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Summer 2002

"C'mon, mommy! We're gonna be late! We're gonna be late!" A little red headed girl pulls at her mother's skirt as she desperately tries to drag her out the door.

"Anna, honey. Please just wait! This is a new skirt!" Her mother scolds her, hastily writing on a few papers.

Mrs. Winters has promised her youngest daughter to bring her to her very first day of ballet class and little Anna couldn't be more excited.

Anna was already in her little tutu and ballet shoes.

Soon began to whine.

"Mommy!" Anna tugs again.

"Anna, will you please wait!" She was already yelling. "Elsa, get your sister please!"

A girl older than Anna stands from their couch and pulls Anna to the kitchen.

She had very blonde hair and pretty blue eyes.

"Hey, Anna. Are you excited for your first day at ballet school?" Her sister asked sweetly.

"Mhm!" Anna nods eagerly. "I'm gonna be a ballerina someday and I'm gonna wear the big girl ballet shoes!"

"That's good." Elsa smiled at her and fixed her hair a bit. "Just make sure to always. Always. remain calm. Take deep slow breaths if anything else's fails. Got it? Oh and make lots of friends."

"I will!" Anna bounces.

"Anna! Let's go!" Their mom shouts from the living room.

Anna squeals in delight and jumps right into the car.

"Mommy, I'm going to be a good dancer when I grow up!" Anna pipes beneath her seatbelt.

Mrs. Winters did not look at her daughter but gave a little smile.

"Of course you will, sweetie. You're going to make an excellent dancer."

11 years later

"And this is going to be done in The American Ballet Theatre?" 19 year old Elsa looks down from her newspaper and at her younger sister.

"Yes!" Anna almost screams then drags Elsa up, dancing around.

"And they want me to audition!"

Being just sixteen, Anna has a bright future as a professional ballerina.

She's already been in a few interviews and in TV thrice or more.

She is one of the youngest ballerinas in American history, still blossoming into a true star.

"Anna, that's wonderful." Elsa Takes her hands. "But... Then you'll be away."

Elsa, on the other hand has a double major in journalism and law.

Anna at first thought it was a dumb idea but Elsa had shrugged it off and yet again, proved her wrong.

"And so? I can handle myself."

Elsa looks away, trying not to make the situation uncomfortable.

"But Anna... Your condition-"

Anna rolls her eyes.

"I know, Elsa! I'm prepared, alright?! Now stop worrying!"

"I'm sorry, it's just that... what if you forget to take your medicine and-"

"I can handle myself." She sighs and lets go of her sister's grasp. "Besides, I'm sixteen."

"And you're irresponsible. I'm keeping an eye on you-"

"What? Why?"

Elsa sits back down on her chair and stirs her coffee.

"Why not? I don't want anything happening to you. I also know very well you won't let mom stay for too long."

Anna's back hunches forward and she scratches the back of her neck.

"...No. No I don't. But I don't want you coming either."

"Well, that's sweet of you-"

"No, not like that! I don't want you coming because... Because... This is going to be my first really big show. I've done so many in Ohio and practically dominated so many theaters here already. I want to handle this first time feeling alone."

"And your point is...?"

Anna sighs again.

"I want you to make me feel normal. Just for once, Elsa."

Elsa puts her coffee down, taken aback by what she just said.

"I am to, making you feel normal. You are normal, Anna."

"No I'm not. And you know it." Anna looks away disappointingly. "Just because I have a weak heart doesn't mean I could die from anything intense, Elsa. I'm a strong girl. Can't believe it?"

"Of course, I believe it. You're very strong and I'd never underestimate you."

Anna didn't smile. She grasped one arm and started walking upstairs.

"I'm going to do my homework."

It broke Elsa a bit to know that Anna has been going through something like this. She almost forgot.

Anna is just a teenager. She isn't even college yet.

Someone rings her phone.

Elsa checks the caller ID.

"Hans?" Elsa picks it up.

"Elsa. The report for Tuesday. Is it ready? All I need is your part and then we can have it printed out."

