Elsa woke up to the feeling of someone else crawling into her bed, the mattress trembling as a woman climbed toward her. "Anna?" she asked. You said you could wait until Tiana got back. I still don't have more of an answer. Did she have a bad dream? She smirked at the silhouette.

"Sounds like you had a more interesting time than I'd expected," Tiana's voice replied.

"You're back?" I can not believe I said that then. Obviously it wasn't Anna. Tiana always comes back early or late, I shouldn't be surprised.

"I missed you. We were able to wrap up my part today, so I figured I'd just head on home. Would you rather it be Anna?"

That's the question, isn't it? "We should talk," Elsa managed, sitting up, any thought of further sleep vanishing from her mind. She'd been dreading this conversation all week, despite knowing full well how Tiana would react.

"Wow. That sounds serious. You two really kissed, didn't you? Did you do more? I knew she had a crush on you! That is so hot." Tiana's hand hit Elsa's thigh as she pulled herself to her, clearly only interested in a serious discussion and nothing more.

"Yeah."

She faltered, Elsa imagined that she was staring at her, possibly even blinking, her mouth hanging open in shock, but she couldn't truly tell, they had quite effective black-out curtains. "I love being right."

"Here I was thinking you were just projecting because of how badly you wanted her."

"Both can be true." Her lips met Elsa's cheek. "This mean you like her too?"

She sighed, leaning back in the bed, she could have a conversation lying down. "Hell if I know. I've been trying to sort it out this whole time and all I've managed is more confusion. If you asked me a week ago, I'd have known for a fact that I had no weird incestuous feelings for my sister, and now she just has me so confused."

"What's confusing exactly? You know how important she is to you, and clearly you like her –"

"Do I?" Elsa tried to meet her gaze. "What if I'm only doing this because I'm scared of losing her again?"

"Are you?"

She shrugged, silently gripping Tiana's hand. "I don't know. I don't think so. I've been going through all of my feelings since we kissed, and maybe they're more romantic than I thought they were, but at the same time I sure as hell can't see me having started this, so doesn't that show that I'm just going along with her?"

She squeezed Elsa's hand reassuringly. "If there was nothing there and your sister kissed you, I don't think you'd react like this. Maybe you're not all the way there, but there's definitely something. I'd always kind of wondered, I mean have you seen Anastasia?"

"Yes, we've all made that connection by now."

Giggling, she leaned forward and kissed Elsa's temple. "That's amazing. So are you actually together now?"

Elsa shook her head, then realized that as Tiana couldn't see her, she ought to reply verbally. "No. I said I wanted to wait until I talked to you and that I needed time to think about it."

"Well, you've talked to me, and you've had time. What do you think?'

"I'm still unsure. It just feels so wrong, almost like I'm taking advantage of her. She's my little sister."

"Did you? Cause that really doesn't sound like you."

"No, she kissed me. It was completely unprompted as far as I'm aware, but I did kiss her back after."

Tiana's thumb traced slow circles on Elsa's knuckles. "Then maybe she took advantage of you, but you're definitely in the clear. I know that incest is scary – and a little hot – very hot – but that doesn't mean that you're doing anything wrong. That girl is head-over-heels in love with you and if you're feeling anything for her, then you should see where things can go?"

"You really think so?"

"Of course, I do. I've been rooting for this since I first met her."

"You're so weird."

"Maybe a little." Tiana leaned back, resting on the pillow beside Elsa. "How'd it all happen? I have to know. How long did you make it after you said you weren't going to kiss her? I can't believe you broke your word," she teased.

"Like twelve hours."

Tiana cackled. "Couldn't even last a day."

"That's what she said. I mean literally. Anna said the exact same thing when I told her we'd had that conversation."

"A girl after my own heart – in so many way." She nuzzled against Elsa, resting her head against her shoulder. "What prompted it? Did she just kiss you out of nowhere? Did you ask?"

With a heavy sigh, Elsa replied, "I was just sort of freaking out, and apparently Albert had talked her into telling me anyway, and we had a few drinks –"

"Wait wait wait, Gaston knew? And he got to help? She could've talked to me! I am almost her sister-in-law after all, that's practically her type."

Despite the fact that Tiana wouldn't be able to see it, Elsa rolled her eyes. "He figured it out on his own and then they talked. Now, as I was saying," she glared in Tiana's general direction, "apparently she just kind of got sick of waiting her turn, or maybe she wanted to comfort me, I'm really not sure, and she kissed me. She pulled back immediately, and I kissed her. I still can't figure out exactly why."

