"Once again, you all are to design procedures for any experiment you want. I want a lab outline and projected goals by September 15th and your final reports on November 15th, so you should start planning with your new partners. They'll be your lab partners for this semester, so you'd better get to know each other, too" Ms. Gerda sat down at her desk, "Class dismissed."

Elsa grumbled inwardly. She had looked forward to this class, Independent Research, all summer for numerous reasons. First, it was the most advanced science class her high school offered. Secondly, students got to design their own experiments and choose the direction of their research. Finally, and most importantly, students worked alone, independently. Something that Elsa thought was a perfect fit for a shy student like herself.

At least that's how it was supposed to have been.

Elsa had been horrified to find out that, due to funding cuts, students had to work together on projects this year. Her horror was only intensified when she sat down at her assigned seat, next to the redhead that was chattering away right now.

"-I just love chocolate. Especially in fondues, when you put it with marshmallows? That's just heavenly. It's really cool that we're partners, I look forward to working with you. Oh, and I just love snowboarding. And skiing. And building snowmen. And oh! Did I mention I'm Anna?"

"I-I know who you are. I know how you are, too. Just… don't get in my way for the experiment. You can talk during the final presentations. It's what you love doing the most anyways." Elsa had finished packing up. She neatly stood up and briskly walked away, leaving the affronted redhead behind.

Elsa stopped outside the door, arms wrapped around herself, trying to catch both her breath and herself. Why had she said that? One of the most popular girls in school had bothered to talk to her, to try to befriend her, yet all she thought about was her academics.

She tried to shove the thoughts out of her mind and pulled out her class schedule. Her guidance counselor had messed up her schedule again, and Elsa was determined to miss as little of her classes as possible.

"Wow. What's her deal, anyways? So maybe I rambled on a little. I was just trying to be a good friend! What right did she have to be so rude?"

Anna was at the back-to-school party, trying to celebrate the first day of her senior year. It was finally her last year of high school. But what was the point? What was there to celebrate? She had been cruelly ditched by her lab partner during her first class and had spent the rest of the day trying to find her, all to no avail. In fact, how was she supposed to have found her lab partner. The blonde hadn't even introduced herself. Anna didn't even have a name! All she had to go off of was the angelic platinum tresses that had shimmered in the light from the classroom's windows.

Eventually, Anna had finally found out that her blonde partner's name was Elsa but, by then, her day had effectively been ruined.

"Don't sweat about it, Anna. Just enjoy the party! And enjoy that you got Elsa as your partner. She'll do all the work for you! She even told you you didn't need to do anything!"

Anna wanted to scream in exasperation at her friend Hans. He just didn't get it. None of her friends understood. She knew that Elsa expected nothing more from her. All she wanted was to prove her wrong, to wipe that condescending, disapproving look off of her face. To earn her respect!

Anna stormed off towards the door, planning to leave the party, when suddenly, huge hands grasped her by the waist, lifting her up and sweeping her off her feet.

"Hey, hey! Where're you storming off so early in the evening? We haven't even broken out the coolers yet!"

Anna blinked in surprise at the blonde staring at her. "Oh, Kristoff! Hi, um hey. Long time no see! Sorry, it's just that, well, I wasn't feeling the party tonight, so I thought I'd head home and turn in early."

Kristoff narrowed his eyes. Anna not wanting to party? That was practically unheard of. "Nope, you aren't going anywhere. Come on, let's go to the backyard. What happened to our feisty-pants? Did all the lying finally set it on fire?"

Anna sighed as the pair weaved through the throngs of people packed in the hallways, Kristoff having a little more trouble maneuvering his body through the crowd. When they were in the cool, summer evening air, she started to rant about her lost lab partner for what was probably the twentieth time that night.

Kristoff listened quietly before chuckling. "Wow, you and Elsa as lab partners? That has to be fate! God you two are the exact opposite. She's probably the most studious student our school's ever seen and you've had senioritis since sixth grade!"

Anna shoved him indignantly "Oh, thanks so much," she rolled her eyes.

Kristoff wiped the grin off of his face and cleared his throat. "Honestly Anna, she's probably just scared. Her parents are really strict and, frankly, your reputation as the partier probably put her off. Just show her that you actually can be studious and she'll accept it."

Anna cocked an eyebrow. Why would Kristoff be so knowledgeable about Elsa when she didn't even know Elsa's name up until today? At any rate, it was comforting to have someone believe in her.

Seeing Anna's face lighten up, Kristoff also smiled. "C'mon, let's get back inside and enjoy the night."

Author's Note

Hey everyone, this is the first fanfic I've written, based off of this idea from " post/74438582438/modern-au-elsa-is-very-formal-conservative-straight"

I'm a huge Frozen fan, but I'm much more of a STEM / stereotypically "Asian" type of guy, so I'm not sure about my skills as a writer. I tried capturing each of their personalities in each of their 'parts' (The first part was supposed to be centered around Elsa and the second was centered around Anna) Future chapters will probably just focus on one of the two.

As such, please critique the crap out of anything and everything! It'll help me improve and I'd appreciate it!