Jack contacted Elsa later that week, asking if she wouldn't mind going shopping with him. Apparently he needed help choosing a Christmas present for his little sister and thought that Elsa might be a suitable and willing candidate for giving opinions on his choices. Luckily for Jack Elsa wasn't busy that coming weekend, but she wasn't about to tell him that. Heaven forbid she looked desperate for company.

"I don't know Jack, I might be busy that weekend."

Elsa was sat on the sofa surrounded by editing notes and a tin of chocolate biscuits. On the opposite end of the sofa sprawled her sister Anna, watching a film on TV. Elsa didn't need to look over to her to know Anna's attention would be squarely fixed upon her now that she had mentioned Jacks name.

"Oh please Elsa! I'm rubbish at picking out good presents, and this could really do with a woman's touch. I mean, what the hell do I know about sixteen year old girls?"

Elsa could hear the mirth in Jacks voice and she knew he was enjoying cajoling her out, and she was enjoying it too. It had been a while since someone had really wanted her to be out with them. After the passing of her parents she hadn't been in a good place and many of her friends had either left or lost contact with her. Once she started dating Christian she had regain some of her friends but she'd always felt like an extra, sitting out on the side lines and tagging along her boyfriends invites to places. Now she was the one being asked and although it was only a bit of Christmas shopping, the feeling was thrilling.

"Oh all right. I really don't want to hear you beg!"

"Awesome, I'll meet you in town at… half eleven? In the main square. Be prepared to have your brain picked on all sorts of present ideas!"

"I can't wait Jack." Elsa rolled her eyes and added her best sarcastic edge to her voice but couldn't hide the smile she was wearing from creeping into her words. "See you then Jack."

"See you Elsa, bye!"

Hanging up, Elsa purposefully kept her eye contact away from Anna as she felt her sister staring at her from across the couch. Elsa took another biscuit from the tin and slowly nibbled at it. She could feel Anna itching with questions and was taking great delight in keeping her waiting. After a few minutes, Anna obviously couldn't wait any longer.

"So, who's Jack?"

"Oh? Didn't I mention him to you? I met him a few days ago in the park. He's a nice guy, just moved into the area and doesn't know many people so I gave him my number in case he needed a friend."

A short but thick silence settled in the room. It was broken only after Anna had processed what Elsa had just said.

"Wait. You gave your number to a guy you've just met?"

"Yes Anna, isn't that what I've just said?"

"Elsa, I don't think half of your friends of years had your number for the first few months of you having a phone!"

"I think you're wildly over exaggerating Anna."

"No seriously, since when did you give out your number? And to a guy, when you've only just broken up with Christian?" Anna leaned over and put a hand on Elsa's forehead. "Are you sick? Have you been outside without a coat again?"

Elsa batted away the hand playfully and smiled.

"No I haven't, now will you get off me you great big lump!" She threw a biscuit at her sister's head and small scale fight of gentle kicks and thrown pillows started. Anna eventually won by rolling off the sofa with the biscuit tin in her arms. Elsa surrendered in return for a chocolate chip cookie. The two settled down again and Elsa smoothed out some of her papers which had been crumpled in the scuffle.

"So, is he cute?"

Elsa stiffened at the question but kept her face from showing any surprise. Of course Anna would ask such a question. She was eighteen and dating some posh twat from the grammar school. Anna was just in her final year and when she wasn't talking about university choices she was talking about boys. Elsa had been upset when her baby sister had started dating but she had come to the conclusion that it had to happen at some point. And so, with gritted teeth Elsa had had 'The Talk' with her and sent her on her merry way with five condoms and a promise to 'be sensible', as though that would do her any good.

Unfortunately Anna was very good at picking very bad boyfriends. Almost every month she'd managed to have her heart broken by some jerk or other, and every time Elsa was there to pick up the pieces and hand tissues over. But this correct boyfriend, Hans, had been around for over three months how and Elsa didn't like him one bit. Sure he was a straight A student, captain of the ruby squad with a rich family and good genes, but there was something in the way he smiled at Elsa when she answered the door to door or when he was over for dinner. No, Elsa was not a fan of Hans ns she was doing her best to keep an eye on him. Anna was besotted with him and Elsa would not see her sister be emotionally destroyed by that awful boy.

"Elsa? Are you even listening to me?"

"Huh?"

"God, and you say I need to pay attention more often?!" Anna laughed and took a handful of biscuits, stuffing one into her mouth and chomping away before licking her lips from satisfaction. "I said, is this Jack guy cute?"

"Anna, I'm not looking for another boyfriend any time soon!" Elsa shot a reproachful look at her sister before turning back to the TV screen. "We're meeting up as friends, that's all."

"So he is cute!"

"What gave you that idea?"

"Well, you certainly not denying it!" Anna looked positively ecstatic. Elsa rolled her eyes and shook her head. Anna was the sort of person to believe in True Love and Love at First Sight, and unfortunately that also meant jumping from guy to guy. That was why she was always having her heart broken, not because she was sleeping around (though so long as it was safe Elsa could think of worse things for Anna to be doing) but because she was chasing after some romantic but utterly ridiculous dream.

"Anna, don't you have some homework you ought to be doing?"

"Hey, you can't get rid of me that easily!"

Luckily Anna's phone started ringing at that moment and Elsa was saved. She didn't breathe a complete sigh of relief once she heard Anna answer with a little squeal "Hans-y baby!" Elsa was thankful when Anna left the room, no doubt for some privacy, and finally she could focus on her latest editing submission.

Elsa worked as a freelance editor, working on everything from CVs and cover letters to news articles and theses. Her current job was a fairly boring scientific paper on something she didn't really understand but it was easy enough to work through, crossing out grammatical errors and adding punctuation as needed. It was so simple in fact that as she worked, Elsa found herself thinking about her upcoming meeting with Jack.

She was excited, of course she was. There needed to be something new in her life and meeting people was the best cure for boredom she could think of. Besides, it would be fun showing Jack around the town and chatting about each other. Maybe she could take him to her favourite tea room? Even if he didn't want to go, she could go on her own. That would be nice. Elsa hadn't been there for a few months now and she missed just relaxing with a cup of tea and a new book.

The more Elsa thought about the places she would show Jack, the less she concentrated on the paper she was going through. Eventually Anna came back to the living room after her phone call and found Elsa asleep on her side of the sofa, pen in hand, and a smile on her face.

A/N: So this was very well received which is lovely to see, so while this was originally going to be a one shot, I decided to add a few more chapters!

In response to one of the reviews, yes I do like Pitch/Elsa but I am also a fan of Jelsa. I depends on my mood. Sometimes when I want something dark and gritty I write Pitch/Elsa, but this is a lot lighter and focuses on different issues so Jelsa was a far more suitable pairing! Also, I really like Jack and Elsa as friends so that is another reason I sometimes prefer Pitch/Elsa because I can write Jack as one of the best friends that ever lived!

Also, thank you for your kind words of support as far as my break up goes. I won't deny there are elements of my ex in the fictional 'Christian', but he is a tiny character in this story and I was using him as a starting block and a tool to get out my frustration!

Please review if you enjoyed this, as you can see it makes me write soooo much faster!