Hello! I'm back with the newest chapter. I'm seriously surprised at the amount of feedback I'm getting and all the favs and follows. Thanks everyone! You have no idea how much this helps. It makes my day, really.
This chapter is actually shorter than the previous one.. which might be why I seemed to have finished his earlier than I though.
But I do hope you all like it!
Anna was almost late to her meeting with her agent, having slept past her alarm clock. With her red hair tied up in a messy ponytail, she raced down the street, deftly avoiding people while munching on the bagel she had grabbed on her way out. She reached the nameless building that held her agent's office and slipped in, giving a sigh and pulling off her sunglasses before smiling at the receptionist.
"Good morning, Ms. Young. Here to see Mrs. Shepherd?" Anna gave an enthusiastic nod as she shoved the rest of the bagel in her mouth causing the receptionist to laugh as she reached for the phone. "Alright. Let me just give her a call." As the receptionist phoned her agent, Anna leaned against the table and looked around. The nameless building held multiple agents for multiple movie star and producers including Hans' agent. She had ran into her fair share of actors and producers here but she had never worked up the courage to actually say hi.
She felt a tap on her hand and looked down to find the receptionist smiling at her. "Mrs. Shepherd said to just go on up." Anna nodded again and flashed a grin at the woman. "Thank you!" She ran to the stairwell, opting to exercise instead of taking the elevator. She's been too lazy to go to the gym lately, really, and that was no good at all. She reached the 5th floor huffing and puffing, nearly breaking out into a light sweat. "Boy am I out of shape…" Leaning on her knees, she took a deep breath before straightening up and heading toward the door marked Liara Shepherd. She gave a light knock before stepping in, smiling at the woman that sat behind the desk.
Liara Shepherd was a beautiful woman in her late twenties with light brown hair and a splash of freckles across her nose. Her bright blue eyes spoke of incredible intelligence and compassion but Anna knew how ruthless she could be, fighting tooth and nail to get Anna the best role possible. Although young, she was an incredible agent and others in the rest of the industry knew it.
"Good morning, Anna. Please have a seat." She gestured to the plush chair in front of her desk, her soft voice ringing through the room. "Good morning, Liara! How are you? How's Jane?" Anna took the offered seat and grinned at the woman. Liara recently married a marine she had dated for nearly two years after the marine had saved her from a gang attack. When the marine went MIA, Liara was devastated but she held onto hope for two years and in the end, she was rewarded. Jane returned to her and they lived happily ever after.
"She's fantastic. But today isn't going to be idle chatter. I think I have an offer for you that you can't turn down." This made Anna perk up and peer at the grinning woman with interest. "An offer that I can't turn down? What is it? Come on, Li! Don't tease me!" She said as she leaned closer to the desk, her aquamarine eyes boring into the sky blue ones. Liara stayed quiet for a moment, a sly grin on her face as she contemplated teasing the young girl. Thinking better of it, she reached into a drawer and pulled out a file that had a giant logo on it that was all too familiar.
Anna stared at the file incredulously. "Disney?" She asked as she snatched it up and opened it, looking through it. "Yes indeed. It's for their upcoming movie 'The Snow Queen' or something. They're still deciding on the title." Anna continued to thumb through the many pages of information, looking for anything interesting that concerned her. "Did they want me to be an extra or something? Castle servant? Villager?" Liara chuckled as she leaned back in her chair, smirking at the oblivious redhead. "No. They want you to play the main character. The Snow Queen's younger sister." This caused Anna to pause in her leafing. Slowly, she brought her head up to look at her now grinning agent.
"Wait, what?" That only caused the woman's grin to grow even bigger. "You heard me. They want you to go in and audition for the leading role. Tomorrow." Anna gave a start and gaped, her eyes the size of dinner plates. "Tomorrow?! But I don't know anything! Nothing! It says here that I should be prepared to sing. I can't sing, Liara!" Liara merely laughed and shook her head. "Of course you can! I've heard you singing Disney songs and musicals. I know you were in quite a few back in high school too. All they want is for you to sing any song from a musical." Anna merely huffed and pouted. "Yea… but even in high school, I played extras."
"Well it's still something." Countered Liara as she stood and walked to the other side of her desk. Placing a hand on her shoulder, she gave the redhead an encouraging squeeze and a soft smile. "I know you can do this, Anna. You're an amazing actress and a talented singer." Anna still looked uncertain but she nodded her head. Thanking Liara, she gave the woman a hug and turned with the file in hand and left. Pulling out her phone, she typed out a quick text to Hans asking if he had time to go to lunch with her.
