Elsa awoke later that morning. With a moan she snuggled closer to Josephs chest, too tired after that passionate session to get up out of the bed. Besides it was Saturday wasn't it?
Elsa moved her head slightly, spotting her ring finger, which now held her engagement ring. The brilliant cyan stone practically glowed with its beauty. Joseph must have searched high and low for this type of ring.
Joseph was never one for 'expensive tastes'. The ring was simple, with only the cyan gem atop the silver ring. To Elsa it was the most beautiful thing in the world. of course she couldn't help but be a little biased, considering it was hers. Even Anna would have to agree on that one.
Oh god Anna! How was she supposed to break it to her little sister that she was engaged? For crying out loud Anna was practically in tears when Elsa had refused to give a blessing for Hans marriage just before they found out that he was cheating on Anna. That had been just about a few months into their relationship. Hans had treated it well at first but later that year was when Anna found out he started cheating on her.
Anna stared shocked at Elsa. Her hands fell to her sides, unable to believe Elsa's response. Didn't she want her to happy?! But all Anna could do was stare, not able to make any sound.
Hans was just as shocked for he did want to marry Anna. But Elsa knew him all to well. He just wanted Anna's inheritance.
Elsa had noticed this in Hans early on. he was a smooth man. Anna would always congratulate him, but Elsa knew what he was really saying. He was a spoiled rich man who cared only about one thing. He cared nothing for anyone else. he would only use Anna for things Elsa knew was wrong
"no Anna you can't marry him!" Elsa told her. "I know that you have been going out for several months, but I cannot, will not bless this marriage!" she said harshly.
Anna had always been naïve. She took Hans for the complete gentlemen, but Elsa saw all the flaws that Anna did not. Hans only saw Anna's money, and would only use her. Elsa had tried to like Hans, but found it impossible. There was absolutely nothing that could be said that would ever change her mind.
Anna's face was on cracking, tears streaming down her face, but she kept an angry tone in her voice. "Elsa!" she screamed angrily "I'm 23! A grown woman I am capable of making my own decisions!"
"like the time you decided to go out partying the night before your finals senior year!" Elsa responded angrily. Why couldn't Anna see this she was rushing into this? why didn't she see Hans the way Elsa did.
"That was years ago." Anna replied "and I still passed!"
Elsa sighed "I had to drag you back home to get some sleep! If I hadn't, you would have failed!"
Despite the situation in front of him, Hans couldn't help but give Anna a sly look. He leered at Anna, giving her a evil grin. "party huh? He huffed "perhaps—"
CRACK! Hans stumbled backwards clutching his cheek. Anna gasped, running to Hans, inspecting the damage. Nope not broken, but definitely bruised.
Elsa stood there, the offending hand still in the air. Her chest was heaving and her eyes were blazing. "Hans Westerguard!" Elsa hissed angrily. Boy if Hans hadn't been scared of Elsa before, he must have been now. "if you ever try to insinuate that again… I will not hesitate to have you thrown out of this house!"
Anna stared at Elsa before her shoulders slumped in defeat. Clearly Elsa was not going to give her blessing. She did want to marry Hans, but not without Elsa's blessing. She would never forgive herself if it happened otherwise.
"Hans, I think we should go." Taking, his hand, Anna trudged out of the apartment leaving Elsa alone.
Following this Elsa and Anna refused to speak to one another for some time. Anna would call, leaving messages begging for Elsa's blessing, but Elsa would never pick up the phone. Elsa on the other hand would leave messages begging for Anna to understand her reasoning behind her refusals.
Sad to say, it seemed lie the only relationship the sisters had left was shattered completely that day.
Elsa had never forgiven herself for abandoning her sister to Hans, for it made the pain even worse when Anna had shown up at her doorstep with several bags in hand when she announced that Hans had cheated on her and was leaving the city for good.
Elsa was just sitting down at her couch, a bowl of soup in hand, ready to just relax the night away before heading to bed for the night. Taking the remote she swept through the channels, finding nothing in particular, before settling on a crime show.
Elsa sat back on the couch taking a spoonful of soup. As she was about to take a sip, there was a frantic knocking at her door. Elsa was so startled that she nearly dropped the soup, but managed to place it on the table, before heading to her door. opening it she was surprised to find Anna, face stained with tears and several bags by her side.
Elsa gasped at her sisters sudden appearance. Needless to say, Elsa hadn't expected Anna to just up and show up at her door one day. Even more shocking was the fact that Anna looked like she had been crying. The last time Elsa had seen Anna, she hadn't cried nearly this much. What could have happened to make Anna just show up unexpected?
