Ok, a new story here. It was just an idea that popped into my head. It's about Glinda getting into a serious accident after Elphaba shatters her heart by telling her they can't be together. Elphaba has to deal with the guilt of being the cause of the accident and then telling Glinda that they can be together. But will Glinda want to be with Elphaba after what happened? Who knows? I don't own wicked and never will. I hope you guys enjoy it and maybe help me with a title for this story because I have no clue what to call it at all. Who ever comes up with a good title I will dedicate the next chapter to them and give them an Elphaba plushie that sings 'Defying Gravity' if you squeeze the stomach.
How could have this happened? How could this have happened? This was racing through Elphaba's mind as she paced back and forth in a little room where chairs were stationed but Elphaba didn't feel like sitting down. Not when this was going on. The green witch felt her stomach go all queasy as she remembered the police knocking on her door and informing her that her roommate has been run over by a speeding carriage. The shock at hearing such a thing was overwhelming and it overloaded her body. She fainted just seconds after hearing such horrible news. When she came too she had the police take her to the hospital where Glinda was at. The police weren't giving her much information on this case but said that she was listed as critical condition and was in emergency surgery as they rode to the hospital.
The only reason Elphaba could come up with was that it was night out and she didn't see carriage coming towards her. Though her heart and the back of her mind was trying to tell her other wise. They were trying to tell her that this was not the reason why Glinda was out in the middle of the night. It was something deeper then darkness obscuring sight. The green witch pushed that nagging thought out of her mind again as she swiveled on her feet and started to pace back towards the door biting her fingernails. She sent a letter to inform Glinda's parents of what happened and paid a decent amount of money to get it there in hours rather then the next day. That was five hours ago and nobody has come to inform her on her roommates condition.
"This is ridiculous." Elphaba hissed as she kicked a chair in frustration. She was so consumed with her worry and other suppressed emotions that it was building up in her at a rapid pace that one little thing, like a sneeze, might set her off. The green witch jumped a mile in the air at hearing the private room door open and someone gently calling out to her. Elphaba looked up and saw a taller version of Glinda standing in front of her except the blonde hair was longer and in soft waves and instead of crystal blue eyes there were deep, emerald green ones staring at her with concern and worry. The green witch felt tears stinging her eyes at seeing Glinda's mother. The similarities were too close to her roommates. For a second there she thought it was Glinda and was about to tell her this whole thing was just a joke. A cruel, cruel joke. But when Elphaba saw green eyes instead of blue Elphaba came back to reality.
"Sarah, I…I" Elphaba whispered as her grief started to emerge. Sarah quickly walked towards the sobbing green witch and wrapped her arms around her. The blonde held Elphaba close to her body and started to run her fingers through the dark locks to soothe Elphaba while whispering comforting words. Sarah remembered from her daughter that Elphaba liked to have her hair combed through with fingers because it just makes her relax.
"It's okay. Glinda is very strong person despite what she looks like. She'll make it through." Sarah whispered again and again until she heard Elphaba's crying slowly come to a halt. The green witch started to pull away but Sarah wouldn't have anything of it and pulled Elphaba back against her body. Since the first time Glinda brought Elphaba home for Winter Break in their freshman year of college Sarah and her husband have come to love this shy yet sharp tongued woman as if she was their own daughter. Samuel always said he has finally got someone who can keep up with him when they get into a bantering fight. Elphaba felt her eyelids grow heavy as her body finally recognized the exhaustion Elphaba worked herself in. Sarah's warmth and presence was so much like her daughter's.
As the green witch's body relaxed into Sarah's she thought she was being held by Glinda and had a smile on her face at this thought. Sarah sighed softly as she made sure she had a secure grip on the sleeping witch. Elphaba has really worn herself out. Who wouldn't though? Glinda is her best friend and very close to each other. Sarah has observed those two while they interacted with each other and she figured out that Elphaba seems to always want to protect the blonde from anything that might bring her harm. The older woman has noticed every time Glinda was about to trip or about to walk into something Elphaba was right there to stop her from hurting herself. This happening where Glinda was severely injured and she wasn't there to prevent it from happening. Sarah was curious as to why her daughter was out in the middle of the night. It didn't seem like a Glinda thing to do. Maybe Elphaba knew why Glinda was out.
The blonde looked to the doorway when she heard it being softly knocked upon. Her eyes soften at seeing a tall, dark brown haired, blue eyed man leaning on a cane standing in the middle of the doorway.
