Two months later
"Olaf…" the brunette boy looked up from his computer and glanced sideways. His brown eyes searched through the darkness of the room and spotted a pair of familiar blue ones.
"Hey did I wake you? Sorry about that…. Just senior project you know?" Olaf said, tapping lightly on a button that resulted in the brightness of the laptop screen to dim down. The brunette boy glanced back at his best friend to barley see the outline of her figure on the bed. He saw her shake her head lightly before swinging her legs over the mattress.
Through the dim light that his laptop provided in the darkness of the room, he was able to see her disheveled hair and her light blue eyes. Her outline and figure enlarged each step she took towards him. Olaf glanced behind her to identify another figure under the blankets, probably being Belle.
"No you didn't wake me. It's just… something has been on my mind lately." His friend arrived right in front of him, her one hand grasped her elbow and Olaf nodded his head. He silently closed his laptop and watched his friend turn on her heel and head towards the door.
Olaf got up as well and quietly tiptoed his way towards the exit of the room. Once he arrived, he closed the door shut behind him and made eye contact with his best friend that stood in front of him. She leaned against opposite wall and sighed, running a hand through her hair.
"What's up?" His eyes shined with genuine concern. Elsa hadn't confined her problems to any of them, not ever since New York. Now, here she stood, balancing on one foot and thinking of how she should get her message through.
"You told me about how you fell in love once right?" Elsa looked at her friend, who nodded his head.
"Yes, yes I have. What does this have to do with your problem?" There was a small silence. The only sound being heard was the pitter patter of the rain against the house.
"What are you supposed to feel when you're in love?" Olaf's eyes widened at the question. He saw Elsa look down onto the carpet ground. Was Elsa in love with Belle? Was she ready to say the three strong words?
"It's… really different for everyone." He started, keeping his eyes on his best friend. She fidgeted, biting her bottom lip softly. Olaf continued. "For me… I felt like her and I were the only two people in the room. She made me feel alive… She made me feel safe and secure. Every time we were together, it wasn't just me being the big person or her being the big person. We were both equal. We were selfless and we would give up anything for each other's well-being or happiness…"
Elsa simply stood there. She took in each word that came out of Olaf's mouth into consideration.
"When you're in love with someone, you would put them first before any of your needs. You would give up being with them, as long as it kept them safe. You would take a hit for them." Olaf finished, looking at Elsa to see her nod her head. She looked… distant.
"What would you do if you were in love with someone Olaf?" He nodded his head again.
"Well… It depends what kind of situation said person and I are in. If we're already together, then I would tell them the three big words and prove it to them."
"And if you're not?" Olaf's eyes widened for just a second. Was Elsa in love with another person?
"Then… I would let them know. If they run away from you and ignore you for the rest of your life, than you know that she wasn't the one." Elsa sighed, massaging her temple as she finally looked up to meet her friend's gaze.
"Life isn't fair." She said simply and bitterly, earning a chuckle from Olaf.
"It isn't. Sometimes… you don't get everything you want. There's this really cheesy and popular statement about love. Want to hear it?" Elsa nodded her head slowly. "If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it's yours forever. If it doesn't, then it was never meant to be." Elsa looked away and scoffed at his words.
Olaf just smiled at his best friend's reaction. Love was something that was never simple to begin with. It would break and fix you.
"How are you still not with Hans?" Rapunzel watched Anna shrug her shoulders. They sat side by side in Chemistry class, ignoring the teacher and his life story.
"I just can't okay? I don't feel the same way Hans feels for me." Anna replied simply, her tone bittersweet.
"Anna what's-" Rapunzel was abruptly interrupted by Anna.
"You know what's up? That I find out I can't be with someone I like all because of this stupid thing! You know what else is up? You Rapunzel… You out of all people can't give me my happiness!" Anna hissed, glaring at her friend beside her.
Rapunzel sat there, her mouth dropped open and her eyes were the size of moons. Why was Anna being so… rude? Bitchy?
Anna just gave out a bitter laugh from Rapunzel's confused reaction.
