Author's note: Hello again! Was a busy week last week so I'm happy to have another update for you guys. Hope everyone is doing well!

Anna woke up slowly, coming out of a relaxed and peaceful sleep. It was a welcome feeling, being able to wake up on her own after a rough week of meetings and classes and stuff to do.

She shifted, smiling as her nude body brushed up against the one beside her.

Elsa was on her back, arms above her head, chest rising and falling slowly, her blonde hair carelessly tousled. Anna reached up to touch her own hair with a frown. It got unbearably frizzy in sleep, no matter what she put in it. She yawned, suddenly aware of how dry her mouth was and her undeniable need to go to the bathroom.

Damn beer, she thought as she carefully shimmied out from under the dark blue blanket and crawled down to jump off the foot of the bed.

She pulled her jeans and underwear on, checked her phone. She had a few texts, but no missed calls, and was relieved that nothing had apparently gone wrong in the past 12 hours. The texts were just people checking up on her-the girls knew she was going to Elsa's the night before, but Anna wasn't usually the type to stay out all night.

Running a hand through her hair, she slipped her tank top back on and eased open the door.

Sven, who was lying by the stairs, perked his head up and immediately began wagging his curled tail. Anna smiled at him as she tiptoed down the hallway, heading for the bathroom, wincing at the dull ache in her thighs.

She cupped her hands and slurped down some water after relieving herself, with Sven leaning on her and thumping her leg with his tail.

"Hey bud," she whispered, kneeling to ruffle behind his ears. He was panting happily, and pawed at her knee with a stubby leg.

He followed her back into Elsa's room and jumped onto the bed, lying down at her feet. Anna smiled, looking at the still-sleeping form of...well, of her girlfriend, she thought, with a smile.

She hadn't dated anyone in a while, but for some reason she felt a little funny for wanting to crawl right back in bed instead of doing the awkward morning after "see you later" disappearing act that she had done before (and that had been done to her before). She had a short shift at the bakery in a few hours, but there was no harm in getting a little more rest.

She slipped her phone out of her pocket and shrugged her jeans back off, climbing back over the blanket and under the covers. She had just opened Facebook when she heard Elsa yawn and stretch.

Anna turned her head to see a pair of bleary blue eyes looking at her.

"Hey," she whispered with a smile.

"H'lo," said Elsa, voice rough.

Anna must have been grinning like an idiot by now, but she couldn't really help it, as she was once again hit with how gorgeous this girl next to her was. Really, was it even fair for someone to look this good? Was she dreaming? Had she died sometime, long ago, and she was in heaven?

"How'd you sleep?" asked the blonde, rubbing her eyes.

"Very well, thank you. And you?"

"The same," she replied with a soft smile. Sven crawled up and wedged himself under Elsa's arm, tail thumping. Anna frowned, her view temporarily obscured by his triangular black ears.

A door opened down the hall, and she heard footsteps thumping.

"Elsa?" came an accented voice. "You up? You want some coffee? We have lifting weights at noon today so we are chasing away the hangovers."

"Do you want coffee?" she whispered to Anna, who nodded with a smile.

"Yeah, I have work at one, so I should probably get going," she whispered back.

"Yeah, thanks Hans," Elsa called, then paused, eyes glinting. "Anna's here too, could you make her some?"

"Ya, of course. Hi Anna," Hans said, and the strawberry blonde could hear amusement in his voice. She blushed.

"Hi," she said, shooting daggers at a giggling Elsa as the redheaded man headed downstairs.

"Oh come on, like they already haven't figured it out," the blonde said, wrestling Sven into a different position so she could see Anna better. She furrowed her brow, biting her lip, and the gesture completely wiped away any of the younger girl's indignation. "What...I'm sorry, this may be rude. But...how common is it for...well, I mean, the stereotype of sorority girls is that…"

"Ah, how will my sisters react?" Anna mused. It was definitely something she'd thought of herself. Elsa nodded. "Well," the strawberry blonde said slowly, "I mean, there was a senior in the house last year who was gay, and no one thought anything of it. And you'd be surprised-some of the fraternities have gay guys." She frowned. "I know the stereotype, that we're all conservative homophobes, and it's true for some of the other houses, unfortunately. But with my sisters, no. I don't think there will be a problem. It takes all kinds, you know?"

