The majority of Thursday was spent packing, on Anna's part. For the first time in her life, she did not want to leave something until the last minute. On any other day, she probably would have, but the snow kept everyone inside so there was really nothing much to do except pack.

"Are you planning on moving out?" Elsa asked as she noticed the stash of clothes Anna was trying to fit into her bags. The redhead kept pushing down on the clothes as if by some miracle they would reduce in half.

"This is me when it comes to packing. I never know what to take so I take everything." She shrugged.

"Looks like you'll have a lot to carry with you. I don't know how you'll make it through the door." Elsa laughed, picturing a very busy Anna trying to fit through the door.

"Well, that's why I have you to help me." She smiled at the blonde.

"Who knows if I'll even be here? What time are you leaving, by the way?" She reached for her phone to look at the time.

"Umm, maybe sometime in the morning. That way I get home not too late, you know?"

"Are your parents picking you up?"

"No, I didn't want to bother them. They'll probably be too busy preparing for thanksgiving. I know, I know, its a few days away still. But you don't know my parents, they make it a big deal. They probably make as much food as our cafeteria, it's incredible."

"They sound like fun." Elsa smiled.

"Oh, they are. You have no idea."

"You never did talk much about them."

"Neither did you. About yours, I mean."

A few seconds passed before Elsa replied. "Good point. Anyway, I would love to meet them sometime."

"I'm sure you will event-" An idea crossed Anna's head before she could finish that sentence. A smile spread across her face as she spoke. "You know what? You should come with. Take a week off, we both know you need it."

"Eh... I don't know, I mean-" It was a tempting offer for Elsa, considering how she didn't want to spend a week without Anna, but she still had to think about it.

"No, no, no. Els, that wasn't a question." Anna noticed the way she furrowed her eyebrows and the way her left hand rubbed on her right upper arm. She had to give her no choice. She wanted Elsa with her, after all.

There it is again, Els. How can I say no to that?

"Fine, you've convinced me."

"Who would have thought it'd be that easy?" A smirk played on Anna's face, obviously a sign of victory.

Elsa laughed at the comment and threw a pillow at Anna.

"Hey! What was that for?"

Anna rubbed her arm.

"For convincing me that easily."

"Pfft, okay. Shouldn't you start packing as well?" She considered throwing the pillow back at Elsa, but decided against it. She'd get her later.

"I should, shouldn't I? I also have to call work and let them know. I'm sure Hans won't appreciate it." Elsa made a pout.

"Hey but it's thanksgiving, he can't force you to stay." Anna's argumentative face was back in place. Elsa found it adorable, it was one of the things she liked most about Anna; she was a fighter, a stubborn fighter at that.

"Yeah, you're right." The blonde stood up and grabbed a suitcase under her bed. Somehow the thought of spending a whole week with Anna brightened her day.

"Sorry I forgot to tell you that Kristoff would be coming along." Anna turned to Elsa and smiled apologetically. They were both sitting in the back of the car so no one else could hear them.

"Oh, no worries. I assumed he would, you're neighbors, after all." Elsa was right, she didn't mind one bit. Kristoff was someone she had not yet gotten to know but she knew he meant well, and she knew he wanted the best for Anna, which was all that mattered. There was a certain someone making her uncomfortable, however. Neither Anna nor Elsa imagined Ygrette coming along with them, but if Kristoff and her sister were a thing then it all made sense to Elsa, and Anna did not mind having the whole crew. There was no backing out when Kristoff announced they'd be driving Ygrette's car. The redhead knew better though, she knew Elsa and Ygrette did not get along very well. She could sense the awkwardness between the two, and she could see the pressure built between Elsa's eyebrows as she narrowed her eyes and shifted her eyebrows every time Ygrette said something. She was aware of that small detail and so she tried to distract Elsa with a conversation the whole drive.

"So, how did Hans take it?" Anna asked as Elsa stared out the window. The blonde looked back at her and thought about the question, as if taken by surprise. Clearly, she wasn't expecting it but she answered anyway.

"Surprisingly well, he was really nice about it. Told me to have fun and enjoy my week off, that I deserved it." She raised an eyebrow, obviously the whole conversation she had with Hans had confused her, and it did so even more now that she thought and talked about it.

"Well, it's not that surprising. You do deserve it, plus it's a holiday." Anna gave her a small smile but the look on Elsa's face didn't change. The blonde was staring into space, thinking.

"Elsa?" Elsa shook her head to get rid of the thoughts. "Something wrong?"

"No, I was just thinking." She finally looked back at Anna.

"Mind sharing?"

"Well, I'm just thinking. Hans has been acting very weird lately... I think you might be right." Elsa put up a straight face.

"Right about?" Curiosity was killing Anna.

