Okay so I'm really sorry for how late this chapter is. I've written it like three times already and I like how it turned out this time, hopefully it ya'll do to. As usual please no flames.
For Akinna, yes it did change, how, well that will come later;) and thank you for the Humvee idea.
For everyone I hope you enjoy. Oh and if anyone doesn't get some of the military slang, tell me so that the next time there is a scene like this I put in the meanings.
She's home. She's finally home!
"So..." Anna said a little nervously, turning her head slightly towards her sister but still keeping her eyes on the road.
Elsa turned her head towards Anna and gave her a small, kind smile, "So, I guess by the way you said my name earlier you didn't recognize me?" Elsa smiled and took off her cap, running a hand through her hair. She took the pins and bands out of her bun to let her hair down.
"Yes, I mean no." Caught a little off guard by Elsa's question Anna spoke faster than she could think. "Well maybe you could say that because I was checking you out. B-But I didn't realize it was you, I mean you hair wasn't in a braid and you didn't have a lot of make-up on, and you looked really gorgeous in your uniform, the way it hugged your body, showing your curves." Anna didn't notice how Elsa's face blushed a little.
Anna shook her head trying to clear her mind a bit and focus, "But I wasn't looking at you that way, well I was, but we're sisters," She looked at Elsa for a quick second and motioned to Elsa and herself, "and that's weird for me to see you that way, I mean gross." Wait, did I just tell her she's gross. "N-not that your gross in any way what so ever. I mean look at you. Sheer perfection and for me not to recognize you and think your really sexy,"
Elsa almost burst out laughing. Covering her mouth and closing her eyes, Elsa maintained her composure.
Fuck I can't believe I just said. "Oh my god! I-I didn't mean to say that. I was trying to uhh say that I didn't know you, well I know you but I didn't know it was you and-and I thought I'd introduce myself to you." What. Think for once. "Well you already know who I am, but I thought you were some one else. Not that I was waiting for someone else. But when I saw that it was you, I was like whoa. She's hot!" Anna's eyes widened and pushed her left hand against her head.
This time Elsa started laughing.
Anna gave a nervous laugh, "You know what I mean right?" her face burned a little and started to turn a little red.
Anna stopped talking and looked at her sister while also tying to concentrate on the road. "You still babble a mile a minate Anna," Elsa shifted her eyes a bit, "and I guess thank, you for the weird complements."
"But you know what I was trying to get at, right?!" Anna quickly replied.
"Yes I know what you meant. In that whole heap of words, I know what you meant. I always have understood your incoherent rambling." Elsa chuckled a bit.
"Well good, and your welcome, I guess." Both Anna and Elsa laughed as Anna started to slow the car down because the light in front of her was yellow.
"Well, within a month my hair should be back to it's original length and I'll put my hair in that intricate but sexy braid." Anna started laughing again.
"Yah, sexy, is not the word I would use. More like time consuming. I remember after you would take a shower it would take you at least an hour and a half to get your hair in that braid."
"But I remember it taking you an hour to get all the knots out of your hair. It was always a...ba-struggle for you." Elsa managed a small smirk. Don't think about it. Don't think, don't think.
"Yah because my hair hates me and becomes this big mess every time I fall asleep."
While Anna talked and focused on the road, Elsa closed her eyes and took a few quick breath, "I never had that problem with my hair. It was always perfect when I slept."
"Yah you never move when you sleep. It's like you become this fucking statue."
Elsa started laughing and so did Anna.
The car slowly came to a halt as a different light turned red about fifteen minutes from Anna's apartment building. When Anna and Elsa finished laughing they looked at each other. It had been so long since that last time they heard the other person's laugh, not talking with each other about random things Anna would suddenly think about. Both were smiling and looking at each other with glimmering eyes. "I missed these kind of conversations." Anna said smiling blissfully.
Elsa put one of her hands on Anna's, which was on the gear shifter, but looked away. "I missed them too." Elsa said softly, trying to hold back her tears. A flash image of a woman's face with beautiful but languishing deep sea blue eyes and a dirt covered face crossed her mind. But as the image left a weak and pain filled voice could be heard in her head. I loved the powwows we had when we were alone.
