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At first I want to tell you how sorry I am that this chapter took so long to write. Well, I did write it rather fast. It came easy. But I reread it. And I hope you love the fluff and the people who are in the chapter. I hope you all love it. Thank you for the many sweet reviews! I love that you love the story! It's so great. That's why I feels so sorry for taking this long to finish this chapter. I can't promise that the next chapter will be on faster. I guess I'll have to find time to write it. Because the words seem to come. I just need to take time. Thank you again for reading the story. Leave me a review. And tell me who you would like to see. What double would you like to meet?

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Chapter 3: New York, a new adventure…

Idina smiled as Taye as he sat down next to her. The cup of coffee was very hot, so Taye couldn't drink from it. A smile appeared on his face.
"Does she usually sleep in?" Taye turned to Idina. "I mean the Munchkin?"
"It was late last night." Idina smiled "It took some time before I got her to sleep. Well, I think she should sleep until it's 10 am."

"I never expected you would be a natural at parenting." Taye smiled "I always wanted one of those munchkins. I don't care if it's a boy or a girl."
"Well,…" Idina smiled. She heard something from the room, she stood up and almost ran towards the room. It took her less than a minute to arrive in the small room. Rain was sitting up in the bed, there was a soft smile on her face. She pulled Idina in the bed and pulled herself closer to Idina's body. Rain's smile was charming. Idina kissed Rain's hair, and moved her hands through it. She pulled her up in her arms.
"We have to get up, darling." Idina pulled in her arms. "We have a guest."
"Idina, can we not sleep some more?" Rain smiled "I am tired."

"You can sleep as much as you want." Idina stood up. "But I have to go inside, and talk to Taye. I can't leave him all by himself."
"You can't leave me here either." Rain pulled Idina down the bed again. "Let'sleep."
"Well, than come on darling." Idina pulled her in her arms and carried her inside. Rain had put her arms around her neck. She smiled as she closed her eyes once more again and slept in Idina's arms. On her lips anyone could see a tiny smile. Idina sat down across Taye. For a moment he reflected the same smile. Idina had to admit he started to look better. She thought about a future with Rain and Taye. Than her mind needed to tell that Rain wasn't her child. Yet it was already too late. She had already started to treat the child as her own.
"She can sleep like that?"

"Well, she said I couldn't leave her." Idina laughed "And I couldn't leave you here by yourself. So this her solution. Sleeping on my lap. I hope it's not…"
"It's okay, Idina." Taye smiled "She's not a burden. If you want to go back to bed, it's okay."
"No, I'm not tired." Idina kissed her head. "My little munchkin is."
"What happened to the dad?"

Idina started to panic in her head. What did she have to do? Did she need to tell the truth and reveal she had been lying all along? The truth brought difficult things with it. How would she have to tell Taye that she had just taken the child. It wasn't easy to explain. She doubted if he would be cool about it. Lying on the other hand wouldn't be better, if the mom would return she would have to come clean anyway. A part of herself admitted that she didn't want Rain's mom to ever return. She was sure that she could get the police to sign custody to her. Or maybe she could even tell a fake story. A story that couldn't be traced. Or she could make up some fake medical history. That she lost track of the child. That she was living on the street.
It didn't matter what Idina did. If she told the truth, Taye would hate her. If she told a lie, Taye would hate her when the truth came up. The results would be the same, Taye would run out on her. She would be all alone, without a child and a boyfriend. She needed a boyfriend. She didn't like to admit it, but she did. In her mind lying would be better.
"He left." Idina turned away. "He didn't care for the child."

"I'm so sorry." Taye turned to her. "Does he care for the child?"
"No, he said it was not his." Idina spoke "I guess he didn't care about me either. So he left, if he hadn't I would have. He wanted me to get rid of the baby. That was something I couldn't do. So I kept her. She's so clingy because I'm not much around. The last time. I used to take her to sing on weddings. I used to be home in the week. I hardly made enough money to feed the both of us. I think she was happier in that time."
"It can't be easy on her." Taye smiled "Not having you there."

"It sure isn't." Idina spoke "She is very sneaky. She is smart, I think she has that from me."
"Well, she's all you.." Taye smiled "I wouldn't know anyone else was involved. She's a mini Idina."

Rain opened her mouth as she woke up. She smiled at Taye and moved closer to her mom. Almost like she was shy. Idina pulled her in her arms. She kissed the girls hair.
"This is my friend, Taye."
"Enchanted, princess." Taye smiled "So I heard you watched a horror movie last night? I'll tell you, you don't have to be scared of dolls. They're just dolls."
"They are?" Rain smiled "So are you sure magic isn't real?"
"Magic is real." Taye admitted "I like magic. Maybe we should go watch someone who can do magic. Or what do you want to do?"
"I want to go to the library…" Rain turned to Idina. "Can we?"

