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Taking Chances
Chapter 3: My Past Reveries
The previous day just came and go. It was now a wintry Sunday morning. The atmosphere outside became more frigid as a blanket of fresh powder snow covered the ground, and snowflakes, varying in different sizes and intricate designs, slowly fell from the sky. Elsa and Anna were seated on their soft scarlet couch as they sipped the warmth of their hot chocolate with mini marshmallows as they relaxed in front of the toasty crackling fire, after a fun morning of snowball fights and building cute little snowmen. Even though Elsa is still troubled about the thought of her and Jack, the serenity and relaxation she felt during the ambience of the winter helped mask it slightly.
"So, Anna. How's everything with Kristoff?" Elsa asked, engaging a conversation with her sister.
Anna's eyes suddenly lit up at the name of her boyfriend. "Everything's great. It's better than what happened with Hans."
Elsa cringed at the name, that she found similarities with the devil. Hans was a nuisance to the two siblings, for he cheated and almost raped Anna when they were dating and he almost created a rift in-between Jack and Elsa's friendship due to trickery, but the sisters were glad that they were rid of him in their lives. Elsa then smiled at Anna's jolly contentment. "That's good. I'm just glad you're happy."
Anna gave her a small grin in reply before chewing the mini marshmallows that were drenched in the warm and chocolatey liquid. She exhaled a relaxed breath of satisfaction as she snuggled the woolly blanket closer to her negligible shivering stature. Elsa did the same, putting her feet up on the comfy couch as she nestled the soft white throw pillow enclosed in her arms. The zephyr of the fresh winter air and the stream of the heater's fervor, combined well to create a loose and serene mood that helped Elsa lessen the tense sensation filling her troubled emotions. She was still quite culpable from the thought of her and Jack's drunken intercourse, and Elsa was still doubtful about the words exchanged beforehand. Elsa worried about it incredibly, but she knew everything might come to senses when she meets with Jack at their favorite park later on.
Jack, Hiccup, Kristoff and Eugene were just doing their lazy day guy-bonding routine: playing video games, watching some classic action movies, and eating junk food in the media room at Jack's apartment. They were all having fun but, Jack's mind seemed to drift off. His eyes were focused on the game as he played, but his inner concentration was somewhere else. He was still quite flustered about the events that night on Elsa's birthday, and his friends seemed to notice his peculiar conduct. The three exchanged looks before shrugging off the thought and focusing back to the current game they were playing. They just left it at that, but Kristoff seemed to be curious on Jack's weird behavior, and he, somehow, had a very vague inkling on what bothered Jack. Kristoff just temporarily shook it off, focusing back on his game avatar that seemed to be on the brink of losing. The three rid themselves of Jack's uncanny comportment, that is until an unorthodox occurrence brought them to further suspicion.
It happened so quickly. Jack and Eugene were playing a friendly two-player battle on Tekken, and as the battle ended, the three friends were quite astonished that Eugene beat Jack; which never happened before. They watched him slowly drop the controller on the carpet floor before excusing himself to the bathroom. After Jack left the room and closed the door, the three boys, left in the room, exchanged looks and started some apprehensive murmuring.
Eugene was the first one to speak up. "What the hell is going on with Jack?"
Hiccup shrugged, brows furrowed in confusion and curious premonition. "He's been acting weird since yesterday, actually. I wanted to ask what was going on with him, but I doubt he'll answer me."
After Hiccup's statement, a ring from the media room phone cut through their solicitous and qualm conversation about their agitated friend. The three of them stared at it before Kristoff stood up and grabbed the phone that emitted resonant tolls, pressing the speaker button right after.
"Hey, Jack." said a calm voice on the other end. They recognized the kind vocal to belong to their altruistic friend Elsa.
"Um... Uhhh..." Eugene spoke, finding the words to reciprocate. He then looked to Hiccup, gesturing him to give a response to Elsa. Hiccup looked at him, eyes widened in incredulity; shaking his head 'no'.
