Anna's eyes twitched opened as she slowly woke herself up. Taking a deep breathe through her nose she lifted up her head and cracked her neck, her eyes opening and closing at a snails pace, unaware of the drool on her left arm. Stretching her arms and making a satisfied groan, with her eyes half shut, Anna briefly looked around her room, only to fall back to sleep in an upright position. She would continuously wake herself back up only to fall sideways back onto the bed completely asleep. When she fell though, she was met with her sisters warm body and not the mattress.
The blonde shot up in the bed, eyes widened. She quickly looked around the room unaware of where she was, wondering where her fire team was. Anna mumble some incoherent words and snuggle her body closer to the person that now sat beside her. Elsa looked down, the panic in her eyes subsided when she saw her sister laying contently next to her. Smiling, Elsa rubbed Anna's bare shoulder. "Wake up Anna." She whispered a few times.
After a few moments of rubbing Anna's arm with no movement from the girl what so ever and a few impaired phrases, Elsa slid out of the bed and walked over to Anna's alarm clock. This should work. Setting the alarm five minutes later from the actual time Elsa knew this would wake her sister up. Walking out of the room and closing the door Elsa walked across the soft carpet and into the kitchen. Knowing what she going to do later on about wanting to leave and be on her own, the older girl decided to try her hand at making scrambled eggs. The last time she had tried this was back in her first year of college.
Even though Elsa knew her sister was going to be supportive with this decision, the older girl wanted to make the start of the day a happy one. A month is long of enough for me to stay here. Even though this is coming out of the blue Anna will understand. In the back of her head though, or at least that's were it sounded to be coming from, the same male voice kept saying, stop abandoning her. I never abandoned her, I joined the marines so she could proud of me, Elsa thought. Elsa shook her head a couple times to make the voice stop.
Taking out everything she thought she needed, Elsa sprayed her pan and put it on the front left burner, making sure the handle was on the right side and out of the way. She then put a splash of milk into a kitchen beaker and cracked six eggs or at leas tried to. Oh shit and fuck where the words that came out of her mouth every time she would crack an egg and get eggshell into her mix of egg and milk. Also she would crack the egg to hard and get half of the egg white in the beaker and half on the counter. Mom was always better at making meals out of the three of us. Her pancakes were the best and so was her meatloaf. Elsa let out a small sigh, she held the last egg in her left hand. If only I hadn't left the way that I did.
Elsa heard the bedroom door open and smirked. With in seconds her redheaded sister appeared in the kitchen, her hair in giant mess of knots and pointing in every direction, wearing nothing but a bra and boxer briefs. Her drool covered arm was covering her fatigued and orienting eyes. "That's a morning look." Elsa said jokingly
"That wasn't very nice." Anna said tiredly cheerful.
"What wasn't very nice." Elsa beamed.
"Waking me up for no fucking reason and making fun of how I look, that's what." Anna complained cumbrously.
"It was the only way to wake you up." Elsa picked up the beaker in her right hand whisked the eggs with her left. "Also, look at your hair, slobbered on arm, and clothing have some decency."
"Hey!" Anna tore a off a paper towel and wiped her arm. "Not everyone looks as good as you in the morning or gets up as early."
To go along with her hair, Anna also had sheet marks all across her stomach and legs. "Maybe if those people wore pajamas and not bras and boxers and didn't have sheet marks on the stomach, then yah they could look spectacular."
Anna rolled her eyes and without warning, she pulled down Elsa's shorts. "Anna!" Elsa jumped and was luckily over the counter top just incase she dropped the glass beaker in her hand.
"You do look good but at least I don't wear underwear under my clothes like some little kid, I bet your still wearing a bra too." Anna yawned and raised her arms high above her head. "You couldn't give me like another hour." Anna yawned again and rubbed her eyes.
Pulling up her shorts Elsa rolled her eyes. "It takes you at least an hour to wake up."
"I do not," she said while yawning yet again, " take an hour to wake up. I'm wide awake as you can see."
"Clearly." Elsa smiled.
"Give me a break sis." Anna languidly smiled.
"I'm not the one who chose one of my classes at eleven. You need to get ready."
"An hour of sleep wouldn't hurt anybody. What'ja makin." Anna opened the fridge and took a sip out of a glass of she kept in there.
"An hour more would've made you late and I'm attempting to make scrambled eggs."
"You any want help?" Anna said completely ignoring Elsa's first statement.
