, Elsa didn't show it on her face. Then again, as Anna knew, she seems to rarely show anything on her face. "So, if you don't mind that is, perhaps we could…?" She trailed off, silently noting that the song was nearing its' end
Anna wasn't sure what came over her in that moment, maybe it was a feeling of revenge from last night when Elsa was verbally cornering her, maybe it was the current mood they were in, or maybe she just wanted to see what Elsa's reaction would be. She didn't know, but she kind of, really wanted to, tease the other woman. "We could…?" She asked, one corner of her mouth going up, her face already somewhat close to the other's.
Elsa seemed to catch on that the college student was trying to tease her, but was unable to find a way to turn the teasing around as she began fixing her sleeves more while her eyes slightly narrowed. "You know…"
Anna didn't even try to hide her grin "I don't"
Elsa sighed, as her face suddenly didn't seem as pale as before to Anna. She took a quick glance over to the side, her hands madly fixing her cuffs, and quickly glancing back into Anna's eyes. "If you don't…" Elsa closed her eyes and exhaled for a moment, opening her eyes once more "If you don't mind, maybe we could… kiss?" She said, exhaling once more "For the audience that is…" she quickly added
Anna didn't know why, but her heart clenched a little at that last part, but she knew that is pretty much what the audience wanted. It wasn't like Elsa actually wanted to kiss Anna, or the other way around. But still, for some reason it hurt to hear that. Still, Anna grinned, "We could" she nodded
Elsa seemed frozen at the spot and stiffly nodded.
With both of them agreeing together, they slowly, VERY slowly, began to close the already small gap in between them.
"You've got to kiss the girl
Why don't you kiss the girl"
Olaf seemed to be excited as Anna and his mom began to close the gap, bouncing in place at light-speed while holding onto Peter Pot and shaking him… hard
Anna could feel Elsa's light breathing against her lips as the two of them tilted their heads, eyes slowly closing.
"You gotta kiss the girl
Go on and kiss the girl"
The gap closed, two pink lips lightly pressed together as every one around them cheered and clapped.
The two slowly disconnected their lips, and backed away from each other. Anna's face completely pink, hands on both cheeks as an attempt to cool her face down, while Elsa covered her own lips (and pretty much most of the bottom half of her face) with one hand while hugging her midsection with her free arm.
Olaf was clapping and cheering while bouncing over to the two women "See? Don't you feel better mommy?" He asked
Elsa put her hand that was covering her lower face down and smiled at her boy "Yes Olaf, thank you."
Olaf grinned "You always did say that kisses makes everything better!"
Elsa nodded, she couldn't get mad at him. He was just making a suggestion that would (according to what she had taught and told him) help her injury go away and feel better. Although, it had turned into some sort of crazy event, he was just trying to help. If anything, she should get mad at Peter Pot, but there was no need to ruin their day at Disneyland. "Where would you like to go next Olaf?"
"Can we go meet Lisa and Ana?" He asked with a bright grin
"The ones from the new movie right?" Elsa asked
"Icebound right? I LOVE that movie!" Anna added, her face slightly recovering.
"Yup! Can we please?" Olaf asked
"Of course." Elsa smiled at him as they said their farewells to Peter and headed off to where the two popular characters would be held.
Anna, still thinking about the kiss that left her feeling warm and fuzzy, was trailing behind the parent and child. She was not use to such a feeling. She had relationships in the past, of course, whenever she had kissed her ex-boyfriends, she would always feel warm and happy, but they never left her feeling fuzzy inside. She continued thinking about it for nearly the rest of the day and to where they currently were, in front of the castle waiting for the fireworks.
"Anna?" Elsa began; speaking softly as Olaf stood in front of them, wavering a little due to exhaustion.
"Yes?" Anna asked, nearly shivering at the other's low voice being so close to her. Maybe she should stop thinking about the kiss. Telling herself to stop thinking about the kiss isn't making her stop though. Okay, she'll stop thinking about the kiss… now… nope didn't work. ARGH! Anna, stop thinking about the KISS!