Kristoff sighed in defeat before answering the voice of his girlfriend's sister. "Uh. Hey, Elsa! Its me, Kristoff. Jack's in the bathroom right now."
"Oh, okay. Would you mind if I wait for him to answer the phone?" Elsa asked, a tinge of chagrin in her voice.
"No, not at all." Kristoff responded, slightly stuttering out the words in the process. By the time he said his dicey response, he was appeased to see Jack walking back in the room.
"Who's that?" Jack mouthed, suspecting who was speaking on the phone.
"Elsa." Kristoff replied, turning off the speaker before handing the phone to a wide-eyed Jack.
Jack shakily accepted the phone from Kristoff's grasp. "Thanks. Just excuse me for a minute." he muttered, leaving the room to go talk with his best friend.
As soon as the white Scandinavian door to the media room shut, Kristoff, Hiccup and Eugene exchanged some bewildered glances to themselves and the door. Hiccup and Eugene just shook it off and put in the game of Call of Duty, but Kristoff was somehow still disturbed about Jack. Was it because of Elsa?, he thought, theorizing that something happened between Jack and Elsa that concerned Jack's behavior. Kristoff was indeed familiar with the idea of Jack having feelings of endearment for Elsa. He was enlightened of it when Jack told him 2 years ago during a secret-for-a-secret game of arm wrestling. Kristoff was truly stunned about what Jack disseminated to him; not only for the cause of sudden flummox, but for Anna told him that Elsa had a fellow feeling of infatuation as well. He wanted to apprise Elsa or Jack about the hidden affection they had for each other, but he feared what would supervene. He couldn't even consult Anna about it! Kristoff was remorseful for detaining the secret away from his 2 best friends, and his girlfriend, but he also felt sympathy towards Jack and Elsa for they may never perceive about the bona fide ardor for one another. Kristoff huffed out a sigh of contrition as he thought about the unknown and mutual yearning that bloomed in the hearts of his two friends, and the wedding that would take place between Jack and Punzie. He could feel his heart clench in torment at those reveries that anguished him ever since the engagement was announced. Shaking off the nevermore fading cogitations that pranced the most of his mind, he turned back to Hiccup and Eugene bickering about the similar avatar they wanted to play with. He chuckled at his friends' antics, obscuring the thought of Jack and Elsa at a minimal rate.
As Jack secured the bright white-hued media room door shut and headed down to his home office, the black phone, clutched in the clasp of his quivering hands, was pressed to his ear. "Hello? Elsa, this is Jack." he spoke, a small smile breaking upon the frowning state of his lips as he sat on his comfy office swivel chair.
"Oh. Hey, Jack!" Elsa's voice sprightly rung from the other side of the phone, making Jack's heart pulsate continously upon hearing the sweet and tender resonance that laced Elsa's voice. What is happening to me?, he pondered, perplexed at the mixture of emotions that he felt after that night forward. Has one night changed my perspective on my engagement to Rapunzel?, he contemplated once more. Jack sighed and looked ahead, seeing his old dark brown Business 101 textbook neatly squeezed into his tall antique oak bookcase. He narrowed his dark cerulean eyes as he stared at the book's spine that displayed it's title in bold capitalized golden letters, a flashback emanating from the deep depths of his memories.
It was the first day of his college freshman year. Jack was nervous, yet very elated to be here. He can't wait for the exhilarating events that happen as a college student, and the new friends he would likely make in his 4 years in the campus of the university. After all, Silver Winters University was one of the most prestige schools in America and he was quite proud of himself for getting accepted, though he had a reputation of being a nuisance in his whole 4 years of high school. He was just glad that he made it through and got into a quality university with Business Management as his major.
