Chapter 50

A/N: Fifty? That's not a real number. I started this story almost three years ago, and now we're fifty chapters in. I can't even begin to thank you guys enough for the love and support after all these years. It definitely means so much to me. I want to enjoy these last few chapters, I don't want every chapter to feel like it needs to progress the story super fast. I want to take that time to just breathe, to relax.

This chapter kind of fits that mentality.

January 1st: the start of a new year.

Thankfully, however, not the start of a new semester. Not just yet.

Anna and Elsa could do whatever they wanted to, go wherever they wanted to. They could spend the next three weeks as complete shut-ins and sleeping in till noon and only go outside to get baking supplies and fast food. Which, coincidentally, was their actual plan.

Elsa's parents were on vacation throughout the entire winter break, which meant they had the place to themselves till they came back. The only things on the agenda were baking, working out, watching Netflix, and...well…

*poke*

Anna twitched, wondering who would dare wake her from the best night's sleep she ever had.

*poke*

She didn't want to appease the not-so-mystery nose poker, she kept her eyes closed and forced herself to keep from smiling.

"Annaaaaaa…"

At least she wanted to, but hearing Elsa say her name in her sweet, sing-songy morning voice immediately made her break out into a dumb grin and she rolled over dramatically to keep her nose out of range. Her eyes were still defiantly closed.

Elsa giggled and said softly, "Anna it's time to wake up."

Anna mumbled something she hoped sounded like "Five more minutes."

"You've been asleep for twelve hours."

"Five more minutes." She said a little more coherently.

Another giggle, this one sweeter than the other. She felt warm hands run up and down her arm and a pair of lips kiss the top of her head. "I can't spend the whole day with you if you sleep through it."

She sighed and scooched backwards to nuzzle into Elsa's body more. "We can just spend the whole day in bed. Problem solved."

That was meant to be a purely innocent response, but knowing what they finally did the night before, Anna's face got fifty degrees hotter. Most of the time it took her about twenty minutes to actually wake up, this time it only took her two.

She turned back around, immediately meeting the gaze of an amused blonde. "I-I didn't mean like we could spend all day in bed, I just meant like we could just stay here and-and talk and stuff and mess around."

"Mess around?" Elsa asked.

Now it was a hundred degrees hotter, "Not like that! I meant like just joking around and talking- I mean unless you wanted to mess around then it's not like I wouldn't say no- what am I saying?!"

She flopped over to cover her increasing mortification and groaned into the pillow.

Elsa, not even thinking about helping her out in any way, leaned in and whispered in her ear: "That noise sounds familiar."

Why was Anna even trying?

Mercifully, Elsa giggled and finally let up, "I'll give you a couple minutes to wake up." Before getting out of bed, she kissed Anna on her head and said "I love you."

"I love you too." She mumbled into the pillow.

It took more than a couple minutes to get out of Elsa's bed, but after some doing she finally sat up, put on some shorts, and walked downstairs with Elsa's blanket draped over her.

The smell of waffles fresh out of the toaster filled the kitchen, a part of her was grateful that she didn't have to cook breakfast considering the little amount of energy she had this morning. She scooched onto a stool as a plate of pre-buttered waffles slid into her field of view.

"So what do you want to do today?" Elsa asked as she took a bottle of syrup out of the fridge.

Anna shrugged, already cutting into one of her waffles. "We can finally go to that big outlet mall."

"The Neighborhood?"

"Mmhmm." She swallowed a bite before continuing. "I don't even want to buy anything, I just wanna check it out."

"Sounds like a date." Elsa smiled as she poured syrup on her waffles and handed the bottle over to Anna, who poured out a more than generous amount.

Anna cut another piece of a waffle and stabbed it with her fork, she looked over at Elsa before bringing it to her mouth. Her head was propped up by a fist and she had a very knowing grin on her. "Wha?" She muttered through the bite.

"So…" Elsa said slyly.

After she swallowed the bite, Anna repeated the word. "So…?"

"We finally did it."

She didn't even need to ask what Elsa meant, her cheeks were already getting red. "Yeah...we did." Anna replied sheepishly.

"How do you feel?"

