If you didn't know, I posted chapter 19 actually a while ago, but I just reposted it because it didn't send out an update notification. (This is a very old notice because I actually started this chapter 1-2 months ago, lol.) Also, I am VERY sorry for not updating. I'm slowly losing interest in writing this story because I found interests in other things, which keep me busy. I know it is really cruel to leave you hanging on a sad part but please don't lose faith in me, keep on following! I'll try my best to write these chapters. I'm changing Elsa's last name to royals btw.
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Evening settled and Elsa was impatiently laying down on the sofa fidgeting with her fingers. She was alone. She assumed the clique was probably out and about hanging out or something but she didn't know why Jack has been gone so long. It was like voice mail was put on repeat- she called five times. The sixth time was interrupted with another call- The AMD; Arendelle Medical Department. Elsa slid her finger across the screen to answer the call:
"Hello? Elsa Royals speaking," Elsa answered properly.
"Ms. Royals, we need you to come down to the hospital right away. Are you the emergency contact for Jack Overland Frost?" The receptionist asked.
"Yes," Elsa's heart was pounding, shaking the prison bars of her rib cage.
"Well, Mr. Frost is in a coma." Elsa's heart stopped, falling down. She wanted to fall. The heaviness taking over her had a rope around her neck- choking it- as well as pulling her to the ground. She was heart-broken.
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Elsa arrived at the huge, white hospital in the heart of Arendelle. It looked very typical with big, open rooms decorating the halls, people scattered in several places, employees fast walking here and there… you know the deal. Elsa walked up to the registration desk to find out where she could see the patient she came here to see.
"Hi, my name is Elsa Rosemus. I was called to come here." Elsa hesitantly introduced. As she talked, the receptionist searched on her computer.
"Ah, yes! Ms. Rosemus, check in at the emergency room in the East wing. The receptionist there will escort you to where you are needed."
"Okay thank you."
"No problem dear."
The emergency room was surprisingly mostly empty. There were a couple of people that had a cast, people that are sick or something, but the room had barely any sound or movement. The only sound, besides low talking, was the news. Elsa once again introduced herself at the receptionist desk.
"Okay dear. Right this way. I'll show you to the room." The receptionist seemed to be sniffling. Elsa on the other hand, was accompanied with her racing heart. Please be okay. She anxiously played with her nearly numb fingers, staring at her wobbly legs making their way down the hall.
The hallway glowed bright, some rooms closed; some open showing patients in somewhat pain. The nurse opened the door to a large room and the first thing you could see was the electronic bed where a very pale Jack Frost lied, eyes closed. But before she saw Jack, she noticed the whole crew surrounding him. Balloons and flowers were everywhere, mainly in a pile to the left side. Elsa froze in the doorway as she stared at Jack, but he won't stare back. The only people that stared back was everyone in the room… besides the one in front of her. She couldn't conceal the tears in anymore, she needed comfort. It was almost as if Anna and Elsa's minds were connected because as Elsa started walking toward Anna in small steps, Anna got there faster in time for Elsa to wrap her arms around her sisters and sob in her shoulder. Her tears barely slid down Anna's Nike vest, her pain falling on her sister. She can feel the sad energy swallow up the room as the receptionist left and closed the door. The only sound was sniffling, Elsa's sobbing and Jack's heart monitor.
After a moment Elsa broke apart, her face red, eyes glassy as she approached the medical bed and took a seat on the edge. She was speechless. She didn't know what to say; and would feel crazy if she started to talk to a person who can't respond. But she could form two sentences:
"I love you Jack Frost. Come back home soon, please." Elsa was a little over a whisper and kissed him on the cheek. Elsa swore the monitor sped up for a moment, just maybe. As she pulled away, looking at his face just made her neck choke up again. At this moment, holding in her sobs was too hard. Her arms urgently wrapped around him as she silently sobbed in his chest. The view made almost everyone tear up. It was depressing really. If you looked back at their past you could tell it was screwed up with heartbreak at times but this one was too fucking unfortunate. Elsa's core felt dark compared to what she has been through. The more she thinks about this the higher her walls rise and the more frozen her heart gets.
"Elsa?" Anna's delicate hand landed softly on Elsa's shoulder. The blonde's head slowly rose and turned towards her sister. Anna's eyes a little red and her cheeks bright red. Her heart grew cold with guilt just looking at her poor elder sister's face. "Do you want us to accompany you? We can get take out, and a bunch of chocolate bars from 7-11," Anna puffed a tiny laugh along with a small smile on the last part of her sentence. Elsa barely returned the small smile.
Jack was screaming out at her, just desperately wanting to be heard, to move but all he could do was feel- feel the pain coursing through his poorly functioning brain. And all he wanted to do is respond to Elsa: I love you too Elsa Royals.