Classes were starting in at least 10 minutes. Jack took a deep breath before entering the two smooth black wooden doors to his Business 101 class. As he stepped in, the classroom was packed with business majors. Jack scanned the room to look for an empty seat; he eventually found three vacant ones. There was one seat that was in the very front and it was situated in between a very stiff and strict-looking girl and a snot-nosed boy with big black framed glasses. Jack felt himself convulse at this option, moving on to the next one. The following seat was next to a wall on the right side of the room and a girl who wore very provocative clothing and had a very voluptuous amount of make-up upon her face. He widened his eyes in shock for the girl's flirtatious and seductive gesture to him. Jack quickly escorted his attention to the last seat option, desperate to get rid of the girl's coquettish gaze. The final seat alternative was in the middle and it had a perfect view of the classroom's whiteboard and projector screen and it was located in the middle column, but what caught his gaze was the flustered platinum blonde on the right of the seat.
Jack absentmindedly pranced down the steps to the available seat. His lips curling to an amused smirk to what the platinum blonde was so timid about. She was arranging her textbook and five ballpoint pens to collocate on top of the table. He approached the seat before making a teasing comment on how much the girl was organized and overly requisite.
"You don't happen to have like two extra pens, do you?" he smirked teasingly, slowly taking a seat on the chair to the left of the girl.
"I do. Actually, I brought a bunch..." her voice trailed as she looked to her left, facing an entertained Jack.
As she took a glance to face him, now noticing her appearance. Jack felt his heart stop at how exceptionally beautiful she was, with her platinum blonde locks braided and twisted to an elaborate bun, a loose white turtleneck sweater and denim skinny jeans hugged her slender form perfectly, her pale porcelain skin radiated in the sunlight that seeped through the faded cream-colored curtains, the small pair of pale pink lips that sit under her cute button nose, and her eyes were a gorgeously alluring shade of sapphire blue that could take your breath away. Jack mentally gasped at the pulchritude of the girl before him. She resembled a fallen angel from heaven, her exquisite beauty left him captivated. He mentally shook off his flabbergasted torpor and snapped back his focus to reality.
She blinked at him before breathing out a laugh. "You're making fun of me."
Jack smiled at her as he fixed the chair he was sitting on, laying down his textbook and trapper notebook on the table. "Actually, I'm quite impressed." he said, looking back at the pestered girl. "I feel awfully insufficient though." said Jack, showing her the single pen he brought as he laid it next to his textbook.
She breathed out a small fit of giggles before the professor came in. "Good morning, everyone. I am Professor Gru, and this is Business 101. Before we begin, I would like to lay down some ground rules..."
As the professor spoke, Jack watched the unknown named girl pull out her baby blue trapper notebook imprinted with white intricate snowflakes from her white and cyan-colored bag. She was hastily pulling her supplies out, making all her five organized pens on the desk fall one-by-one forward. The platinum blonde widened her eyes and pursed her lips, figuring out a way to retrieve her fallen pens without grabbing the professor's attention. She struggled going under the table without alerting the entire room of her endeavored restraints. By the time she was giving up on reclaiming her descended writing materials, a pen was slid to her from her left.
She looked up to her left to meet Jack, her brows furrowed in confusion. "What about you?"
"That's okay. I'll just listen, besides you look like you need it more than I do." Jack whispered, a smile forming on his face.
She remorsefully looked at him as she shook her head reticently in rejection to his kind offer. Jack quietly chuckled at her farouche refusal before speaking once more. "I insist." he spoke silently, picking up his pen and handing it to her.
The girl hesitated at first, but she eventually gave in and slowly took the pen from his clutches as she mouthed a 'Thank you.'. Jack smiled at her before turning back to the professor who was explaining his classroom rules at posthaste. After a few seconds, he felt a small piece of paper being slid to him from his right. It read: 'Thanks, again. By the way, I'm Elsa. Elsa Landvik.'. After reading the short note, he looked up to Elsa, who was now copying the notes displayed on the whiteboard. She looked back at him, a grin slowly planting itself on her face.