"I must apologize about the kiss. Like every parent, I have always told Olaf that kisses make his injuries go away and make everything feel better." She said
"Oh no! That's okay! Really! And you were right, of course. Kisses are always nice and they make everything feel better! Oh, but that was only true for when I was a kid. Not that your kiss wasn't nice or anything! It was! Nice I mean! Kissing you was nice. More than nice actually it was great! Perfect even! Well, not that I have much to compare it to. I've only had 2 boyfriends before, but kissing them was kind of weird. Not anything like kissing you! Kissing them was kind of gross, because one of them always gave me wet kisses and the other kissed me too hard, so it was ALWAYS uncomfortable for me. I wouldn't want to kiss them again, ever. Their kisses were like nothing compared to yours. I would totally kiss you again. Wait, what? No. I didn't mean. That wasn't suppose to come out the way it did." Anna rambled
Elsa sucked in her lip, glanced away, and began fixing her cuffs again. "Yes, well… Thank you. I suppose that kissing well is a good thing. Although I do not have anyone else to compare the kiss to, then using your evaluation to judge how well a person kisses, then you kiss well yourself."
"Oh, thanks- Wait… What?" Anna paused as the information sunk in "Have you not kissed anyone before?"
"No… I have not" Elsa confirmed
"But surely you must have been in a relationship before"
"No." Elsa answered
"Crushes?" Anna tried "All my friends know that I always develop crushes on people who I think are gorgeous, like before I really got to know Kristoff I had a small crush on him for a while, and then there was Eric until I found out that he had a girlfriend, and a short one on this guy named Adam, but then I found out that he kind of has anger management issues, then there's Hans. Which is funny because I bumped into him the other-"
"Anna," Elsa cut in, effectively putting a stop to Anna's rambling "I'm sorry for interrupting. Your crushes seem wonderful, I'm sure you will develop a relationship with one in the future so you do not need to worry, I'll try to make sure that an event like the one that just happened does not happen again. So you do not have to worry about us kissing again and you my continue pursuing whomever you wish."
Again, something inside Anna's chest clenched as she listened to Elsa. But she didn't know why. But still, she grinned "Okay, thank you though. For assuring me that I could possibly get in a relationship with one of my crushes."
Elsa stared at Anna for a moment, "You're welcome." She said as Fiddle-Ring flew into the night sky.
The two of them fell into silence, it wasn't awkward though, and instead it was comfortable. But Elsa broke the silence.
"Anna?"
"Yeah?" the auburn haired girl asked, eyes focused on the night sky. Then she suddenly felt warm lips press onto her cheek as a firework bursted in the air. Just as suddenly, the lips departed from her cheek and left it to the cool air. Surprised blue eyes and pinked tinged cheeks turned to face the owner of the lips. What Anna saw would forever be etched into her memory, because what she saw wasn't just one corner of the Elsa's lips lifted up, but both. It wasn't wide, no teeth were shown, but it was there, a small smile on the lips and eyes soft and filled with happiness.
"Thank you for making our time here at Disneyland filled with happiness" She said.
At this, Anna gave a wide grin, cheeks still red as she replied "You're welcome" as they both stared into each other's eyes as silence fell over them once more.
Anna didn't know about if Disneyland really was the happiest place on Earth anymore, because just like that, with that kiss, in that moment, she felt that she had found somewhere new that she considered the happiest place. It was that small place with her and Elsa, where she couldn't even hear the crowd's cheering around her, or the fireworks overhead, and all that existed was just herself and Elsa, smiling at each other. And that was all she thought about in that moment and that night and as she fell asleep. She didn't think about how she wouldn't be able to get back to her newfound happiest place. She didn't think about why she felt warm and fuzzy when she kissed Elsa. She didn't think about anything else besides the day's events; how cute Olaf was, how gorgeous Elsa was, how much fun she had walking around with the two of them, finding about Elsa's body language, meeting the Disney characters, her kiss with Elsa, riding on the rides, and Elsa's kiss at the end of their day at Disneyland…