"No, I want to try this on my own, but thank you though."
"No prob, I was gonna take a shower, which will take me an hour to do, but I'll wait and have breakfast with you first." Elsa smiled brighter at her sister. "Can you tell what time it is?"
"You didn't look at the time when you woke up." Elsa raising an eyebrow still smiling.
"Of course not."
Elsa blissfully shook her head. She had just started to pour the eggs into the pan when she looked up. "It's 8:11. Oh shit!" While looking at the clock on the stove, Elsa had poured some of the egg on the stove itself. The sound of the crackling of the food on the stove made Elsa jump, she had to close her eyes to avoid another memory coming up.
Anna slightly giggle and wrapped her arms around her sister. "That's unfortunate, sorry for making you do that. Leave it I'll clean it later when your done."
With her eyes still closed and her sisters arms around her, Elsa calmed herself. "No, I'll clean it when I'm done. It's better that I do it. I mean just look at the sink."
Anna released her sister. "I'm getting to it, I've just had a lot on my mind."
"If you want I could do it for you."
"Only if you really want to. I definitely won't stop you, so go right a head, but only if you want to though." Anna smiled.
"Okay, I guess I still have to clean your messes even now." Elsa smirked.
"Heeey, I don't make that many messes." Anna turned back around and started to head out of the kitchen.
But before she left Elsa called out to her sister, her smile slightly fading. "Hey can we talk after I'm done? I want to, can we just talk?"
Anna furrowed a brow as a small expression of confusion crossed her eyes. "S-sure, I hope it's not something I did."
"No, I just want to talk to you about something. It'll be fine." I hope.
Anna walked out of the kitchen and Elsa went back to making the eggs. I'm so sorry Anna but I can't stay here and get in your way. Using a spatula to move the eggs, Elsa saw the eggs turn into their scramble form. Delighted, Elsa looked through the cabinets for two plates. Putting half the eggs on one and the other half on the other the older girl looked down at her work and smiled. She took a bite of hers and shrugged, Just needs a little salt and pepper.
Elsa brought out the two plates and gave one to her sister, who was sitting with her legs under her on the futon flipping through the channels. "Thanks, I hope there not burned."
The older girl laughed sarcastically. "I think they came out pretty damn good for not doing cooking since, a while ago."
The redhead took a bit of the eggs. "They're okay. A little burnt." Anna took another bit and smiled.
"Brat." Elsa beamed back.
"So what did you want to talk about?" Anna said while putting her plate on one of the footrests.
Elsa swallowed the food in her mouth and cleared her throat. "I-I want...to," Elsa took a deep breath, Stop being so nervous, you need to do this, "I want to go see mom and dad." Ugh, just say you want to find a place for yourself. She'll understand.
"Oh, okay well uh, we can see them later today if you want."
"Alright, what time can we go." Too late to say anything else now. Fuck!
"Um, let me think," Elsa had her hands together and was rubbing her finger tips across the back of her gloves. "Is around three good."
"That'd be great." The older girl breathed a slight sigh of relief. I'll talk about getting my own place in the car I guess.
"I guess I should buy some flowers after class, I haven't been up there in a while. It'll be good for you to visit them since coming home. I was going to tell you about them but I wanted to give you time."
"H-how are they."
Anna looked at her sister confusingly, "Fine." She said letting the word echo a bit.
"I know you've been talking to them your phone, and the way I left things before leaving was terrible but I want to talk them about something and get some things clear."
Anna looked away and scrunched her eyes brows together, she looked back at her sister with that look and shifted herself to face her sister. "Wha-what are you talking about. I haven't been taking to mom and dad I've been talking to, friends."
Elsa lowered her head, "Nice try but the way you whisper and try to be alone when your on the phone kinda gives it away that you're talking to mom and dad."
"Well, that's because, that's because some of the stuff my friends and I talk about is something private." Anna bit her lip and brought her hands behind her back, rubbing them together.
Elsa looked back up with a straighter face, "Anna stop lying, you gossip about anything you and your friends do all the time. Stop trying to avoid a confrontation between our parents and me. I know it's been mom and dad on the phone. So the next time they call today I want to talk to them about coming up."
Anna stopped biting her lip and her eyes brows came together again. "Elsa, wha-what!?"
Raising her voice a little Elsa said, "What do mean what, I want to talk to them. In fact give me you phone so I can talk to them now."
