After a while Anna and I are interrupted by the entry of three people. I slowly try to look at them and let a little smile comes from my lips.

"Ehy guys.. it's nice to see you again."

Meg approaches me with teary eyes and starts to sob.

"E-Elsa.. stupid!" she tries to hugs me but realizes that it's not that possible because of the tubes and my injuries, she doesn't want to hurt me, her best friend. "I was so worried! We were.. we thought.." she begins to cry. Herk puts an hand on her shoulder and the other one on my hand.

"Ehy you, you shouldn't make cry my woman, you know?" He smiles at me but suddenly sadness cover his eyes. "I can't believe they did this to you, I saw you.. in your blood. I've always thought I was the stronger one, but after what I saw, you're stronger than you think Elsa, I'm so glad we managed to find you in time."

I look at my friends, I'm fully aware of how much they were worried and how much they are hurt. They could be not physically hurt but inside, probably they're hurt as much as I am.

Kristoff comes from behind the couple and looks at me.

"Hi, when I told you 'see you', I didn't mean like this. You scared us, but we're happy you're here and safe now. You can't believe how much it was difficult to deal with this one, while you were missing." He points to Anna, who sends him a dangerous look. He chuckles at her cousin attitude.

I'm happy to see that I'm surrounded with people that cares about me, even if I don't know very well Kristoff, I'm glad he was there to keep an eye on my Anna.

"Thanks guys.. I'm sorry for what you have to go through." Meg between every sobs tries to speak to me.

"Yes, you're really stupid.. you shouldn't be sorry for us.. you're the one who almost died! You're the one… stupid!"

She's letting out all the frustration she has right now, I don't think it's all because of her hormones, but I'm liking this new side of Meg. Even if she keeps calling me stupid, but well, maybe I am.

For a moment my mind goes to my Olaf.

"Olaf. How is he!?" The men in the room looks at me in a funny way, they're thinking for sure that I'm more worried for my puppy than my current condition.

"He's fine.. He didn't want to leave your house and come in mine.. I was afraid to stay in your house without you, it was too much for me, so Anna decided to take care of him. I gave her the spare key of your house and she stayed there every day waiting for some news from you."

I look at Anna and she just looks at the floor. She stayed at my house taking care of my little buddy. I want to hold him so bad.

We chat for a while and then a nurse comes in and checks on my parameters and my IV. He excuses himself for interrupting our talk and exits from the room.

Meg talks about how she was upset because Herk didn't want to stay at home with her while I was missing, but he keeps saying that he only wanted to find me as soon as possible. The only thing I can do for now is watching at them and ask to myself: what do I ever do to have such wonderful people in my life? How was it possible that I was so close to death? I almost lost everything. Tears are coming down my cheeks. I don't even want to fight them, I don't have the energy and will to do that. Kristoff, Herk and Meg keep talking to each other, only Anna notices my tears and she holds my hand and with the other one wipes away some tears.

At that moment Kristoff sees what Anna's doing and decides that it's time for three of them to leave. Meg comes close to me.

"I may call you a stupid, but you are my stupid and I am so glad you're alive, try to be like that for a long time now, okay? We need to talk about some stuff." She rubs her belly and I understand right away.

"Sure thing, I don't have any intention to leave you again, every each of you." They smile at me and say bye to me while walking away.

Anna stays close to me, she doesn't want to leave me for now. And honestly? It's okay for now.

"So you stayed at my place, eh?" I say looking at her hands. She's quiet which isn't usual from her.

"I didn't want to lose you, I couldn't be useful during the investigation, so I decided to stay at your place and taking care of Olaf.. you know he misses you. I tried to keep your house as clean as possible, I know how much you care about your stuff." She sighs "And being at you house helped me, it was like you were there with me.." she confesses with a little voice, she's a bit embarrassed about her statement, I guess she didn't want to say that out loud.

"Thanks, for everything." I smile at her and squeeze her hand. I don't think I can fully understand what she felt when I was missing, but I know that being at my house helped her a lot. It's full of my stuff of course, but if she looked closely she could have found some of her belongings. When we were together, she spent some nights at my place. She began to leave some clothes and her toothbrush. She never came to take them back.

"Since you have to be here for a while.. may I stay at your place until you come back? Just to keep an eye on Olaf.. he really doesn't want to leave your house, I think he had a feeling you were in trouble."

"It's okay, you can stay there for a little longer." I know that probably isn't the best solution, but I need someone to take care of him and since she's the one who watched over him, it's okay.

After a while there's a silence between us, it isn't unpleasant. I'm glad to have a little of quiet, I'm really tired and being forced to stay in bed makes me sleepy all the time.

For now, Hans is out of the picture. He and Ariel will be under trail for kidnapping and attempted of murder. I can't go to work for a while, I need to fully recover, the doctors say that my injuries are bad and they need time to heal, especially my broken ribs. They'll take long to fully heal.

They say that I'll need some session of physiotherapy, because of my broken bones and for my time in being in bed without making any movement or kind of work out. It'll be a long way to recover, but at least I'm alive and everyone I love is fine.

