Here's the second installment of my Oz the Great and Powerful stories. This is a lot longer than "The Duties of a Wizard". It takes place about 4 or 5 months after the movie. Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL!

Will He Ever Change?

Oscar and Glinda had traveled to the northern realm of OZ for a few days. All of the realms had their differences in some way. The north was slightly colder than the rest as it was today. Not freezing cold, but there was a significant difference between here and the West, East, and South.

Oscar was sitting at a table outside of a café across from a pretty young girl with long brown hair and a blue dress. She girl was giggling and blushing at what he was saying. She couldn't believe the wizard was actually flirting with her. It was thrilling.

Oscar wasn't in love with this girl. He did think she was very pretty though, which had led him to her in the first place. No, he didn't love her. That was just the old player inside of him coming out as it did occasionally. He wasn't as bad as he had been in Kansas. Back then he flirted with girl after girl. He couldn't count how many of these "girlfriends" he had made his magic assistants and gave them one of the many music boxes he kept around only to dispose of these girls later. The only girl he'd held onto for a long time and kept special to his heart back then was Annie.

And now Glinda. No one could ever take his heart away from her. He loved her more than any of the girls he flirted with. More than he had ever loved Annie. Glinda was special to him.

But now he was focused on this pretty 18 year old. He brushed her hair out of her face that was blowing in the wind and tucked it behind her ear. "Your hair is so soft um…" he couldn't remember her name. He didn't even think he was paying attention when she said it.

The girl raised her eyebrows. "It's Malika."

Oz nodded and smiled. "Right, Malika. You're so pretty Malika."

Suddenly Malika looked up when she saw a blonde lady standing next to Oz with her arms crossed.

"Having fun over here?" Glinda said not amused.

He looked up at her. "Glinda, baby, I thought you were across town."

She narrowed her eyes at him. "I've been back for a while and I saw everything."

"Everything?" he said surprised.

She grabbed his arm and started dragging him away.

"Glinda, I'm sorry!" He turned to Malika. "Sorry…you know where to find me if you want to talk again." Glinda tugged him harder after he said that. "Ow! Bye, um, what was your name again?"

"Malika!" she called as he was getting further away.

"Right! Bye Malika!" He tripped and almost fell. "Will you stop dragging me?"

Glinda finally let go of him. She was still very mad at him. "What am I going to do with you Oscar?"

"Baby, come on. I said I was sorry." She rolled her eyes. He reached out to hug her. "Really Glinda. I mean it."

She pushed out of his arms. "A wizard is not supposed to be going around flirting with every girl he sees in OZ! You're supposed to be helping people and giving them your trust! Especially when you have someone who loves you! Do you honestly just not care…?!"

He silenced her with a kiss. "Glinda, I'm sorry. I mean it. You're right. I'll do better. I promise."

She looked at him trying to find some source of truth in his eyes and finally accepted his apologies.

She loved Oscar so much. And he loved her. She knew he loved her. Ever since the defeat of Evanora and Theodora a few months ago they'd been in love. He told her all the time and he would always kiss her and just shower her with so much of his affection. And when they were alone at night he showed her just how much he loved her and took her with him to heaven and back when they were in their bed.

But as sweet as he was to her their relationship was just so dysfunctional right now. What happened today wasn't just a one time thing. It happened all the time. Oscar was such a flirt he'd go to the first pretty girl the moment she wasn't around and flirt with her and once she got back and saw them and got mad he'd kiss her and promise her he'd never do it again. And she believed him.

Until next time. She hated that he did it. She wanted to be his only woman. And she loved him so much that she let it all slide by like it didn't matter. It did matter though. But then he'd kiss her and say something sweet to her and she'd let it all be okay.

I think Oz and Glinda's relationship was pretty unstable in the beginning. Sure he saved everyone from Evanora and Theodora but I think it took some time for him to change completely. He does love Glinda though. Old habits are just hard to break. And when he does these things, he just makes her even more unsure about it all.