Author's note: Another sorority thing I should mention! A "big" or "big sis" is like a mentoring position for a younger member in the house, called a "little." In this story, Charlotte and Tiana are big and little-just so you don't get confused! Big-little relationships are special and wonderful things-even if my big moved to Hollywood and left me in the Midwest, grumble grumble. :p

Some mature-ish content in this chapter! ;) Also, a TW-a mention of assault. Don't worry-none of my characters, but just be ready if that's something that upsets ya.

Hope you had/are having a great weekend! Again-THANK YOU all for your support and kind words. See you soon, I hope!

-Prez

About an hour passed on the treadmills before Anna started getting antsy. Sure, they were talking and that was cool, but she had also been walking for an hour and was sweaty and wanted to sit down.

Preferably next to Elsa.

Even if she was sweaty.

Damn, I didn't think this out well.

"Wanna take a break?" she asked after a lull in the conversation.

"Sure." Elsa didn't even look like she had broken a sweat. Those long pale legs looked devastatingly good.

"Cool." Anna said nonchalantly, trying not to ogle at Elsa. She turned off the treadmill, walking slowly with it until it stopped. Her legs were shaky, but she definitely felt a little bit less bloated and full of pizza. "That was invigorating!" she said brightly. She checked her watch. It was just after 8:30.

"Do you have any homework to do?" she asked.

Please say no, please say no.

"Nah, I'm pretty well finished with everything."

Yesss!

Anna heard thumping on the stairs, heard Charlotte chattering away before she busted into the laundry room with a hamper full of clothes.

"Heyyyy!" she said enthusiastically. Tiana was behind her with an armful of socks that had, no doubt, fallen off the pile of clothes. "Did y'all have fun?"

"Absolutely, we were just working off the pizza right now," Anna said with a grin. "Lottie, your keys are in my jacket pocket upstairs, okay? Thanks for letting me use the truck."

"Oh my God, anything for you!" buzzed the blonde as she opened a washing machine. Tiana tossed the socks Charlotte's way and turned to Elsa.

"Hey, Elsa."

The tall blonde smiled. "Hey, Tiana. How are you?"

"Oh, just fine. Helping my darling big with her laundry. Thanks again for helping me last weekend-that was quite a night."

"I'm glad you're okay," Elsa said warmly. They watched with some amusement as Charlotte measured out some laundry detergent with painstaking accuracy.

"Okay, done!" she shouted as she slammed the door and started the machine. "Come on, Tia, let's go watch TV!"

"See ya," said Tianna with a roll of her eyes as Charlotte grabbed her hand and they sped out of the room.

"There's so much energy in this house," Elsa mused over the hum of the machine. Anna nodded. She was thinking how best to ask Elsa to go upstairs with her without making it sound like she wanted to pin her on the bed and make out with her-which she totally did.

Keep it cool, Anna.

The tall blonde was looking at her with a bemused expression as a train of thoughts ran around behind aquamarine eyes.

"Soooo…." Anna began lamely.

"So?"

Elsa pulled off her hair tie and shook her long hair out of its braid, putting it back in a ponytail. Anna was suddenly mesmerized. The older woman's hair looked practically perfect, even after working out. Anna was sure that her own hair would be a mess right now if it wasn't tied together.

She shook herself mentally. Quit staring!

"I mean, you're more than welcome to hang out here," she said. "I was just gonna go watch TV in my room and continue to let the pizza settle, I don't really have anything good but I was re-watching some 'Buffy' episodes in my spare time, so-"

"I'm totally down with 'Buffy.'"

"Cool. Shall we?"

Anna tried not to freak out as they headed to the main floor and then upstairs to where all the bedrooms were.

"Do they all have roommates?" Elsa asked as they passed down the hall. .

"Most of them-the executive board members have their own rooms. Mine's the biggest by far." Anna walked over to her dresser and sprayed some of her perfume on her sweaty t-shirt. "Probably good, because I make such a mess. Oh shoot, I still have your hoodie, by the way."

She had just put the cap on the perfume bottle when Kida poked her head in.

"Hey Anna?" came a lightly-accented voice. The president spun around, smiled at the tan girl whose hair rivaled Elsa's for the lightest blonde she had ever seen.

"Hey, what's up?"

"Did you turn in our registration form for that off-campus philanthropy event at the animal shelter?"

"I think so! Wait...shit, did I?" she stepped to her desk, rifled through a bunch of papers. "Oh wait...nope...I didn't. Damn it, is it too late?"

"No, just needs to be in by tomorrow since the event is in two weeks. And I think the school needs to tell National Headquarters what we're doing, just so they can confirm we're not hosting some sort of secret alcohol party."

Anna turned to Elsa.

"You don't keep alcohol at the animal shelter, do you?"

"Uh...no."

"Okay," said Anna, kicking off her shoes and sliding them under the desk. "Kida, I will totally hand that in tomorrow."

