Chapter 6

(1 Month Later)

Anna and Kristoff walked out of the bowling alley, laughing. "Oh my god! How can you be that bad at bowling?" Anna gasped out while still giggling.

Kristoff tried to look angry but it didn't really work because he was also somewhat embarrassed. "Well at least I didn't fall over trying to pick up one of the balls," he teased her. She shrugged.

"Well not everyone can be all big and strong," she defended. "But if I remember correctly, you were the one who let go of the ball on the backswing. Almost broke that poor lady's toes." Kristoff look embarrassed again, and Anna noticed. She stood up on her tiptoes and gave him a quick kiss.

"Thank you for taking me though," she said and smiled at him. He seemed to forget his embarrassment and grinned back at her. He nodded and grabbed her hand, pulling her along the sidewalk. They walked in silence, Anna resting her head on his arm. After a few minutes, however, the silence was broken by Anna's stomach growling.

Kristoff chuckled. "Hungry? Why don't you come over and I'll make us dinner?" Kristoff suggested. Anna nodded.

"Sure. What were you thinking?" she inquired.

"Umm, how about fajitas?" he asked, looking down at her to check. She nodded again, smiling.

"That sounds perfect! Do we need to stop by the store?"

He thought for a moment before saying, "We should. We need tortillas and some soda." He pulled her into the store. They walked down one of the aisles, Kristoff grabbing a package of flour tortillas. They walked to another aisle where Anna picked out a bottle of Dr. Pepper. Kristoff nodded in approval. After paying, they let the store.

Anna used the time that they spent walking to admire Kristoff. His hair was still long, covering his forehead and barely touching the top of his eyes. He had shaved so his face was smooth. His disarmament eyes shine brightly as the evening sun shone off them. His brow was creased as if he was lost in thought and Anna thought that he looked perfect in the lights of the storefronts and the sunset.

Kristoff suddenly realized that she was looking at him and looked down. She had been staring and she blushed when he caught her.

"What? Is there something on my face?" he asked Anna. She shook her head. "Oh. Well why were you staring?" he asked self-consciously.

"Just admiring the view she said quietly and smiled slightly when his blush deepened. He cleared his throat as they came to his house.

He unlocked the door and let her enter first. She went into the kitchen, Kristoff coming in behind her. He set the bags on the counter an pulled out the contents. He went over to the fridge and got out the meat, onions, and peppers.

Kristoff started to slice the meat while Anna started slicing the peppers, leaving the onion for Kristoff to cut. It didn't take long before they were sitting down to fajitas and Spanish rice. While they ate they talked about random things. TV, music, work, were some among others. After rejuvenated their plates, Kristoff grabbed both Anna's plate and his, tsking them both to the sink.

"Wanna watch a movie?" he asked her when he came back over.

"Sure," she said walking over to his case of DVDs in the living room. She scanned the shelf and grabbed I Robot and handed it to him. He looked at it and put into his player. He went into the kitchen and brought out their drinks. "Oh. Thanks," she said and sat on the couch.

He nodded and grabbed the remotes before sitting beside her. He turned the lamp next to the couch off and started the movie on. Sitting up quickly, he paused the movie. "Hold on,"he said standing up. He walked down the hallway and a minute later came back with a bag in his hands. He sat down again and grinned at her. Reaching into the bag, he millennium a package of 'Chip's Ahoy Chocolate Chunk' cookies, and a variety of candies. Anna grabbed some Redvines and Almond Joys. He grabbed some licorice for himself and leaned back.

Playing the movie again, he raised his arm and looked at Anna expectantly. She smiled and leaned into his side, sitting up taller to kiss his lips. He tightened his arm around her and moved his lips against hers, increasing the pressure. After a minute of this, Kristoff ran tongue along Anna's bottom lip. She opened her movies th a little bit more to grant him entry. When the need for air made itself known Kristoff pulled away, his forehead resting against Anna's. It took the a moment to catch their breath, and once they did he sat back and smiled widely at her before turning back to the movie, which luckily was still in the opening credits. He took the blanket off the back of the couch putting it across their laps.

