Who: Anna of Arendelle and Caroline Forbes When: Dec 10 Where: Their place What: Anna makes a wish Rating/Warnings: Low/None Status: Complete
Anna had done a little celebrating. Not a whole lot. Finals were over, and all she wanted to do was curl up in her pajamas and watch Netflix for two weeks. That seemed like a good way to make sure her brain was turned off. She didn’t want to think about Ezra or what she’d said or how he’d responded. She didn’t want to consider that it could very well be the end of… whatever they were. She wanted to stop chastising herself for falling in love so quickly. What was wrong with that? Life was short. She wanted to live.
And yet she felt like a total idiot. She felt immature. She felt naive. She felt ashamed.
She had a bowl of popcorn in her lap, though she wasn’t eating, and a remote in her hand as she stared blankly up at the television screen. Some Netflix show was on, but she was only half paying attention. Her mind was preoccupied with trying not to think about things and failing miserably.
Caroline was done with finals! Now she had a few weeks off to enjoy herself. And yeah she planned to spend some, okay a lot, of that time with her new boyfriend. But not tonight. She was spending the night at home. Anna had been so crazed in her studying even the times Caroline had been home she had barely seen her friend. So tonight was about celebrating finals being over with her best friend.
Or at least that’s what Caroline planned on doing. Going out to a club or something maybe. She was even dressed for it too, but she found Anna lounging on the couch with a bowl of popcorn watching TV. This was so not the way to celebrate the end of the semester. And Anna didn’t seem like her usual perky self either. Caroline could tell that almost immediately.
“What’s up?” she asked walking over and plopping down next to Anna on the couch. “I thought we were going to celebrate?”
“Hmm?” Anna turned at the sound of the voice, then realized Caroline was there. That was unusual. Her friend had spent so much time away from the house, Anna was a little shocked to see her there. “Oh. Celebrate? Did we make plans to celebrate?” She asked, and set the remote control aside.
“I don’t feel like getting dressed. Can I celebrate like this?” Anna moved the bowl of popcorn aside, too.
“Well finals are over and we are the only ones in this house that go to school,” so yeah celebrating needed to happen. And not by watching Netflix and eating popcorn either. But she could tell something was wrong with Anna. Her friend seemed so.. distracted. And since when did Anna not want to get dressed and celebrate?
“What’s going on?” Caroline asked a frown forming on her face.
“Nothing.” Anna said, shaking her head. Though, this may have been the first time she was really forced to confront what had happened between her and Ezra. The redhead inhaled sharply, lifted a hand to cover her mouth, and felt her eyes fill with water. Her nose started burning. “Nothing.” She repeated, though the tears were coming now. There was no stopping them.
It obviously wasn’t nothing. Anna was crying. And even if she wasn’t Caroline wouldn’t have bought the nothing answer anyway. She immediately reached out to hug her friend. “Anna,” she said arms still wrapped around her. “What happened?”
Anna had forgotten how good a hug felt when she was so upset. When everything was falling apart, it felt good to have someone wrap arms around her and give her a squeeze. It brought a little sob out of the redhead, and she turned to bury her face in Caroline’s shoulder. “I told Ezra that I love him, and… And he doesn’t love me back. He doesn’t--he didn’t say it…” She lifted a hand to wipe her eyes with her sleeve, not wanting to drench Caroline’s nice blouse.
Caroline didn't really care about her clothes. She could always get more. What she cared about was Anna. And she almost couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Anna loved Professor Fitz? She knew there was something going on between the two of them that much was obvious. But love? How serious had they gotten? She was still his student. Well not as of today but still.
“I knew that guy was bad news” Caroline muttered to herself frowning slightly. “I’m sorry Anna. But maybe it’s better you know now? You can move on.”
Anna didn’t want to move on. She wanted to be on the same page with Ezra. She wanted them to be moving at the same pace. Maybe that was Anna’s biggest problem: she loved too hard and too fast and… wait, why was that a problem?
Anna sniffed, then pushed herself up off the sofa and moved over to the window. They had an amazing view of the valley, and it was dark enough that she could see some stars. One or two of them danced across the sky. “I wish I didn’t feel this way. I wish I didn’t think I loved him. You know? I wish I could just… not. Not freak out about every little thing.”
Caroline nodded as Anna spoke. She didn’t really know, because Caroline didn’t fall in love like that. She tried to keep herself from getting to hurt. In the dreams though she had been in love a few times and ended up rejected and hurt all of those times. But real life she was very guarded with her heart, she wasn’t like Anna falling in love so easily and fast. “Guys are just stupid sometimes. Okay most of the time.” It was the best advice she could give really.
“Yeah.” Anna sniffed again, lifted both sleeves, and pushed them into her eyes, wiping the tears away. Then she wiped at her face as best she could, trying to wipe away the breakdown that she’d just fought off. She’d probably go cry herself to sleep tonight. Maybe it was worth one night of tears. Probably.
“I don’t really feel like celebrating tonight. Maybe we can go do something tomorrow?” Anna said, finally turning her attention back to Caroline.
“Tomorrow is fine,” Caroline had all the time in the world now that finals were over. Not that she had spent all that much time studying anyway. “I really think we should go out tonight though. Get your mind off things.” Staying in thinking about Professor Fitz all night wasn’t going to do Anna any good. It would just make her more sad most likely and that was the last thing Caroline wanted.
“I don’t know if I’d be good company tonight.” Anna said, letting her hands fall to her sides. “I just want to curl up with a cup of tea and a Netflix-a-thon.” She looked down at her clothes and tugged on her sweatshirt. “I’m not even dressed to go out. What … what did you want to do?”
“Go out, drink, dance," she shrugged. It was a night to celebrate now that they didn’t have to worry about school or grades for a few weeks. Not sit and worry about boys. And Caroline still thought getting her mind off everything would be a good idea. “You could always change. It’d be good to get out of the house. And who knows maybe you’ll meet someone new. Someone better.” Cause yeah she still didn’t like the professor. Plus that was how Caroline had met her current boyfriend. Although Anna jumped into relationships pretty fast. She probably didn’t need that right now, but a night of fun she could definitely have.
Anna thought about it for a moment. She did have a cute outfit she’d been saving for a special occasion. And going out with Caroline was special, right? A smile threatened the corner of her mouth, then finally came on. “All right. I’ll go get changed. You have to buy me lots of girly drinks, though.” She turned to head off into her bedroom.
A triumphant smile appeared on Caroline’s face. “I’ll buy you all the girly drinks you want,” or compel them. Either way Caroline was determined to make tonight a good night for her best friend.