I sit on my bed, staring out of my window. My eyes follow a lone bird, flying high above the town of Arendelle. It's early morning, and I'm feeling anxious. Today is the day of Jack and myself's date. I sigh. I had another nightmare last night. It felt so real that I woke up in a panic until I realised that I hadn't turned Anna to ice again.
I wasn't really in the mood for a date after that.
However, I can't help but feel excited for the date. I've never experienced one either, and the thought of something romantic happening in my life was relishing. There's a tiny spark of hope that maybe things like this can happen to me in the future with someone I can actually be with... Even though I kind of want to just be with Jack.
I pull a face. I barely know him! For all I know, I might just hate him. I smile. I think by now I'd know if I hate him or not. Plus, being around him makes me feel happy.
There's a light knock on my door and I turn. Anna opens the door, standing there with a wide grin on her face. After Jack left last night (with no kisses on the cheek this time), Anna made me promise to let her help me pick a dress to wear for the date.
""Morning!" she chimes, skipping into my room. It's hard to believe that she's legally an adult now. She acts so childish sometimes, but it's what I like most about her. She's always happy and optimistic. It's nice to see after so many years of hiding away from her. "Ready to pick out a dress?"
"That's your job," I remind her.
She grins again, running to my closet.
We spend almost an hour looking through dresses for me to wear. Finally, I decided that I'll wear my coronation dress. It didn't stand out too much from the ordinary people in Arendelle... I hope.
After I finish dressing, I look over to Anna. She's staring at me and I quickly become uncomfortable. "What?" I ask, folding my arms.
Her expression softens. "I'm just happy for you," she tells me.
"Why?"
I fix my velvet cape. Jack said he'd be here at two to begin our date. My stomach twists at the thought. Would he do the date I talked about, or would he do something else? How would he act? Like Anna, he can be quite childish. Of course, I want him to be himself, but I also don't want be blamed for throwing snowballs at people. It's embarrassing.
"You're finally living a little," she replies. "And I think Jack will be perfect for you." I frown. Not likely- he's immortal after all. I give her a look. "Well, you're really shy and serious, and he's confident and happy and outgoing.. He'll be good for you, is all I'm saying." She grins. "Plus, you two look cute together."
"We barely know each other," I simply mutter.
"So?" she says. "Look at me and Kristoff. I barely knew him–"
"That's different," I interrupt. "You and Kristoff went through a lot together."
"Why are you so impossible?" She throws up her hands in exasperation, exhaling with a huff. "You and Jack are drawn together. It's almost like fate that you two met! You both share the same power. Maybe it's meant to be." She winks at me playfully.
"It can never be, though," I tell her quietly. "He's immortal. We can't be together."
"Well, why not just live in the moment and stop thinking so much about the future?"
"What else can I do?" I exclaim. "What if I fall in love with him? Don't you realise how hard it is to let someone you love go?" I think back to when I thought I had lost her. A wave of emotions crash down on me and my lower lip quivers slightly. "It's hard, Anna. I'm afraid to get too close to people in case I have to let people go."
The balcony door opens and Jack is standing there, and my heart skips a beat. He looks no different to any other time I've seen him, but I feel excited to go on our date. Although, the nightmare I had threw a damper on my excitement. Anna's here though, and she's grinning from ear to ear.
"Hey, Jack!" she greets him.
"Hey, Anna," he replies. He looks to me. "Hey, Elsa. You look nice." My stomach erupts in butterflies, and I look down, suddenly feeling shy. Anna nudges me and I nudge her back. Luckily Jack doesn't notice. "Ready to go?" he asks me.
"Where are you taking her?" Anna looks at him with wide eyes. I look at Jack in anticipation. Where is he taking me? Am I dressed okay? I smile bashful; he did say I look nice, so maybe I am.
"Well..." He scratches the back of his head. "I'm going to bring her to that restaurant. And, then there's also a market down there, and I noticed that there's a nice pathway in the forest..." He sounds quiet, and almost nervous. "Um... And the final thing is a surprise for later tonight."
Anna's eyebrows raise. Jack grins and ruffles her hair. "You should get your mind out of the gutter, kid," he tells her laughing.