"You know how you asked me if I was with Hans? Well, obviously I'm not but he's been flirty lately. Way too flirty, I would say."

Anna did not reply. That was definitely unexpected. "Hasn't he always been flirty?" She tried hard to not let jealousy get to her. Now that Elsa and her were okay, there was no way she would let anyone else come between them, even if they were just friends. No one could ruin their friendship.

"Wait, what do you mean he's always been flirty?"

Anna cheek's slowly turned red as she realized she gave herself away. "Well, he always tried to keep you with him, I mean."

Elsa thought about it, exploring the possibilities of why Anna would think such a thing. "For work related purposes, of course."

"Okay, well... what makes you think he's being flirty now?" Anna had to shift the focus away from her, plus she really wanted to know what was up with Hans.

"You know that first day we started working on the files? You left and I stayed because he asked me to look over some papers for him. He said I might need to know about them later on, turns out I probably didn't even need to. He just wanted me around to ask me out to dinner."

Anna felt something inside of her spark. The fact that someone else was fighting for Elsa's attention was unimaginable, although not entirely. It was clear that if Elsa was now single, a lot of people would try to be around her, which was just bad news for Anna seeing as their relationship was still a bit shaky. She could have anyone she wanted. But she couldn't even think about Elsa ignoring her for someone else. Then again, what was she thinking? At some point Elsa would find someone else and would not have time for their 'friendship,' she wondered why for some reason she was still hoping that she'd have more than that with Elsa. It was more than impossible, hell Elsa probably doesn't even like girls.

"He did what?!" Anna almost screamed at Elsa's confession. Elsa, who had returned to looking through the window, now shifted her eyes back on Anna, a little startled with the redhead's reaction. Kristoff interrupted before Elsa has a chance to talk. "Woah, what's going on back there?"

"Oh, nothing, nothing. Just catching up on some work-related things." Anna faked a smile, but she was glad Kristoff broke the tension that was released after her reaction.

Kristoff gave them a nod through the rearview mirror. A few seconds after, Ygrette shifted her body and placed her back against the door, she turned her head towards the back. "So," she began. Elsa had to fight hard to stop herself from rolling her eyes. "I take it you two are no longer mad at each other?" Anna did not reply, not knowing how. Elsa on the other hand, was curious as to what she was talking about.

"Mad at each other?" She looked at her sister, even if she didn't want to.

"Yeah, I guess Anna's gift must have been really good if you already forgot about it."

Elsa stared at Ygrette, then she lowered her glare, questioning what the hell Ygrette was talking about. She wanted to keep asking, but that would be weird. Did Ygrette know something she didn't?

"I- I haven't given it to her yet..." Anna finally said. If she was red before, she was practically the color of a tomato now.

"Oh! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to ruin the surprise. Hehe." Ygrette returned to her former position, staring at the road and holding Kristoff's hand.

Shit, shit, shit. Don't look at her, don't look at her. Anna told herself as she tried to avoid Elsa's gaze on her, of course it was inevitable, her eyes won as she was staring at the very confused blonde next to her.

"Well... now you know." She laughed nervously, shrugged and said it as quietly as she could. She did not want anyone else but Elsa to hear that conversation.

"Ygrette knew?" Elsa mouthed back.

"Yeah... I'm sorry... I just- She was there and- Don't worry! I didn't tell her everything. I only told her we had a fight and it was a few days after your birthday so I mentioned a gift. Well, I asked her what would be a good gift." Anna ran out of breath, she could not find another way to explain herself. She sighed. She was too into her thoughts that she did not notice Elsa's hand on hers. Anna 's forearm was pressed on the bag she placed in between the two, she was forced to do so with no more room in the back. She had no clue when the blonde had grabbed her hand, it must have been after Anna started rambling again. That question bothered her for a short time because now the more pressing matter was what she was feeling. She considered pinching herself just to make sure Elsa was actually touching her, gripping her hand slightly. She looked down at their hands, then at Elsa who was surprisingly smiling at her. Anna just stared at her in shock and admiration.

"So...Where's my gift?" Elsa whispered and smiled at the same time, Anna could not tell if she was joking or not. But she took the change in attitude as a good response.

"Uh- You. Book. Read." She shook her head. Why was she not able to speak all of the sudden? Elsa's touch could paralyze her and ignite her in so many ways; Elsa's touch was the biggest contradiction of all time. Elsa laughed at Anna's current ineptness when it came to speaking.

"Sorry," Anna finally regained her composure. Not thinking clearly, she pulled her hand away from Elsa and regretted it immediately. What would Elsa think? "It's nothing big, your gift I mean."