"I can do it," said Kida, stepping forward to take the papers. "I'll be by the Greek life office tomorrow. And hey, do you have the house checkbook?"

"Probably," the strawberry blonde sighed. She pushed around a few more papers. "Yep, right here under our academics printout. Can you slide this under Belle's door on the way down the hall?"

Kida laughed. "Sure, Madam President. Thanks."

"No, thank you," said Anna. "Sorry, I've been frazzled this week with my Spanish test-more frazzled than normal."

"Oh, I almost forgot," Kida said, her voice dropping as she stepped further into the room. "I, uh…" she looked hesitantly at Elsa. "Um, well-"

Elsa, to her credit, got the hint that Kida was nervous with a stranger around and went to sit on Anna's loveseat, turning on her TV.

"Sorry," said Kida. Elsa smiled and shrugged. "Anyhow," said the tan girl, voice dropping again. "So, my boyfriend Milo works at the student newspaper...and since the police are taking a while to get that investigation going on what happened to Tiana...he and one of the other guys started looking into it."

"Oh," said Anna, suddenly focused. "What's up?"

"I don't think Naveen's house was the only one that night where someone was trying to hurt people." Anna raised an eyebrow. Kida nodded and continued. "A few other students, particularly ones at fraternity parties, said that the same thing happened. Both Friday and Saturday...one of the girls had a huge dose and had to get airlifted to Grant Medical Center. And then they're also investigating an assault where one of the fraternity brothers at Delt had all his clothes taken off and someone left him out in the backyard. And...someone walked in on a few guys trying to get a really, really messed-up young woman to go home with all of them."

"Really." Anna was scowling at this point, her mind working furiously.

"Yeah," Kida responded, a dark look on her face. "Milo isn't sure who it is, but there's a rumor that it's Scar and Ursula and all of that group."

"Really," repeated Anna, folding her arms.

"Yeah. it's just a rumor. But some of the people Milo talked to said they saw them at a couple different houses that night."

"This is a new low for them," Anna said sternly.

"I know," sighed Kida. "Anyhow. I'll keep an eye on it, and I'll let you know if they find anything."

"Thanks, sis." said Anna, still scowling as her sorority sister made her way back down the hall. With a sigh, she shut the door and grabbed a few mints from a tin on her dresser.

"Sorry," she said with a wince to Elsa, who was flicking through the Netflix options of Anna's little couch. "I'm always on call."

"You're fine," said Elsa, accepting an offered mint. "Hey, you never told me you had a PS3!"

Anna collapsed on the seat next to her. "I don't have much time to play, but yeah. Just a few old games-had to sell some of the newer ones to help afford books last year." She was still distracted-and she knew it showed in her voice.

Elsa paused in her Netflix search, turned her head. "Everything-sorry, don't mean to be nosy. Everything okay?"

Anna groaned, tipped her head back. "I guess."

Elsa shifted slightly, moving closer to Anna.

"There's just-" the younger girl started with a sigh. "There's just a group of students that have been trying to get all the fraternities and sororities in trouble. Just pranks, mostly. But...well, Kida's boyfriend works at the student newspaper, and he thinks that some of them were going around at parties last weekend and putting stuff in peoples' drinks. Like, just what happened with Tiana apparently happened to a few others. I don't know if one of them was...trying to get back at someone or just taking it too far, but they're still waiting to find out exactly. Like, at first they would just egg the houses or try and bust the parties, but if this is them..." she picked at her nails.

"Did they hurt anyone?" Elsa asked softly.

"Not too seriously, I think. Someone stopped a potential gang bang. One guy was dragged outside naked and someone had to go to the hospital, but..." Anna replied with another sigh, leaning forward. "It just...you know, you went with me to see Tiana. It could have been worse." She looked over at Elsa, who was watching her with measured concern. "Thanks again for that, by the way."

The blonde smiled reassuringly. "Of course." She slid a cool palm over to Anna's neck, and the younger girl shivered slightly. "Sorry," Elsa said with a low chuckle.

"No, 's cool," said Anna, skin tingling as Elsa began lightly massaging her neck.

"Damn, your muscles are tight back here."

"Yeah, I'm a little stressed sometimes," she murmured, letting her head hang back and her eyes flutter closed.

"Well, let me know when you know who is responsible for that shit. I have three roommates ready to-"

"Oh no, I couldn't ask them to beat anyone up on my-"

"You didn't let me finish," said the blonde coolly. "I have three roommates ready to bail my ass out of jail if I get the notion to teach those punks a lesson."

She said it lightly, but Anna believed her. The cold hand moved around to Anna's left, and Elsa gently moved the younger girl's head so she could work on rubbing both shoulders.

"Can't stand people like that," she said softly as she tried to push a knotted muscle free on Anna's shoulderblade. "Ever since I was a kid-well, you know how it is. Moved from school to school, everyone knew I was a foster kid, knew I was abandoned. Even in the foster home, the kids could be cruel. There are bullies everywhere in life. And they only grow more lethal. That's all these people are, they're bullies."

