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"Lip scrub." I read out lout while inspecting the small container that Kida had handed me with a proud smirk.

"Yes." She nodded happily.

"No." I gave it back to her before walking away from the excited girl to see what my other buddies were up to. For once we were actually having a rather quiet lunch. What with Olaf cramming in as much rehearsal time as he could and Kristoff doing his best to help him out whenever he could. (Kristoff also got cornered by Ms. Mode not too long ago and was now doing the background work alongside the other drama kids.) Unlike me, he didn't know how to get out of it and ended up surrendering to do her evil deeds. So they were pretty much up to their ears in tasks while I got stuck with...this particular human being.

"Anna-" A hand grabbed my own and tugged me back. "Look, just because you wash your face every day doesn't mean your lips are forever clean." Kida held my arm firmly while staring straight into my eyes. There was a tense pause and I finally groaned in annoyance when she opened the container, prompting me to dip my finger in there just after. "Trust me, it'll make your lips feel so soft, they'll be clean and you can even put some chap stick on aft-"

"Okay, where exactly are you going with all of this mumbo-jumbo about lips and whatnot?" I had to ask, holding up my hand to stop her from doing it herself when I didn't budge.

Mischief shown clearly in her sky blue eyes, making them almost glow in the afternoon sun along with pure excitement. I flexed my jaw uneasily and tried not to outright glare at her, but man was she pushing it! Especially when she made a big deal about glancing around to make sure no one was within earshot and then leaned in to whisper, "Don't think I didn't see the way you were flirting, (quite heavily might I add,) with…Elsa Mariani." Her voice dipped a tad lower, causing a stupid blush start to form on my face. "With as close as you two were, in the garage, on your birthday, " she grinned maniacally. "I can only surmise you'll only be getting closer as the days go by. Who knows, you might already be on the one of the roads less traveled." Her eyes narrowed when I hesitantly looked around too, seeing no one too close and once I looked back, she nudged my shoulder pointedly. "You sly dog you."

"Oh, whatever." I snorted, thankfully, without a stutter and instead turned away again to find someone. Anyone! To help me get away from the only person who could read me like an open book. I wasn't sure if Kida really, truly knew the extent of Elsa and my somewhat budding relationship and I could only hope that she didn't go blabbing about it because I didn't actually know what it was either.

Before I could fully shake the playful white-haired woman, I bumped right into the one person we'd been talking about.

"Hi!"

"Hi!" We both said together while I instinctively reached out to steady her. Elsa smiled awkwardly when I immediately handed her phone back to her since I'd managed to catch it when the collision occurred.

And just like that, my jumbled thoughts ceased as I looked into those now warm arctic blues. "No talking and texting- I-I mean walking and texting." I couldn't stop the smirk from spreading across my face, regardless that I had already stumbled over my words like an idiot. Mainly because she looked adorable with those big, surprised eyes at seeing me during school hours.

School life had gone on as usual. Me: getting into minor trouble for my mouth in almost every class (especially PE) and her staying at the top of her class while practically running the whole school in the meantime. We didn't get to see each other until after school, which I was fine with because I wasn't sure how others would see her if she were to hang around with a junior. However, for myself, I wouldn't have minded that. I mean, who wouldn't want the gorgeous council president's attention?

"Whoa. Thought you could escape me now, didn't you, F- hi Miss President!" Kida had already caught my sleeve, but once she saw why I stopped in the first place, she instantly put on an innocent face. "I don't think we've been properly introduced." Letting go of my sleeve, she sidled up next to me to extend a hand to the still slightly stunned class president. "I'm Kidagakash Nedakh, one of Anna's best friends. Pleasure to meet you." She grinned widely. I rolled my eyes when she emphasized the best part and silently shook my head at Elsa, who then returned a more kind smile as she took the proffered hand.

"Elsa Mariani. Pleasure's all mine." Her tone was as polite and confident as could be, but I could tell she was a little leery of the other white-haired girl because of how close she'd witnessed us before. I wouldn't, outright, call it jealousy when Elsa did those little once-overs of the friends I hung out with, but that was just me. Although, if it really was jealousy, I was in trouble. For one: I had Kida, Esmeralda, and Alice as somewhat close girl-friends and if she was uncomfortable with it…Forget it. You're getting ridiculous, Crescent. I snapped myself out of my own reverie to see Elsa looking expectantly at me. To my right, I could see that even Kida was tilting her head in question.

"Huh?" I blurted.

"I was saying that I need your help with something in the boardroom?" Elsa's face twitched the tiniest bit in a smile when she beheld my utter confusion.

"Mind if I tag along?" Kida asked and then poked my side, making me jump.

"Yes we mind." I hissed dangerously, threatening to slap at her if she didn't cut it out soon. "Like we can go spilling all the secrets about what the school has planned? Are you crazy?" I raised both of my brows in amusement at her.

"And now I want to go really bad." Kida gleamed at us in anticipation. "Since when did you become a full member of the board, Anna?"