"No, I mean you can't, I mean uhh, w-why?"
Elsa got up and started to walk to the bedroom to get Anna's phone. "So I can talk to them. Stop trying to say that it's not them. I need to talk to them."
Before Elsa could enter the bedroom, Anna grabbed and pulled her by the arm. "You can't talk to them Elsa."
After squeezing her eyes shut, Elsa looked at her sister sternly, aggressively shaking her sister hand off her arm, anger filling her eyes. Anna took a step back. "Why not?" Elsa boomed.
"Why not? Elsa there not here anymore. I thought you knew that." Anna's eyes started to burn with tears as she started to step back from Elsa.
"The fuck are you talking about. Not here anymore, knew what? You just said you haven't seen them in a while." Elsa walked closer to her sister with every word she said. Anger and frustration coating each word.
"Yah I did but, Elsa don't you know what happened." Anna felt the edge of the futon one the back of her legs. With her older sister towering over, the only thing she could do was fall and sit.
"Know what happened, Anna what the fuck aren't you telling me." The redheads mouth opened but no words came out, her legs came up to her and her body shifted her right. "What!?" Elsa yelled.
"Mo-mom and dad, are, they're, dead."
Elsa shook her head, confusion replacing the anger in her eyes. "What do you mean?"
"They're dead Elsa, don't you know." Anna started to slowly cry as she tucked her legs into herself, wrapping her arms around them.
Elsa's eyes widened, she looked down at herself and around the room. "Wha, they can't, Anna." Elsa ran her hands through her hair and started to step backwards, and after a few steps she lost her balance.
Anna immediately got up and raced to her sister. Catching her and bringing her to the other futon. Anna looked into her sisters face and saw a somber confusion. Elsa kept running her left had through her hair, her eyes going back and forth looking at nothing. "Elsa, they sent you a letter three years ago. Didn't you get it." The only thing Elsa remember was refusing to get mail when she landed over seas on the first day.
She looked back at Anna, tears starting to stream down her face. "How can they be, how did they," Elsa couldn't finish any of her sentences and started to cry. Her head fell onto her younger sisters shoulder. She felt Anna's arms go around her, and then she felt Anna's head resting on hers.
"Elsa I'm sorry, I thought you knew. I should've known you didn't get the letter when you didn't respond to any of my letters." Elsa cried harder, wrapping her arms around her sister. I shouldn't have denied mail. I was just so distraught for leaving the way I did. I'm sorry Anna. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. "I know it's a lot to take in now, but I guess I should tell you how they died."
To overwhelmed to say no Elsa said, "Okay," weakly. How could this happen? Was it because of me?
Anna wiped her eyes and took a deep breath. "If you remember, Dad had gotten a tumor in his brain," Elsa wrapped her arms around her sister tighter, "and the doctors said it wouldn't get worse and that they could easily remove it." Elsa nodded her head against her sisters soft skin. "Well, of course they were wrong. When the scanned his head they must of missed something because the tumor was three times bigger than what the scans had originally shown. They couldn't operate with giving him a lobotomy and," Anna started to choke up and Elsa started to cry again. But sat up, turning Anna's body so she could hold her closer. "And," Anna sniffled, "we didn't have the money for the operation. Even if we did though, the operation could've killed him because they said the tumor was on the part of his brain that kept all his vital organs working. So, mom, dad, and I made the decision to wait and try and spend every day by his side. He sat in the hospital for three months.
By this time Anna had begun crying again and together with Elsa, they sat there holding each other and sobbing. "Within the first month though, mom had been drafted, along with some of my friends." Anna was bawling, her arms around her sister was starting to tighten and hurt Elsa, but the older girl didn't care, I deserve it.
"You don't have to continue Anna." Elsa had muffled her crying for her sister, only a few tears would stream down her face, and was rubbing Anna's back, softly kissing her shoulder.
"No I need to, I haven't had anybody to talk to about it." Even though Elsa was dealing with the same emotions as Anna, she knew it was time to be the older sister for the first time in three years.
Kissing Anna on the cheek, and setting the younger girls head on her chest, Elsa spoke softly, "Okay, I'm right here for you, don't go on if it hurts to much."
"Okay. So it was two months later when mom left. Dad never knew because mom didn't want him to know and by that time he had gotten so weak. I never left his side and was in contact with mom as much as I could. But dad died at 1:13 AM on Wednesday, February 15. He just kept smiling at me, wondering when mom and you were coming back from the house. I couldn't tell him that she was drafted, nor could I tell him that you were already over seas. Every time he wondered where she was it would hurt so much to tell him that she was running late from home. Dad died with out his wife being there for him, and mom died the same way, well not the same way."
