Happy Endings? Chapter 2.

"Oh uhm, excuse me.. Can I just get to the um-wait.. Kristoff?"

He turned quickly, only to get a mouthful of hair. "Oh god, sorry I didn't realise you were standing so close." He focused his eyes as she cautiously stepped back and saw that it was Anna, the library girl that he'd had the most uncomfortable conversation with.

It had been a little over two weeks since the library incident as Kristoff was calling it. Today was a Friday in the middle of summer and whilst everyone was out on various holidays, Anna and Kristoff had resorted to the only book shop in the town.

"What are you doing here?" Anna questioned and immediately wanted to take it back, he was obviously book shopping you idiot.

"I'm looking for some new books to read, I think I've read every single good book in the library."

"Me too, well I'm actually here to buy the book I was reading in the library, it was really good. Good enough to be on my book shelf permanently." Kristoff began imagining what her bookshelf looked like, it was probably either colour coded like the rainbow or placed alphabetically.

"The one with the interesting looking cover?" Who was he kidding the shelf was probably a mess.

Anna raised her eyebrow. "Yeah, that's the one."

Silence fell as the pair returned to looking at the assortment of books in front of them.

"Oh oh, have you ever read this one?" She picked up a book and handed it to Kristoff. "It's so good, it's about.."

"Wait, let me guess, it's about a girl who lives in one country who moved to another one and finds her true love and she lives happily ever after."

Anna frowned. "How'd you guess?"

"Because that's what you like to read isn't it? Ones with happy endings. I mean I know I'm a sucker for romance novels but why all the happy endings? Why can't we have more Romeo and Juliet types. Or you know, Titanic style."

"I guess you're right but I mean don't they make you feel all goofy and bubbly inside once you finish them? Happy endings are..well, I guess they're there to make you feel happy yourself and hopeful."

Kristoff just shrugged and started flicking through more books.

"I don't understand why you like these novels so much if you don't even like the happy endings?" She wasn't going to let this one slide.

"I guess I just don't believe in them." He frowned.

Anna was shocked. "How can you not believe in happy endings?"

"Past experiences." He muttered.

"Come on, tell me then. What heartbreak left you without a happy ending? Childhood crush? Teenage romance?"

"Neither."

Anna was clearly passionate. "Then why don't you believe in happy endings?"

"I just don't Anna can we just leave it?"

Anna was taken back by the bitterness in his voice. She just whispered a soft 'okay' and a 'sorry I asked' and headed towards the other side of the store.

Five minutes later she felt a warm hand on her shoulder. She turned around to see Kristoff's apologetic face looking back at her.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bite. I've just not had any happy endings recently."

His slight smile soothed the anger that was within her. "No, I had no right to pressure you like that, I knew that it was a sore topic and I still pressed you. I'm sorry."

The two stood facing each other and Anna could see the pain in his eyes.

"Hey, how about we go and grab a coffee and take a break from novel hunting." Kristoff asked. Okay maybe things hadn't gone the best way between these two but third times a charm right?

"You know what? That's the best idea I've heard all week."

Once Anna and Kristoff had purchased their books they headed to the coffee shop on the corner of the street. Both of them were familiar with this shop, it was the only one in this town where you could get a decent drink without having to pay a fortune for the added cream.

Luckily for the pair it was in the middle of the afternoon and the morning and lunch rush had ended so they found themselves a table by the window and Kristoff went to order.

They'd argued the whole way about who ordering the coffee.

"I'll buy you it." Kristoff had said.

"Oh no, it's fine. I have money, I can pay myself." With that said she began taking money out of her purse to hand to Kristoff.

He simply pushed her hand away "No, I invited you for coffee so I'm paying. What kind of gentleman would I be if I didn't pay for a woman's coffee."

"But it's just coffee and I'm paying for my own." She handed him the money and he still refused to take it.

"No, I'm paying for it because I want to. Are you always this stubborn?"

"Depends on my mood and I must say that you're quite fun to annoy. My sister said that my stubbornness takes over a lot of the time and I should learn to be a lot more reasonable. "

"Do you always listen to your sisters advice." Kristoff gathered that Anna admired her sister a lot.

"Not always, only when I know she's right." Anna smiled

"Here you go, a chocolate frappe with skimmed milk and lots of cream and extra chocolate sauce."

Anna took her drink from his hand and smiled wide. "Thanks, I'll buy yours next time."