"You knew Rapunzel! Shit, you even helped him sabotage it! I could've had a chance with Elsa and you couldn't be the good friend and help me out? Did you think Elsa was going to be a bad influence for me? Did you think Hans was the perfect boyfriend? I thought we were best friends, but I guess I was wrong." Anna said dryly. Her eyes filled with anger and disappointment. Her lips were now shut together in a firm line. A ringing sound resonated through the room and Anna got up, grabbed her books and stormed out of the room.
Rapunzel stood there dumbfounded. Anna knew. Anna knew but how did she find out? Rapunzel never told anyone and she was pretty sure Hans never told anyone. There had to be someone out there that had to tell Anna this… but who?
"Anna." Flynn walked over to an exhausted Anna. She lay on the soft grass, her hair splattered all over the place and her eyes closed. Her limbs looked weak and sore. Anna opened one eye to see Flynn standing above her, his arms crossed and a smile perched upon his lips. Anna closed her eye again and let out a breath.
"What do you want Flynn?" Her voice was weak. She knew that he had sat down near her head, his legs crossed and his elbows placed upon his lap. He placed his chin in his hands and slightly leaned forward, staring at the features of her face. Bags. She had bags under her eyes and her hair was untidy.
"I've come here to relieve you of your stress." He said simply. Anna's forehead creased and she opened both eyes and stared at Flynn.
"What are you talking about?" Anna's voice was now filled with interest.
"Honestly… I'm here to help you Anna. Ever since the first day I saw you, I knew that something was up. So, I did some digging of my own and I just want to let you know that I'm on your side." Flynn said cautiously and Anna's eyebrows scrunched up together in confusion.
"So what's up?" Anna now propped herself up and placed all her weight onto her elbows.
"You've been fooled all this time… You and Elsa have been running circles around each other. Both of you are being led on by misunderstandings. I think that you and I should go out and get dinner right now… This story I'm going to tell you will take some time." Anna looked at Flynn and didn't hesitate to get up. She didn't hesitate at all to enter her car and follow him to this small burger joint. If it had to do something with Elsa, then Anna was all ears.
Anna stood at her locker alone. There was no Rapunzel nor was there a Hans. She was alone and she liked it that way. She angrily stuffed her books into her locker. Everything made more sense now. The news she had gotten from Flynn made Anna's eyes light up, her exhaustion out of sight and her body full of energy.
But, the news just angered her afterwards. Anna stood at her locker, her hands balled into fists. She slammed her locker shut and punched the steel door, slightly denting the door.
Anna thought she could trust Rapunzel. Trust her with this kind of information and help her out. But instead, she had betrayed her.
Anna punched the locker again, earning a deeper dent and a small amount of blood dripping from her knuckles.
She had a damn chance with Elsa and her selfish boyfriend and idiotic best friend ruined it! Now Elsa was happy and in love with someone else. Gosh… Elsa must have thought that Anna was just toying with her feelings and…
Another clang was heard and more blood dripped out of Anna's knuckles. She was so damn angry. She was angry at Hans, angry at Rapunzel and angry at herself.
Anna's body shook as she stood there in the deserted hallways. School was over so it would be expected for the hallways to be empty. Anna's blood stained the white tiled floors but she didn't care. She was about to throw her fifth punch against her locker when she heard her name being called.
"Anna!" She turned around to see Flynn running towards her, dressed in his football uniform and his helmet held in his hand. The color of the uniform was white. The number on the uniform was green with a few green stripes.
Flynn stopped in front of Anna and grabbed her wrists, preventing to hurt herself further.
"Let go of me Flynn!" Anna cried, pulling her wrists away from Flynn's firm grasp. But, it didn't budge a bit.
"No… No! Anna stop it!" Flynn's grip tightened around her wrist as she flung them everywhere.
"What do you expect me to do Flynn? I was tricked for one whole damn year! Thinking that the girl I liked thought I was some loser! And now she's moved on and I could've had my chance with her and…" Anna sobbed, her struggles came to a sudden stop and she fell against Flynn's shoulder. Flynn let go of Anna's small wrists and wrapped his arm around his newfound friend. Anna lay limp in his arms, letting go all of her feelings that were bottled up.
"It's okay Anna… It's okay." He hushed the broken and confused red head. He continued. "We can fix this okay? Don't you worry about it! We just need a plan." And the pair stood there; Anna crying in Flynn's arms in the deserted hallways.