"A gift is a gift, Anna. You could give me a sock and I wouldn't care. Well I would, but not at the fact that it's a sock. So tell me, what is it?" She cocked sideways her head to be able to look at Anna, who had lowered her head in an attempt to hide her blush. Was the whole drive going to consist of the universe turning against her and having her blush all the time?

"It's just a book, since I really did not know what else you liked."

"I can't wait to read it." She smiled and Anna was sure that was a 100% genuine, happy-Elsa smile, so she couldn't help but smile back.

They continued to drive for a while. As far as Anna could remember, the drive wasn't usually this long, but then again, it usually wasn't snowing. They decided that it would be best to not make any stops, they were already late as they were and the snow could become much more dangerous at night.

"It doesn't usually snow this early in the year does it?" Ygrette asked from the front.

"No, but I could get used to this." Anna said lazily. They were all really tired of sitting for almost five hours. They all took short naps along the way, with the exception of Kristoff who insisted he was okay. He just needed to get home.

"Hey, Anna?" Elsa called for Anna's attention after the blonde saw Anna wake from her nap.

The redhead yawned and looked at Elsa. "What's up?" Elsa laughed, still not used to seeing Anna wake up like she had just slept for months. "I was just thinking."

"What were you thinking about?" She blinked a few more times until her eyes finally adjusted. She had to keep her eyes open even if they were fighting to stay closed.

"Did you tell your parents I was coming along?" Elsa asked curiously, and almost afraid although she didn't want to admit it. "I mean... I can get a room in a hotel nearby, if that's the case..."

"Nonsense, I wouldn't- my parents wouldn't let you do that. They love having people over. They'll be delighted with you, trust me. You'll have your own room." Elsa wasn't completely satisfied with that answer, but she only smiled.

It wasn't long before they finally got into town. "We're almost there ladies, we're almost there." Kristoff said before taking Ygrette's hand and kissing it, not letting go of the stirring wheel.

"Anna, dear! I thought you'd never make it." Anna's mom was obviously worried. The older woman took Anna by her arms and pulled her inside, hugging her immediately. "I'm okay mom. I'm finally home, and I'm okay." Anna reassured her.

"Your father and I have been worried. We thought you wouldn't get here with the snow getting heavier." She couldn't stop staring at her daughter, making sure everything was fine. "We made it just fine." Anna tried pulling away once she realized Elsa was standing awkwardly at the door. She took a few steps back as her mother kept talking. She looked back and smiled at Elsa, giving her a small shrug. "Mom," Anna finally interrupted. "I hope you don't mind I brought someone home."

For the first time since their arrival, Anna's mother finally stopped talking. Her eyes widened and a smile was brought up. "Oh, Anna! Of course I don't mind. I'm glad you actually brought her over. The more the merrier." She looked at Elsa. "I do hope you're staying for thanksgiving, dear."

"That was the plan." Elsa said. She did not know how to act around Anna's parents.

"She's staying here the whole week and then we'll be driving back to campus." Anna said as she grabbed some bags and stepped forward.

"Do you and- I'm sorry, I didn't get your name." Anna's mother said as she grabbed Elsa's arm.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Elsa. Thank you for having me."

"Thank you for coming! You can call me Idunn, we're not big on formality here." Anna and Idunn smiled at Elsa who nodded.

The three women carried the bags into the living room, Idunn insisted that they get something to drink so they all sat down in the kitchen counter. Elsa knew that Anna's mom probably wanted to talk, and although she was dying to go to bed, she complied. As soon as the three sat with her mugs in their hands, Anna's father came through the door.

"Honey, Anna finally made it home! We're in the Kitchen!" Idunn yelled as she heard the door swing open.

The tall man made it to the kitchen. Elsa shifted her eyes between him and Anna. Clearly he was her father, they looked very alike. She resembled him more than she did her mother. He had big eyes, like Anna. The green irises looked for the redhead excitedly. Their hair was just the same too, although his was a lighter shade. Anna stood and ran towards him. Her body was lifted as he pulled her up for a bear hug. "Took you long enough, kiddo!"

"Dad... I'm not a little girl anymore!" She exclaimed but was obviously too excited.

"I just haven't seen you in a while, that's all." He finally stopped hugging her. Elsa could only stare and admire their relationship, not just with her father but also with Idunn. Anna had what Elsa always wanted, and unfortunately, she envied her in some way. They continued talking about classes, and school in general. They talked about how things were back home. Elsa got a few questions thrown at her every now and then, but nothing she couldn't handle. She really liked Anna's family and even though she had just met them, she already felt herself fitting in. They conversations stopped once Anna and Elsa couldn't do anything but yawn. Anna's parents insisted that they both get to bed, even after Anna protested. In the end, her tiredness won and she and Elsa stood up. "Don't worry ladies, I'll put the bags in your room." Anna's father said as the both walked over to the living room where the bags were located.

