Frozen Hearts
By- An Unknown Foreign Beauty
Chapter 2- First crush
Two months later
"At first we're going to meet the principal, then you can choose your classes." Elsa instructed Anna on their way to the school. Their summer vacation ended yesterday, and now the girls were going to start their school. Everything was new and exciting for Anna, especially when she was going to start the high school for the first time.
"Are we going to meet a lot of boys?" Instead of listening to Elsa, Anna lowered her voice so they wouldn't be heard by their parents in the front seat. Mr. Kingsley seemed apparently busy in kissing his new wife.
"Umm…" Elsa lowered her eyes from the rearview mirror which was reflecting their parents' action, and said, "Yes, of course. There are lots of them."
"Really." Anna's blue eyes glittered with excitement, "So have you met one yet?"
Elsa bit her lips, trying to remember the attitude of her classmates to her. She always belonged to the loner group, used to hide in the libraries while everyone enjoyed the party. But it wasn't like that she had never noticed any boy, especially the one with auburn hair, and green eyes. Hans Westergard, the youngest heir of the Southern Isles chain of hotels, always made her heart beating faster. But he was too busy with his hoards of girlfriends, so there was no chance for her.
"Actually I am too busy to meet one." Elsa lied at last.
"Oh, really!" Anna rolled her eyes, punching Elsa's arm playfully, "Don't make me believe that. This year I'm going to be your matchmaker."
"I can see that already." Elsa smiled affectionately, ruffling her soft strawberry colored hair.
In the last two months, Elsa had already become Anna's best friend and champion. She helped Anna to choose her clothes, to fix her hair in different styles, and taught her the rules of the upper class society. Anna admired her, and was really grateful to have her as her sister. Though Elsa was socially awkward, but Anna always found her as a very delightful person.
Their car stopped in front of the school gate, and the girls kissed their parents goodbye.
Anna looked around her surrounding; this school was going to be a lot better than her previous one, especially when she had Elsa as her sister. She beamed, Elsa smiled in return, and together they walked inside holding hands.
A chorus of murmured laughter rose from their behind as they passed the corridor. Both Elsa and Anna turned to find a group of girls laughing right behind them.
"Look, Elsa got a friend!" A blonde girl shouted, before busting into a high pitched giggle.
"Another freak?" A brunette joined her. Anna threw a troubled look at her sister, who told her to remain calm. She gently took Anna's hand, and walked near the bunch of giggling girls.
"She is my sister." She gently introduced Anna to them. "Anna, they are my classmates." She looked at Anna, "Most of their fathers are papa's business partners."
Anna disliked them instantly.
"Oh, I see!" A blonde girl named Valarie raised her eyebrows sarcastically, "How does she become your sister? Is she an illegal child of your father?"
"Our parents got married two months ago." Elsa replied curtly, noticing Anna's uneasiness. They were always so jealous of their fortune.
"Step-sister then?" Another girl Hailey smiled, "How nice! Look, the freak got a step sister."
It was a perfect ammunition to shut Elsa up. The girls busted into laughter again. Anna was shocked to learn what an outcast her sister was in here. She felt a sharp pang of guilt when she saw the pained look in Elsa's face.
"How do you live with that freak?" Valarie Cooper whispered, eyeing Elsa, "We're classmates, but we can never go along with her."
Elsa cringed under their glares, but said nothing. Anna obviously sensed it, too, and tried to head them off, her voice sweet and persuasive. "She is not weird. You've never tried to get to know her."
"We tried to get to know her for the last eight years." Valarie declared with haughty finality, ignoring Elsa's pained expression completely, "But we can't. She is obviously a freak. The first thing good thing she did in the last eight years is to bring you here…"
"Anna," Elsa whispered, obviously hurt by their comments, "Umm… We better go to the principal's and…"
"No," Anna placed her hand on her arm, and said firmly, "Wait…"
"Don't talk about my sister like that." Anna told them stubbornly, "She is sweet and kind. I know her for two months."