They needed a plan. This plan had to be amazing, it had to be great and it had to happen now.
"You got this Anna! You got this! Deep breaths now, deep breaths." Anna shrugged her shoulders and jumped a bit on her two feet, her hair bouncing up and down at each jump. Her eyes shined a bright teal, a teal of determination. Her teal eyes were so bright that it outshined even her bright clothes of a nice neon green shirt and icy blue colored shorts. Gosh, call her crazy because she was doing the most dangerous thing in her life.
Anna was at the corner of a four way intersection in her school hallway. She knew that if she had turned around the corner to the right, Anna would be seen. Students still scattered the halls, but Anna didn't care. Today was the day and she shouldn't screw up.
This was simple. Just go up to Elsa and explain everything. Just explain every single detail that happened throughout Junior year and how her friends had screwed it up for them.
She was just around the corner. Just around the simple corner. Anna took a deep breath and was about to turn the corner to the next stage until she heard a familiar voice that didn't belong to Elsa.
A familiar feminine voice.
Anna's ears perked up as she leaned herself as close as possible to the corner without revealing herself. She didn't want to seem like a stalker or an eavesdropper. But, by the looks that everyone was giving her, she would probably be classified as a stalker by the end of the day.
"What did you want to talk about Elsa?" that sticky sweet voice that Anna despised, that Anna wanted to snarl at and crush into millions of pieces.
"Look Belle… This is kind of hard to say…" Elsa started. Her voice was filled with uneasiness and lacked confidence. What was she going to say?
"What's wrong Elsa?" Anna just wanted to drive a knife through her heart at how sweet her voice was. Belle was perfect for Elsa and here Anna was, trying to steal her back. Then, she heard Elsa say.
"Belle… It's just that-"And that's all Anna could hear. Instead, she heard Flynn's smug voice in her ear.
"You're not supposed to be a stalker. This isn't part of the plan dear." Flynn laughed. His lips were harshly grabbed closed shut by Anna's small hand.
"Shut up!" Anna hissed. Then, Anna was able to decipher three words from Elsa through the rowdy hallways.
"… I love you…" And Anna's world came crashing down. She didn't hear any words after Elsa had said that phrase. She loved Belle and Anna was being ridiculous if she wanted to take Elsa back. The two of them were in love.
"For Christ Sake!" Anna groaned. She harshly let go of Flynn's lips and silently ran down the hallway. In the end, she never turned the corner nor did she hear anything after Elsa had said 'I love you'.
Who was she kidding? Elsa moved on and she was in love with Belle. Might as well just give up.
But, that didn't mean she would forgive Hans or Rapunzel.
Half time had arrived and the crowd cheered on as the players ran off the field. Once every single player had evacuated off the field, the whole audience erupted into conversation with one another. The lights in the stadium were shining a bright white and marching band was preparing to get onto the field. So, everyone chattered with one another while they waited. Anna had called her cheerleaders off, telling them that it was half time and to take some type of break. She also couldn't stand being next to Rapunzel. She needed some space and some air.
Anna went off the field and into the bleachers where the audience was located. She looked around and spotted one of her friends. She smiled gratefully and ascended her way up to her. Her friend, Ariel, sat on the highest top right part of the bleachers. She sat there alone and Anna knew it was because majority her friends never really went to this. She was probably here for her friend in marching band.
Anna saw the bright, red headed girl looking off into the distance. Her attire was a short purple skirt with a white blouse. It wasn't something formal, but it was something casual. Anna went up to the silent girl and smiled at her when they met eye contact with each other. Ariel simply smiled back at Anna when she noticed her.
"Hey Anna! How's it going?" Ariel asked, tilting her head slightly to the left as she eyed Anna up and down with a friendly smile on her face. Anna smiled back at the benevolent girl and answered.
"Life's okay. How's it going for you?" Anna watched Ariel shrug her shoulders nonchalantly.
"Senior year is going fine. There's a lot less work from teachers, but more pressure and stress from college." The girl chuckled and Anna smiled. Ariel was so friendly to her and Anna admired her personality as well. She stood in front of Ariel, talking with her and laughing about their old memories. Once marching band had finished their performance, Ariel waved at her friend that was walking towards them.