"Sure." Taye smiled "But first we're going to eat pancakes."

"Okay,.." Elphaba turned around facing Dorothy. "How are we going to find her? I mean New York is a big city, she could be anywhere. She could be dead. I can't lose my other baby too.."
"Well, I should have kept a better eye on her." Fiyero spoke "She was talking about adventures. I know that she sneaks out. And now she didn't follow you. She went to get what she wants."
"She gets that from you Elphaba." Dorothy admitted. "I think we should keep an eye on all the things she would go to see. Maybe we can go see Rent tomorrow."

"Why not today?" Glinda talked "I mean we should not let something wait until tomorrow."
"Rent is not playing on Monday. Not this week at last." Dorothy spoke "Tomorrow there is a late showing. Maybe we'll find her there. If we don't, we'll have to look in another place."

"Well, a spell won't work here." Elphaba spoke "I mean with all those people, we cannot expose magic. A big light flying in the city won't go unnoticed. And there is no other way to use magic. I'm sorry. We can't use magic."
"Magic getting exposed would be really bad." Glinda spoke "Here no one knows magic. We can't draw attention to ourselves."
"You both are going to draw attention to yourself." Dorothy spoke "To the people you are Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth. Idina is the new rising star and Kristin won a Tony."
"Is that some hot sexy man?" Glinda smiled "Cause I wouldn't mind making out with it…"
"It's a price." Elphaba gave Glinda a playful push. "What if we visit this Idina. Explain to her that we are looking for Rain. She'll…"
"Oh, I can imagine how that conversation would go…" Glinda smiled "You would be at the stage door, looking exactly like Idina asking if she's seen your child. I'm sure you would be the first. Elphie, she's not going to take you serious. She's going to laugh. And she doesn't have Rain, we should do something useful and go stalk Kristin."
"Why stalk Kristin?"

"I want to see if she looks like me." Glinda smiled "Can you imagine hanging out with myself? I mean we would have the most interesting conversations."
"Brainless you mean…" Elphaba joked
"Well, can we just stop the joking." Fiyero spoke "I can't believe I'm the one saying this. I mean I'm actually telling other people to be serious. How will we find our baby? Maybe I should go ask Idina…"
"Says the guy who wants to make out with a girl that looks like his wife…" Glinda smiled "It isn't really cheating after all…."

"That's not true." Dorothy spoke "If that's your definition of cheating, that would make it okay for a man to make out with someone's twin sister and not call it cheating."
"Well…" Glinda turned away.
"Let's talk about our plan." Elphaba spoke "We should split up."

Elphaba couldn't believe that she was telling other people how to find her baby. She missed Rain, only two days had passed by. Her heart was hurting not to have the small child around. She was sure other people wouldn't have to worry about this. Most people lost their child in the park, but they wouldn't travel to a whole different world. They would find them 15 minutes later. Eyes filled with tears and pain. Yet Rain wasn't like that. She dreamt of the same adventures Elphaba had when she was young. Elphaba didn't dare to leave the gardens, her parents were cruel and mean. She dreamt she could have made the same journey when she was young. She could have found sweet parents that took her for the person she was. Maybe she would have turned out different. The truth was that her parents wouldn't come to find her. Her mother let her play alongside the lake, she hoped that Elphaba would fall in and drown. She was always disappointed when that didn't happen. Her parents were really mean that way. They could be called the worst parents of the year. Elphaba thought of her baby once more again. Maybe she was scared.
"We need to find her." Elphaba spoke "I need my baby!"

"Come on little shrimp." Idina took Rain's arm. She pulled her towards her and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Taye was right next to her. He took Rain's other hand and they walked in between them. For Idina this felt perfectly natural, like they were supposed to have a child. Why did she fall in emotions so easily? She had never been the one to fall in love with a child in one day? And start caring for a man so fast. Yet Taye and Rain had made their way in her heart. They looked like a little perfect family. Idina chose to stay out of the busy part of New York. She didn't want to be followed around. She wanted Rain to feel at ease. Right now that feeling went through her mind. Rain started jumping in between them. Idina needed to lift her arm, so they would move ahead.
"I kind of love this…" Taye admitted "We should do this more often."

"That's actually a really good idea." Idina smiled "Call me when you want another one of this dates. I mean Rain seems to love you."
"I've never been that good with children." Taye smiled "She just likes me right away. I don't understand. I mean why does she like me?"
"Well, you're cool." Idina smiled at him. "What's not to like?"