Anna's smile faded a bit and she furrowed a brow, "What's the matter."
"Nothing." Elsa was now looking out the window, but her eyes were closed a little tightly.
"Are you-"
"I'm fine." Elsa a little bitterly.
"Elsa-"
"I said I'm fine." Elsa said raising her voice to almost a yell. She looked at Anna with disdained eyes.
"Elsa is there something bo-"
"NO! So stop asking!" Elsa yelled.
Startled by Elsa's yelling, Anna flinched and moved back from her sister. A morose feeling overcame Anna and both girls sat in silence. With her eyes a little glossy Anna felt like crying. She and her sister had rarely ever argued, let alone raised their voices to one another. Even when Elsa left they never argued or fought.
"Sorry." Anna said in a hushed, and whimpering voice. She didn't want to cry and make Elsa feel bad, but she started sniffling. She held the steering wheel tightly to hold back tears. Anna thought there must a good reason for Elsa raise her voice. Maybe she's just tired from the flight and isn't in the best of moods.
But that didn't help her to feel better and her sniffling continued.
It was now starting to effect Elsa. The blonde looked over at her crestfallen and near crying sister. Her anger remained but was redirected at her self. Great, not even an hour home and I made her cry. Good job Elsa.
After taking a few short deep breaths to try and calm down Elsa looked back at her sister. "Anna, I'm sorry for raising my voice. I-I'm just a little tired I guess."
Feeling better Anna tried to look at her older sister but remained focused on the road. "It's okay. I would be too if I traveled in a plane for that long." Anna said trying to lighten the mood.
"That's if you ever got on a plane?" Elsa said lightening up a bit.
"I could, I don't have that big a fear of heights."
Almost giving a very un-lady like snort, Elsa gave a small laugh and her anger was now subsiding.
"What, I don't have that big a fear." Anna said with a small smile forming on her face.
"Anna, when you were little you were petrified of being within the same postal code of a Ferris Wheel."
"Yah but that was when I was little."
"But there was the time you visited me at college and got yourself dared to go up the rock climbing wall." Before Anna could reply Elsa added, "You barely got a foot off the ground before you started to freak out and piss your pants." A sly smile crossed Elsa's face.
"Shut up." Anna lightly punched Elsa in the arm. "I didn't pee my pants."
Elsa shook her head, trying to maintain her better mood. "Yes you did. You kept tripping over your words and couldn't even come up with anything to say that you didn't." Elsa thought back to the incident in hopes of distracting herself from the horrific images that were coming to her head. As she thought about the incident, the thought became more vivid.
They were in the Rec center of Georgetown University. Elsa and Anna were talking to each other while a tall, but skinny guy with black spikey hair was waiting for Anna to put her money were her mouth was. Elsa was eighteen and a freshman in college but her birthday was in a month. Anna had just turned fifteen and for her birthday she had wanted to visit and stay with Elsa for the weekend.
"Come on Anna, you know your afraid of heights."
"So, I can't not do it. I don't back down so easily." Elsa rolled her eyes.
"So you doin it or what red. I've got class in fifteen minutes and it's going to take you at least five to get into the gear."
"Hold on Zach," Elsa said, "Anna, don't do this. I don't wanna see you get hurt."
"Elsa you worry too much."
"And you act before you think shorty." Elsa smiled softly.
"Oh playing that card. Well know I'm doing it to show you bitch." Anna quickly turned and walked over to Zach.
"I'm ready jackass, gear me up with that climbing shit." Elsa's head fell into her hand. She shook her head and sighed.
"Yo Els, your sis seems to what she's doin." Zach called out as Anna was putting the gear on with no problem.
"To hell she does. It took her till the age of ten to finally tie her shoes by herself." Zach and Elsa laughed, while Anna shot daggers at her older sister. I'll pay for that later. Elsa thought to herself.
Once all the gear was on and ropes were checked, Anna was ready to climb. "All right red, you just have to make past the yellow line and boom ya done. That's it. Elsa over there thinks you can't do it and so do I. But hey maybe you prove us wrong. Probably not though."