"Step-sister…Anna." Valarie put an extra emphasis on the word step-sister, "She is your step sister. She is a witch. She will take away everything good from you."
Anna understood why Elsa despised these girls. They were so mean, and narrow minded. During her stay with the upper class people she gathered a lot of impression about the girls of her age. Among those observations was that the teenage girls whom she met were all crazy about boys and crazy about horses, and they were desperately eager to perfect their skills with both, in addition to their obsession with boys, they were totally obsessed with their looks, their clothes, and their status with their peers. Their personalities ranged from giddy to sulky, and although they could be charming, they were also demanding, conceited, and catty. "She isn't like that." Anna protested.
"Anna," Elsa pleaded, "There's no good to argue with them."
"No, Elsa." Anna assured her sister, "They must learn who you are."
Rest of the students in the corridor winced with empathy for Elsa, and sympathy for Anna who they were certain would buckle under the intense peer pressure, but poor little Anna didn't give an inch, even though her voice never lost its softness. "I'm really sorry you all feel that way," she said sincerely, directing her words toward Valarie, who was the leader of the disaster, "I guess, I never realized you'd be afraid of the competition if you gave her a chance."
"What competition?" Hailey asked, looking baffled but concerned.
"Competition with boys. I mean, Elsa is very pretty, and she's different, so naturally the boys are going to be hanging around her wherever she goes."
Hearing her declaration the whole group busted into laughter, "Boys? With her?" Nancy rolled her eyes, "Who on the earth is going to like Elsa? The ice king?"
Elsa turned red. Even Anna's words stopped for a second, remembering Elsa's reaction about boys. But she wasn't giving up. "Elsa already has a boyfriend back home, and she isn't interested in having another one here."
"What?" A strange silence fell among the girls, and they gave the sisters a puzzled look. "Who is her boyfriend?" Suddenly Valarie asked, her voice dipped sarcasm, "Do we know him?"
"I know him." the girls startled with a voice speaking from behind. Elsa turned to find a tall, auburn haired boy with bright green eyes, standing right behind them. "Hans!" she whispered, her heart had already began beating faster.
The sight of the most popular boy in the school effectively shut up rest of the girls, but Valarie wasn't giving up. She placed her hands on her hips, and demanded, "Who?"
"Elsa never talks about him, because his name is kind of odd." Hans gave Elsa a playful look. Elsa felt she was going to turn into a puddle of gratitude.
"How odd?" Valarie persisted.
"Very." Hans smiled, catching Elsa's eyes, "His name is Olaf. They met in the last winter."
"He likes warm hugs." Elsa chimed in.
"He is a very nice little guy." Hans muttered under his breath, and then turned to meet Elsa's eyes, "Now we better head for the class, shall we?"
"Yes," Elsa was still blushing, "Of course."
When Hans and Elsa left for the class, Anna strolled through the corridor startling Elsa. "Tell me something," she said with a conspiratorial grin. "Who is Olaf?"
Elsa nodded slowly. "My boyfriend."
"And Olaf is…"
"A snowman." Hans added from behind.
Elsa lowered her head and blushed, fortunately Anna didn't notice that. She raised her eyebrows and looked at the older boy, "How do you know?" she charged.
'Because, I met Olaf in the last winter at Elsa's house." Hans replied in an amused voice, "She was hugging it so much, which made me to think…."
"Don't think like that about my sister in future." Anna warned.
"Well…" Hans raised his eyebrows playfully, casting his inevitable charm. Anna tilted her head upwards to say something, and then her blue eyes met his green ones. She gaped like a fish for a second, as if she was trying to find her words, but she couldn't. A thousand of butterflies flattered in the pit of her stomach.
"Anna..." Elsa gently touched her sister's shoulder, which made her jump, "We must go."
