Elphaba couldn't help but smile as she helped Galinda carry the carrier into the house. The last nine months of vomiting, hair holding, cravings, and dealing with Galinda's mood swings were finally paying off. It was their first night home with their baby girl, Harper. Galinda smiled to herself when she felt a hand glide against the small of her back. This was the moment her and Elphaba had been waiting for. A green arm looped through the baby carrier's handle taking it from the blonde.
"I got her, you go get yourself situated." Elphaba said as she took Harper from her wife. The blondes eyes lit up as she let Elphaba take the baby.
"Thank you, Elphie. How can something so small be so heavy?" She sighed as she rubbed her arm that had been holding the carrier.
"Galinda I don't think I have ever seen you carry anything other than a mirror. She really isn't that heavy," the green girl rolled her eyes as her wife pouted.
"That was not very nice Elphaba Thropp. You mean green thing," she crossed her arms over her chest and stomped over to the couch. Elphaba let out a soft cackle as she watched the blonde try to be angry.
"My sweet, you can be mad at me all you want but you know it's true," Elphaba made her way to the chair and slowly sat placing the carrier on the floor. "You used to make me carry your books to class and if it wasn't me it was Fiyero or even poor Boq," carefully she picked up Harper cradling the infant to her body. "But she is not heavy, the carrier is. She is precious, perfect, and she looks just like you," a smile played across her face as she looked at her daughter, undoubtedly the most beautiful thing she had ever seen in this world besides her wife.
Galinda sat silently watching as Elphaba held the baby close. Her cheeks were starting to actually hurt from smiling so hard. Green thumbs gently gently caressing pink cheeks. She was pulled back to reality when Elphaba spoke.
"Glin, why don't you go take a shower? It's getting late and we should probably get her and ourselves ready for bed," her voice was sweet and for a moment Galinda didn't know if she was talking to her or the baby until Elphaba looked up.
"Oh. Yes, I guess you're right. Are you going to be okay?" She arched an eyebrow and glanced at her wife holding the newborn.
"My sweet, I think I can manage for a few minutes while you shower. She's sleeping anyway," she motioned to the sleeping baby in her arms. "Though she will need to eat soon I'm sure and you are the one that has to do that."
"Yes, I suppose you are right," she made her way from the couch to the chair kneeling beside her wife. Pink lips pressed to softly to Harper's forehead before standing, she quickly kissed Elphaba before bouncing off down the hallway. Elphaba watched in amazement as blonde curls bounced away.
The rest of the night was quiet except for a few little whimpers from Harper which were easily soothed by a feeding or a quick diaper change. The couple was able to talk, eat, and even get the nursery ready with no problems.
They laid Harper down and watch her sleep for a few minutes. "I don't know what you were so worried about Elphie, you are so fantastical with her." Galinda nearly shouted as she wrapped her arms around the taller woman's neck pulling her in for a kiss.
"You're going to wake her up," Elphaba smiled into the kiss pulling the blonde close. She placed a kiss on her forehead before pulling away.
"It's only been a few hours my sweet, most of which she slept for. There was nothing to be fantastical about." she waved her hands around at the word fantastical. The blonde huffed and pulled away from her wife.
"I think we should go to bed. I'm tired," blue eyes locked with brown giving a shy smile before turning and walking out of the room. Elphaba followed closely behind and both women climbed into their respective sides of bed. Galinda wasted no time curling up to Elphaba.
She rested her head on Elphaba's shoulder golden curls sprawling across the pillow and Elphaba's favorite place, her face. She brushed hair off her own face and her wife's tucking it behind Galdina's ear.
Elphaba felt lips gently press to her neck. Innocent kisses quickly turned into little nibbles. A green hand found it's way to blonde hair.
"Galinda, my sweet, you just had a baby we cannot do this," Elphaba shuddered as she felt teeth scrape against her skin.
"You're right Elphie, I had a baby, not you." Pink lips went right back to green skin, "That means I can still make you feel good." a finger started tracing circles over Elphaba's stomach. Nibbles turned into bites causing a small moan to escape green lips.
"Galinda, I'm not kidding. We cannot do this." Elphaba pushed Galinda off of her and turned to find blue eyes that were starting to fill with tears. "Please do not cry my sweet. It's not that I don't want to, I do, but you just had a baby and that baby is sleeping in the next room." she gave Galinda a slow passion filled kiss.
"Elphaba, how is it that you-" Galinda's sentence was cut short by wailing coming from the next room. She jumped up and looked at Elphaba confused. "She was just sleeping."
"Babies tend to wake up, Glin" Elphaba got out of bed and walked towards the nursery.
Walking over to the crib she picked up a screaming Harper and cuddled her close. "Oh, my baby, mommy is right here." She cooed as Galinda walked in and stood behind her. Elphaba's cooing and rocking seemed to do nothing to soothe the baby in her arms.
"Do you think maybe she's hungry?" Galinda questioned sitting in the rocker in the corner getting herself ready to feed the baby. "Let me see her." she held out her arms and Elphaba handed Harper over. She instantly started drinking her mother's milk, this only soothed her momentarily before she started screaming again.
Both women sighed when the crying started again. "Let me see if she needs to be changed," Elphaba took the infant from her wife and over to the changing table. Elphaba quickly changed and disposed of the wet diaper. Changing however, seemed to do nothing but upset her even more.
A few hours of trying what seemed like everything to calm their daughter. "Try singing to her, Elphie." Galinda whined leaning against the wall almost in tears.
"I can try." Elphaba quietly started to sing while rocking her daughter close to her. After a few minutes the room fell silent. Galinda slid down the wall to the floor and burst into tears herself as Elphaba carefully placed Harper back in her crib. She was quickly sitting on the floor next to her wife.
"Please don't cry my sweet. It's going to be okay." She pulled Galinda close and held her tight.
"What if she doesn't like us and she cries all the time." Galinda sobbed into her wife's shoulder.
"She's a baby Glin, she can't talk and tell us what she needs," as Elphaba tried to comfort her wife a scream start to fill the room again. The cry cause Galinda to cry even harder.
"I'm tired Elphie, I just wanna go to sleep." She watched Elphaba stand and walk over to the crib and pick up her daughter before joining her back on the floor.
The girl screamed as her mother held her close. "I know Galinda, I'm tired too." She turned and handed the baby to her, "It's your turn to try something."
Galinda sighed and took her daughter. She gave her a kiss on the forehead and each cheek before laying her on her chest. She rubbed her back gently while humming a song Elphaba had never heard before, it had to be a lullaby from Gillikin.
Elphaba had glanced up and noticed that both her wife and daughter were sleeping. "Glin, Galinda, wake up." She carefully took the infant from her wife causing the blonde to jump.
"Hey!" Galinda shouted, causing a loud shush from her wife. Noticing that the girl had finally sleep she stood and joined her wife at the crib.
"If you wake her up I am going to leave you." Elphaba whispered as she pulled her wife out of the room. "I think we can finally go to sleep ourselves." She lead her wife into the bedroom and to the bed.
"Is it really already six?" Galinda glanced at the clock before climbing into bed.
"I am afraid it is, my sweet. But our daughter is finally sleeping and we can go to sleep." Elphaba got into bed herself and pulled Galinda to her.
"I pray to Lurline that tomorrow is night is not the same." Galinda yawned as she cuddled close to Elphaba. In moments both women were fast asleep.