The morning sunlight streamed in the bedroom windows that Saturday morning. Lying in bed were two very exhausted lovers. Elsa was draped over Joseph using him as a pillow, while Joseph had an arm wrapped around her back. Elsa was snuggling against his warm muscular chest. Last night had been one of the best of their lives.

Joseph was the first to wake up. Moaning slightly, he opened his eyes, groaning at the harsh sunlight. As his eyes adjusted however, they landed on his platinum blond hair blue eyes girlfriend. No, not girlfriend, fiancée he reminded himself.

She looked so calm, so peaceful as she continued to sleep, oblivious to the fact that she was being admired. Joseph had to resist a chuckle. Elsa must have been really tired after last night.

Joseph blushed slightly remembering the first time they had ever been intimate. Elsa had been the one to initiate the relationship. On Anna's wedding night even. 'funny, I wasn't even planning on going in the first place.' He reminisced

It was just another day at the office. Joseph had to deal with several rather snobby businessmen who wanted a corporate merger, just for the sake of making more money. Joseph however was adamant that he would not do that, mainly because the company had been in his original employers family for generations.

When he had first arrived at the company, his employer noticed that Joseph was a hard worker and saw the best in every decision he would make. He took Joseph as an apprentice showing him the ropes and eventually, Joseph was set to inherit the company should anything happen to his employer.

That came sooner than expected when the employer died of a heart attack. Joseph 21 at the time had inherited the company, becoming the CEO. Though young and fresh out of the army at the time, Joseph proved an able businessman.

After dealing with his (not) potential partners. Joseph had grumpily headed back to his office, ready to pack up and leave, simply because he knew his old friend, the President of the Company would be able to handle the rest of the day without him. as he was about to walk out of his office door, his intercom buzzed. "um sir… you have a call on line one."

Ah, the secretary. Best thing for the office, worst thing for the time. Walking back to his desk he slammed the button and hissed into the speaker "who is it?" he growled

"Rapunzel sir. Rapunzel Fitzherbert." His secretary responded

Rapunzel? Why would she be calling him? Sure they had been friends back in high school, but after they both left for college they had never seen or heard from each other until several weeks ago. Not that it was her fault. Joseph sighed and picked up the phone. "Rapunzel" he said

"Joseph, oh thank god I caught you. Listen we have a major problem." She told him

Joseph was surprised by Rapunzel's attitude. She sounded very distressed. That was odd. Usually she was as happy as anyone could be.

"what?" Joseph asked, curious about his old friend.

Rapunzel was silent for a moment. The tension was so thick, Rapunzel could have cut her hair in the time she was silent. Joseph on the other hand was suddenly beginning to wonder if Rapunzel was going to ask a rather big, or odd favor.

"well um, Joseph, my cousin Elsa doesn't have a date for the wedding." Rapunzel mumbled sheepishly. Joseph's eyes widened and he nearly dropped the phone. "Da-Date!" he yelped in surprise. He had only met Elsa once. When he ran into Rapunzel at the coffee shop. He blushed as he remembered her outstanding blue eyes. However getting himself together, he said "Rapunzel I don't even know Elsa. We hardly spoke a word at the coffee shop."

Rapunzel sighed heavily on the other end "Joseph listen I know its short notice, but Anna really wants Elsa to be happy. Besides I saw the way you were looking at her."

Joseph felt himself blush, knowing Rapunzel was right. Though he and Elsa had barely spoken to one another, he had spent several moments simply catching a glimpse at her face.

She was breathtakingly beautiful, with her platinum blond hair in a braid, cascading down her shoulder. She had been wearing a white shirt with a teal blue jacket. Her face was pale, her pale lips in a slight pout, though she smiled ever so slightly when she made eye contact with him.

Needless to say, he was attracted to her.

He could already imagine Rapunzel giving him a puppy dogface. "Please…" she whispered, a slight quiver in her voice.

Joseph sighed "when?"

Rapunzel squealed in happiness "in 30 days, so get yourself ready mister! And don't tell Elsa! Its supposed to be a surprise" without another word she hung up.

Leave it to Rapunzel to call someone so far in advance that you had that much time to get affairs in order. Joseph had to cancel his business meetings during that week; the President wasn't happy about that, but decided to give Joseph a vacation when he heard about Anna's wedding. Joseph decided to do so, not expecting what he had gotten at all.

Until then though, business went as usual. Nothing much happened until the night he met with Elsa again the night they were almost mugged.

Eyes darkening, Joseph moved his leg slightly. The wound had healed some time ago, but it was different now. The limp was not a fatal loss. It had brought him and Elsa together.