"Anna is my personal assistant and I need her help organizing important documents, along with calling certain vendors for an upcoming carnival we have planned." Elsa stealthily stepped in and fixed Kida with an apologetic expression. "I'm sorry, but it'll probably bore you for the rest of lunch period."

With a knowing smirk, Kida took a cautious step back. "Say no more. I'm sure the drama club could use an extra set of hands." When she turned around, she tossed a wink at me directly, "Wouldn't wanna hang around a couple of boring people who are going to be spending the rest of lunchtime in a classroom. Alone. In the boardroom. Alone."

"Kida." I growled, taking a daring step forward. Sky blue eyes widened in mock fear as she began to walk more briskly, breaking into a full on run while a laugh- a cackle escaped her mouth. "Pfft!" I let out a quiet groan as she disappeared around the corner. And Elsa thinks I'M a troublemaker.

After sitting in silence for more than a few minutes, I put the pen I'd been playing with down and let out a soft sigh. "What's the matter?" I asked, turning so I could face my table companion who hadn't said a word since Kida left us and we escaped into the boardroom. "Snow Paw?" My hand came up to poke her cheek.

"What?" Elsa suddenly looked up from the paper in front of her to blink at me.

"What's the matter?" I asked again, this time reaching out to pull her papers toward me. "We've been sitting here for, like, ten minutes now and you haven't said a word." Scanning over the paper, I was surprised to see that it was a job application to some shop in the outside mall. The same one where Sen worked, if I was correct. Glancing around the room, like there were people there, I then leaned over to give her a reassuring smile.

"Sorry." She whispered, but kept her gaze away from mine. It amazed me that she managed to cast the perfect image to nearly the whole world and while I didn't mind, was even honored to be one of the very few that seemed to know who Elsa Mariani was. It happened to be a little difficult to get her to open up when she didn't want to.

But that could be fixed.

Elsa's pretty blue eyes widened a little as she registered myself moving in. Something between a whimper and the word 'what?' left her lips when my hand came up to push an invisible hair behind her ear. I'd moved forward so gradually that it took a handful of anticipated moments before our lips even brushed, but once our lips touched, I let another soft sigh escape. It wasn't rushed like the few times before, not a lighthearted peck or the lingering sweeps across her beautiful head of hair. No. It was soft. So soft that the warmth of it was indistinguishable from the hot air she breathed when her lips opened. This kiss was also slow. One long, solitary kiss, that left me momentarily breathless by the time our lips closed together again.

Letting her luscious lips guide mine open once more, just as slowly, I felt myself relax further. The atmosphere began to grow comfortable. Like she was finally letting those annoying walls of hers down and once she did, I let my other hand come around to cup her soft cheek while my first hand drew gentle circles into her defiant jaw. That time, Elsa's velvet tongue made the barest graze against my lips, causing a shudder to jolt down my body once the tip of it gifted a careful caress to the flat of my own. Wow. I inhaled sharply from the unexpected rush the sensual action caused. And all too soon, she began to move away.

No. No, no, wait! I almost frowned at the audacity of that tease, when my hand grew a little more bold and reached further back into her thick plait, silently urging her to me for more without trying to seem too desperate. She thankfully obliged and turned her body more so she could face me correctly.

The kiss then gained nothing in speed, but everything in depth. And urgency. I managed to pull her closer so that our lips pressed together more firmly, and we both took in a hard breath that seemed to fuel the growing tension in the slowness of it. My other hand suddenly left her cheek to venture down her side, making Elsa whimper again. Unbeknownst to her, that little noise had sparked such an unexplainable strong reaction between my legs, and I found myself wanting more. I wanted it harder. Heavier. I wanted every touch from Elsa's tongue to be sturdier, every breath faster and shallower. Odin, I wanted her hands somewhere on me. Anywhere.

All I could think in that moment was to turn. Maybe place myself on her lap so I could get what I'd been wanting, since she seemed to be too patient to do it herself. But once I tried, the stupid table decided to get in the way and I ended up bashing my thigh into it.

"Ow-!" I yelped in pain before flopping dejectedly back into my chair while rubbing at the sore spot. My face instantly heated up once I heard a snicker coming from her. "And just what are you laughing at?" I growled with a semi-playful sneer, glancing over to see her covering her mouth with one hand as her little snicker multiplied.

"Perdonami, Dolcezza." Elsa was laughing so hard she wasn't making any sense to me, but I was sure she had said some sort of…apology? Insult? It'd better be the first one. I thought to myself as an uncalled grin started to form on my face. Why is she so cute? Shaking my head fondly, I took a calming breath and leaned my chin on my open palm, patiently waiting for her to settle down some.

When she eventually did, she took another deep breath and didn't hesitate to pat the leg I was still rubbing too, "Sorry, Anna." She whispered again and brought her still laughing icy blue eyes up to mine in an informal apology.