"'Cause she's beautiful and you're in love with her."

"I don't think it's quite that."

"Well then, maybe it will be. Well, you know what this means, she has to move in with us. I've always wanted to try having a third person in a relationship, don't worry, she doesn't have to date me, not until she's ready, but I want to get to watch at some point. She's really hot."

I'm not sure I have the grounds to object there anymore. She is hot. "You're kind of crazy, honey."

"I have no idea what you're talking about. I just like redheads and Anna is the most amazing and beautiful of all of them. I'd even say it in front of Anastasia."

"Only because you know Anya won't sleep with you."

"I've reformed my ways, I'm not the womanizer I once was. I'm a family woman now. So, maybe I shouldn't have been quite so creepy just now, but I'm so excited for you! I won't even start making moves on other women even after all this, I made a promise." Her hand came to rest on Elsa's belly. "I want to make you see just how good I can be for you." Why do I have so much trouble believing that? Her hand pulled away suddenly, and the bed shifted as she sat up. "What were you freaking out about?"

Here we go. Elsa cleared her throat, she was having trouble finding the words in there. She'd tried so many times to sort out what she'd say but what she wanted changed every time she tried to come up with it and it made any conclusion impossible. "Us," she muttered.

"You mean – Marrying me?"

I want to take it back already. "Yes."

Elsa could feel her peering into her eyes through the darkness. "Do you still want to marry me?"

I swear I'm not this indecisive. Why can't I make my mind up about anything this week? "I love you."

"That's not what I asked." She gasped, stifling it with her hand as she pulled away. "You really don't want to, do you? I'm glad that that was all the impetus you needed to start things with the right girl for you anyway – fuck, Elsa, is that really what you want? Not the being with Anna thing, I'm fine with that, do you want to leave me?"

I don't know. "That's not what I'm saying."

"You just don't want to marry me. We've been together for five years, we live together, you're my best friend, I've never been so sure of anything in my life. Marrying you was as natural and definite an idea as opening my first restaurant. I thought you felt the same – I know you had your doubts, but I didn't think it was that bad. Elsa, you don't want to marry me."

I need to tell her I do. I love her so much, I can't lose her. We just want such different things now, and I don't see that ever changing. "Will you want to spend more time here?" I did not just say that. "What if I never do want kids?"

She let out a shuddering breath, the covers dragging as she crawled out of bed. "We could work all of that out. You're still just avoiding saying it. If you wanted to marry me, then it wouldn't be so hard to tell me that. Well, if things are so uneven, then I can just go. I wish you and Anna nothing but happiness, I mean that completely sincerely. I will always love you, but if after all this time you still aren't sure if you want to marry me, then that'll never change."

Stop her. "Tiana –"

"Forget it. It's fine. You can just have the house, I'll send for my stuff when I figure things out. Goodbye, Elsa." The door opened, letting in starlight only obscured by Tiana's retreating form.

"Wait." Elsa tore herself from the bed, chasing after her. "Please."

She turned back to her, already at the bottom of the stairs. "I was so excited to be home, with my fiancee, and you don't even want that."

"Of course, I do. I'm upset about how little you're here, I always want you here. I love you."

Wiping at her eye, Tiana shook her head. "Fine, then do you want to marry me? Please, Elsa, I need you to say it. Just give me a reason to stay. Give me anything. Do you want to marry me?"

Elsa opened her mouth to reply, but no words came out. She stared at the woman who had been her everything for the last five years, the woman she loved, and she couldn't bring herself to say the only thing that would keep her there. She'd spent so long seeking an answer, and none had come, maybe that was the answer. "I don't know." I know that's as good as no though.

Tiana spun on her heel without another word and walked out. Elsa sank to her knees as the door slammed shut. "I'm so sorry."

Minutes passed without her moving. Part of her was waiting for Tiana to come back, another part was trying to urge her to chase after her or call her, but the part that Elsa didn't want to acknowledge was just happy that that was finally settled, that she didn't have to debate marrying someone who couldn't give her what she needed and to whom she couldn't give what she needed. She hated that part of her. She liked to assume it was the same part that was trying to convince her that she should get together with her sister, but she knew that couldn't be the case. Only the romantic that had been all but drowned in cynicism and practicality would say that, and that part would be fighting for Tiana too.

