Chapter 2

Ow! Anna thought as she untangled herself from her blanket and tried to get off her bedroom floor. As she stood up, she looked at her alarm clock and saw that she was almost late for work.

Anna hurried into the bathroom to get ready. She pulled on her work uniform of jeans and the mandatory green button-up shirt, along with her high-top converse. She grabbed a muffin from her counter and was about to close her front door when she realized she forgot her keys.

Yep, I'm gonna be late. She grabbed her house key and ran out the door. She ran down the flight of stairs without stumbling and started walking down the street. She checked her phone for the time and saw that she had four minutes to get to work on time. She started waking faster and made it with one minute to spare.

She walked into the back room and grabbed her brown apron and name tag. Her co-worker, Olaf, was already back there taking the warm pastries out of the oven.

"Hey Anna," he said when he saw her.

"Hey Olaf."

"Hey, could you put these in the case in the front? Please?" he asked setting the trays of muffins and danishes on the counter.

"Of course." She noticed that he looked tired. "How long have you been here?" she asked him.

"Since about five. Marsh is sick so he won't be coming in today." Marshmallow was Olaf's brother. Anna had been working here for just over a year and she still didn't know what his real name was. She guessed he was called that because he was huge. Even bigger than Kristoff.

Kristoff. How did I forget about that? Just thinking about it now, Anna started to blush thinking about how embarrassing it had been. It took her a moment to notice that Olaf was staring at her. Oh yeah. She'd been having a conversation.

"Why didn't you call me? I could've come in earlier to help."

"Come on, Anna. We both know you would have slept through your phone ringing." He gave her a look and she blushed.

"Whatever. I'm just gonna take these to the front." She grabbed a pair of oven mitts and grabbed the first tray. She walked behind the counter and slid open the glass case. One of the pastries squirted out some custard on to her hand. She turned around to grab a napkin and her hip hit the tray of pastries. Anna hurriedly reached out and pushed it back onto the counter. Unfortunately, the tray was still very hot and burned her hand.

"Ow!" she said, biting back a few choice words that came to mind. She held her hand close to her and went over to the sink to run it under some cold water,

"What happened?" Olaf asked as he came into the room. Then he noticed her two burnt fingers. "Oh," he said. "Is it bad?"

Anna looked at her hand. "No. I don't think it'll blister."

"Okay," Olaf said and started putting the rest of the food in the case.

Just then a customer walked in. She walked up to the counter. "Hello. What can I get for you?" Anna asked smiling at the customer.

"Hi. Um, can I get a large black coffee and a blueberry muffin please?" the lady asked.

"Of course. Coming right up." Anna grabbed the muffin from the case and went to get the coffee. She punched the numbers into the cash register and gave the lady her total. After giving the woman her change, she smiled and said, "Here you go. Have a great day." the woman gave her a small smile and left.

That was how most of her day went. Occasionally, her thoughts would drift to Kristoff. During her lunch break, she stole a sandwich from the case and ate in the back room.

Shortly after her break, a group came in. between her and Olaf they took care of it quickly. Anna was wiping off the counter when she heard someone come in.

"I'll be with you in a second," she said without looking up.

"It's fine. I'm in no hurry," said a deep voice. Anna looked up and saw Kristoff standing in front of her.

"Oh. Hey Kristoff." She smiled up at him. She hadn't noticed his eyes yesterday. They were a warm, light brown.

"Hey Anna," he said. He said smiling. They both noticed they were staring and blushed. "Umm, hey. I didn't know you worked here," he said. That, of course, was a lie. He had noticed her work shirt yesterday and had spent all day trying to convince himself to come in.

"Yep. What can I get ya?"

"Can I get a sandwich with turkey, roast beef, pastrami, lettuce, tomato, mayo, mustard, and pickles?" he asked looking at her.

She looked at him for a moment before answering. "Um, sure."

She turned around to make his sandwich. "So, how long have you worked here?" he asked Anna.

"About a year and a half. I love it." She smiled. There were a few minutes of silence as they both tried to think of something to say, both coming up empty.

"Okay. Here's your sandwich. Your very big sandwich." He blushed a little.

"Thanks." He payed for his food and was about to leave when he turned back around, looking a little uncertain.

"Um, hey Anna?"

"Yeah?" she asked looking up at him.

"I was wonder if maybe you wanted to, I don't know, do something this weekend? Unless you're busy, then it's totally fine if you-"

""I'd love too," she said, cutting him off. He looked relieved.

"Okay, cool. Awesome. I'll call you then." He gave a short wave and started to walk off.

"Hey Kristoff?" Anna yelled. He turned around. "Don't you need my number then?"

HE looked embarassed. "Oh. Yeah." she grabbed a napkin, pulled a pen out of her apron pocket, and wrote down her number. She walked over to him and handed it over.

"here you go."

"Thanks." Another customer walked in just then.

"Alright. Talk to you later," Anna said.

"Look forward to it," Kristoff said, and left.

After her customer left, Anna did a little happy dance. She also noticed that her shift was over. She put her apron and name tag in the back room and walked home smiling.

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