"Nice to see you again, Snow Paw." I fully grinned at her, catching the hand on my thigh and bringing it up to the table where I could trace her thumb with mine. She gave me a shy smile and looked away for a moment. "Think you can tell me now?" I asked, scooting my chair closer since she seemed a little more open now. Too bad the moment was ruined as well, but at least she was more at ease than before.

She closed her eyes and sighed softly. "I'm tired is all."

"Uh huh. And my middle name is Alawicious." I nodded skeptically before bringing her hand closer to my chest. "I already know that, Miss Mariani." I snickered softly. "You have perfect grades, not to mention, perfect attendance, playing your part in everything involving the curriculum, or whatever, you keep up with the staff (no matter how annoying they are) you deal with your own council members about running this school..." as I ticked off the fingers on my free hand, I could see the evident weariness of her pretty face with each one. "Yes, it all boils down to a large amounts of unwanted fatigue in the long run. But what I want to know, my sweet," bringing her hand to my lips, I kissed it softly. "Is, what's the matter?"

A pause while she chewed her lower lip. "My dad left last night."

It was said with so much hurt that I automatically pulled her to me and wrapped my arms around her. She gladly accepted my hug and even returned it with a heavy sigh. I had no idea how to really respond to the unexpected news, but I did know that I could probably assuage her hurt somehow. I had to. I would. Even just a distraction of sorts.

"What are you doing this weekend, Snow Paw?" I asked once I figured she wasn't going to start crying. Of course I wouldn't have minded if she did though, because she needed some sort of release after having to go through all that.

Elsa pulled back to raise an already amused brow at me. I smiled again at her before shrugging sheepishly. "I told you you don't plan." She said, giving me that awkward, crooked smile that I'd noticed from the beginning of the year. Good to see she isn't as affected as she could be. Either that, or she was trying to block me out, which I hoped she wasn't doing.

"So what?" I asked on a chuckle. "Let's you and I go somewhere beautiful to get lost." After nibbling on my lip, I added "Your eyes don't count."

"Sei unica, Anna." She leaned in to initiate her first kiss to my cheek. "And you're such a dork."

"You like it." I smirked.

"Very much so." She agreed.

There were only a few minutes before classes started back up, so I decided to find something out for myself. "So what exactly have you been saying to me?" I asked curiously. "I gather that it's some sort of..." I frowned as I thought back to one of the Spanish classes I'd taken the year before. She called me Gattina. Gato means 'cat,' right? And then she said something about a...singing ballerina? "What's your accent? O-or where's it from?" I finally asked after partly frying my brain just from thinking too much about it.

Elsa had been typing something on her laptop, but once I started talking, she stopped to give me her full attention. "Buon giorno, Gattina. Mi chiamo, Elsa Mariani." Her mouth moved hypnotically and I found myself staring at them unabashedly as her honey-dipped words flowed into my ears. Wow. That's so hot! But what was it? The way the words rolled off her velvet tongue sounded so mind blowing that it might have aided in electrocuting the last of my brain cells.

"Is it...Mexican?" I asked half dreamily. She shook her head with a slightly playful smirk on her gorgeous face. She said it again. Gattina. But it wasn't Mexican. She said anyway. "German?"

"Nope."

"Chinese?"

"Seriously?" She giggled, making me shrug.

"Hawaiian?"

"Anna."

"It's French, isn't it?" I grinned, knowing she was going to tell me sooner than later if I kept it up.

"No."

"Can I have a hint?"

"Buon giorno wasn't enough?" She asked, finally closing her laptop so she could bring her delectable hands up to steeple those long fingers in front of her still curved inviting lips.

On the other hand, that greeting did sound familiar, but for the life of me, I couldn't decipher it. Where have I heard- My eyes widened excitedly as the answer suddenly presented itself in my head. "Ciao bella! Literally the only other phrase I know that's Italian." I grinned at her as a pleased smile coveted her features. Regardless that I'd probably butchered the normally pleasant greeting with my own inexperienced pronunciation. I'd just managed to scrape by my Spanish class with a C+, so there was no real shocker there.

"Bravissima." Elsa didn't seemed to mind and then hesitantly leaned over her desk to awkwardly kiss my forehead since that was all she could get to without knocking things off.

I honestly had Ezio Auditore to thank for my eventual last guess and judging from the looks of it, I was very fortunate to have tried to play that particular game when Kristoff and Olaf had told me to. I liked it and even went as far as to read the books and had actually been as stoked as my buddies to have the newest game when it came out. (I still couldn't play, but watching Kris and Olaf do it all was just as awesome.)

"Yay, me." I snickered before getting up to lean over to kiss her as well. That time she saw me and had met me halfway, to my surprise.

"In gamba, Anna." She whispered against my lips and then said, "good job." For some reason, I knew that that wasn't exactly what she had said, but I didn't care. At the moment.

She had unknowingly given me an idea for a game we could eventually play and I couldn't wait to research all about it.

A/N: A little short, but hey when you gotta wake up in 3hrs to go to somewhere where there are bright lights and finals...you get pressed for time. Anyway, yay all of you!

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