"Yes I do but give me a bit. Just finishing things up with my agent here. I'll meet you at that Italian place in about an hour?"
"Sounds good."
Nodding to herself, she quickly walked back to her apartment to drop off her file and grab her car. She spaced out while walking, still not believing Disney had asked her to audition and for a leading role, no less. Before she knew it, she stood outside of her apartment door, staring at it blankly. FInally realizing where she was, she fished out her keys and swung open the door. Dropping the file on her coffee table precariously, she flopped down onto the couch with a sigh. What is she to do? She hasn't sung in a show since her senior year of high school and she's only ever been an extra since… well since she could remember!
She laid there for a good fifteen minutes contemplating what she should do and her life in general before realizing she had to meet Hans for lunch. Getting up, she pulled her hair out of its ponytail and retied it before grabbing her keys and heading to the garage. She weaved her little Mini Cooper through the traffic that Los Angeles was famous for and cursed each time she was cut off… which was often. LA wasn't known for the most polite drivers after all. After nearly 20 grueling minutes filled with honking and cursing, she reached her destination. Barely finding parking, she shot out of her car and into the restaurant, eager to get a glass of soda. Oh how she needed the sugar.
Hans had beat her to the restaurant and was already sitting in one of the booths. She waved as she walked over, a bright smile on her face. She was just so excited to tell him what had just transpired with her agent. He was also grinning from ear to ear as he stood up to receive her in a warm and tight hug. "Anna! I have some exciting news!" His grin grew even wider when she echoed him. "Hans! I have some exciting news also!"
He gestured for her to take a seat and slid a glass of soda towards her. "Here you go. I'm pretty sure you didn't have coffee this morning. Now tell me! What's this exciting news?" He asked as he leaned forward, his green eyes shining as he grinned at her. "Oh no! You go first!" She waved her hand as she took a sip of her soda. They went back and forth, arguing about who should go first. In the end, as always, Anna lost. Exaggerating a sigh, she slumped her shoulders for a bit before shooting up and grinning. "I'm audition for some new movie Disney is doing tomorrow! The leading girl! I think it's called the Snow Queen!"
Hans stared at her in shock before another grin split his face. "Me too! They want me to audition for the role of the prince!" They stared at each other in silence before they both burst out laughing, their happiness nearly palpable. "We're going to audition for the same movie?! This is great! I can't wait! Anna… you're auditioning for lead! That's amazing!" He was positively gushing and she could only grin and grip his hand tightly.
They celebrated together by eating a whole pizza and Anna nearly chugging a whole pitcher of soda. They parted ways by giving each other tight hugs and wishing each other a good audition seeing as their audition times were completely different. Anna drove home, her heart filled to the brim with excitement and happiness. She was going to maybe star in a movie! With Hans! And who knows who else. She had noticed a mention of the main characters older sister and she wondered who will be playing opposite her. "Probably someone incredibly famous…" She mumbled aloud to herself as she pulled into the parking garage of her apartment complex. It was time for her to study and prepare for her audition tomorrow.
Four in the afternoon and she was still working on her singing. She hasn't sung in so long and her first try made her cringe. But she kept at it, staring holes into the music sheet clutched in her hand. She was about to start again when her phone alerted her of a new text. Placing the sheet down, she snatched the phone from the coffee table and flopped down on the couch.
Her heart gave a leap of joy when she saw Elsa's name flashing on the screen. Sliding open the text, her grin turned into a shy giggle as she read the text.
"Good afternoon, dear Anna. I was just wondering if you were available to have a dinner date with me tonight."
Anna glanced at the clock and grinned. She could give up a few hours of practice so she could spend some time with the beautiful blonde. And it was a date! Well… a dinner date but a date nonetheless!
"I am certainly available to have a dinner date with you, dear Elsa. But alas! I have been locked up in this room by an evil thing called work! Help!"
She sent the text and laid back contented before she realized what she had just done. Shooting up, she stared wide eyed at her innocent iPhone, nervous sweat nearly breaking out. "No no no I'm such an idiot! Now she must think I'm weird! Ohhhh now she'll know how much of a nerd I am. What kind of famous, gorgeous supermodel actress would want to date a nerd?!" She face palmed and buried her face in her hands, praying that she could undo that awkward text. Her iPhone alerted her of a new message and she reluctantly opened it.