"Anna." Elsa barely squeaked out as she every thing tried to hold back more tears. It was all my fault. This happened because I left I made all of them suffer for what I did.
"Not yet." Both sisters held each other tighter and Elsa would kiss the top of Anna's head, even it she had to fight through all the hair. "A few weeks later after dad passed, I got a letter. It said that mom had died after she stepped on an IED on the 29 of February. They sent her one good dog tag. The worst part was, is that after months of waiting for her to come home I had to identify her body, and, and," Anna couldn't talk anymore. She clenched Elsa shirt and bawled into her sisters chest. Elsa also sobbed, she blamed herself for making Anna suffer like this.
If I hadn't been so scared and lost, I wouldn't have joined the military. It's all my fault and now I know I made Anna suffer. This is all my fault, I've lost almost everything for joining the god damn marines. If I hadn't joined then maybe mom and dad will still be alive and I could have a college degree. Maybe if I hadn't joined then maybe she could still be alive and we could've met somewhere else and been in love.
Elsa continued to blame herself for everything. But at the same time she, it hit her. "Anna, when did they die."
Still crying Anna was barely audible, "A little over three months after you left."
At that moment Elsa realized that her little sister had been alone for three years. Elsa sat Anna up and looked into her sisters puffed, and distressed teal eyes. "Anna that means, oh my god Anna that means..."
"Elsa don't."
The older girl didn't continue, she only clasped her hands around her mouth and once again bawled. She uncontrollably cried and her body fell forward into her younger sister. Neither of them said anything elsa but they both knew what would've been said. Anna had spent three years more than alone, she spent them without a family.
December 21, 2004
After getting a call to come into school Elsa and Anna's parents were in the principles office of the girls elementary school. They had been called in because both girls had gotten into a fight.
The girls had there heads down, holding each others hands and occasionally look at each other and up at there parents who were sitting in front of them.
"Mr. and Mrs. Blake this is your first time here but I called you here because both daughters of yours got into the same fight during their recess period and that kind of behavior isn't allowed with out going unpunished."
"Well why did it start in the first place and what will the punishment be?" Their father said.
"Since this is the first time either of them have been in this kind of trouble, their punishment will be a three days of out of school suspension and a day in ISS, in school suspension. Plus they will have to apologize to the parents of the kids they fought."
"But how did this fight start?" There father said again more sternly.
"Well as principle, I have to here both sides of any circumstance. The names of the boys they fought were Hans Westerguard, and his slightly older brother Travis. They've been in my office before, numerous times for things like this and they aren't the most truthful boys. So of course there story differs from the one your daughter told me."
"Our daughters aren't liars." There father said agitated.
"I would suspect so, but unfortunately they were still in this fight and so they will tell you what happened." The principle leaned back and folded his arms.
The girls parents stood up and looked stoically at their daughters, who's head were still down. There father spoke first. "So, tell us what happened. From beginning to end. Elsa you start."
"It's not fair, they were being meanies to Elsa first, she was only pr-protec-protecting me." Anna suddenly said desperately. Their father put his hand up and looked sternly at his eldest daughter.
"Elsa honey it's okay, just tell us what happened." Their father knelt down and took Elsa's hand, lifting her head with his right hand. "It's okay, I'm not mad." Their fathers voice was soft but at the same time piercingly assertive. He could always get the two girls to talk, but he was nothing compared to their mother. "Elsa please look at me. Don't turn away, I'm here to help you two. But I can only do that if I know what happened. Elsa!" Their father raised his voice a bit, but didn't get angry. But the older girl still didn't look at her father. Her eyes shut and her head looked away.
The small redhead looked as if she was going to burst from not talking. Her legs were constantly kicking out and she was biting her lower lip. Her eyes kept looking between everyone in the room but they would always land back on her older sister.
Their father let out a sigh and looked to his wife with trepidation. He was met with a smile and a look from his wife that could've soothed a lion on the attack. Getting up and letting his wife kneel at his daughter he looked in amazement at what she could do. He would looked at Anna, hold up his finger to his lips and nod his head when she would look at him.