With far more effort than it deserved, she pulled herself back to her feet and made her way to the kitchen to make some coffee. As badly as she wanted to just curl up in bed and wait for it to stop hurting, she knew there was no way she'd fall back asleep. I could always talk to Anna, but I'm in no state for that right now.

All of the coffee grounds she had were bought by Tiana. Tearing up, she slammed the cabinets closed. She couldn't bring herself to use them right then, it was like stealing from her after she'd already taken so much. Well, Oaken's is closed. Where can you get coffee at — she checked the clock on the microwave – four AM.

By 4:30, she was back home with gas station coffee and a couple cheap chocolate bars. None of it tasted particularly good, but she didn't deserve good, she deserved the kind of food that Tiana would have regarded with utmost disdain.

Locking the door behind her, Elsa turned around and found Olaf sitting on the couch, fidgeting with the blanket on the back of it. "Olaf? What're you doing up?" she asked, taking the seat beside him on the couch.

"I heard yelling."

"Sorry."

"It's okay. Yelling is at least still talking." How bad had Anna and Kristoff been? I wish I'd been there for her years ago. He looked around, as if something was missing and he just couldn't place his finger on it. "Where's Aunt Tiana? I thought she left with you."

Elsa bit her lip, trying to keep from breaking down into tears again in front of the kid. "She's not here."

"When will she be back?"

Sighing, Elsa let her head hit the back of the couch. This was too much. She wasn't ready to relive it all, but she couldn't just lie to her nephew. She hated having to hold it together like this; she was home, where she could always just be by herself and deal with her feelings by drinking excessively and eating food that Tiana didn't approve of. Wow, even in dealing with breaking up with her I'm thinking about how she's never here and always stopping me from eating fast food and pizza. Was I really that unhappy with her?

Olaf stared up at her, silently waiting for her response.

Elsa searched for words. How do you even talk about breakups with a child? "She's not coming back."

"Oh." He stared down at his lap, sniffling and looking to be holding back tears. He gets me.

"Want some chocolate?" Elsa fished in the bag she was still carrying and produced a chocolate bar.

He met her eyes and nodded, then snatched it out of her hand, tearing it apart without hesitation. As he bit into it, a tear ran down his cheek. "Did I do something wrong?"

"No, why would you ask that?"

"Everyone around me is breaking up. You all seemed fine before, did I do something? I didn't mean it. Aunt Tiana and Aunt Moana are really cool and now I might never see them again. What did I do?"

The bag fell on the floor as Elsa wrapped an arm around Olaf, pulling him to her. She took a sip of her coffee, staring down at him. Comforting him was so incredibly out of her area of expertise. I'm not even that great at doing it for clients. "You haven't done anything wrong. Things are just really complicated for your mother and I right now," don't make it sound too obvious, "This was probably going to happen no matter what. Tiana and I have been having troubles for a while."

"But you love each other. You even had her buy me my new lightsaber!"

"We do. Sometimes that's just not enough."

He took a bigger bite of the chocolate, another tear streaming down his cheek. "That's not true. You kiss and end up happily ever after. I've been told that my whole life, and it's true. Love conquers everything. If you love her enough, and if Mama loves Aunt Moana enough, then you should be able to get through anything. Did you even try to fight for her?" He shoved the rest of the bar in his mouth, the tears, coming faster now, dribbling onto the couch.

"Olaf –"

"Bring her back!"

Elsa pinched the bridge of her nose, trying with all of her might not to join him in crying. I wish it was that simple. "It doesn't work like that, Olaf."

"Yes, it does."

"Do you think your father and mother should've fought harder? From everything I've heard, you're just glad that they can be happier now."

He glared up at her. Cross-examination, that's a thing I can do at least. "It's not the same! You and Tiana weren't fighting like they were, and you actually talked to each other. Mama and Papa would go days without seeing each other or saying a word, they weren't happy." The kid's too smart.

"Maybe we weren't that bad yet, but Tiana and I just avoided every issue, and we never talked because she was never here." What the hell am I doing? I do not need to explain my break up to a six-year old. It's none of his business.

"Love conquers all!" The intensity of his glare was damn impressive. Someone his size should not be capable of being at all intimidating, especially when they were so sweet and timid. If it was Lilo it wouldn't have been quite as unnerving.

Elsa patted his head and let him go. "Sometimes it doesn't. I'm sorry, that's all there is to it. Go back to bed, it's not even five AM."

"I can't sleep."

