Chapter 2: Durian
Author's Note: The rating was bumped up due to a future smut scene. Wow, sixteen follows! Already?! I love you guys so much! Elsanna forever!
Elsa
Elsa, two hours later, was still smiling from the strawberry blonde's comment. Anna huh? Elsa had never seen someone who was so irresistibly adorable.
She is really tempting me.
The rest of the shift had more customers after those two left. Elsa held up fine though. Now it was time to lock up and go home.
Those eyes. That hair. Her voice.
Lately, flashes of blue-green eyes, strawberry blonde hair, and a voice asking for a dragon fruit smoothie were plaguing Elsa. She just couldn't get that girl, Anna, out of her head.
"'Motherfucking goddess of beauty." Elsa smirked. And that was just my work clothes. Just imagine what she would say in bed... Elsa blinked. She was shocked with herself, she was normally unfazable, composed, ice. This isn't right Elsa, you can't have her no matter how much you want her.
Anna
It was lunch time at Arendelle High School and a certain strawberry blonde buried her face into her sweater as Kristoff Bjorgman told Rapunzel, Eugene, Mulan, Belle, Pocahontas, and Jasmine about the encounter with Elsa at the Arendelle Blend.
"And then when she goes up to get her drink, she-she says," Kristoff roared with laughter, "'Fuck, you are such a motherfucking goddess of beauty.'" Kristoff was clutching at his sides now.
Eugene laughed, Mulan snorted, and Jasmine chortled but Rapunzel, Belle, and Pocahontas turned to Anna with silent, serious faces. A moment of silence passed.
Rapunzel spoke first, "I had no idea you were lesbian!" She hugged Anna who finally stuck her head up.
All the others agreed that they were not aware of Anna's sexuality.
"I thought you guys knew." Anna said sheepishly. I could've sworn I told them last summer...
"Well, I guess we should've known, you haven't been in a straight relationship since your awkward freshman year with Kristoff and your Jennifer Lawrence shrine is a bit much." Mulan said.
"Yeah, but who doesn't love Jennifer Lawrence?" Rapunzel defended.
Everyone had to agree with that.
Rapunzel piped up. "On a scale from one to ten how hot was she?"
Anna said with no doubt, "Ten." How could she be any less?
Jasmine whistled. "Girl, you got it BAD. I expected you to give her a sultry 8.5 or some stupid strong number."
"Since I am your cousin, I demand to see this girl. Is everyone free after school?" Rapunzel asked. Everyone nodded and Rapunzel pumped her fist in the air.
"Yes! Let's accompany Anna to the Arendelle Blend and stalk this chick!" exclaimed Rapunzel.
"She always takes the after school shifts Monday through Thursday, right Kristoff?" Rapunzel questioned. Kristoff affirmed it and Rapunzel pulled out her Samsung Galaxy s4 and wiggled her eyebrows at Anna. "Let's get some pictures of your future girlfriend!" Everyone except Anna laughed and conceded with Rapunzel. Anna put her ice water to her cheek in an effort to cool her blushing cheeks down.
"For someone who is dating me, you are way too excited." Eugene commented. A second after that comment, a playful punch from Rapunzel was sent Eugene's way. "I'm just being cousin-y." Rapunzel paused. "Say anything like that again and I will yank off your goatee."
"Since we know about your thing with this Elsa girl, I guess we should tell you guys now." Jasmine said quietly, eying Mulan and Pocahontas.
Mulan and Pocahontas widened their eyes and shushed Jasmine.
"They don't need to know!" Pocahontas said frantically.
"Yep, that's a private thing Jasmine!" Mulan whispered loudly.
"Who fucking cares, I mean just 'cause we had a threesome doesn't make us bad people." Jasmine stated.
Rapunzel, Eugene, Kristoff, Belle, and Anna looked flabbergasted.
"YOU GUYS DID WHAT?!" Kristoff shouted.
Mulan and Pocahontas blushed heavily but Jasmine seemed unfazed.
"I thought you were dating Aladdin!"
"I am, but he sucks at oral."
"Aren't you a thing with John Smith?"
"He moved away last year though, and this long distance relationship is too stressful!"
"I realize you cross dress and cosplay all the time Mulan, but aren't you with that fencing guy, Shang?"
"This was just one time! I like widening my horizons!"
Belle was silent the whole time but now she spoke, "Is Mulan any good?" she asked quietly.
The group was stunned silent. "I thought you and Adam were stable? Did something happen?" Anna questioned.