"Do any of them know that you're into girls?"

"Yeah, I think so. If not, well-they're in for a surprise, aren't they?"

"We're a subversive species, we queers." said Elsa with a glint in her eyes, and Anna laughed.

"Besides-we're going to all be at the animal shelter with you tomorrow, so there will no doubt be delicious gossip running rampant after they all find out how hot you are. Just promise me not to try and hit on them all, okay? I don't need any one of them trying to organize a threesome with their sorority president and her smokin' girlfriend."

"I won't make any promises."

"Will your roommates care?" Anna asked, trying not to feel nervous about hanging out with the lacrosse boys after they totally knew she slept over.

"Oh, hell no," said the blonde. "Although," she continued thoughtfully, "I'm not sure what...I mean, I usually just...casually date." She scratched behind her head, looking suddenly a bit unsure. "You know, I think they'll be cheering once they realize that I hope to keep you around for a little while. They seem to think I need a girlfriend."

Anna smiled. "Yeah, I haven't really had anything steady for a while. I've been busy, of course, but...the right person can always become a priority, you know?"

She delighted at the color that rose in Elsa's cheeks.

"Flatterer," the blonde muttered softly. "I'm going to get dressed so the guys can gawk at you over breakfast, mmkay? Oh, and-don't take it personally if one of them corners you and tries to tell you not to go breaking my heart. They're protective in that way."

Anna nodded tried not to stare too much as Elsa rolled out of bed and slipped on a t-shirt and a pair of leggings. How did they even make leggings long enough to cover legs like that?

"I know you're looking," called the blonde coyly as she brushed her hair, and Anna feigned innocence.

"No way-oh shit, can I borrow that? My hair's a hot damn mess in the morning."

A few moments later, once both were clothed and somewhat presentable (Anna borrowed a t-shirt), they headed downstairs to the smell of coffee and the sound of the boys chattering away in Norwegian.

"Hey," the guys chorused, a little too casually, and Anna could just tell Olaf was smirking behind his coffee cup. Hans was making scrambled eggs on the stove.

"Would Coach appreciate you guys weightlifting hungover?" Elsa teased as Anna dumped milk and sugar in her coffee.

"He won't be there," grunted Kristoff, who was smearing jelly on a piece of toast. Sven, who had followed the girls downstairs, was begging for his own piece. "But we have to be since we'll be seniors next year. Gotta lead the team."

"We were doing a great job last night leading the drinking games," mused Olaf. "We can surely lead some weightlifting."

There were only four chairs around the table, but Elsa pulled a beanbag chair from Olaf's room and plopped it down next to Anna, who was fiddling with her hands while she waited for the coffee to cool.

"Hey El, can you let the dog out?" Kristoff asked.

"Totally. Come on, Sven! Outside!" she said, and the dog scampered off. Anna smiled as they disappeared out the front door.

Olaf leaned conspiratorially across the table. "So." he said with the air of someone trying not to act too interested. Anna's stomach did a weird twisty thing.

"So?" she asked, trying not to sound nonchalant.

Kristoff leaned in, too, and Hans wandered over from his place by the stove.

"Look, we all do this for one another when one of us brings someone around enough," Kristoff began. "But Elsa especially, you know, she has not been in a lot of relationships and the ones she has been in haven't been the greatest, so-"

"So basically," Olaf interrupted, drumming his fingers on the table, "And trust me when I say I don't really feel the need to tell you this, but-Elsa's like a sister to us."

"Right," Anna squeaked out quietly as three grown men stared at her.

"And we feel the need to protect her," Kristoff continued. "So...just fair warning in case you're not as nice as you seem. Okay?"