"Step aside toothpick, I've got a mountain to climb." Anna pushed Zach out of her way and walked over to the rock climbing wall.
Elsa walked over and stood next to Zach.
"Jeez Elsa, your sister sure is feisty."
"You don't know the half of it. But she's all bark with no bite."
"I heard that." Elsa smiled smugly. "So I just climb right." Anna said looking up at the wall, now feeling intimidated.
"No, you jump and the ropes will pull you up." Zach said sarcastically.
"Asshole." Anna said.
Elsa knew what was probably going through her sisters head and was starting to get scared that her sister might do more than just freak out. "Anna, remember you don't have to do this. You can back away and nobody will think less of you."
"Well," Before Zach could say anything Elsa punched him in the balls. He grunted and started coughing. "The fuck man," he fell to his knees and looked up at Elsa, who was glaring at him, "Your...sisters right...red. You...don't have...to do this, holy fucking shit this hurts."
Anna turned around and tried to act confident but Elsa could see the fear in her younger sisters face, "But I'm going to do it anyway so shut up and let me concentrate."
Anna reached up with a shaky hand and then another. then her feet came next.
Elsa tried not to laugh as her sister looked like a frog getting ready to jump when all of Anna's limbs were on the wall. Anna started to climb with very shaky hands. Her one leg had somehow come up and made a right angle with her two legs. Anna was only a foot of the ground when she decided to look down and start to freak out. She paused and her arms and legs started trembling.
"Anna are you okay?"
"Perfect, uh how far up am I." Anna said in a shaky voice.
"Your not even a foot off the ground red." Zach said trying to get up.
"Really, t-the air seems thinner."
Zach looked at Elsa with a confused look. "What? Are you stuck missy?"
"No." Anna said as if she were about to start crying
"It kinda looks like it." Zach said not noticing the younger girls changed tone.
"I-I need to concentrate so I'm just blocking you out now." Anna's voice was on the verge of panic, and Elsa knew it.
"Anna I think it's time to stop." Elsa started walking to her sister.
"I'm fine Elsa." Anna reached up for a hand whole, but the sweet that hand accumulated on her hands caused her to slip. She fell back into Elsa arms and started to scream. Elsa fell do the ground as her sister continued to scream
"SHIT FUCK, ELSA HELP. ELSA!" Anna's arms were flailing and everyone with in the building could hear Anna.
"Anna, shhh it's okay. Shhh, I've got you. Stop screaming in my ears, I need them for the lecture at three." Elsa spoke in a hushed and calming voice trying to calm down her petrified sister. But Anna was still trembling and screaming. Elsa started rock her sister and in a near whisper sung part of the first verse from You'll be in my heart. Elsa's singing had always calmed her younger sister, whether she be mad or sad, it always seemed to work.
"Come stop your crying, it'll be alright. Just take my hand hold it tight." Elsa took one of Anna's hands and held it tightly. Elsa herself was on the verge of crying for how bad she felt of her sister. "I will protect you from all around you. I will be here don't you cry. For one so small, you seem so strong. My arms will hold you and keep you safe and warm."
Anna was almost completely calmed down from her sisters soft singing. She opened her eyes and saw she was in Elsa's arms and wasn't falling. "Did I make?" She looked into her sisters soft eyes.
"No, you weren't even close, and I think it's safe to say that your never going to do this again." Elsa smiled and so did Anna.
"How touching," Zach said behind them "From the looks of it you two could start making out." Both girls burst out laughing.
"Well Elsa I'm ready to head back to you dorm."
"Alright, lets get up first."
When Elsa and Anna turned around Zach started to fall to ground laughing. Elsa and Anna looked at each other confusingly. "What's so funny Zach." Elsa said.
He was laughing so hard it was hard for him to talk. "Your...sister...p-pi...pissed herself." He laughed even harder. All the way till the point were he started coughing and trying to catch his breath uncontrollably.
Anna looked down, "No I didn't this is just...It's only a...maybe...I uhh..." Anna struggled to finish any of her sentences until finally she gave up and looked at her sister. "This blows."
