Back to something nice and fluffy. Just don't get used to it. More drama is happening soon.
Elsa and Joseph lied in bed. It had been several hours since their little lunch date and they were simply exhausted after a very long day. Elsa was glad they had managed to find a little time for lunch, because they couldn't have had any time other wise.
They enjoyed the time they spent together on days like that. It made them feel all the more special.
Elsa had never once felt so… loved by anyone of her previous partners. She thought she loved one back in her younger years, but she didn't know what love was compared to what her relationships were like today. Love may start with attraction, but true love… true love was just…. more
Elsa wrapped her arms around Josephs neck, while he placed kisses down her collar bone. Elsa moaned, feeling ecstatic from his touch. Joseph always knew where to touch her.
She rolled on top of him, managing to unbutton his shirt, while he did the same to her. He reached up and kissed her again, before grabbing her and flipping her over. He stared at her with a predatory gaze before capturing her lips, Elsa moaned. "Joseph…" she whispered.
The next morning, after managing to dress them selves, Elsa stood at the mirror, trying to fix her rather unruly hair. After the passionate session the night before, her hair always seemed to feel the sane way she did. Wild and confused. It was funny because Anna always had such problems with her hair in the morning.
It was quite the challenge Elsa had to admit (even though she rarely ever had any sort of problem when it came to cosmetics), but she didn't mind.
"morning snowflake" said a soft warm voice
She turned to see Joseph smiling as he approached her, with a huge grin. Elsa smiled and hugged him close. Joseph kissed Elsa's head. "you seem happy this morning." He told her.
Elsa giggled "of course o gallant one. You made me feel like this."
Joseph put on a mock look of surprise "why me?" he gasped "o how did I make such a queen feel happy this morning?"
Elsa slapped his shoulder "you know how." She said.
Joseph smiled "of course…" he said to her. He and Elsa just stood there a moment.
They had always enjoyed the company of the other, ever since they met. Elsa had always enjoyed the warmth that her lover had provided; she was cold or so others had always told her. But she didn't care. This was all she cared about.
She wanted a family with Joseph and only him. he was the love of her life and nothing would be able to take him away from her. She couldn't lose him. she spotted her ring on her finger, the one she had worn for the past few days. it was a sign that she was engaged that she would get married. She hadn't had time for the wedding much these days, but she was going to make sure everything would go perfectly. She wanted to make sure of that much.
She felt tears well up in her eyes. She wanted to be happy. She hadn't felt this happy in such a long time. Not since her parents were alive.
Panic set foot in her heart. No… no! She couldn't bare to lose him, nit like she had lost her parents. Life couldn't be that cruel to her. Hadn't she suffered enough already? What could she have done to deserve such treatment after everything that life had already managed to put her through?
She choked on the thought, causing her to cough. Joseph looked down at her "are you ok?!" he asked quickly.
Elsa just wrapped her arms around him tighter, never wanting to let go of the person that she loved most. She sniffled burying her face into his chest, quietly allowing her tears to fall "don't ever let go of me" she whispered
Joseph kissed her head again rubbing circles on Elsa's back. He knew of Elsa's insecurities at times; it was a by-product of her personality. Of course, he never minded such things from her. He just let her cry if needed to and comfort her when she needed it.
It was so sad that Elsa was still affected by her parents deaths. it broke his heart to see her sad. It was something that one could never recover from, so he supposed. He tried his best to give her love and comfort, but he knew he could only do so much.
But Elsa was strong; she was everything that he could hope for in a woman. she cared about others, she made sure every one was happy before she was.
He continued to rub circles on her back "its ok" he whispered soothingly. He felt Elsa shiver slightly. She was crying. He just continued to hold her, unwilling to let go of her.
They stayed in that position for a long time. Elsa just continued to cry, Joseph trying his best to make sure he could comfort her.
It didn't seem likely that they could go to work today; Joseph owned the company he could take breaks if he wanted too. The president really did run the place for the most part; Joseph just made sure everything was working well.
Elsa was having a small emotional breakdown. And she was shivering from something more than just her crying. What was going on? He kissed her forehead again, then noticed something. Her head was burning; it was feeling far warmer than it should normally be. She had a fever!