"Did you just call me kid?" She jokingly tries to look cross at him but fails. "I am not a kid, Frost. I'm a very mature adult, thank you very much."
"Anna, you still request puppet shows," I intervene. Anna blushes and smiles sheepishly at me.
"Oh, be quiet and go on your date," she snaps, but then smiles. She pushes me towards Jack. "I want her home by midnight," she tells Jack.
"Anna!" I exclaim.
"Can't you extend the time?" Jack asks. "I swear I'll be good."
"Fine. Fine. Don't keep her out all night." She rolls her eyes. "And try not to have too much fun. And—"
"Anna, stop!" I let out an embarrassed laugh, and Jack is chuckling as we make our way to the balcony.
"What?" She asks innocently. "I was just going to say enjoy yourself." She sticks her tongue out at me, and out of habit, I stick mine back at her. I cringe when I remember that Jack is watching us. My cheeks go pink. "See you two tomorrow, I guess."
Jack lifts me gently onto his back and already my heart is thudding against my chest, sending tremors through my whole body. What he has planned for us sounds promising. A walk in the forest sounds... Romantic. I can't believe that this is happening to me. It's so unexpected, but then again, the most unexpected things in your life are supposed to be the best moments. I know that this was going to be something I'd never forget.
I have a feeling every moment I spend with Jack is going to burn itself into my memory forever. Well, until I die, that is. I hope he never forgets me. I roll my eyes. Anna's right. I need to stop thinking so much about the future, and focus on what I have right now.
Right now, I'm clinging onto Jack. I look down at the drop from my balcony, and my stomach flips when Jack dives off of it. My violet throw over whips behind us, and the morning breeze stings my face. The dive causes my eyes to water, and I blink them away.
I think of the people below. If they bothered to look up at this very moment they'd see me falling, and assume I'm plummeting to my death. I'm so glad that people don't usually look up this way.
Jack pulls up, and flies quickly down into a quiet part of town where no one would see us— well, me— land.
The restaurant is on the other side of town, and we'd have to walk through the crowds to get there. The Cooke's restaurant is small and inviting, and their main produce is fish meals.
"You're going to love this!" Jack says excitedly. "I think I have a good day planned. And, you know, I've never done this before, so don't be too harsh on me if I mess this up completely."
"I doubt you'll mess it up," I say softly. "I don't have anything else to compare it to, so don't worry about it."
Jack looks thoughtfully at me. "You really haven't done much with your life," he notes. He grins. "Well, this changes everything! Now, I can relax."
"You were nervous?"
His cheeks go a little pink. "Just a small bit," he admits. He twists his staff absentmindedly, and begins to whistle a little tune.
"Why do you carry that around everywhere?"
He stares at the staff for a few minutes, then finally shrugs his shoulders. "Just in case," he tells me. "It's my source of power. Plus, it's fun to make it snow– ah."
My eyes widen in alarm as a person walks right through Jack. It isn't something you see everyday. The person bows to me and I curtesy back. I try not to panic about what just happened, and the person continues to walk on. I look to the cluster of people in the middle of the town and my mind races in alarm. I've never been good with people, but what I just saw has freaked me out a little.
Jack sees my expression before I can hide the alarm. He frowns. Although he's taller than me, his eyes make it look as though he's looking up at me, and he seems deeply troubled. "No one believes in me," he says. "I don't take a physical form when they don't believe in me. So, that kind of thing happens." He sounds sad.
"It must be awful," I mumble.
He tries to perk up, but I can tell it's an act. "It's not so bad," he lies. "At least you believe in me." His smile wavers. "It would be nice if people didn't walk right through me, though." We've both stopped, and now are both looking at the crowd of people.
"Sorry for looking so alarmed," I apologise. "It was just..."
"Weird," he suggests.
"A tiny bit," I agree closely placing my thumb and fore finger together, but not letting them touch, and screwing my face up. "I can get used to it, though. I'm used to weird things happening."
"Your majesty," someone says. I turn and see a young handsome man standing before me. I can tell straight away he's from a noble family from his attire, and the sword hanging by his side. He bows to me, and I curtesy. He takes my hand and gently kisses it.