That was a good question. How did Anna feel? Elated? Relieved? Anxious? What was the appropriate reaction to finally losing your virginity to your first and only girlfriend of four years? She didn't know, so she said as much.

"I don't know. I mean am I supposed to feel different? Because I kinda don't. Not-not that it wasn't good- because it was really good- and oh gosh I bet I sound like such a deviant right now."

Elsa laughed and rubbed Anna's forearm, "Hey it's okay, I feel the same way. Last night was amazing, but I don't feel like anything's changed."

"Really?"

"Of course. We're still the same people, you're still the woman I love, and let's be honest it's not like you and I weren't planning this for a while now so there wasn't that element of surprise. We were ready, and we finally did it." She swallowed a bite of her waffles- already cut into perfect, adorable pieces- and smiled, "The only thing that's different is that we're closer now."

Anna couldn't explain it, but she knew Elsa was right. Maybe it would be a while before she fully understood, but for now all she knew was that what they had was good.

"That, and now I know all your spots."

"My spots?"

"Yeah, your…" Elsa raised her eyebrows. "Spots."

Anna flicked her forehead in response.

*poke*

Anna felt a familiar touch on the tip of her nose, her eyes fluttered open as she took in the sights of- wait...this wasn't her room.

"Aaaaannaaaa…"

A familiar tone, a familiar melody. The ceiling was too high up, she definitely felt a frame underneath what was definitely not her bed, and the smell and sounds...where was she again?

"It's time to wake up, babe."

A familiar word. She rolled over and saw the familiar figure of her girlfriend. Elsa was laying on her side, head propped up with her hand. She had on a familiar smile, satisfied and blissful. There's a bookcase behind her, a very professional looking one at that.

"Elsa?" She says listlessly. "Wha...you're here. But this isn't my room."

"No, it's not." Elsa replies amused. "Technically it's mine."

It starts coming back to her. She's in Elsa's bed, in her office, under her blanket, and it feels breezy and freeing underneath. It's when she shifts one more to lay comfortably on her side that Anna realizes why.

She isn't wearing any pants.

Instinctively, Anna ripped more of the blanket towards her and bundled it around herself.

Elsa raised an eyebrow, "Anna? What's wrong? Your face got really red all of a sudden."

More of the night before was coming back to her. She remembered kissing, clothes coming off, scooting further onto the bed, more kissing, more clothes coming off-

Oh my gosh.

"We had sex!" She exclaimed, a little too loud.

"Uh…yes. Yes we did." Elsa said confused, "Do you regret it?"

"No!" Again, way too loud. "Er, I mean n-no, it was good. And definitely needed, I mean it's been so long since I've even- uh I mean yeah it was good. I loved it- liked it!"

"You liked it or loved it?"

"Both? Am I supposed to say both?"

It was clear Elsa was trying to stifle a laugh as the smile on her face continued to grow, "I don't know, Anna. What do you think you should say?"

Her face was so warm and her heart was beating loudly in her ears, she covered her face with the blanket. "I don't know…" She mumbled innocently.

It's then that she notices the significant amount of clothing that Elsa's wearing. She's still in the same jeans and t-shirt she was wearing last night, but she knows that's not how she went to sleep either. "When did you get dressed?" She asked after momentarily letting down her blanket shield.

Elsa shrugged, "About half an hour ago. Had to get some work done."

"In jeans?" Anna still didn't know much about her job, but she knew enough that she even had to wear suitpants just to visit a bakery.

"It was just on the phone, but I also didn't want the entire city to see me out my window without any pants on." As hilarious as that might have been, Anna had to agree. After all the hits Elsa had taken to her image this year, that may have been the icing on that horrible cake.

"Well, uh...where are my pants?"

"Why? You look kinda cute without them."

Anna pouted.

Elsa giggled and leaned over her side of the bed, "I put your clothes back in your bag, I know how you are with dirty floors."

"I'll waive my 'Keep my floor clean or I'll kill you' rule just this once." She grabbed her bag and got to work on changing. Even if they'd reentered that blissful level of intimacy last night, she was still embarrassed changing in front of Elsa.

"No peeking." She ordered as she pulled her shirt off.

Elsa rolled her eyes, "Yes, your majesty."

A couple minutes later and Anna felt a little more comfortable and less exposed. "What time is it?" she asked.