"Oh, Sam the poor girl wore herself out. She must feel that this is all her fault." Sarah whispered to her husband as he limped into the room with his light blue eyes wracked up with too many different emotions that nothing could be seen properly. Sam didn't say anything as he passed his cane off to his wife and took Elphaba from her arms. With a soft grunt Sam picked up the sleeping woman and carried her over to the unoccupied couch. With a father's gentleness and love did Sam carefully place Elphaba on the couch and kissed her on the forehead.
"I wonder if she ate anything." Sam asked in a hushed tone as he turned to the blonde. Sarah shrugged her shoulders but she knew Elphaba well enough to know that the green witch didn't eat anything at all. Sarah said that she will go and get some food for Elphaba while asking a nurse to get a blanket for her as well just so she won't catch a cold. Sam and Sarah quickly gave each other a kiss on the lips before Sarah left the room to get the items she needed. Sam slowly sat down upon a chair that was closest to Elphaba and rested his cane against the wall. Now they had to play a waiting game to see if Glinda was going to make it or not. As they did this Elphaba started to dream or at least that was she thought it was.
Dream sequence
Elphaba was sitting at her desk finishing up her homework that was due in two days. Her lips were turned down into a frown as her forehead was scrunched together as she tried to think up of the short answer for the last question of the homework. Some how this simple answer has alluded her for the past fifteen minutes. She couldn't look it up in the book because she couldn't find it at the moment and she couldn't use Glinda's because Glinda was still at her last class for the day. Glinda didn't stop back at their dorm room after they had their class together. She said she didn't want to make the effort to go back and forth just to drop off a book. The blonde also denied Elphaba's offer of taking her book back to their room and then left without saying another word. The green witch thought it odd that Glinda seemed kind of skittish today and didn't want any help from her. Elphaba shrugged it off and thought it was the blonde's nervousness of Fiyero taking her out on another date tonight.
The green witch picked her head up and looked out the window while squinting her eyes in thought.
"Glinda is never nervous for a date. She lives for them." The raven haired beauty thought out loud. She started to tap her pencil on the desk as her mind was now consumed on why Glinda seemed so nervous today if it wasn't about a date. As Elphaba was in her own world the door to the dorm room opened as Glinda walked through with her books in hand and a bag hanging in her mouth. A smile wormed upon the blonde's face and her heart started to beat faster as her eyes landed on Elphaba's body. The light shining through the window hit the black hair and made it shine in a way that made Glinda think of a precious gem that glowed just like raven locks that rested onto top of her roommate's head. You could look but most of the time you can't touch it mostly because Elphaba didn't like people messing with her hair.
But Glinda that was the rare exception because she treated her hair like it was something that was being worshipped. The blonde pulled out of the trance that Elphaba unknowingly put her in and quietly put her stuff down on her bed so not to startle her green friend. Glinda tip toed towards the thinking Elphaba and peered over her shoulder to see what the green witch was doing. Her eyes rolled when she saw that her friend was doing homework, homework that wasn't do until a couple more days. The blonde inaudibly sighed as she gently placed a hand on Elphaba's shoulder.
The raven haired beauty jumped slightly at feeling the touch and craned her head backwards to see sparkling, blue eyes peering down at her. Elphaba felt the butterflies in her stomach start to fly around again at being so close to her friend. The green witch smiled while mentally slapping herself for even thinking of Glinda in that way. The blonde had Fiyero and seemed very happy to be with him.
"I believe the answer you are looking for is Ozma the Brave." Glinda whispered with a smile. Elphaba looked confused and thought that this was a weird greeting. The blonde giggled and grabbed her friend by the chin then gently turned the brown eyes down to show her the last unanswered questioned. One manicured nail tapped on the paper.
"Which Ozma fought in the frontline at the battle in Vinkus? That is Ozma the Brave. Really Elphie that is the easiest question out of this assignment." Glinda said as she put her other hand on Elphaba's other shoulder. Elphaba's face flushed with embarrassment at this and hastily leaned over to write in the answer. Glinda got the answer before she did and that was a first. Elphaba knew her friend was smart but only if she put her mind into it. Sometimes it felt like pulling teeth to Glinda into that mode and see what really goes in the blonde head of hers. The green witch gave a sigh of satisfaction as she laid down her pencil and leaned back into her chair while resting her left foot on the edge of the desk.
Now that this was finish she can relax for the rest of the week. Glinda giggled and wrapped her arms around her friend's chest and placed a light kiss on the green cheek. Automatically Elphaba put a hand on one of Glinda's wrist while keeping her eyes staring out of the window. They've done this numerous times before and the green witch couldn't help but think that this pose should only be used by people who are dating not for friends. But Elphaba wasn't going to complain because she was rather comfortable with this and liked to have Glinda's arms wrapped around her in this fashion. Glinda kissed her cheek again then rested her head on a shoulder.
"Why don't we go out and have some fun tonight?" The blonde suggested with a huge grin. She didn't feel like staying for today and felt the urge to go out and have some fun with Elphaba. The green witch got confused for the second time today. She remember from a couple days ago that Glinda was informing her that Fiyero was taking her on a date tonight and in about two hours.
"I thought you had a date tonight with Fiyero." Elphaba replied while hiding the disappointment in her voice. She didn't want Glinda to go out with Fiyero at all. She liked him a lot but not when he was dating her best friend and the person she has fallen in love with as well. If it was up to her she would have made sure that Fiyero didn't lay his eyes on Glinda that made him want to take out the blonde and make her his girlfriend. At that Glinda suddenly remembered that she did have a date with Fiyero tonight. Her arms slipped away from the green witch's body as she backed away with her heart hanging heavy in her chest. She didn't want to she just wanted to be with Elphaba but she had to keep up appearances that she wasn't in love with her roommate and in love with Fiyero. A draining task that was slowly beginning to wear on her.
"Right, I should go get ready then." Glinda whispered with tears in her eyes before walking into the bathroom and closing the door. Elphaba groaned and smacked her head onto her desk. She just ruined a perfectly good night alone with the blonde by opening her big mouth and reminding Glinda of her date. The green witch scowled darkly as she put her arms underneath her chin and stared ahead of her. Now she will have to wait for hours on end for Glinda to come home and then hear about how great it was and how a gentlemen Fiyero was yet again.
Later when Glinda would emerge from the bathroom all dressed up and ready to go out tonight Elphaba ignored her the whole time. The blonde left severely hurt at the cold shoulder and nearly busted out in tears but Fiyero was there to comfort her in his strong arms though Glinda wished she was in Elphaba's arms rather then his.
Three hours later Elphaba was still sulking but she moved from her desk to her bed and was lying on her stomach at the foot of her bed with her pillow supporting her head. The green witch huffed again as she looked to the window to see night has fallen and Glinda wasn't home yet. She never did like it when the blonde wouldn't be back to the dorm room before it went dark especially when she wasn't there to protect her from the things that might happen. Elphaba snapped her head towards the door when she heard the handle being twisted.
"Bout time." She growled as she leapt off the bed and stood up while putting her hands on her hips. Glinda had some explaining to do the second she walked through that door. Glinda had a huge grin on her face as she walked into the dorm room but it quickly disappeared the moment her eyes landed on her roommate's stern face. This wasn't going to be good. The blonde opened her mouth to explain but Elphaba was already cutting her off.
"What the hell took so long? Did you know how worried I was?" Elphaba demanded with fire in her brown eyes. Glinda was shock to hear such forcefulness in those words. She always knew that the green witch was protective of her but this has crossed the line. Glinda got on the defensive.
"What the hell do you care about what I do in my spare time? I was on a date, Elphaba. You know where a guy and a girl who really like each do to spend time alone. Something you don't know about." Glinda spat back while hitting a nerve for a green witch. Elphaba flinched at those words and took a couple steps back. She knows what a date was, there were actually some guys that were interested in her but she declined them because none of them has captured her like Glinda has done with her heart. Green hands curled into fist as darken, brown eyes bore into steel grey colored eyes. It only changed to that color when Glinda was mad. Both were too stubborn to back down from a fight and this might end in a bad way.
"Funny, you think because I have green skin that nobody would want to date me. Is that right?" Elphaba questioned heatedly as her hands clenched and unclenched multiple times. Glinda paused for a second at this question. She would date Elphaba even if her skin was yellow. She has fallen in love with the person not the skin color. Glinda looked up to the seething green woman and gave a sad smile. That reality would never happen because Elphaba didn't like her in that way.
"I would." Glinda whispered ever so softly that if Elphaba didn't strain to hear it she would have missed this confession. Her heart started to beat wildly at this and her breathing became heavier. This meant that Glinda liked her in that way.
"You would?" Elphaba asked breathless. Glinda froze at hearing this. Did she really say that she would date Elphaba out loud. The blonde looked up to her and paused for a second to really think this through. She was tired of being with a person who was not Elphaba and trying to love him the he does her. If she was with Elphaba then the world would seem much better.
"I would because I'm in love with you for quite some time." Glinda confessed with a shaky smile. Elphaba returned the smile and opened her arms up to receive the blonde. This will be the happiest day of her life if Glinda walks into her arms and kisses her at this moment. The blonde couldn't believe it, Elphaba felt the same way. Her purse hit the ground as she tried not to run into her roommate's arms. As her body molded into Elphaba's the arms wrapped around her body and Glinda brought her lips onto the green one's. A huge spark ran through their bodies at this mere touch. Elphaba was about to respond back when a though entered her mind. This relationship can't happen. The scrutiny Glinda would be under. That won't be healthy at all and Glinda might get hurt either physically and mentally from people who do not approve of same sex relationships. Elphaba pulled her head back with her eyes shimmering with unshed tears. Glinda opened her eyes and looked to the green woman to see what this cold response was about.
"This can't happen Glinda." Elphaba whispered the news that might shatter her love's heart. The blonde felt like Elphaba just stabbed her in the heart with a dull knife and twisting it about. She slowly backed away with immense hurt in her eyes. The green witch looked away so not to see that look on Glinda's face. Her own heart was hurting enough as it is.
"Why not? You feel the way I do. This can happen, Elphaba." Glinda replied in a thick voice. She didn't understand why Elphaba was so happy just second before and now was saying this can't work.
"It just can't. I don't want you to get hurt because we are in love with each other." Elphaba replied back trying to be strong for the both of them. Anger suddenly took hold of Glinda at hearing this. Elphaba was being to overprotective again and was causing them not to be together because she was trying to make sure she wouldn't get hurt in anyway.
"Elphaba, I'm a big girl. Stop treating me like I'm a little kid that constantly scraps their knee. I don't care about what people think because I'm with you and you are the only one that really matters to me. So please don't throw this away and just be with me." Glinda responded back strongly but inside was a different story. If Elphaba denies her again her heart will shatter into a million pieces and she might never recover again. Tears started to flow down her face when Elphaba shook her head no and backed away from here. This wasn't happening. This has got to be some horrible dream and she needed to wake up.
"I won't." Elphaba said the two words that made Glinda's heart split into two. Elphaba slowly sat in her seat with her back towards the silently crying blonde. She closed her eyes as her tears slowly roll down her face as well. This was the hardest thing she had to do but it was for the best. Glinda didn't need to be dragged down by this.
"That's it then." The blonde whispered with a cracked voice. Her hands clenched tightly so much that her fingernails broke skin and blood started to drip to the floor. Glinda let off a quiet sob when she saw the raven haired beauty nod her head up and down. The blonde felt the world crashing down around her at this gesture and her breathing became short. She needed to get out of here. She needed to get away from this place that just cost her the ultimate heart break. Elphaba started to sob out loud when she heard the door open and close. She just threw away the best thing in her life. The green witch cried out her grief until she fell asleep on her desk.
A couple hours later the door was knocked upon in an authoritative way. Elphaba woke with a start at this and wildly looked around to see what was going on. She leapt to her feet and ran to the door to see if it was Glinda back and forgot her key. That was what she was hoping. Elphaba latched her hand onto the door handle, unlocked the door and opened it. Her brown eyes widened at seeing three police officers standing in front of her with a grave look upon their faces. Her heart started to pound faster at this look. Glinda was in trouble. One officer took their hat off and took a step towards the trembling witch.
"Are you Elphaba Thropp?" He questioned with no tone in his voice. Elphaba slowly nodded her head up and down. A small glimmer of sadness shimmered in his eyes before it went away.
"I'm here to inform you that your roommate Galinda Upland was in a very serious accident and she was calling for you as they took her to the hospital. So we came here to bring you to where your friend is at." He informed in a slightly thick voice. Elphaba's eyes rolled in the back of her head as her body crumpled to the ground.
Elphaba shot up from the couch with a gasp. Her chest was heaving while her forehead was covered in sweat and her body was shaking badly. She heard Sam calling out for his wife and the next thing she knew she was wrapped into something very warm. Sarah was trying to calm her down with words but the green witch would have none of it. Not with what she remembered. Tears started to leak out of her eyes at the very thought that made her so sick to her stomach. She was the cause of Glinda getting into the accident.
I hope you guys enjoyed reading this first chapter of this untitled story. The updates might not be fast but since 'A New Hope' is ending it might be fast. So read and tell me what you think of it. If you got any ideas or suggestion I will listen to them. Until then.
DWK