I'm sorry for the wait, but here's another chapter! Enjoy! No violence in this one but a lot of angst...

"Miss Shark, can I have a word with you?" Ariel was interrupted in her class by the headmaster, Mr. Weselton. She looked up with a smile. This hadn't come as a surprise for the redhead since Anna had told her about his little "visit" in the weekend. To be honest Ariel had thought he would have turned to her immediately in school since he had bothered to try to catch her in her apartment but they were now in the middle of the school week and he hadn't attempted contact before. Elsa hadn't been in school at all this week and Ariel was starting to grow very concerned. The redhead was considering staying home from the trip they had all planned to Oslo in case something bad should happen.

"Well of course, headmaster Weselton," she replied politely before turning to her students. "You can work on your next assignment while I'm speaking to our headmaster."

When they stepped outside Mr. Weselton gestured for them to sit at a table nearby. He smiled at her and folded his gloved hands in his lap before he started, "How do you like it here in Arendelle university, Miss Shark?"

Ariel smiled back at the small old man. He didn't seem that intimidating without his roughies to protect him so the redhead felt confident. "I like it very much, Mr. Weselton, thank you," she replied politely. He started looking at her like he was trying to figure something out. Ariel couldn't help but sending back a curious expression.

"You have definitely been an inspiration for many of the students," he proceeded. "I think especially one has been very fond of you." Ariel didn't like where this was going. It was like sensing an attack in utter darkness but her only reaction was to give him a confident smile while responding, "Well, I've always hated bragging but I feel like I can connect with most of the students in my classes, so if you don't mind pointing out this specific one I would be utterly thrilled." The silence after her last comment was deafening. The principle had narrowed his eyes so much that Ariel was starting to believe that he actually would be abled to poke someone with them soon.

"I believe you are aware of mine and my friends' little "stopping by" yesterday," His tone of voice made the redhead flinch and he gained some sort of lascivious satisfaction out of it that displayed clearly on his wrinkly face. Ariel nodded while pressing her lips into a thin line. "I'm glad I caught your attention now," he proceeded. "You see, in this town people don't really care whether you are a newcomer or not, they stick to their own business. And I will advise you to do so too if you want to last here."

"You'll excuse me sir but that sounded very much like a threat to me," Ariel growled. The principle kept on smiling.

"Miss Elsa is very bad company for people who want to live in this town, keep that in mind," he was about to leave when he turned around, "Oh and I'll have to tell you that there has been a break in to the school this weekend." Ariel looked up as he proceeded, "But don't worry, the police are very efficient. The sinner will soon be caught." Then he turned around and left the redhead in her panicking state.

"Hey you, I was just wondering whether or not you are still alive…?"

Ariel face palmed herself when she saw the text message from Esmeralda. To be honest she had forgotten all about her dating life in this mess of a situation. The redhead sighed as she stepped into the apartment. Anna and Kristoff was being nerdy together in their own adorable way by reading old comic books. Ariel smiled and shook her head slowly as she got rid of her jacket and shoes before heading towards the kitchen. Wondering how she should answer back on the message while a thousand thoughts were running through her mind she poured herself a glass of water… Water! That was the temporary solution to her problems this very moment. She found no better way to get her mind clear than taking a swim. In Oslo her parents had build an indoor pool specifically for Ariel because they knew of her fondness of the water and every summer she would swim in the sea so they had always joked that she should've had fins instead of legs.

"Anna, I'm going to take a swim and I'll be home in two hours and I'll bring some food, is that all right?" she yelled.

"Sure, sis! Have a nice swim then! I'll see you!" Anna replied. With that acknowledgement Ariel threw her swimsuit, a towel and some shampoo in a bag, which she threw over her shoulder before she went out of the building. She pulled out her bicycle from the shed and headed towards the public swimming baths.

Jumping into the pool was like returning home. Ariel felt so comfortable as her body glided through the water again and again, swimming several hundred meters before even taking a pause. But in her break while she tried to catch her breath, everything started pounding through her head once more. Elsa. Principle Weselton's warning or threat. Elsa. The mayor. Anna in danger… Elsa in her underwear lying against my body while breathing so peacefully… Elsa's white platinum blonde hair that sparkles when the sun shines on it, just like those amazing icy blue or teal eyes of hers… Esmeralda's kiss… Elsa in her underwear… Elsa's kiss... Esmeralda's message… Elsa in her… Oh God! Stop thinking like that, what is wrong with you?!

