Day Twelve: One Last Beginning

A/N: I realize now that I missed a golden opportunity to name the last chapter something like "Can I Just Say Something Crazy?", or at least have one of them saying it, or reference Love is an Open Door in any way. Oh well.

"Last chance Elsa, are you sure you wanna go through with this?"

Elsa looked her stunning sister over and smiled; it was so surreal thinking about what happened up to this point, all the roadblocks, the challenges, the endearing heartfelt moments, and this was all just from yesterday.

Planning a wedding all in one day turned out to a bit harder than the couple had expected. It wouldn't be a conventional wedding that's for sure, but they were adamant in creating one that they would remember forever. Which meant finding a beautiful setting, someone to officially announce them as married, finding out who to invite, and most importantly what they were going to eat.

The invitations turned out to be the easiest part since they didn't know a lot of people anyway, and those that they did know either had bigger plans with their loved ones or gave bigoted scoffs over the idea of two sisters getting married. So the turnout ended up being a whopping five people, which included Jennifer, who was going to act as their "minister" of sorts, Anna's Uber driver from yesterday, and three people they kept in touch with from that giant water fight a week back.

Speaking of that water fight, they finally decided that the best place to have the ceremony was the gazebo from the park. It was partially secluded, clean, cheap (aka free as crap), had its own built-in roof, and already came with chairs. Of course they didn't pick it solely because of these reasons, in fact it was Elsa's idea to hold it here because it was the place where this all started, the place she had first fallen in love with Anna. The redhead let out a long-drawn out "Awww" when Elsa had told her that part.

One of the water fight guests also knew how to play guitar incredibly well, and he agreed to play those sappy wedding songs along with some requests from the married couple. And as for food? They just decided to hit up a McDonald's or something afterwards. Elsa and Anna insisted that they paid, it's the least they could do for them after all.

And so now they stood there, with their assorted guests sat around the tables, Jennifer and the guitar player standing side by side, and Elsa and Anna looking at each other, eager to start this new chapter of their lives. Since it would be too much of a chore to find any wedding dresses left untouched, let alone ones that would fit perfectly, they agreed instead to use their best dresses they already had. It was better that way anyway, less fuss and they didn't have to deal with any of that veil nonsense.

And it was also then that Elsa realized she had kept her sister waiting for an answer for an uncomfortably long time, as apparent by the slightly worried look on the redhead's face.

"Elsa? Oh gosh I was joking; please don't tell me you're having second thoughts."

The blonde shook her head. "Crap sorry I was just…thinking about…how itchy this dress is."

Anna's face shifted to a more puzzled expression. "Uh…okay…if you say so."

They heard a firm, attention-getting cough come from the woman standing next to them, and they looked over at Jennifer who wore a smile that said "Shouldn't we get back to marrying the two of you off?" There was a bit of surprise from both parties when Elsa called up the woman to be a part of this wedding (Jennifer had given the blonde her number "just in case things didn't work out with her sister"), Elsa didn't want to at first because she felt it would have been terribly awkward to invite the only person she'd had sex with that wasn't Anna. But her younger sister wore her down with her persuasive persuasiveness, stating that if it hadn't been for Jennifer then she may have never known how much she meant to Elsa. Jennifer, understandably, hadn't expected the phone call to be about the wedding but she was excited for it nonetheless.

Plus, and this took the sisters by surprise, she was also an ordained minister and could legitimately marry the two off like legally and stuff. Because apparently she was more than just hot and super good at sex.

They had already told her a million times how grateful they were for doing this, but Anna saw no shame in saying it one more time. "Sorry Jennifer, and thank you again for helping us out here."

"Again, it's really no problem at all." The woman chuckled. "Now, should we get started?"

Elsa and Anna looked at each other one more time and nodded happily.

"We are gathered here today to join Elsa and Anna in…" Jennifer interrupted her own speech as she realized she was missing a key piece of information. "I'm sorry I don't think I ever got your last names."

"Doesn't matter, Elsa and Anna are perfectly fine." The older girl stated, still smiling at her sister like a dork.