Anna was too sleepy to reply immediately, but she finally took notice of what her father said. "You mean rooms?" She asked. Her parents stared at each other for a second and then back at Anna. Elsa, as confused as Anna, stepped next to the redhead.

Anna's mother finally spoke. "Oh, honey. Don't worry, we don't mind that you share a room with your girlfriend. You're old enough after all!" She laughed as soon as she said it.

Girlfriend? I wish... But... Crap! They think she's my girlfriend!

Obviously she wanted to refute, but could not come up with the right words to say anything. Her parents knew about her relationship with a girl, Samantha, but they did not know that the relationship had ended and now they thought that Elsa was her.

That's what you get for never introducing them or communicating with them! She thought to herself.

The room remained silent longer than it should have, until her mother spoke again. "Unless... You're not?"

Anna was about to explain everything to her but was suddenly stopped when Elsa spoke. "That's fine, we'll share a room. We just thought you wouldn't approve." She then hugged the length of Anna's arm against her body and smiled at her parents. Anna was as surprised as Elsa had been the day that Hans told them they'd be working together.

Did she just imply that I was her girlfriend?

Her parents followed Elsa's actions; Anna's father placed a hand around Idunn. "Well, we're glad we finally get to meet you after all this time." He said. Again, Anna struggled to come up with words, she could only stare at the two people standing in front of her and at the girl standing by her.

Why did Elsa do that? She had to talk to her immediately.

"Anna, I don't see why you didn't want us to meet her. She's perfect!" Her mother jumped with excitement.

That, she is... Still, no words escaped Anna's mouth.

"You both must be really tired, come off to bed." The man grabbed the bags and made his way up the stairs, everyone else followed his lead, including a very confused Anna and a very nervous Elsa.

"What... What was that all about?" Anna asked as soon as her parents left the room. She did not bother to turn around and look at Elsa, she was still taken aback. Elsa walked to the end of the bed, where Anna's father had placed the bags. "I assumed you did not tell your parents about your ex... So, I figured I'd play along. I mean, you didn't answer them and just stood there. I thought it was the best thing to do...Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, just a bit surprised." She finally looked at Elsa.

"I'm sorry, I'll take the floor. Don't wor-" Elsa did not have time to finish before Anna put up a protest.

"Nonsense! You're a guest here, I'm not letting you sleep on the floor. I'll," she pointed a finger at herself. "I'll take the floor." She walked into her closet, looking for some extra blankets. That allowed Elsa to finally look around. Anna's room was much more tidy than she expected, nothing compared to her dorm. Of course it made sense, considering she hadn't been at home in a while. Her mom probably keeps it clean for her. The room was full of color; pink, purple and green everywhere. Elsa wondered if she had failed to change the colors since she was a child but then it all made sense, Anna was full of color, that was her life. The redhead returned with a stack of blankets and pillows on her hands, the only thing visible was her red hair. She placed them on the arm chair and proceeded to look around to spot a space big enough to sleep on.

"Anna... I can't let you sleep on the floor... It's your house after all." Elsa sat on the end of the bed. "I mean... the bed is big enough for two right?" Anna quickly shifted her eyes to Elsa's. Did she really just ask that?

"I- I guess." That made Elsa feel a lot better, she would not feel right putting Anna in discomfort. "I don't know about you, but I'm tired. Restroom's over there," she pointed at one of the doors. "I imagine you want to change into something more comfortable." Elsa nodded, grabbed one of her bags and walked into the restroom. By the time she made it out, Anna was already lying on the left side of the bed. She noticed how close to the edge she was and she couldn't help but feel guilty for making the redhead feel uncomfortable. She was sure it would be very awkward for both of them; they had to go a week like this.

Elsa walked hurriedly to her end of the bed and did just as Anna did, laid as far from her as she could. They did not say a word to each other, maybe because of their exhaustion, or maybe because neither of them knew what to say, but it felt better that way. As soon as Elsa got under the covers, Anna shifted herself up to turn off the lamp. The room were completely dark, except for the light coming through the window. "Night Anna." The blonde said and Anna replied accordingly. They both knew it would be an awkward night for both, but tiredness took over Elsa and she fell asleep soon. Anna, on the other hand, had more trouble falling asleep. She was so close to Elsa, despite wanting to stay far apart. She laid on her back and turned her head to her right to look at the girl next to her. Even asleep she looked elegant and graceful. It was definitely a rare sight, she never really paid much attention to her at night. How could someone sleep so peacefully? To Anna, Elsa was just like an angel, and she felt like one too. After shifting and turning several times, her brain finally shut down as well as her eyes.

AN: Long time, no update! But here it is!

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