Frustrated, she ran her fingers through her red hair. She felt a tingling sensation in her core that was almost impossible to avoid while her heart pounded in her chest so fast. It's because you are exercising and you were thinking on Esmeralda's kiss! She tried telling herself but deep down she knew better. "What an adorable couple…" What did Oaken mean by that? Did we actually look like a couple? Of course we did, I was hugging her like I would never see her again… That hug… It was like electrical fire was exploding when I touched her… When I put my arms around her and her trembling stopped. When she leant into the embrace... When our breasts met each other… Like firework. She let me dry away her tears. Her cheek were so soft, like baby skin… They were a bit red from crying but it didn't match at all from when she was blushing… Oh that sweet pink color of her cheeks when she blushes. To say that she looked cute when she was blushing was the understatement of the year… She looked absolutely adorable. Ariel smiled as she remembered how the blonde had grown all scarlet red when Ariel had admitted that she thought she looked cute. The redhead felt her heart warm and her own cheeks flush as she kept on thinking about Elsa.

The kiss… It was so unexpected yet so… so innocent and longing… Her lips are the most wonderful I have ever tasted in my life, so pure, much better than Esmeralda's! Much better than anyone's… Maybe she was confused when she did it but who puts so much affection and gentleness into a simple kiss on the lips?

"Hey you!" A voice brought Ariel back to reality. "If you feel sick or tired I need you to get out of the water." How long have I just been floating here? She asked herself bewildered as she took a look at the clock hanging on the wall. She realized her break had lasted around half an hour. A bit embarrassed the redhead signed to the guard that she understood and she was all right. She swam a few more rounds before she went to the shower.

The water rained down on her as she washed her body with closed eyes. Soon the picture of Elsa portrayed her mind and every little touch left an electric sensation on her soft skin. Her movements turned slower when she gently stroke her fingers on her collarbone. Remembering that this was a public shower she held back a moan and shut her eyes open. Some mothers had looked at her disapprovingly and she felt flushed and embarrassed by her lack of self-control. Quickly she finished showering and dried her body before taking her clothes on. She left her hair wet. It can air dry. I really need to get out of this changing room before I manage to embarrass myself even further. She put on her trench coat and boots and before grabbing her back and heading for the exit.

Once she got to the main hall she returned the keys at the counter with a smile and turned around to see… Elsa! She gasped startled. The blonde girl was standing in a corner where it was a bit hard to see anything. This was not expected at all. But there she stood in her own timid way, fiddling nervously with her braid while searching for something. Ariel looked at her like it was the first time she had really seen the blonde. She noticed every single feature on the pale face of hers; the light freckles sprayed almost invisibly around her nose, the sparkle in her eyes, the little worrying wrinkle between her eyebrows and the moist pink lips which her upper teeth currently had taken a bite in her insecurity. I wish it were my teeth that were biting that delicate lip. The redhead licked her own lips unconsciously but snapped out of it reminding herself that she had to talk to the blonde. She still had the mission of finding out what had happened to Elsa.

"Hey Elsa!" She said a bit too cheerful and gained the blonde's attention at once. Ariel went to stand in front of the girl. She loved the way Elsa's eyes always widened a bit when she saw her teacher. It was very attractive to see how shy the girl was. Nonetheless the redhead had managed to print a shy smile on the dangerously attractive lips of hers and Ariel gained an inner victory for that accomplishment.

"Hi," Elsa breathed almost silently. They held their gazes a bit too long before Elsa blushed and quickly looked down while biting her lip. The act made Ariels breath hitch and she felt her heart starting to beat faster. She cleared her throat when the silence had become too awkward,

"So…" She started. "How are you doing?" Elsa looked up at the redhead with that pained expression back on her face and Ariel felt her heart ache. "I-I'm fine… I mean, I've just been sick lately, thats why I haven't been in school, I swear I haven't ditched or anything like that, I mean I would never d-" The blonde was interrupted in her babbling when Ariel started to cup Elsa's pale left cheek softly with her right hand. They stood there silently with locked gazes. Instinct took over in Elsa's body when she closed her eyes and started to lean into Ariels loving touch. The redhead started to draw gentle circles on the pale cheek with her soft thumb and Elsa let out a silent moan. Ariel lead her left hand to the right side of the blonde's neck to unleash the scarf Elsa was wearing a bit so the redhead's hand could fit in there. She felt Elsa tremble a bit when her palm made contact with her soft skin of her neck. Mesmerized Ariel started to lean in to let their lips connect but held back a bit to let Elsa set the pace. The blonde who had sensed the upcoming kiss leant forward to catch Ariel's delicate soft lips but met nothing so she leant further forward and finally their lips brushed against each other. Just one millimeter longer and Elsa would get to explode the paradise she had discovered that weekend.

