NOTES: Thanks for all your reviews! We always appreciate them, simple "great chapter!" ones and more in-depth ones alike, but sometimes I do see one that needs a response. Also, be forewarned there's a little foot-play in this chapter if that squicks you (though it doesn't really get into NSFW territory).

Mimico Florido: Glad to be of service (ho ho ho)! Yeah, we wanted it to be a realistic reaction for both of them, but without diving headfirst into the Swimming Pool Of Angst that this type of situation might lend itself to. I think "innocent" card games like Uno are a thing in every church; this fic is set in Canada, though (but close enough to the US, I guess). However, you're highly correct that both authors are drawing from personal experience. I can't count the number of times my family was inordinately excited to play Apples To Apples.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

"So would you want to?" Anna asked her sister with a nervous grin. She had a packed duffel bag beside her in case the game night turned into a sleepover and a small side bag filled with snacks. The only thing she was waiting for was her sister's answer of whether or not she would join the younger girls in their fun.

But Elsa was certainly spending a lot of time thinking about it. "Well… what game are we playing again? I'm sorry."

"Just some card games. Uno and stuff like that."

"Well…" The elder sister squirmed further, fiddling with her braid. "I don't suppose… it would be so bad with only one other person. But I'm not sure you would really want me there."

"Elsa…" Anna's voice was soft and there was a frown gracing her features. "No matter what happens between us-" At this, she paused and took a breath, glancing downwards guiltily. "No matter what, I will always want you." She meant to say more but the words caught in her throat.

"W-want me? Anna!" That stopping point had a very unfortunate sound to it, but it also had an effect Anna had not expected. Instead of Elsa reprimanding her straight off, she broke out into a full blush, then stumbled over her next words. "Y-you probably didn't mean that how it sounded, I'm s-sorry for snapping. Wow, that's- I…"

"Want you to join!" Anna finished in a rapid breath, her cheeks turning as red as her hair. "T-That's what I meant!"

At seeing Anna so flustered, Elsa couldn't help but let out a small chuckle, despite her own bashfulness. Then she shrugged and said, "Okay. I, um… I have to admit, I would definitely miss you if you went without me."

"I didn't want to make the same mistake twice," Anna commented with a shy smile. "Besides, I… think it could be fun. We need something like this, I think; good, clean fun."

"Good. Then it's settled; we'll go." Rising from her cot, she reached for her boots to pull back on as she said, "I just hope Rapunzel doesn't mind. I mean… I've seen her and the younger counselors, the looks on their faces as they avoid me. I'm not really sure why, but I'm not completely oblivious."

Anna gathered up her bag and slipped her flip flops on. "It's because they don't know you and you seem kind of… 'queenly', or something. Makes them nervous," she pointed out, but a light smile told Elsa that she meant no harm. "To them, you are a mystery. Once you show Punzie you aren't as mean as she thinks you are, she'll warm up to you in no time."

"Mean? When have I been mean?!" But she was more outraged than afraid or truly upset as they headed out the door. Anna didn't bother to answer.

~ o ~

"Uno!" Rapunzel called out, happy as if she had the winning lottery numbers clutched in her hand instead of a single playing card.

Anna groaned at the ecstatic brunette, her own hand holding only two cards. "Congratulations," she said dryly and pouted a little. "I came so close, too, dang it."

"I… must not be doing something right," Elsa said as she played another card. Her hand held five or six. "When do I need to use this 'Draw Four' again? Why do I want four more cards if the point is to only have one?"

"Elsa!" Anna flailed her arms at her older sister, fully aware that she looked ridiculous in her exaggerated exasperation. "A draw four means the person after you draws four cards, not yourself! You could've prevented Punzie from winning!"

Rapunzel was wriggling with ill-suppressed glee as Elsa frowned at her hand. "Oh… well, maybe she still won't win." She glanced up at Anna and said, "Your turn. I guess I won't play this on you, it won't help anything."

Anna let out a playful huff. "We'll make a fine Uno player of you yet, Sis," she announced while drawing another card. "Then we'll kick Rapunzel's butt together!"

"Not this game," Rapunzel said with a giggle, throwing the blue six down on top of Elsa's last card. "I win!"

Instantly, Elsa was frowning and sighing, dropping the cards in her hand to the wooden floorboards. "Ugh. I'm absolutely terrible at games like these."

"How about some good old-fashioned poker?" Anna suggested, giving the other two a smirk. "We can bet on favours rather than money."

"What kind of favours?" Elsa asked dubiously as Rapunzel collected all of the Uno cards, shuffling the deck just in case.

Anna shrugged. "So long as that favour doesn't embarrass, harass, or harm the person you're asking, anything is possible," she grinned.