Anna gulped and nodded vigorously. "I would never," she said hurriedly. "I mean, we're still working things out of course, but...if something didn't work out well, I would not be a total bitch about it, you know?" The guys all smiled, and she knew it was genuine.

"So, welcome to the family," said Hans, lightly punching her arm. "We are all happy to have you around."

The strawberry blonde blushed and looked down as Elsa burst back inside with the dog. She lifted an eyebrow at Anna, noticing the awkward silence, but said nothing.

"Shit, did you guys look at the student paper today?" Kristoff asked, frowning as he looked at his phone. He was met with silence, so he looked up. "Apparently police busted an off-campus house and found a whole load of illegal drugs."

"Really?" Anna asked, curiosity piqued. "What...what kind?"

"Well, some pot and stuff, but it says there was a stash of Rohypnol and ketamine."

Anna's expression instantly darkened, her grip tightened on her coffee cup. "Does the paper say who it was?"

"Yeah," said Kristoff, scrolling up on his phone. "The house belonged to that kid they call Scar and all his roommates. That prick Gaston and a few others live over there, don't they?"

"Never liked them much," said Hans, putting the pan of scrambled eggs in the middle of the table. "Would not put it past them to have drugs."

"I wonder how the student paper got a scoop like that, do you think the police tipped them off?" Kristoff mused as he took a spoonful of egg. "I mean, it just happened last night. They must have had someone right on it. Looks like...nah, no name as the author, it just says 'staff report.'"

Anna could feel Elsa's eyes on her as she whipped out her phone and texted Kida.

Looks like your boyfriend and the newspaper staff had a late night.

She took some eggs and a piece of toast, mind whirling. Sure, it was good that some of the guys in that group had been caught. But what about Mal and Ursula and Cruella? Surely, if they really were the ones trying to drug people that weekend...would the boys give them up as accomplices?

Her phone buzzed and she had to check it, feeling rude as Elsa and her roommates chatted around her-but also needing to know what happened.

Right place at the right time, Kida wrote. And Milo told me that there are a few students who told police that they saw Mal and Scar and all of them around parties the night everything went down. So the police will probably try to find any grounds to arrest them.

Thanks for the info, Anna replied, locking her phone and tuning in to the conversation of sports (which she knew enough about to feel included).

After they ate, Anna reluctantly decided she should probably go home and put on her work uniform. The boys were off to lift weights, but Elsa offered her a ride and she gladly took it-it was November now, after all, and it was chilly outside.

"I can drive you to work if you want," said the blonde as Anna grabbed her jacket. "Do you really walk all that way all the time?"

"Sometimes I bribe the girls to drive me, but yeah," said Anna with a smile. "And it's a good thing, too. I eat so many sweets when I'm there. My body needs time to burn off the calories."

"Well, clearly those sweets and all that walking are a recipe for success," said Elsa, winking as they headed out the door. She paused as they climbed in the car. "Hey-were those people who got arrested part of that group that you think drugged Tiana and the other people?"

Anna nodded. "Yeah. Guess we'll see what happens, huh?"

Her shift at the bakery was just five hours, and it flew by as usual. Saturdays were busy, with Ohio State students and nearby residents popping in to do work or get a hot beverage. The fall and winter always brought customers in droves, and Anna had quite a few regulars who she loved chatting with over the counter in between re-stocking pastries and trying not to spill anything on her khakis, polo, or pink apron. One of her favorite pairs of people was a big, hulking dude who came in all the time with his...well, she wasn't sure if she was his daughter or just a friend, but this little kid loved sweets.

She walked home, inwardly groaning as she remembered she would have to turn her clock back tomorrow and that it would soon be dark in the evening all the time. Anna much preferred summer, late nights outside, taking long walks in the hazy evening.

There was a pretty purple car with darkened windows sitting a few houses down that Anna had never seen before. Must belong to one of the other sorority houses, she thought.

What she didn't see, as she got closer to her house, were two headlights flashing on and a window slowly rolling down.

In the setting sunlight, the Zeta Kappa sorority house looked beautiful. The bricks seemed to shine in the orange glow, and the light coming from the living room was warm and inviting. The big "ZK" etched in the front windows had a bright sheen to it.