They were all gathered around the TV in Elsa's dorm watching Role Models (Flynn's pick). Several take out mexican food boxes were spread out across the coffee table along with bottles of cream soda and wrapped/unwrapped candy bars. While everybody laughed Elsa either gave a small smile or stayed silent. Elsa was watching her own movie, the saddest one she has ever seen- the memories of her and Frost; the good ones and the bad ones. They were played on repeat in her head, no remote to stop it. She was in a daze, paralyzed in sorrow. She refused to shed a tear. All of a sudden she felt a nudge.
"Hey," Nod whispered. Elsa sniffled. "It's okay, Elsa. We're here for you. I'm here for you. I bet Jack will be alright and wake up soon." Her eyes became blurry. She was trying to smile, but her lips ended up quivering. Before she could start crying, Nod wrapped her arms around her for comfort.
"It's okay, I believe he will get better. Do you believe?" Elsa nodded. I believe in you Jack Frost.
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Everybody was still around around the TV, sound asleep when Elsa woke up. 7;40 am. The only people she noticed were gone was Rapunzel, Flynn, Hiccup, and Nod. Elsa quietly sneaked down the short hall to check Punzie's room- there laid Punzie on the bed and Flynn on the beanbag chair still sleeping.
When she got to her room, Merida was sleeping in her bed. Elsa quickly changed into a racerback workout shirt, running capris, and light blue Nike's. She braided her hair, grabbed something quick to eat, a couple stretches, and headed out the dormitory.
The fresh breeze lingered her skin as she stepped outside, pumping up her adrenaline. At that moment she took a deep breath, inhaling the winter air, and exhaled. Then she started in a good-paced jog. She cut through the center, not surprised to see nobody there on an early Sunday morning. Taking a turn she jogged little ways through the busier side of Arendelle and taking another turn into a large park towards a jog trail. The small sound of wind brushing through the nearly leafless trees was calm but blocked out by Elsa's music. The upbeat rhythm of Panic at the Disco's "Memories" in sync with her jogging pace. Her mind was starting to set on other things though:
Their feet were in sync as they walked this path once before. The red and orange leaves swaying through the air, dropping from the trees. Their hands were like magnets, resisting the urge to connect. But they remained in their coat pockets. Her eyes glowed perfectly to him, deep blue orbs you can get lost in. He had the bright, white hair she can keep her hands tangled in forever. She loved the way it fell in front of his face, when he gets nervous and runs a hand through it.
"Is your hair naturally white?" Elsa asked, giving him a curious glance. Jack started to chuckle. "Yeah, that was kind of a stupid question…" She looked away to hide her blush of embarrassment.
"No, no! It's fine." Jack cleared his throat to stop laughing. "Well from the beginning of my life all the way to freshman year of high school, my hair was brown"
"Wow, brown hair and blue eyes. That's different." Jack gave her a smile. "What made you change your hair color?" Jack sighed before answering her question.
"Depression. My dad left my mother leaving her in deep sorrow, and me in disappointment. My dad was always there for me, taught me many things, like singing and playing the guitar… But something happened between him and mom. Next thing you know he's not at home a week later. I had to take care of Emma and contain my growing anger at the same time." He bowed his head, watching his feet as they walked. "I just missed him SO much, and people wouldn't care about how I felt and didn't want to talk to me about it and help me. I was alone, isolated. My mood grew, I guess, "icy" and that's when I changed my hair to the color white." I could tell he left out some stories because he took a deep breath and forced a small smile on his face. "When I grew out of depression, I also noticed the name matched my name, Jack Frost. So i stuck with the color til this day." Elsa loved to see him this cheerful, it brings a smile to her face every time. "So, Elsa. Do you like this hair color on me?" He faced her wiggling his eyebrows, making Elsa laugh.
Jack gave her that signature genuine smile as her eyes glimmered with her laugh, her hair blowing in front of her face. Jack couldn't resist but brush her cheek. His fingers gently brushed the extra strand of hair behind her ear, his hand running down her cheek. Elsa's cheeks became perfectly rosey, eyes watching him, connecting eye contact- Becoming lost. Elsa was frozen, only able to lower her head, to hide her blush, biting her lip.
Oh god, she's biting her lip. Jeez, that drives me crazy. What if she doesn't want to kiss me? Jack thought. He quickly ran a hand through his hair.
"Shall we continue?" Jack asked after clearing his throat. Elsa quickly looked up, her lower lip still in between her teeth. Jack's eyes widened a little and took a gulp. Elsa noticed and stopped the biting.
"Oh! Uh- y-yeah, sure! Let's go..." Elsa stuttered, lowering her head. Jack smiled.
"Alrighty then," Jack chuckled. Their feet once again moved in sync.
Elsa lost her balance after remembering her loved one and fell on her knee, the other leg extended behind her. Her heart was pumping fast- pain, sadness, running adrenaline giving her short breath.
