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" But sir- !"
"Ms Winters, please do as you're told before I give you detention!" Frollo snapped.
"But I'm telling you, I didn't do it!" Elsa argued, enraged that she had been blamed for something she never even knew of, while feeling humiliated as Frollo lectured her in front of the whole class.
" That's what they all say , Ms Winters ," he sneered . "But I have to admit , I never expected such misbehavior from you ! And right after becoming Head Girl ! What , do you think you rule this school or something ?!"
" What- no ! I- "
"That's enough , Ms Winters ! Ten points from Ravenclaw ! You will do as you're told and attend detention today ! And I'll make sure that the Headmaster rethinks his decision of making you Head Girl. Hogwarts doesn't need such an incompetent leader who thinks its okay to prank teachers ." Frollo ordered .
Elsa opened her mouth to protest but closed it at once, knowing that he wouldn't listen anymore . " Yes sir ." She finally replied .
" Good . Now get back to your place ."
And just as she returned , the bell rang and all the students packed up their textbooks to leave , glancing at the Head Girl and the Professor hesitantly . They hurried out of the classroom but Elsa stayed back , approaching her teacher once everyone left .
" May I at least know why you think I'm the one behind the prank ?" She asked , staring at the floor with her books hugged tightly against her chest .
" The prank mainly consist ed of ice , frost and excellent charm magic . There was a Ravenclaw tie with light blonde hair on it as well . And it happened on the same day when I gave your entire class plenty of assignments to be submitted the very next day . It's obvious that you tried to take your revenge ." And saying so , Frollo quickly headed to his next class , leaving the confused and pissed blonde to take the huge pile of assignments to his office .
~ a few moments later ~
'I still don't get it... Why did I have to take the blame...'
Indulged in her own thoughts, Elsa failed to notice a certain white-headed Slytherin sneak out of a nearby classroom. He didn't notice her either and both walked closer to the staircase, not seeing the other person and busy in their own thoughts when-
BAM!!
"Ow!!" Both yelped, their hands shooting up to rub their foreheads as they finally looked up and noticed the other person.
And neither was happy to see the other.
"Well well well, if it isn't for Ms Snow Queen," He smirked, a nasty 'I-totally-hate-your-guts' smirk rather than the 'hello-ladies' playboy smirk he usually wore.
"What are you doing here Frost?" Elsa narrowed her eyes in a glare.
"What? Am I not allowed to roam around in school? Don't we have even that much freedom?" Jack pouted, mockingly.
"Not when you have classes to attend." She hissed, struggling with the pile of books in her hands before they all started to slip down.
Elsa cursed under her breath when all the books fell and she bent down to collect them, shocked and surprised when she saw another hand helping her to pick up the books.
"What?" Jack raised an eyebrow, picking up another assignment which he recognised was hers.
"Um, you're helping me." She stated.
"Nope. I'm just taking all these books so that I can have my pleasure in drowning them in the Headmaster's office." He rolled his eyes.
"Wait, seriously?"
"No. It's called sarcasm, Snowflake."
"But seriously, you're helping me?"
"Well, why wouldn't I?"
"Oh, probably because we've hated each other from First year and you never really stopped insulting me and-"
He mumbled something to himself, which Elsa failed to hear.
"What was that?"
"I said you're right." He rolled his eyes, picking the last book left before standing up with her, placing all the books in her hands. "Here you go."
"Er, thanks? I guess." Elsa was surprised but definitely not disappointed at his actions as a small and barely noticeable blush covered her cheeks.
She turned to continue her journey to the office, before turning back to see him. "I recommend you return to your class. Don't want to lose points from your precious house now, do you?"
"It's study period, so got no class to attend." He shrugged, eyeing her arms holding the huge and heavy pile. "Are you sure you're okay with carrying so much?"
"Well, I've already climbed three floors. Two more shouldn't be hard." She shrugged.
And before she knew it, Jack had snatched up half the pile from her hands before walking towards the staircase.
"Well, aren't you coming?" He asked as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Elsa was confused for a few seconds before finally snapping back to her senses. "Wait- hold on! Give it back!"
"Geez, I'm not gonna eat it! I'm just tryna help!" Jack argued.
"Which is weird in the first place! You never bothered showing any kindness towards me in the past so why now?"
"Look, do you want my help or not?!" He asked, glaring at her.
Elsa paused, hearing the hurt in his voice as she realised that he probably thought that she didn't want anything to do with him. She bit her lip in guilt before stepping beside him.
"When you put it that way, how could I refuse?" She mumbled, starting to walk up the stairs.
Jack was mildly surprised but he followed her.
Both continued bantering they climbed up the stairs together, smirking and glaring at each other and insults flew in the air. They reached Frollo's office soon enough but their argument didn't stop.
"So you finally admit it," Jack stated as they placed their piles of books on the desk.
"I shall admit no such thing." She stuck her nose up in the air.
"Come on, everyone wants a piece of this hotness to themselves~"
"Dream on, sucke- woah!"
Elsa stumbled, her hands flailing as her cloak caught onto something. Jack reached forward to catch her but ended up slipping when he placed his leg on her cloak. He accidentally knocked down a candlestick on the desk, which fell down with a clatter.
Elsa gasped when she felt something heavy fall on her and turned beet red when Jack's cheek ended up on her lips, getting a perfect print of the lipstick she had been wearing.
Jack was quick enough to recover from the fall as he sat up, his own face red as he scrambled off her. He grabbed her hand and helped her up, and both of them froze when they heard footsteps.
"Come on!" Elsa hissed, grabbing his hand as she dragged him outside after hastily placing the candlestick back in its place.
She peeped outside the door and after making sure no one was around, she sprinted out of the office and down the stairs with his hand still clasped in hers.
They reached a silent corridor soon enough and Elsa let out her sigh, breathing heavily while Jack did the same.
"Why... Did we have to... Run..?" Jack asked between his breaths.
Elsa didn't reply and finally looked up at him after catching her breath. "Well, did you want to be found in Frollo's office with a girl pinned below you?!"
"That actually wouldn't be bad, if it hadn't been you," He mused.
Elsa just looked at him, unamused and disappointed before sighing again. "You know, with the way we were speaking with each other just a few minutes ago, I was actually convinced that you probably didn't hate me that much and we could be friends. Guess I got my hopes high."
Jack stilled completely, standing up straight as he turned away from her. "Well, I'm a Slytherin. Got a reputation to keep."
"I don't really get what you mean, but," she walked past him, heading in the direction he was facing before turning and looking at him, "I don't think Slytherins are all that bad."
And with a final shrug and a smile, she walked away, her heart clenching in disappointment as she left a red-faced Jack Frost behind.