"I'm Jack. Jack Frost." he grinned at her, amused at how diffident and adorable Elsa was. He pulled out his hand for her to shake.
She took it and softly shook her cold hands in his. "Nice to meet you, Jack."
"And to you too, Elsa." he smiled, slowly letting go of her soft and frail hands.
Elsa grinned at him before turning back her attention to the weirdly accented professor, writing down notes once again. Jack stared at her in gaiety before bringing his scrutiny to the bald-headed professor, the thought of Elsa still occupying the most of his mind.
Jack broke out of his dazed stupor when Elsa repeated a continuous series of questioning 'Hello's' and repetitive calls of his name. Jack shook off the sudden flashback before responding back to a patiently waiting Elsa on the end of the other line. "What? Oh. I'm sorry, Els. I've just been so distracted lately." he confessed, mentally sighing in aggravation.
Elsa breathed out a chuckle. "That's true. I had a similar feeling since I came home yesterday." she confessed, her tone suddenly dropping at her chosen words.
Jack was about to speak, until subtle reverbs of sniffles were articulating from the other end of the phone line. He felt himself shatter at hearing Elsa's peccant weeps, and how guilt-ridden she still felt about what happened between them that faithful night.
"Elsa, are you okay?" said Jack, feeling his chest seize in heartache, and his own eyes brim with the translucent liquid. "Please, Elsa. Don't put the blame on yourself."
He heard her take a deep, soothing breath. "I know, but I can't help it. If Punzie finds out..." she trailed, not wanting to verbalize the evocative thoughts in her head.
"She won't." he inspirited her, trying to reassure her that accusing herself was an irrational panacea. "Trust me, Elsa."
"Okay." she gave in, relaxing upon Jack's tranquilizing baritone. "The last thing I want to happen is to upset her, let alone, because of me."
"I know that, Elsa." Jack promptly spoke, standing up from his office swivel chair to pace around his home office. "Look, its almost 1:00. Can we continue this conversation when we meet later?"
"Of course." Elsa replied, her voice turning to a blare of relief. A crash from Elsa's side echoed from his end, cutting Jack from replying to her. "Anyways, I gotta go. Anna was pouring some hot chocolate in the kitchen, and she just kind of...tripped on her shoe laces. Not to mention, she broke two valuable coffee mugs."
Jack laughed at how innocently clumsy Anna is, and how Elsa has to endure it regularly. "That does sound like Anna, indeed."
Elsa giggled, knowing that Anna was a handful, but she loved her anyway. "She truly is. So, I guess I'll see you in a while. Later, Jack. Anna, what on earth-"
She hung up first, scolding her younger sister in the process. Jack moved the phone away from his ear, chuckling at the 2 sisters' crazy struggles and tomfoolery. Elsa and Anna always gave him something to laugh about, Anna's maladroit deportment and Elsa's solicitous chastise were a great combination for a comedic sight.
Laughing at the mental image of the siblings' antics, Jack hurried back to the media room. He opened the door, meeting Hiccup, Kristoff and Eugene quarreling over what game to play next. The three friends stopped their lively dispute to face a delightfully smirking Jack, leaning against the black door frame.
"Hey, Jack!" they chorused, awkwardly stuttering out the words in the approach.
Jack arched a brow at the shameful masks that wore itself on his friends' faces. He placed the phone in its rightful place, before speaking up. "So, I'm just gonna leave you guys here. I have somewhere to go. "
"Where you going?" Kristoff asked, the notion still existent in his musing.
Jack opened his mouth to speak, but he quickly shut it. He didn't want to tell the truth, and yet, lying wasn't one of his choices either. Instead, he replied with half the veracity and half the deception. "The park. A colleague of mine wanted to discuss some of the company's reports."
Hiccup narrowed his eyes at him, clearly bemused at Jack's affirmation. "Didn't you do that last week?"
Jack widened his eyes in accusation. "Hm?" he replied, quickly thinking of an adequate response. "Um...actually, those reports were unprecedented. This is about the annual end-of-the-year report."