"Oh, yes. Of course." Anna closed her mouth. Hans raised his eyebrows, and glanced at his wristwatch, "Yes, we must. Sofia is waiting for me."
"I see." The smile disappeared from Elsa's face, fortunately Anna didn't notice that. Sofia was Hans' steady girlfriend for the last two years. She was so beautiful with amazing personality, that Elsa knew that she stood no chance next to her.
"I wish to him again." Anna sighed, as Hans waved them goodbye.
Elsa moved her eyes from the handsome boy, and smiled at her sister, "Of course, you will, because his father is our papa's business partner. He taking part the annual racing competition in the next month."
"Really?" Anna's excitement returned, "We're going to see him again."
Elsa sensed that her sister fell head over heels for the boy. She couldn't blame her. Every girl had fallen for him once in their lives. Besides, she was never going to make an approach to him anyway.
"Umm…" Elsa rolled her eyes, hiding her sigh effectively, "But right now we need to see the principal first."
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Meanwhile in the principal's office, Kristoff Bjorgman was collecting his transfer certificate. Today he was going to move in with his grandmother in Alaska. After living with his abusive step-father for the last ten years, moving in with Grandmother Bulda sounded pretty thrilling and refreshing. Besides he wasn't going to miss this place. He was the unnoticed one here, and he never had any friends.
Then he bumped into a girl on his way out of the principal's office. He tried to avoid the crush, but the girl landed knocking him to the ground. She landed on top of him, her forehead at his chin, his left hand on her upper arm. He was sure he died, but the girl in his arm was shaking harder than he was. He cracked his eyes open to see her face, and the petite strawberry-blonde struck him as a refreshing exception. Everything about her was appealing and wholesome, and yet he sensed there was something about her that the other girls lacked. She had hair the color of the strawberry and a pair of startlingly large, long-lashed eyes—clear, luminous, mesmerizing blue eyes that regarded him, and the rest of her world, with genuine interest. They were expressive eyes, bright with honesty, and yet filled with a sweetness that made Kristoff to feel flattering butterflies in the pit of his stomach.
"Sorry." He murmured, as he quickly got back to his feet, brushing the dusts away from the second-hand shirt he got from the Sunday market.
"Are you alright?" The girl asked with a genuine concern in her voice.
"Umm…yes…" Kristoff mumbled; the butterflies in his stomach turned really bad.
"Oh, thank God." The girl sighed in relief. They continued to gaze into each other's eyes for a while until they were startled by another voice.
"Anna, what are you doing?" They turned to find Elsa Kingsley walking near the younger girl, with a concerned look in her face.
"Umm…nothing." Anna replied breaking their eye contact, then smiled sweetly at Kristoff, "I better dash. I've some formalities to do at the principal's office."
Kristoff watched her go. She was pretty opposite to the shy older Kingsley girl. Somehow he liked it. He heard her talking with Elsa on their way to the principal's office.
"What's she like?" Anna asked her sister.
"Who?"
"Sofia. Hans' girlfriend." She threw her a wistful look.
There was a long pause. And then Kristoff heard Elsa speaking in low voice, "Well, she is blonde, tall, and fair." Kristoff sensed the sadness in her voice. Hans was like a celebrity in the school. And he was a senior. Every girl had a crush on him.
"I wish to be tall." "Anna confessed with a sigh.
"Oh, no Anna…" Elsa giggled, "Don't have a crush on Hans. He and Sofia are going out for a while."
"Then I'm jealous of Sofia." Anna confessed honestly.
"Yeah, every girl is." Elsa added with a sigh.
Kristoff began to feel really sorry for Anna, who was building castles in the clouds. That guy was already taken. He was feeling sorry for her impending heartbreak, and he felt a strange urge to comfort her. But he knew he stood no chance with this ultrarich girl.
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Ages: Elsa 14 (soon to be 15), Anna 11 (soon to be 12), Kristoff 14, Hans 16 (soon to be 17).
Wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR.