Glinda looked out on the balcony of the Emerald Palace. She had lived in this palace for years yet she always was awestruck by the magnificent view of the stars from that balcony. She always saw her life in those stars. She saw a witch's hat from the memory of Elphaba, a sword from the memory of Fiyero, and a heart from the memory of a love that she had had but she didn't realized it in time. She heard from rumors that he had died from the service of Nessarose. Some said that he ran to Ix to start a new life. Others had the perceptive view that he was the Tin Man that so many adored. She wished the last one was true. She always loved that little Munchkin boy but she too socially inclined to show him. "Oh Boq, if I had known that I wouldn't care about your status I would have never sent you to Nessa." She said to the stars. She never noticed a glint of silver-tin behind her.
"Do you mean that?" The Tin Man asked. He had been staying with her for quite a while after his adventure with Dorothy he stayed with her mostly for protection. He had been wanting to tell Glinda who he truly was but he was afraid. Glinda looked back to him, startled.
" Oh Tin Man well yes I did mean that. It was just an old friend of mine. But he's gone now whether in death or not in Oz at all, I'll never know." Her voice broke at that last part. She missed him so terribly.
He couldn't believe it. The girl that so many times had shunned him in college was upset that she couldn't find him! He looked back for a moment on the times she had shunned him. She never had the true emotion that one needed to shun him. Maybe she had loved him even then. "What would you say to him if he was here, in this room?" He asked.
"Well I guess I would tell him that I loved him and that I wish that I had never shunned him in college. That the only reason that I had done that was for my social status. If I could go back I would tell myself 'Don't be an idiot! Let yourself love'," She laughed at bit at that statement. " I would tell him that I never truly loved Fiyero. It was mostly status. He never put the heart in it. But I know why. But still I shouldn't be going on about the past. You probably have better things to do than listen to me prattle on and on." Glinda said as she turned back to the stars.
"Glinda look in my eyes." He said. Glinda looked back at him confused but she still complied. She looked deep into the orbs that were his eyes. She then went back for a minute. She recognized those eyes. They were the eyes that often followed her whether with love or in protection. They were the eyes that often graced her dreams. She held her hand on his cheek examining his features. Same nose same lips same hair. It couldn't have been but still.
"B-B-Boq?" Was all she was able to say. He slowly nodded his head and smiled at her. He was glad she had figured it out. She leaned slowly towards him and let her lips touch his. They were cold yet loving. She felt electricity course through her veins. She knew it was love not anything to do with his metality. She pulled back watching him. He looked at her with the same love from college. That wasn't what she was looking at though. She watched as his tin body changed to human. He still wore the clothes that he had when he was serving Nessarose. She was dumb-struck at what had occurred. "Boq, your body…"
"Huh?" He asked as he looked as his skin. He was amazed at his sudden humanness. He picked Glinda up with joy. "Glinda you did it!! You did it." Glinda laughed heartily at his action. Boq joined in too he was as happy as a school boy. "Glinda do you know what this means?"
"That you don't have to be oiled regularly?" Glinda asked her blondeness showing for that one second.
"No but that is a perk. I can finally give you what I wanted to give you the day we met!" He said. "And no its not what you think." He said as he got down on one knee. "Glinda Upland of the Upper Uplands, I've loved you since the day I first laid eyes on you. Will you marry me?" He pulled out a little black box that held a beautiful ring. It had a princess cut diamond with little pink stones all around it. She stood awestruck at the beautiful diamond. "Oh Boq! Yes yes a million times yes!" She said as she kissed him again. She was so happy that she didn't notice a figure in the distance, watching the scene that had happened. If you looked really closely you could see glint of green as she turned away. You could see a smile as she walked to another cloaked figure in the distance. "She's getting married." She said as she looked at the figure in the eyes.
"I'm glad its to Boq. He was always good even when he thirsted for your blood." The figure said.
"If only it were that simple to kiss it and make it better." She said as she let the figure hold her.
"Who says it isn't? We haven't kissed since we ran away." The figure said as he turned her around to face him. "Can we at least try? If nothing else I'd like to feel your lips on mine."
"Alright we'll try but get your hopes up" She said as she leaned towards him. She let her lips touch his burlap ones. She could feel the warmth that she always felt when she kissed him. She saw fireworks fly in her mind. She had her eyes closed so she didn't see the band of magic that surrounded them. She didn't feel the difference of the lips as they turned from burlap to human. As she pulled away she looked at him with joy as she watched his body change back to human. He still wore the Gale Force officer uniform that he had been beaten in. She smiled as she said "It worked!! Fiyero it worked!!" She said as she hugged him tightly. When he didn't return the hug she looked up at him to see what was the matter. He was just smiling down at her. His eyes sparkling with excitement. "Fiyero what is it?" She said in an accusing tone. She could read his face easily so she knew that he was planning something.
"Oh nothing but I think I'm going to take a page out of Boq's book." He said as he got down on one knee. "Elphaba Thropp, Third Thropp Descending, aka the Wicked Witch of the West, will you marry me?" He said as he opened the black box to reveal a princess cut diamond surrounded by emeralds. It looked so similar to Glinda's ring that it had once shared a box with it.
FLASHBACK
One day as the Tin Man and Scarecrow were strolling along the road of the Emerald City a short time after their adventure with Dorothy they happened to pass a jewelry shop. The Scarecrow stopped for a minute because he had seen a glint of pink and green.
"Hey Tin Man look at this." Scarecrow said as he looked closer at them. They were two rings both the same style cut and one of them was surrounded by pink while the other was surrounded by emeralds. The Tin Man looked at them carefully as they went inside. He muttered something along the lines of "This would be perfect for Glinda. Man know I know how the Lion felt."
"Let's get them!" The Scarecrow said as he looked around for a cashier.
"Are you nuts?! How will we pay for them? Do you even know how much they cost?" The Tin Man said as a cashier came from the back room.
"Oh Hello! I'm so sorry I thought no one was here that's what I get for not putting a bell on that door. What can I do for you boys? Anything in the store is on the house." She said as the Scarecrow smirked at Tin Man.
"Well me and my friend here happened to see those rings in the window. We were wondering if we could maybe buy them." He said quite calmly for someone buying engagement rings.
"Oh you mean the pair set? The Pink and Green as I call them? Yes they are very peculiar quite impossible to describe but as Lady Glinda says 'Pink goes good with Green' would you like them?" She said as she took them from the windowsill.
"Well if it isn't any trouble." He said. The Tin Man just stood there in astonishment as Scarecrow got the rings, thanked the cashier, and literally pulled the Tin Man out of the store.
"For a man made of straw you're pretty strong." He said as he composed himself. "Who are we supposed to give these rings to anyway? And if you say each other I'm going to have to say-"
"No dude seriously no! Eh sorry I like you like a brother not like that." The Scarecrow said as he played with the two boxes. "I was going to say we could give it to the lady we think deserves them most." He said as he handed the Tin Man the box holding the pink one. "Sorry dude but I call the green one. My favorite color's green." He said. "Well, I've got to go. I've got some things to do, people to see, et ectera et ectera." He said. He couldn't wait to see Elphaba. He thought One day I'll give this to her without the fear of not giving her what she truly needs.
END FLASHBACK
"Fiyero it's magnificent! Yes I will marry you as soon as we find someone that will marry us."
For once everything was in place.
A/N: Yes this was just a little plot bunny that hopped into my mind one day. What do you expect? Don't forget to review please!
