Happy Holidays!

After showering, Elsa and Joseph were dressed, in comfortable summer weather clothing. It was quite the warm summer day (despite Autumn being some time away.) Elsa felt it would be best to visit Anna for dinner at that point because it would be a lot easier to plan out the visit then, as opposed to rushing at the last possible minute.

The two lovers had just exited the apartment complex and were heading toward the nearby park that was located just a few blocks away.

Elsa and Joseph had been to that park multiple times in the past few months (hence the unfortunate picnic incident). It was quite a nice spot to just relax, if one wanted to.

The park was well known for its gardens. It housed one of the largest greenhouses with one of the most beautiful (in Elsa's opinion) botanical gardens in the world. Perhaps Elsa would find the perfect set of flowers to use for her bouquet, if not for decorations of some sort.

Joseph had no doubt that Elsa would use one of the flowers. She may not be as artistic and visual as Rapunzel was (since she worked for a painting company) but she had a very good attention span when it came to her detailing and she could plan everything around the one thing she chose to use, whether that be colors or type of flowers (though Rapunzel would probably handle this when time came for it)

Joseph and Elsa entered the outer gardens, marveling at the many types of flora that had been planted there. Despite having traveled the world, and therefore having seen some of the most exotic gardens, Joseph had to admit that this was one of the best places to be (when it came to its beauty anyway), though he wasn't exactly a fan of landscapes

Elsa was in the same boat, so to speak. Landscapes weren't exactly her favorite things either, but she did love just witnessing the beauty in everything. One of her favorite things to do was watch the dawning of a new day.(ironic, considering Anna would rather be awake for sunset, rather than sunrise). Joseph had to agree that the sunrise was a very majestic sight (though it was an everyday occurrence)

Perhaps for their honeymoon, they should go someplace where they could get a very nice view of both the sunrise and sunset.

Elsa was smiling uncontrollably. It seemed that the park always had that affect on her, despite the fact that she had been here before. Then again, this was her first time in a while. The two of them could only imagine how Elsa would react during the winter. Most likely, it would have something to do with the ice and snow that came along with it.

As a child, Elsa had spent all her winters in the snow, playing with Anna. Together the two would build snowmen and roll down hills. It was one of their favorite things to do.

That had been such a long time ago, but Elsa cherished those memories dearly. She kid of wished that Anna would move closer to her, so that way, they could continue doing those things, at least during their spare time.

Anna no doubt would have a blast during that time of year (though she would question why Elsa wanted to have a winter themed wedding; it would be very cold.)

In all honestly though, no Elsa knew hated the snow. If anything, the cold was just very uncomfortable for them, but they couldn't complain otherwise.

Joseph looked at Elsa, who returned his gaze. He pecked Elsa's head, grinning, " we went on a picnic together here, right?" he asked teasingly, a glint of mischief in his eyes.

Elsa giggled, "oh I remember. You tried to bake a cake; only you ended up using salt instead of sugar. Seriously, how did you mess that up? It's a recipe with set instructions.

Joseph stuck his tongue out at her "I can't cook you know that. Why do you think I try? I want to improve."

Elsa slapped his arm "you should have Rapunzel teach you. She is a great cook."

Joseph blanched. Uh oh. No no no no no! He had tried that once. Once. Rapunzel had asked him for help in baking something for their school fair. They had tried working together, but the two of them (Joseph) still managed to end up doing something wrong.

He was pretty sure Rapunzel's parent's still wanted payment for that

Elsa never knew about that (thankfully). She would no doubt laugh about it though. He chuckled "maybe" he said with a shrug. "Anything is possible."

Elsa giggled. "yep" she said.

Elsa then looked at the trees, remembering that exact moment

Elsa and Joseph were sitting on a picnic cloth. Around them were several meals, ranging from sandwiches to a (not so well) baked chocolate cake.

It had been several weeks since the day at the diner and the two lovers couldn't be any happier. Anna was due to be married in a few days so Elsa would have to go, but she wanted to enjoy some time with Joseph.

Elsa happily munched on the food (it was her favorite), but she couldn't wait to try the cake that Joseph made. It had to be positively delicious.

She had never had the courtesy of him cooking their meals before, they had either gone out, or Elsa would cook. Elsa figured that Joseph either didn't know how to cook or was embarrassed to tell her (which really shouldn't be). But perhaps it wouldn't be too bad.

The two of them sat in silence as they ate their food. It was quite the warm spring day. Elsa had been to this park as a child, and she had some fond memories of the place particularly with Anna.

Elsa finished her sandwich, nibbling on the final piece, before swallowing. Joseph had also finished his meal and was now watching as Elsa finished.