"Well, I'm glad that you got the part of Maureen." Taye smiled "I'm even more glad I was cast as Benny. If this hadn't happened we would never have met."
"Well, you don't know that." Idina turned to him. "Maybe the universe wants us together."
"The universe." Taye stepped on.
"I like to believe in it." Idina smiled

Idina smiled at Rain. She was reaching her arms towards Idina, she knew that she wanted to be carried. So Idina pulled the child in her arms. Rain was small for a 6 year old. That was what Idina thought. She had seen 6 year olds that were twice Rains size. She was skinny for her age. Idina wanted her to gain a few pounds. The child's bones were sticking out at times. It almost seemed like she wasn't well fed. Which gave Idina the idea that Rain's parents didn't care for the child at all. Or maybe she was trying to make it okay that her mom would not show up again. Taye and Idina walked in the small book shop. Rain almost directly pulled her hands free and ran towards the books.
"Is she running towards the kid's books?" Taye turned to her. "Can she actually read that?"
"Yeah, they tested her." Idina walked next to the closest seat. She could see Rain from there and talk to Taye. "She had an IQ of 166. She's above intelligent. They wanted to test her for autism. I said that wasn't necessarily. She talks to strangers. Do you know that she reads books that are meant for my age."

"You have a brilliant child." Taye turned to her. "I didn't know you were that smart."
"Well, she doesn't get it from me." Idina spoke "Maybe it skipped a generation. She however has my singing voice. I'm so proud of my little shrimp."
"It's beautiful to hear you talk about her." Taye smiled "So does she get tutored at home?"

"Yes, Rain hated how slow normal school went." Idina smiled "So I hired someone to teach her. I want Rain to learn something. Everything they learn in that class, she can do already. Why teach someone to read when they can already do it. I mean while the others would be reading 'Green eggs and ham', my child would be reading Les Miserables."
Idina knew that she was lying her ass off. She didn't know if Rain was tested on intelligence. She didn't know her IQ either, and she didn't know if Rain talked to strangers. It were things she assumed. Or things she saw. Yet Idina smiled at Taye. Stop the lying, Idina's voice yelled as she closed her eyes. You can't lie to the parents. It's mean to lie. Yet Idina kept lying. It was too late to tell the truth. So Rain stayed her 'fake' daughter.
Taye stood up and walked towards Rain. She was sitting in front of the books, she was reading a small copy. Next to her there were about 15 books he assumed she never read. Rain smiled as she read something.

"Do you want to get those books?"
"Yes." Rain smiled "But I don't have any money."
Than Taye picked up the books and walked towards the cash register. A small child choosing to read 15 books disserved as much books as that.
"Do you want more books?" Taye smiled "Go pick some other books."

"Taye, you don't have to." Idina stepped next to him. "That must cost a fortune."
"You do know this books are used." Taye smiled "They're a dollar a book. For all I care she takes 100 books. "
"Be careful." Idina smiled "She'll find a way to carry those 100 books."

A couple of minutes later Rain walked towards them carrying another 20 books. She smiled as she handed them to Taye. It was hard for him to carry 36 books, yet he put them on the cash register.
"Oh my." The old woman replied "Your child must like to read. I say she has your nose."
Taye smiled as he touched his nose. People thought he was the child's father. Somehow that felt good. Rain pulled herself in Idina's arms and stared at the woman. She reached her hand towards the woman.
"She can't be older than 6." The woman smiled "You see I love that, parents that choose to read that much for their child. More people should do that."

"Well, we do read for her." Idina smiled "She's 6, but she's very early. She started to read books when she was 2. She can read adult literature. She thought it to herself. We were always reading to her and she just picked it up."
"Wow, that is special." The woman touched her nose. "Well, 30 dollars for you. I've never seen such a special child. Take good care. Here you go."

Taye took the big box full of books. It was hard for him to carry, but he did do it. Maybe he was trying to impress Idina. His mother that the way to a woman's heart was charming her. Yet, with a mother that completely changed. If you wanted to charm a woman with a child, you had to charm their child. You had to prove that you could be a father to this child. If the child didn't like you, you would never end up with this woman. So Taye carried the books to Idina's apartment. He put them in a small book cage. Then he turned back to Idina, she was holding Rain. Playing with her and looking charming. Why was he so crazy about her? He had seen her before, he knew that he liked her since the beginning of the production. But seeing her with the child, made her seem more perfect. Idina was good with children and today she had turned to the perfect woman for him. Maybe he would marry her, just by seeing this.

