So here's the continuation epilogue of the previous chapter! Sorry it took a while to upload, there was difficulty doing so on my laptop. But here it is! Thanks for sticking through this :)
"This entire ball is stupid! We already sponsor enough people as it is! Do we really have to go?" Elsa groaned as she leaned forward, her forehead came into contact with the cold, glass mirror. Her hands were on both sides of the mirror as she closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"As the CEO of the company… Yes Elsa, you do have to go." Olaf laughed when his friend emitted another grotesque sound from her mouth.
"But you're the sponsorship man in charge… It's your job to go and recruit them, not mines." She hissed, placing the emphasis on 'your' and 'mines'. She looked into the mirror and looked at her attire. Her platinum blonde, luscious hair was down and slightly wavy and voluminous. A white pearl gown was worn to hug her curves as if it was a second skin. Her make up was done to perfection and what the kids would say now and days "fleek". She shook her head again and closed her crystal blue eyes.
"I need your approval on who I should recruit." Olaf reasoned.
"I gave you that position because I can trust that you can make the right decisions on who to sponsor! I know nothing about the celebrities today at all!"
"I don't know them either! I just go to the parties and recruit whoever seems promising, which is why I need your help!" Elsa's eyes opened immediately as she gave him a deadly look.
"What was the point of making you chair of sponsorships if you don't even have knowledge about the celebrities and what's in?!" Elsa spat and Olaf simply chuckled at his friend, sitting on the hotel bed and shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly.
"I have no clue! Out of all the jobs you could have given me, you trusted me with a job to be social and be in with today's top news? That's kind of your fault for not being a great friend." Olaf joked and Elsa's eyes raged with a stormy blue instead. Olaf simply laughed it off.
"You've been chair of sponsorships ever since this company was handed to me and you couldn't even tell me that you disliked your job?" Elsa breathed in, closing her eyes again. She heard Olaf's jubilant laugh.
"You were so stressed about being CEO of this big company that I thought I shouldn't burden you with my personal interests." Olaf closely examined as his friend shook her head and exhaled.
"I question a lot of things in life Olaf… One of them includes you."
"So you'll go to the masquerade sponsorship ball with me?" He squealed in excitement when Elsa nodded her head in response.
"Oh great! I have the perfect mask for you!" Olaf cheered as he rushed into the closet and grabbed two masks.
"What's the point of wearing makeup if I'm going to be wearing a mask?" Elsa sighed when Olaf placed the mask on her face and tied it behind her head.
"So when the people in the party asks 'Who's that girl?', you can take off your mask and say 'It's Elsa!' and then I'll sing the theme song of New Girl in the background! It'll be great! I can envision it now." Olaf joked. Elsa let out a small chuckle as she looked at herself in the mirror with the mask on. The mask was a pure white mask with lace that decorated into intricate snowflakes.
"The wonders of how a mask could make you look so much different in your facial aspect of your body."
"Well duh! That's what a mask does! Hides your identity from the world. Oh this will be so much fun!" Olaf squealed once more as he slipped on his black, glossy mask. This added the finishing touch to his basic, black tuxedo with the white shirt and black tie underneath it.
"Woo hoo. Fun." Elsa cheered sarcastically. Olaf shook his head at his friend's attitude and grabbed his essentials.
"I'm pretty sure our cab is here, so I'll just be waiting in the lobby when you're ready." And with that, he left the hotel bedroom.
Elsa sighed and looked at the top, right corner of the mirror to see a small piece of folded paper that was tucked slightly into the frame of the mirror. She grabbed the paper and opened it to show a phone number that she clearly remembered receiving. She smiled slightly at the memory and tucked the paper inside her purse. Maybe she would need a call for a dull night like this.
"Okay Anna so there are a list of sponsors from the following companies that will be attending this party. The list should be near the main stage of the ball so we should target that area first and make our way to finding these sponsors!" Kristoff smiled as he glanced over to his best friend, who was staring off into space. "Anna? Anna!"
"I was listening!" Anna sighed and Kristoff chuckled at his friend's tone of voice.
"Then what did I say?"
"You didn't say anything! You made this noise that you hear in old cartoons? It sounded like 'blah, blah blah, blah blah, blah blah.' Or along the likes of that." Anna said and Kristoff rolled his eyes at his friend.
"No, it was about sponsors." Anna shrugged her shoulders at his response.
