Pauley: New Fic! This IS an Elsanna fic, so that you're sure you want to be here! However, there are also plenty of side pairings that shall emerge as time goes on!


"Put the box in the corner Em, and be careful!" Elsa warned as she moved past her best friend to collect more boxes. The one Emma was carrying was full of her breakables, including her plates, which she needed quite desperately. Elsa refused to live off of instant noodles.
A clatter sounded from inside and Elsa whipped back round just as Emma appeared in the door.

"Sorry, I kicked your pan box. Nothing broken." She assured and Elsa groaned, bouncing her head off the wall for a moment.

"Remind me why we're friends again Emma?" She asked as the other blonde wrapped an arm around her shoulders.

"Because without me your life would be boring. Plus Mary Margaret would kill me if I didn't have at least one friend. And I guess you're cool enough." Elsa groaned again and shrugged her off, elbowing Emma in the side lightly.

"Dork. Come on, we've only a few more boxes and then we're done." Elsa glanced down the hall to the car she'd rented. It was true, there was only her book boxes and the one that would be hidden waaay in the back of her closet, where no-one would ever find it.
She moved back out to the car, making sure she was the one to lift that particular box. No need for Emma to even suspect.
"Careful with those boxes too Emma. They're heavy." Elsa warned as she headed back inside with her own, considerably lighter, box.

"I don't see why you need so many books Elsa! This is what the internet is for!" Emma complained as she moved down the hall with the smallest of the boxes. Elsa realised that it'd take both of them to move the other two.

"I like books. Sue me." She stated flatly as she quickly pushed the box she had been carrying under her bed. It would do there for now.

"I don't get why Mary Margaret insisted we stay in the dorms anyway." Emma complained as she dumped the box of books on the bed, causing the mattress to bounce a little.
"I mean, if we got an apartment together then you wouldn't have to live with a total stranger! And I wouldn't have to share a room with my sister as if we were still six." She added on with a huff, flopping down next to the box.
Elsa chuckled and perched on the edge of the bed, running her fingers through Emma's hair without thinking about it, humming softly as Emma's eyes slid shut and she sighed.

"She just wants us to be somewhere stable, Em. So we don't have to work to pay rent or anything, so we can focus on our studies." Elsa explained gently, knowing that Emma rarely listened to reason. But she and Mary Margaret still tried. And tried. And tried.

"But it's not fair! You couldn't even get a single room and now we're separated! Besides, I don't mind getting a job so we can get an apartment. I'm only coming to college for you guys anyway." She shrugged the best she could while still horizontal and Elsa tugged on the strands she had moments before been brushing gently.

"Emma, you promised you'd work hard. Remember, we all promised to prove everyone wrong. And to do that you gotta go to college so you can get a good job." She reminded her and Emma groaned and sat herself back up.

"Fine, fine, whatever." She grumbled, rolling her eyes as she stood, stretching out.
"Lets get those last two boxes in then, it's getting late." She commented, glancing to the window. Elsa looked down at her watch and let out a quiet groan of her own.

"It's nearly eight! Oh man, I'm gonna be in bed before I've finished unpacking." She whined as she followed Emma back into the corridor to collect the rest of her things.

By ten o'clock, Elsa had given up. She'd unpacked all her clothes, shoved her box to the back of her closet, hung a few posters, made her bed up and put what little food she'd brought with her into the fridge. And now she was exhausted.
Emma had gone after dumping her last box, claiming that Mary Margaret had demanded she be back before it got too dark. Elsa had waved her off before starting the herculean task of unpacking.
With a groan of annoyance at herself for not managing to get everything unpacked, Elsa flopped onto her bed. She couldn't be bothered hunting down her pyjama's, so instead she just tugged off her jeans and pulled her bra out from under her shirt (a trick that to this day still amazed Emma, who couldn't do it) and curled under her duvet in her t-shirt and panties. After all, if her roommate hadn't arrived by now, they wouldn't be here before tomorrow.

She wasn't sure how long she'd been asleep, but she was awoken by the door handle rattling and cursing come from outside the door.
She sprang up quickly, gripping at the nearest object (which sadly was only Olaf, her teddy bear, but that wasn't the point) and advancing on the door slowly. Taking a deep breath, she quickly pulled the handle down and swung the door open. There stood a girl with shocklingly bright red hair tied in pigtails, staring down at a key in her hand.

"Uh... this is room 3, right?" The girl asked, finally noticing Elsa stood in the door, Olaf still raised like a club.

"Yeah... can I help you?" Elsa blinked and slowly lowered Olaf, suddenly realising she's still in what she had been sleeping in.

"I'm your roommate. I'm sorry for showing up so late... I planned on getting in really quietly, in case you were here but the key didn't work... I'm Anna by the way." The girl held her hand out with a sheepish grin and Elsa couldn't help but smile back as she took her hand.

"Elsa. Want some help getting your things in, so we can both go to bed?" She offered, knowing she wouldn't be able to sleep while her new roommate was bringing in her things.

"You sure? I wouldn't wanna be an... an... oh what's that word?"

"A bother?" Elsa offered with a chuckle and Anna's face flared bright red, as if she were trying to match her hair.
"You won't be. Just let me uh... find pants." She pushed the door to and hurried to locate her jeans, finding them draped over one of her empty boxes. She must remember not to throw them next time. She was surprised, with her luck, that they hadn't disappeared into some strange black hole dimension.
"Okay, lets go." She pulled the door open again to find Anna still stood there, looking shell shocked.
"You... you okay?"

"Yeah, sorry. I hadn't noticed you weren't wearing any uh... and it took my brain a second to catch up." She admitted, biting at her lip.
"Lets just... get this over with, yeah?" Anna offered, not wanting to admit how she'd ended up staring at Elsa's legs as she'd hurried back in to get pants. And the teddy bear was adorable!
Elsa offered her a smile and held the door open.

"Bring one of the smaller ones here to hold this open and we'll get to work."

It took them about an hour to get it done, and glancing at her watch as she finally sat upon her bed, Elsa let out a childish whine.

"Three AM? Why on earth did you get here so late?" She asked Anna, who looked equally exhausted.

"My best friend and his brothers drove me here. And well, Kristoff doesn't have the best notion of timing, so we ended up getting here a little late. They're lucky they're getting an apartment, so none of them have roommates to wake up. Unlike me." She explained, splayed out as a starfish on her bed. Elsa nodded with a groan.

"I say sleep." She mumbled, already nearly there. A yawn of agreement was all she got from Anna and before she had realised it, Elsa had fallen asleep atop her duvet, still fully dressed.