"Well then we are gathered here today to celebrate the relationship of Elsa and Anna, and to bear witness and give support to their commitment towards each other. Since this is rather a less traditional ceremony, I found it best to skip a bit of the other pleasantries and continue towards the end. With that being said, is there anyone here who objects to the marriage between these two?"

No answer, as expected.

"If there are no objections, then it is now time to move on to the vows."

And it was then that the couple simultaneously froze. Out of all the things they had meticulously planned, they were sure that there wasn't anything extremely important that they had forgotten to cover. They thought wrong.

"Elsa would you like to start?"

The calling of her name caused Elsa to freeze up even more than she thought possible, her mouth was inexplicably dry and she found it hard to project any word past her lips. "I-I, uh…we…we didn't come up with…any…"

"What was that? I couldn't quite hear you." Jennifer asked.

"I said…" Elsa cleared her throat and whispered towards the woman as to somehow not draw attention to themselves. "…we didn't come up with any."

"Oh! Erm…well then we could just skip that part too if you want."

"No no, we don't have to do that. I can…I can come up with something on the spot. I mean, uh…I can certainly…find something to say." Elsa didn't sound so sure of herself, but she knew that speaking from the heart wouldn't fail her. She loved Anna so much that expressing those into words couldn't possibly be that hard.

She took a deep breath and took her sister's hands into her own. "Anna…these past two weeks with you have been the best days of my life. And like…I'm not just saying that either cause I know that sounds so generic and stuff, it's absolutely true. You don't know this, and I probably should have told you this, but just this week alone I've been asking myself whether I would have fallen in love with you had the world not been ending. And it wasn't until yesterday that I finally knew my answer: Yes, I would. I know this started out initially as just pure bodily attraction, which is just a nice way of saying I wanted to do you, but I think that it's always been more than that."

"I mean you're so caring, so selfless, that had I confessed to being attracted to you at any time, you probably would have at the very least been caring and supportive of my feelings. But I never did. And maybe that's because I was too much of a pus…coward; or maybe, just maybe, it's because I had been hiding away stronger feelings for so long."

"Anna I love you so much, more than I can probably ever say in words. But if you'll have me for the rest of our time here and the rest of the time wherever it is we end up, I can show you and tell you every day how much I love you."

Elsa was so caught up in her words that she hadn't realized that Anna had started crying. Her first reaction was guilt over the possibility that she may have said something wrong. "Anna, are you okay? Did I say something wrong? Crap I'm so sorry."

Anna looked up with the same smile she had before they started their vows and gave a small laugh. "Don't worry…these are h-happy tears. I've just n-never had anyone say anything that beautiful to me…ever."

"Really? Cause from my end that didn't sound very 'beautiful'."

"Oh trust me it was." Anna sniffled. "Every single word of it."

"Anna, would you like to say a few words as well?" Jennifer asked, she probably didn't want to break up this cute little exchange but she did have a job to do after all.

"Oh! Right, I need to…I still have to…wow how am I ever gonna top that?" Anna bit her lip trying to find the right words, or just any words at all, to say.

"Just speak from your heart, you'll surely find something." Jennifer replied.

"From the heart." Anna repeated and gave her own heavy sigh. "Okay well I, uh…I'm not sure how to start this. But Elsa I…I look at you and…and I see the way you look at me and…"

She took another breath and looked down for a second to recompose herself. "The way you look at me, every time, it's almost like you're saying 'No matter what happens, no matter what it takes, I will do everything to make you happy.' And sometimes I get scared that I can never show you that same love."

A sense of guilt started growing inside of Elsa, and she was all ready to start apologizing profusely. "Anna, I-"

"Shh, don't worry this has a happy ending. I was just gonna say that these past two weeks have shown me that I don't have to worry. Because no matter what ridiculous thing I dragged you into doing, no matter what I did, you never once complained or looked disinterested or anything. No matter what I did, you still loved me anyway. And I want nothing more than to show you that same amount of love you've shown me. I'm sorry that it's taken me this long to realize this but…well it's true. I love you Elsa, more than anything in this world, and anything in the world after this. If you'll have me, I will do my best to give you the same amount of adoration and affection you've shown me these past two weeks in these last two days we have together."