"Elsa… get back in bed" he told her. Strangely, Elsa just nodded, letting go of him and crawled back under the covers. So much for getting ready today. Joseph tucked Elsa in, giving her a small smile
"I'll get you some soup" he told her. Elsa smiled, before closing her eyes, drifting back into sleep. Joseph smiled before going to the kitchen. Cooking may not be his thing, but soup, he could do.
He grabbed the supplies needed to make the soup; it was just chicken noodle, how hard could it be?
This was he first time Elsa had gotten ill in their relationship; it was sure to be quite the ordeal. He didn't know much about ill woman, except for 'that time of month'. But how doubted that was the same type of thing considering 'that' only happened to woman.
He managed to boil the water, inserting the right ingredients at the right time. Much easier than baking a cake. Ever since he had blown up Rapunzel's oven, he had hated baking with a passion (though the event had been his own fault)
How was Rapunzel doing? She was some hours away by drive, the closet of his few friends. Anna was about the same distance, just in another direction. It was a funny old world wasn't it?
Rapunzel… he missed her, nit having seen her in the past few months, not since Anna's wedding. They needed to make plans to get together soon. She was like a sister to him.
After some minutes the soup seemed to be ready. Joseph poured a bit of it in a bowl, placing some ice in it for good measure (he didn't want to accidently burn Elsa. She was already feeling warm, no need to actually make her feel worse). Carefully he walked the bowl over to the bed room and placed it on the table next to Elsa's side of the bed
Elsa was sleeping, but because she had slept well the night before (not to mention the smell of the soup) she should wake up within the hour he supposed. She had already been asleep for a while since he had made the soup.
She looked quite ill. Her face was paler than usual this morning and she was sweating. She must have contracted something during the course of yesterday. But Elsa had a strong immune system, so her illness shouldn't last long. It was just a bit of a bug.
He made his way back to the living room. He sat down in the chair and slumped into the back. He started at the ceiling. His life was everything he could want it to be. He was engaged, he had a nice family because of it.
So why was he feeling so uneasy about something. It had been nagging him over the past day. ever since Merida had shown up at his office. But why? After so many years of.. well, what ever it was she was doing, why show up at his office? Granted it wasn't like either one would ever call the other (he had blocked her number because of the pain)
He knew she had kept in contact with Rapunzel because they had really hit it off in college (but they rarely ever talked about her because of the break up.), but other than that, there was virtual nothing that told him to keep in contact with her. Since she never tried to do so in any other matter (since Rapunzel never told him Merida was looking for him), he could assume that she felt the same on the matter.
He sat on the plane staring out the window. It had been several hours since he had left Scotland. Several hours since his heart had been broken.
Why had Merida left him? Why had she run off without any sort of explanation? He felt his blood boil with anger. He wasn't angry with her, at least not completely. he knew Merida was a free spirit; maybe she just wasn't cut out for marriage. But if that was the case why would she allow her…them even! To continue the relationship to the point where he was going to propose? Sure some people say no to proposals. It wasn't like yes was the only answer one could give to the question when they were asked it. Merida had always said that she was not going to get married until she was ready.
But after dating for a year… wasn't that enough? She never gave signs that she wanted to break up, so wasn't marriage the most logical step afterwards.
Well, it didn't matter anyway. She was gone… and she wasn't coming back. Because he had left everything behind.
Everything.
That had been years ago, and he found Elsa a few years later. Sure he had dated a few woman before he had met Elsa, but for the most part, they didn't last long, nor did it feel as passionate as it had been with Merida.
But Elsa. She was something else. He finally had found the woman that he would want to spend the rest of his life with.
But then Merida shows up and his life his thrown completely upside down. why was it that she was the only woman that was capable of making him feel so confused, sure she was his first girl friend in such so maybe that was a part of it, but now? He loved Elsa and could never betray her, not for any reason. He would be a fool to hurt the woman he loved.
He sighed. His feelings were a mess. Hopefully Merida wouldn't bother him again. he traced his lips, Merida had kissed them, the same day Elsa had. He couldn't tell her. Merida was an ex. He certainly didn't want to know about any of Elsa's ex's. it was a part of each others lives that didn't and shouldn't matter any more. They were together, that's all that mattered.
But if she ever found out that Merida had shown up. if she had arrived a few minutes earlier, would Elsa have misunderstood and left. He snorted if that had happened, Merida would probably have hugged him and forced him to sleep with her as a manner of celebration.