Elsa stepped aside allowing Anna to come in. Anna trudged into the room, before collapsing on the couch. She sat as still as a statue, not even acknowledging Elsa as she brought Anna a glass of water.
Anna took the glass, gulping heavily, before slamming it down on the table. Elsa just sat there, not sure how to respond to her sisters attitude. Anna never got this upset.
Anna finally opened her mouth to speak, her voice coming out in broken sobs "Ha- Hans ch-che-cheated on me!" she managed to say before finally collapsing into a fit of tears.
Elsa didn't say a thing. She knew that this was bound to happen, but Anna just couldn't accept that. She had seen Hans as her true love and did not see that he was capable of hurting her.
Elsa just wrapped her arms around her sister, drawing her into a hug, listening as Anna continued to cry.
After what seemed like a while, Anna finally calmed down, her sobs finally become chocked breaths, trying to heave in large amounts of air. Her shoulders continued to heave, but all the tears and sobs were long gone.
Elsa just continued to hold her sister unwilling to let go. She would not leave her sisters side, not this time.
Anna pulled back, ready to explain to her sister what had happened. she stared at Elsa a moment before starting the tale.
"I had just gotten back from work, ready for to eat, cause I was just hungry you know…. When I hear…" Anna stopped blanching at the thought. Elsa couldn't blame her. Just hearing that had to be disgusting.
Anna made a face of disgust, before continuing "well point is, I threw him out."
"if you threw him out Anna, then what are you doing here?" Elsa questioned.
Anna put a hurt look on her face. "you don't want me here."
Elsa's eyes widened. How could Anna even think that? Oh right they hadn't spoken if a while. Leave it to that to cause someone to think they were no longer welcome at a persons house
"Anna" Elsa told her "don't ever say that. I could never do that to you."
That was a lie, considering that they hadn't spoken to each other since Elsa had forbade Anna's marriage to Hans. Anna knew that Elsa was trying to protect her. She also knew now that she was right about Hans. he was nothing more than a cruel monster. At least that was how Anna saw it.
Elsa sighed giving Anna a small smile. "your welcome to stay with me for as long as you like."
Anna gave Elsa a massive grin "like a sleepover". She sounded giddy, as always. Elsa laughed "yes Anna like a sleepover!"
Anna squealed tackling Elsa with a hug. The two just sat there, laughing into the night.
Elsa smiled as she thought about that memory. True she had been upset that Anna had decided to leave, but in the end, it had been worth it, considering that she had met Kristoff after leaving. As long as Anna was happy and safe, Elsa would be too.
When Elsa met Kristoff she wasn't sure what to think at first. After all they had met only days after Anna had broken up with Hans. She had a great first impression of Kristoff, as his attitude seemed to run in the opposite directions as Hans, but she was worried that Anna had rushed into the relationship to soon. However the more she got to know her sisters new friend, the safer she felt. Unlike Hans, Anna took her time getting to know Kristoff, rather than immediately try and start dating him. it wasn't until later that Anna and Kristoff were officially dating.
Elsa sat in the booth of the restaurant watching Anna chat with Kristoff. She had to admit it was pretty cute. Simply seeing Anna so happy put a smile on her face.
Kristoff was feeding Anna some chocolates, while said sister was all but laughing at the experience. It was a wonder that she wasn't choking. But Anna had always been known for eating like a maniac so then again, this really wasn't anything new for Elsa. She only wondered how Kristoff had first handled it. if he hadn't been phased, that would have come off as a surprise.
After finishing eating, Anna finally turned to Elsa. "see Elsa! I told you you'd have fun if you came." She smiled and passed Elsa some of the remaining chocolates that she had. Elsa took some and nibbled on it slowly.
Kristoff turned to Anna "wow you weren't kidding when you said she acted queenly." He said with awe. Anna gave him a grin"yeah that's Elsa all right! All hail the Queen!"
All three of them ended up laughing.
Elsa grinned, remembering that night very fondly. She had decided then that at the very least, Kristoff would end up being a very good friend for Anna. At the time, she wasn't convinced that Anna was ready to date again.
Naturally not long after this Anna started being the matchmaker that she was, trying to get Elsa into a relationship, but this only happened that one time, and like Elsa would tell Anna later, she never wanted to try that ever again.
Elsa had always been a recluse so it was hard to get people to be her friends, let alone for her to approached them. She never thought much of it at first, so it didn't really bother her at all to be alone.
Anna had always been the more popular outgoing one but was always naïve (hence her later relationship and engagement to Hans) so Elsa had tried to protect Anna as best she could, even to over protective lengths, but what do you expect when your sister is the only one you have left in your life.