She loved this house. And she loved the girls in it.

And Anna knew, even with the sisters she wasn't very close to, that her coming out as being in a lesbian relationship would be absolutely fine. That's what sisterhood was for. It was love, it was acceptance, it was support.

And tonight, just as it had a few weeks ago, sisterhood for President Anna Johnson would mean protecting her girls.

She was in the kitchen, laughing with some of the girls, when she heard glass breaking and several girls scream. Instantly, she whipped around and raced towards the source of the noise, just in time to hear another crash and round of screaming from the living room.

"Girls, get out of there!" she cried, almost falling over with her own momentum as she reached the doorway.

Shattered glass littered the cream-colored carpet of the living room, and two bricks sat ominously close to where some of the sorority girls had just been hanging out and watching TV. There was a smoking piece of fabric lying on the floor, which Mia stamped out desperately to keep it from scorching anything in the house. Anna ran over to help, gasped as she saw the words written on one of the bricks.

"Snitches get stiches."

With a snarl, Anna wrenched open the front door in time to see the purple car peel away from in front of the sorority house.

"Are you fucking kidding me?!" she bellowed, flying down the lawn and into the street. "You could have sent someone to the fucking hospital!"

Anna's adrenaline and anger were no match for the car driver, who tore down the street at a reckless pace. Anna heard a screeching and a grinding sound as the car rounded a corner and disappeared. Still running, she made it to the corner and saw that the driver had scraped against a parked car and part of a purple bumper was laying in the street.

Furious, she whipped around to look back at the beautiful glass front window of the Zeta Kappa house, which was now jagged and broken. She patted her pockets for her phone, dialing the police department.

"I'm at the Zeta Kappa house at OSU," she said through her teeth to the dispatcher as she stormed across the lawn inside. "Someone just threw some fucking bricks through our front window." Most of the girls were huddled in the dining room, and Anna took a moment to make sure no one was hurt.

"We'll have someone as soon as possible, ma'am," said the dispatcher calmly.

"Thank you," she growled, hanging up with as much force as she could with an iPhone.

Though angry, and though a tension headache was already building, her expression softened as she looked into the wide eyes of her girls.

"The police are on their way," she said softly, kneeling, suddenly exhausted.

"Anna, who the hell?" asked one of the girls. Anna sighed, frowned.

"I have a sneaking suspicion," she said, meeting Kida's eyes from across the room. "But I don't want to start any gossip."

A few of the girls huffed. Tiana looked up.

"I heard some people were arrested today for illegal drug possession," she said quietly. "The same drugs that I took a few weeks ago. Do you think this is related?"

Anna's stomach twisted. Every eye was on her-even Kida, who knew what was going on possibly better than Anna, was watching.

Her desire to protect them, to let police things work out by themselves, fought with her desire to let them know. If she was in their shoes, wouldn't she want to know what the hell was going on? Know who was responsible for drugging one of their own and throwing flaming bricks through the front window?

"It could possibly be related," Anna said carefully, and a bunch of the girls started talking at once.

"Girls-come on, give me a minute," she called over the chatter.

The doorbell rang suddenly, and they all fell silent.

"Listen," she said slowly. "I know you are all dying to talk about this. If you have a significant other or someone who may be worried about you, let them know you are okay. Otherwise, please do not go posting stuff online until we have this cleared up and the police are investigating. Okay? Promise me."

Nods went around the room. Anna sighed, knowing full well that this would be news all over campus by tomorrow.

"Thank you," she said, heading to the door. Two young man stood in the doorway.

"Are you Anna Johnson? We're with the Columbus Police Department…"

"Yes sir. Come on in," she said wearily, groaning as she saw a TV news truck pulling up. How the fuck did they know?!

This was going to be a hell of an evening.

Author's note: Took a little detour to develop this sub-plot, my dear readers. Thanks for your patience with me and my story! Hope you all have a great week. See ya 'round! Hugs!

Raggy