A/N: Working on catching up, yay! Why has everything I’ve so far turned cheesy so far?

“Hey Elsa, can you pass me the tire iron,” Anna asked, rolling the spare tire in front of the flat driver side wheel. “And the jack.”

Digging through the truck the woman named Elsa grabbed the items her companion requested. Handing them over she received a heart stopping smile. Feeling the heat of subbasement turn her cheeks a dark crimson, she stammered, “H-here you go Anna.”



“Thanks. If I need anything else I’ll ask.”

Elsa nodded taking a seat on the warm glass. Wrapping her arms around her knees Elsa mused over the road trip her and the redhead were taking. They started as strangers after Anna offered to give her ride. Over the past hundred miles while they made their way to California the pair bonded playing silly car games, fighting over the radio, and enjoying the winds of freedom in their hair. Stopping at a truck stop where they enjoyed a lunch of some of largest cheeseburgers Elsa had ever seen. So, far even the tire going flat made the trip fun and exciting.

“Elsa, ” Anna called, “I think I need some help. The nuts won’t come off,” she grunted. The blonde chuckled getting up seeing Anna on the ground on misery. “I have a confession to make Elsa. I’ve never learned how to change a tire.”

“I can give it a shot,” Elsa replied nervously. Being twenty-one her parents still didn’t allow her to touch the car or even get her license. She knew why, they didn’t want to lose their little slave who always got stuck doing everything with no recognition.

“Alright, so you push and I’ll pull,” Anna snorted, “pardon my perverted nature.”

“It’s okay, I find it refreshing." And kind of cute.

Together the pair managed to remove the five nuts without stripping or losing any. Anna was actually proud of herself for that. Rolling the spare lining it up on the bolts Anna lugged the flat back into the truck while Elsa finished up replaced the tire.

Once everything was fixed the pair got back into the car heading down the road. Once again As night fell Anna found the leaning against window sleeping. Her headlights found a green sign informing there were fifty miles left until they reached California, and some more until they reached their final destination. Anna had actually grown found of the girl since picking her back in Colorado and would actually be a little sad once they parted ways. Shaking her head Anna had mixed feeling about what she really wanted to do then and there. Sure, she had a dream, but that’s all it was a silly dream few ever had a chance to accomplish. The growing feeling she had for the blonde felt so much realer than a wild fantasy people might spend their whole on with little to show for. Though she wondered if Elsa felt the same. Focusing back on the road she continent to drive unsure what she wanted to next.

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Anna parked in front of a record studio. Parking the car the redhead sighed. Looking over at Elsa sadness filled her teal eyes. "Are you sure there’s nowhere you want to go? I heard Portland has some amazing food and scenery when it’s not raining.”

Confused by Anna’s sudden interest in going somewhere else she asked, “Anna, I thought you wanted to live your dream of becoming a star in the music world?”

“Yeah, but I like traveling with you it’s been really fun. I mean you said you have nowhere to go, right? Unless you wanna go back home?”

"No, I don’t feel like home is where I belong. However, these past few days I have felt more at home just being with you more than I have ever felt trapped behind that door and four walls of my lonely room.” A few things did concern her about Anna’s plan to keep going, “Don’t we need money though to continue on driving?”

Anna laughed placing her head on the steering wheel, “Elsa, money isn’t an issue with me or my family. Hell, sometimes my parents pay me to get out of the house. This trip was more of a split second adventure, until I decided to pick you up on the side of the road.”

Elsa blinked in complete shock. “So, that means-”

“If we want to the open road is at our mercy.”

Feeling a new sense of excitement and in the spur of the moment Elsa planted a sweet kiss upon the redhead’s lips. Pulling away she whispered and apology.

“If I had known that’s all I say to gain a kiss I would have done a day ago. So, where do you want go next?”

“Portland sounds great as a next stop, but first how about a hotel room,” Elsa notice the sly smirk on Anna’s lips and swatted her arm. “To take a shower pervert. Spending nearly two days in the car can get pretty rank.”

Taking a whiff of the stale air, Anna nodded in agreement. “To a hotel for a night,” Anna shouted excitedly with nothing more than the open road ahead and a great driving companion beside her.