"No-yes. Well, yes but it was minor. Adam is the only one pissed off. I had no problem with it." Belle answered.
"What happened?"
"Uh," Belle seemed temporarily lost for words which was strange for the avid bookworm. "We were having, uh, playtime and we were making out and we weren't exactly standing still in one place, and I sort of knocked down one of his drawer/cabinet things and a whole treasure trove of Playboy magazines, perverted manga, and other pornographic material spilled out. I told him it was slightly strange that he had that much, but I was okay with it, I mean who doesn't have porno, but he just... exploded. It was probably since it was that particular drawer. It's always been a touchy subject for him and he calls that particular drawer the 'west drawer' which makes me wonder where are the north, east, and south drawers?" Belle nervously laughed. "Anyway, we haven't had playtime in quite a while and I'm getting frustrated."
Her friends were speechless from Belle's little speech. Kristoff broke the silence and laughed. "I can't believe you changed the word sex into playtime!"
Belle blushed lightly but pressed her question again, "So was Mulan any good or what?"
Pocahontas shrugged, "It was fine but don't expect to be wowed."
Jasmine agreed, " 6.5/10. Her oral is solid though."
The target of the criticism was taken aback. "I don't know what you're talking about! I had you two screaming and moaning the entire fucking time. Poca over here was moaning 'Mulan, you make me sing with the voices of the fucking mountain' and Jasmine wasn't exempt either. 'I feel like Christopher Columbus because I just discovered A WHOLE NEW WORLD!' she screamed that shit so loud, I think that the neighbors would have notified the police if they didn't love me so much. But she didn't stop screaming 'A WHOLE NEW WORLD!' until I threatened to stop. She shut up real quick after that threat." Mulan smiled smugly. Anna giggled and kept giggling until she stopped and attempted to drink her ice water to only have another fit of giggles that caused her to choke. After Anna recovered, she said, "Any interest Belle?"
"No, I think I'll just wait for Adam to recover his pride." Belle answered stiffly. She was probably still trying to recover from Mulan's story.
"Thank god, I thought I would have to be the one to deliver the news to Adam that his girlfriend banged his buddy's girlfriend." Eugene said.
"So, everyone meet at the parking lot outside of the Blend after school and I'll hopefully have a plan by that time." Apparently Rapunzel wanted to be the co-captain on the stalking team. Good cousins think alike.
Elsa
She sighed deeply while massaging her temples. Why can't I get that girl out of my damn head?
Elsa looked up and plastered a polite smile at the sound of the door opening. Eight teenagers walked in. Elsa recognized two of them, the blond guy and Anna. The strawberry blonde seemed a bit more nervous this time, constantly whispering with the girl with short brunette hair. Everytime she attempted to get a response from the brunette the rest of the group would reassure her or pat her on the back. What on earth? I didn't realize that my smoothie making skills impressed you so much.
Elsa bit her lip. I can't. There is no future between us. She might be interested and I might be interested but that doesn't mean we can have a relationship or even a one night stand. If word gets around to Dad, he won't let me off easy.
The platinum blonde repeated her motto, her mantra, Conceal, don't feel. Don't let it show. She said it again and again until she felt reasonably composed.
Thankfully, she wasn't the only one on shift this time. Franco was there to take care of almost anything besides smoothie making and Mike was in charge of cleaning.
A dark, young man cleared his throat to get Elsa's attention
"Um, Elsa do you want to take their orders or do you want me to?" Franco asked. He and Elsa always swapped duties every once in a while.
Elsa replied, "Yeah, I want to take the orders. I want to make the smoothie orders too. I feel like I've been slacking off."
Franco chuckled, "You haven't been slacking off, you've been functioning like a normal person for once. Not everyone has as much stamina as you Elsa."
Elsa acknowledged the compliment with a smile and attended to the cash register.
Anna walked shyly toward the cash register and spoke to Elsa. "My-name-is-Anna-and-I'm-sorry-if-I-made-you-uncomfortable-butIwouldliketogettoknowyouandwheneveryou'refreedoyouwanttogogetabitetoeat?"
Elsa didn't catch anything besides the introduction and apology. The rest of what Anna said was lost in the rapidity of the words coming out. "I'm Elsa," she gestured toward her name tag, "and I accept your apology. You didn't have to though. It was cute. I've never been called a goddess or a goddess of beauty, much less a motherfucking goddess of beauty." Why am I giving her a chance? " I'm sorry but I didn't catch what you said after your apology."
