A Jelsa Story(Fanfiction)

Chapter 6

Elsa sat in the doctor's office as Anna sat on one side of her and Jack stood silently in the corner of the room being very quiet. No one besides Elsa could see him, so it wouldn't matter whether he was quiet or not. The doctor had stepped out for a moment to deal with a woman who broke her ankle when she fell in the snow. Elsa felt pretty bad, but it was nothing compared to the damage she'd do in the long run. Even though she knew very little about Pitch, she recognized that he was very powerful. Anna cut through her thoughts, "So I still don't quite understand why you thought it'd be okay to just run off like that. Care to fill me in?"

Jack chuckled from his spot in the corner and Elsa shot him a look before turning to look at Anna. "I just needed a second to be alone, that's all."

"Okay," Anna drug out the word. "So you used the alone time to great a giant snowstorm?"

Elsa looked up at Jack when she spoke. "No."

"So you expect me to believe that it just came out of nowhere?"

Anna stood up and threw her hands up exasperatedly. "You don't have to lie to me! After all we've been through together, you're going to do this all over again!"

Elsa shot up from her seat. "Do what all over again? Go on, say it Anna!"

"You're doing your best to keep me at arms length! You might not realize you're doing it but I do! And it still hurts just like it always did!" Anna had tears in her eyes.

This only made Elsa angrier. "Excuse me for trying to keep you safe! Do you not realize how messed up all of this has made me? I truly think I'm going mad and you're worried about me pushing you away! No. No, Anna I don't think you understand what watching you die has done to me and you want me to go through that again?" Anna tried to speak, but Elsa cut her off. "Anna, don't you dare try to tell me that I'm better now because I'm not." Elsa barked out a harsh laugh. "I'm seeing things, I'm having nightmares every night and I feel like I'm losing a grip on my sanity and you patronize me for trying to keep you safe? I can't… I can't. I have to go. I will return later." Elsa wrapped her shawl around herself and stormed out of the cramped building, leaving a crying Anna behind her. Did she feel bad for the things she said? Sure. Did they need to be said? Of course. Anna didn't and had never really understand the extent of the danger that her sister put her in. She moved quicker and quicker, heading into the woods. She realized Jack was following her. "No, Jack. I don't need you to tell me that all of those things I just said to Anna weren't okay, because I know that. Just leave me alone, please?" Elsa sighed. "Just please."

Her back was to Jack and when he spoke she turned to face him. "Why am I always chasing after you?" Jack laughed a little and shook his head. "What you said… I don't resent you for that, and I know Anna doesn't either. You want to keep her safe, and it's hard to do that when you're the one hurting her. She needed to hear that. Anna needed to hear your side of things. It's okay. She'll forgive you, I know it." Elsa, still teary eyed, nodded at him. "Why don't you let me walk with you?"

"If you want, you may." She wiped her eyes and gave him a small smile. "I'll go back and apologize to Anna, but not now. Not now."

Jack, very daringly, grabbed her hand as they walked into the woods.

Elsa and Jack laid in the snow, so close together that they're shoulders touched as Jack pointed out the constellations. "And that over there is Orion." He pointed as Elsa smiled, her eyes gleaming with childlike wonder. She though back to the vision. It was hard to think of him as the stranger that he actually was. Especially that kiss. She subconsciously touched her lips, just thinking about it. Oh boy was that a kiss.

"Do you ever feel like you know someone so well, even though you just met?"

Jack's expression was thoughtful. "No, not that I can recall."

"Oh." Elsa averted her eyes from him. That was a ridiculous question to even ask. Of course it was one sided. How would he have seen a vision specifically crafted for her. She felt Jack staring intently at her.

"Why? Have you ever felt that way?"

"No, no of course not. That would be crazy." But it's not like my whole life isn't pretty crazy at the moment, Elsa thought. She waited patiently for his response, his eyes were closed. She slowly scooted away from him, careful not to wake him. He was lightly snoring and he looked completely at peace. She would not develop feeling for this boy. This precious boy who was so much like her, he was who she wished she could push away. But, no way, not with the task she had to do. Close, but not too close, she thought.