Elsa supposed this was partly the reason she had been so scared when Anna had come to her asking for her blessing. Elsa needed to make sure that Anna was going to be well cared for, and she was not confident that Hans would do that for Anna.
Not to mention, Anna's naivety and childish nature did nothing to ease Elsa's anxiety about letting her sister get married, so she did what any responsible parent did.
After their parents died Elsa and Anna lived with their maid Gerda and Kai their butler. The two raised the girls as their own, and Elsa was forever thankful to have them in her life. But despite having Kai and Gerda, Elsa acted more like Anna's parent than her sister. This was more profound as Elsa grew up. she always looked out for Anna and made sure she was ok.
However after meeting Kristoff, Anna seemed to be a little more level headed and not as naïve as before. She was still the same clumsy child that she always was, but she was far from what she was several years ago.
Elsa laughed silently, wondering what her sister was up to right now. Probably snoring the day away. It wouldn't surprise her; Anna was always one to get up late. Elsa was sure she had never even heard of the word early. It was a wonder how Anna even managed to get up early for her classes growing up, let alone for her work.
Kristoff would sure going to have his hands full, no matter what was going to happen between him and Anna.
Still, she supposed nothing could beat how shocking the situation was when Kristoff had called not long after he and Anna began dating.
Elsa heard her phone rang. Closing the travel guidebook she had been reading, Elsa went to the kitchen to grab her phone. Picking it up, she answered
"hello?" she asked the person on the other end of the line.
"hi Elsa. Its Kristoff" said the gruff voice of Kristoff Bjorgman.
Kristoff? Why in the world would Kristoff be calling her? He never had before so it just struck Elsa as being odd.
"Elsa?" Kristoff asked on the other end of the line. Elsa shook her head, trying not to get Kristoff worried "hi Kristoff. I'm surprised you're calling me this morning."
"yeah well, I would have come, but that's a long plane ride and an even longer drive." Kristoff replied.
Elsa knew that was true, it was a three hour trip by plane where Anna had ended up, so if Kristoff was calling her about something important, it would just be easier to do it this way.
"So what is it you want to talk about.?" Elsa asked him, still wondering why he would be calling her.
"Well, you know that I am dating Anna right?" Kristoff asked.
Elsa knew that. It wasn't like this had come as a shock to her. Kristoff needed to get to the point of this.
"Yes" Elsa replied still not sure where Kristoff was going with this line of inquiry. Surely not going to ask Elsa to marry Anna. They hadn't been dating that long. It hadn't even been more than two months since they had started dating. Sure they had known each other for quite a bit longer, but Elsa knew that Anna wanted to take her time this time around. True Kristoff did not know the whole story behind Hans, as frankly, it wasn't any of his business, but Elsa knew Kristoff had the sense when to do something, or not to do, depending on the situation.
"well, I just wanted to ask if your ok with it." Kristoff said nervously. Elsa had to stop herself from laughing. Kristoff was afraid that she was going to tell him off like she had Hans. granted he did not know about that; Anna refused to speak of Hans ever again, calling him things that Elsa would not dare to repeat (and after getting a rather stern talking to from Elsa, Anna wouldn't either). Still it was rather ridiculous none the less
"Kristoff," Elsa began "you're a wonderful friend, and I am glad that you are taking the time to consider my feelings when it comes to Anna. To answer your question yes I am ok with you dating my sister. you are a good man and I know that you will do the right thing."
She heard Kristoff sigh on the other end of the line "thanks Elsa I just wanted—" however before he could continue, Elsa cut him off.
"However I do not need to tell you that if you ever hurt her Kristoff, I will hunt you down, do you understand?" Elsa asked him.
Clearly, Elsa had intimidated Kristoff more than she realized because he got very quiet for a few moments. All Elsa could hear was, well nothing if she was to be honest. It was quite a while before Kristoff resumed talking again.
"yes.. well… of course." Kristoff said, not sure how to react to such a threat. "well thank you Elsa." With that Kristoff said goodbye and Elsa ended the phone call, feeling quite satisfied with herself.
Yet in the end, all things had worked out for the best and Elsa just couldn't find the words to be any happy for Anna and Kristoff. Still it was quite a wonder how those two just managed to work out so well.
Elsa sighed once again, just wanted to rest right now. She knew that she would have to get up at some point, but why bother making it anytime soon. After all, she just got engaged to her Fiancé and just wanted to be with him for the time being.
Joseph was known for getting up before she did, but considering the events of last night, maybe he was still sleeping. Sneaking a peak at him, she saw him still napping the day away. Yeah, she still wasn't going to believe that, not even for a second.
Still, she would just rather wait. Even if he was awake or not, for now she was just content being by his side until they were both awake and ready to live today at its fullest.