For as serous it was to not laugh at Anna's petrified state, Elsa started to laugh hysterically as she remembered Anna's misfortune afterward. In the back of her mind though, she knew nearly a year and a few weeks to that day, she had left for Iraq.
Elsa's laughing became contagious and Anna succumbed to a fit of laughter herself.
They came to another stop light and Anna looked over at Elsa still laughing. Eventually they stopped but both girls continued to broadly smile at each other. It had been so long to hear each other laugh again. Anna never knew when she would ever hear it again. While Elsa thought she would never hear the sound of her sister ever again.
They continued to smile and stare at each other. When there eyes met both girls leaned in and hugged each other again. Elsa and Anna fought back the urge to start crying as they held her each other. It was an awkward positioning for both girls, the gear shifter was pushing into Anna's stomach and her back was nearly perpendicular to the way her lower body was facing and Elsa was at least five inches taller than Anna and had to bend down a bit so that she didn't pull Anna up from her seat.
Then a truck horn beeped behind them and they quickly released each other. Anna saw that the light was green and how the person behind was nearly driving up on the bumper of her car. "Shit. Sorry, sorry." Anna gave an apologetic smile to the rear view mirror and saw that they guy in the truck behind waving his hands, yelling at her and giving her the middle finger. She rolled her eyes.
But in a small panic Anna's foot slammed onto the accelerator, and then brake. The car jerked forward as more car and truck horns could be heard behind her. Elsa, who had been, laughing, was now gripping the side of the car looking at the road with terrified eyes. In an instant she didn't see asphalt anymore, only a crater covered sand road. The windshield was cracked and as she looked around Anna's car it turned into The Bus. She looked down and saw her hand shaking with the receiver of radio in her left hand.
Their Humvee was moving barreling down the wide, dirt road.
Her breathing became heavy and there was now the rattling of bullets against the Humvee. The sound of explosions and the sight of dirt and fire was filling the area around the vehicle. The steel edifices around her turned into clay and cement. The traffic lights disappeared and then cars in front and behind her turned into more Humvees. She heard the 50 firing and the shell casings hitting the roof of the vehicle. She looked down again to see her clothes changed into a Kevlar vest, a digital desert camo designed jacket and pants. Her heels turned into tan combat boots and the weight of a helmet could be felt on the top of her head.
The radio filled with voices of other Humvee commanders.
"Targets 9 O'clock!"
"Enemies on the right side. Light 'em up."
"Small arms fire from the windows."
"Watch the road for more IED's."
"Stags down and in critical condition."
"Our fitty is going black."
"We need to move faster."
"Fuck! Balls to walls, come on."
"There every fucking where."
"This is Hook 1 go Icepick actual."
There was a more calmed voice that came through the radio that started talking. "I've got armor down with several men critically wounded and taking heavy fire from all flanks, we need an escape route now!" There was an explosion right next to her Humvee, sending the vehicle veering to the left. The entire vehicle bounced and Elsa shot her hand up onto the top of her helmet, trying to hold it down.
"How many klicks to the FOB."
"I have no idea."
"We passed the BFR forty meters ago."
"That's about thirteen clicks till the FOB."
"And five till the edge of the city."
"Check the roofs!"
"There firing from the mosques! Captain we need to get out of here."
"Elsa there fucking every where!" Someone with a slightly panicked male voice said.
"Really?! Thanks for BFO, dumbass." She said sarcastically.
"There on the god damn roofs, and in the alley ways. What the fuck should I shoot at." Goggles said shouting over the sound of the gun he fired.
"Anything that's shooting back at us Gogs." Another female voice said from the back.
"That helps. Any other advice?"
"Yah get rid of the BCG's!"
"And don't fart for god's sake."
"Focus! We're in a bag of dicks right now, and I don't senseless banter." Elsa snapped.
"Shit. Carson's been hit, get on the mod deuce someone." Another voice said over the radio.
"Watch for RPG's."
"We're black on the mod."
"We going black now too."
"This is Forest 1, Icepick main says we have no readily available birds in the air to guide you out of the area. We cleared that area of the city months ago."