Don't say it.

"The yelling woke me up and I can't sleep anymore."

So it's my fault. Great. "I'm sorry. We didn't realize we were yelling. I'll try to keep it down if it ever happens again."

He nodded, his face still grave. "You are my sensei, so I guess I can forgive you."

"You're a very noble padawan."

"Want to go lightsaber fight with me?" His face lit up with a massive grin as he pounced to his feet and waited for her response, barely able to stand still.

That was quick. I guess he's over it. "Let me finish my coffee and have some chocolate."

"But I wanna fight."

"Give me five minutes."

"Three."

Elsa rolled her eyes. "Five. Who's the sensei here?"

He grumbled, but relented. "Where are the lightsabers? I'll go get them?"

"I don't know. You were with her when she bought them, where did she put them?"

Pausing to consider this, Olaf placed his hand on his chin, clearly this was a matter deserving of the deepest contemplation. Suddenly, the smile reappeared, his missing tooth on full display. "They're in my room!"

"Go get them. I'll just be a few minutes." Elsa grabbed the remaining chocolate, a pack of peanut butter cups, and popped the first into her mouth. She hated to admit it, but she was actually feeling a good bit better. Maybe I just needed someone to explain my reasoning to. I'm always so much better about organizing my thoughts when there's a jury.

It was too dark to fight outside, so they just had to make due in the halls. Olaf tossed her a blue saber, holding his own purple one out in front of him. "Have at you!"

"That's not very jedi or ninja."

"Then what should I say?"

Elsa considered this for a fraction of a second. "May the Force be with you."

"May the Force be with you." He held the blade aloft behind his head, looking like he was holding a baseball bat. Good thing he's so weak.

Elsa blocked the blow easily, the sound effects emulating the theatrics that the duel deserved. As he was her padawawn, she could hardly show off her full jedi skills, so she allowed him to beat her back, blocking his blows but conceding ground to him. When he leapt at her, she had to catch him lest he hurt himself and received a smack to the head with the plastic weapon for her trouble.

"I got you!"

"So you did. I guess I'm dead now."

"No!" His eyes went wide. "What have I done? Sensei! I'm so sorry, please forgive me. You can't be dead."

Once she'd set him safely on the ground, Elsa keeled over backwards, falling as slowly as she could onto the recliner. She let her head drift to the side, her arms hanging limp, dropping the saber.

"I shall avenge you!"

"But you're the one who killed me."

"You're dead."

He had a point. "I have risen stronger than you can imagine. Now I am one with the Force. I am unstoppable." That sounds too evil. I'm supposed to be a Jedi. "Now I can bring about justice single-handedly."

"That's so cool! I want to die too."

Elsa ran him through with her saber, causing it to collapse. He clutched at his stomach, collapsing onto the couch. "Tell Mama I love her."

Rolling her eyes, Elsa waited for Olaf to finish enacting his elaborate death. His tongue lulled out of his head as he spasmed. "Olaf, don't actually die."

"Lilo makes me practice a lot."

"That's very concerning."

"But it's fun." He sat back up, the gap in his teeth showing again. "Am I stronger now?"

"You're the strongest Jedi-ninja in all the galaxy, save for me, of course."

"Lilo is gonna be so jealous!"

Elsa giggled. She was glad she'd given in. Nothing helps you deal with breakup blues quite like a good swordfight.

She turned around to find that Anna was watching them, standing in the kitchen in a bathrobe. "Did you just kill my son?" she asked, covering a yawn.

"I got better!" he insisted.

"Is there coffee?"

"I don't know."

Elsa stared at him. "I think she was asking me."

"That makes sense." He nodded.

"I have a little more coffee. I grabbed it at a gas station earlier. Want it?" She held it out to her and it was promptly ripped from her hand. Did I never teach her manners? It would certainly explain Olaf.

"It's terrible," she coughed, setting aside the empty cup.

"I didn't feel up for making any of the good stuff."

Her eyebrows knitted, Anna took a step toward Elsa. "Why? Did something happen?"

"She broke up with Aunt Tiana," Olaf said.

Gritting her teeth, Elsa glared at him. He's a kid. I can't be mad at him for this, he doesn't understand.

"What?" Anna swallowed, staring agape at her – whatever they were at this point. "Elsa I didn't want you to –" she looked back to Olaf, "What happened?"

Elsa turned to him. "Now that you're so much more powerful, today's training is complete. Go play your game or try to go back to sleep."