"Conceal don't feel, Conceal don't feel, CONCEAL DON'T FEEL!" She went from a breathless whisper to a cry, her tears leaving a trail. She dragged her knees up securing her arms around them. There she cried about her poor Jack, not knowing when he will wake up. Her heart felt like it was freezing, the coldness of her frost coating her used-to-be warm heart.
After a good tear session, she looked up, and something caught her attention. A bouquet of nearly rotting flowers. She walked over to them and noticed they were white roses... Her favorite. Picking them up she couldn't help but wonder why they were on the side of the path. Turning them she found and old card, rusted by probably months in the dirt. But what surprised her the most was the name on the card. Elsa. She gasped, her knees were weak, how the hell did it get there? Her lips barely quivered in anxiety. Then she opened the card:
Will you go out with me snowflake?
Elsa's jaw dropped, she was absolutely speechless; the letter totally sucked the voice out of her. The only person who calls her snowflake is... Jack.
"He was going to ask me out that day... The following week after Halloween. He was nervous," She ran a hand over her hair. She could feel tears forming but she held it back and started walking back towards the house, her old flowers held in her hand.
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"Elsa! Where were you? And where-" Anna gasped, making hot chocolate in the kitchen with Kristoff.
"Anna, I'm fine. Imjust went on a jog." Elsa sighed.
"But-"
"These?" She raised the dying roses. "I found these when I was running. Two months ago, Jack and I went on a walk... I guess he...he wanted to ask me out that day. I think he was too nervous to because these were tossed on the side of the trail." She handed Anna the flowers, who's eyes were wide. Anna read the note attached and smiled ear to ear.
"Awwwww... That's so sweet!"
"y-yeah... It is." She whispered. Her sniffles getting to her. Anna walked over to her older sister, wrapping her arms around her.
"It will be alright Elsa. I promise," Anna reassured.
"Don't make promises you can't keep." Elsa wheezed. That just broke Anna's heart, she doesn't want Elsa to isolate herself from the world again. She especially didn't want to be shut out again. After a while of hugging, Kristoff's message notification went off.
"Who's that?" Anna asked.
"The police department. They said we can come to the crash sight, and see what they found on the accident. According to them, this wasn't any ordinary accident." Right as Kristoff finished his sentance, Elsa already had on her sweatshirt and out the door.
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"Follow me. Just duck under the tape." The detective lead us towards the car and he crouched down near the car tire. "You see this black oil on the tires? It's tar. We also found an empty gallon can of tar 3-5 yards off the road. So we are assuming somebody did this on purpose." That report made Anna gasp but Elsa was completely frozen- wide eyes.
"Do you have any evidence on who did this?" Elsa sternly asked, finally talking.
"Fortunately, yes we did. We searched for fingerprints and found a match." He pulled out a picture of the culprit and all the college students went pale.
"His name is Hans, Hans... Hans don't know how to pronounce his last name. But anyway, every fingerprint matches his, so it's pretty solid he is the man behind this and-" he looked up and noticed they are all completely silent and a little pale. "Do you know this man?"
"Y-yes. We do. I dated him a long time ago, and he came back so he can try to get me back even though I never wanted to see him again. When he figured out that I was with Jack, he probably got jealous and did this." Elsa was surprisingly calm saying all of this, but it was probably because she was in deep thought, trying to connect all of this to the weird month they had, especially 'the break'... Until. She knew why Jack was acting weird and separated. Her conclusion made her gasp. "Detective, I think Jack, the guy that was in the accident, was threatened by Hans. For the past 5 weeks Jack has been very nervous around me and told us we needed a break, but would never say why because he claimed to be protecting me. And I feel like the most likely reason is because Hans told him to do that so he can get to me." Elsa seemed proud of herself for figuring this out. The officer and detective nodded their heads, getting that picture in their heads.
"That seems pretty accurate, he seems to be a little crazy for doing this. Very well done Ms. Royals. Do you know where we can find this man?"
"Arendelle University. I believe I saw his car there when we left."
"Thank you very much kid. You folks have a good morning. Take care."
Thank you! You too!" Anna gave a smile, and walked back to the car. Right as they got in, their faces went to pissed off mood.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE HANS! He did this to him! Just because he loves Elsa?! He's so heartless. I hope he burns in Hell! And-" Kristoff put a hand on Anna's shoulder. God was she mad! Her face was strawberry red, eyes narrow, and just staring out the car as if she was yelling at an imaginary Hans.
"I will, see that bastard in court. He is going to jail." Elsa sneered.
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Geez, I've been meaning to make this chapter for a while, I'm glad I did. I tried to make it as great, and as descriptive as possible. I also tried to make it accurately long, for this chapter. I hope you enjoyed, and the next chapter is our last one of this story. Btw, I'm t adding any detail when their in court because that's boring .