Joseph was lying on the ground, Elsa having wrapped his wounded knee with her jacket. The pain had been unbearable, but Elsa's quick thinking had stopped the bleeding. Elsa was now on her cell phone calling an ambulance.

"yes!" Elsa was practically screaming into her phone. She had spent the last few minutes on the phone. First they had asked what her emergency was, then where she was. However, despite Elsa giving them a clear description of the location, it seemed that the signal was terrible where they were, so she had to repeat or correct whatever the operator was saying on the other end of the line. Finally after what seemed like an eternity, Elsa hung up the phone and turned to Joseph.

Joseph looked at her face. tears were running down her face and she was hyperventilating, clearly this had been a terrible ordeal for her. Of course who could say otherwise. Potentially being attacked at night was a risk for those who walked at night. Had Joseph not been here, there was no telling whether or not Elsa would even be alive at this point.

Despite the pain, Joseph managed a smile. "you didn't run…" he rasped. Elsa only glared at him. "if I had you would have been dead by now." She managed to say. She continued to hyperventilate.

Joseph smiled. She was right. They had saved each others lives tonight. They barely knew each other, and they had managed to save each others lives. You can't say that happened often.

He turned his head, hearing the sound of the ambulance coming closer. Elsa noticed as well, and she tried calming down, but it wasn't going to be easy. For crying out loud, she had almost been mugged, heard her savior get shot and whacked the assailant with wood. Tell me that was going to be something to get over quickly.

Finally after what seemed like ages, the ambulance pulled but, lights and sounds blaring angrily. Out of the back came several paramedics with a gurney, the quickly came to Josephs side, gently lifting him up by his legs and arms, carefully not to cause him any pain. They managed to get him on a gurney and remove Elsa's now blood soaked jacket. They shoved it in a bag (Elsa would later tell them to burn it) and asked Elsa if she wanted to ride in the back with him.

She had accepted of course and stayed by his side the rest of the night.

Joseph smiled wondering just what made Elsa stay with him. At the hospital, he knew it was guilt, but she hadn't shot him, nor was it her fault. Never at any point did he blame her for the limp he now carried. It had happened there was no need to worry about it.

Afterwards however, he didn't understand. After he had gotten through surgery, he had been surprised to see Elsa in the waiting room. He would have thought she'd had gone home.

She didn't however and he could remember that next morning as well. He was touched by her inherent caring of him, because it made him fall in love with her even more. He was eternally grateful for that.

Joseph awoke the next morning, his leg still strapped by the wires and wrapped in a cast. Great… though in actuality, it hadn't been that bad. The doctors told him that he would be able to leave potential the next morning after surgery. That was good. With a sigh he snuggled into his pillows, but as he did so he was shocked at by who had already buried her head into them.

Elsa was leaning forward her head inches from his, snoring lightly. She looked like she had slept there. She rally had vowed to watch over him all night hadn't she? Still that didn't seem like a very comfortable position.

Resisting the urge to stroke her head, Joseph turned his attention to his leg. The bullet had been removed, but the damage was done. He would carry a limp. 'but if I hadn't… Elsa might have suffered a worse fate.'

He sighed heavily staring at the ceiling. The white walls were calming, like snow. Joseph never thought that he would ever end up in a hospital room. Yet here was.

Elsa began stirring. With a slight moan she lifted her head and stretched. "ohhh" she gasped as realized where she was. She colored slightly, for she was very close to Joseph. However when her eyes landed on his leg, her smile faded "your leg… "

Joseph simply shrugged "I'm just glad that its still there." He told her

Following that day, Elsa had been by his side. Unlike Elsa who had spent most of her life as a recluse, Joseph was more of a socialite (being a business man had its moments), though he tried to get away from it as much as he could. Woman trying shamelessly to seduce you everyday wasn't terrible, but the last thing he wanted was to be slandered as a playboy.

Most of the woman, of those that he had dated, were models who were simply after him for his charms and money. Naturally, this was not something he wanted in a wife and he promptly broke it off with them as soon as he found out the truth behind them wanting to be with him

Thankfully him dating Elsa had managed to put an end to the long list of woman trying to seduce him. of course some tried to take advantage being ditzy, but he never faltered.

The more time Joseph spent with Elsa, the more time he came to realize that she was the one for him. she was kind, sweet, gentle, and cared about those in her life.

At Anna's wedding he noticed just how close the two sisters were and he wondered just how Elsa and Anna turned out so differently despite their extreme closeness and similar habits.

