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1. It’s always been Anna’s dream to be a teacher, even if it took her two extra years to finish her degree and do all the pracs. She didn’t get into the school she wanted, but that was okay because she got into a school that needed her.

2. Elsa, on the other hand, is a veritable genius. She finished university by the time she was 21 (including honors!) and she could have gotten a job anywhere she wanted. She chose Arendelle’s grubbiest, poorest school, and for the last few years, had been in the same position, teaching little first-years. She could be principal by now, except she keeps turning down offers. No one knows why.

3. Elsa first sees Anna on assembly, when Principal Weselton calls her out for being new and wants the student body to greet her. It’s a weird parody of the ‘first day of school’ trope, and Anna looks like an uncomfortable six-year-old, waving in front of everyone. She gives a little speech about looking forward to getting to know everyone, and even though she stutters through it, there’s no denying that yes, she actually is looking forward to knowing everyone.

4. They chat and hang out in the staff room, or when both happen to be on playground duty. Elsa finds Anna fun and light-hearted – interesting to talk to – while Anna finds Elsa so well put-together it’s enviable. She learns valuable organisation techniques from Elsa, and Elsa learns a little bit about how to talk to the children as their peer in the playground, and not always their teacher (with no detrimental effects). But, whenever she expresses amazement that Elsa isn’t in a higher position, she clams up and shuts down and says that it’s not for her, before changing the topic.

5. Anna notices that, when she’s around Elsa, other people seem to hang around her too. When she’s not, Elsa’s conversations seem to stay firmly in the ‘professional’ line. So, she figures out Elsa’s birthday by asking around, googling, and using the administrator’s database, and then making her a massive chocolate cake and bringing it in to share. Elsa’s stressed, what with Principal Weselton demanding she organise the biannual school dance (on top of grading and lesson planning, and Elsa doesn’t seem to be coping that well…) So. Cake. Only when everyone starts singing happy birthday, she gets a look of dread and trembles like she’s holding back something, and as soon as they’re finished and Elsa’s mumbling a thank-you under her breath before escaping into the corridor, Anna realises she made a mistake.

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6. Turns out, Elsa really can’t handle stress. At all. Ever. So Anna brings her a piece of cake and apologises profusely and offers to help with her tasks because “it’s a party and I love parties”, and they don’t talk about Elsa’s reaction until at least six months after she first agreed to ‘hang’ – outside of class hours – because Elsa doesn’t seem to want to. And then Anna’s asking her on a real date and Elsa has that same look of fear on her face, and Anna calms her down by kissing her on the cheek and telling her that it was just an idea, mostly because the circus is in town and clowns freak her out so pretty please? And Elsa nods, biting her lip but not smiling, and Anna makes it her personal goal to make her smile at least once a day.