A/N: hey guys! thanks so much for all the reviews.

If any of you guys are like me and love to see Idina Menzel and her gorgeous husband Taye Diggs because they are just adorable and are an example of two people head over heels in love with each other, and they are a perfect testament that you can indeed find love while working on Broadway/in Hollywood, then you have to go watch Where or When on You tube. It's a video from her pbs showing of Barefoot At the Symphony. He shows up and they sing this song and it's so adorable!

Moving on I do not own Wicked :(


Elphaba walked around the library casually climbing up ladders, all to find the perfect book. Finally her search had come to an end when she found just the right book. Now, Voyager. She had read it before but it was definitely one of her favorites. It was romantic but it also showed the woman becoming independent from her overbearing family.

Elphaba squinted her eyes in concentration as she looked at the many seats she could sit in, all of them looking comfortable. She settled for a seat on one of the couches but instead of spreading our across it, she just curled her legs up under herself. She opened her book and began to read, completely unaware of the little eyes watching her.

Little Belle Tiggular stared at her family's strange company. Well, Belle thought, she isn't that strange. She has green skin. That's cool. It's my favorite color. She seems nice. Really nice. But I can tell she's scared of her daddy. Why, is she scared of her daddy? Doesn't her daddy love her? She likes to read. Maybe she'll read me a story. I'll ask her later, I think she really likes the book she's reading now. The little girl totted over to the bookshelf made especially for her bedtime stories and grabbed one and then went and sat by her guest. The little girl opened her book as if to read it. There was only one problem in her façade that the girl seemed to miss. Her book was upside down.

Elphaba chuckled at the little girl who just looked up at her with innocent eyes. "What?" she questioned in a soft voice. Elphaba was shocked. Didn't the King say that she rarely ever talked?

"Nothing, it's just your book is upside down," the older girl answered trying not to laugh at the younger girl's slightly miffed expression as she looked back down at her book. Elphaba gently took the book out of her hands, turned it around and handed it back to her. "There, is that better?"

"Yes," the little girl nodded, "Only I can't read."

"You can't?" she tried to feign shock.

"No," the little girl frowned.

"Well, would you like for me to read it to you?" Elphaba asked.

"Yes!" Belle's face lit up as she handed the book to Elphaba, who opened it and began to read until a little hand came to rest on her dress clad arm. "Miss Elphie?"

"Yes?" she chose to ignore the nickname as her name was probably too hard for the little girl.

"Can I sit in your lap?" she looked down in embarrassment. "Mommy and Daddy always let me sit in their lap when they read me a story."

Not quite sure how to fulfill that request, but not wanting to upset the shy princess, Elphaba simply nodded yes and let the little girl climb into her lap.

"Uh," Elphaba muttered as she tried to figure out where she was to put her arms, but settled with just holding the book to the side while letting her arms hold the little princess. Before Elphaba had even finished the story, Belle was asleep with her one cheek on Elphaba's chest and her little arms as wrapped around her as they would go.

The older girl picked up her previously forgotten book and absentmindedly placed a kiss on the younger girls head before returning to her reading.

The Queen sighed with relief when she entered the library. She had been all over the castle looking for her daughter, only to find her snuggled up to their guest. Normally, a mother would find it a bit odd that her daughter was sleeping in the arms of a stranger. But Serena's daughter was normally shy and would not have gone anywhere near the girl if she felt threatened at all. Besides, Serena really liked the girl.

When the Queen stepped on a particularly loose board it creaked causing the teen to look up frightenedly at the Queen.

"I'm sorry your highness! I was just reading and she asked me to read her a story and then to sit in my lap I didn't know what to do so I let her and then she fell asleep and I didn't want to wake her," the words came tumbling out of the young woman's mouth in a whisper and the Queen had to suppress a chuckle.

"That is perfectly all right, and call me Serena." Serena bent down and placed a kiss, first to her daughter's forehead and then to Elphaba's. "Thank you for getting her to sleep, it would have taken me forever." Elphaba was in shock to say the least. No one had ever shown affection to her and now this Queen was acting as if she were Elphaba's mother.

"Do you want her to go to her room?" Elphaba asked meekly.

"No, she's fine where she is, if it's ok with you of course."

"Oh, She's fine. I thought the king said she was shy."

"She normally is. I guess she just really likes you." and the Queen left them to finish their afternoon rest.


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Lizzy

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