As a child he didn't have many close friends, mainly because his family spent most of the time traveling. He had lived most of his life in Europe, though he had also been as far as Oceania at times. Despite this his family eventually settled down in he United States by the time he was 13 and he finally began to have a life outside of traveling all of the time.

It wasn't long after that that he had met Rapunzel for the first time.

Joseph was walking down the street. He was exploring the town that his family had settled in. the air was warm, the wind was breezing and for once in his life he could finally be in a place that he could call home.

It was odd that he could even say that. Of course always being uprooted every few months tended to do that to you.

As he turned down another street, he heard something. It sounded like… crying? He walked down the street and turned another corner to find a young girl in a purple dress crying, her shoulders shaking with every sob.

Joseph hesitantly approached her. He had never had to deal with crying woman before. "hey" he called softly to the crying girl. The girl looked up startled by the sudden appearance of a stranger.

Despite the tears and redness on her face, Joseph had to admit that this girl was very beautiful. She had a very nice skin tone, green eyes that were huge and so similar to his own and long golden hair that was the equivalent of staring at the sun.

The girl suddenly shrieked and grabbed her purse, throwing it at him. Joseph effortlessly caught the bag and calmly held it. "any reason you want to kill me?"

This time the girl stared at him "I'm sorry" she mumbled "I thought you were some kind of ruffian" she said a blush spreading across her cheeks.

Joseph chuckled "Ruffian? You don't get out much do you?" he joked. But to his surprise, the girl looked down, more tears leaking down her face "no. I don't"

Joseph was generally surprised by this response. However he didn't ask why this was. Instead he placed the purse down next to the girl and bent down, taking her hand in his.

"hey whats your name?" he asked. The girl looked at him a moment before mumbling "Rapunzel"

Joseph gave her a smile "My name is Joseph" he replied. "tell me do you like ice cream?" he asked her

Rapunzel gave him a large grin "Like it? I love it!" she cried.

She then proceeded to drag Joseph to the nearest ice cream shop (since Joseph was new in town he honestly had no idea where they were going) but they ended up have a great time.

The two had been best of friends ever since. It would be a few months later that Joseph would find out that Rapunzel had been with her abusive nanny at the time and that she had hit Rapunzel, leaving the girl to run off.

Outraged, Joseph told Rapunzel to report it to the police. Rapunzel, deciding to take the chance, reported the abuse to the police and Gothel, as he found out, was later arrested and jailed.

Following this, Rapunzel's parents started spending more time with the girl at home, rather than their own business. Rapunzel seemed very happy with this arrangement. She had a new friend, a new life and could finally be free in her life.

The two had remained together through thick and thin, taking life at its fullest. Though they never became an item, they supported each other throughout the years, until Joseph left to go to college in the military. Rapunzel on the other hand went to an art school. They hadn't seen each other for nearly a decade after that.

He worked through school, and eventually graduated, but he was discharged following this because he was not qualified for the life of a soldier. However, his time there had made him decide to seek out more in life.

Despite being 21 when he inherited the company, Joseph was hardly needed in the office at first, so he spent some years traveling again. However after that, he decided to work at the office more frequently to avoid having to leave again.

When he finally did decide to return the company, he made the most of it becoming one of the top CEO's in the world.

But none of that mattered to him. He just wanted to live life as normally as he possibly could. It had worked out pretty well so far. Joseph could not help but laugh slightly.

He continued to stare at his fiancée, marveling how she was still sleeping. She was a heavy sleeper when she wanted to be, but she was never one for being asleep for most of the day.

Joseph just laid there, not wanting to disturb Elsa until she herself woke up. After all, she did like her beauty sleep.

Elsa just continued to sleep, moaning about "chocolate" she licked her lips. Ah chocolate, one of the many things that they had in common.

He wondered just what else she was dreaming of? After all, Elsa now had to plan for the wedding. Knowing Elsa like he did, she would no doubt want it to be held in the winter. She always had a thing for snow. He liked snow, but not the cold. He was always one for the warmer weather.

That didn't matter. Elsa's happiness was the only thing he cared about. He had rarely ever seen her upset and it was not something he would ever want to cause.

Elsa rarely confided in him with her problems. He didn't mind. Elsa was a private woman, so he didn't want to make her talk if she didn't want to. If she ever did talk, it was about something major. At least major to her.

He knew Elsa had a troubled childhood, but never asked her directly about it. he didn't want to bring her any pain. Instead he was happy to make her present and future as happy as he possible could.

Joseph then sighed, snuggling back into the pillows. Closing his eyes, he felt himself relax back into sleep as he listened to the sound of Elsa's breathing.