"Apparently not Forest 1."
"We cannot give you accurate readings without endangering ourselves and without eyes we have no idea what route's they have covered."
"The fuck does that mean." The panicked voice said.
"It means we're sort of fucked and on our own to get out of this." Said the husky man driving.
"All current birds deployed are needed for Ranger dustoff's, escorts, and support fire. We can have a lawn dart over your position in ten but main wants to know where the rest of your company is located."
"I have now idea where they are. We lost radio contact five minutes ago. They might heading Northeast on the side roads to get out of the city but I'm not sure."
An idea suddenly came to Elsa's mind. "Marshall take the back and side roads see where that leads us, they might only have the main road covered for now and we could meet up with Exo and third companies" Elsa said over the radio.
"Dually noted Blake. Everyone follow the ass of the Vee in front of you, but don't crawl up it too far."
"Yes sir. Hoo-ah." Most of the other commanders said in unison.
"Who ever the big green weenie is for getting us in this brown star cluster, remind me to kick his ass."
"Stay focused Werl."
Once the first side street was spotted the convoy took it and started taking sporadic turns, in the hope of getting back towards the base with out more heavy enemy fire. The roads were tight and relatively quiet. The convoy speed down each road taking any turn they could. For about the next ten minutes this pattern continued. Each person on the 50 cal's were watching every corner, and ever rooftop. The radio was silent as the convoy hoped their enemy only had the one route covered. Elsa and everyone in her Humvee was starting to calm down.
"I think they only had that route covered sir." Elsa said into the radio, feeling as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders.
"I think so too. Good call Blake. Everyone status report."
"How's everyone back there?" Elsa said looking back into the back of the vehicle.
"I've got one KIA, Private Jack Carson." Elsa eyes fell to the floor and everyone was quiet for a moment. It wasn't the first death of a close friend, but that didn't mean it didn't still hurt.
"I'm fine. Shit my pants a little but I'm fine." The blonde guy finally said.
"We're all fine here."
"Classy. I'm okay, slight bruise on my left arm and my back's sore but you'll massage it later." The woman winked at Elsa, who blushed a little at the woman.
"KIA, Corporal Jay Stags."
"Yah 'massage'." The blonde guy said as the commander's voice went over the radio.
Both girls blushed
"Hey Goggles how you feelin." Elsa asked as she banged on the roof.
"I feel like a bag of smashed asshole." Everyone chuckled.
"My hands are still vibrating, I think I have more sand on my clothes than any day at the beach, my goggles are cracked, and I have bruises all over my body. Other than that, juuuust peachy." She snickered and turned towards the man driving.
"How you doing Engels."
"Just fine ma'am."
"Alright." She was about to talk back into the radio when a shrill and panicked voice came on.
"RPG!"
Elsa looked into the side mirror and saw the rear Humvee fly up into the air six feet in a flaming ball of metal and fire. She watched as the half of the gunner's fire engulfed body flew out of the vehicle. She didn't see where the body landed as suddenly the Humvee in front of her blew up from and IED hidden in the narrow street. The force of the blast caused the blown up vehicle to turn ninety degrees to the left, showing the side of the Humvee to Elsa.
"SHIT!"
Her Humvee crashed into the smoldering vehicle, dragging it along the road. For about 50 feet they dragged the burning vehicle. Elsa could see the burning corpses inside. The flesh of each mans face was charcoaled, and all were slumped over. The gunner, who was screaming in pure agony, was now engulfed in flames and hung over the gun.
With the lack of sight from all the smoke, the husky man driving Elsa's Humvee had no idea of where he was going.
"Left turn, left turn, left turn." Goggles shouted from above.
"How far!" Elsa shouted.
"NOW"
But it was too late to turn the vehicle, the ruins of the dead Humvee crashed into the side of building and stopped both vehicles voilenty sending her and the other comrades hurtling forwards, into the metal of the seats and front of their vehicle.