"Alright. So, I guess, we'll see you later." Eugene nodded, followed by the other two, believing the tinge of fabrication in his words.
Jack bid them goodbye, before leaving the media room to divert his stance to his bedroom. He quickly shut his bedroom door, sliding down the wooden texture of it all. Jack huffed a moderate sigh, looking ahead to see his soft and tidy bed. A flash of images from that night, quickly flourishing through his head. "I love you, Jack Frost." the exact words that left Elsa's inebriate lips, and the same meticulous sentence that reverberated through his ears in the absolute juncture of the moment. Was she profound of her love for you?, his thoughts haunting his mental being anew, still processing if Elsa's words were wholehearted. He had no proposition if it was superficially plausible, or indeed wrong. It was a very specious moment, Jack was still lost. Suddenly, from the extent of his mind, memories and reveries invaded him, ones that held a dear remembrance to him, and ones that made his steady heartbeats quicken rapidly. Incertitude permeating each curve on his brain, for each impression that inundated him, mostly involved Elsa. All those recollection of memories and reminiscence that came back to him now, contained no one but her. Not the gang. Not his family. Not Punzie. Only Elsa. Jack was left still, the sound of his stable palpitating heartbeat was the only present sound to him at the moment, as a feeling of nostalgia came with recalling those unforgettable moments he shared with her.
Elsa was sweeping the shattered ceramic mug pieces into the old black dust pan clasped in her hands, a neutral expression entwining on her small pink lips. Anna was sitting on the bar stool by the kitchen, watching Elsa with eyes full of juvenile innocence and inane guilt. She never meant to break the two coffee mugs, for it held memories of their late mother and father when they hand-painted it with a young Elsa and Anna.
"I'm so sorry, Elsa!" Anna vociferously blurted, not being able to contain the apologizing words building up inside her. "I didn't mean it.
Elsa breathed out an entertained chuckle. Diverting her amused look to her younger sister, Elsa replied, "Its fine, Anna. You didn't do it allegedly, and neither it was your fault."
Anna stared at her, a guileless pout forming on her youthful face. "I'm just so sorry for breaking both. Those bared so much memories when we were younger."
"Anna, stop." said Elsa, pausing her sister's persistent rambling of linked apologies. "They're just mugs. Not people. Okay?"
Anna nodded, directing her gaze to her exuberantly smirking older sister. She arched a brow at Elsa, a teasing comment suddenly deriving from her head. "Could you stop smirking? That's one of the signs of spending too much time with Jack."
Elsa widened her eyes, mildly clueless of what her younger sister's assertion meant. "Excuse me?"
"What I meant was that, Jack's behavior is somehow influencing you. Which is awesome." Anna remarked, smiling widely in prominence. "You're finally learning to loosen up."
"Whatever you say, Anna." Elsa smiled, throwing the ceramic pieces into the silver trash bin. She tidied the broom and dust pan into the small storage cabinet, before grabbing a bowl of strawberries from the refrigerator. The fruits somewhat gave her another short memoir of her birthday night. Would you stop thinking about him? Do you even truly love him?, her debating thoughts coming back to accost her once again. Of course, she loves him. As far as she could remember, Elsa never loved a man as much as she loves Jack., the eagerly in love thoughts confronted back. Elsa suddenly felt herself being attracted to the articulation from the second side of her mind, because it was genuine. She never had affections for a man that could equal to her infinite ardent vehemence for Jack. Ignoring the regularly deliberating cogitations in her head, she placed the small bowl of strawberries in front of Anna, as Elsa sat on the opposite bar stool.
"Ooo, strawberries!" Anna exclaimed, vigorously taking a handful of the red confection. She popped one in her mouth, before realizing something was lacking to the sweet plump fruit. "No chocolate?"