"ELSA!" The girls snapped out of their position just in time to see a black haired, tall and very muscled man, Ariel recognized to be the mayor, coming from around the corner in front of them and strolling towards the two women. His eyes narrowed a bit when they found Ariel standing beside Elsa. Ariel noticed Elsa's panicking and fearful eyes and how she trembled fiercely at the sight of the Mayor. The redhead reacted quickly, knowing how flushed the heat of the moment must have left the two girls. She reached out her hand and sent a polite smile,

"Hello Mayor Hansson, I'm Ariel Shark, Elsa's geometry teacher. It's a pleasure to meet you." Mr. Hansson, who was wearing a stone face, took the redhead's hand and squeezed it hard when he shook it. She was astounded that it hadn't fallen off when he let it go,

"The pleasure is all mine miss Shark," he replied his voice not containing a tone at all. He turned to Elsa. "Hi honey, did you bring my water?" Ariel looked confused at Elsa who brought a bottle out of her bag before reaching it towards him with trembling hands. "Thank you, sweetie" he responded with the most nauseating sugar sweet voice that Ariel had ever heard. It made the hair on her back rise.

"D-Derek i-is my s-stepfather," Elsa stuttered while keeping her eyes locked with the floor. Ariel's eyes flickered between them and something made her feel uncomfortably cold in this situation that she felt goose pimples all over her body. She cleared her throat as she realized she had been silent for way too long. "It's nice to finally meet one of Elsa's relatives, you must be very proud of her." Ariels voice was confident but she couldn't hide a little shakiness from it. "She is one of the best students in my class. I don't think she has gotten anything under an A in all the assignments." Derek gave a quick nod before he changed the subject turning towards Elsa once more,

"Honey, I'll be home late tonight, I'm sorry, so you don't have to wait for me." Elsa nodded quickly still keeping her eyes on the floor. Then he turned back to Ariel with the words, "Have a nice stay here in Arendelle as long as it lasts," before he turned around and headed towards the boxing section of the gym. Ariel turned towards Elsa who was still standing paralyzed with her eyes on the floor.

"Hey sweetie are you okay?" the redhead tried reaching out for her but Elsa flinched away. "Elsa, whats wrong?"

"We almost kissed right in front of him!" Elsa hissed. She started hyperventilating while her hands ran fiercely through her hair. Ariel sighed sadly.

"Elsa I'm sor-"

"I need to get some air!" Elsa interrupted the redhead and marched out of the entrance hall.

"Elsa! Wait!" Ariel yelled and followed her outside in the dark. "I need to talk to you!" The blonde finally stopped and turned around in frustration.

"What do you want from me?!" Her voice cracked with the words and she felt tears threatening to fall from her eyes.

"I want answers," Ariel spoke in a soft tone as she looked deep into Elsa's eyes. Oh, God! They are gorgeous…

"Well, I thought I made it clear to you that I can't give you any!" Damn, she is sexy when she's mad… Oh come on Ariel! Don't think like that right now!

"Elsa, please.." She reached out for the blonde but once more the girl flinched away. "You know that all I want is to help you."

"I don't want your help! If I accept it then you're…" Elsa's voiced cracked once more and finally the tears fell. "Then you would be doomed." The blonde fell to her knees crying and Ariel immediately ran to her side.

"Why do I have to feel this way?" Elsa sobbed in despair. The blonde was usually good at concealing her feelings and inner thoughts. She would never act on any urge she had had, not even when she'd been crazy in love with the only person in high school who had wanted to talk to her and be her friend or the closest she could become to Elsa in the blonde's special situation. Mulan was her name. Elsa had never told her about her crush and when she'd finally decided to Mulan had to move away from town to start an education in the Norwegian army. But with Ariel concealing her feelings was just so much harder.

She looked up and found herself in the redhead's embrace and the ocean blue eyes of hers looking at her in such an affectionate way. Elsa blinked a few times as she realized the short distance between them. Enchanted by Ariel's hazy gaze and the soothing circles she stroke on the blonde's back Elsa let out a despairing whimper and closed the distance with half lidded eyes.

Both let out a pleasure filled moan at the electricity that streamed through their bodies when their lips locked. It wasn't a sloppy kiss. They kept it on the lips in slow movements which made it even more perfect. Ariel had shifted her soothing strokes from Elsa's back to the back of her head as the blonde had her hands on the redhead's waste. None of them had felt anything so right in their entire lives. It was like they had both found a missing piece in their lives as they continued their gentle caresses. None of them noticed the clicking sound of a camera nearby.

"Where have you been, have you any idea of how worried you made us?!" Anna scolded her older sister furiously but when she studied her face further her . Ariel sighed absentmindedly. She couldn't bring herself to stop smiling. Her face was still all flushed.