"I know," Anna said, opening her eyes to look down. "I have known them, too."

There was a moment's pause as Elsa worked out another knotted muscle.

"Doesn't it make you angry?" the blonde asked. Her hands stopped, trailing down to rest around Anna's hips.

"Sure, of course it does," Anna said, now picking at her nails again. "But...more sad than angry. You know?"

"So you won't let me beat them up?" the tone was almost teasing, still somewhat serious.

Anna looked up, meeting blue eyes that held anger behind a mask of calm.
"I'd rather just hope they get arrested or something," she said honestly, sitting back and turning her head as Elsa folded her hands back in her lap. "I'm not much for punching."

They held each others' gazes, steadily.

"I got made fun of, too," she added quietly. "But more for living with a preacher and his wife. I kept to myself, mostly. Had a few good friends. Worked a lot from the time I could." She smiled. "And will just keep plugging away at life, hoping I can make a difference."

There was a tenderness in Elsa's eyes now, a softness as Anna realized just how close they were. She was, suddenly, incredibly warm.

"You're amazing," the older girl said, almost whispering. "All the stress you're under, all the stuff you have to deal with. And you're still so positive, so warm, so giving to people." she leaned forward, hand in the air as if she wanted to brush Anna's cheek, but stopped. "Sorry, I-" Elsa flushed, color blooming behind her light freckles.

"Don't apologize," Anna murmured, leaning in to meet the intensity of those eyes. Her heart was racing, heat radiating from her body. "I think you're pretty incredible yourself." Elsa looked surprised now, but the expression changed as Anna slowly slid an arm across the back of the seat and shifted closer.

"Yeah?" the taller woman started to say, but was cut off as Anna closed her eyes and moved close enough for their lips to meet.

It was gentle, sweet for a minute-but turned hungrier, turned more intense. Anna felt an ache start in her chest, in between her legs, and she gracefully swung a leg over and sat straddled on Elsa, knees bent, running her fingers through blonde bangs, her breath coming quick and fast. Elsa's delicate hands were roving, fingers lightly moving down Anna's spine and then carefully tracing where her shirt met her hips. Anna shivered, hands now tangled in thick blonde hair, and Elsa's cool palms were now firmly under her shirt, planted on her back, drawing them even closer.

Their weight shifted, Anna gently falling onto her back with soft hands supporting her. She opened her eyes to see Elsa smiling at her, softness in her eyes, and she smiled back as their lips met again gently, slowly, the younger girl's head dizzy.

She was-she wanted those hands to move everywhere, to stop being so teasing and polite and just completely do her in, but she was also hesitant to move too fast... She felt another rush of heat in her stomach as Elsa began softly kissing her neck, moving one of her arms to the couch to support her own weight and allowing the other to float down over Anna's breasts and put firm pressure on a delicate hipbone. A soft finger dipped below her waistband, tracing between fabric and skin. Anna shivered, hip twitching, and the older girl drew back, propping herself up on her left elbow.

"You okay?" she whispered, hazy eyes locked with Anna's.

"Y-yeah," she said with a hitch in her breath as Elsa ran her free hand across strawberry-blonde bangs.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to take that so fast," said the blonde, her smoky voice matching the fog Anna felt in her mind.

"No, it's okay," Anna said with a lazy smile. "I'm just...trying to control myself, I think, because I really...I want to. I really do." She hesitated, some of the fog lifting. "But...I also...haven't been with another girl before? I mean, I dated a few in high school, and we made out, but...never…"

The light eyes were filled with nothing but understanding. "It's okay," she reassured Anna with a kiss on the forehead. A blush crept onto the younger girl's cheeks.

"S-sorry," she said, as Elsa gently rolled over so they could both face the TV.

"Don't apologize," came a soft voice in her ear. "It just-I couldn't help myself, do you know how beautiful you are?"

Anna shivered again, relaxing back into Elsa's slender frame.

"Is that a no?" asked Elsa teasingly, her arm looping around to hold Anna close. "Because you are, incredibly so. Are those cute freckles everywhere on your body?"

"Maybe," Anna replied with a contented sigh. "Is the rest of your skin as gorgeous as your legs in those shorts?"

Elsa laughed, her warm breath tickling the back of Anna's neck. "You just wanted to have something to distract you from exercising."

"I'll never tell," came the demure reply as Anna reached to pick up her PS3 controller and revisit the neglected Netflix operation.

Another note: Most of my chapter titles here are country song lyrics, except for a few-for example, the pizza-eating chapter title is from a System of a Down song about eating pizza.

All of my fics (except the Golden Sun ones) are titled after lyrics from one country artist in particular. Trust me-coming up with appropriate titles based on one artist's work is kind of hard sometimes! I'll let you guess on who it is. :p Thanks again!