"Yes, Sensei," he muttered, running off to his room.

They waited until the door closed before Anna led Elsa over to the couch, clasping her hand. "Did she come home? Is this about me? Does this mean you've made a decision? No, that sounds awful, I don't care, I mean I do, but that's not what matters right now. Are you okay? I'm sorry if Olaf was bothering you. I love you. What happened?"

The emotions seemed to all be flooding back. Tears were forming in Elsa's eyes and she attempted to blink them away and found herself leaning against her sister's shoulder. "It's not about you. She was actually thrilled for us. She'd apparently called it ages ago, I guess you were even less subtle than I thought."

"I need to work on that."

"Yeah," she sighed.

"So what was it about?"

She rubbed her face against Anna's shoulder, leaving tear marks behind. She didn't want to talk about it. "She figured out what prompted your kiss, my doubts."

"I'm so sorry." Her hand ran through Elsa's hair and her lips met her temple.

"It was going to happen eventually. We wanted too different of things."

"Maybe there was some other way."

Elsa shook her head again. "It's too late now."

"So she just left you after she figured that out?"

I should've just gone back to bed. I'm so tired of thinking about this. "Not quite. She asked me repeatedly if I wanted to marry her. When I couldn't give her an answer, she decided that she couldn't handle it, and she left. She deserves better, she deserves someone who can actually give her a real answer. I don't know why I've been so indecisive of late. I hate it. But, I suppose, if after all this time, I still don't know, I probably didn't want to marry her after all."

"Well then, I guess you came up with an answer."

Elsa blinked, sitting up. "I guess I did."

Anna bit her lip, glancing away from Elsa. "I wish I could've been there for you. I can't believe I slept through it."

"It's been maybe an hour. You are here for me." Elsa squeezed Anna's hand. For so long they hadn't had each other, now it was weird to think that she had a crisis and Anna was right there. A year ago she wouldn't have even thought to turn to her, now doing so felt so natural. She felt safe with her. "Thank you. I'm glad you're here."

"It sounds like Olaf was the one who really helped."

"He's a good kid."

"I thought you hated kids."

"Anna," she grumbled. "Not right now, please. My brain is fried. I just want to lie here with you and not think of anything more."

She nodded, leaning back in the couch. Her hand met Elsa's shoulder, Elsa didn't resist, and Anna moved her so that her head lay in her lap. "There, you wanted to lie here, then actually lie down." She slid her fingers through Elsa's hair, toying idly with it. "You can fall back asleep if you want. I probably will."

"I could hear your heartbeat when I was leaning against your shoulder. I don't think you'll be falling asleep that easily."

"Shush, you."

Her own racing heartbeat shocked Elsa. Maybe there really was something here. It still felt so weird, and she hoped so desperately that she wasn't just rebounding, but she had thought it was Anna in her bed that morning. She'd been dreaming of her. Is this really what I want? She swallowed down the lump in her throat, peering into the teal eyes above her. She'd never noticed just how beautiful they were.

Anna cupped her cheek, a smile curling up the soft pink lips that Elsa had already felt against her own. She's my little sister. It just seems so wrong. Though even Tiana was pretty insistent that there was nothing wrong about it. We're two consenting adults, there's no power imbalance, is it really that bad?

"Something on your mind?" Anna asked.

By way of answering, Elsa sat up, her hand resting on the back of Anna's head, and pulled her into a kiss. It was less clumsy, less terrified than it had been the other night. Anna's breath caught against her, her hands sliding to Elsa back as she returned the kiss, soft lips meeting Elsa's.

Every instinct told her that this was a terrible idea, that she shouldn't be doing this, but if she was being honest, she hadn't been able to stop thinking about it since their first kiss. She wasn't in love with her, that was still true, but she may well be falling for her.

She pulled back, looking into those gorgeous eyes, panting lightly, focusing only on the woman before her, throwing away all of her other concerns. It felt right.

Anna smiled nervously, her cheeks flushing. "Does this mean you made up your mind?"

Elsa nodded.

"So you want to try being with me? I don't know what exactly that would make us, but you want to, I guess, date?"

She nodded again, leaning back against Anna's shoulder. "Yeah, I think I do."

To Anna's credit, she managed not to squeal in excitement, instead only holding her, planting the occasional kiss on her cheeks, nose, eyelids, and lips. Elsa felt so much better. She was doing the right thing. She was almost certain of it.