"You were right the whole time," she sighed still looking into oblivion. Anna looked confused at the older redhead.

"What?! What do you mean?"

"She truly is amazing…" When Anna realized whom her sister was talking about her jaw dropped to the floor in astonishment. It took two minutes for the younger redhead to comprehend the situation. She looked upon her sister in awe.

"Something happened between the two of you," She finally stated the obvious. Ariel blushed and bit her lower lip in giddiness as she nodded. A smile spread on Anna's face and her eyes lightened up. "So I'm guessing you forgot to bring home some food?" Both of the girls laughed at the question, Ariel blushing lightly. However once they stopped Anna turned serious once more.

- "I'm just kidding, sis. We were out of our minds in worry but we realized that we had to eat something, so we decided to invite Hans over to a piece of pizza. And of course we left some for you too, your favorite with lutefisk even though I kept it a good distance from the other to avoid them getting the awful smell. If I'd known that you were just a lovestruck fool who decided to ignore every message and call then I might have picked another flavor for you." The last thing was said with a little pout which made Ariel feel even guiltier than before. What was she thinking, acting like this? It was like she was developing the same careless crush on Eric, only this time it was a whole lot stronger. She picked up her phone from her pocket of her jacket and found all of the missed calls and messages.

"I'm sorry, Anna… This won't happen again, I promise." She swore to her baby sister who only smiled forgivingly to the older woman.

"Hey Ariel!" Hans came in from the living room. The older redhead turned around to face her cousin and to greet the guy with a hug.

"So… Where have you been?" His voice was filled with curiosity not an inch of judgement or bitterness. She explained her situation with Elsa over a slice of pizza with lutefisk and a glass of coca cola. Kristoff had come to join them at the dinner table curious for the news.

"Wow," Hans exclaimed astounded. "So are you guys a thing now or..? Wait, what about her problem? Did she tell you who was the one to hurt her so badly?" The spark in Ariel's blue eyes immediately vanished into thin air. She swallowed her mouthful of pizza before she replied,

"No… She didn't tell me… but I have a scary feeling that we have to take a better look at our mayor."

"Why?" Kristoff asked concerned.

"Because he is Elsa's stepfather and she trembled fiercely and almost didn't speak one word when the three of us were talking. And I was directly receiving a threat today by the principal that if I didn't stay away from Elsa something bad would happen… And it could be to all of us..." All of them looked at each other in silent dread. If Elsa had been abused in her home no one knew just for how long and how frequently. And if it was the case that the mayor was such a person the chance for this to be a case of corruption was alarmingly high.

"I think it was a good idea to let the boys sleep over," Ariel stated when both of the sisters were bruising their teethes and preparing for bed in the bathroom. Anna just shrugged, "I don't know, I could probably give these guys a lesson of how to behave. She flexed her arms proudly and received a smirk from the older woman.

"Yeah, yeah I still remember when you took that guy down from school for Isabelle... What was his name again?"

"Gaston! And he was like ten feet tall and a heavy set of muscles!" Ariel giggled of her brave baby sister but then suddenly she turned sad. Anna laid a hand on her sister's shoulder in a silent question of what was wrong. The older woman sighed heavily,

"She looked utterly terrified when we stopped kissing. Her eyes were so pleading… It was like watching a victim right before execution. I had to hold her for so long and soothe her before she stopped hyperventilating and when she finally did, she started to break down in tears. I insisted that she should go with me but she was too scared. What if he has done this to her for… I don't know, for years?" Tears had started strolling down the redhead's eyes. "The worst part is…" Ariel cleared her throat, "The worst part is that I don't know how to help her!" Anna embraced her tightly and the older woman let out a whimper in despair.

"We will figure it out together, don't worry about that," Anna whispered soothingly.

In her bed Ariel went through the thousand messages Anna had sent her and felt a pang of bad conscience. Then her sight caught Esmeralda's message from the afternoon and she felt even guiltier.

"Hey, I'm sorry I haven't replied..." She started and tried desperately to think of a proper way to reject this kind woman.

"… I was wondering if we could talk tomorrow? After school and your dancing lessons. of course…" Embarrassed of her weak answer she shook her head in disbelief when she pressed send.

About two minutes passed before she received a reply.

"Sure thing! Meet me outside the latin dance studio at eight PM. Sweet dreams!" Ariel sighed and put her phone on the night table. Several thoughts of what Elsa could be going through this very moment was going through her mind and she knew that this would be a sleepless night.

Hey! I hope you guys are still with me, I'm sorry for the long break but reality washed over me and I had some school work to attend to :)

But I hope you liked the chapter and I'll see you the next time.

Stay gorgeous! :D