I hastily glance at Jack, and I see a spark of jealousy across his face. The man straightens. He has dark, rustled brown hair, and deep green eyes that seem to take in everything around him.
"It's nice to see you out in the town," he continues on. "Joseph Monroe, m'lady," he introduces himself. "I'm one of the new recruits for the knights service."
I arch a brow. The way he looks at me unsettles me a little bit. "How nice. Arendelle is proud to have young men like you at its service," I reply politely.
Jack clicks his tongue and I look at him confused. He looks back at me. "What?" he asks. "He seems full of himself. I mean, looking at him– is the sword really necessary? Talk about bragging."
I ignore Jack and look back to Joseph. "What are you doing out here, if you don't mind me asking, your royal highness?" He sounds so nice. Why would Jack say that about him? He doesn't know him.
"Elsa will do," I say. "I'm heading to Cooke's restaurant."
"Alone?" He quirks a brow up. "Would you like some company?" He says this suggestively, and my stomach twists.
"No, no," I reply quickly. "I'm... I'm just looking for a break alone." I emphasise alone.
"Sorry, m'lady- Elsa," he says. He bows again and I roll my eyes.
"Someone is clearly interested." I look at Jack, my eyebrow raised. He has his arms crossed and he doesn't look very patient right now.
And someone is clearly jealous, I think to myself.
"I shall talk to you another time, Joseph," I say. "It was nice meeting you."
He takes my hand. "Until we meet again, Elsa." He kisses it again and I fight the urge to pull my hand away as his lips linger on it. He gives a final bow and I walk away, feeling my cheeks heating up. Jack's looking back at Joseph, his eyes slightly narrowed.
I walk ahead, but then I hear a small groan and I whip around to see that Joseph is on the ground. He sits up, rubbing his head and I notice an ice patch on the ground. I look to Jack crossly, but he's laughing too much to notice.
"Are you alright?" I call to Joseph.
"I'm fine," he assures me, looking embarrassed about what has happened. I smile at him, but turn around again as he picks himself off of the ground. I didn't exactly want to stay and talk with him.
"Now, that was funny." Jack has caught back up with me, and he's still chuckling about Joseph falling over.
"That wasn't necessary," I give out to him.
"I didn't do anything," he lies. I narrow my eyes at him and he laughs. "Okay, I may be the cause. But, he was looking at you like you were nothing more than his next meal."
I roll my eyes. "You were just jealous."
"Jealous? I was so not jealous," he retaliates. He has to take long strides to stay beside me as I'm making my way quickly through the town so I don't have to talk to anyone else. When people see me they nod and bow their heads and I nod my head back in acknowledgment. "In fact, why don't you just go back to Joseph and let him make out with your hand."
I giggle. "He did get way too into that kiss," I agree. I wipe my hand off of Jack's jumper and he makes a disgusted face and we both begin laughing– although I do have to stifle it a bit as we are out in public and no one else can see him. "But you were so jealous."
"Was not."
"Was too."
"I can kiss your hand if I wanted to," he says.
"Not if I don't let you," I argue back, but I'm still suppressing my laugh, so I'm just smiling at him.
"You'd let me." He smirks at me and I can feel my heart beating heavily against my chest. He pokes me gently. "Knew it." He looks triumphant as we near the restaurant. "So, why do you like this place so much?" He nods his head to the old, worn down looking wooden restaurant. The red letters on the sign are fading from years of hanging out in the sun, the rain and the snow. The wood looks faded, and the windows have dust built up on them. I can see from here that the restaurant is mostly vacant. I don't like seeing it look so empty.
"My father took me down here when I was a kid. He told me stories of his father bringing him there, and he told me of how he met my mother." I gaze dreamily at the little restaurant. "He met her in there. She was sitting on her own, and he said he took an interest in her straight away. But he was too nervous to go over and talk to her, despite being the prince. He'd go down there almost everyday hoping to see her again after that. And finally, one day, she was there again, but this time she was with a date." I chuckle softly. "My father 'accidentally' spilt his drink on top of the man. When the man went to clean himself off, my father asked my mother on a date." I smile, remembering the story so clearly as though it was only told to me yesterday. "It took a few times of my father asking, but my mother eventually agreed to go on a date with him. He said they've been inseparable since."