And now it was Elsa's turn to cry.

Jennifer took the two rings and presented them in the palm of her hand, making sure that everyone, and especially the two sisters, could see them.

"These two rings symbolize the commitment that these two will share. They are customarily worn on the ring finger as it is the only finger with a vein running directly to the heart."

She took one of the rings and handed it to Elsa, "Elsa, please take your bride's hand and repeat these words."

Elsa tried her best to steady her shaking hand as she took Anna's own, letting the ring hover at the tip of her ring finger. She repeated the words Jennifer said without breaking eye contact from Anna even once.

"I, Elsa, give you this ring, as a symbol of our love."

"I…Elsa, give you this ring, as a symbol of our l-love."

"For today and tomorrow, and for all the days to come."

"For today, tomorrow, and for all the days to come."

"Wear it as a sign of what we have promised on this day."

"Wear it as a sign of what we have promised on this day."

"And know that my love is present…"

"And know that my love is present…"

"…even when I am not."

"…even when…I am not."

The blonde couldn't help but get choked up by those last few words. Nonetheless even with her heart pounding out of her chest, she was able to successfully place the ring on her bride's finger.

And now it was Anna's turn, she acquired the remaining ring from Jennifer and took Elsa's hand with a certainty and steadiness Elsa desperately wished she had. With an eager smile on her face and the last remaining happy tears still reflecting in her eyes, Anna repeated the exact same words.

"I, Anna give you this ring, as a symbol of our love."

"For today and tomorrow, and for all the days to come."

"Wear it as a sign of what we have promised on this day."

"And know that my love is present."

"Even when I am not."

Elsa felt the ring slip on to her finger with little resistance, accompanied by an assuring squeeze of her hand by her soon-to-be-wife. The second hardest part of the day was over.

"You two have professed your love with the exchanging of your vows, and symbolized your commitment by exchanging the rings. All that's left to do now is to finally answer one more question. If you may, would you-"

Jennifer didn't even need to finish her request as Elsa took Anna's hands into her own and held them up, finally eager and ready for not only the end of the ceremony, but what would come after. And no that doesn't mean the honeymoon…although that was part of the reason.

The dark-haired woman couldn't help but smile at the adorableness she had just seen unfold. "Okay then, Elsa do you take Anna to be your lawfully wedded wife? Do you promise to love her, cherish her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, for as long as you two shall live?"

Elsa uttered the two most honest words she had ever said in her life, "I do."

"Anna, do you take Elsa to be your lawfully wedded wife? Do you promise to love her, cherish her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, for as long as you two shall live?"

Anna followed close behind, "I do."

"Then by the power invested in me, and the city of Arendelle, it is my great honor and privilege to announce you both wife and wife. You may now kiss!"

And they did just that. The couple could have possibly been hearing applause by the people in attendance- which had been bolstered by curious onlookers who stuck around to the very end of the ceremony- but to be honest once Jennifer had stopped talking it was as if the world had shrunk. Now there was only room for Elsa and Anna, the two sisters turned lovers turned wives who shared a kiss that told each other every promise they would keep, every moment they would share, every word they could possibly squeeze in this dwindling lifetime.

Heaven and hell could have been permanently booked at that moment and it wouldn't matter; because as long as this kiss lasted, they could stay entranced in their own personal eternity.

Unfortunately, they weren't dead yet and they still had working lungs, which meant they had to break for air at some point. And when they did, time had started ticking again and their surroundings had reappeared around them. But still they didn't break eye contact, still they held on to each other.

Anna was the first to speak to her new wife. With a face brimming with joy, she whispered so only Elsa could hear. "This is the happiest I've ever been in my entire life."

And Elsa, who had run out of endearing words to say, decided to respond with the first words that popped up in her head: "Just wait for the honeymoon."