After the initial crash Elsa was dazed and pushed herself up from the front of Humvee and opened her eyes. Her vision was blurry and her ears rung. Her whole body ached and she felt blood dripping on the palm of her left hand. There were pieces of the radio receiver stuck deep into her hand. She turned her head slowly seeing the person next to her slumped over the steering wheel, slowly trying to get up. Her muscles ached and as she brought her head, there was a sharp pain in her neck. Reaching to feel if anything was, she felt nothing. Spinning her head around and hearing her neck crack, Elsa started to take the fragments out of her hand.
But her body still ached and looking out her window she saw a small wall run parallel to the road the convoy was on. She then saw the Humvee squads getting out of and firing at the buildings around them.
As she her hearing came back there were more sounds of explosions. She felt a hand on her should trying to get her attention.
"Elsa." It started with blonde man's voice.
"Elsa."
"Elsa." But then it started turning into the soft and sweet voice of her sister.
"Elsa. Are you alright?"
She blinked a couple times. The fiery vehicle in front of her was gone, and she was now looking at a small line of trees that slightly hid the buildings behind them.
"Elsa?" Anna's voice was starting to sound worried.
The blonde looked around quickly and saw that vehicle was stopped and in a parking lot with a side entrance door to a building behind them. "I-I'm fine Anna." She looked over at her sister and feigned a smile.
"Are you sure?" Anna's voice was a little shaky.
"Yah. I'm fine, just," Elsa looked around again. "Where are we?"
"My apartment building." Anna said casually.
"Apartment building?" Elsa said quizzically.
"Yah, I go to Arendalle Community College, a few miles past the Pentagon."
"Oh, alright, I know were it is."
"Okay." Anna got out of the car and walked to the trunk. Elsa got out right after her and as she started to walk, she nearly fell down. She thought she was wearing combat boots, and not high heels. Elsa managed to catch her self and avoided having her sister notice.
The trunked slammed shut and Anna appeared in front of her. "You ready to go."
Elsa looked up and saw her sister carrying her duffle bag. "I'll carry that for you. It's pretty heavy."
Anna waved at her sister, "Pssh, not really, I got it for you." Elsa furrowed a brow as she and Anna started walking towards the side entrance door. "I'd like to remind you that I'm still pretty strong." Anna smirked at Elsa.
"That's right. At one point you could bench a little over hundred pounds." Elsa smiled genuinely now.
"Damn right, and I don't even work out that much." Anna said with her chin a little high. "I also recall always beating you in arm and regular wrestling matches."
"Not always shorty."
"Oh, I would challenge you, but I don't want to embarrass a marine." Anna laughed.
Elsa feigned another smile and looked down at the ground with heavy eyes.
Opening the up the door to Anna's apartment, Elsa was immediately met with the smell of peaches and cool air. She looked around and saw the set up of Anna's apartment. There was a closet to her right, and a kitchen to her left. A small table and chairs just outside the kitchen entrance with a bowl apples and banana's on top of it. There were a two futon's in an L shaped against the walls. And a 60 inch LG TV on a TV stand.
"So I guess I'll give you the grand tour of my bachelorette pad." Elsa gave a small laughed.
"Well as you can see there's a closet just to the right of the door. The only things that are in there are shoes, jackets, and your old PS3."
"You still have it?"
"Yah I thought I'd hold on to it for when you came back."
Elsa felt her eyes start to water. She thought I was always going to coming back.
Before Elsa could cry, Anna showed her the small kitchen that was five feet from the door to the left. "This is the kitchen. The fridge is filled with mostly empty space, but I keep milk, eggs, cheese, could've just said dairy, some left over pasta from a couple nights ago, some import Monsters, and orange juice."
"Monster, import. I like those two words. Mind if I have one." Elsa said feeling more elated.
"Go for it. I could always buy more from the gas station or Shaw's."
Elsa opened the fridge in no time, grabbing the first can she saw. Opening the black and green can she took a couple swigs of the delectable and smooth tasting liquid. When she was done she made a satisfied "Aaaahhh. Tastes better than I remember."
"It should, all that desert water probably tasted terrible." Anna smirked.
But Elsa didn't laugh, she only took another giant swig. She shut her eyes closed tightly and finished the drink. When she was done she crushed the can in her hand extremely tightly. Her arm was away from Anna so she wouldn't have to see Elsa's arm shaking from how tightly she was holding the can.
