Chapter 4

"Before you get too upset Fiyero, I just found out myself," Elphaba told him.

"So instead of talking to me about it, you tell everyone we are trying to get to like us first," He raised an eyebrow.

"Better it come out now instead of later," she said.

"Well I'll leave you two alone and see how Boq is fairing with Liir," Glinda stood up to leave but Fiyero stopped her.

"And you knew," his accusatory tone and finger pointing made it quite clear she was to be involved.

"I've known for a long time," was all Glinda said. Fiyero was obviously confused by her statement and she continued.

"Not long after Elphie's fake death, I confronted both Morrible and the Wizard. I had Morrible arrested and then the Wizard attempted to seduce me or get me drunk, either way, I wasn't having any of it, and I snatched the little green bottle he handed me. It matched the one that Elphie kept as her only token from her mother. It wasn't hard to imagine what had happened and what the truth really was. I had no intention of telling either one of you but Iffix ruined it when we confronted him in the wine cellar."

"Why is it we find we must keep secrets from each other? What kind of friends are we?" Fiyero asked. His questions had some merit to them. Glinda had been kept in the dark about the true identities of Boq and Fiyero and had assumed Elphaba was dead. Then she'd hidden this big secret. On top of that she'd unintentionally killed Nessarose. Elphaba and Fiyero faked her death and told no one except the Animals. Of all of these things perhaps the smallest offense was Boq trying to hide his feelings for Glinda.

"Yero…" Elphaba started.

"Fae, you know I love you no matter who your father was," he came over to her and took her hands in his.

"The fact still remains that in some small part, Liir is now related to the Wizard," she had tears rolling down her cheeks. The pregnancy had seemingly opened the floodgates to her emotions and Fiyero wished he could make it all go away but he knew he couldn't.

"He's still our son," he told her. She nodded. Despite being angry at both females in the room, the Vinkan let it slide. Now was not the time to be arguing about something they could not change.

"Hopefully everything is out in the open now and we can move on," Fiyero kissed her cheek and headed back to their chamber. Morning would come early.

"Hey guys. How'd it go?" Boq asked as they entered their room.

"Tough to tell my friend. Hopefully things will work out to our advantage," Fiyero smiled.

"So are you leaving in the morning?" The former Tin Man wondered.

"Before breakfast," Elphaba nodded.

"Well I wish you luck. I'll keep an eye on Glinda," there was a smirk on his face and both Elphaba and Fiyero laughed.

"Yes well, no getting caught with your pants down," Fiyero chuckled. At this, Boq's face turned red.

"Yero," Elphaba partially scolded him but she couldn't stifle her laughter. Boq quickly left the room with this parting shot,

"You should talk." It wasn't an incredibly good comeback but it was the best he could. The couple then prepared for bed and climbed in beside each other. Instead of sleeping they both stared at the ceiling for a while before Fiyero finally gushed out all the anger and hurt he was feeling. Both agreed from now on, they could not keep anything from each other, as it would be too dangerous.

Malaki rode through the woods on his way to the Emerald City. The full moon lit his path fairly well and he was making good time. All the events of the day went through his mind and he tried to piece it all together. He only hoped that Oz would believe the story. The fact that both Fiyero and Elphaba had been so blunt about the whole thing made him believe that it was true. With his mind otherwise occupied, he did not notice the men following him in the shadows.

To Be Continued…