When Different Worlds Collide

Chapter 16

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Merida

Okay, Anna has been acting very strangely lately. More than usual. Whenever I'm in the same room as her, she always lowers her voice, as if she's hiding something. I tried approaching her about it, but she always denies it. But I know better. Why? Because when Anna lies, her nose scrunches up a bit. And when she scrunched her nose in answer to my question, that was all I needed.

So I looked through her stuff when she wasn't in the dorm and found out some very interesting things. I had stumbled across a bag that was really bulky. Turns out when I opened it, Anna has been doing this thing called Project R. The R must stand for Rapunzel because all I saw in that bag was piles and piles and piles and piles and piles and piles (do I need to continue?) of pictures of her. What even added the cherry on top was that these pictures showed her and Flynn Rider hanging out and being intimate. Like, holding hands, smiling at each other all lovey-dovey, and sometimes a quick peck on the lips or cheek. Not to be rude or anything, but the pictures almost made me gag though because I'm not exactly the most sentimental person when it comes to these type of things, much to my mum's dismay, when she one time tried to set me up with three possible candidates to be my boyfriend (Yes, yes, the life of Merida DunBroch is always an exciting one).

I smiled to myself, now knowing Anna's big secret. Oh this was going to be good. Wait til' I see Rapunzel about this.

The next day while I was heading to my first period, my theory was proven true even more. In a fairly dark and secluded place, I saw Rapunzel and Flynn kissing.

It wasn't like an all-out Makeout Fest, but they were just...kissing. At least, that's the best I could describe it.

"Ha! I knew it!" I said to them. They jumped back in fright.

"M-Merida? W-What are you doing here?" Rapunzel asked, a guilty blush tinting her cheeks.

"Going to my first period," I said. "Which you guys are obviously not doing." I smirked.

Both of their faces were now blushing really hard now. It feels good to have the power and control.

"L-Listen, Merida," Flynn said. "We haven't exactly told anyone about our relationship yet. So it would do us a huge honor if you could keep this a secret for now."

I smirked. "Trying to use flattery, eh, Rider? Well, I'm not sure." I wanted to play with their emotions more, to see how desperate the wanted this a secret. Ew, now that I think about it, I'm acting like Ms. Tremaine and that's someone I do not want to act like.

"Please, Merida!" Rapunzel clasped her hands together giving me a pleading look. "I'll do your homework for the whole year! I'll do your projects too! I'll cook your favorite food whenever you want! I'll-"

"Woah, woah! Slow down!" I laughed, holding up my hands. "Relax, I was just kidding. I won't tell your secret."

"Really?" she said.

"Yes, really," I said.

"Promise?" Rapunzel asked.

"Yep," I nodded.

"Pinkie promise?" she said, holding out her pinkie.

I rolled my eyes. Since we were in elementary we called the pinkie promise one of the most sacred and important promises ever. As we grew older, I wanted to change it, but Rapunzel was insistent to keep it.

"Pinkie promise," I smiled and held out my pinkie and we wrapped our pinkies together. They both sighed in relief.

"You have no idea how grateful we are, Merida," Rapunzel smiled.

I shrugged. "Well, I wouldn't want someone going all up in my business if I didn't want them to." Then something popped into my mind. "But you might want to ask Anna about the bag under her bed."

"What?" Rapunzel said.

"Trust me," I said and waved to them as I walked to my class.

Elsa

I sighed. It was already lunch and I've still seen no sign of Jack. He's been absent from our group more so than usual. And he's been acting sort of strange and he's always spacing out. I've started to worry about him.

"Hey, Rapunzel?" I asked. "Have you seen Jack lately?"

Rapunzel looked at me in surprise. "Yeah, he's in my art class so I see him everyday. Why?"

"Well, besides seeing him in class, I haven't caught him anywhere else," I shook my head in dismay.

"Hey, don't forget he hung out with us and Kristoff two weeks ago," Anna piped in.

"And he could be more busy than usual," Rapunzel pointed out. "The work load has been nothing but stressful since semester exams are coming up. They're really important besides finals."

"That's true," I said thoughtfully.

"Hey, Punzie," Anna said, switching the subjects. "Did you get picked for the school's annual art show?"

Rapunzel's usual happy face turned gloomy. "No, I didn't get picked by Ms. Merriweather."

"What?" Anna and I said. We were both surprised. Rapunzel's work is nothing but beautiful and perfect. Who could have beat her?

"Who could have beat you?" Anna asked as if reading my thoughts. "Because that's like, impossible!"

Rapunzel shrugged. "It's okay, I'm not too upset. Besides, Ms. Merriweather has five other periods than just mine. There's bound to be someone much better than me."

Anna gawked. "So you're not angry at all. Not even the tiniest bit?"

Rapunzel chuckled. "Anna, I'm not like you who, if someone crosses the line, I'll punch the living daylights out of them."

"Well, whoever this student is that beat you, they better be good. I don't want a disappointment," Anna said, sipping at her juice.

"Anna!" I scolded. "That was very rude."

Anna grinned sheepishly. "Sorry, sis."

"Hey, has anyone seen Merida?" Rapunzel asked. As if on cue, a tray slammed next to us with Merida promptly sitting down, a grin on her face.

"Hey, guys!" she said cheerfully, taking a big bite out of her burger.

"Hi, Merida," we all said in unison.

"Why suddenly so cheery, Merida?" Rapunzel said.

"Oh, you'll find out later," she smiled secretly.

AN: Been kind of a while since I've done more than one point-of-view in a chapter; it feels good though. Thanks for reading and see you in the next part!