"The cabinets behind you hold all the plates and glasses but it's nothing is organized in here so, open one up and you should have a plate, bowl, cup all right there."
"Still don't clean or organize I see."
"Hey I clean."
"Really," Elsa pointed to the sink, "What's all that then?"
"The sink." Anna said innocently.
"What's all that in the sink." Elsa snickered.
"I forgot do them okay. I'll do it later."
"Yah how much later will that be."
"Well, uh, I don't know but it'll get done don't be such so bossy on me already," Anna straightened her back a bit with a formal sounding tone she said, "I'm the queen of this apartment so things well get done when I want them done. So deal with it."
Elsa laughed, "Funny, I'm older and smarter though so whatever I say still goes."
"When you start paying for half the rent maybe, but my apartment, my rules bitch." Both girls laughed this time.
"As for the rest of the cabinets next to the fridge, I have no idea what's in them. A college budget is not amazing for grocery shopping. There are cookies, chips, cereal, other junk food, and maybe some Pop tarts some where. It's really just a roll of the dice. Oh and these two drawers next to the fridge hold all the silverware."
"I'm guessing that's also not organized."
"Bingo. As for the counter tops. Nothing much, except for the one behind you. That holds the toaster, microwave, the bread holder and Wi-Fi thing."
"Anything else about the kitchen I should now about." Elsa said raising her eye grow a bit.
"Nope."
They walked out of the kitchen and sat on the futon facing the TV. "As for the rest of the place, it's all really simple. TV, just cable. My Xbox is hooked up to it so we can watch Netflix. Oh and these foot rests open. I think yours holds all my games and this one yours." Anna opened her foot rest and saw all of Elsa's old PS3 games. "Yep, I'm right. As for the bedroom I only have one dresser and your clothes are under the bed in those vacuum sealed bag thingies."
"Okay. I think I'm going to go change. These clothes aren't really that comfortable, but I guess they make me look hot and sexy according to you." Elsa said.
"Haha very funny. There's a bathroom through the closet, and before you say it yes I know it's weird."
"Alright." Elsa got up and walked into the bedroom. She closed the door and reached under Anna's bed. She pulled out the first bag and opened it. She pulled out gray sweat pants and a white shirt. She just wanted to get out of the clothes she was in. There was a full length mirror on the bedroom door and Elsa stood in front of it to get her tie and top button undone.
After that her hands started trembling. The last time she had seen her exposed body was months ago. She remembered seeing how scared her stomach and arms were. Her legs had bruises and cuts everywhere. Her hands began to shake even more as her jacket came off. After struggling to get off her buttoned down shirt there was only a white t-shirt left. She paused and looked in the mirror at her arms. There were no bruises she could see, but there was the scar on her left arm. It looked as if it were a slash mark.
In an instant a flash of a blade crossed her arm. She reached for her arm as if to hold back the bleeding but there was none.
Elsa shook her head and slowly took off the shirt. Her eyes were closed when the shirt was finally off. She didn't want to see her scarred body. But with every ounce of will she opened her eyes. Only there were no scars, only her white bra and slim stomach with somewhat defined abdominal muscles.
She ran her hands across her smooth skin and closed her eyes. Everything was silent, the only thing she could hear was her slow breathing. Her hands made there way all across her body. At the same time though, it felt as if her hands weren't hers, but somebody else's. Tenderly and smoothly running across her body.
A slight smile crossed her face as she thought she felt lips going across her exposed shoulder and up her neck. The hands on her body were cupping her breasts and lightly squeezing them. Elsa's breathing became heavy as one hand slid down her stomach and under her blouse. The light kisses on her neck felt like jolts of electricity and all of sudden she felt fingers press down on the fabric of her underwear.
"Open your eyes." A seductive voice whispered.
As Elsa opened her eyes, she saw herself in the mirror, standing there with one hand on her breast and the other under her blouse. She looked around as if there was someone with her. "Come back, I need you." Elsa pleaded.