But there's a problem. Well, not really a problem-problem. With Hans out of the picture, Anna isn't engaged anymore. I asked her to stay away from me until she decided what to do regarding Hans and her, me and her, and her life.

I should be happy that now I could have a second chance to be with her, but this isn't how I wanted things to go.

"Even if now Hans isn't no longer a problem between us, I hope you remember that I asked you to think about what you really want."

She looks at me confused for a moment about my statement. I think she doesn't expect me to remind her that. She turns her head to face my legs, avoiding my eyes.

"I know. I spend all days thinking about our conversation of that day. I know that probably this isn't the right time and place to talk about it, but I want to tell you that while you were missing I understood what is what I really want and most importantly who I really want and need. And love. I don't expect you to believe me or to open your arms to me and start a relationship. I know I made some mistakes, I know I should have be a grown-up with my parents. You know? I told them a few days ago about you."

Now it's me that is confused. "About me?"

"Yes, I told them we were together. That you were the woman I had a relationship with. They were aware about your situation and the fact that you were missing and we were starting to think that you could be dead. They asked me why I acted so differently in those days, why I didn't sleep much. They knew we were friends, but as you remember and know very well, after our break up, we didn't talk anymore. As my parents with you. They thought that it was only because you were my best friend back in the days, but I told them that you weren't just my best friend. I told them everything. I told them I loved you, I love you. At first they were shocked but then they understood and hugged me. They stayed with me, trying to help me during your absence."

So, now her parents know that we were together. They accept what happened, they stay next to their daughter. They didn't walk away.

And my parents? Do they know what happened to me? Do they know I'm at the hospital? I don't have an answer for these questions, but I do know that I have my own family now, we may not be blood related, but we love each other and we stay together no matter what. If they ever loved me, I think they would have been there or I don't know.

"I'm glad you tell them and I'm happy to hear they stayed next to you. It's important to have someone with you while you're dealing with difficult things."

She puts her hand on my cheek, the one less injured. She rubs my skin with slow movements.

"Maybe I'm a bit late in understanding things, but I do know now what I need to do. I'm making my own decisions. I choose how to live my life." She leans closer to me. "It doesn't matter what people may think. I waited for too long."

Her lips gently touch mine. She kiss me slowly and I can feel all the hurt, the need, the wait, the love she has for me. Her lips are soft as always, they taste like chocolate. I think she drank some hot chocolate. I kiss her back, letting my lips enjoying the moment and the closeness with Anna's. The kiss doesn't last long, but it feels like an eternity.

This time, the kiss isn't hungry. This time it's full of affection. This time she's the one to end it, to leave my lips. I'd like to tell her to not do that, to continue with the kiss, but I know that she's doing the right thing now, and honestly? I'm glad she understands.

She gives me a little content smile and with her thumb she rubs my lower lips.

"They told me you can't have food or drink. I hope you didn't mind the chocolate." I can't help but chuckles at her words.

"I love chocolate. I missed it."

"The chocolate or the kiss?" she smirks at me. A little flush comes on my face.

"Both."

"This time, don't you think it's wrong?" she's a bit nervous. She remembers that night in the restroom of her cousin's pub. I remember what I said, I know that even if I enjoyed that kiss I had to tell her that, she was in a relationship, I didn't want her to cheat on her fiancée with me. I may hate that jackass of Hans, but I have a code, and I don't 'take' others' women.

But now she's no longer with him and even if we both know that it's too soon to start a new relationship, we both know we need some time.

"No. It wasn't wrong." I take her hand and my lips barely touch her skin. "How can something that makes me so happy could possibly be wrong?" I kiss her hand and then rub with my thumb where my lips touched her.

I love her. She loves me. We know what we want, we know that we're going to do everything in our power to make things right this time. I don't care if we're running too fast, I don't care if it seems a relationship that won't bring us anywhere. You know what I learned from those crazy Hans and Ariel? Life is short, you don't know when you're going to leave forever this world. You don't know how much time left you have with the one you love. Then the only thing you need to do is to fully live your life, live your day like it's the last one. And right now the only thing I want is to stay with Anna.

"Yes, it can't be wrong." I whisper more to myself than to her.

"I know I understood it late, but I want to give us a second chance. I know we need time, you've a lot to deal with right now. I'll be there next to you whenever you want." Our fingers intertwine and I gently pull her to me, I want to hug her, I know it's not that easy according my conditions. She understands what I'm trying to tell her without saying a word and she comes closer to me, she tries to find a spot where I don't feel too much pain and she rests her head on my left shoulder.

Even if it's not the best position, even if the tubes are in the way, even if I'm beaten up, even if we're in an hospital room, this is just perfect. Why? Anna is there with me. I don't feel the need to check around me and to see if there's someone who's watching us, I know that later today I won't receive any message. I know that now our nightmare is over, and we can finally be happy.

Author's Note: Ehy guys, I hope you'll like this chapter. There will be some other chapters until the story comes to an end. Thanks to everyone for your continue support!

Have a nice day,

Christy