His face went into a crooked smile that he instantly tried to hide from the girl looking straight at him. "Next time?"

Anna just shrugged off the comment as if she hadn't heard it and went back to drinking her frappe.

Kristoff watched as she took off the lid and started scooping the cream with her finger. Licking every last bit until she was just left with the chocolate coffee. He began feeling awkward and resorted to sipping his own black coffee and trying not to focus on Anna and her unintentional sexual actions.

"So what's your story? Have you always lived here?" Anna asked ending the extreme silence that filled the air.

"Oh, it's not all that exciting."

Anna just looked up at him with eyes that said 'well come on then.'

"Yeah I've always been here, I don't think I'd ever be able to leave, this place is my home."

Anna nodded. "Yeah me too. Well, I've only lived here a few years but I love it here. It's so peaceful and quaint."

Kristoff agreed and continued. "I was orphaned at the age of 6. My parents died when they went on an anniversary trip to Scotland." He swallowed hard trying to hold back tears. "I stayed at home with one of my mums friends Bulda. She ended up taking me in and has raised me ever since. She's the kindest and most loving woman I know. I have a dog called Sven which I rescued when I was 8 and I've worked at the local animal rescue centre since I was 14. I build the pens and the outside areas for the animals."

"Wow."

"Wait you were actually listening, I thought I'd have been boring you."

"So what about the heartache, what happened there?" Anna asked, hoping that she wasn't pressuring again.

She was. "I don't really want to talk about that now. Someday maybe."

Anna just nodded. "We have a lot in common you know."

Kristoff smirked. "Do we?"

Anna nodded and took another sip of her drink. "I'm an orphan too. You see my parents owned a large company here and they used to travel back and forth all the time. We used to live in Brighton and they didn't want to move me and my sister because we had a good place in private school. They left about once every three months and then." Anna began to tear up, recalling the day that she had been told about her parents death. Kristoff continued to listen and just rested his hand on top of hers. "I didn't know what to do. I was only young and my sister, Elsa, had been distant for a while and so we were raised by our live in nanny who was like family. Now Elsa owns the company and we both live here."

"I'm so sorry Anna." Kristoff said apologetically.

"No no you don't need to apologise. It was nice to finally talk about it, even if I have known you for a day. You're easy to talk to, you listen."

Kristoff had a feeling that Anna had never been focused on in her life. She seemed very forward and talkative as if she's never been able to speak freely before. Kristoff wondered what else had happened in her life. Maybe to do with her sister, or maybe to do with that jerk of an ex boyfriend she talked about.

"Oh and I love animals. I always wanted a dog, or a guinea pig, or a chicken but I was never trusted to look after one."

"A chicken?"

"Yeah, anything would have done."

Kristoff chucked. "Wow you were desperate."

Anna nodded and began to scoop up the clumps of chocolate at the bottom of her drink.

"What do you do for a living?"

"Oh, I'm still in university, I'm training to be a vet."

"I could definitely see you doing that, especially with, you know, your unusual love of chickens." He giggled like a little girl.

Anna reached across the table and punched his shoulder making a mental reminder on how broad they were.

"So I better be getting off before my sister starts to wonder where I am. I said I'd be back.." Anna checked the time on her phone and panic washed over her face. "Okay so maybe I'm an hour or two late. I guess we just got carried away. Hey, give me your phone."

Kristoff handed her his phone not knowing what she planned on doing with it. Maybe hers had run out of credit or something and she wanted to call her sister.

"So I've just put my number in your phone. Call me soon okay? I liked spending time with you today, I haven't had a friend that wasn't my sister in a while so it was nice to have the company. Maybe we could go to the library again sometime."

Anna stood up and Kristoff followed her out of the shop. "Hey, do you need a ride?"

"Oh no no, I'm fine. I only live around the corner."

Kristoff smiled and began to walk towards his car. It was probably best she didn't get a lift anyway, his car was a mess and he didn't think it was right for a pretty girl like Anna to be seated in it.

"Hey!" Anna shouted back at him. He turned around and saw that she had a massive grin on her face. "Thank you for today, I really needed it."

Kristoff just bowed his head at her and sat in his car.

She was a nice girl that was for sure and something about her made him feel happy and like he'd lost all his grumpiness. Maybe she was just what he needed.

A/N: Such dorks. Thanks for reading chapter 2!