Author's Notes: Welcome to my newest fic. I've been lurking and reading for a while but I've had this idea stuck in my head for so long so now it has to come out. This has mild "icest" and what I mean by that, is they are not blood related. Obvs, Elsa and Anna, the cutest. So, sit back and enjoy the road trip. P.s. I do not own Frozen or any Disney things.
Anna stretched up and yawned in the grey airplane seat as her father, Adgarr, and herself arrived at the O'Hare International Airport. Her strawberry blonde pigtails lifted over her shoulders with her arms stretched high, making an almost obnoxious yawning noise.
Her wide-open mouth turned to an O shape when she felt her father press lightly on her stomach, over her denim overall shorts, pushing the rest of the air out of her chest and catching her off guard.
"We're here Anna-bean." Adgarr said with a smile as he shifted in his seat as the plane started to land slowly. He had dirty blonde hair that wasn't unkempt but wasn't necessarily tidy, a small matching mustache with a slim face and figure to match.
'Here..' Anna thought as she fixed her pigtails back into place. She was still in a slight stupor from her three-hour long nap (the flight from LAX to ORD was about four hours long), as she tried to settle back into place on the uncomfortable airplane seat. She brought her hands to her eyes and rubbed softly over her freckled and slightly tan face. The noise of the seatbelt light flickering on and off caught her attention as she snapped back to reality.
"Oh!" She exclaimed as she remembered, 'I finally get to meet Iduna and Elsa!'.
Four Months Ago
Anna stood at the kitchen sink, finishing off the dishes from dinner with her father and grandmother. Their kitchen was very rustic looking in their large house (some would even say mansion). Adgarr was the owner of several vineyards in Napa Valley. They belonged to his father, Charles (who passed away before Anna was born) and his mother Eileen who lives with the father and daughter duo. Eileen seemed too young to be Anna's grandmother and some would say Adgarr was young to be Anna's father. He had her when he was only 20. Eileen had Adgarr when she was only 16. But that was the type of family the Arendelle's were.
Anna's mother was also only 20 but died at the age of 23, right after Anna turned three years old. Adgarr never once faltered in being the perfect father for Anna before or after that. He was always selfless and although Anna only has a couple vague memories of her mother, her father never made her feel like she was forgotten.
True love filled every orifice of their home, their occupations, their relationships. When they fell, they fell hard and the love was always reciprocated but never expected.
They just recently moved to LA when Adgarr was no longer needed at the vineyards every day. They still had a house in Napa but Adgarr tried to keep Anna near Los Angeles in hopes of her making more connections and making more friends. She would always jest that her family was all she needed but he wanted more for his daughter. She didn't have to live the life him and his father lived, but she always chose to. "I like what you do, dad." Anna really only had one friend growing up, Kristoff, but once they completed high school a couple years ago, he went to college at Michigan State and well Anna stayed. Adgarr knew that Anna did have some ideas for what she wanted to do with her future, but she wasn't ready to commit. He was hoping getting her away from those vineyards would loosen up that stubborn hold she had for being selfless when it comes to her family. (Once again, the Arendelle way.)
Adgarr turned his father's startups into a billion-dollar industry, but if you had met him, Eileen, or Anna on the street, you would never suspect they came from money.
So, Anna smiled as she completed the dishes, using the drying towel to wipe the rest of the water from her palms as her father re-entered the kitchen.
Anna turned around, with the small apron over her flannel and jeans, "How was your call with Iduna today Dad, I can't believe it's been three months since you've seen her!". She said dramatically but curious and genuinely happy for him.
Adgarr chuckled, walked over, and tussled the bangs atop Anna's head and face. "It went great actually, would you mind joining me for a drive?"
Back to Present
Anna remembered that talk like it was yesterday, her dad explaining that he worked up the courage to propose to Iduna and she said yes. This meant that Iduna and Elsa would be leaving their home in Chicago to come stay in Los Angeles with them. What better way to move than to take an RV along old route 66, well, that's at least what Anna's father thought and Anna didn't disagree.
The plane shook a little and brought Anna back to the present before completing her memory. The plane bounced slightly up and down as the landing gear started to make connection with the runway. Anna had been on planes numerous times but still got nervous. She grabbed a bar of gum out of her pocket and quickly chewed. It wasn't just for the elevation; it was also for her anxiety.
Adgarr had to travel a lot for his job and she joined him almost religiously until she graduated high school. After that, her father insisted she stayed behind. That was really the first time Adgarr ever had to tell Anna "No." She didn't really like that. Anna was spoiled but she never acted like it, except when it came to this. Her and her father rarely argued but after Adgarr insisted that Anna go do things that "normal teenagers do", Anna lost it.