Elsa felt herself tense at perceiving the words 'chocolate' and 'strawberries' being said jointly. Coruscates of scenes that night came crawling back to her, a sentiment of longing meekly and surprisingly washing upon her. This caused small scintillates of past reveries to float unto her mind, each one leading her to grin widely in remembrance. She did wonder why each memory mainly concerned her and one particular person, Jack. Fading out Anna's voice, Elsa felt herself drift off to her memory of the past.
Elsa was briskly walking through the mildly deserted campus to the library, fixing the contents of her bag and grabbing two cups of extra-caffeinated coffee as she went. The first semester exams were starting next week, and, as always, most of the students were becoming nocturnal for the night to cram and study the variety of lessons they've learned in the whole of the first semester. Each student, however, weren't too fond of the idea, for the stress and sleepless nights that come their way during exam week, but Elsa didn't seem quite flustered of the idea for she was somehow used to it, and she's been having early study sessions when she had the time. After a few more turns around campus, she eventually arrived in front of her destination. Heaving out a deep breath, she made her way up the cemented staircase to the building's entrance. By the time Elsa got in, she approached the circulation desk to ask for the books she reserved earlier last week.
"Hello there, Elsa! Its nice to see you again. What can I help you with?" The young woman by the desk, Belle, greeted her with a warm and friendly smile.
Elsa gave an amiable and cordial smile in return to the woman's greeting. "Hi, Belle! Nice to see you too. I was just wondering if I could grab the five books I reserved for next week's exams."
Belle furrowed her brown eyebrows, uncertainty etching her youthful beauty. "I thought you sent a friend up here to get them for you. Or, am I wrong?"
Elsa felt her own features mirror Belle's incertitude expression. A sudden hunch on the person's identity suddenly striking her mild perplexity. "Who may this person be?"
"I didn't ask for his name, but he had a head of silver-white hair and a pair of captivating blue eyes..." Belle daydreamed, staring off into the distance as she remembered his facial attributes.
Elsa giggled at the young librarian's fantasizing, snapping her fingers in front of Belle's eyes to break her dazed oblivion. "Belle, snap out of it."
Continuously blinking away the illusory chimera from her hazel brown eyes, Belle anxiously looked back at Elsa's own charmed pair of sapphires. "I'm so sorry, Elsa. His eyes were just truly mesmerizing, similar to yours."
"Thank you, Belle." Elsa smiled at her, gratitude and adulation painting her eyes. Although amused at the brown-haired beauty's musing, Elsa couldn't help but to entirely agree with Belle. The first time she laid her eyes on him, her heart seized in persistent umpteen amounts of heartbeats for how devilishly handsome Jack was. His perfectly tousled head of silver-white hair, the roguish smirk that would play upon his thin lips, the conciliating timbre of his deep baritone, his frantic and jovial behavior would resemble a maturely adolescent child, and his own pair of enthralling dark cerulean eyes would lead you astray through one good look. When he spoke to her, she couldn't surmise why someone as good-looking as Jack would converse with someone like her. Though different, friendship made its way to these 2 winter-loving personas.
Elsa gently smiled at the thought of her new-found friend, turning her notice back to the young librarian. "Anyways, do you happen to know where he may have gone after receiving the books?"
"Yes. He took the books with him, and approached one of the tables. His been there for the past one and a half hours to study for exam week." Belle explained to the platinum blonde, attending to a student who needed library guidance.
Elsa was quite intrigued to hear that Jack has been here for almost the past 2 hours to study. Bidding the attending librarian goodbye, she made her way to the rows of tables situated near the columns of bookcases. She had no luck in finding him for the past 2 minutes, but familiar strands of white hair caught her attention in the slightly far end. Breathing out a sigh of solace, she approached the table being occupied by her mischievous friend. As her sight caught the scene before her, a tickled smirk lingered her lips. Jack was staring wide-eyed at the textbook before him as his laptop and trapper notebook rested on the table by his right, five opened textbooks scattered the mahogany table, and pens, pencils, and balls of crumpled paper littered the other open surfaces of the counter. Elsa quietly giggled at the sight of an academically anxious Jack, who was having troubles processing the contents of the textbooks.