But she was alone. Her hands came up to her face and then she realized something. She still had on the uniform gloves.
Tears started to streak down her face and an over whelming sense of grief and anger filled her being. Elsa gritted her teeth but what finally came over her was sadness.
In less than a heart beat she was in the bathroom. She turned on the shower and didn't care what the temperature was at. The rest of her clothes were torn off and as she stepped into the shower, she broke down sobbing.
Elsa fell to her knees and curled up with her head on the shower floor. The running water blocked out the sound of her crying and the water from the shower head mixed with her tears. All that was left was her feeling of failure and sadness.
"It was all my fault. I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Elsa kept repeating. She wanted someone to tell her it was alright, but there was no one that would ever understand for what she had lost, for what she had seen. The only thing she could do was hold her self and bawl. Her hands went up and down her arms. She felt the rough wet fabric of her cadet gloves. She remained in that position for what seemed like a long time.
Slowly she brought herself upright, but remained on her knees. She brought her hands up slowly. The white pieces of fabric dripped with grief. Elsa clenched her fists knowing what was under then. Her eyes shut tight and her teeth clenched.
She was about to scream in agony when her sister knocked on the bathroom door. "Elsa I've got a towel for you, can I come in?"
The older girl stood up quickly, "Yah." Her voice was shaky.
The door opened and Elsa heard her sister walk in. "Alright I put the towel on the sink. What do you want me to do with your marine outfit."
Elsa closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "Put them in a plastic bag. I don't need them anymore. I'll probably through them away later on in the week."
"Okay I'll put the bag with your clothes in it on the bed. Oh and I have the sweats and an extra bra and underwear for you. There on top of the towel."
"Kay, thank you." Elsa said trying to sound casual.
"Anything else you need." Anna said cheerfully.
Only one thing came To Elsa's mind but she held it back. "No, I'm good but thank you."
"Your welcome." Elsa heard the door closed and let out a deep sigh. She turned her head to the shower dial and noticed it was on the coldest setting. Sighing again Elsa closed her eyes as she took of the gloves. She washed her body and hair with Anna's soaps and shampoo's. When she was done she turned off the water and dried her self. Getting dressed in the sweats, Elsa looked into the bathroom mirror. She looked into her own eyes and saw nothing but the shell of who she used to be. The way her eyes starred back at her was nothing short of pain, misery, and self-loathing.
The one thing she could hope for now was that Anna would still see her big sister and who she used to be. Anna didn't need, and couldn't know what happened and why it affected Elsa so much. She won't understand and she never will. Anna doesn't need to know what happened. She can't know, she just won't understand.
Elsa went to open the door when she felt as if someone was behind her. It wasn't an evil presence, but one of insight. "But you know she will. She always has." The male voice said.
Elsa had her back to the man and didn't look back. "No she won't, not this time." Elsa opened the door and walked out, never looking back.
Elsa walked out into the room living room and told her sister she was tired and needed to a nap. Anna said Elsa could sleep in her bed for a while, but when night came the bed was hers and Elsa would have to sleep on one of the futon's.
"But what if I like your bed."
"Then I would prepare to sleep with me." Realizing what she just said Anna scrambled for words. "Not that we would be sleeping in that way, as in me you sharing the bed and not the other way. Me sleep on one side and you the other. Not in the way of, you know cause that's really, really, really wrong." Anna gave a nervous laugh.
"Yah, it is so please try and think before you say anything." Elsa winked at her sister.
"You know that won't happen, but remember, the sky might be awake, but I sure as hell won't be so don't take a liking to my bed." Elsa giggled and Anna smiled at her sister.
"Alright, well see yah, I'm gonna catch some z's."
"Kay, Just tell me if the TV is to loud an when you wake up get changed because I want to show around the area and have diner somewhere. That's okay with you right."
"Sounds great Anna." Elsa walked into the bedroom and closed the door. She's to innocent to know. Elsa laid down and closed her eyes. For the next couples hours she would dream about her sister and the times they had together. Only, every single dream would end the same way, with Anna being hurt by Elsa in some way and a male voice saying, You can't escape this, she was your sister.