"Okay, what does our shrimp want to do next?" Taye turned to her. "the park?"
"Nah, I want to go to a museum."
"Why don't we hit the West End?" Idina spoke "I am absolutely sure she will like the natural history museum. They have dinosaurs."
"Dinosaurs." Rain smiled "Yeah!"

"Come on."

"Kristin!" A fan walked after her as Glinda hit in a small alley. She thought it would be fun being chased by people and being adored. Yet she was not famous as Glinda, she didn't like that they called her Kristin. So after a few moments she stepped out of the alley. She slowly turned around to hear a high pitch scream.
She found that her body couldn't see anything after those scream. There could be a monster in front of her, and she wouldn't be able to see her. This new world wasn't the same way as Oz. It was really different. So her reaction in this world wasn't as fast as it was in Oz. So slowly she opened her eyes. The woman that was standing in front of her was her perfect copy. The woman they called Kristin. She was just as tiny as her, and she shared the same confused face.
"Did you go really fan crazy?" Kristin stared at her. "You look exactly like me!"
"No, you look like me!" Glinda turned to her. "Why do you look like me? What wizard gave you my identity and who took it?"

"Well, you must be the crazy one at home." Kristin replied "Oh my."
"You can say that." Glinda spoke "My momsie and popsicle never told me that I had someone out there that looked exactly like me. I mean… Wow. So do you like pink?"
"Are you for real?" Kristin raised an eyebrow. "You really look young? How old are you?"
"You don't ask Glinda the good how old she is…"
"Well, you are clearly full of yourself." Kristin turned around. "Glinda, so your name is Glinda. Are you serious did your parents call you Glinda? Wait a minute…"
"for what?" Glinda turned to Kristin. "A tick tock for what?"
"How is it you look like me?" Kristin spoke "How…"
"Oh, I keep getting the strange idea that we could be related."
"Well, your parents would need to explain something." Glinda spoke "Since my momsie and popsickle won't lie to me. It's just coincidence."

Kristin stopped to talk. She stared at Glinda, the woman that looked exactly like her. There was no difference between them. They had the same long blond hair, the same eyes. Everything was the same. She didn't look older than her. Which was weird, since Kristen was in her late 20's. She assumed this woman was older, but aged beautifully. That kind of made her happier. If that was what she would look like at that age. When you were in your twenties, you weren't ashamed to tell your age, it was only when you hit your 40's that you started to lie about your age. Or simple not tell. So Kristin assumed that Glinda had just entered the magical world of 40.
"So do you like being popular?" Glinda spoke "My best friend Elphie is around here somewhere. We're looking for her child…"

"Child." Kristin turned to her. "What happened to her child?"
"She went missing." Glinda explained "She's been missing for 2 days. We haven't found her."
"Well, you know what they say." Kristin turned away. "When you don't find a child in New York after 48 hours, you will never find them again."
"What…"

"Well, people disappear all the time." Kristin explained "They kidnap kids and murder them."
"Why would they do that?" Glinda almost started to cry. "Where I come from no one kidnaps kids? Well, I. Why do they murder people?"
"Where do you come from?" Kristin smiled "Since I would like to move there…"

"So…"
"I'm so sorry, but most children who aren't found before 48 hours, won't be found again." Kristin turned away. "Oh yeah, they're found back. Dead."
"Her baby walks big distances. She's so smart that she could go anywhere…"

"That's not good." Glinda started to panic as she saw the real thing that could have happened to Elphaba's child. She could have been murdered by a someone. Someone might have hurt the child. The last one of the twin left. Glinda got so panicked that she started to feel dizzy. And the ground moved under her.

"You can't touch that." Idina pulled Rain towards her and she gave a soft kiss on her cheek. She pulled Rain in her arms and carried her. After a while Taye took her from Idina and placed her high in his neck. The girl started to laugh and stared at the rest of the dinosaurs.
"You just made one girl that most happy girl in the world…" Idina whispered "You are her hero. She'll want you to move in."
"That's kind of the point." Taye smiled "The kid loves me, so the mommy kind of has to love me to."
"Well, nice plan." Idina returned his smile. "I'm glad I'm part of your plan."

Idina and Taye paused as Rain was staring at the dinosaurs. She was pointing at them, but that wasn't something Idina and Taye saw. They only had eyes for each other. There was something romantic about walking around with a child in a museum. So slowly Taye moved closer to Idina and kissed her softly. It was a very romantic kiss. A sign to show each other that they liked it. After a few seconds the kiss ended.
"Wow!" Rain said. She hadn't even noticed what was going on between Idina and Taye. Slowly they moved on. Right now Idina stared at the child. The lie came again to her. It was way too late to tell Taye about the story. If she did, he would hate her. She needed to keep Rain. Maybe there was a way to. Idina wasn't rational. Her mind was blinded by an unconditional love to a child and a man. A family that should be hers.