"Same thing." She joked as she entered through the doors with Kristoff. They were at the top of a grandiose set of stairs. The people who were dancing and conversing at the bottom of the stairs wore formal clothing with a mask to each one of their faces.
Anna wore a mid-length black dress with frills and black heels. She then wore a silver mask with black markings to create intricate flowers. She wore her hair down to show cascading curls that reached the middle of her back. Kristoff wore his usual black leather shoes with a black coat, white collared shirt, black tie and black slacks. His hair was slicked back, much like the rest of the men in the room as well. He wore a black mask with golden designs.
"Are you going to take this seriously or what?" Kristoff sighed and Anna nodded her head.
"Will do!" A song played and Anna squealed. "Let's waltz to this!" She grabbed Kristoff's hand and dragged him down to the dance floor. He gave out a small laugh and decided to go with Anna's commands. If she wasn't going to find the sponsors, he'll just make the sponsors find her.
They reached the dance floor and Kristoff placed one hand around her waist while the other held her hand. She placed one hand on his shoulder and the other in his palm as they started to waltz to the song.
Anna couldn't help but laugh at Kristoff's attempts to dance. Although he was the classier, mature and diligent worker than Anna, he still looked like a klutz when he attempted to dance the waltz.
"I'm going to feel sorry for girl that has to dance with you when we switch." Anna laughed and Kristoff smirked and fired back.
"At least she will be a better dancer than you." Kristoff smirked and laughed as his friend feigned hurt.
"Ouch, that hurts. But I guess that's okay because you're just jealous." Anna laughed and Kristoff rolled his eyes before letting her go, switching partners with the people around the room who were dancing.
"Bye Anna." He laughed as he caught another girl. Anna rolled her eyes and instead of feeling a smooth catch, her body rigidly collided with another. Out of instinct, she placed her hand on the individual's shoulder and her other hand in their palm, assuming that they were one of the people who were dancing to the waltz. Instead, she was met with a slim figure dressed in white flats with a white gown. She saw smooth, platinum blonde hair and the individual finished off their identity with a white mask. The individual's crystal, blue eyes shined with confusion and Anna knew exactly why.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry! I thought you were a dancer and I – " The stranger laughed at her.
"It's fine! I'll just dance since your next supposed partner had just left the dance floor." The woman nudged her head and Anna's eyes followed to the man who had left, confused as to why he didn't receive a partner. Anna felt a cool hand rest upon her waist and her body sway to the tempo with the stranger. She looked into the stranger's eyes, which shined a bright blue of apology.
"You're that girl I was talking to that one night at the club last week!" Anna exclaimed, recognizing her voice from anywhere. How could she forget? That was the one and only night that actually got her mind off of Elsa. The stranger laughed at her deduction.
"That is correct." They kept waltzing to the music.
"Why are you here?" Anna asked, a bit confused and puzzled.
"Why everyone else is here. To be sponsored or to sponsor of course."
"So are you getting sponsored?"
"Nope, I'm sponsoring." Another switch in the song occurred, but Anna refused to switch. Surprisingly, the stranger refused to let her go as well.
"Oh I see." Anna couldn't take her eyes off of the crystal blue. She never knew that the stranger she had talked to on that night had the most beautifullest eyes… Was beautifullest even a word?
"So I actually get to see you but only your eyes. What's behind that mask?" Elsa asked. Anna simply shrugged her shoulders and kept dancing.
"What's behind yours?"
"A monster." Elsa laughed and Anna rolled her eyes. Another switch occurred, but Anna stayed with the stranger.
"You didn't seem like a monster on that night that I had talked to you."
"Well I am a monster."
"I think you're far from it." Anna smiled and she saw the stranger's lips curve upward as well.
"That's sweet of you to say considering that I never really called you back." Another switch occurred but Elsa kept her grip on her.
"Why didn't you ever call me back?" Anna asked with confusion written in her eyes. "Did you not enjoy our conversation?"
"I enjoyed it very much, don't get me wrong. I've just been very busy with work lately."
"What's your position?" Anna knew the song was soon coming to an end, but she didn't want to stop dancing or talking with the stranger.
"CEO." Elsa stated and Anna's mouth formed an 'o' shape.
"I see." They kept dancing to the music. "So when were you ever going to call me? Unless you weren't going to then that's perfectly fine…" Anna trailed off and Elsa gave out an angelic laugh that made Anna's heart skip a beat.
