High Hopes

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The young boy wasn’t looking at her. That was the first thing she thought she had when she saw him standing by the wall holding what looked to be like small snacks for the people invited to the coronation ball. He was staring at something that was past her, or rather at someone that was standing by her shoulder, talking animatedly about all the guests that had appeared and how her best friend was finally queen. The boy didn’t even try to hide his staring, instead the gangly blonde was gawking at the red-head, he didn’t seem to notice that he was being watched as well, and by someone who was far more discrete in analysing what he was doing. Elsa watched him as he pinched himself, once, twice, then a third time, checking to see if he was actually seeing what he was – or what he thought he was. She didn’t know what must be going through his head, no one acknowledged the person he was looking at, even the person she was seemly talking to. He must think he was going mad. And that was all the proof Elsa needed to finally, finally convince her she wasn’t. Her mind flashed back to all the times that Anna had told her she wasn’t, or when she held her hand and wiped away her tears, or the suspicious glances she would get when she said that she didn’t knock over that expensive decoration and that it had been like that when she got there. By the time she has worked up enough courage to go to him – to tell him he wasn’t seeing things and that she had grown up with the person beside her for the last three years – he was gone. Had disappeared while she thought of the days filled with endless talking and almost-but-not-quite panic attacks. He was gone, and maybe she had just made him up as well, it wouldn’t be that insane. Elsa looked back ov... ... middle of paper ... ...ven care. The temperature dropped as the thought manifested and grew, occupying all of her thoughts. Anna appeared, dropping down next to her on the bed, watching as each of her breaths took off and formed meaningless shapes as she exhaled. “What’s wrong Elsa?” Elsa didn’t say anything for a moment, instead reaching her hand across the covers of her bed so that they were laced with the younger girls. “Rapunzel.” “Ah.” She didn’t offer up anything else, there wasn’t anything to say about the princess. She waited, since she knew that the other girl wanted to say more, and it came. “She’s been lost for years and when she got back, she wasn’t even there to really acknowledge it.” She turned to Anna, frowning slightly. “Can you stay here tonight; I don’t want to be alone.” And all Anna did was nod as Elsa lay down to sleep, smiling slightly as she watched her doze off.

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