Elsa giggled slightly "that was amazing Joseph, who knew you were such a good cook?"

Joseph chuckled nervously, not assaying a word. "would you like to try the cake now?" Elsa gave him a grin "yes please"

Joseph gave her a slice before watching as she took a bite. Elsa's eyes widened, before she hastily swallowed, grabbed the milk box by her side and gulped down the drink as fast as she could. Forget out regality, the cake slice tasted awful.

Joseph winced maybe this wasn't a very good idea. He was not a cook. He could make things, but actually cooking, it was not the easiest thing in the world to do.

Elsa breathed in a few times trying to regain her composure. After a moment, she smiled at Joseph and said

"well, that was interesting"

Joseph slumped his shoulders "it was horrible, you can admit it" he said.

Elsa smiled sheepishly "I'm sorry Joseph, but baking…." She was silent for a moment, trying to find the best way to tell Joseph that he was a terrible cook.

Joseph however, beat her too it. He began to laugh "I know, I know. I'm terrible at baking. I always let Rapunzel do the baking back home. She was far better at it than I was."

Elsa giggled "didn't you ever try and help her out or anything?" knowing Joseph he would at least try and help Rapunzel out with something, should she have ever asked him to bake something with her.

Joseph nodded "yeah, all I did was grab the ingredients. Rapunzel never let me near the oven. Said it was a family heirloom" (didn't stop him from accidently destroying it that one time, not that Elsa was going to know about that)

Elsa giggled "I wonder why" she joked.

Joseph gave her a glare. "no I am not going to tell you Elsa. That was a very dark day in the history of my life. Rapunzel's parents would have strangled me if said girl wasn't there to help me out that day." He said with a glower

Elsa's eyes widened. Now she really wanted to know what happened (she could always call Rapunzel, but what was the fun in that). She pouted giving Joseph a puppy dog face.

Joseph's eyes widened. That evil little…. Elsa taught Rapunzel that look! He could never say no to Rapunzel when she gave him that look,(except when she threatened to kill him for it) what hope did he have of overcoming Elsa?

He looked away, trying not to look at her. It was his only hope of not telling her. Unfortunately she decided to add sniffles to it, assaulting his ears.

No no! he would not waver. But his resolve was weakening. But he could not give Elsa the satisfaction of knowing the dreaded horror that happened. He looked at Elsa straight in the eye. Bad move. Elsa was giving him the saddest look. No no! he would not tell her!

"I destroyed it!" he cried. Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! Ok well he wasn't going to tell her how!

Elsa grinned. That never failed.

"Care to tell me how?"

Joseph however back away, no no no no! he had already caved to telling her what. He was not going to tell her how!

So he did what any mature man would do. He turned and ran.

Elsa gasped before getting up and chasing him! There was no way she was going to let him get away with not telling her what happened.

She never caught him, but their laughter could be heard throughout the park.

The two lovers laughed at the memory. Elsa never found out what happened that day, but she was ok with that for now. She would find out eventually (maybe with a little blackmail…)

Joseph was never able to say no to Elsa whenever she gave him the puppy dogface. It ran within the females of her family. Her father couldn't say no to her mother, so on and so forth.

The two continued to walk through the park. It was far past midday, and the two of them hadn't eaten lunch, so perhaps it would be best if they should eat some lunch.

It would certainly be a fair setting. It was a very beautiful day. Elsa felt her stomach rumble. She was in the mood for something to eat. She looked at Joseph who was giving her a sly grin.

"Hungry snowflake?" he asked. In truth he was very hungry too.

Elsa nodded, placing her head on his chest as they walked through the park. The park wasn't that large, so it wouldn't take them too long to walk through it, before heading out to a restaurant in the town.

The two shared a fair amount of cuisine in common, despite being from different backgrounds. Neither of them were particularly picky for anything.

Luckily there was a bistro that served amazing European food. it was one of their favorite places to go (besides the diner), but they rarely went because they wanted it to feel special. Since they were engaged, it was definitely a special occasion.

Elsa smiled. She was very happy to share this moment, as well as simply having it. The park was gorgeous. She couldn't wait to see it in winter.

She probably couldn't have her wedding here at the park (it was in the city; the traffic would be noisy, not to mention the media could easily sneak up on them), so perhaps when they found a place to hold the wedding, perhaps she should have an outdoor reception. It would certainly be a change from what Anna had done with her own wedding.

Sure it would be cold, but it wouldn't be so terrible (at least in the sense that people would have to bundle up so much to feel warm) Elsa had always felt at home with the cold anyway.