Slowly Idina put Rain to bed. She turned around to find Taye smiling at her. They exchanged a small kiss before they returned to the living room.
"I guess I'll see you tomorrow." Taye smiled "We should do this again next week. We could have fun. Just you, me and the munchkin. Your daughter is the sweetest thing I've ever seen."

"Thanks."

A knock sounded through the door and as Idina opened the door, she saw Cara's face. Taye smiled as he stepped out the door. Idina closed the door with a smile on her face.
"He loves me and my baby." Idina smiled
"Idina, she's not your baby!" Cara spoke "This child has a mother. What have you told Taye?"

"I told him that I broke up with her father." Idina spoke "That he wanted me to get rid of the baby and we broke up."
"And who is this fictional boyfriend who you got your fake baby with who turns out to be a real baby who you took because she showed up in the end of your performance. Idina, you're putting a web of lies around you. You do know the truth will be known. You'll lose Taye, if he loves you. Do you want to risk that?"
"He doesn't have to know." Idina turned around. "I mean kids get murdered in New York all the time. I just put her up as my…"
"Idina, you do know this child has a mother that loves her." Cara put a hand on Idina's shoulder. "Imagine this was your child who ran away, would you want someone to take her from you? That's what you are doing. Have you even gone to the police?"
"I'm not planning to." Idina paused "She loves me. Taye loves her, we could be a family."

"Idina, you can have your own baby."
"Well, it's too late to tell the truth." Idina spoke "I am…"

"Idina, maybe he'll understand."

Glinda opened her eyes and she found herself in an apartment she didn't know. The walls were white and the furniture was very light too. She was on the sofa, next to her was Kristin. She handed her a glass of water.
"Do you feel sick?"
"Kind of nauseous if that makes sense." Glinda took a bit of the water. "I've had this more when I was younger. But the it started to get worst. My ears aren't the best. I…"
"Well, I recognize that." Kristin spoke "I get the same. Drink up. I had to ask someone to get you to my apartment. I'm not the person to let someone alone."

"Thanks." Glinda spoke "When you said that about the child, I was just…"
"I shouldn't have been so drastic." Kristin gave her the water. "I mean some children do get found. But most of them wonder in alleys and are never found back. I mean if she's missing for 2 days, maybe there is hope."
"I think this is the third day." Glinda turned away. "I can't tell this to Elphaba. She's worried as she is. You see one of her daughters was murdered not so long ago. The other part of the twin started to drift along. She loves adventures and is intelligent for her age. So she knows how to get somewhere. But she also believes that people mean it good with her. I …"

"Look, I'll help you." Kristin spoke "I'll help you with the search. We'll go to the police. They'll be able to help. You did go to the police right?"
"Not yet." Glinda spoke "Elphaba is in charge. And Dorothy, and Fiyero. I just follow orders. Oh, I look pretty doing it!"
"Well, I'll go with you." Kristin smiled "We're going to find your friends daughter. I mean if she's as smart as you say, she won't wonder off in an alley."

"Sure."
"Let's go."

Idina stepped in her room and got in the bed. She pulled Rain in her arms and kept her so close that she could feel her heartbeat close to her. The child had red cheeks. She was smiling in her sleep and it seemed like her nightmares were gone. Slowly she started to stir and she woke up. Idina gave her a soft kiss. She smiled at her. On the child's face there was fear. Idina smiled at her.

Where do I begin, my love?

Starting with the things I haven't said enough of

Starting with the day you changed my life

And ending with the way I feel tonight

Where do I begin?

Where do I belong if you're not here?'

Cause this is way beyond my darkest fear

I don't know where I end or where I start

Each mile in between is way too farWhere do I begin?

I've always counted all my blessings

Knowing you'd defend me and stand by my side

If only I didn't lose my senses

Each time I intended these words to come out right

Where do I begin my love?

Maybe with the morning you brought me the sun

Maybe with the stars from outer space

You took a few and lit up my face

Where do I begin?

I've always counted all my blessings

Knowing you'd defend me, stand by my side

If only I didn't lose my senses

Each time I intended for these words to come out right

Where do I begin, my love?

I always read the last page instead of the first one

There's no need to rush it all in

I love you and I'll say it again

Where do I begin?

Oh, where do I begin?

And where should we begin?