"Well, I was planning to tonight considering that I dread these kinds of things."
"These kinds of parties?" Anna noticed how soft the stranger's hands were.
"All kinds in general. I don't really like dancing either."
"Then why dance with me?" Anna asked, her teal eyes meeting the ice blue.
"Because I felt bad in the beginning, but I want to now." The song was concluding it's final few phrases.
"So will you dance with me for the next song?" Anna asked, her teal eyes full with hope and the stranger shrugged her shoulders.
"Why not? But it's not going to be another classical dance… if that's okay with you." Elsa stared deeply into those familiar teal eyes.
"As long as I'm dancing and talking with you, I don't mind." Anna smiled and the stranger smiled back at her. She felt butterflies in the bottom of her stomach, but shook it off. No, she shouldn't be feeling these kinds of things for a stranger. Her heart belonged to Elsa. But why was she feeling like this then? Were her feelings finally passing? No, they weren't. Something was up.
"So we don't necessarily have to dance to this song if we just talk?" Elsa asked and Anna shrugged her shoulders.
"We can just talk if you want to!" The song ended and Elsa took her hand off of Anna's waist, but still kept grip of her hand.
"That sounds wonderful." Elsa clasped onto Anna's hand and lead her away to a table, where they both sat down and talked.
"What company are you from?" Anna asked curiously. Elsa didn't respond to her question, but instead stood up, noticing how Olaf was giving her the S.O.S signal near the punch table.
"Would you like some punch?" Elsa asked Anna.
"Yes, please!" Anna exclaimed and Elsa smiled at her.
"I'll be back in a second." And with that, Elsa left Anna and made her way towards Olaf, who had an excited look on his face.
"You look constipated." She joked. Olaf's lips immediately curved downward. He crossed his arms.
"I guess you don't want to hear the news then!"
"You're acting like a child! What news could you possibly have told me that –"
"I just saw and talked to Kristoff." And Elsa's jaw dropped slightly.
"Wait, what?" Olaf sighed and repeated his words again.
"I just talked to Kristoff while you were dancing!"
"What?" Elsa asked again in disbelief. Olaf sighed dramatically.
"When he was doing the waltz, his switch of a partner didn't come to him. So, he walked away and you know how I get itchiness around my eye sometimes? Yea, so I took off my mask and he saw me and we hugged and talked and now we are done." Olaf explained and Elsa stood there in shock, her eyes widened as she took a minute to process this all.
"Do I need to explain this again?" Olaf gave an exasperated sigh and Elsa shook her head immediately in response.
"No, you don't. But what do you mean that you were done?" Elsa asked, realizing that Olaf had said that they were done.
"You'll find out. Just grab these two punches and go flirt your heart out with the girl you were talking to before! Not that it made a difference since you were flirting with her while you were dancing… But around the middle of this song, go and dance with her until the next follow up song. Do you understand me?" Olaf said, thrusting two cups of punch into Elsa's hands.
"I don't follow nor do I understand you." Elsa said with a puzzled look.
"Just… You do you!" Olaf said, pushing his friend back into the direction of where she had came from. Elsa stumbled slightly forward and looked up to see the stranger waving at her. Elsa smiled and created long strides back to her. She handed Anna her punch, who accepted it gratefully.
"Thank you!" Anna exclaimed, taking a sip of the punch. Elsa smiled at her and took a sip of her own punch while processing Olaf's words. Dance with her in the middle of this song? Why?
"So what's your name?" Elsa was snapped out of her thoughts by Anna's question.
"What's your name?" Elsa was about to respond when she felt her phone buzz. She peeked at it to read a message that Olaf had sent her.
Dance now! :| …. Please? :)
She ignored the text and was about to respond to the question when she felt her phone constantly buzz. She sighed and glared at her phone once more to see multiple texts from Olaf.
Don't you dare ignore me Elsa! Do it now or else you'll regret it
Don't you ignore me
Just
DO ITTTTTTT!
Elsa gave out a frustrated sigh and shut her phone off from the incessant buzzing.
"Sorry… that was my friend." Anna laughed at Elsa's behavior.
"That's totally fine." Anna was about to ask another question when Elsa immediately said.
"Would you like to dance?"
Anna gave Elsa a puzzled look.
"Like… right now?" Anna asked in amusement and Elsa nodded her head.
