Polar Opposites

Chapter 3

It took a week for Elsa to find her way back to Anna's dorm room and apologise. When Anna pressed for a more detailed explanation for her behaviour, she began to look so distressed that Anna backpedaled at lightspeed. It could wait; she just wanted her friend back. Kisses and more-than-kisses were secondary.

But over the next couple of weeks, she only became more confused. They went to the movies and Elsa wanted to hold her hand, was eager to do so. Bought her a parka of her own, one exactly like Elsa's except that it was made of faux-fur. Refused to ever let Anna pay for dinner. Told her how beautifully tempting her new lip gloss made what it was painted across.

These things made Anna more uncomfortable than she could admit, because they sent a clear message: they were dating. Anna didn't do dating, she didn't understand gestures like those. They felt nice because they made it clear that Elsa really cared about her, but it also confused her because she didn't know how to return them, or even show the proper amount of gratitude. Why couldn't they just play Halo and hang out like normal friends? Just because they would occasionally find their mouths intersecting didn't mean the rest of their relationship had to change.

Then there was also one other problem. Much though she cared about Elsa's feelings, she really needed to get laid. Taking care of herself was no longer quite enough after all those months since her last "mattress decathlon". And, of course, after Elsa's reaction the last time she tried to move past the kisses-and-cuddles stage, she didn't dare return to that topic again. Even hinting that she wanted to visit an adult store and pick up "something that makes noise, and makes me make noise" caused Elsa to turn beet red and begin stuttering, so Anna dropped that, as well.

Calc finals came and went, and they did as well as could be expected. The B-plus range was way better than Anna thought she'd land, so she took that and ran with it. The rest of their marks were much better, though they didn't share many of the same classes. Another week and Anna would be going home for the Winter holidays - to warm weather, a blessed change. Only a few more days and she'd have got off scot free.

"Hey," Elsa whispered into Anna's ear.

"Hmmhh?" she grumbled as she rolled over, blinking blearily up at the pale cheeks and blonde hair above her. "Whazzat?"

"Good morning." Pink lips pressed down into Anna's temple, and she hummed contentedly. Not that she wanted to admit it, because it was a little weird, but that felt more comforting than sexy. Her mother used to do it up until she was in kindergarten. "How'd you sleep?"

Struggling to roll over more properly, Anna grinned a sleepy grin and pulled Elsa down for a light kiss. Then she let her go and rubbed her face. "What time is it?"

"Five-thirty."

"Ohhh, Elsa," she groaned. "Whyyyy? You know I hate getting up early!"

"I know, but... this is your last day. I wanted to spend all of it with you."

Sighing, Anna looked up at her like she was wearing a pineapple for a hat. "You're kidding, right? I mean... we're going to talk on Facetime and shit. You won't even have time to miss me before three weeks will be over and done with."

"So? It won't be the same! And how dare you say I won't miss you - of course I will! Every day, you're going to b-"

"Okay, okay, whatever." But she couldn't really look too displeased. It was nice to have someone like Elsa that would genuinely care that she wasn't there. "Tell me what's on the itinerary."

"Well," Elsa began, obviously bursting to tell her everything. "First, breakfast at the Roc's Egg - I know you love their pancakes. Then we can go ice skating, if you feel like it; I know you're more about hockey, but if you don't mind not getting beaten up while we skate-"