"What are we talking about?" Rapunzel asked. "Strip poker?! That's so bad!" But she definitely didn't sound like she was opposed to the idea. "I mean, we're all girls, so it's not that bad; just a little bit."

"I was thinking normal poker." Anna's laugh turned nervous at the thought of Elsa anything less than completely dressed and she tugged on the collar of her shirt. "W-we don't have to strip if you guys don't want to. Just like, the loser has to do something for the other person — not take off clothes, but something funny, or like… a chore or whatever, right?"

Even while Rapunzel laughed, though her brow was creased, Elsa seemed to ponder the situation. Rubbing her palms on the legs of her pyjama pants, she said, "Okay, favours then. But like you said, nothing too bad. Okay?"

"Of course." Anna pulled a deck of regular playing cards out of her bag, sliding the cards from their box into her hand and beginning to shuffle them like an expert. Her eyes glittered mischievously. "All favours are eligible to be cashed in at any point throughout the camp weeks and you can't turn it down no matter what it is — that is, of course, unless it breaks any of the previously stated rules. Agreed?"

"Agreed!" Rapunzel said right away. A second later, Elsa simply nodded, and she clapped her hands. "This sounds fun! Now, um… how do you play poker, exactly?"

It took Anna almost twenty minutes to explain the rules to the two other girls and by the time the game actually started, Anna was confident that they had everything down. Unfortunately, they proved to be a bit too good at the game; she groaned as she placed her hand down. "I fold."

"I'm out, as well," Elsa said. Then added under her breath, "I think."

"Good! Then… then I win, right?" Rapunzel glanced between them, one eyebrow raised. "Right, Anna? I have two kings and a four, is that anything?"

"You win by default because me and Elsa folded," Anna huffed. "So you get to pick that favour for both of us."

"Umm…" Tapping her chin, she thought. And thought. Finally, when Elsa let out an impatient sigh, she shrugged and said, "Can you, like, strip anyway? I'm sorry, I can't think of anything good." She really did look a little annoyed at herself for not being able to think of another favour.

The redhead raised an eyebrow and couldn't help the teasing grin that slipped across her face. "You seem awfully intent on making this a strip game, Punzie; maybe there is something you aren't realizing going on?"

Holding up both hands, the girl laughed nervously. "Wh-what? I don't know what you mean, I just… like, do you want me to ask you to wash my clothes or something?"

"I think she meant more along the lines of that, yes," Elsa snickered. "But…" With a shrug, she pulled off her t-shirt. She had a sports bra on underneath, so it wasn't terribly revealing, but definitely more of her was on display than before.

The teasing grin instantly fell off Anna's face and was replaced with a blush redder than her hair as Elsa carelessly discarded her top. "W-Why did you do that?"

"Because that was her request. I mean, she never specified anything else." Clearing her throat, she looked around to Rapunzel's completely shocked, blinking face. "Right?"

"N-no, I guess not! Just didn't think you'd really do it. But, um, Anna can, uh, get me another juice? If sh-she doesn't want to do the same thing!"

The redhead wordlessly stood up and made her way over to the cooler, face still burning as she tried focusing on anything besides the milky expanses of smooth flesh on blatant display. Once she pulled out a Sunny Delight for Punzie and a coke for herself and Elsa, she sat back down and handed the two girls their drinks.

"W-Who's up for round two?"

The second round fared a little better for Anna. The still-flustered Rapunzel gave up when she didn't have anything, resigning herself to giving out a favour then and there as she sipped at her Sunny D. Then Elsa smiled down at her hand, glancing up over the cards at her sister.

"I call."

Anna smirked a little. "I call, too." She proudly lay down her hand, which consisted of two fives and three sixes, declaring, "Full house, beat that, Sis."

"I will." She said it with the utmost confidence, and they would both see why when Elsa lay down her own cards, smirking right back and folding her arms over her chest. "Four queens."

"Whoa," Rapunzel breathed.

Anna gaped at the cards for a moment, blinking in surprise, before she let out a loud groan. "Are you sure you haven't played before and you're just hustling me?" she accused, though it was clear the accusation was more friendly than out of actual annoyance.

"Maybe I'm just a quick study," Elsa laughed, gathering up the cards to shuffle them again.

Anna huffed before taking the cards and beginning to deal them out again. "What favours do you desire from us, Your Majesty?" she asked, genuinely curious about what her sister would come up with.

"'Your Majesty', huh?" Rapunzel giggled. "Because she got four queens?"

At that, Elsa smiled gently over at her sister. "Nah. It's… an old nickname. Right, Moondrop?"

Anna smiled herself at her nickname. "Right, Her Royal Majesty Snowflake," she teased. "Mom used to call her 'Snow Queen' because of her paleness and her hair, and I got into the habit of calling her 'Majesty' as a result. Especially since we liked to play Princess and Dragons a lot." Anna's eyes became wistful and dreamy at the memories.