"Why not?" Elsa stood up and offered her hand to Anna, who looked at it for a second before looking at Elsa with her bright, teal eyes.
"Okay then." She accepted her hand and Elsa led her to the dance floor. The song was a slow song, so Elsa wrapped her arms around Anna's waist while she wrapped her arms around Elsa's neck.
"You're strange."
"So that makes me a strange monster." Elsa joked and Anna shook her head in response.
"Who would want to dance to a song that is about to end soon?" Anna laughed and Elsa shrugged her shoulders, genuinely replying back to her question.
"I have no clue." The song ended.
"Are we still going to continue dancing?" Anna asked and Elsa's smiled, the top of her shiny, white teeth flashed for a bit.
"Sure." Then the next song played.
What would I do without your smart mouth
Drawing me in, and you kicking me out
You got my head spinning, no kidding, I can't pin you down.
Elsa recognized this song immediately and her teeth gritted slightly. Was this some kind of sick joke that Olaf and Kristoff had decided on? Why, out of all the songs, would Olaf want her to dance to this specific song for?
What's going on in that beautiful mind
I'm on your magical mystery ride
And I'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me, but I'll be alright
She felt the stranger in her arms tense up slightly. Elsa looked down at her to notice her major discomfort and her sad, teal eyes start to slightly water up.
"Are you okay?" Elsa asked the stranger, who shut her eyes immediately and nodded her head in response.
"Yeah, I'm fine." But Elsa knew something was definitely up.
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind
"I'm sorry… but I can't dance with you, not anymore, not with this." And with that, Anna ripped herself out of Elsa's grasp and quickly ran off of the dance floor.
"Wait! What's wrong? Where are you going?" Elsa knew that Olaf had his reasons behind this. That stranger had her reasons why she felt suddenly uncomfortable. Everything has its reasons. Ironically though, Elsa didn't really have her reasons to chase after the stranger off the dance floor.
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Or maybe Elsa just didn't know the reason why she was chasing after the stranger.
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
But she knew that she had to chase after her.
Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh
Elsa saw the stranger collapse onto the edge of the lighted fountain outside the ballroom. She watched the stranger rip off their mask and throw it into the fountain, only to be met with a confirmation that she needed for years. The gut feeling that was finally reassured earlier that night when she gazed into those teal eyes. Those familiar teal eyes that gave her a distinct feeling. Although, she didn't want to jump into any conclusion.
Tears streamed down her cheeks and Elsa knew she had to approach her. She couldn't stop herself anyways to begin with. So, Elsa took silent, but obvious steps towards Anna and sat next to her on the edge of the fountain. She looked closely at the features of Anna's face. After many years, she still had that unique feature of her, but in a more mature aspect. This long endeavor for the both of them was now over.
But it could have been over a week ago.
Elsa groaned and mentally slapped herself in the face. How stupid was she?
Anna looked deep into the fountain, feeling her tears roll down her cheeks. She knew that the stranger was there, but she didn't want to show her any sign of weakness. She felt a comforting hand on top of hers. Anna felt the stranger use her right thumb to swipe away the wet tears that were venturing down her cheeks. Although, Anna never made eye contact with the stranger. But she did notice something about the strokes of this stranger. It was so much like…
More tears started to proliferate and run down her cheeks. The stranger pulled Anna in for a hug, who dug her face into the stranger's hair and allow the restrained tears to finally go. After a few minutes of crying, Anna pulled away and stared into the stranger's icy, blue eyes. The stranger smiled softly at Anna and moved her hand to the back of her head, urging her to untie the mask.
Anna toyed with the strings slightly before pulling it and letting the mask fall into the fountain pool. Her mask joined Anna's in the fountain and all Anna could do was allow more tears to fall. Anna opened her mouth, but no words came out.
Elsa simply smiled at her and leaned in, smelling that familiar lavender scent she always had. Their soft lips brushed together and for a moment, everything was still and quiet. Anna sobbed slightly into the kiss and her tears came into impact with Elsa's cheeks. Elsa simply smiled and held her close.
After a few seconds, Elsa pulled away and caressed Anna's cheek, gazing deeply into her teal eyes. She felt her body collide with Anna's and simply chuckled at her actions. She wrapped her arms around the girl's shoulders.
"Anna Arendelle… you are and always will be the only exception."
Fin.