"I'm not sure why I fell in love with her, actually," Elsa says, after a long period of silence.

It is Karie's second day back, and Elsa looks a little more… alive this time around. Karie makes a note of that on her notepad. "What makes you say that?" she asks.

Elsa shrugs. "Anna wasn't necessarily like the picture of perfection in any respect, you know? I mean… I get letters from people talking about their hot, perfect sister… and that wasn't really it."

"If Anna wasn't the picture of perfection, what was she?"

Elsa scratches at a spot on her arm for a bit of time, before clearing her throat. "She had this messy strawberry-blonde hair that she always wore in pigtails. Her school photos were all over the fireplace mantle with her baby teeth missing and her first adult teeth coming in a little crooked."

Elsa smiles to herself, looking down at the table. "She had this stupid green and white striped sweater with a snowman in the middle that she got for her birthday. It was her favorite. Her favorite shoes were Keds… and she freaking loved sandwiches."

Karie gives Elsa a slight smile. "You have a lot of love in your voice when you talk about her."

"That's because I loved her," Elsa says quietly. "I still do." She pauses and swallows before starting again. "I remember this one day we took our saved up allowances and went to this diner down the street from our house. It was like a date… neither one of us acknowledged that fact… but I think we both knew."

Elsa smiles as she swirls her fingers in little circles on the table. "My heart was doing this big fluttery thing, you know? I wanted everything to be perfect. Anna ordered this corn dog and tried to eat it while it was still too hot." A small laugh escapes from Elsa. "She nearly swallowed it whole, but it got stuck and she couldn't breathe or talk."

Elsa looks up into Karie's eyes. "I ran behind her, and threw my skinny arms around her waist, trying my best to perform the Heimlich maneuver, screaming 'Breathe, damn it!'. Then she started breathing, and after that she was crying."

"What happened then?" Karies asks.

"The entire restaurant crowded around us. It seemed like the whole world cared about what happened to her. Everyone was hugging her and petting her hair… asking if she was okay."

Elsa's voice becomes quiet as she looks back down at the table. "She apologized to me that night for ruining our day. I almost cried. She wasn't perfect, but it was impossible not to love her."