Without saying a word, the girls mother got Anna to stop her agitation from not talking. She placed a hand on Anna's left knee and looked at her daughter with a smile, but with in the soft kindness of her brown eyes there was the spark of deep seated, and power weakening intimidation that no-one had a chance of getting past.
Anna stopped her kicking and leaned back, crossing her arms and letting her lower lip protrude a bit.
Still without saying a word, the girls mother took her left hand off of her younger daughters knee and tickled underneath Elsa's chin and along her neck. Elsa winced at first but giggled right after. She opened her eyes but kept her gaze away from her mother. Taking her left hand, the girls mother turned her daughters chin and adjusted her body so her eyes met her daughters.
Elsa finally looked at her mother but her misgiving still remained. Finally the girls mother spoke. Her voice soothing, graceful, and nurturing. "Don't look at anyone but me. There is nobody here but me. It's okay to tell me, and only me, what happened." There mothers smile and eyes hadn't changed a bit.
It took a few moments but Elsa finally spoke, small and qualm. "I-I was sitting alone at a table playing alone with my Yu-gi-oh cards. I wasn't bothering anyone, but then these boys walked up to and started to call me these names that I didn't know."
"Tell me what they called you Elsa." For a brief second Elsa's eyes looked at Anna. "I'm the only one here Elsa. It's only you and me that are sitting her."
Elsa rubbed her finger tips over the top of her left hand before talking. "They called me retarded and a she-boy for playing such dyke of a game. I don't even know what that is."
Elsa's mother rubbed her daughters right arm. "It doesn't matter what it means, words are meaningless when you choose to ignore them."
"What does it mean?"
"I already said it doesn't mean anything."
"But-" Elsa's mother picked up her daughters chin and tilted her head down and looked at her daughter with the exact same look as before. "Okay. So after they started to call me these names they took my cards and I kept saying to be careful. They took my favorite card too and kept saying they would bend it. I couldn't let them steal my cards and if I told a teacher they would run away with them, I didn't know what else to do." Her father knelt down again and placed his right hand on her shoulder. "I cried, I didn't know what else to do. What was I supposed to do?" Tears started to fall down the small girls face. Her younger sister took noticed and started to cry herself, constantly starting to whisper her sisters name.
Their mother and father exchanged looks. Their father picking up Anna and repeatedly said that Elsa was fine and that their mother was helping her. He would then start telling Anna about his days in the boy scouts and how he would always be dared into doing something dumb and crazy, like eating a worm or climbing a tree all the way to the top. Eventually he would stop Anna's crying and replace it with giggles and a smile. He would continue his stories until his wife finished talking to Elsa.
At the same time the girls mother would sit next to Elsa and have the girl sit on her lap with Elsa's head against her mother's heart. With her left arm around Elsa she told the small blonde to continue. "What about Anna?"
"She's just as concerned about you as you are for her. Just keep going for me and the two of you will be fine, trust me."
"Okay. I don't know how long I cried but eventually Anna came out and started to tell the two boys to leave me alone or she would tell a teacher. I should've done something because then they started to through my cards at her. They were hurting her and she kept threating to tell the teacher but they had her against a tree and she was really scared. I couldn't let them hurt her anymore and they were going to make her cry. S-so I pushed one of them and told them to screw off. I'm sorry for using that kind of bad words but they were going to hurt her if I didn't do anything."
"It's okay, you only did what you thought was right, that's what's important."
"But then they were pushing me and...and were telling me that if I did it again they would take a bunch of rocks and chuck them at Anna as hard as they could and then they would come after me. I couldn't let them hurt her. I was stupid, I accidently punched one of them in the face and gave him a bloody nose. Anna came over next and started to kick the other boy in the leg. I-I didn't know what else to do. They were so, so, so-"
"That's enough Elsa, I'm not mad just disappointed at the principle and teachers."
"What!? Why are you upset with how me?" The principle leaned forward and looked at the girls mother with disgust. Their father set Anna down and she sat next to Elsa and hugged her when their mother got up."
"Sir, what did the boys get for there punishment." There mother said kindly
"I don't see why th-"
"Sir!" There mother said, her eyes intensifying, making the principle shift in his seat.
"I wouldn't get my wife angry." The girls father said.
"They got the a few more days for out of school suspension."
"How many more days sir." There mothers smile still remained.
"Two."
"Well, I know what you say goes but I'm willing to fight this because my girls did what the thought was right against two boys who should be really punished more for their actions."
