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"Fae no! stay with me, oh Lurie! Please Fae…I love you". Galinda glanced at Fiyero and then at Elphaba to see what her response to Fiyero's sudden confession was but her eyes were closed, darkness had once again overtaken her.

Elphaba woke up in a strange room, there were bright lights, people rushing every ware and it was noisy.

"Fiyero...where…where am I?" Fiyero jumped as Elphaba spoke waking him from his fitful slumber.

"Oh Fae, thank Lurie your awake" said Fiyero as he stroked the green woman's hair, "we are in the hospital waiting room Fae, the doctor should be out soon to try and help you stop hurting".

"Hospital? nnno no, I'm ok l…look I'm fine, see" Elphaba got up slowly from Fiyero's lap where she was laying, only to plummet to the floor the minute she stood up. Fiyero was at her side in a matter of seconds.

"Elphaba Thropp? Is there an Elphaba here?" came a voice from a nearby door way.

"Yes! Over here please help our Elphie!" called Galinda who was waving her arm frantically in the air.

Elphaba was moved into a room around the corner so the doctor could examine her. Both Fiyero and Galinda stayed vigil at her side. An IV needle was pushed into Elphabas arm followed by some painkillers. She looked at Fiyero confused as the drugs sent her into a deep sleep.

Fiyero paced about the small hospital ward watching the clock on the wall. It seemed to stand still. "What's taking them so long? How am I supposed to look after her if she's not here with me?!" yelled Fiyero as he punched the wall in a fit of anger.

"Fiyero please calm down she's only been in surgery for an hour" replied Galinda. Fiyero sighed and flopped down onto a chair next to Galinda and put his head in his hands. "I know Galinda I…I just want her to be ok"

"You really do care for Elphie don't you Fiyero?" Fiyero only nodded, and then continued staring at the clock on the wall.

"You know Fiyero, last week I was having a little chat with Elphie and-"

"-and what Galinda?"

"Ok, ok don't tell her I told you because it was supposed to be a secret" giggled Galinda.

"Galinda?"

"yes, yes ok, well last week Elphie told me that she doesn't know what she would do without you, she said she was soooo happy that someone came into her life that actually cared about her, and then she said, ' Galinda, I think I'm in love with Yero'"

Fiyero's mouth hung open. "She…she actual loves me back?"

"Well that's what she said, but she doesn't know you love her, that's the thing"

"In that case the first thing that she will hear when she wakes up is 'I love you Fae'.

The room door was pushed open and a nurse wheeled in a gurney with Elphaba on it. She was asleep, her hair was spread across the white pillow and her chest rose and fell slowly. "Fae" Fiyero whispered as he strode across the room and stroked her face. Galinda too walked over to Elphaba and recoiled in shock at Elphaba's current appearance. She had a bruised lip and eye, the red burn marks were still slightly evident on her face, and she also could see what looked like a bandage that started just under the top of Elphabas' hospital gown and traveled down her torso. "Oh Elphie, whatever happened to you?" cried Galinda in an exceptionally high pitched voice.

Elphaba stirred, it seemed that Galinda's high pitch cry had woke her up. Elphaba jolted upright eyes wide as sauces and yelled out a desperate plea for help "Fiyero!!! where are you? Please help me!"

"Hey shh it ok I'm right here with you Fae"

"Right here…with me?" repeated Elphaba.

"Yes Fae with you, everything's going to be alright now" Elphaba clung to Fiyero's shirt not wanting to let go and also trying to keep her tears in.

"It's ok to cry Fae, ill still love you, you know"

"W…what did you…you just say Fiyero?"

"I um I said…I said I will still love you"

"You? Yero you, you, you l…love me?"

"Yes. I always have and always will".

"Oh Yero" slowly and painful Elphaba wrapped her arms around Fiyero in an attempt to hug him. "Ouch" Elphaba laughed slightly. "Who knew hugging someone would be so painful?" Fiyero smiled and bent down to kiss her forehead but then decided against it in Elphaba's current situation, he still didn't know fully of what had happened to her.

"Yero what is it? Did I do something wrong?" questioned Elphaba

"Oz no! Fae I didn't want to scare you that's all". Galinda chose this moment to interrupt, "Oh Elphie you and Fiyero are so cute!" Galinda squealed. Elphaba blushed slightly and yawned.

"Sorry guys but um…I think I'm about to fall asleep weather I want to or not" Said Elphaba slowly.

"It's ok Fae, you sleep I'll be here when you wake up"

"Thank you Yero". Elphabas' eyelids became heavy and she gave in to a much needed sleep.

Not long after Elphaba had fallen asleep the same doctor that came for Elphaba before knocked on the ward door. "How's everything going in here?" questioned the young female doctor.

"She's very sleepy and I think she's in a fair amount of pain" supplied Fiyero

"Yeah whenever Elphie goes to sit up or move it hurts her" added Galinda. The doctor smiled "that's to be expected she's got 3 broken ribs and had a punctured lung"

"Oh poor, poor Elphie" whispered Glinda trying not to wake Elphaba up again

"Is there anything else we need to know about doctor?" questioned Fiyero

"Well yes actually, out exams indicate that Elphaba was actually raped, where you aware at all?" Fiyero nodded sadly.

"I had a feeling I just wasn't sure, and Elphaba couldn't remember so I didn't want to pressure her".

Galinda's eyes welled up with tears again and ran over to Elphaba's bed side flinging her arms around her friend and sobbing on her shoulder. "Oh Elphie, Elphie, Elphie, I should have realized why you didn't want to be touched before, but I was so stupid I didn't realize". Elphaba didn't awake she must have been really tired and out of it.

Once Galinda stopped crying the doctor continued. "Because of the trauma Elphaba's been through she will need someone to look after her for a good month or so, as she will most likely experience frequent nightmares about the attack feel very unstable.

"I'll look after her, she can come back to my place during the school break, I want to be with her at all times" said Fiyero.

"Well ok then, but there's also something else" continued the doctor. Fiyero looked worried.

"You would have noticed the burn marks over Elphaba's body" Fiyero nodded

"It seems that Elphaba is highly allergic to water, but if you add this oil to the water it should be ok for her to bathe in" said the doctor handing Fiyero a small bottle.

"Thank you very much, I appreciate it" Fiyero took the doctor hand shaking it; she smiled and walked out the door.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner" said Elphaba slowly when Fiyero questioned her about her allergy once she had woken up.

"It's ok Fae, as long as you're safe, that's all that matters"

"Fiyero your so good to me, I don't deserve you, she saved me and I have nothing to give you in return"

"All's I ask Fae is that you will love me back, and besides I already know that you do" Fiyero laughed.

"H…how? Galinda, that was supposed to be a secret" grumbled Elphaba. Galinda giggled again "I should of told him ages ago, and besides look how happy you are now Elphie, you deserve some happiness for once"

"Well…I…I guess your right"

Fiyero laughed, "of course she's right Fae, and stop arguing I want you to get better so I can take you home with me" he added as an after thought

"Home? What, with you?" questioned Elphaba. Fiyero said nothing but flashed the biggest grin he had shown in a long time.

TBC