"That is SO adorable! God, you two make me wish I had siblings!" Sighing, she slumped down and picked up her drink. "How do you play 'Princess and Dragons', anyway?"

"Well, I'd wear a dress, and Anna loved to jump around and make her 'breathe fire' noise," Elsa declared, looking at her cards again. "Which mostly just sounded like someone trying to cough but only managing a wheeze."

"Hey!" Anna pouted. "You used to tell me those noises were scary!"

As Elsa chuckled louder, Rapunzel sighed and said, "Okay, well I don't want it hangin' over my head, so you should tell us what favours we're doing."

"Hmmm," Elsa said as she finished dealing, then tapped her chin dramatically. "Perhaps you may rub my royal feet." When Rapunzel curled her lip, she laughed and said, "Or not, that's fine."

"No, no, my queen," Rapunzel said, miming a curtsy. "I will after this hand. Or is it a foot?" When Elsa rolled her eyes at the pun, she grinned a sheepish grin and said, "Sorry, that was bad."

Anna laughed loudly and gave Rapunzel's shoulder a pat. "Nah, it was a good one!" She took a glance at her hand, contemplating intently.

"Hmm…" Elsa threw down two of her cards and drew two more, then winced. "Oh, nevermind. I fold."

But Rapunzel squeaked, "I don't! Ooh, this is good, this is great!"

Some 'poker face' she had. Anna gave Rapunzel a look. "Alright Punzie, I'll take you up on your great hand. I'm in." She grinned at the obvious excitement on her friend's face.

"Okay. Check it out - ALL clubs!" And indeed, Rapunzel had all clubs: a deuce, a five, a six, a nine, and a jack.

Anna nodded sagely, not having the heart to point out that Rapunzel's hand really wasn't all that great. "That's going to be a tough one to beat. However…" Anna placed her own cards down to reveal two fours and two threes.

"I think I won this round."

"Aww, really?" Slumping down, Rapunzel sighed. "Man, I only got one favour… thought I'd do better than this. I'm much better at Uno!"

Chuckling at the both of them, Elsa asked her sister, "Fine, so you won. What are we supposed to do?"

Anna leaned back against the edge of Snow's bed. "Hmmm… well I think I'll save Elsa's for another time," Anna smiled at her sister. "And Rapunzel, since you're already giving my sister a foot rub, I was thinking you can help me out with lunch duty tomorrow. You don't have to do it for me, just help is all I'm asking."

"No biggie, that sounds like fun!" Rapunzel told her as she turned toward Elsa. "So, Majesty, when did you want that- oh!"

"Really get in there with your thumbs," Elsa sighed as crossed her legs, feet in Rapunzel's lap. Somehow, neither of them had noticed her moving into position. "All the hiking and rock-climbing tends to make them achy during camp."

Nodding glumly, Rapunzel pulled off Elsa's socks and got to work. Then she grumbled, "And of course you have perfect feet. It figures."

"Right? Everything else about Elsa is perfect and gorgeous, so it just stands to reason her feet would be up there on the feet-chart, too." Anna had spoken before she could stop herself. she clapped a hand over her mouth, her next words muffled and barely legible. "I meant every word said but God, that makes no sense."

"Wait, wait," Elsa laughed, though her face was clearly confused. "I'm sorry, what is a 'perfect foot', anyway? Do you two know something I don't?"

"It's like a model's foot. Look!" Rapunzel held one up. "No visible callouses, corns, bunions. Your big toes aren't way longer or shorter than your second toes. High arches, but not too high. Neat, trim nails, cuticles to die for, no hair…" She trailed off when she noticed both of them were staring at her like she had just beamed in from the mothership. Shrugging, she asked in a worried voice, "What? Have you guys never gotten a pedicure before?"

"Ohhh," Elsa breathed, a little thrown off that she actually did have an answer. "A pedicure. Right, that makes more sense. It sounded like you were- you know what? Nevermind."

"Like I was what?" Rapunzel asked as she began to massage again, still innocently confused.

"Nevermind, I said," Elsa repeated easily, relaxing into the treatment. After a few more seconds, she let out a long, low moan. "That's good…"

While Elsa was reluctant, Anna had no such qualms. With a laugh, she explained, "It sounded like you have a foot fetish or something for a second there, Punzie."

That earned a bemused snort from the brunette. "Oh, sure! And maybe I have tea parties with Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, too! Come on, that's not a real thing."

"Denial isn't just a river in Egypt," Anna giggled. She started playing with one of her braids as she waited, trying to block out the sound of the very pleased noises Elsa kept making as Rapunzel worked. A particularly sharp moan sent heat shooting down to her core and made Anna squirm restlessly. "Almost done there? It's getting late and we have to be up early tomorrow."