"8:30."

"What?! I was supposed to be at work two hours ago!"

"Relax, I sent Mulan over to tell your employees that you and Rapunzel were summoned to an off-site performance review."

"And they believed that?"

"If you didn't know I was your boss, would you have believed that?"

Anna pondered that for a second and nodded, "Fair point."

"Besides, the first place Hans would even think to look is the bakery. We need to keep you away from there, at least for a couple of days."

"Wouldn't it have been easier justto put Rapunzel and I into some sort of protective custody?" Anna reasoned, even though that would have meant seeing her girlfriend less.

Elsa shook her head, "Hans is too clever, it'd only be a matter of time till he found the both of you. Rapunzel is safe in The Neighborhood and the safest place you'll be is by my side."

Her heart fluttered from hearing Elsa say that, even in the midst of this chaos it was nice to hear that things were okay between them. More than okay. "Well then what's the plan for today?"

"I've made plans to be out of the office, the less people that come up here the better." When she saw the frown on Anna's face, Elsa squeezed her hand and smiled, "Don't worry, I'm not leaving you alone here. Hannah will be here in about an hour, and I'll be back around 5."

It helped a little bit to hear that, but it wasn't the biggest reason why Anna was so weary. "What...where are you going?"

"I have a board meeting today to discuss this whole Hans business, and then I'm just going to go around the city to make some much needed public appearances. If people see that I haven't been shaken up by this, it'll reflect a lot better on me and this company. It'll show that I'm not afraid of him."

"But you are." She saw it in Elsa's eyes, although there was confidence in them there was also a part of her that's being taken back to all the encounters she's had with Hans recently.

Instead of having Elsa affirm those fears, she gave her a soft kiss on the cheek and scratched a spot on the back of her neck that she knew would calm her down. Seconds later, Elsa has her head resting in the crook of Anna's neck.

"I know you'll be okay." She said softly. "I know I don't have to worry about you. Besides, you'll have Marshall with you right?"

Elsa nodded into her shoulder.

"That's good. And you don't have to worry about me either. Hannah will be right here, and we'll talk and get some pizza sent up. You're paying obviously."

"You wish." Elsa sniffled and slowly sat back up, her eyes are wet as tears threatened to spill out. If Anna hadn't made that silly joke, the mood may have been a lot less lighter. "Dating a CEO doesn't mean you get a blank check Ms. Dawson."

Anna let out a fake gasp and placed a hand on her chest, "That is preposterous, madame! I will not sit here as these heinous accusations are made on my character. You have wronged me, and I demand satisfaction."

"Still working on that British noble voice, huh?"

"Of course." She said in her normal voice. "What do you think?"

"...eh."

Anna frowned, "Now that's just mean."

Elsa closes the gap and kisses her, Anna immediately accepts her apology and reciprocates. When they part, she keeps from letting out a whimper.

"Alright I think it's time I get changed. If I go to that board meeting in jeans, I'll never hear the end of it." Elsa stood up from the bed.

When she sits up, however, and Anna gets a good look at her hips and...everything else in said jeans, a fun thought goes through her head. Without thinking, she grabs Elsa's hand and says "Wait!"

Elsa turned around, "What is it Anna?"

Anna bit her lip and looked away, finding it hard to believe she's actually going to say this. "When, uh...how much time do you have left?"

"I have like half an hour. Why?"

"Oh…" She replied, a little disappointed. "Nothing, I was just- uh I mean I was wondering...nevermind."

Elsa took Anna's other hand in hers and her eyes narrowed, "What's going on babe?"

"Nothing, it's just- I mean it's stupid, I was thinking maybe if we had time…"

"If we had time…?"

"You know."

"...oh."

"Yeah see? I told you it was stupid." She expects Elsa to giggle and tell her that they'll probably have time for that later.

But nope.

Next thing she knows, Anna is being pushed back on to the bed and kissed with the same passion as the night before. One of the hands that were intertwined with hers travels down her body and to the button of her jeans.

"I think I can spare a minute." Elsa says lustfully. "Or ten."

When the hand below her travels further in, and Anna grips Elsa's other hand tighter, it's then that she finally understands what Elsa meant all those years ago.