"Oh dear… Is that so? Well allow me to come and save you from this vile thing! Where is this creature keeping you, dear Anna?"
Anna stared at the text, her jaw wide open. Elsa… was playing along? Elsa was willingly being a dork with her? She's dreaming. These past two days have been too good on her. Nope. She's sure she's died and gone to heaven. There is no other explanation for all that has happened. She typed in her address and sent it, still in disbelief.
"I will be there promptly at 5. Please hang in there, fair maiden."
Anna let out a squeal and she could feel her face heat up to the point where she was surprised she hasn't fainted. Elsa called her a fair maiden! Like she was some kind of princess! Looking around, she decided her apartment was in need of a quick tidy up. Like a red tornado, she flew around her apartment and attempted to clean up as much as she could in the 45 minutes that she had.
Just as she finished with cleaning her coffee table, the last thing she needed to clean, a knock resonated throughout the apartment. She made her way over to the door, brushed herself off, and pulled the door open, a grin on her face. Elsa stood there, dressed in a simple sleeveless blouse and beige capris. Her red lips turned up into a smile as her eyes landed on the redhead. "Good afternoon, Anna. How are you?" Anna's grin grew as she stepped aside and allowed Elsa entry into her humble abode. "I'm doing good! Great that now you're here." She immediately clasped her hand over her mouth as a fierce blush began to cover her face.
Elsa turned to give her an amused but adoring smile as Anna tried to avoid eye contact while closing the door. She couldn't believe she had said that out loud. She kept her head down as she turned away from the door and tried to make her way to the couch only to crash into something. Arms wrapped around her body to keep her from stumbling back as Elsa's light laugh was heard. "I'm glad that I could make your day better, dear Anna." Anna looked up into blue eyes, a blush still adorning her face. What happened next nearly caused her to faint.
Elsa had leaned down and pressed a gentle but lingering kiss on the redhead's forehead, her scent immediately invading the shorter girl's senses. Automatically, Anna's arms went up and wound themselves around Elsa's waist and she snuggled up to the older woman. "I'm glad you came. I needed a break… and I kind of missed you." Anna felt more than heard Elsa's chuckle as the older girl pressed her cheek into Anna's red hair. "Kind of? You just kind of missed me?"
Pulling away slightly, Anna began to panic as she rushed to correct herself. "T-That's not what I meant! I m-mean of course I m-missed you! I-I-I just didn't want to seem too clingy or anything! But I really did miss you. A lot actually and I didn't know if-" A finger was placed on her lips to stop her rambling while simultaneously causing another blush to form on the redhead's freckled cheek. "Anna. I missed you too. No, you will not seem too clingy. I don't mind spending some more time with you at all. And you can text me whenever you'd like." She smiled as Anna nodded, that being all she could do. "Alright then. Ready to head out? You can pick the place."
Anna nodded again as she extracted herself from the embrace and went to grab her purse and put on her shoes. "But you invited me out… Shouldn't you pick the place?" Elsa shook her head and grinned. "Nope. I insist that you choose." Anna gave her a pout before placing a finger on her chin and doing a thinking pose. Elsa nearly swooned at the cute image but kept her composure. Barely. "How about Hard Rock Cafe? I haven't been there in a while."
Elsa nodded her head in agreement as they headed out the door. After Anna had shut and locked the door, Elsa held out her hand for Anna to take, a small smile on her face. Shyly, Anna smiled back and laced their fingers together and held onto her hand tightly, causing a light fluttering to appear in both of their stomachs. Maybe this was going to be the start of something incredible.
I'm sorry. I couldn't help it. I recently started playing that game again and... well.. yea. Ehehe I bet you can't guess who my romance is.
I apologize for any mistakes that have appeared in this chapter. Please do R&R! As I said, they make my day. (The spellcheck/grammar check thing is funny here on ...) Sorry it's nearly 3AM and everything is weird.
Also, if anyone can guess/give me suggestions to what I'm going to make each character sing for their auditions, I'll give them a cookie. Well... kinda? Acknowledgement? I'M BAD AT THIS. (; _ ;) But yea... can ya guess? :3 I already have 2 in mind.
To PureCreativity: To answer your (or Kristoff's) question... I don't really know. I just thought he'd make a good best friend if he wasn't a charming douchebag. I wanted to try something new, you know? Kristoff is always the best friend and, although I love it, I wanted to try something different. It's more interesting that way. But don't worry. Kristoff will get his part.