Anna took that as a signal to get back to her team. The game would start eventually and she needed to warm up and prep her girls.
Then, the unfortunate event happened.
One of the baseball boys that were on Elsa's side in this high school feud approached Anna. His name was Bart and even some people on his side never really liked him for the stupid things he would do.
Bart approached Anna with a smug look on his face. Bart wasn't a good person. He always loved to cause trouble and loved to get anyone hurt. It allowed him a feeling of authority and allowed him to feel superior.
Plus, he was never fond of Anna just because she was the sweetheart. So, not a lot of people liked Bart after he had placed three pieces of chewed gum in Anna's hair when they were in second grade.
His blonde hair was spiked up and gelled; his attire was a glossy leather jacket with a black shirt and black pants. His green eyes glazed with mischievous. Once he was a good three feet away from Anna, he spoke.
"Long time no see Arendelle." Bart acknowledged in a cold voice, giving Anna shivers that ran down her spine. She knew that trouble came. Trouble always came when Bart was around.
"What do you want Bart?" Anna spat at him. She had never done anything to him at all during elementary school. Anna was actually the first one to talk to him when he came in as a new student. She was friendly and kind to him, but he never accepted it.
"So I heard you and trash broke up?" He gave a crooked smile and Anna rolled her eyes at him.
"Old news Bart. What do you want?" Bart shrugged his shoulders as a gesture and inched closer to Anna, resulting in her to take a step back each step he took forward. Eventually, Anna felt the two bars of the metal bleacher against her back and saw how close Bart was to her.
"Well Anna… Since you and Hans are over…" Bart wiggled his eyebrow suggestively and Anna's face paled.
"Uh no Bart." Anna said flatly and Bart shrugged his shoulders again.
"If you say so." He gave Anna a fake smile and his arms flexed and tensed. Anna's eyes widened and she was about to evade it, but it was too late.
The push came hard and Anna felt herself lose her balance against the two metal bars. No, no, no! Gain balance and control! You're a damn cheerleader!
But, she never did. Anna fell off the bleachers. She positioned herself so that she would land on her tailbone first. She braced herself and prepared herself in receiving a bruised tailbone or feel that hard drop against her. She was ready to feel the impact resonate through her body and she was prepared to accept the consequences. But, it never happened.
Instead, she felt slender soft arms hook onto the middle of her back and below both her knees as if the person was carrying her bridal style. Anna slightly peeked her eyes open and met with an intense icy blue. She immediately smelled that scent of snow and vanilla and she knew exactly who it was.
A small smile graced upon Elsa's healthy and full face. Her eyes were filled with happiness and desire that Anna didn't notice. Elsa's red painted lips parted slightly as she let out a giggle at Anna's reaction.
Anna's eyes were widened and surprised, her mouth slightly agape and her cheerleading uniform was slightly crinkled. Her hair was a bit of a mess due to her drop from the top of the bleachers and her eyes were flashing from being afraid to being nervous.
"Are you okay Anna?" Elsa still held Anna in her arms.
'Damn, has she been working out or something? It's like her arms had gotten bigger." Anna thought when she felt Elsa's pale arms against her body. She could get use to this.
"Uh… yea." Anna looked into those icy blue eyes and her heart stopped. Never has she seen Elsa this way before. She was happy. Her eyes looked as if she was looking at a god and it made Anna blush a deep red, being noticeable to everyone in the whole stadium.
The whole audience was filled with silence. They watched the scene unfold. They watched Anna talk to Bart and Elsa run down from her seat when Anna was falling off the bleachers. The audience watched Elsa catch Anna in time and were now watching them gazing into each other's eyes. Gazing into each other's eyes passionately, as if they were in love for an eternity.
Then, a deep male voice was heard. A voice that made Anna flinch and Elsa tense up.
"Parker! What are you doing touching my girl?" Hans barked, being located ten feet behind them.
A/N: I just wanted to say thank you guys for sticking with me through this fic and it's been forever since I've updated (School is already killing me)
Anyways, just wanted to give credit to ProbablyDisney, for revising this chapter!
So hopefully, I'll be able to update soon... depending on how hectic school gets.