Merida did have a flair for the dramatic, at least during the time they had been dating, despite the lack of communication for that time. But of course. He wouldn't betray Elsa on a dime like that. he would run after her and try to mend whatever bridge had been broken during the moment. Elsa would come first not Merida.
She was his life. She was going to be his wife.
Sure, no planning had taken pace as of yet, between celebrating during the weekend and the day of work, not to mention Elsa apparently being ill, they're hadn't been any time to plan the wedding
But in time, they would get married and have a family.
He smiled and closed his eyes. Breathing heavily, he could just imagine Elsa holding a newborn child in her arms. That's what he wanted.
So now that Merida was here, what was he to do? She knew where he was (not to mention that she might depend on him if her mother died soon) he couldn't take the risk that Merida would try something, but he couldn't turn her away either. Just because their relationship as a couple failed did not mean their friendship had to suffer in the same manner.
He just didn't want Merida and Elsa to fight. That was the last thing he wanted of needed to happen at this point. All out war with him as the cause? Yeah…. No he would rather just get them as far from each other as possible.
He groaned and just lied down on the couch. There was so much unresolved feelings now that Merida had returned. Would she finally tell him why she ran of f in such a rush?
No. it didn't matter. He had forgiven her a long time ago. There was no need to dwell on it any longer. It was a forfeited moment. Whatever her reasons she didn't need to explain them. He was with Elsa now and there was no need for anything else from Merida.
He glanced at the bed room where Elsa was still slightly snoring her head off. He loved her, and absolutely nothing could drive him to leave her. They had rarely fought over the course of the past few months, maybe over the smaller matters, but never had they been so engaged in a fight that it had managed to drive a irremovable wedge between them.
True the same had happened with Merida, but considering the fact that she had run off, the difference between the two made the obvious choice very clear to him.
He smiled. Elsa must be dreaming peacefully, despite her illness, he could hear her fidgeting if she wasn't. She suffered from nightmares (like everyone else) but she was terrible about keeping secrets whenever she did. But he never asked if she never told him. There were times where she would cry in her sleep. He would just hold her and shush her back into what he hoped would be a peaceful slumber.
Elsa always loved those moments.
He never knew why she suffered from her nightmares as often as she did, or what triggered them, since she had never once told him about the reason why she had nightmares. But whatever they were, they always managed to scare her. He assumed it was of her parents deaths, or at least the news of it. he had been told that during that time period Elsa suffered her first emotional breakdown and had shut everyone out for some time, falling into a state of depression. The wound had healed over time but she still remained the same after that, never truly being the way she had been before.
It must have been tough on her. He couldn't imagine how it must have felt. She had only been a few years old at the time, it must have caused her so much pain. If she was older at the time, it would still have hurt no doubt about that, but she might not have suffered as much as she had.
Elsa's nightmares rarely occurred these days. according to her, they started to cease after adulthood, but occasionally returned to plague her.
Her first had been some weeks after Anna's wedding.
Joseph awoke to Elsa fidgeting in her sleep. She was sweating and was moaning in agony. He shifted almost immediately, drawing her closer. She was crying. He whispered in her ear, calming trying to coax her back into sleep. Her eyes fluttered open and she breath in a large gulp of air
So much for a peaceful sleep. She stared straight into his eyes before clutching him tightly "I'm sorry…" she whispered, "it just hurts so much"
That had been one of the only times Elsa had a nightmare.
Joseph smiled. As long as Elsa was happy and safe, he could always feel better knowing he did everything in his power to ensure the same for Elsa.
He could only imagine the look on her face when all her dreams came true. Once the wedding occurred anyway.
Being surrounded by all of her friends, happily getting married. Her family smiling proudly as she walked down the aisle, ready to move on with the rest of her life.
Truly there just couldn't be anything better than that. At least until much later on, when they were ready to start a family.
But there was still plenty of time before that. Elsa hadn't even started to plan the wedding; a family could wait a while before they would make even more changes to adjust to.
Even so, Elsa would want to start a family soon after. She loved children. There were times when he would catch her staring at groups of kids. There was something in her eyes that told him she wanted one. Just not before marriage of course.
But all of that would happen in time. For now, he was just content with waiting until then. He glanced back at the bedroom, before walking back in, deciding to wait there until Elsa woke up.
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