A/N: Another day, another chapter! Read and review!

Disclaimer: I do not own Frozen. End of story.

Both Elsa and Johan stood frozen in their places for a few moments, still in shock of who was standing in front of them. Finally, Johan spoke up again.

"Oh my gosh. Elsa, I can't believe it's really you," he said.

Elsa opened her mouth to say something, but no words came out, so she just shrugged.

Johan noticed that she seemed uncomfortable. "Are you okay?" he said.

Elsa nodded. "Yeah," she said. "It's just- it's been so long. So much has changed."

"I know," Johan said. He took her hand in his and looked down at it for a moment.

Out of instinct, Elsa pulled her hand back. But she almost immediately regretted it.

Johan could tell what was going through her head. He saw the fearful look in her eyes.

"It's okay," he said. "You don't need to be afraid. I know about your powers, but they don't change the way I see you as a person."

Relieved, Elsa finally began to relax. She even gave him half a smile.

"Johan, it's so good to see you," she said.

"It's good to see you, too," he replied.

All of a sudden, Elsa remembered what she had been doing. Cautiously, she looked over her shoulder at the beach. But the man who had spoken to her was gone. It was like he disappeared.

"What are you looking at?" Johan asked, following her gaze.

Elsa hesitated. "Nothing," she replied. "It's just my imagination."

Johan shrugged and looked her in the eye. "C'mon," he said, "let's go back inside. Anna and Julie are probably wondering where we are."

He held out his hand for her, and again, Elsa hesitated. But after a short moment, she placed her hand in his and he led her back to the door. She took one last look at the beach, but there was no sign of the mysterious man.

I'm going crazy, she thought to herself. That's what it is. I'm seeing things. I need to get a grip on myself!

Putting the thought behind her, she focused on what was happening now. In the coat room, Johan removed her cloak and hung it up for her. They walked back out to the Great Hall, to the table where the others sat chatting and laughing.

"Oh, there you are Elsa!" Anna said, noticing them walking up. "Are you okay?"

Elsa nodded. "Yeah, I'm okay."

"That's good," Julie said, before turning to Olivia and Mari. "Girls, do you have something you want to say?"

The two girls looked up at Elsa. "We're sorry for acting rude, Your Majesty," Mari said. Behind her, Olivia nodded in agreement.

Elsa held in a chuckle to how well Julie had beaten them into submission. "It's okay," the queen replied. "I know you didn't mean it."

"Thanks," Olivia said gratefully. She turned to Julie. "Well Julie, it's getting late. Mari and I better head home, or our parents will start to worry."

"Yeah, especially her parents," Mari teased. Olivia rolled her eyes.

"Alright then," Julie said. "I'll see you soon."

With that, the two girls stood and bade farewell to the others before heading off.

After an unbearable period of awkward silence fell over them, the band began to play a waltz, and Anna looked over at Kristoff.

"Shall we dance?" she said.

"Sure," he replied, taking her hand and leading her to the dance floor.

Johan stared at Elsa across the table. Julie nudged him and nodded for him to do something.

Using all the courage he could muster, he stood up and walked around the table to where she sat. She looked up at him, and waited for him to say something until he held out his hand for her.

"May I have the pleasure, Your Majesty?" he said.

"I'm not much of a dancer."

He smiled tenderly at her. "Just follow my lead. If I can do it, you can do it."

Elsa smiled at him as she took his hand, and he led her to the dance floor. He positioned her left hand on his shoulder and placed his right hand on her waist. He led her briskly through the movements, and Elsa was intrigued to discover how easy it was.

Meanwhile, Anna and Kristoff had left the floor, and Anna went back to the table with Julie while Kristoff got a glass of water.

"Where are Elsa and Johan?" Anna asked Julie upon seeing her alone.

Julie nodded to the dance floor, and Anna turned to see the two dancing gracefully.

"I never knew she had it in her," Anna commented as she sat down.

"I had a feeling that their relationship would quickly grow once she got here," Julie said.

Anna looked at her skeptically. "Wait, what? What are you talking about?"

Julie's eyes widened at this. "Elsa never told you?"

"Told me what?"

"Well if Elsa never said anything, I'm certainly not going to say anything! My lips are sealed as tight as a drum! You aren't getting anything out of me!"

Anna smirked at how defensive Julie had suddenly become. "C'mon, Julie. What are you hiding?"

"Nothing!"

"Tell me!"

"No!"

"Come on!" Anna begged. "I won't tell anyone about it, or that I heard it from you."

Julie hesitated. "Well..."

"I'm not gonna stop bugging you until you tell me." Anna said.

Julie sighed. "Alright. Come over here."

Anna moved next to Julie so she could whisper to her.

"When Johan visited Arendelle," she began, "he and Elsa once ran into each other in the middle of the night, and after that he would go to her door to talk to her every night. They ended up kind of liking each other, and on the last night-" She looked around to make sure no one was listening. "-on the last night she even came out and kissed him!"

Anna stared at her agape. "Are you sure we're talking about my sister here?"

"Absolutely positive."

"Wow." Anna looked back at Elsa and Johan dancing, losing themselves in each other's eyes.

"You can't tell anyone I told you that!" Julie instructed.

"I won't," Anna reassured her. "I just wonder why she never told me."

"It probably never crossed her mind," Julie guessed. "And even when it did, she probably thought there was no reason to."

Anna shrugged, when she noticed a tall, handsome boy in a guard uniform walking over to them. He had a long jagged scar down the left side of his face, and he smiled at them as he approached.

"Julie, are you bothering people?" he teased.

"Shut up, Noah," Julie replied, blushing. "It's bad enough to have Johan on my tail all the time."

Noah chuckled and looked at Anna as he held out his hand. "Hi," he said. "Noah Jacobsen. I'm a good friend of the royal family."

Anna smiled as she took his outstretched hand. "Princess Anna of Arendelle."

Noah's eyes widened at this. "Oh, well how do you do, Your Highness?" he corrected himself, realizing who she was. "Johan has said many good things about you."

"Aww, thank you!" the princess replied.

"Speaking of Johan," Noah continued, turning to Julie, "where has he gotten himself off to this time?"

Julie nodded to the dance floor, and Noah looked for a moment before finally spotting him and Elsa. He turned back to them with wide eyes, and he brought his voice down to a whisper.

"Is that-?"

"Mm-hmm," Julie replied with a smirk on her face.

Noah stared at his friend, agape. He started to say something else but was interrupted when Kristoff came back, a glass of water in his hand.

"Hi," Kristoff said, a little lost as to why there was yet another new person standing at their table.

Julie was quick to settle the awkward moment. "Oh, Kristoff, this is my friend, Noah. Noah, this is Anna's boyfriend, Kristoff."

Noah grinned and shook hands with the mountain man. "Pleasure to meet you, sir."

"You as well," Kristoff replied.

"So anyway," Julie continued, "Noah, I'm not kicking you out or anything, but was there something specific you wanted when you came over here?"

"Oh! No, not really," he replied. "I just saw you over here and thought I'd say hi."

Julie blushed at this comment. Anna noticed and nudged her when Noah wasn't looking.

All of a sudden, another young guard, younger than Noah, came running to them when he saw him.

"Noah," he said, "do you know where Captain Gunnarson is?"

"No," Noah replied. "Why do you need to find him? I thought you were at the weather tower."

"I was," the young guard said. "That's why I need to find him."

Noah's eyes widened in annoyance. "Oh my gosh. We have all these ships in the harbor from other kingdoms that are supposed to leave either tonight or tomorrow! Please don't tell me there's a storm coming in!"

Read on, write on, dream on. -bandgeek63