I blink, feeling a little emotional about that particular memory. I wish they were still around. I wish they could see how far Anna and I have come. I wish I could talk to my mother about guys; about Jack. I blink back the tears. This was no time to cry over my parents. I wipe away a tear. Gosh, I'm pathetic.
"That's a nice story." Jack gently places his hands on my shoulders, his staff resting against his chest. "Are you okay?" he asks me.
I smile, though my vision is blurred from tears. "Yeah. Sorry," I reply. "I just miss them so much."
"It's fine. Don't be sorry," he tells me. He inches forward, hesitates, then wraps his arms around me and hugs me tightly. I'm startled for a few seconds, but eventually bury my face into his chest. He smells like Christmas- pine leaves and chestnuts, and the coldness sharpens my senses.
"Now, come on," he says, pulling away. My skin tingles from where he has touched me, and my heart is racing. Honestly, it needs to stop doing that. It feels as though it's going to erupt from my chest. "We've got a date to begin, you're royal highness," he mimics Joseph, and bows as low as he can. He straightens again. "Your highness, may I please make out with your hand?" He winks at me and I laugh.
"Oh, shut up," I reply, shaking my head. My cheeks grow warm.
"Sorry, sorry." He holds up his hands in defence. "Just trying to lighten the mood." He grins at me. "Come on."
Surprisingly, he holds out his hand and I take it in mine, excited to begin my day long date with Jack. He squeezes it gently, and I feel warm inside. This boy is seriously making me feel all mushy inside... And right now I'm enjoying that feeling.
I'm smiling as wide as Anna was only a little while ago. That hug has changed my mood entirely. I even forget my nightmare because of it.
So far has been eventful... I feel excited to find out what the rest of the day will bring. I'm especially excited to find out what this surprise is that he has planned for us.
I follow Jack into the mostly empty restaurant, feeling excited.
It's definitely better to live in the moment rather than worrying about the future. So far it's making things easier. Anna can be pretty useful sometimes.
Every time I check this, I'm honestly shocked at the feedbacK. It's hardly good— I'm writing it! :L
It's probably due to the fact that there isn't much Jelsa FF's on this though :3 I haven't read any myself though. xD I should really start reading FF's again... :/
anywho... I'm gonna reply to reviews here because there's quite a few guest who've commented that I can't reply to in PM. :(
Katarina Aguilar: I can't wait to start writing the trouble- although, I think I'll hold it off for a few chapters because reasons :P
Daffodilchains: YES THE GIANT SNOWMONSTER IS CALLED MARSHMALLOW! xD The Irony :P Thank you! Ya. Jelsa is my new OTP too, but I haven't read any other stories D: I should probably, but the effort xD
Guest: Aw, really? Thank you! I'm so glad you like it :D
Lyssaxleighx: Really? I wasn't so sure about Jack because he's all fun, and stuff, and even though I'm a naturally witty person, I find it hard to write xD But I'm glad you like the way I portray them :D It means a lot to me :) It is? Oh gosh! Thank you :D
ELLE55: I wish my younger sister was like Anna... -_- Younger sisters can be ajdskakjdhasksd if you know what I mean xD Glad you liked it :D
SaturnXK: Thank you :)
VeryBerry96: I live for cuteness :D Aha. I'm happy you agree with her :P You still have to wait... O.O Don't kill me :P
Dragowolf: AKJDKADA I'm really happy reading that comment :D I like the Jack and Anna bond :D :P IKR? Poor Elsa :)
Guest FTG: Thank you:)
kaizokuEllie: Omg ily too :O Thank you so very much :D kasjdksajd you made me happy now :D
Guest: WE SHOULD BRING HIM BACK TO LIFE AND MAKE HIM READ IT :D Omg. I'd love if something I wrote became a movie iT'S 2013 WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WATCH FF'S BY NOW COME ON ! Yay :) I'm glad you liked them :) ... It's out now ;D Don't worry xD Aw, really? Thank you so much! That truly means a lot to me :')
ANYYYWAAAYYY... Bye guys :) Tell me what ye think of the date day so far :) Please? xD
And since it's 1:38 am here in Ireland.. HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE YOU GUYS! Thank god 2013 is nearly over... :P