Anna couldn't stop smiling and concentrate on the movie, paying attention to Will Smith. Anna started getting sleepy about halfway through the movie and eventually drifted off into a peaceful slumber.

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Anna was startled awake by her phone ringing. Opening her eyes, she saw that her and Kristoff were on the couch, Kristoff still sleeping. She took her phone out of her pocket and saw that it was only 4:00 a.m.

Who is calling at such a god-awful time? she thought to herself.

"Hello?" she answered the phone, her voice still thick with sleep.

"Yes, hello. Is this Ms. Anna Winters?" a male voice on the other end of the line inquired.

"Um..yeah. May I ask who this is?" Anna asked in confusion.

"I'm sorry to call you so late, or early, whichever way you want to look at it. My name is Dr. Olsen at Portland Memorial Hospital. We have a young woman here and you're listed as her emergency contact," he told her.

Anna sat up, now completely awake, her heart beating faster. "Who is your patient?" she asked the doctor.

"Elsa Winters," he responded and Anna froze, feeling tears prick at the back of her eyes.

"Oh my god. Oh my god. What happened, is she okay?" Anna asked frantically. She realized she was being loud, as Kistoff stirred and started to awaken.

"She was driving home when she was hit by a drunk driver. Her car flipped over. She hit her head and broke two fingers on her right hand. Right now she is still unconscious, however she is showing signs that she might wake soon, although she will have concussion. I understand if you can't come immediately, but it was mandato-"

"No, no, I'll come right away," Anna cut him off. He gave her instructions to find the correct entrance and how to get a visitor's pass.

After hanging up, she put her head in her hands and let the tears flow. She heard Kristoff move next to her as he reached over and pulled her onto his lap, cocooning her in his arms. She cried harder for a minute as he rubbed her back. Finally she pulled away.

"Hey," he whispered. "What happened?" he asked softly., still rubbing circles on her back.

Anna took a deep breath. "It's Elsa. She's in the hospital," she answered him just as quietly.

"Damn," he mumbled. "Is she okay? What happened to her?"

"She was hit by a drunk driver. She broke two fingers, and is gonna have a concussion when she wakes up."

"What about the asshole who hit her?" he asked Anna.

She shook her head. "I don't know. I didn't even think to ask. I was too worried about Elsa," she told him and more tears threatened to fall.

"Hey. Sshhhh," he whispered in her ear, trying to calm her down. "Where is she?" he asked.

"Portland."

"Did you want to go down there?" Kristoff asked her. She nodded.

"Yeah, but I don't have a car," she said. "How am I supposed to get there?" she thought aloud.

"Easy. I have a car, I can drive you," he said as if stating the obvious.

Anna's eyes widened. "Oh, Kristoff. I couldn't possibly ask-"

"Don't even try that. I am going to drive you, so don't even bother arguing. We'll stop by your apartment and grab some clothes first, then head to Portland," he stopped her from arguing with him. "Now, did you want to go now, or in the morning?"

She smiled st him thankfully. "Now, please."

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Kristoff sat in the truck while Anna packed a bag of clothes. She came back out of the building and got in the truck, throwing her duffle bag into the backseat.

The drive was relatively silent. Neither of them spoke much, lost in their thoughts.

When they arrived, they entered the building and went to the desk for visitors' passes. They went up to Elsa's room. Kristoff waited outside the room while Anna went inside.

The room was cold and clean and very white. The walls were white. The blankets white. Even the body under the blankets looked extremely pale. Elsa lay in the bed in a light sleep. Her hair was in a bun that one of the nurses must have put it in. Anna felt as if she would start sobbing again.

She stepped closer to the bed, but froze when Elsa stirred.

Elsa woke when she heard someone walk into her room. Blinking slowly she looked around the room. Her eyes widened when they landed upon the person who made the noise.

"Anna?"