Rivals (A Jelsa Story)

Chapter 49 - Proposal of a Lifetime

A/N: Here's some Amber Glenn to get us in the figure skating mood.

Elsa's POV

It was six years after I'd graduated from Disney, and life was going swell.

I'd gotten into a great figure skating group, along with Periwinkle and some of my other friends from our rink. We toured all over the country, performing at various events and even in some international competitions. In the future, after I retired from professional skating, I planned on becoming a figure skating coach. I was also taking classes at the local community college on my off-time to get my associate's degree.

Jack and Kristoff had both graduated from the university in Berk and were now playing for the same professional ice hockey team. Jack had started working as a volunteer coach for a children's hockey team, and said he was basically a shoe-in for the official coach once he retired from pro and the current children's coach left.

Anna and Rapunzel had both scored teaching jobs at our old elementary school. Anna taught kindergarten, and Rapunzel was the art teacher. Bunny had also started working at that school – he and Rapunzel had set up an after-school program where kids did arts and crafts.

Merida and Astrid had both gone pro as well. Merida had gotten on the national archery team and even into the Olympics, where she won several medals. She was also helping to manage her parents' real estate business. Astrid was now a professional boxer and had been in many televised matches.

Hiccup was still in school getting his doctorate, but he'd picked up a part-time job at the Burgess Zoo. His eventual goal was to work with conservation efforts to save endangered animals. Flynn was dabbling in a few things. He was working as a carpenter but had continued jockeying and also picked up fencing as a hobby. He and Rapunzel were also engaged!

Sandy and Tooth were in medical and dental school respectively. Last I'd heard, they'd both found people in their fields who they were shadowing to learn more about their practices.

Jack and I had decided to move in together last year. We found a cute little house in Pixie Hollow right near the border of Burgess so we'd both be close to our families. Mary came over a lot just to hang out. Sometimes she brought Jamie and Sophie with her.

At the present, we were both home for a while. I had a show coming up at the rink in Pixie Hollow, and Jack and Kristoff's season was almost over. Plus, the last game was a home game.

All of our friends had managed to come home to be there. I was surprised but thrilled to see them. With all of us working or in school, it was a rare treat for the twelve of us to be able to get together.

The day before Jack's game, he and I went to get frozen yogurt at the place by Disney Prep, where we had gone that first week we'd met. We both got birthday cake again and he insisted he pay. Since it was a nice day, we decided to leave the shop and walk around the neighborhood.

"If it's okay, I'd like to rehash an older conversation," Jack said suddenly.

"Okay," I said. "What about?"

"How you said you don't want kids."

"Alright," I replied, mentally gearing myself up for this. Jack and I had talked about kids a few times, but my position had always stayed the same. He and I both traveled as part of our jobs – if I had kids, I didn't want to be away from them for long stretches at a time. And I definitely didn't want to give up my job after I'd worked so hard to get where I was. Besides, I'd never really wanted kids. They're just not for everyone.

Jack had never outright said it, but I'd gotten the feeling he wanted them. He seemed like he would be a good dad. He was great with children; I'd seen him with the ones on his team. And he absolutely adored his sister and the Bennetts.