Either way, she would just be glad that her family and friends could join her (when they sent the invitations anyway.)

Elsa and Joseph walked to the bistro, feeling quite hungry now. Elsa remembered the first time they had ever been to that bistro.

Joseph and Elsa were sitting at the table. It had been a very long day and the two lovers were looking forwards to a nice relaxing evening. The two had found the bistro quite by accident, but right now it seemed to be the perfect place for the both of them.

They had already eaten dinner. It had been quite the surprise when they had ordered the food; they hadn't expected such a wide palette of food to be available at this one restaurant.

However the two were now waiting for their desert, the best chocolate cake they would ever hope to have.

As the waiter brought the cake to the table, Elsa could feel her mouth begin to water. This place served amazing entrees. The desserts could no doubt be just as exquisite.

Joseph chuckled as he saw Elsa's reaction to the cake. Elsa could be a chocoholic when she wanted to be. This would probably be one of those times (if she went crazy, he would blame it one the sugar)

He was by no means any different. Chocolate was one of his own favorites to. But when it came down to it, Elsa would definitely have him beat, no matter the situation.

The cake came to them and the two wasted no time in eating it. The cake tasted absolutely amazing.

It seemed that Elsa was enjoying the most though. Joseph peaked at Elsa. Despite her regal poise while she ate the cake, every time she took a bite, her eyes lit up with pleasure.

Oh god the chances of her going on a sugar rush; the thought alone was scary. She would probably order more cake (there wasn't anything he could do about it really, when Elsa had her mind made up it was nearly impossible to change it.) then he would have to deal with Elsa having chocolate induced mood swings on the way home. Oh joy.

Until then though the two of them might as well enjoy the dessert. The cake had quite the flavor for it was a very moist chocolate cake, by far one of the best cakes that the two ever had.

He just hoped the kitchen could handle their inevitable return.

Elsa finished her cake slice, then gave Joseph a warm smile. It seemed that she had really enjoyed herself.

Joseph returned the grin. He was glad that they could share this moment together. No doubt they would return her in the future, but that could wait.

Elsa giggled at the thought of returning to that bistro. Since the two were fairly regular, the staff enjoyed the company that she and Joseph gave them whenever they would visit the restaurant.

It was one of the best places she had ever been to, there was no doubt about that. It was just so difficult to not go sometimes. It was mostly due to the fact that her chocolate addiction could and would, usually cause grief for everyone whenever she ended up on a sugar rush. In the past she and Anna were known for being chaotic whenever they were on a sugar rush.

Kai and Gerda at one point had to banish chocolate from the house for a month. Unfortunately it resulted in the two becoming so depressed and clingy that they could barely function without chocolate in their system. Kai and Gerda had never tried that again. it had been so horrible, and they never wanted to put the girls through that experience again (for their own sanity)

Elsa giggled at the memory. Joseph had had to deal with a sugar rush from her on one occasion. It had been during that time of month, so the two had been in quite a quarrel

Elsa woke up in the middle of the night. According to her clock, it was half past three. And she was not happy. Her abdomen was cramping and she had a major craving. chocolate. She really needed chocolate right now. Turning to her side, she tried desperately to ignore the pain in her abdomen. Great it was that time of month and it as affecting her at the worst time in the night.

She got up from the bed and made her way to the kitchen. She found her way to the cabinet where she kept her chocolate and opened it. her excitement however turned to horror when she saw there was absolutely no chocolate to be found. She made her way to the fridge, hoping to find some ice cream but there was not even the tiniest carton of yogurt either.

Oh hell no! she was going to get her chocolate even if she had to wake up everyone in the world. she stomped back to the bedroom and slapped Joseph. He woke up with a yelp

"woah!" he cried. Looking up he saw Elsa giving him the glare of nightmares. "El-Elsa?" he asked groggily. "Bring. Me. Chocolate." She said slowly

Joseph stared at her. "Elsa its three in the—"

Elsa grabbed his shoulders and shook him violently "CHOCOLATE!" she yelled.

Joseph immediately jumped out of bed and ran out the door. Elsa sat back on the bed. Grumpily waiting for him to return.

Elsa laughed. sure it hadn't exactly been one of the finer moments in her life, but it had to be done. No one on this planet would deny her of the chocolate she loved so much.

The bistro was just up ahead. Elsa could already feel her mouth water. Chocolate was a part of her life and there was not one person who would ever be able to change that.

Joseph glanced at Elsa. She would definitely be getting that chocolate cake for dessert. It was among her favorites.

The couple smiled at each other. They were ready for a very good lunch