Anna chuckled in her chair as the plane came to a complete stop. Thinking about how simultaneously selfish and selfless she was being at the time, was a funny conundrum. You couldn't blame Anna, after her mother died, all she did was watch her father commit selfless acts upon selfless acts. Even making her stay behind was selfless until he finally had an opportunity to be selfish. She was able to finally get over it once her father told her that he found someone, a special someone. That was enough to make Anna giddy and forgive her father ten times over.
Two and a half years ago
"What's she like? Is she pretty? I bet she's beautiful..Does she like the same music as you? Wait, what's her name?" Anna interrogated, question after question. Adgarr just stood nodding, knowing his daughter's rambling would finally halt and he could provide her with some of the information she was squealing about.
"Okay, that's good, let's start there. Her name is Iduna." Adgarr said gently as he sat across the couch from Anna in their Napa home.
Anna placed her hand over the coffee table from the recliner she was sitting on to her father on the couch and rested her hand on her father's knee. A small gesture to show approval and her happiness that he had found someone and he was telling her about them.
"Well she's actually been a language translator for our companies for 3 years now. I met her once briefly in passing about a year ago. She stood out to me then and I wanted to ask her for coffee, but I saw her get wrapped up in a crowd and I thought I missed my chance. I saw her two weeks ago, reading a paper outside the hotel we were staying at in Atlanta and finally had my chance to ask her for coffee." Adgarr finished. The dim lighting of the lamp on the cool "winter's evening" set the mood for this homey father daughter talk.
"Wow dad, that's actually almost romantic. I mean, the girl you saw for a split second once, you were able to recognize her again instantly and then get the date. That's amazing." Anna speculated as she drifted off and looked to the side in awe.
Adgarr chuckled as he placed his hand over Anna's. "You know what, I was thinking the same thing. I'm not sure I could forget her.." Now Adgarr speech and thoughts seem to "saunter off" as if they were tangible, had legs, and walked away into a bliss.
Anna stood up and went to the couch next to her father and leaned her head on his right shoulder, "Tell me what she looks like." She looked up to her father, as if her head were in the clouds.
"Oh, well, she has a fair complexion, a light dusting of freckles across her nose and cheeks, beautiful, dark brown hair, and you know, she's a few years older than me and looks a decade younger."
Anna smiled and rested her eyes. "I'm happy for you dad."
"Well we don't count our chickens before they hatch Anna, we've only gone on one date you know." Adgarr huffed.
'I don't know dad,' Anna thought to herself. 'I have a good feeling about this, just looking at ya.'
Back to Present
Adgarr patted Anna on the head as he got up and started grabbing their carry-on luggage. "You know this isn't a round trip honey, we have to get off the plane here."
Anna stuck her tongue out as she brought her wandering mind back to the present. She reached into her pocket, felt her phone, her pack of gum (a necessity), and her wallet (that carried the last photo taken of her father, mother, and her), nodded to herself and stood to exit the packed plane. Of course, everyone wants to be the first one off the plane, so it's always congested.
"So, let's go over this again Dad." Anna said as they finally stepped off the plane and started entering back into the terminal.
"Anna, you know what's happening already."
"I know, I'm just anxious okay." Anna's cheeks turned more red than normal as she popped a small bubble from the gum between her teeth. Adgarr turned around, placed his free hand on Anna's shoulder.
"Step One!" He nearly shouted, trying to make it sound like this was their battle plan. "We exit the terminal, gear in hand, and probably use the restroom."
Anna nodded, so Adgarr continued.
"Step Two! We meet subject Iduna near the front gate of the airport. From that location, she will ferry us and our gear to our next destination."
"Step Three! We make it to the uncompromised location, have ourselves a last feast, and, meet the newest additions to our platoon before we make the long trek home."
Anna finally saluted as Adgarr quickly added, "In an RV across the country." She squealed and jumped and said "Okay, okay, I'm ready this time!"
It was about 2 p.m. in Chicago and the pair were ready to make the next step in their life. Father and daughter made their way towards the luggage check as Anna spat out her gum in the nearest trash receptacle.
A new wife and daughter for Adgarr, a new mother and sister for Anna. A picture-perfect family.
A/N: This chapter was the stage-setter, had a little bit of information overload. The flashbacks will continue through-out the fic but become less necessary as the story progresses. I'm not entirely sure how long this fic will turn out just yet, I want to do all of the characters and their stories justice, so maybe a little lengthy. Sorry there was no Iduna or Elsa in this fic, you'll see them next chapter and I'll drop some more information bombs in the next chapter's notes.