Plus Anna was certain if this didn't stop soon, she would go insane from the bolts of pleasure without a way of releasing them. Did she have to sound like that?!

"She hasn't even finished half of my rub," Elsa protested with a little pout, between her mewlings of satisfaction at the thumbs gouging into her. Of course, she was playing around, proven when she wiggled her other foot. "Unless you want to take the other half."

"I am not in denial," Rapunzel suddenly put in, as if she had been thinking about it the whole time. Which she probably had; her unsullied brain wasn't used to delving into such taboo territory. "I mean, I can think her feet are nice without it being a 'fetish', can't I? Like, I'm not gay, anyway, so even if I had one, wouldn't I be into boy-feet?"

Anna looked over at the free foot and swallowed thickly, unwillingly thinking about every solitary detail that Rapunzel had pointed out. While Anna didn't have a fetish herself, she couldn't help but feel even more heated up the more she stared; probably psyched out by their topic of conversation. The thought of touching it almost made her brain short circuit and she barely managed to ask, "Are you asking that as your favour?"

"According to Rapunzel, maybe I'd be doing you a favour by letting you massage 'The Royal Toes'," Elsa laughed. But then she let her eyes close, sighing shakily at a particularly hard dig into her sole. The brunette herself also seemed to notice that time, dipping her head in slight embarrassment at what she was hearing. "Mmmhh, yes… but I wasn't serious, just s-saying we'd be done sooner if you did. It's Rapunzel's dare, you can let her finish."

Anna coughed in embarrassment, ignoring the part of her brain that was seriously considering it for less than appropriate reasons. As much as most of Anna wanted to hurry things along so as to end her inner torment, she knew rubbing Elsa's foot herself would be a poor decision; then she would be the cause of the resulting moans. Weren't they trying to get away from that kind of thing? Besides, a small, perverted side of her was enjoying the show.

"Sounds like Rapunzel's doing a good enough job without me," she teased instead.

As Elsa shrugged as if unconcerned, Rapunzel switched to the other one, glancing between the two of them. Apparently, she was beginning to notice that she was out of the loop, but she wound up drawing the wrong conclusion. "Oh jeepers, am I doing this in a fetish-y way? Sorry, this is the only way I know how; it's how my dad taught me to do it for my mom! It's way normal! Isn't it?"

"That's normal, Punzie; you'll know when it's fetish-y, trust me." Images of doing that exact kind of massage to Elsa's feet made Anna hide her burning face in her hands.

"Right! And he's the one that told me Mom has the prettiest feet in the whole world." Then she added with a little smile, "The pedicurist told me about all those specifics, though. Which is how I know Elsa's are cuter than mine; I have the long second-toe thing going on. Guess I'll never be a foot model," she sighed.

"They have foot-models?!" Anna demanded. Apparently, they were all going to learn something today.

Around that time, Elsa did began to squirm. With both Anna blushing and Punzie talking about the subject at length, clearly she was beginning to get less comfortable with the situation. So when she was given a particularly hard kneading, she let out a shaky laugh.

"O-okay, I think that's enough. Thank you very much, Rapunzel; you do good work."

"Oh." With a pleasant shrug, the brunette also began to blush, caught off-guard by the compliment. "Th-thanks, Mommy."

An instant later, all the colour had drained from her face, and she froze. Anna slowly lifted her face out of her hands and stared at the brunette. She didn't know how she should be feeling about Rapunzel's slip up but aside from secondhand embarrassment, she could feel a faint stirring of jealousy.

"Mommy?" she asked.

"I… um…" By that point, she looked as if she wanted to melt through the floor, but she couldn't come up with any words.

Elsa was the first to recover. Smiling bemusedly, she raised one leg and booped Rapunzel's nose with her big toe. "It's okay. Mommy loves you."

Now all the colour came back — and with a vengeance. Flushing to her roots, her head slowly began to sink down until it was practically level with her own shoulders. Finally, she managed to whisper, "C-can you guys, um, never tell anybody about this? I d-didn't- you complimented me afterward, and I'm j-just used to my- when I normally… I'm sorry!"

Anna watched her sister's teasing exchange and the furious blush that graced Rapunzel's face and laughed despite the jealous feeling gnawing at her. One that she knew was just stupid, and irrational, and would probably go away soon enough. "We won't speak of this to a soul, Punzie; promise."

"Of course not," Elsa assured her, and Rapunzel let out a long breath. But then she followed up with, "Mommy would never do that."

"AAAGH!" she burst out, burying her glowing face in her hands amid chuckles from the sisters. "Stop it, that's weird! Don't be such a- OOOH!" But they could barely hear her over their laughter.

To Be Continued…