"Ahem." She cleared her throat, smirking at her flustered friend. "I see someone stole my reserved books."
Jack looked up at her, an errant smile replacing his worried manner. "Hey there, Elsa. Look, I'm so sorry for stealing your books."
Elsa playfully arched an eyebrow at him, still smirking at Jack's childlike countenance. "I forgive you, Jack. But, you should first explain to me why you pilfered my reserved books."
"Sure." Jack replied with an innocent smile. "I knew you would be here after class hours, and since you're the smartest in class, so I was wondering if you could tutor me for next week's exams." he said, looking down in embarrassment as he scratched the back of his neck.
Elsa was left speechless. Jack took her books because he wanted her to be the one to tutor him for the first semester exams, and he was quite sheepish when she was asked. Charmed at Jack's boyish flare, she replied: "Sure, Jack. I'd love to tutor you."
Jack snapped his face to look at her, eyes as wide as saucers. "Really?"
Elsa nodded, stifling a laugh to escape her thin compact lips. After her meek nod, the next event took her by surprise. Jack stood up, rushed to her side, and wrapped his muscular arms around Elsa's lean body to enclose her in a warm bear hug. "Thank you, Elsie. You're the best!"
Elsa felt her heart palpitate at his words. Unbeknownst of what to do next, she just willingly wrung her arms around him as she breathed in the combination of mint and fresh winter that radiated from him. Deep down, she wanted to just freeze this moment and stay like this forever, or to put this day on replay and to just keep reliving it for eternity. She didn't know it, but she was slowly and obliviously falling in love with him. Not desiring to speak out another word, her mouth took over and reluctantly voiced out her thoughts. "No problem, Jack. Just remember that no matter what happens, I'll always be here for you."
Elsa busted out of her past reverie when Anna slathered her left cheek with melted chocolate. Elsa blinked into her surroundings, before looking at her guiltily entertained younger sibling. "Anna! Why the hell did you do that?"
"I'm sorry." Anna apologized, playing with her fingers in puerile culpability. "You were staring out in the distance, then you sorta dozed off."
"I know. Memories from the past just keep clouding my mind." Elsa confessed, knowing that her sister would be the first person she would come to for help.
Anna stared into her sister's eyes, inspecting if she could read more from the depths of her older sister's irises. "Can you enlighten me?"
Elsa looked at Anna's intimidating yet soft stare, hesitating whether to open up to her or not. Though constantly debating with herself to choose, she eventually gave in and sighed in trounce. "Isn't it obvious?"
By hearing Elsa's assertion, Anna was under confusion. She pondered on the possibilities that could lead to her sister's vague deportment. On the brink of giving up on the guessing games, a name straightaway striking the back of her mind. "Jack?"
Elsa nodded, looking down at her anxiously fiddling fingers. "The engagement is still trying to be processed." Telling Anna half of what has been bothering her.
Elsa wanted to tell Anna about that night, but she knew her younger sister might not process that well enough. Though the desire to confess to her has been continually eating her up on the inside, she knew that Anna will have to find out sooner or later. But, that was the least of Elsa's worries for now. All her notice and attention was only able to muster what her and Jack's relationship meant right now. Were they to stay the best of friends where no such thing ever happened? Or, become one of those socially awkward acquaintances who hardly acknowledge each other's existence? Neither both did Elsa approve of. She wanted to solve this once and for all, yet she also didn't want to lose Jack. But, Elsa knew that sacrifices just had to be made to succeed victoriously. Perseverance rising within her, Elsa was determined to make everything clearer with Jack.
Sorry if this chapter was disappointing. :( The park 'date' will be in the next chapter. I just couldn't pile this and the park scene in one chapter, because when that 'date' starts, that's where all the real drama comes in. So, I'm very sorry if you were expecting it.
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