She hears his hasty voice on the other line.

"I'm finished. I'm going to send it through your email." Elsa replies.

"... Are you okay?"

Elsa sighs. "Yes, I'm okay."

"Is it about Anna?"

"She just... Won't listen to me. Sometimes I forget she's still just a kid."

"One day, she'll understand college. Just wait for her."

"It's not college, Hans. It's her heart."

"Oh." His voice fell. "What did you tell her?"

"She has an audition in New York."

"That's... That's amazing."

"Yeah, I know. It's just that I don't want anything happening to her. I'm her older sister, of course I'm worried about her."

"Alright." He sighs, making a staticky sound. "So I'll call you back once I've got the file. And tell Anna I said hi."

Elsa puts the phone down and takes a deep breath.

Xxx

Anna was disappointed with Elsa, of course.

She just couldn't contain her anger.

Elsa trusted her, she knew that.

Why not now?

All she's wanted is to live a normal life.

But whenever she tried, Elsa usually shot her down.

Elsa always brought Anna's inhaler to school whenever she pretended to forget it. Her medicine and the things she needed went along with it.

It was embarrassing, to know that she isn't capable of doing other things that could risk her life.

Elsa was just looking out for her.

But there needed to be a time when Elsa really needs to turn her back on her. Just once. To know that she really trusted Anna with her own health.

Anna recalls the first time she ever tried out ballet. She was excited and loves ballet more than ever.

Until now. And look at her.

Anna had won many ballet competitions. She's participated in a couple professional ballet productions. She is considered one of the best dancers in her school.

And now, they want her to audition for a special role in New York.

This was her big break. How could she say no?

She knew very much that she and Elsa were alone.

Their mom was in Switzerland, probably forgetting she's had any daughters,

While their dad has been missing.

For 17 years. Right after he got their mom pregnant with Anna

It has been 4 years since they last saw her.

Elsa was still a 15 year old girl who had no experience of work,

While Anna was a little 12 years old.

Elsa was her only sister figure and parent figure as well.

They only had each other, at least they stood fine.

Elsa worked a couple jobs while in college. She payed for everything Anna did.

Her ballet classes, school tuition, and soon her college fee.

Elsa was just as successful as her sister.

She always came out on top.

Always.

Elsa did not only have a double major, but she was very much ready to work as a professional lawyer or writer. Her brain was very exquisite and many companies and people want Elsa to work for them.

It wasn't a hint that they were going to be rich one day because of Elsa.

Neither with Anna. She is a star.

But Anna always knew in her heart,

That Elsa will always be more composed than her.

At the age of fifteen, Elsa found a job. As a wedding and cabaret singer while jumping from restaurant to restaurant.

She cried almost every night after she stopped going to school for a year, sacrificing her own tuition money for Anna's schooling and ballet.

But she had no regrets.

A knock came by the door and Anna averts her attention from the window.

"Anna?" She hears Elsa knock.

"Come in."

Elsa enters in a quiet pace, making sure not to slam the door.

"Can we talk?"

With one soft look, Anna saw a hardworking young girl with dreams of making her own sister happy.

She looked tired. Stressed. Finished with everything. Angry sometimes.

But with just one innocent intention.

To earn love.

"I wanted to say sorry. I never should have-"

"Elsa, I'm the one who should be sorry here." Anna's eyes welled up with guilty years. "I've been rude. Ungrateful and I'm so sorry."

Elsa made a small sigh. "C'mere."

And engulfed her in a hug.

"I'd never be mad at you. I love you too much."

Anna nods against Elsa's chest.

"So. Let's talk about Carnegie Hall?"

Anna gasps. "You're letting me audition?"

Elsa was silent at first.

Then she nods.

Anna's shoulders crumple up as she charges for Elsa.

"Oh my god, Elsa! You can't be serious-!"

"Hey, calm down." Elsa struck at her.

"Don't get too excited. Now where's your résumé?"

And Anna smiled.