Anna blushed. "Can-can I start over again? I don't feel like that was a proper apology or introduction at all and I want to really apologize since it was rude for me to call you a-" Elsa laughed before she could go further. Damn. She is just so cute.
"It's fine. If you want to start all over I won't stop you." Elsa said
Anna took a deep breath and started again. "I'm Anna Henriksen and I would like to, actually love to, apologize for my remark yesterday that may have made you uncomfortable. Although we had a rocky start, I would like to get to know you and ask when you are free so I can take you out for bite to eat." It sounded like Anna had planned this out beforehand.
I don't know what's more cute, her rambling or her attempt to stick to her script. Elsa smiled. "I'm actually always off work on Fridays and I only have one class at around 3. So, around 5 and after I'm free. Do you want to grab dinner on Friday?" What are you doing Elsa?
Anna blushed, "Y-yeah, yes, sure." Anna's face looked relieved but then it turned slightly annoyed. "I was actually supposed to ask you out."
"I don't think it actually matters Anna. Oh, and how old are you Anna?" Elsa asked.
"I'm eighteen. I've been technically an adult since last month, April."
Elsa let out a deep breath. She was relieved. "That's good. Are you or your friends going to order anything?"
"I'd like the durian smoothie, large. I'll be drinking a lot of smoothies from now on." Anna paused to look up at the ceiling. "Um, because the weather forecast for Elsa is hot, hot, hot!" Elsa laughed. Anna had flirted with her, and this time, on purpose.
"Anna, please dial it down. It's supposed to be Spring but unfortunately your hotness is making Summer come earlier. Really Anna, 96 degrees?" Elsa raised a pretendingly angry brow at her.
Anna giggled, "Just make my damn smoothie, Elsa!"
Elsa smiled and went to work.
Anna
Her friends cheered when she returned to their table.
"I thought you were basically dead when you dropped the ball at the beginning but luckily, she caught it for you!" Rapunzel exclaimed.
Kristoff patted her back, "Good going, feisty pants."
Jasmine was beaming at Anna. "You weren't kidding with the 'ten' I thought you were exaggerating. But now we know the truth. I mean, just look at her!"
Anna smirked. "Get off of my woman, Jasmine."
Mulan stared at Anna. "Taking possession already? It's a bit early don't you think?"
The strawberry blonde bit inside her cheek. She's right. I am getting ahead of myself.
Rapunzel shot Mulan a glare. "She's just jealous because she didn't stake a claim sooner." Rapunzel reassured. Anna weakly smiled.
What if she doesn't like me after the date? Wait, where are we going for dinner?!
Rapunzel seemed to notice Anna starting to panic. She grabbed Anna's hand and squeezed tightly. "You'll do fine Anna. You've only known her for, what, two days and you've only had a real conversation today. Judging by that, you may actually have game, Anna."
Anna lit up. "What would I do without you Rapunzel, I don't know."
Rapunzel joked, "Probably homeless, dirty, and lonely."
Anna playfully slapped Rapunzel and Rapunzel slapped her back.
"Your durian smoothie is ready, Anna." Elsa called out.
Anna bolted to the counter and grasped the yellow smoothie.
"What aromatic concoction have you made today?" Anna sipped on it gratefully. It was thick and its sweet smell filled Anna's nostrils. "Ah...I'm having a foodgasm right now."
"Where and when are we going to dinner?" Anna inquired.
Elsa thought for a moment. "I actually don't know yet. What's your favorite food?"
"CHOCOLATE. It is food fit for the gods." Anna's eyes were all fired up.
"I can work with chocolate." Elsa said. "Come back tomorrow and I'll have the details worked out by then."
"I'm looking forward to it."
"Me too."
Kristoff tapped Anna on the shoulder and gestured toward his watch.
"Ah. I have to leave. See you later Elsa!" Anna yelled as she reached the door.
"Bye Anna." Elsa reciprocated.
Anna left the air conditioned shop to the scorching heat of the outside. She rushed to Kristoff's Jeep and flew to the front seat.
"Turn on the A/C! Dammit Kristoff hurry up!" Anna commanded. She was clutching the durian smoothie with her thighs in order to seatbelt herself since all the cupholders were taken with old coffees. After she seatbelted herself she took a gulp of the smoothie.
"What the hell are you drinking? It's stinking up my car!"
"It's durian and it's delicious." She glanced at the drink and her eyes widened. "Holy shit..." Anna could feel a smile working at her lips. Elsa hadn't made her pay for her smoothie. Anna felt that this was probably intended. Elsa you nice bitch.