"To be fair Mrs. Blake the boys grow up in a very big family and are often times ignored and left to do their own doings. They're boys, Mr. Blake you can agree with."
The father chuckled. "Yes they are boys but that excuse combined with how their with there family treats them only makes me really upset. If they don't have the proper care then why hasn't anybody been trying to teach them on how to act. They should know better. They put my daughters in a corner and made them feel like how they feel. It's not right, it's bullying. I don't care if they are boys. I don't care if they are ignored by their family. It's your job to teach make sure they get the punishment they deserve to teach them what happens for such heinous acts. Five days and they've been here before for the same things."
"Well I don't get what your saying Mr. Blake. Kids that grow up in that environment do these things because it's all the know. They deserve a break a from what the have to go through. It's not my job to teach them on how to act."
"I was an only child and my mother was a prostitute and would come home with men that would try and get me to drink or do the drugs they did. Her ex-husband and my father had a very short temper and drank a lot. He would beat me if the Giants and Yankees lost a game. When I was in High School I was very much like my father and mother. In my junior year I was about to drop out when my Math teacher made me stay after school after I didn't do another homework assignment. He told me that just because my parents do certain things, it doesn't mean I have to follow them. He told me that if I worked hard enough I could pass the rest of the school year, he said that if I applied myself I could get an A easily. That night I drove up to the side of a bridge and watched to stars. In that moment I told myself I'm not my parents and I promised myself I would never be like them. For the rest of the year I did all my work. When I graduated I went back to that teacher and told him that he was more of a father than my old man. I never forgot abut him. Don't tell me it's not your job. It is your job. Teachers and principles are supposed to be there if our parents aren't."
The principle was silent and so was the entire room. The principle didn't look at the girls father again and only at their mother. "I don't know why your looking at me. My father and uncle tried rapping me numerous times and my mother didn't care about me, she always said I was a mistake." She said casually. Another long silence followed. "Well if there's no more to say here I say it's time to go. Also if any of my daughters cards are destroyed in anyway, I will be back here. Those boys oppressed my daughters and if they destroyed there stuff, I'm reporting you and the boys parents." Once again the principle was silent.
For the eternity it felt like, the silence in the room was only disrupted when Elsa, Anna, and their parents packed up and left. When the were all in the car their mother finally spoke. "Girls, I'm sorry for making you sit through that. Those boys should know better. You only did what you thought was right. But next time, don't fight back. If anyone ever bothers you again and won't leave you alone, scream." Both Anna and Elsa nodded their heads. "Elsa, honey did they destroy any of your Pokémon cards?"
Elsa giggle. "There Yu-gi-oh cards mom."
"Oh I'm sorry. Silly me." She feigned knocking herself in the head. Elsa and Anna both giggle. "But did the destroy any of your cards." Elsa took out her box that held all the cards she had that day. She handed it to her mother. All of them were bent and some were ripped including hers and Anna's favorite cards, Dark Magician Girl and Royal Decree.
"Well, it looks like I'm going to the bank." There father said taking a look at the destroyed a cards.
"Really!?" Elsa said sitting up in her seat. Her eyes lighting up.
"Of course, we'll buy you enough cards to make twenty decks."
"Yah, more cards for Elsa. Can you teach me to be gooder at yoogie-oh Elsa, please." Anna was jumping in her car seat.
"I'd love to." Elsa said blissfully.
"What about us Elsa? Can you teach us how to play?" Their father said sarcastically.
"No, this game is for us. Me and Elsa only, no mommy and daddy. You won't get it" Anna said happily.
"Well then Anna. I guess your mom and I will have play our own card game, just for adults. Like Black Jack or Texas Hold'Em."
"That's right, me and Elsa only for yoogie-oh, right Elsa."
"Right. I can't wait to see what I get. I hope I can get another Royal Decree."
"I hope you get dark magic lady. She looks like you."
"It's Dark Magician Girl Anna."
"Same ting Elsa, I really like that card."
"Well girls it looks like were off to the bank and then the mall." Their mother said smiling happily.
That night both girls spent hours opening card packs and tins. Elsa read every card, while Anna sifted through them to find the coolest looking ones. There parents would watch happily seeing there daughters enjoying. Every once in a while Anna would run up to them and show them how cool a card was or how shiny it was. Elsa being her meticulous self organized every card but would softly complain Anna would walk or rummage through a pile.
For as bad as the day had started, in the end all of them were so happy.